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The Inland Portland Cement Company plans to raise the lake level by 40 feet, submerging government timber and a squatter's homestead.
“About 40 acres of the squatter's claim of J. D. McIntyre will be flooded and his buildings will be submerged.”
Crews push a 15-acre cement works, a 70-foot dam and mountain reservoirs—and bring in a diamond drill to test coal and lead.
“This plant when completed will cover an area of 15 acres.”
Sylvester Engineering wins the contract for a 10,000-horsepower development on Sullivan Creek, with surplus electricity promised to the Metaline mines.
“When this water reaches the cups on the big water wheel it will be traveling at the rate of 100 miles a minute.”
Long before white prospectors staked claims, Indigenous people mined lead in the Metaline region to make bullets and slugs—and their ancient workings still dot the landscape.
“The whole region seems to be impregnated with the same metal, and the whole region one vast storehouse of leaden wealth.”
After months of development in the Metaline camp, the Oriole mine prepares to ship high-grade lead and silver ore.
“A room for the hoist has been chiseled out of the solid rock at the top of the winze.”
Federal land near Box Canyon and Sullivan Creek is restored to entry, fueling settlement and speculation.
“The land in the Kaniksu which is to be restored is either already settled upon or of little value.”
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