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The power plant operated both the smelter and the railroad so that individual data are difficult to obtain. Water power has been acquired by the company and steps were being taken in 1904 to construct a new power house, lo supply both the smelter and the railroad from this water power instead of by
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The White Knob Copper Co., Ltd., of Mackay, Idaho, built a 7.1 miles (11.4 km) long single track railroad for the purpose of hauling ore in 1903. The railroad was put into operation in fall 1903 and was used entirely for freight trains, eight or ten cars being operated in one train.
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The snow on the tracks of this road was 10 feet (3.0 m) deep in some places in the winter of 1903/04, but the company was able to operate it every day. The snow plow equipment consisted of two home-made pilot plows which were attached to locomotives.
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After seven different managers had tried unsuccessfully to operate the property at a profit, the company was sold to George W. Young of New York on 18 March 1905, for $ 1 million. He replaced the expensive electric locomotives with a
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places followed the track in order to give lapping points at a distance of every 500 feet (150 m). The poles were 25 feet (7.6 m) long, of pine, and were 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter at the top.
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