 By September 1887, little work had been accomplished on the railway; accumulations of mined ore in the area had reached over , pressuring Glidden to sell the line to D.C. Corbin.Under Corbin's overseeing, by November 1887, of tracks had been laid, and it was then that the town of Burke was formally established.The railway was completed in December 1887, and the first shipment of ore to Wallace took place on December 12.