Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-07-26
WOOD RIVER LETTER.
GIaLgr, July l9, 1881.


below keichnm, up the river SOME 20
miles II is very narrnw--not exceed
ing i mile in width at any point-and
Is Suitabe only iur hayln2 and graz ng
.pnrp,,srs. Tne river for few Mi es
below Galena runs at ali points of ihe
COMPASS. That il is very crooked will
be seen from t fact that the toll ROAD
Company were compelled to bridge il
nineteen times between GimIet and
Galelia, distance Of So miles.
ke chum has pretty location on
the river near the mouth of Trail creek.
twelve ur thirteen miles above HALEY.
1T Is II Nv growing rapidly, though II
is moi as large as Bellevue or Haley.
1t Claims 4 popuiation of two hnndre !,
the inhabitants engaging in the usua
pursuits ot mining town. Among
the business houses ale two mercantile.
HOUSES, five SALOONS, two hotels, we
blacksmi h shops; an assay office,
butcher shop, barber shop, dentist, etc
Next year will doubtless see a great
change III Ke'chun. Il PhiiadeIphia
C nnpany, On the Gath June, set forty
men to work grading read and a
site for smelter, one mile above ket-
chum. This smelter will have dali,
capacity Of 40 tons at first, bnt the.
works will be added to as fast as the
needs of the country demand. 1t is
the expectation to have it running by
the first of September. The machine
ry is now Oh the way. G |. Green,
superintendent of the company, has,
since my last, made purchase Of four
mines on Warm Spring creek, for the
sum of $ll 900. | believe this is Il e
last sale of any Importance, though
several mines have been bonded for
good-sized sums. Warm Spring creek,
or West Fork, empties into Wood
river from the West, about mile
above ketchum. A large nomber OF
first-cIass locations are situated on
this creek, but haven't space to
specify. Several very promising
locations are developing on the East
Fork, which stream empties at GmIet
The famous bonanza, The North Star
is located about FIVE miles up the creek
This mine is the property ofMessrs
Jacosky and Owen Riley. Mr.. Ja-
cosky is about to dispose of his inter
est for $4,000. Several hundred tons
of high grade ore were shipped from
this mine to Salt Lake last year, ant
seven or eight hundred tons are now
on the dump. The Gray Eagle, ano
ther valuable mine, also the property
of Mr.. Jacosky, lies near the Nortl
Star. The ore body in this ledge il
said to be eleven feet in width, an(
the owner believes it will prove su
lperior mine to the Star.
The Elkhorn mine is situated abou
Three miles east of Ketchum. and abou
the same distance northwest from tn
North Star. and doubtless on the sam
belt. Several hundred tons of or
were shipped from this mine last yea
and ten or twelve men have been EN-
ployed extracting the galena four o
five months of the present year.
Lake creek, which flows into Woo
river from the east, three miles abov
Ketchum, has large number of yer
promising locations near its heat
Charley Addomson, formerly of Boise
owns five or six lodges here which b
is developing. He has from a foot
tive feet of galena in some of then
The next district of any importanc
Il is Galena. The town is situated in
gulch, in the midst of forest of f