The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
roads would permit, and were all crowd
ed with business, and not able to supply
the demand for lumber.
THE WOOD RIVER SMELLING co.

THE WOOD RIVER SMELLING co.
brought in a ten ton, water jacket smell
ter via Kelton, during the latter part of
the winter, and located it at the mouth
of Indian Spring Greek gulcf, two miles
above the town of HALEY. 1t was COM
pleted and in successful operation about
the first of June and continued in blast
without stOppage until into November
when it was closed down for the winter.
Col. f. Green, manager of the Phila-
delphia mining and smelling company,
came to Wood River in May and pllr-
chased of Messrs. Kelly Brothers the
West Fork mines, situated on the
north side of Warm Spring Creek, about
his plant for the reduction Of ores near
the mouth Of Warm Spring Creek, and
one mile above the town of Ketchum,
where he erected a Acton water jacket
smelter with everything complete and
all the latest improvements for smelling
ores. About 800 tons of ore from the
West Fork mines were delivered Mt the
smelters. 1t being too late in the season
to procure sufficient quantity of Goals
land tiuxing material a run of only ten
days was made this fall in which about
$50 tons of ore were put through the
furnace, producing over $780, worth
of bullion. The works were then closed
down until next spring ut, which time
the Colonel intends to add another 40
ton furnace to the plant. The mines be-
longing to the company are being work.
ed all winter with II view Of having suf-
ficient ore on the dumps to run the full
plant to its utmost capacity next season.
1t is estimated that 5000 tons of ore
and bullion have been mined and shipped
out of the Wood River country this
year, representing one million one hum
dred thousand dollars in value. Large
amounts of ore are left on the dumps to
winter over.
Several silver mills and smelters were
taken into Galena, Saw Tooth and Smi-
ley's Basin during the summer and
have been put under course of erection.
Some of them are nearly completed and
no doubt will all be ready in the spring
to turn out fine and base bullion in
large quantities. A large proportion of
the ores in Saw Tooth and Smiley dis
tricts are milling and Of high grade. In
ma City galena and carbonate ores pre-
dominate, the general average of which
is about 100 ounces per ton silver and go
per cent. lead. The experience of
smelti. & on Wood river proves the fact
that there is no difficulty in reducing
raw ores of this section with water jack
ct furnaces. Lime and iron are the
principal fluxes needed, Of which there
are plenty to be had of the best quality.
Work il being prosecuted this winter on
most of the prominent mines through
out this mineral belt. Thousands OF
tons of ore will be on the dumps by the
opening of the spring market. From
the present outlook very lively times
are expected next season. Messrs. COe
and Carter now have IS to 100 men i'm
the vicinity of Ketchum and above,
cutting ties for broad gauge railroad.
They mean business. The agent of the
the u. P. road was ut Ketchum short
time ago, procuring the right of way
and selecting depot sites. He assured
the people that railroad would he con.
structed into Wood River within one
year. So you see, Mr.. Editor, that al
though our mining camps have SO re
Gently sprung into existence, yet the at
fractions are SO strong that even the
Iron Horse cannot resist them. He's a
coming.
. Telephone communication is to bt
had Between Bellevue, HALEY, Bullion
Ketchum and Galena, and possibly Saw
Tooth City, covering a distance of abou
60 miles. A company has been organic
. ed and stock subscribed for that purpos,
and the line is to be put up as soon al
possible.
The town of Ketchum is the first OIL
the river to obtain government title t.
lots, Surveys were made last surnme
and plats filed In the General Land OF
fice at Washington, the local Office a
Boise City and the county Office. Set