The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-12-15
COMMENT.

In adversely il is easy to despise
life; he is truly brave who can en-
dure wretehed life.---Ex
Raise him out of the gutter and
give him another drink; he's a
brave fellow.
1t is pleasant to get out Of the
Office and climb on the hills, espc-
cially if you fancy they are filed up
a little with rich ore. Editors have
the same fancy for these trips chat
white folks do, so we took a short
spin up to the Bayhorse mines thin
week. Chailis Messenger.
We must confess having heretofore
been ignorant Of the fact that Cballis
possesses a colored editor.
The Salt Lake Tribune, of late
date says
Mr.. w. w. Stearns, proprietor
Of the Bullion Wood River) Re.
porter, is in town, has come down
to spend the winter in Salt Lake"
7 Come down old man and renovate
your wool Don't slaughter poor
Billy like that. The only news
paper man now in Zion from thie
part Of the country, is w w
Stevens, OF the Vienna Reporter
Furthermore, Bullion can't boast o
either the birth or death Of q paper
yet,
For the past ten days the Eugene
postoffico has been without stamps
and it has been real interesting e
see parties in need Of them rustling
Eugene City Guard.
When a person is in need Q
stamps most anywhere they gener
ally have to rustic, or sleep on thu
hay scales. Corvallis Gazette.
The Pendleton postoffice is in th'
same fix, and we have just grow
tired Of rustling There are a mum
Der of people in our condition.
East Orcgonian.
Wood River is a complete PIANO
rama of confusion, All because thi
mans coming down TO hay scales
and thar one can't write to hi
sweetheart, Both want stamps,
We clip the following from
Western exchange, and let ther
answer for themselves.
"The Bellevue Daily Chroniel,
| the Bellevue Daily Sun and th
Vienna Weekly Reporter, all Woo
River papers, have suspended publ
cation. Ogden Pilot.
Now this goes a little too fl
when it reaches the ears of those VI
Acquainted with the true situatio
and we feel it dutious TO inform OF
readers chat, although the Chronic
is reduced to weekly, the Bellevl
Sun still reaches us daily, and biz
air to rival it's would-be destroye
The Vienna Reporter furthermor
is not a Wood River piper
The following portion of an G
tract is reproduced with comment;
4 wonderful copper bonanza h
been discovered in Nevada, CALL
cooper King The ore boz
shows width Of 100 feet, and
J numerous shafts the ore assays
{ per cent copper Surveyors es
mate the body of orc now unco
cred at $4,000 tons, and value it
over two millions of dollars. TIL
Z pronounce it the biggest and rieht
4 copper mine in the world. Eek,
) The last sentence is, from Q
d observations, doubtful The famo
Peacock copper mines in northe
Idaho, situated near Snake Ril
I Canyon--a short distance from t
Oregon line--and 100 miles nor
west from Boise, will ut once
recognized by those acquainted
these regions, as superior in eve
respect, Owing to the undcyelop
9, condition of the surrounding COZ
It try, has Tor eight years past be
n the dormancy of this enormous q
Is eovery, Here are thousands of tc
Il lying on the surface in immel
boulders that will assay in eopl
e from "a to 90 per cent, and lee
i over 90 feet in width, solidly detin
F. and traceable for nearly mile Il
d yields an average assay from "
n 10 wall of a ounces, while ma
n huge chunks Of ore are found D
q contain 30 per cent? some cover
per cent copper \ complete
count of these mines will appear
:" the KgYsroNv At no distant date