The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-12-29
THE SAWT0OqH COUNTRY.
THE GRANITE REGION OF
MILLING ORES.
Output Of the Sawtooth Mining
District for the Season--The
Town Of sawtooth = The
Mines ana MILLS.


Enron KEYsrosE; Coming in at
the eleventh hour for your New
Years issue, shall have to be some
what brief and hasty. But you
have kept yourself pretty we'll IN
formed as to our region during the
past season as evidenced by your
columns, that general resume is
about ell / shall attempt
Az to the output Of the Sawtooth
District and marketing OF ores we
can say but little. SO far the enter
lsp,iso and Investment has been in de-
veloping and reduction construction
4 mostly. In the line Of reduction
works we have constructed all are
complete and in perfect running or
der, two fine quartz mills this sea-
son.
The Columbia and Beaver Co.
commenced building their 10-stamp
ehloridizing mill last season, but
| owing to tho late date at which the
! wagon road over the Wood River
divide was completed, and various
other unavoidable delays, the work
Of construction had to be suspended
until this season, when the nachin-
cry all being got in 1t progressed to
completion just at the close and as
the early storms came down. SO it
was deemed advisable not to at
tempt halfready start this winter,
but wait uutil spring and 60 ahead
with vim and vigor in good shape.
| The mill is fine one and will do
| good work, A start trial run was
made and resulted in complete salts
faction. The Columbia and Beaver
Co, have done considerable work in
| developing their mines the past sea
son, aud have made some fine show
ings of ore bodies. The same stock
holders alsu own largely in the
Lucky Boy Co, whose mines con
stat OF high grade and rich ores. So
that they viii undoubtedly be able
to run the mill exclusively on their
own ores,
The other mill is one built by the
Vienna Co. in Smiley Canyon, and
the town Of Vienna is the outgrewth
of this mill construction. The
Vienna Co. ia " consolidation of the
old Vienna Consolidated and Noun
tain King Co.'S, and its stockholders
consist Of the leading capitalists Of
the Northwestern States, mainly res
idents of st. Paul and Winona, Min
nesota, aud La Crosse, Wisconsin,
Their mill is q 20-stamp silver mil
with power for 90 more stamps, and
is the most perfect and complete in
all its parts of any mill built to the
present time, not excepting any
plaee or mill on Garth. The mill
machinery was I'LL ready early in the
season, and every attempt made BY
the company to have it in place and
operation by fail but.--sthe best LAID
plans O mice and men gang aft
aglee land the Vienna Co. after
surrounding almost every nature o.
obstacle, and actually completing
their mill, were Obliged to have il
lay Idle until the opening of another
season The reason is difficult tc
account for Either the company
have boon duped as to the nature
: value and extent OF their properties
or there has been gross mismanage
, ment of the same, for after nearly
+ three years OF vigorous mining de
j velopment, very little ore is in sigh
! Of the public, and that is the hos,
test Of any mine. Some small ship
! ments Of select, very select ores hav,
{ been made, and they fell far short o
) statements and predictions Of th,
! management The initiation OF tn,
enterprise promised payment o
+ their FIRST purchase in a few months
Q II didn't pay interest on the none,
expopdod ii development to dats-t
over Two years. That should ba a
, gument sufficient for wide awak,
q capitalists and stockholders w
t bolieye there is merit in the mines 0
tho Smiley Basin region, but it re
! quires honest and sltillfnl labor Il
1 prove up any mines, not fraud a
/. Headquarters and acknowledgement