The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-09-26
Richer than Represented.


running down the Territory of Idaho
1t even went to the trouble Of sending n
correspondent to the Wood. River dis
trict for the purpose of writing up the
disadvantages and ridiculing the grand
prospects of that great mining section
1t was very careful to send its man there
early in the season, before any accurate
estimate could be formed of the value of
I the mineral output. or the progress of
I development. 1t had an object in doing
1 this. Some have said that there was
I money in the scheme, that the misrep-
1 RESERVATIONS published in that journal
( were well paid for. To those who are
/ at all acquainted with the mineral
/ wealth OF that country, this version of
the Republicans unjust policy. was read
lily accepted. What other object than
1 that OF making money, could influence
| a newspaper published in Denver to at
i tempt to iniure n locality in the same
country, but hundreds of miles distant
from Colorado, cannot well be imagined.
1t is true that the Wood River coun-
try has suffered much from. and that its
! progress is still retarded by. to too little
attention being paid to mining as per-
manent industry, to developing mines
instead of filing too many claims and
digging prospect holes only to abandon
them. A lesson has now been learned,
however, and the people of Idaho, as
well Us in other parts, are learing that
to establish mining upon permanent
and paying basis, there must be less
speculation and more attention to
method and production. In this respect
Wood River like Utah is coming to the
front
Not only in variety but also in rich
ness of the ores produced do the mines
of Utah, Idaho and Montana excel An
evidence of this fact is found in the
following item of news cabled to Amer
lea q few days since; "The diploma of
honor of the highest award for the best
collection of mineral specimens has
been given by the Amsterdam exhibit
ton to the proprietor of the Zeehande-
lar specimens, which comprise 400 diff
ferent minerals from the mines of Utah,
Montana and Idaho. The success which
has attended mining operations in the
been so highly esteemed across the At
lantic added to the fact that tie amount
of ore brought to the surface by mining
operations i'll those places ought to
silence forever those mean individ-
uals who endeavor to underrate the
mineral wealth OF this section of the
2 United States.
Every one who will give the matter
5 any honest thought must see that there
are many drawbacks in a new mining
} district that are not mot with in the
: older ones. Until this summer the
: Wood River people had no railroad to
| bring in their supplies or to carry their
| ore to market. Now there is n change
, The enterprise of the Union Pacific
| Railroad Company has removed many
e Of the obstacles to the rapid develop
t ment of mines in that part of Idaho
a There are many accommodations at
fordea the people there now that could
not have been enjoyed had not tbs
railroad been extended that far. The
placing of their country in immediate
Q and easy connection with the great
: tronseontinental railway system has en-.
c couraged the enterprising and determ
I ined residents of Southern Idaho (,
g prove to the world that there is abund
n ance of latent wealth in that quarter
{. There is pnsh and energy there nov
e that is working wonders. What hav,
q for some time been struggling hamlet
e are fast growing to wealthy and popu
q lous town Those who have been Their
longest and have interested themselve
!; most i'll the progress of the countr,
q ought to be the best judges of its re
/ sources. We do not find any of then
s dishenrtened. but ON the contrary the,
q have the greatest confidence in the pos
y sibilities of the place which they hav,
K male their home. All homes: anil com
. petent iittsges of mining districts wbt
= have been 20 Wood River lately. speiil
in the highest terms OF its progress itai
= promise ogden Pilot.
X The Oregon short Line have concir
7 ded that the amount of travel over tina
Is line viii Justify them in putting sleeper
4 on the regular trains running from
y Granger to Wood River Pilot.