Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-04-25


Wood River Mining and Smelling
Company of Muldoon, and of the SEN
ate Mining and Smelling Company, Of
Galena, was in town to-day, on his
way to Muldoon, and dropped into the
ZINES office to say allow dye do?"
In reply to questions, Colonel Green
willlngly explained his plan Of future
operations. He said that he had Sc
cured all the capital which he would
require, and he proposed to control
the smelling business Of this section.
To this end he would, if necessary,
erect an unbroken line of smelters
from HALEY to and beyond the Saw
tooth divide. This, he had no doubt
from his knowledge of the country, he
would be compelled to do within two
or three years, and thus keep ut least
20 furnaces going.
The works already built by Colonel
Green, at ketchum and Muldoon,
were on good basis, and would make
a creditable showing this year. At
Muldoon there are two Acton stacks
that will be blown in soon for the
summer campaign, with every pros
pect for a satisfactory run. At
ketchum the two stacks already up
will be blown in about the 18th of
May, and run continuously until the
cold compels suspension of opera
tons. Before the close of the sum-
mer season, two additional stacks will
be got ready, and by fall, if the
furnaces work we'll, they will turn out
a prodigious quantity of bullion.
To operate these works this summer,
at least GOO tons of coke will be re-
CURED every month-20O tons at Null
doom, and 400 tons at ketchum. This
coke will come from Collinsville, Pa,
and what will be required at ketchum
will be hauled there from this place
by team. That for Muldoon will
probably be taken off the cars at Sill
yer Creek.
The Philadelphia company propose
to build as many furnaces as will be
needed, wherever required, and to
stop the shipment of ores out of the
country. To do this it would be nee.
essary for the company to pay more
for ores than the Omaha or any other
works would pay. This Colonel
Green proposed to do. In future, he
wished it to be distinctly understood,
he would buy ores in bulk or in sacks,
at the mine dumps or at any sampling
works in HALEY or ketchum, and pay
cash on the spot as soon as the ore
was sampled. This in any quantity,
from 200 pounds up to any number of
tons. If the producer preferred, he
could lave his ore sampled at the
ketchum works, and thus save sampl.
ing charges. But he preferred the ores
to be sampled elsewhere than at his
own works, as more likely to be sat-
isfactory to the producers, while the
Philadelphia company could buy as
safely from the sampling of other
works as from their own. This, how
ever, Colonel Green wished to make
clear: That the Philadelphia Com
pany will pay more for ores than can
be obtained anywhere else-and that
this would be paid on the spot, as
soon as the ore was sampled. Pro-
ducers will therefore not, as now, be
compelled to wait six or eight weeks
for returns from their developments.
Colonel Green wants all the ores of
this section, but he will make special
effort to get those of Bullion. The
ore of the Wood River Mining Com
pany he is satisfied he cannot get; but
those of the Mayfower, Jay Gould,
ldahoan, o X, etc., he believed he
would get, as they are now compelled
to ship to Omaha or Salt Lake.
Colonel Green went on to Muldoon,
but he will return in a couple of days,
and will then interview the Bullion
and Deer Creek mining men to secure
their ores.
Remember Browns Arnica Salve
is warranted.