The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

COlsa1nE to the EroEt-13fl3S to
be Erected - Other Notes of
Interest.


No mining region Of Idaho MOI
in fact any other in the west prom
Uses more favorably than that OF
the Little Smoky Mining District
The developments Of the season in
the various claims and locations
have been something remarkable
and but little has been heard o,
said about it owing to the fact that
the interests are held by parties
who propose to hold and work 70,
their own benefit, and are not toot-
ing for purposes Of sale
During the past week or two
some of our leading citizens and
mining operators have been visit
ing that camp looking after their
interests and preparing for vigor-
Gus work next year, and from them
and others who are constantly 60
ing back and forth, we get the fol-
lowing facts which are strictly rcli-
able.
The Silver Star and Salamander
mines owned by james NJ. Rhodes,
Prcst. of the Philadelphia Mining
& Smelling Co., who has been ably
represented in the general manage
ment by Sidney l.. Wright Esq,
Vice Prcst., of the same Co., and
the mines Immediately supervised
by II. J. Hardcs Esq, Supt., of
that company, promise beyond
question the greatest ore output of
any mining property in Idaho for
the immediate future.
The locations are on one contin-
uous vein of galcna and carbonatcs
mainly of a concentrating nature.
The ledge has been developed by
surface openings along almost its
entire length of twenty-five hun
bred feet; consisting of five shafts
varying in depth from thirty-fvc
to ninety feet, and tunnel over
fifty feet long, all on the vein and
in ore from three to ten feet in
thickness. The ledge is also tap
ped at a depth of nearly four hun
drcd feet, by tunnel six hundred
feet in length, where the ore body is
equally rich and extensive. An
upraise is now being made to the
surface which will facilitate the
most extensive working of the
whole mine. Surveys and plans
for concentrating works with q ca
pacity of one hundred tons of ore
per day have been made and adopt
ed, and the machinery will be on
the ground as early in the spring
as the state of the roads will per-
NIT.
The most excellent judgement
has been exhibited in the manage
ment and supervision of this prop
crty, and the proprietor can intel
'ligently and confidently now pur-
chase and place machinery with a
full knowledge of just what is
requisite and necessary. The oper-
atoms for this concern alone will
make booming camp. But other
claims in the immediate vicinity
also promise and indicate beyond
question their great future.
The Carrie Leonard, owned by
Clark, league & Hyde and Pink
ham & Lewis, is a great mine. 1t
is situated about Onc-half mile
from the Silver Star and has been
operated most successfully this
season while being developed svs-
tematically for future operations.
Fully $4,000 in dividends have
accrued to the owners over and
above all expenses of ore extrac-
ton and shipment and develop /
ment work. 1t has already proven
itself one of the leading mines of
Idaho, and with a continuance of
development in ratio with this
seasons work will prove a vcritable +
bonanza in another year It's ore
is high grade in character Most
of the shipments of the present
season averaging 200 ounces to the
ton in silver and seventy percent.
lead.
The Isabella, near the Carrie
Leonard, which has been an ore
producer to very considerable
extent, has recently been purchased
by ex-United States Senator Wal
lace of Pennsylvania, one of the
,