Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-09-17
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Aon OF 1HE III ES
according to promise, l will write YOU
the first OF my series of letters re.
garding this part of the country in
general, and this burg and Surround.
lngs In particular. First about mines.
The Vienna mine employs ut pres
ent about 60 men, the ore output IS
good the mine showing we'll all
through. The mill is expected to
start up this week, and lively times
are anticipated. Talking about the
Vienna Company, they deserve great
credit for the enterprise they display
In developing this valuable property.
Mr.. Johnson, the superintendent.
George Francey, and the various fore.
men connected with the mine are
live men, up day and night il necessi.
ty requires, and kind and generous
to their men.
The Lion claims to have struck a
body OF fine ore lately, and the only
thing we regret is that a lawsuit ex.
lists between the Lion and Vienna
which. we hope, will be settled ami
cably.
The Solace Mining Company is
working but a few men, and will
probably quit working altogether this
winter. The Emma is working sew.
eral men, and will probably work six
or eight men all winter. Both of the
latter mines show we'll for the coun.
try.
The Morning Star, fne-looking
prospect over on South Boise and east
of the Emma, looks 6rst-class, an
ore body of nearly two feet of fine ore
being in sight over 60 feet below the
surface. This mine, it is rumored,
will in short time be sold to East.
ern capitalists.
The business generally about, al.
though somewhat quiet, will undoubt.
edly resume its former activity in a
short time.
A good many Of our people have
been out hunting and fishing lately,
and the events are various and some
of them amusing. For instance (but
this must be taken for what it is WORTHY
Lew Baker and another man whose
name have forgotten, started out on
"a trip ostensibly to hunt and fish. One
night they camped at lonely place
somewhere about the South Boise, in.
tending to make an early start. At 4
o'clock in the morning the party was
to start, but one of the ponies having
given out Lew told his partner to take
his (Lew's) pony to pack. No sooner
said than done; they packed their
pony, as they supposed, and travelled.
1t was still dark. When daylight ap-
peared they discovered to their sur.
prise that they had packed grizzly
bear! The bear did not seem to kick
any at their proceedings, but trodded
along quite cheerfully, until they
campe1, a few hours after, found our
friend Lew briskly cleaning fish on
the banks of the stream and throwing
them over his shoulder. AS soon as
he had finished cleaning. judge of his
surprise, when he looked around to
count his fish there sat the bear hav.
Ing devoured everyone of the fish he
had cleaned, and not leaving enough
to hold an inquest on!
Well, if you or your gentle readers
are shocked at this recital, ask Lew.
about it.
DR.. Sweet and Wade Bench to-
gether with Johnny Garvey, went out
hunting and shot an elk and noun
tain goat, also several deer; they
brought in their meat and went out
again. The boys and ladies had a
hop last week, which they greatly en-
joyed. Harry Giese, the redoubtable
chophouse and restaurant keeper, is
still on deck, having opened an estab-
Iishment here in Vienna.
This is about all the news for to.
night, with the exception that Jim
Vaught takes the cake as champion
hunter for this section. He shot an
eagle measuring seven feet three in
ches from tip to tip to-day, aud with
number four shot.
Yours, till anon. EXCELSIOR.
VIENNA, Sept. Is, 1885.
Gone Up Country.
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