Idaho semi-weekly keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1884-1885, 1885-07-18
HOME AND ABROAD.

Vienna mine, made his annual summer
visit to Ketchum this week.
Colonel Creighton, one OF the lucky
owners of ground on the great Camas
gold belt, was in Ketchnm this week.
G. H. Small, freighter and contractor
Of Bayhorse, came over yesterday,
making Ketchum without changing
horses.
The past week many travellers from
Omaha, Chicago, San Francisco st. Louis
and New York business houses have
been in town.
Divine services will be held at the
Union Church tomorrow at the usual
hour, morning and evening. Sunday
school at noon.
Mr.. Pease of the mining. firm of Pease
GsTaylor, is in town having a thirteen
ton lot of ore sampled from the High
land Chief at Galena.
NJ. Il. Coffin returned yesterday from
Custer county. He likes that country
and the people, and took orders for
large amount OF goods.
III. Fisher of the Fisher gold mine and
mill, on the head of Warm Spring Creek
of the Salmon, has been in town a few
days, the guest of Eugene ANTI.
r. E. Reid returned from Lost River
a few days ago, where he is working
prospect. Mr.. r. says there is great
deal of ore in sight in the Lost River
mines.
Messrs. Allen and Hallack of the
Mountain House, Vienna road, are in
town this week having some ore sam
pied from lodges near the Mountain
House.
J. B. Foster of Bellevue was in town
Wednesday and gave the KEYSTONE Office
call. MIR. Foster is a pioneer OF Wood
River and has great faith in its future
prosperity.
z. p. Baxter of the Baxter Hotel has
just completed a very fine, double eabi-
net in his office-room. 1t was built by
P. P. Rowell, the gentleman who is put
ting up the jigger at Lake Creek.
Ill. Z. Pinney, superintendent of the
Lake Creek Concentration, was in town
Thursday. He informs us that work is
being pushed and the new concentra-
tor would be ready to start up for a GER
tainty by August LIST.
Custer county Thursday night with big
loads of passengers. Good time is made
over the Ketchum and Challis road, and
the trip is easy and though pictur-
esque and interesting country.
Sarah Roach of the culinary depart
ment of the Palace Restaurant lost a
purse containing $50 at or in the vicinity
of the Guyer Hot Springs last evening.
The money was in two S20-pieces and q
$40 greenback. She will give $40 to the
party returning it.
A. Adams has bought the furniture
business of George NJ. Snow, and occu-
pies the old stand. While Mr.. Snow
thanks his customers for their liberal
patronage extended to him, he bespeaks
for his successor continuance of the
patronage bestowed upon the old firm
j. D. Murphy, superintendent of the
Silver King mines and concentrator a,
Sawtooth, is in town His new machin.
cry concentrates one ton of ore pei
hour, and is kept running day and night
Some tweDty-six tons of ore is concen-
trated into one, and that worth from
$500 to $1,000 per ton.
Col. Brodhead has struck an eighteen
inch vein of fine galena ore in the Bonat
Cord mine, upon which he recently
took lease. He was about to sell on
his lease and would have made out th,
papers yesterday, but one of the mer
employed III the mine came down t
Ketchum on foot, arriving here yester
day morning at three o'clock, to brins
the Colonel news of the strike ant
advising him not to sell his lease.
The Clayton smelter has turned out q
much bullion up to this date-early il
the season as it is-as it did during til,
entire run Of 1884. From present appear
ance, thisgood beginning will be contiuet
and the out put from the Clayton smelte
this year, increase the bullion produe
of the Territory for 1885 materially. A
is we'll known, it is under the persona
superintendent of A. j. Crook, who's
name, as sinelter man, stands at tn
head of the list Challis Messenger.
Owen Long. James McNab, Mrs