The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-11-17
MINING NOTES.

. An observer making journe,
: up Warm Springs creek for a dis
lance of eight or ten miles, viii
notice considerable activity in min
ing along the line.
Messrs. Taylor & Dobbins arr
keeping the Buzzo concentratol
steadily running on ore from sew
eral mines in the vicinity of the
works.
Messrs. Slower & Harrison arc
working their Highland Mary mine
and shipping ore with good results
Parsons pack train has been en-.
gagged during the week delivering
supplies to their mine for their win.
ter's operations.
Robert Wheeling, who has lease
on the West Fork and other mines
belonging to the Philadelphia &
Idaho Company, is shipping ore,
and busily making preparations for
winters work.
The Beagle Brothers are working
the Keno mine under lease with
very favorable prospects. They,
too, are getting in their supplies,
and expect to winter with the boys
on Bassett gulch.
Jerome Jacobs and James Shaw
have lease on the Olympia mine,
also in Bassett gulch. The Olym-
pia is one of the best developed
mines in that locality, and it is
hoped that by spring the lessees
will be rewarded by a handsome
output of good ore.
Work on the Catherine mine is
suspended for the present, but it is
thought that work under lease
will be resumed shortly.
All in all, the outlook of the mines
in and around Bassett gulch is very
encouraging, indeed, and it would
not be surprising if some fine de-
veIopments are made by spring.
Further up Warm Springs creek
Messrs. Deering, Pease & Marlatt
are working their Sonora mine.
They have made several shipments
of ore during the summer and fall,
which have yielded very good re-
suits. They are now building
house and making other substantial
preparations for vigorous develo p
ment work on their property dur
ing the winter season.
1t is reported that the 7OO-foot
level of the Idahoan mine is look
ing very favorable towards develop
ing fine ore body. Depth will
tell, and there is no question about
the permanency and future of this
mine.
Messrs. Morrissey & Reed have
discovered a mammoth copper lode
or deposit on the head of Big Lost
river The lode is said to be of an
enormous size, and assaying from
% to 40 per cent copper, and car
rying from 40 to so ounces in silver
per ton. The locators of this fine
property were in town this week
making preparations to work their
claims during the winter. The
property is located within few
miles of the Ketchum and Challis
toll road, making Ketchum the
nearest point to the railroad.
The following wholesome advice
in reference to the annual assess
ment work on mining claims is
from the Scientific Press: Miners
and prospectors who have not al
ready done so, should at once COM
mence the assessment work on their
claims to comply with the U. S.
mining laws. Only a few weeks
more remain in which to do the
work. 1t is foolish to put off this
necessary duty until the last min
ute and perhaps jeopardize import
ant interests. If work on the claims
is not commenced on or before Jan
uary |, 1899, they are liable to for
fixture and relocation. The weather
about that time may be such in the
mountainous regions as to entail
great deal Of extra trouble and ex-
pense. 1t is a bad plan to delay
such work until the last moment
The working of the annual expend
iture feature Of our mining laws is
now so we'll known as to require
no further explanation. If the work
is not done each year, the claim is !
subject to relocation. When owners
let location rights lapse and then
take the chances in relocating them
selves, they are apt to find some
one else on the ground if it is at
all promising. The mining laws are
liberal enough and should be COM
piled with. The idea of men holding
ground from year to year without
it is a bad one, and the
laws are intended to prevent this.
They prevent, also, one man holding
a dozen or so claims unless he
does some work on them all. The
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