Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-18
THE p. & l. co.
1T HAS NOT DISCONTINUED OPERA.
TONS.
lie Company TO Operate as Extensively
as HeretOfOre-A Remote Possibility
or Change OF Management.

as Heret"fore-A Remote Possibilit,
Of Change OF Management.
The statement published in tn,
ZINES few days ago, to the effec
that the Philadelphia e. Idaho smelt
ing works at Ketchum, the Nortt
Star mine on the East Fork of WOOD
hlver, and the Silver Star mine. il
Smoky all properties owned ane
operated by the Philadelphia & IIahe
Company-had been "shut down.
and that operations would be sus
pended there for an indefinite period
was incorrect, false, and without s
word OF truth. The report wa.
brought to HALEY by Joseph Dunton
who informed the TINES man tina,
every man at the North Star anG
American Eagle mines had been dis
charged. "This," said Nj. Duntop
'''s rather rough on ME, as had Jus,
got three days work in at the North
Star"
Although the TIMES is thus par.
ticuIar in placing the responsibility
where it belongs, it is willing, in JUS.
tice to Mr.. Dunton, to state that the
latter is not to blame for circulating
the report, as be really believed it.
Mr.. Dunton is brother.in.law of P
A. B. ("Pete') Widener, one of the
solid men of Philadelphia, and heavy
stakeholder in the P. & l. Co.
Through his connection with the com
pany, Mr.. Dunton obtained the prom
Use, under certain conditions, of lease
OF the sampllng works of the COM
pany. He then, it is alleged, opened
negotiations with the Idaho Sampling
Company Of Haley and Bellevue, to
turn over his lease to that Compay
This is denied by the stockholders of
the latter; bat it was bell we'd
by the sme!ter managers, who did not
take kindly to the proposition. So,
on Mr.. Dunton's return to Ketchum
to conclude the negotiations he was
informed by Messrs. Dewey and
Hardess, that their company was
about to suspend operations alto
gether, and could not, therefore, lease
the sampler to Mr.. Dun,on.
The mines and roasting and smelt-
ing furnaces Of the Philadelphia &
Idaho Company, the T1MEs's inform
ant states, will continue in full op-
Grafton for an indefinite period, or
just as long as they can be made to
pay. At the North Star and Amer.
lean Eagle mines rs men are employ
ed whose daily "stint" or task is three
tons tirst-class ore per day. At the
Silver Star the work Of sinking shafts
and WINES and running drifts will be
done by contract; and the other
claims, furnaces, etc, will all be open
ed as economically as possible. But
they will all be worked.
Vice President and General Man
ager Wright, of the p. & I. Co., is.
however, a very busy man, and get
ling buster all the time. The
Wright estate of Philadelphia, is
worth about $l5,OOO,OOO, and its
largely devolves upon
him. Besides, Mr.. Wright, Mr..
Matthews, and few others (of the
2. d l. Coz have recently become
Interested in ''traction railway"
scheme, the exclusive right to the
patent for New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Chicago, etc, being
owned by them, and as there are be-
lived to be ''millions in it, this will
Keep them all pretty busy during
he ensuing two or three years, and, !
With their other vast concerns, may :
make it impossible for them to give
my attention to a business as far
,ut Ct reach as Idaho. If this
should prove to be the case, their
mines and works here would prob
IDLY be leased to responsible parties
or few years; but Otherwi; they
would be operated, as now, by the
stockholders.