The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-10
IDAHO NEWS.

Challis Messenger: We antici-
pate a big boom in the Sheep
mountain and Seafoam country
the coming summer. We already
hear considerable talk about that
region by prospectors and mining
experts, and as soon as the snow
is off SO that people can get in there,
there will be a rush of people that
Sheep mountain has never known.
The mountain is filled with lodges
of ore that assays way up into the
hundreds, and some of them thous-
ands of dollarsper ton, and all that
is wanted to make it one of the
largest mining camps in Idaho is
capitalists to take hold and invest
some Of their means in the erection
of mills and smelters. If the wagon
road from Ketchum to that coun-
try, which is being agitated pretty
strongly, should be built this year,
there is no doubt in our minds that
this rich mineral country will be
filled with eager prospectors, min
ers, mining experts, ETC., and if not
this year, next year we shall have
the pleasure of seeing quartz mill
and perhaps a smelter to reduce
the rich Sheep mountain and Sea-
foam lodges into bullion.-We
learn that the Buckskin mine, sit
uated in Stanley Basin, is working
eight men, and have large ledge
that is producing some fine grade
ore. 1t is rumored that a mill will
be built at this mine this summer.
Silver City Avalanche: We un-
derstand that the Idaho Central
Railroad Company will soon COM
mence a survey from Nampa to
Walters ferry, Snake river, with
view of extending the road to that
place. Should the road be built,
Silver City will be within 80 miles
of railroad communication.
Blackfoot News: Ex-Congress-
man Maybury, of Michigan, is be-
lieved to be the coming man as
successor Of Judge Broderick for
this judicial district of Idaho
The people of Lemhi county are
working hard to have the Indian
reservation in that county thrown
open to settlement and the Indians
thereon removed to the Fort Hall
reservation in this county, and from
present indications they seem like
ly to succeed.
Shoshone Journal: There is
large travel westward over the
Oregon Short Line at present.
Nearly every train is loaded with
emigrants seeking homes in the
Northwest. Yesterdays train con-
tanned nine coaches, six of which
were loaded with emigrants.-
An immense amount of lumber is
being shipped east over the Oregon
Short Line. A train of nineteen
cars loaded with Oregon lumber
passed through Tuesday. Some of
the large timbers were fully sixty
feet long.
Cassia County Times: If two
or three more inspectors were to
visit this county the people would
probably be compelled to organize
private mail service. There is
such thing as overriding a good
policy, and the department at
Washington, through the advice of
so-called inspectors, is certainly
making a good beginning in Cassia
county.
Inter-Idaho: There are eight
families living on East Fork and
four more will move in soon. Miss
Harris, therefore, who goes there
next Monday ito teach the young
idea how to shoot" will have quite
large shooting class.-The board
of county commissioners will hold
a special meeting March 14th to
receive bids on the last lot of
county bonds and to transact other
business.
An Old paciffc CnastAr Dead.