The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-10-13
LETTER FROM CLAYTON.
CLAYTON, IDAHO, Oct. s, 1883

: CLAYTON, IDAHO, Oct. s, 1888.
ED. KEYSTONE: Clayton is
characteristic mining camp, con
sisting of a Acton smelter, the A
j. Crook & Co.'s merchandising
store, five saloons, two lodging ane
eating houses, three livery stables
one blacksmith shop, a barber shop
corrals and hurdy-gurdy houses
and in fact, all branches of business
representations that are requisite te
the amount of inhabitants. I found
the people all astir and ever active
to the requirements essential to
success each possessed of the hur-
rah and whoop-up turn Of mind,
but still possessed with sufficient
calmness to want all proceedings to
work tremendously and to the good
of the town. Everybody is busy
with the exception of the charac-
teristic lofer that every camp is heir
to, and all seem content and feel
sanguine Of a future prosperity.
Building is active and not a vacant
house in town. Men are sleeping
in cellars, eorrals and every place
where they can make their beds
down, but still everybody seems
happy and realizes that it will not
always be thus. Buildings and lots
that sold four months ago for few
dollars, have increased several hun
dred per cent. in value, and every
thing is on the increase in proper
ton.
The smelter is running full ca
pacity, and turning out bullion to
an extent really surprising. In
Guiding the coal business, lime
haulers, pack train men and en-
ployees around the works, some 100
or more hands are constantly en-
ployed. Added to that. the ella"
mine employs some % men, the
"Silver Rule" Is men, the "Skylark"
Is men, and other mines owned by
the company add 80 or more men
to the list, all of whom must come
here for their money and supplies
thus one can readily understand
the resources of the camp, and
when you consider that next year,
with an enlargement of the furnace,
and a triple enlargement of the
force at each mine, who can say but
that the outlook for the town is en-
couraging?
I find Wood River we'll repre-
scented here, particularly among the
miners. Myself and Jake are snugly
ensconced in a small, but comfort
able, warm building, where We shall
be glad to welcome all, and where
we dish out to the thirsty as good
an article of Harrison & Morton
wet goods as we are able to procure.
Ed. Pinney is busy attending to
the affairs of the smclter, and though
seemingly cheerful, is evidently pin
ing for some one left behind. Ed
contcmplates trip to Ketchum SO
soon as lull in business will per-
NIT, and if he returns here without
first joining the benedicts, it will
be no fault Of his. Dickinson and
Worswick were over and spent a
day with Us, but have returned.
They expressed themselves as fully
convinced that the camp has 4
promising future before it.
The Ella mine, owned by the
company, is connected with the
smelter by tramway, and lies but
about four hundred yards from the |
center of town. was shown into
and through the mine yesterday by
Mr.. Terry, the foreman. and was
really surprised at the magnitude
of the same. There is worlds of
ore in sight, not kidneys" or
"bunches" of ore, but continuous
body that reaches from one end to
the other of present development,
and is traceable on the surface for
miles. The ledge of ore varies from
3 inches to Is feet in places; is un-
broken in its continuity and is de-
veloped to depth Of about 200
feet by a shaft. Immediately below
the shaft and running to intersect
the same, but at a greater depth, is
a cross-cut tunnel that is already
within 200 feet of the vein. When
completed this tunnel will furnish
a new outlet for the mine, save
hosting the ore as at present, and
besides furnish means for working
the mine in the most economical
manner. From differences drawn
in talking with disinterested parties
the boys who furnish the muscle
of the camp, and generally they are
the most reliable parties to CLEAN
information from, the Ella is but
an infant mine as compared with
the Silver Rule, on Slate creek.
owned by the same company. Par
ties recently from there say that
with present development (and the
owners only consider the Rule a
prospect yeti 100 men can be
worked upon ore alone. Not con-
centrating, low-grade ore, but clean,
PURE 100 oZs. GALENA ORE
There are several other properties
in this vicinity owned hy the COM