The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-07-28
MINING SUMMARY.
King Of tho West Silver Star Elkhorn
Ophir and Yankee Dlade---Hotea
KING OF THE WEST.

bodies there at depth and will prob
ably inspire greater amount o
prospecting and greater amour
of confidence in the ultimate vain,
Of claims that may have the ad
vantage of q working capital. Tb,
King of the West is now proyin,
itself to be real bonanza and mas
be cited as the only instance te
date in that locality of mine pro
vlded with a working capital BY
the sale and assessment of stock
Many of the stockholders may have
felt a little impatient at times and
possibly dubious of the outcome Of
their speculation. but if they parted
with any of their stock in that prop.
erty they did 80 at loss. It has
recently sold for 81 90 per share,
over 81 90 a few months ago, and
the property is reported by all who
have seen it to be a genuine for
tune. A practical miner who Wis
tied Smoky describes the workings
and expresses his views of the prop
erty as follows:
The King Of the West, on which
so many eyes are centered await
ing the result of the concentration
which will start up in a few days,
has been developed bya tunnel and
shaft at mean depth from surface
of 400 feet, and blocked out every
so feet by drifts and raises to be
ready for stopping when the mill
starts up in active operation. The
mine throughout has the air of sys-
tematic mining, which, coupled
with the natural easy working of
the ledge, which is almost vertical,
will make the expense of stopping
and handling of ore very small.
AS this is the deepest developed
mine in Smoky it certainly speaks
we'll for the camp and strengthens.
the theory that its lodges grow in
value with depth. The ledge has
every appearance of true assure,
with we'll defined walls and with
more and better grade of ore as
depth is attained. The mine GER
tainly has q great future. II the
thousands of tons of ore now in
sight can be concentrated to a profit
there is not the least doubt that it
will be a success, as all the latest
appliances for the treatment of ore
OF this character will be in use in
the mill. The development of this
property has been under the super
vision and control of Joe Sommers,
and he deserves credit for making
the King mine. Should the mill
prove a success times will boom at
the King of the West and return
thousands to the pockets of the
fortunate owners"
SILVER STAR.
The Philadelphia 4 Idaho Com
pany have just let Il contract to \.
W. Dunn, Of Smoky, to sink the
main shaft of the Silver Star mine
in that district to an additional
depth of 100 feet. Mr. Dunn put
ninemen on the work last Monday
morning and will work three shifts,
,hus pushing the desired develop
nent work as rapidly as possible.
The Silver Star is accounted a good
piece of mining property but the
owners now see the necessity of Il
practical and systematic develop
nent of ore chutes, and have just un-
lertaken the work as above stated. |
The contract let to Mr.. Dunn also
provides for further work, should
he same be found necessary before
he company takes hold of the
for the purpose of ex-
racting ore. Mr.. Dunn is conf
lent of doing successful work and
links one hundred feet below the
resent workings will be sufficient
o develop the ledge below all tan
ent veins and feeders. 1t is con-
identity believed by all mining men
Tho have visited the property that
can be made highly productive
nine.
DAYTON.
Harvey Mccullough has returned
rom Boulder with some specimens
f very rich ore from the Dayton
ode, upon which be and Mr.. Ham
ton have been doing the assess
,ent work. Starting at point on
he surface they have followed the
,dge 80 feet and exposed for q
,et, in an entirely new place, about
We inches of very fine galena. 1t
aries some gray copper and will
ssay from 5000 to $500 per ton.
he claim looks remarkably well.
everal quartz feeders to the ledge
ave been recently discovered with
/ the Dayton ground and in most
Il of them galena is found. The |
are good for another
lch ore body as was recently ex-
acted from the Ophir mine under
ase. The Dayton claim has been j
litigation for several years past,
cling also claimed by Thomas La
I'll, formerly of this place. The ]
$50 will probably be decided at