The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
MINING NOTES,

V1Suua M1u1uR company, INFORM
the KEYSTONE that his compan,
have perfected arrangements to re
sumo extensive operations upor
their property early in the spring
Mr.. Johnston still has great faitl
in the ultimate success of the mines
in the Sawtooth range. He believes
that there will be mines in the ole
granite mountains yielding up Their
riches when mines in other local.
ties Of the territory will have seer
their best days, and become a thing
of the past.
We learn from parties over from
Custer county, that the London
syndicate which as the "Charles
Dickens Company" purchased the
controlling interest in the Charles
Dickens mine some time ago, have
now obtained complete ownership
of that property. When the com
pany was organized and the pur-
chase first made, some of the orig
inal owners did not take stock, and
debenture bonds were issued to
them to secure their interests. Not
long ago suit on the mine in the
interest of these bonds was COM
menced: To avoid litigation and
obtain full possession of the prop
erty, the company purchased those
debentures themselves. This is q
matter Of great Importance to b.
nanza as we'll as to the company,
for this valuable property has lain
idle over a year on account of
trouble with the parties holding
these debentures, and now it is un-
derstood that Mr.. Treweek, the
manager, intends to begin active
operations in the spring for fully
developing the mine, which fact
will give a new impetus to mining
in that locality. These debentures
were held by J. 3. Dooly of Salt
Lake, and Col. C. A. Wood of Sal.
mon City, who held those covering
the interest which Fred. Phillips Of
Challis, had in the Charles Dick
ems mine, and the suit was COM
menced in the name Of r. c. Cham
bers. The company is now known
as the Dickens-Custer Company.
The Dickens and Custer properties
having been consolidated nearly a
year ago. The company have been
running their 30-stamp mill since
February, and turning out about
$4,000 per month in bullion. They
have been running on Lucky Boy
ore, which, for the month of No
vember, averaged SILL per ton.
The ore in this mine improves with
depth, and in the new winze from
the lower tunnel, they have gone
down 40 feet through solid ore all
the way. A piece was brought into
Bonanza a short time since, weigh
ing eighty pounds: which assayed
II ounces in silver and 800 in gold
per ton.
A good wagon road 10 Bonanza
is sadly needed, and there is talk
of extending the road up Salmon
river to the Yankee Fork, and
thence to Bonanza. The road is
good to a point twelve miles above
Clayton, and it would not require
very heavy work to extend it to b.
nanza. This would give access to
the Yankee Fork country the year
round, except, possibly, for short
time after very heavy fall of snow.
AS it is now, the road over the high
SUBMITS to that country are inn
passable for months for anything
except showshoes, to the great in
convenience of all mining opera
tons in that rich mineral region.
&c. Vaught arrived in Ketchum
last Monday direct from the Buck
skin mining property near Stanley
Basin. Mr.. Vaught has been en-
ployed by the Buckskin Mining
Company since July last. He re-
ports that work on the mine has
been temporarily suspended.
It is reported that Davis, Jacobs
& Co., who have lease on the So
lace mine near Vienna, in the Saw
tooth mining district, are meeting
with very good success. Whatever
ore is taken out Of the Solace is
bound to run up into the hundreds
per ton.
Joe Johnson and AL. Hilman,
lessees of the Matte mine, spent
New Years day in town. They re-
port the Matte slowly but surely
yielding up her hidden wealth.
Sam. Huston and H. Rinehart
were in town on New Years day.
They are looking after the "Sallie"
mine on Trail creek during the
winter. We trust the "Sallie" may
amply reward the faithful ere spring
time comes again.
VIM. Stout has had assays of
rock from a ledge he is developing
seven or eight miles above town
near the river. The ledge is seven
feet in width, and shows an average
value of $41 in gold. One streak
goes considerably over 500. The
- e. fro,,o which tho eamnlea were