The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
IDAHO NEWS.

superintendent of the Monarch mill
and mine at Atlanta, visited the
county seat Monday and Tuesday.
He informs US that his company
have purchased a new turbine wheel
to take the place of the one broken
several weeks ago at the Monarch
mill, and that he hopes to receive it
and have it in operation before the
middle of September. Mr.. Farna-
man has great faith in the good re-
suits to be derived from working
the immense lot of tailings at his
mill, which will be commenced as
soon as the new wheel is placed.
A short time ago he caused So holes
to be bored into the tailings reser-
voirs, and had samples from each
hole assayed, which gave very sat-
isfactory returns to himself and his
company. Considering that there
are thousands of tons of these tail
ings, it is reasonable to suppose
that the mill when once started will
continue in operation for an indefi-
mite period.-The last run at
Reeser's mill of So tons of Ophir
ore produced gold brick weighing
2l1 ounces. The concentrates from
this ore, according to assay tests,
average 500 per ton. This last
crushing shows that the Ophir mine
maintains its high standard for
richness, and as they have plenty
of ore uncovered for over 600 feet
and at a depth of 24O feet. nothing
is now wanted but a mill of their
own near the mine to make the
members of the Comfort Consoli-
dated Company in a short time the
bonanza kings" of Idaho. The
continued good results from the
Ophir mine will doubtless cause
the Idaho Consolidated Company
(whose claims are within a few
hundred feet of the Ophir works.
to again resume operations. With
out some unforeseen occurrence in
tervenes, the section of country
known as "Hardscrabble,," short
distance east of Rocky Bar, will be
a scene of mining activity, before
snow flies, heretofore not expert
enced in this section.
Pocatello Herald: On Saturday
evening last, at Ovid, about five
miles south of Montpelier, Mrs.
Quarselle was found dead upon the
floor at her home, and here follows
the story as given by her husband
"Wife and l were seated at the Ia
BILE for supper, when she suddenly
took quite seriously i'll and dropped
to the floor. We were alone at the
time, as our only child, a daughter
some II years old, was off to
neighbours, so / went hurriedly after
her to bring her home and make a
cup of tea, as l thought my wife
had taken poison and this would
give her relief, but l found upon
my return that she was dead" DR..
Hoover, of Montpelier: held an in
quest and found no symptoms Of
poison, but a number Of marks
around her neck and on her throat,
indicating that death was caused
by strangulation. Quarselle was ar
rested for causing her death and is
now in Jail at Paris, to await the
action of the next grand jury.
Avalanche: Quite a remarkable
thing happened in the store of W.
Sommercamp last Tuesday evening.
A barrel of oatmeal left in the store
exploded, throwing the contents all
over the place. A Chinaman who
was near by said it sounded "alle
same big gum" and scared him
nearly to death. Mr.. Sommercamp
said he never heard anything like
it before, and the only plausible
explanation we can make is that
the oatmeal in some way became
damp and swelled to such a degree
the barrel did not offer sufficient
resistance to its swelling capacity,
hence the explosion.
Recorder: The forest fire has
burned to the edge of the western
boundary fence on Gov. Shoup's
ranch, and the men have been en-
gagged in fighting the flames to pre-
vent the destruction of fences and
buildings. For two weeks the air
has been full of white ashes and
burned pine needles can be seen on
our streets anywhere, and although
no flames have been seen from here,
still the smoke is 80 dense we have
not been able to see Leesburg noun
tain, west of town, for two weeks,
and the air, at night especially, is
hot with the flames.
Idaho World: The richest gold
ore ever struck in this county is in
Monarch mine, on Summit Flat,
| owned by Oliver, Barry & Kearney,
and it is getting richer right along
with development. At last accounts
| gold was plainly visible in the vein
at a distance of several feet. 1t is
not in spots, but runs all through
the vein, which varies from four to
six inches. Pieces have been taken
out the whole width of the lode
that runs as high as three or four