The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
CUSTER CORRESPONDENCE.

OF your custer county subscriber
and those of our friends and az
quaintances that are in any wa
interested in the welfare of Custe
and Bonanza, we ask that you pub
llsh the announcement of the dane
and celebration to be held at Be
nanza on the 10th inst. It is on
intention to give everybody tina
comes to see US on that day mos
cordial welcome, for not only d.
we feel that the strings of detention
that have bound our progress man,
years are at last broken by tn
completion of the new road, bu
also do we want to show the out
side world that the exiles have a
last awakened, and instead of con
sidering ourselves castaways as O
old we have become a fixed figure
for the future; a figure that stands
ready at all times to meet its neigh
bors upon that socialistic plane
that characterizes friendliness anG
good behavior; a figure that is up
and ready for all good to be derived
by the county to which we belong,
"a figure that shall stand up 70,
our rights in every respect. And
we want to show our appreciation
for our relief and to that end we
ask everybody to join US upon that
day that we may offer up a sup
plication to our Redeemer Tor re-
deemers) for our deliverance from
further inconvenience and excessive
tolls. Jack Crook and Frank Rapp,
the incorrigibles! sabe us?) Also
do we want to show our neighbors
that we can give them the best time
on the least expense of any camp
in the county. We have not fully
decided as yet the nature of our
jubilee, but we will commence on
the 10th inst. with grand ball, at
the Dodge Hotel. All preparations
for this are arranged for by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bomar and Mr.. and Mrs.
Dodge, who have always proved
themselves the foremost road en-
thusiasts. With all details as to
the dance left in their hands, all
Custer county people can contem-
plate pleasant time in store. The
lay following the dance will prob
ably be utilized in scrub horse-races,
foot-races, etc., in fact, anything
hat will tend to please our guests.
So, come along, one and al! If we
1on't entertain you, it will not be
our fault.
1t seems to a close observer from
he influx Of clayton sufferers"
nto Custer these days, that that
'urg is fast being depopulated. 1t
$ probably we'll for Clayton, as
scores of people tlocked to that
,iace this spring, and everything
vas consequently overdone. Clay
on is a good little camp to-day,
md will be for years to come, but
t is not expected that it will sup
port a population like Butte or
.eadville. 1t has been charged by
ome disappointed parties that your
correspondent is to blame for this
,ver-intlux, but we challenge any
,erson to look back over our asser-
ions of the camp and find one ut
erance that the town or mining
district proper does not justify.
he smelter has run steady for
nonths, and expects to continue all
inter. If it should blow out it
ill not be for want Of ore; the
layton Mercantile Company has
pent some $4,000 in buildings /; |
he Clayton and Bonanza road has
ut another $4,000 in circulation
ne Greet Expectations Placer Com
any have already spent $4,000 in
improvements, and expect to spend
3 much more before they can hope
, receive any returns for their work
ne Cinnabar Mining Company has
[so put in circulation some Is or
} thousand dollars, and it has all
ent directly to Clayton's benefit.
hese items alone, say nothing of
le lesser items, make showing
lat no other camp of equal size in
le northwest can boast of. We
arm from good authority that the
innabar mine is proving verita-
e bonanza. This comedies with
lr predictions Of last spring, and
owes beyond a doubt the perma-
,ncy of their assures. But Custer
I'd Bonanza are different. While
e mines around Clayton are gen.
ally in lime and quartzite and are
richly a smelling proposition,
ose of this camp are in porphyry /,
ID sienite, and are of milling
aracter. But Custer has already
owed her permanency, as her out
1t for ten years will show. But
e old saying that "the best mines {
e to be found yet" seems bound
be demonstrated here. John /
ullen and D. E. Bollet have owned {
e ground adjoining tie Summit
old Custer vein on the east, and
mediately above the Lucky Boy
d Annie lodges, for ten years. (
ley have represented the same I
thfully all this time, and now 9
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