The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-24
MINING NOTES.
FROM ATLANTA.

FhOM ATLANTA.
G. G. Adams, formerly of Saw
tooth, but now engaged in the mer-
camille business in Atlanta, came
in from that camp last Tuesday,
and is spending a few days among
his Ketchum friends. He gave the
KEYsroNE a few notes in regard to
the mining interests in that "old
reliable" camp. Mr.. Adams says
that Atlanta bids fair to assume its
old-time prominence as an ore-pro-
ducing camp, for at no period since
it's discovery-a quarter of CEN
fury ago-has a more hopeful feel
ing prevailed. Mr.. c. N. Miller,
with his concentrating mill, has
fully demonstrated that the low
grade ores Of the camp can be treated
at a good profit, which has led the
Buffalo company and others to
erect a new plant and adopt the
same methods. This no doubt will
infuse new life into the old place,
and open the eyes of those that inn
agine that nothing but high-grade
ores make mining an inviting prop
osition.
The Tahoma company have TO-
stamp mill and four Frue vanners
handling in the neighborhood OF
twenty tons Of pulp each day. So
successful have they been that the
Buffalo company have shipped an
improved vanner as beginning, to
treat the immense quantities OF
low-grade ore that would not pay
to treat by the old pan process.
Mr.. Rudolph Behren, the mana
ger Of the Buffalo company, is ex-
erting himself to the utmost to gel
ready to crush ore soon az possible
Aside from the corporations, there
are many properties owned by in
dividuals, among which may bt
mentioned the claim of Messrs
Gaetz & Walters, upon which they
are erecting a five-stamp mill
| those of Messr5. Biers & Motion
Judge Heath's and Mr.. Geo. Tins
all more or less developed, and i'm
proving with each days work.
The ores of the district carry
ruby, native silver and sulphurets
with gold in a free and sulphure
state, all admitting of being con
centrated except the ruby.
It must not be imagined from tn
foregoing that Atlanta produce:
nothing but low-grade ores. Man.
thousands Of dollars worth of or
have been extracted from the AT
lanta mines, whose richness almos
surpasses belief, which has beer
shipped to the east for reduction.
Those who have visited the differ
ent mines, and whose experience
qualities them to speak, say tina
the day ia not far distant when Al
lanta will be "nolle secundis."
T. B. Mulkey left Ketchum las
Wednesday for Boyle mountain
Mr.. Mulkey has become intereste
with Taylor & Stewart in lease o
a portion Of the Idaho mine lecate
in The above named camp. This
; the same mine upon which Mi
Mourning is now prosecuting worl
and which is making at preser
such a.favorable showing.
!, James F. Shaw and Charles SPECS
left Ketchum last Tuesday for Boy
mountain. Messrs. Shaw, Spes
and Jerome Jacobs have taken
lease on the PEMBROKE mine ,
6 Boyle mountain for a year. W
! wish the lessees of all mining OF
erations all the success imaginabl
, If mining companies will not wor
: their mines the boys will, and wor
them out, too, if given a reasonab
lay out.
Work has been suspended for IL
!, present upon the Silver King min
at Sawtooth. All the miners b.
two have been discharged. Tho'
two have been left in charge of tt
mine. It is to be hoped that this a
rangement will be only temporar.
{ and that work will soon be resume
8 upon this fine mining propert
:. which, under the systematic NAL
= agement of the lessee, Major Hyn'
, man, has made such good reco'
for the mast eighteen mnntha.