The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-05-16


mother. These are the most no.
ticeable crosses, but there ere many
others.
Fish Deeper.
The following from the Salt Lake
Stock Exchange is so peculiarly
adapted to this part of Idaho that
by the substitution of Idaho for
Utah, and mines of Wood River
localities for Bingham canyon, ETC.,
any one at all acquainted with the
mines of this section would recog-
nize the picture at once. Mining
on Wood River has so far been con-
fined almost exclusively to surface
scratching. In the few instances
in which some depth has been at
tanned, the mines have, without a
single exception that we are aware
of, shown material improvement
both in quality and quantity of ore
yield. It always pays to fish deep"
for permanent and profitable mines:
"The mineral wealth of Utah is
but little known or comprehended
in fact our knowledge of the extent
of our ore deposit is SO limited that
for all we know there is store of
treasure in every mountain side,
canyon and crevice in the pictur-
esque and attractive territory of
Utah.
So far the surface has been skim
med in a very casual manner; vast
tracts being almost entirely ignored
and unexplored, while but in few
instances has anything like depth
been attained, and in these cases
great and glowing results have been
obtained.
We recollect reading Of late how
the fishing industry on the Atlantic
coast had been revived and great
industry started by the discovery
that off the shoals, in deep water,
a vast multitude of fishes existed.
The shadows had been "fished out"
and the industry had been para
lyzed in a certain locality because
of the scarcity of the finny tribe.
A new method of using seines and
nets in deep water was then intro
duced, and the first haul brought to
the surface fifty tons of fish, among
which were found some of the high
lest priced fishes in the market, and
several varieties never known OF
heard of before. As a result com
panies are being formed to engage
in the deep fishing business on a
large scale.
! This fishing for fish and fishing
for ore is almost identical, if the
simile will be allowed. No matter
how good the surface indications
may be, the experienced miner
wants depth, and is always urging
on the work, even if he has to leave
in place large bodies of ore, which
he knows can be broken down a.
any time as such occasion demands
for experience teaches him that will
depth the vein increases in size ane
: richness.
This is known to be the case II
the mining camps of Utah. TAKE
Bingham for instance. When th'
surface ore gave out, large bodies
and richer ore was found by sink
ing. At Eureka, the first ore taker
from the Eureka Hill was extracted
; by chloriders; and caves, pits ant
excavations mark the places wher
! they skinned the surface of the hill
|. and now this rich piece of propert..
is attaining depth, the first work o
; years before looks Insignificant AM
almost ludicrous.
Nearly every paying mine in Utal
has been sunk or driven into a con
: siderable depth before they becam
steadily remunerative, and while II
a few instances some propertie
! have paid from the grass roots, the.
are exceptions to the general rule
: 80 that the man who would engag
} in mining must not expect to tin
a mine with gold eagles ready coine
or a rich deposit especially prepare
). by kind providence for him t
y stumble onto, without pains Q
work.
. The deeper the workings the be-
!. !. ter the mine, as a rule, and thos
: who own good looking propertie
: : should not be easily discouraged
7 but should sink to greater depth
} and, throwing out their nets an
} seines of iron and steel, bring to tt
. surface tons upon tons of ore ths
! excel in richness and quantity an
. that has yet been discovered in tt
. shallow workings of the mine.
Spiders.