The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-09-05

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pling, buying, and shipping of ores
forms one of the leading industries
of the place. Ores are marketed
here from mines as far north as the
Seafoam, Sheep Mountain and Bo.
nanza districts, hundred miles tc
the north.
All the mining camps and agri.
cultural districts of Custer county
adjoining Alturas on the north and
east, and portions of Lemhi, as well
as those in the northern part OF
Alturas county, receive their sup
ply Of goods, machinery, etc., ETC.,
via the Wood River railway. From
Ketchum they are handled by the
Ketchum Forwarding Co., which
keeps trains running in every direc-
ton delivering freights, and return
with ores, bullion, wool, hides, etc.
The freight traffic here comprises an
immense business, the Importance
and extent of which can only be
realized by a personal knowledge OF
the country tributary to this rail-
road terminus. In Custer county
alone there are four quartz mills
and three smelters; besides, there
are a number of mining districts
from which ores are shipped and
where there is no machinery as yet.
There are also large agricultural
and stock districts thickly settled
by a prosperous husbandry. There
are three daily stage lines carrying
the U. S. mails from Ketchum, viz :
to Clayton, with branches to differ
ent points in the Salmon River
country; to Smoky, twenty-five
miles to the west; and to the towns
of Galena, Sawtooth and Vienna,
mining camps at the head of the
Wood and Salmon rivers.
On the opposite side of the river
from Ketchum is the Philadelphia
and Idaho smelling plant, the larg-
est smelling works west of Denver.
1t is said the works and mines cost
81, ,250,OOO. The company owns sew
eral groups of mines and also, when
the smelter is in operation, pur-
chases all ores offered by outside
parties. At present all ores sold
here are purchased by the First
Bank of Ketchum, and not by the
P. & I. Company.-ED. KEYSTONE.
Two miles up Warm Springs
creek from the smelters are the Gel
ebrated Guyer Hot Springs. Here
is large hotel building, dining and
dance halls, and every possible con-
venience for the accommodation of
guests. The buildings are located
in a beautiful grove of great cot
tonwood trees. beneath whose cool
ing shades are promenades, picnic
grounds, swings, seats, etc., capable
of accommodating hundreds of peo-
pie. Excursion trains heavily laden
with pleasure-seekers from towns
along the Oregon Short Line and
the Wood River towns, make Sun
day trips to the springs during the
tourist season. The natural sur
rounding of the springs are delight
full, and the location could not be
more desirable. The hot sulphur
water discharges from numerous
openings in a limestone ledge on
the banks of the creek, from which
it is conveyed a short distance to
the bath houses. The creek in the
vicinity of the hotel affords fine
trout fishing, as also does Wood
River.
An enjoyable season of rest and
recreation awaits the tourist at
Ketchum if he chooses to embrace it.
UPPER WOOD RIVER AND THE SAW
TOOTH.
At Ketchum all necessary ar
rangements can be made for trip
to Sawtooth; teams, saddle-horses,
carriages, or almost any manner OF
conveyance, with tents and camp
equipage, can be here procured at
reasonable rates, with driver or
packer for guide if desired. The
Ketchum people are all familiar
with the locality, and many parties
of ladies and gentlemen from the
Wood River towns and from points
on the Oregon Short Line Railway
90 annually to the Reddish Lakes,
and some of them take tents and
camping outfits along and remain
for weeks during the summer and
fall months. 1t is a plain stage
road, distance of forty miles to
the head of the Upper Salmon val
lev, in the vicinity of the Redhsh
Lakes, trout streams, etc. The
mining town of Sawtooth is at the
end Of the daily mail route, to
which mail can be forwarded, as 1t
is near the tourist field.
It is thirty miles from Ketchum
to the head of Wood River. We
follow the stream up the entire dis
tance. much of the way through long
stretches of valley country, similar
to that of Lower Wood River, with
high mountain ranges to the right
and left of US. Sixteen miles up
the river is the Boulder mining dis
tr;ct on Boulder creek. The ores
are silver and lead bearing, and gen.
erally rich. Shipments are made