Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-08-08
Nuts at Rathbone's
Notions at Rathbone's.
Fine cigars at Rathbone's.


Fresh candies at Rathbone's.
A clean shave aid hot bath at
Rathbone's barber shop.
Frank Duffy, an old resident Of
Austin, New, is stopping at the AL
turas hotel.
Mike Hayes, oscsf shraft and
Bray are out at Elk Greek on a
prospecting cruise.
John Shields hsSrun the Bray
tunnel distance Of oyer 100 feet at
the cost of "a Is per bot.
Antoine Allexsdn has gone to
Smoky TO take a look at his new
bonanza, the Flagstaff mine.
The Ophir shaft is over so feet
below the old level and work on it
is progressing very satisfactorily.
Lyman Hayhurst, who was SO se
riously hurt last week in the Ophir
shaft, is getting along nicely and
will recover.
n Henry Dorsey and Eugene Keifcr
came up from Mt. Home Tuesday
with goods for fletcher, Cy Smith
and Swanholm.
A picnic party went up Bear
creek several miles above town on
Sunday last and report having en-
joyed themselves greatly.
Mrs. Van Setback is in receipt of
kilograms announcing the dangerous
Illness of Ike Bingham, her son-in-
law, at his home near Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman attended a
dance at Pine Grove Tuesday night,
and soeak in high praise of the hos
pitality Of Mr.. and Mrs. Crandal at
the Grove.
Otto Backman arrived here from
Salt Lake Thursday evening. He
formerly resided here, has host of
friends and was cordially greeted by
everybody.
1t is reported that B. ]. Nordyke
has struck vein d nch ore in the
Potosi tunnel, and tie BULLETIN
hopes B. j. will Sogc down soon
and confederate the Statement.
Ed Stearns informs the BULLETIN
reporter that Fred Steen takes the
cake and the candy too in perform
ing the osculatory ceremony, but
requested us not to give it away"
John McGinness' khig team ar
rived Monday from IGlepn's Ferry
with goods for Wink klba9k & Davis,
SWanholm and Goldep, and re-
turned with several thousand empty
beer bottles. n
Miss Carrie SiunoH, a fair and
accomplished young lady late Of
hutchinson, Kans bs, d sojourning
at the residence of her 9ouain in Mt.
!, Home me- Judge i'd y,i sinn3tt' ind has come
A pleasant party was given at
Judge and Mrs. Golden's residence
Monday evening in honor of Miss
Lester, who is here from the East
. visiting her brothers Frank, Myron
and George Lester.
VIM. Rinehart was here the fore
part of the week, from his South
Boise ranch. He said the grass
hoppers were marching in a solid
column upon his grain and garden
truck when he left home.
Jim Smith returned here from
Butte City and North Idaho last
Tuesday, after being absent several
months. He says "hard times" is
the cry everywhere, and that Rocky
Bar is as lively rs most other min
ing camps.
Geo. o. Smith and Geo. Brown
have taken lease on the Joe Pear
,4son claim and will work il for all
II is worth. This mine has pro-
ducsd some very rich gold ore and
these gentlemen purpose finding the
pay grit again if it is there.
Scott Myers came in from Smoky
Sunday, on q visit to old-time
friends. He brought a number Of
rich and beautiful specimens Of sill
yer ore from the Flagstaff mine at
that place which he and John Pat
terson have been working on lease
since last fall, and very successfully,
too. The Flagstaff ledge is COM
posed Of a large vein Of galena, ten
inches of which yields from 4O0 to
200 ounces of silver per ton. Mr..
Myers says there are about 100 men
employed at Smoky and that the
. prospects of the camp are brighter
than ever before.
K. w. Liljegran, formerly a resi-
dent of the Bar. il now located at
Wardner, Idaho. In recent letter
90 the BULLETIN he says: This
place has eight or niue hundred in
habitants, of which four hundred are
miners II supports four hotels,
twenty saloons, three restaurants.
one variety theater, brass band
and baseball nine. This place has
inexhaustible galena mines. They
produce on an average 1000 tons
] svery "a hours, which is concen-
zrated and shipped to some smelter
FOR final treatment. Wallace is IL
miles further up the river and claims
1000 people. Gem, Burke and