The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-22
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The salmon River Country.

Colonel N. J. Sharp. a prominent
mining man of Custer county, who
passed through Ketchum about two
weeks ago en- route to Blackfoot,
extended his visit to Salt Lake in
the interest of his mining affairs.
He was interviewed by a Tribune
reporter, and as Ketchum is direct
ly interested in the subject matter
we publish as follows:
n. J. Sharp, of Challis, Idaho, is
spending a few days in the city.
He came here for the purpose of
contracting copper ores, and has
been waiting to see Mr.. Green of
the copper plant. Bald mountain
is one of the prominent landmarks
of the Sawtooth range. Its north
ern slope drains into the head of
Little Wood river; on the east side
is the source of the east fork of Big
Wood river and on the south the
east fork Of Big Lost river begins
its flow. It is the basin of the latter
stream that the Big Basin copper
mines are lacated. The group con-
sists of four claims on a contact
vein having north and south trend
with a dip to the west of about IS
degrees. The vein rests on lime
and is covered with porphyry, and
it ranges from 20 to 60 feet in width.
So far no extensive openings have
been made, and yet in miners par
lance there is all of $4,000 tons of
ore in sight. In sinking one shaft
As feet it passed through the vein
with good ore all the way. This
ore, Mr.. Sharp says, will rurs 20 per
cent copper, 20 ounces silver and
50 in gold. To get this ore to mar
ket means haul of thirty-miles to
the railway at Ketchum. This haul
will be over good roads with down
grade most of the way. The prop
erty belongs to N. ]. Sharp, Abe
Pierce, A. Reed and Robert David
son, all of Challis, who have been
opening the property the past three
years. Mr.. Sharp wants to contract
1000 tons of ore per month, and
says that he can easily send out
that amount and keep it up indef-
nitely. The district is known as
Alder Greek.
Regarding the mining situation
in Custer county Mr.. Sharp reports
matters Frightening up much about
Bonanza and Custer. The Mon
tana Company has six feet of ore
running from $500 to $500 per ton
in value in silver and gold.
The Daniel O'Connell mine, the
property of John Carroll, is show,
ing up much better than ever before
In fact all the mines of the Yankee
Fork country are looking we'll
Stanley Basin has placer mines
which have produced something
over $500, 1000 in gold. Most of this
was produced by tunneling and
taking out gravel to be washed dur.
ing the few weeks in spring when
the snow was melting and running
away. Mr.. Sharp has secured a
bond on these valuable placers, and
is negotiating with a company to
make a ditch and fume twelve
miles long to carry Basin creek on
to some three or four hundred acres
of rich placer ground. If success
full Stanley Basin will become 8
large producer of gold.
The Clayton smelter will make a
hundred days. run this summer to
reduce the ores stored at the smell
ter and mines. They have at the
smelter over one thousand tons of
ore and enough coke and charcoal
to make ninety days run. This
smelter reduces between forty and
fifty tons of ore per day, and the run
this summer ought to work about
5000 tons. A. J. Crook, the man
ager, is now in this city, and will go
to Clayton as soon as the roads get
good enough to begin operations
The Bayhorse smelter will also
run three months or more to work
up the ore stored at the works and
at the mines on Ramshorn hill. o.
J. Salisbury, the manager of the
Ramshorn or Bayhorse mines and
works, will spend part of the sum
mer there.
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