The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-08
state News.


state News.
New comb honey is selling in Al
bion, Cassia county, at 10 cents pc
pound.
The state land department ha
filed on Is, 600 acres of land nea
Orchard Farms.
Miss Luella Force, of Boise Cit,
has been adjudged insane and sen
to the Blackfoot Asylum.
The Homestake mine ut Neal i
paying handsomely. The last rul
of Is tons of ore produced g. 600
Albert Heed, tho defaulting Al
bion postmaster. has been arrested
in Ohio and will be brought bacl
to idaho for trial.
Silver Messenger: NJ. L. Crafts
has made Z survey At the old Broo
key place above Custer, on thu
Yankee Fork, and it is reported
that his company will erect q 10
stamp mill there in the near future
to treat the ore from the Black mine
which they control. If 80 the mill
will be of the latest improved pat.
tern, and will BE- run by an electric
motor with Yankee Fork furnishing
the power. The Black, which they
are operating, is showing fine body
of good orr. and justifes a mill.
Mountain Home Bulletin: John
Woodward is back from his bea.
hunt in the vicinity of Trinity lakes,
and he feels proud to know that he
shot and killed the largest silver-tip
bear ever captured in those noun.
tains. The animal weighed 900
pounds and the skin, which he
brought down with him. is beauty.
DR.. e. w. Powers was in this
place Wednesday. He has been
mining at Neal for year or more
and was q partner of unfortunate
Mark Ainslie, the death Of whom
has caused = suspension of opera.
lions 1t his mine. He confirms ell
The good reports from the Hidden
Treasure mine and says that on last
Tuesday Amos Lee and Dan Hill
cleaned up $4,000 from = run of so
!ons of ore. The Hidden Treasure
owners arc now negotiating for the
purchase or lease of the Ainslie
nill-they having enough good ore
n sight to keep it running for an
Indefinite time.
Nampa Progress: The Orchard
Farm Co. have commenced the
of q new dam across
indian creek in place of the one
hat won't out last spring. They
claim to have an expert engineer.
We think all dams situated where
heir breaking is liable to result in
lamage, should be built under the
supervision of a commissioner ap-
by authority of law, and in
.ase damage should occur, the State
hould be made responsible.
Silver City Avalanche: Col. Geo.
7. Bryan and wife of HALEY, arrived
Wednesday evening. coming from
soise by private conveyance, and
re now stopping at the Idaho. He
ill give his personal supervision
0 the starting of the mill and put
ing the Tip Top bonanza in shape
,r steady production.
]. G. Kemp van Ee of the Poor
Ian Consolidated Mines, Ltd, &C.
ompanied by A. Morley Fletcher
nd ]. II. Brotherton, OF London,
nd Count des Carrots, Of Paris ar
wed in Silver yesterday by private
and are now at the
line.
Count des Carrots is interested in !
new ore reduction process and
as erected an experimental plant
, Denver. The process is q secret
nd originated in Russia. The
oorman company will send 500 ID
ample lots of its different character
re to Denver for treatment by this
recess. The Count is highly in.
crested in American mining mat.
RS and expects to make invest
rents.
Messrs. Robertson and Fletcher
70 both large stockholders in the
oorman as we'll as in various other
lining enterprises on the coast
nong these being the famous Will
N placers in Boise Basin and the
onanza mines at Sierra, California.
be party will remain here for
me days. It is understood that =
~ mill will be erected at once to
ke the place Of the one lost by FIRE.
Avalanche: U. s. Marshal J. I.
butcher, Mrs. Crutcher aud little
achel left yesterday morning for
Dise City. their future home. Mr..
butcher will soon enter upon his
tiles az Marshal. While the many
wyhee friends rejoice in Mr.. C's
'pointment to tho high position he
Ids it 10 with deep regret that they
Q them leave Silver to reside else
1ere.
Boise Statesman Word from Sill
r City il to the effect that tho In
ans who have been hunting in the
niper mountins have not confined
emselves to = slaughter of wild
finals, and some Of the citizens