The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-16
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state News.
Three carloads Of emigrants land.
ed at Caldwell last Saturday.
Salmon City is going to have IN
Opera house aud . 10000 Odd
Fellows Hall.
One hundred thousand sheep are
grazing in the vicinity Of Dubois,
Fremont county.
The indications are that the
whole Of the state has fallen in line
for Fred T. Dubois, Idaho's silver
champion.
At the special election held at
Idaho Falls Tuesday, on the bond
ing question of $4,000 for city
waterworks and 5000 for electric
lights, bonds were defeated.
At Burke, Idaho, the Poorman-
Tiger company is clearing the
ground for the new concentrator.
Nearly 100000 will be expended
for new machinery this summer.
The Salubria Citizen says num-
Der of ore hauling contracts from
the Devils to Weiser would proba-
bly,. be let to local freighters. H. C.
Lewis of Wood river put in a bid
for 500 tons at IS cents per hundred.
Judge Standrod has overruled
the motion for q new trial in the
case of Sidney Larkins, sentenced
to be executed May 18th at Black
foot for the murder of his mistress,
Josie Hill, at Idaho Falls, Christmas
day. The case will be taken to the
supreme court at Boise.
A dispatch from Washington
May 9th Gays: Senator Dubois and
Congressman Wilson saw the COM
missioner of the general land Office
about public land surveys in Idaho.
Dubois got 100000 in the senate
committee for surveys, and this will
give Idaho more than ever before
for this purpose.
Chas. Humber, who was brought
from Butte, Mont, charged with the
murder of Policeman Seaman at
Pocatello Easter morning, has been
discharged. The defense proved
that Humber had been wrongfully
accused. Five witnesses from Ana
conda, including his barber and
roommate, positively identified the
prisoner and testified that be was
in Anaconda on that date.
One of the greatest mining strikes
in the history of Idaho has been
made at Rocky Bar in the eastern
part of the Boise gold belt, in the
ground of the old Gilmore company.
The Alturas ledge of this company
wac worked to depth Of some 800 !
feet and was fabulously rich. Be-
tween the second and third levels,
within q space of three hundred /
feet along the vein, the company |
took out 81, 100000, paying for the
property and distributing over
500, 600 additional among the own
ers. The company then determined
to sink a working shaft, as the old
were of a very irregular
This shaft was put
down 800 feet and two levels were
run, one at $40 feet and one at the
bottom. These both developed
fine ledge, but it proved to be near
ly barren. After drifting on the
ledge great distances, the company
gave it up and closed down the
In 1894 the property
passed into the possession of E. e.
Koch and others. Under their
management there has been a cross
cut made to the Alturas from the
bottom level and it is said to be
larger and richer than where the
Did company worked j. 800 feet
above.
The Mail says that Mr.. NJ. Alex
snder, the enterprising clothing
of Boise, offers his 25x112i
property on Main street
'ent free for two years to any CON-
oany that will come to the capital
With clothing factory or any other
,lant that gives employment to so
and he offers also to give a
'onus of $3.50, just as soon as they
ay the word, "Boise needs manu-
Mountain Home Bulletin: Steve
\. Oglesby returned Sunday from q ,,
i've weeks visit in New York and
Boston. Oglesby feels highly elated /.
t the result of bis trip east and is
Confident that the Big Lode Com
,any at Atlanta, of which he has
'een the manager for several years, !.
vill resume work on their mine and
nil at an early date, the stock
FOLDERS having amicably settled all :
differences. He also informs US
hat arrangements have been fully
nade for renewal of work on the
)phir mine at Rocky Bar, which
q will have charge of for the pres :
Mt, and that Judge lockwood of /
aratoga Springs, will doubtless :
Don commence development work :
q earnest upon the Idaho Consoli- :
ated properties, located near )
.ocky Bar. All in all, Mr.. Ogles-
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