The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-27
IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From Our
State Exchanges.

Senator Heitfeld, and his secre
tary, c. G. Fuller of Shoshone, LEI
Thursday for Washington, D. C.
! 1t is reported that the Ceu
d'Alene Mine-Owners' association
has sack" at Boise as persuade
for the state solons to abolish tn.
office of Mine Inspector.
The News says the rabbit drive or
the school section near Blackfoo
On the 18th was largely attended
About 500 people participated in
the drive. The number of rabbits
killed is given at from 500 to 600
Idaho may go into a competitive
business with Nevada, to secure
prize fights as a means of advertis
ing the State and promoting the
art of self-dsfense. A bill has been
presented in the House legalizing
glove contests which in many re.
spects follows the lines of the Ne
vada law. The license is fixed at
$4,000.
Ray Aero, aged ii years, who
lives at French gulch, about 81
miles east of Ceur d'Alene, broke
through the ice on Feb. 21st and
was drowned. He went out skating
with some of the boys and was play
ing with his dog whom he ran on a
piece of thin ice and went through,
going to the bottom of eighty-one
feet of water.
A. H. Boomer, general manager
of the California, Oregon & Idaho
Stage Company, has arranged for
running line Of stages from Cuff.
ney, the present terminus of the
Boise, Nampa & Owyhee road, and
hereafter travellers to the great Owy.
hee district will 60 that way. The
stage will connect at Guffey with
the train leaving Nampa at 5:39
A. NJ. and will go through to Silver
City and DeLamar the same day.
John Holmes and C. O. Johnson
were accidentally killed in the shaft
of the Lucky Boy mine at Custer
TN the 18th inst. 1t is the custom
tor the miners to fire a round of
fifteen or twenty holes at a time
and it is thought that one of these
missed exploding without being
noticed, and that when the men re-
urned to the shaft the explosion
occurred which resulted in their
Heath. Both men were from Park |
lily, Utah.
Que of the conditions of the ex-
ension of the railroad into the
seven Devils mining district is a
,ond for 81 100000 pledging 1000
ons of ore daily Ior five years.
Rich bodies of ore were located
everal years ago in the Seven Devils
md the best known properties fell
nto the hands of the great copper
'yndicate which operates the great
Anaconda mine, but fighting pros
,ectors have prevented develop
nent until now.
Will Cooper of HALEY, twenty-six
ears of age, was caught in a snow
Tide up Quigley's Gulch Monday
vening and killed. He was chop
ing wood with another young fell
DIV named Rathborne, about two
Diles from where the boys father
as camp, when a slide came
own unexpectedly, covering him
p and carrying him several hum
red yards. His companion has
ened to inform the father of the
.rrible accident to his son and after
early two hours work they found !
le body. The mans neck was
roken. It WAS evident that he :
ad been killed instantly.
Owy hee Avalanche: James Scan
IN. one of the employees at the
lack Jack mine, stepped into All {
"a chute and fell to the level below,
distance of 100 feet. The acct {
ent occurred in one of the slopes. ,
) be entered the stope Oh his re- t
I'm from dinner, a draught of air 7
itinguished his candle. One of
Ie ore-sorters was working by all
zen chute near by, and Scanlan
It a light from him and started to q
, TO smother part of the Slope. q
hen he probably made misstep q
I'd fell into the open chute The O
e-sorter heard him fall, but says .
e unfortunate young man never v
tered a cry as he disappeared. "
e died few hours afterward from n
$ injuries. y
Statesman: 1t is reported that r
lother strike has been made in r
g Willow Creek district, this one b
ing said to be the best recorded /
ere. The strike is in the Black
'ook mine on Rock Greek. The a
in is stated to be from eight to Y
ne feet wide with a strong pay c
reak of very rich gold ore. The i;
.im is one that has had reputa- /,
IN as being good for long time, v
e vein being strong and we'll de- a
led. 1t will not be surprising if @
proves that an important discov- a
Y has been made in it, az all indi- @
l.