The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-08-17


er insane man to Blackfoot this
week-a miner from Bayhorse,
whose name we have been unable
to learn.
o. E. Penwell left for Klon-
dyke last Tuesday morning.
Paul & Bowman have added a
new nickle-in- -the-slot music box
to their saloon. 1t is called the
Regina.
Mr.. Wallace, an attorney from
Salmon, has located in Challis.
He will occupy the DIR. Jacobsen
building, on Main street.
A short visit at Custer and
Bonanza convinced us that the
Yankee Fork is not quite dead.
Geo. MCGOWAN has rebuilt his
store and butcher shop. He has
very cozy place nearly com
pleted with iron roof of sufficient
dimensions for all work in both
branches of business. You can't
keep George down, burn him out
as often as you will. There is
very little other new building
there. Jas. Steen is still at Jor-
dan creek mill, mining and mill
ing in a small way; but he knows
about as well as any of them
what he is about.
Col. McFadden's new mill is
said to be a gem of machinery,
by those who visited it and doing
excellent work. We have no
report, yet, of the Coloners re-
ceipts from his runs. We trust
that it will be a splendid success.
We did not visit on account of
the distance from Custer and the
Inconvenience of going and re-
turning.
The Custer mill is transformed
until one of us old timers don't
know which one of the boys we
are as we go about in the inside.
THE great roasters and the Cor
| hiss engine are about all that is
not someway turned upside
down. 1t is now on the wet
crushing plan; and, evidently
will be much healthier for the
workingmen. They have run ii
in its present state awhile, but
we were unable to learn how
well they were pleased with the
result. Mr.. Treweek had not
yet reached Custer, and there
fore we were not very inquisi-
tive. We expected he would
have been there, but he passed
us at Clayton on our return, on
his way up. There are two new
buildings, on the west, added to
the old mill; and we saw a few
small residences which have
been built this summer. There
is. all over, a little Improvement
We met Mr.. Norman, the fore
man, on the mountain, and tool
dinner with him and Mrs. Nor
man, and must say that it ha:
not been our. pleasure to NEE
with nicer treatment at any mine
ever visited. At the mine there
is good deal of development
and Improvement going on. Th'
90-horse power boiler is in place
that was taken in this spring
{ and they are sinking on th'
Lucky Boy vein to the 700-foo
station, and will reach that poin
with usual good luck in abou
: two weeks. If everything is a
favorable there as at the joining
stations above great changes ar
expected that will be beneficial
as this will be considered proc
sufficient to base operations o
magnitude upon.
We also visited the Black mine
They have made large develop
: ments on this vein since our las
5 there. They are now in the fift
: tunnel, where they find the vel
y with considerable rich lookin
S ore and a very large showing o
e what they informed US was of
t lower grade. Our friend VIII
e went up with US and who W
g agreed to return with at evening
d disappointed US so that we di
b not go to the Black mill; but
# is running right along and doin
e good work. AS a whole, itwoul
/ look as if the old camps wei
coming to life again-if tht
e prosperity administration don
;, succeed in destroying its produc
!, Of course we met all the olt
: timers-staid with Billy Dunn
e who keeps the only place-m'
: Billy Stine and Mckenzie. Cha:
n Waller, Geo. and Wells McGowal
d Rube jones, Ed. Jones, Cha
Pfeiffer--the Union boys--ever,
> body of olden time. All al
q hOpefnl with a grain of dOubt 2