Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

EDITOR News:


EDITOR NEWS:
The lover Of mountain scenery will
be pleased with trip 70 Custer mining
camp, sixty miles. . good days drive,
from ChAllis. You leave ChallIs 1t elk
10 the morning and arrive Ut Custer It
six In the evening. The high grsded
roadbed winds its way along Salmon
river the entire distAoce and crosses It
on bridges. perhaps . dozen or more
times.
The road 10 good but narrow and very
high above the river for miles 10 ssver-
q places. One must be on the lookout
Tor teams coming In the opposite direc-
tiou. coming and going. At several
points the driver jumps down from his
wagon and looks ahead before proceed
Ing further.
On our return We happened to stop =
iour-hOrse ore wagon In time 10 pass
rby on 8 marrow margin. haye been
told that teams and mails have been
delayed several hours whenever they
meet on high, steep grade. A tele-
phone line would be OF much service
and Of comparative small expense 70
build.
The canyon-like mountain scenery
with its various shapes, heights and
timber, to state II mildly, Is grand.
Along the way you psss two. once
prosperou. mining towns, Clayton and
BonAoxa. where nov only \ few dozen
uaen are employed. Two mineral
springs, bathing resorts, have been
built near Clayton aud At Robinson Bar
postoffioc- Many signs Of placer mining
10 years gone by are also seen. The
few rauchers iu the bends Of the
river realize good prices for hay aud
produce. Small Bros, between Clayton
and Bonanza, the largest hay producers
have grown wealthy within the last II
years.
Crystal = ooce prosperous town tsee
mapl on the east fork Of salmon is nc
more. Not house is seen. We under
stand that In years gone BY IL wanted
the county sest.
Custer the end OF our destination, hal
a population OF about 800. 1t Is situated
on the Salmon river between mountait
ranges 1900 10 1900 feet in height
Many prospectors come here to buy sup
plies and spend the winter. The Luck,
Boy gold mine which was our pleasure
TO visit Is situated on Custer mountsir
four miles from town on an elevation
OF 200 feet. Through the kindness o
IGeo. Corell. foreman, and John Danil
son, engineer, We were shown In ass
about the mine. It's workings, machin
cry, etc. One feature Of our Welt o
most interest was down in the min,
$50 feet with Mr.. Corell, who explain
ed to us the steam drilling, tunneling
handling. value. etc., Of ore. Seventy
three men are now employed 10 an'
around the mine. Fourteen men hav'
families living near by, among then
John Dsnilson formerly OF Blackfoot
Forty men have recently been employe'
chopping wosd 1t the large mill nea
| town and for the mine.
MIR. Macbeth, accountant, kindly Ell
plaiued TO US the combination process
OF crushing and treating ore. The en-
gine is Of lIS horse power. About Is :
60 tons OF ore are mllled per day. TIL
/ ore produces gold and silver with two
/ thirds gold OF average Of 60 per cen
gold. BY making use Of . new proces
. now the owners are realizing moro /
dollars and cents than In years gone By
although their taxes and expenses NJ
high. In all about 1l0 men arc en-
ployed. The officers OF the compsn
are: H. A. Mccormick, supt; r. Max
, beth, accountant; w. T. Auster, sup
mill; NJ. Bamberger, supt. cyRutt
plant; Geo. Corell, foreman Of mine.