The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
9ucul 1te1us Itenta.

Sam. Tripp came out from
Custer last week
The threashing machine is now
heard in the land.
Bud Sterling, of Portland, Ore
gon, was in town last week.
Rev. R. S. Nickerson and John
F. Christian were over from May
Saturday.
Mrs. Mable Lane departed for
Pearl, Idaho, last Thursday eve
ming to join her husband.
DR.. r. w. Philips shot large
buck deer up near Bayhorse one
day last week. We do not credit
the story that the deer was Grip
pied by some other person be-
fore the Doctor shot it.
A. E. Wright, who is in the
employ of the Government Agri-
cultural Department, arrived in
Challis last Saturday morning,
and is looking up statistics rela-
tive to land and irrigation.
VIM. Buster has a full car load
of celebrated Oregon apples or
dered which will arrive next
month. Those who are in need
of apples will do well to wait
until the arrival of his shipment.
Besides extra quality apples he
will sell them at bedrock prices.
Mr.. Buster has just received
word that these apples have been
shipped, and that they will reach
Challis the latter part of this
month. The car contains 600
boxes, 400 of which have alread Y
been contracted for.
Hon. FL. F. Powell was down
from his Garden creek mine for
several days last week. He has
been engaged in doing develop
ment work on his property pretty
much all summer, and has en-
countered some good ore in the
tunnel that he has been driving.
The property, from all accounts,
will be good producer when
fully developed. Garden creek
is destined to be a good mining
camp if indications amount to
anything. Another promising
mine in that locality is the Colo
RADIO Kid, owned by Mr.. John G.
Dougherty. one of the substan-
tial business men of Challis. In
this property he has great faith
of ultimate success of striking a
good ore body when the tunnel
now being run for him by Fred
Anderson, is completed. The
indications are very favorable of
striking good ore body. Mr..
Dougherty has expended a large
amount of money on this mine
since he has owned it, and is des-
erving success.
The Mountain King is one of
the best mines in the Sheep
Mountain district. 1t is owned
principally by r. N. Hull, of
Challis. Mr.. Hull and Mr.. E.
G. Chamberlain returned recent
ly from a visit to this mine. Out
side of the annual assessment
work little has been done on the
mine for a number of years.
This is accounted for owing to
the fact that Sheep Mountain is
so isolated that the transporta-
ton of the ores to a market
cost so much there would be lit
tie or no profit after paying the
exhorbitant transportation charg-
es and the present price of silv'
er. With smelter or conceu-
traitor located in that district, the
ores of that region could be re-
duced at a profit. The Mountain
King has a large ore body OF
high grade ore blocked out and
ready for to take out if deemed
advisable. The mine is well
developed by tunnels and shafts,
aud shows an immense ore body
in place. The ore is lead-silver,
although it contains a small per
cent of gold and copper. In the
past fully $4,000 worth of work
; has been done on this mine, and
considerable ore has been ship
ped. We know of no better min
ing districts than Sheep Noun
tain and Seafoam. There are at
least two hundred good mines in
the two named districts that
could be worked at a handsome
profit were a smelter located
there or in close proximity. II
would be a good investment for
capitalists. The country has
every advantage for such a plant
, timber, water, and an abund-
ance of fiuxing ores. 1t is but a
a few miles inland from q GOOD