The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-27
Mrs. Mabel Helman is up from

We had good soaking rain in
Challis last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Huffman de-
parted last for Salt Lake.
Miss Maud Treloar departed
Thursday morning for Boise to
attend school at st. Margaret's
Academy.
A. ID. Cameron, who is looking
after the big Yellow Jacket mill
and mines at Yellow Jacket, has
received word from its owners
to get the property in shape to
commence operations.
The Capital News says that J.
A. Czizek discovered the Lost
Packer mine at Loon creek. This
an error. The mine was discov-
cred and located by G. E. Eddy.
j. A. Czizek promoted the mine
and got capital interested in it.
Albert Randall, who in 1895
was sent from Challis to the
State penitentiary by Judge
Stockslager for 20 years, and
who was raroled ia 1900, is in
trouble again. Last week in
Boise he carved a man with a
knife, and was bound over to the
District court.
The Board here are having a
hard time to secure teachers for
this term of school. and up to
this time have employed no one
There appears to be scarcity of
teachers in Idaho. The Board
offer $4,000 per month for a
principal, and have one applica-
tion from an Eastern teacher,
Prof. Peters, for $125.0O per
month.
The Boise Statesman, in speak
ing of Custer county, says
1T is shown that the smelter
at the Lost Packer is making a
great success. In II days il
turned out matte to the value OF
500, 900, or at rate of $3.50, 00G
a month. The matte is so high
grade that it will bear the long
wagon haul necessary to reach a
railway shipping point The
value of the product is some
$500 a ton. That property has
long been known to be ricn, but
last year an accident occurred tc
the smelter just as it was blown
in and it was necessary to close
it down for the season, as winter
was then at hand and it was i'm
practicable to get the necessary
REPAIRS in time to continue opera
tions.
Another statement given the
public is that the Montana tun,
mel has reached the great contact
vein on Estes Mountain, opening
a large body of very rich GOLD
ore. That mine was very pro
ductive in the early days but nc
bold plan of development was
undertaken at that time and il
was eventually closed down
Now, by means of a long tunnel,
the property has been proved uI
and the permanence of the veins
of that mountain established.
There have been many other
| developments in that section dur
ing the past year which show
that Custer is one of the richest
counties of the world. For q
years it has been known to be
marvelously rich in surface
tshowings, while great many
properties have been extensively
developed. Only a few of these
could be worked to advantage
because they were too far from
transportation. There is no 9th
er section having greater depos
its of lead-silver ores, but it has
been impossible to market these
ores because they have been 81
far from transportation.
Now that the mines are being
opened further, it is altogether
probable a railway line will be
attracted, and, if that expecta.
tion be realized, Custer will soon
rank as one of the greatest pro
ducers of the country. In the
meantime the development o.
the gold lodges and such proper
ties as the Lost Packer will bring
about much greater activity thar
the county has known in twenty
years, and that will become {
DOWprfnl factor in d1.awinO this