A historical, descriptive and commercial directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January 1898 . rgroup. He disposed of his properties in September, 1888, to Captain DeLamar, who subsequently purchased the Sommcrcamp and Lepley De Lamar vigorously developed his properties, erecting mill, hotel,and other necessary buildings. Peter Adams opened a boarding house, and 58 HISTORICAL DIRECTORY Ot Tom Jones! John Arvidson, Lewis Walker and others erected buildings, and1890 found the town in a booming condition, and with a good-sized B. Gwinn, of Caldwell, and others, opened a g
A historical, descriptive and commercial directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January 1898 . rgroup. He disposed of his properties in September, 1888, to Captain DeLamar, who subsequently purchased the Sommcrcamp and Lepley De Lamar vigorously developed his properties, erecting mill, hotel,and other necessary buildings. Peter Adams opened a boarding house, and 58 HISTORICAL DIRECTORY Ot Tom Jones! John Arvidson, Lewis Walker and others erected buildings, and1890 found the town in a booming condition, and with a good-sized B. Gwinn, of Caldwell, and others, opened a general merchandise store,under the name of the De Lamar Mercantile Company, which is now beingcarried on by Isay & Gombrig. In the early part of 1891, Captain De Lamar disposed of his entire intereststo the De Lamar Mining Company, Limited, an incorporated company ofLondon, England, who have since their inception made many substantialimprovements, besides erecting a substantial hotel, with first-class appoint-ments, taking the place of the one erected by Captain De Lamar, which was. Scales Tailing Reservoirs and Mill at Wagontown. destroyed by fire; and it is largely due to the unceasing application of the resi-dent managers that the company possesses a plant whose standard of excellenceis unexcelled by that of any mining company in this portion of the West. The claims of the De Lamar company, numbering about forty, arelocated on De Lamar mountain, and in the vicinity are located the Big L SilverVault, Garfield, Lepley. and many other promising mining properties, whichare being exploited with excellent results. The De Lamar hotel, owned by the mining company, is under the ablemanagement of S. H. Hanes, who is ever courteously solicitous for the welfareof the wayfarer. OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO. 59 The principal mercantile houses are: Isay & Gombrig, dealers in generalmerchandise, with a branch at Silver City; Dr. J. J. Plumcr, drugs; R. S. Hawes,groceries, etc.; George T. McCabe. gr
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