The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-06-22
A LrTTFR FRoM WHITNEY,.
What ne lHEhows About she Soap
1lOIeh.
June 0, 1877.

June ., 1877.
Editer Demaerat
Ths Silver Wells Mining District II
supposed TO be the richest portion o
the newly discovered mines In Eastern
Oregon. II Ia located shout sixty mllel
southeast Of I,rlnesvllle, ln WaaCc
ceunty, on Camp Creek, one IL The
trlbutarissof Crooked River, aud about
i've miles east of MlgervllIc, y small
town located near Hackleman's ranch.
IN" wells of this district aro located
Immediately between Camp and Glover
Creeks, and covers the principal portion
OF Six claims, emhraclnR about lgO
acres OF land. ~
Prof Hurley has bSeh fer several
months engaged In making thorough
examination of the decomposed rock
anu soap, aud also rpck from some Of
the suFreuadlng lnohntAlns. The a..
says hon The quartz that Is taken
frsn the highest elSvAtIsn which Is
discovered upon the high bench land
and mountain tops, assays all the way
from nothing to $40. This quartz
rock Is most generally found In reg
ularly defined ledges lying below the
rim rock. There is, however, ono ex-
ceptlon to this rule In this camp, and
that Is what Is called Monarch Noun.
tain. On this vast mountain of quartz
there is located claims that cover one
hundred and forty acres Of land. This
huge pile of rock AHsAys regularly At
about $45 per ton. The discovery claim
on this mountain was ilrst located BY
W. 5. Clark the othor claimants are
Thesdors Cartwright, J. ]. Brown, W.
n, jackson, l.. &. Grimm, George Hur-
ley and Thomas Lister This il sup-
posed to be the best discovery In the
way of quartz in this district,
Prof Hurley In his assays shows that
silver Is found In the silver wells from
nothing up to $1,000. The Professor
also says that he assay cd some mud for
the Bonanza company which was taken
out OF their soap wells that asSaysd
$4,S39 This assay was made In the
city of Portland In the latter part Of
last summer or fall.
]. Il. Barron, Vice President OF
camp Creek Consolidated Gold and
Silver Mining Company, discovered
lew days since = piece OF quartz that
was located 81 feet below the surface Of
the earth, on Glover Flat, some ~
reds distant fsor. any soap hole, and on
the line between Monarch Mountain
and thn silver wells, that assayed $3.50
In gold and $40 In sllvsr.
Fair prospects OF silver and some.
timesgnld an found almost everywhere,
and Glover and Camp Creeks within
range that can be distinctly traced
from the desert In northcrly direction
to Crooked River, aud down said river
quite number of miles. 1t is gener-
ally believed by the miners that this
will be one of the richeht mlnlng camps
discovered sn the Pacific Coast,
The Bonanza and the Camp Greek
Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining
Companies have consolidated for the
purpose Of making n thorough test Of
the clrl0ride-0f silver, aud portisn Of
their machinery which they intend 10
use y reduce the chloride OF silver TO
bulllSn, passed through Prinevllle 81
roate for Camp Creek, on "Wednesday,
June O, and ! am informed by men
who have this machinery in charge,
that by the first or middle Of July next
they will he able to make a thorough
test Of the mud In the silver wells.
Very respectfully,
]. ]. WHITNEY.