The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-06-01

M lani week eaye our lssacfs \
short aeaerlphun ul the cqlvbNtsd VI.
v0rweIIs0 0f WasnO county, apa pvall
lssl to ,lls wesk ~ somelhlRs n
rofafa s1 the quarlz loads whluh hAVs
tSon alscoveFea alathat loualilN Wh4sa
have been three mlnlng districts brgRb
izedlu tgasopceunk = and whatwehaYe
% say Il III reference 70 that knaWnnA
Glio Sllser walls plnlrlck
Wespent several days n chat district
and visited nearly every ledge which
|had ha6M lac4lnd up to tho tllne Wiz
left Alay Sth.l They are vsFy numer
ous, and ssaay vssy well, but most oi
the reports In regard o their glohuesa
which have been received lnthla vAl,
ley are not to be relied upon. The
richest one that has yet been discovered
was recorded BY Jas, Houston, OF thli
city, aud assayed $llO, but the majorlty
of them range from Si0to $40 Only
a very limited amount Of prospecting
has yet been done, on account Of the
lack Of money, but the fact hna been
revealed that the whole country is in,
terwovon with perfect not-wOrk oi
quartz ledges, Nearly Ill Of thelsaaa
are located In the oeihlllalhetween and
upon each slide of,I.oRan's Butte Jerry
Mountain, the Three Tables, and 1aek-
leman's Butte. Tho three mountninp
tlrst mentioned asa located on theaonlh
alde of Camp Greek, about three erfeur
miles apart lying III tho siosna u y
triangle, while tho other ono y situated
north Of Camp Creek, about two Ililes
north Of Logan's butte. Between
these four mountains are situated the
celebrated silver wells, or rather the
majority of them, though there are
Others innearly every direction. Asa
close prospects on the sides Q. these
mountains would require considerable
capital there has been veFyllttlo work
done in those places, and It Is the opin.
ion of experts that there Is where the
richest leads lie, So far the quartz
lodges which have been recorded are
geAeally confined to the north slide of
Logan's Butte, and among the foot
hills between that place and Jerry
mountain, on Glover and Pole creeks.
In these localities there are some
rich leads owned by T., Watkins & Co.
aud the Silver Hin Co, of this city,
and J. D. LafOllet, Thee. Cartwright s
Co., aud a great many others. Up to
the time we LEFT May sth eighty
claims had been recorded, and fully
double that number were held by post
Ing. We have descriptions OF nearly
all of the best ledges, and will probably
commence tlielrpubllcatlun next week.
One thing which we noticed In our
rambles through that country wAs that
whenever you find a lead, and can trace
It for any distance, II will, In nine
cases QUITO ten terminate In o silver
well. Our faith in tile richness Of the
silver springs rests to n considerable
extent on this fact. We know that
these ledges contain silver, for the
simple reason that we have seen Prof.
Hurley ''knock IT out" with his assay-
Ing apparatus, and have also seen Mr
Morgan, Of this city talse a piece OF
quartz, and by simply subJeetlng Il 70
a blow pipe heat, bring out great blis-
t4rs OF the precious metal This Is the
true state OF affairs; the silver Is there,
and In paying quantities, but, like all
such minrr, IL will take q considerable
expenditure OF capital before the pro-
fits will be reaped. 1t is no place for n
poor man all the prospecting has been
done by that class of persons, and some
very good claims have been discover
ell by them, but the Development will
have to be made by capital. No ma
chiGery has yet been ordered to work
up the quartz, and there probably viii
not he until after the famous silver
wells have been tested. II they should
prove rich, as they surely will, It will
attract capital to that community, and
then Wasco county will have the rich
est mines on the Pacific Coast.