The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-08
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John J. Davis. 81 this city, reia ned from
Cam Crtck. Waseo county, on "Wednesday
Of last week, after Spending ,ome iuur "r i've
wee kS ia that country. lie erczssd Il ca ihe
popular cld Lebanon in"rntaiu raed and
found It in better eohditi' than eNef i,fore.
On the other eide be found iiia,r raihif lively
anil plenty of money ia circulation. The
crop prospect Ma ssTy g"ed, esrceially aiiei
the late rains, aud tie people sem Ia IL
prosperous.
Grass il somca hat l,etter than usuAi. as.i
stsck loaka well.
They have had sone rciI'sl.ing rains lately
and on tic l+ih aid i5th - Jane a sI.HA 81
az Camp Greek.
JOS Brown has cpeEed Uut farm -on
Camp Creek and has whesst. SAT-, 1srfey and
rye that viii compare iayorably with that
prcdnccd in the Willamette Valley, and il
was thought at one time that no grain could
he grown in the Camp Creek eouatTy.
Thos. Logan also has splendid crop pros
pcct. He has some of the finest hersSs on
the Eastern Oregon range. 4 few years ago
he imported several blooded mares from the
East, and the result has been hattering.
There is great mining excitement over
there now. Rich quartz leads have been
discovered on Ochoco creek, and about fifty
men arc now at work there. Two machines
for crushing quartz are now at work there,
and assays Of as high as 5000 to the ton have
been obtained.
A carpenter named Christie, who used TO
belong in Linn county, has dIss overedsuartz
rich ia gold and silver over in Spanish Gulch
on John Day. Mr.. Christis and Chas. Mea-
ley, formerly Of this city, are the principal
owners of the lead and arc very sanguine
over their prospects. They are now putting
up 2-stamp mill to give the ore a thorough
test. Specimens taken from near the sur
face assay $50 in gold and $65 in silver.
Prof. Hurley is still at the cnce-famed
soap holes or silver wells on Camp Creek,
and recent discoveries made him lead per-
sons who are acquainted with the facts to
believe that the 'ssoap hole" fat Will yet
prove to he valuable mining property.
Prof Hanks, of San Francisco, the most
prominent assayer on this coast, is greatly
interested in the scientific questions which
will be developed by the working OF these
silver wells, and only short time ago wrote
TO Prof. Hurley asking to have one ton oil
the ''mud" shipped to him at San Francisco
1t is now being taken out and dried prepara-
tory to its shipment.
An artesian well is now in operation on
the old soap hole Hat which throws con-
Hurley bored down by the side Of one Of the
soap holes to a depth of 2l9 feet, finding
nothing but that curious mud whico created
such an excitement few years ago, and
when the boring ceased the water spouted
from the hole and keeps 1t up constantly.
A very strange thing has happened in
connection with the soap holes. A few years
ago the Bonanza Mining Co., of Portland,
sunk a shaft l5 feet square and 50 feet deep
by the side of the first soap hole discovered,
curbing it all the way down. The earth
taken out was Of about the consistency OF
bar soap from point few feet below the
surface to the bottom. The shaft is now
filed entirely full again of the same kind OF
mud. which came mp from the. hottem, leay-
ing the eurbing. intact. Now the question is
what is it that farces the mud up IN such a
solid mass, and why is it that it does not
raise the whole Camp Greek fiat +!