Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-04

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rices in the fields. /
The mineral resources of Jackson
nd Josephine counties are attract
lg more attention than ever Just !
ow. II
Bears are frequently encountered
n the WilIewa valley. Food is
a,her short with them in the
woods.
An assay from the "Aiountain
Belle" mine at Pine creek. owned
" Toy d Smith, showed Si225 to
he ton.
Prospecting continues in the
'icinity Of Woodville, Jackson coun-
y and some promising iedges have
)een struck.
4 large quantity Of Baker county
ime was recently shipped to points
n Idaho, and is said t. be a frs
class quality. !
The annual reunion Of the south
srn Oregon Pioneer association vii! |
be held at Ashland on Thursday, !
10.
4 six-year-old daughter of D. r. !
Lalzin of Eugene City, was thrown
Of the cars at Sa:nmit Station last
Monday and killed.
A party engaged in mining On
one Of the tribu aries of Elliott
creek, few days ago, took out one
piece worth $!75, and several small
cr ones.
Al. Doak of Spencer creek, one
Of the pioneers Of Lane county, died
in Eugene City Saturday rorning,
August %, 1885. He came to
Oregon in 1915.
Dr. Marchand, Of baker City, has
made thirty different assays Of
quartz from new mines on Pine
creek, and which run from ;S27 to
$23GO gold FER ton.
James Hamilton, an old miner
On Canyon creek, Josephine county,
recently struck a very rich prospect
in his claim. Out Of twelve pans
Of dirt he realized &I5.
Bears are committing depreda-
tions on hocl1s of sheep in Grant
county. One day last week $50
lambs were killed by them in the
bend Of John Luce, in Bear valley.
G. ". Burrage 4 Co., Of Port
land, have put several men at work
on tEe II iron mines in Rock point
precinct, Josephine county. These
deposits promise to become quite
valuable in time.
A. D. M,:Kee & Co., who are
mining on B. liott creek, jackson
county, have ia Ken out some more
good sized nugs cts of gold. One
weighed $50, and SO me smaller ones
picked up
D. c. Krantz's hot >se, barn and
other buildings at his place near
Dora, Coos county, We're destroyed
by fire on the 18th inst. e stubbls
field took fire from a burning stump
then the fences and next the build
inss.
An attempt is being ma,7e tt
have the Lakeview land Office mo vee
to Harney valley. AS it is nov
centrally located it is considered az
injustice to the people of Klamath
county to remove it any furth III
east.
The Whitman mine, in the Pine
creek district, is now down to a
depth Of twenty five feet, with a
tunnel Of twenty feet. 1t is
said that there is now ore enough
on the dump Of the mine to pay the
bonded price and erect mill.
Nels Monson's residence on
Johnson creek, near Ten Mile lake
Coos county, was destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst. Monson works
at Newport, and was not at home
at the time. Mrs. Monson barrel,
had time to save her tive babies.
Dispatches from Eugene City
give information of the finding G
the dead bodies of Daniel Churcl
and wife last Monday morning
They had both been murdered
Mr.. Church had been shot through
the back with rifle, and his wife
had been killed with an ak. n,
clue to the nurdere-s.
Three car loads Of chrome orr
have been shipped by G. ". Riddle
to Portland, and from there it viii
probably be shipped to England
for reduction process. 1t wa
taken out of the hill near the mine
, close 10 the town of Riddle.
The yield of gold in jackson
county exceeds 100000 annually
It's value is greater than the profit
of either agriculture or manufactur
ing in the same county. And i
will increase as soon as our :-iinin.
resources are reasonably developed
Marshtiei d Mail: The forest fire
. about Pert Oxford have been ho
/ Of late and the destruction of tn
town was seriously threatened e
5 cne time a fews day ago. It va
, with great difficulty that j Toe Nay
mill was saved, it having taken liz
two or three times.
A party OF capitalists from