Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-08-28
CORRESPONDENCE.
A Pleasure Trip.


Lett Evans creek on south-bound freight
train on August 5th and went as far as Wm.
Pattons where myself and family sojonrned
until the 10th then went to Ashland, attended
Robinson's circus and saw the elephant On
the nth started on a trip over the Siskiyou
mountains, arriving at S. Shattuck's in the
evening, having visited the railroad tunnel at
the summit. We stopped at Shattuck's upper
place over night, which is the most extreme
southern boundary line of Oregon. We found
him TO be genial landlord and one of the
Rufus and Byron Cole Of upper Cottonwood,
and last but not least, was old Uncle Joe of
African descent, age unknown, but one of the
family Of Noah. On the I2th, we started for
the old mining camps Of Hungry, Beaver and
Grouse creeks and on the trail over the noun
tains ascend to the height of 1900 feet,
but II was so smoky that we could not see
many of the points Of interest but we passed
over an old channel about mile in width,
| which runs north and south through the
country, and which in years to come will be
mined as the blue leads of California. On
| arriving at Hungry creek, the first ones that
Lacon Veighel, jeff. Romaine and James
Sterling, the first prospector and owner of the
| Sterling mines, seven miles south of Jackson
vile. He was one of the party that surveyed
the boundary line of Oregon and California
| fl have been told that he has discovered and
worked some of the richest mines on the coast.
The mines Of Hungry, Beaver and Grouse
creek have been worked since about sixty and
there are a few good mines left yet On Bea-
yer creek, Patterson s. Co.'S hydraulic is now
| shut down for the want of water, next comes
| Graham's drift claim and several Chinese com
panies all working paying claims After leav-
ing Beaver, we come to Grouse creek, where
in former years several companies worked, but
at present there is but one man, and old Cali.
fornia miner called Long Alex" He is one
whom time has dealt gently with. He has
mined since so on Humbug, Dutch, and En-
pire gulches, Cottonwood, Hungry and Beaver
creeks. He is 70 years old and was a schoo
mate of Hon. Tim. Davenport of Marion
county. Perhaps his friends might recognize
him by his proper namc-Alexander A. Tyler
formerly of Illinois. In the early day ''Lons
Alex" was the first miner to do ground sluic
ing, which was discovered by accident, like
most inventions. He owned a rich mine ane
at the head of the claim built reservoir which
broke, making him so mad that he jumped il
and with the aid of his pick stripped NOR
land in one hour than he could have shovelec
into his boxes in a week. From that time OIL
ground sluicing became general. l also me
DIR. ]. T. Ireland, miner and hunter on Cot
tonwood, who has discovered in his claim
horn and several bones Of the fossil ore OK
Also met Jas. McGraw, now known as Yanke
Sullivan and J. Thomas, who are on Soutl
, Hungry. This takes US from the 18th to tn
} 2Tst, when after visiting all the springs of an
note in this section, l start for home in goo
health, after seeing, tasting, feeling and smel
ling of lots Of gold nuggets and eating goo
hearty breakfast of bacon and beans, washe
down with good cup of strong coffee. W
: enjoyed bracing ride down the Siskiyous
stage with reckless driver an hour benin
time. After two days visit in and aroun
Ashland with my friends, we took the trai
Sunday evening for Roseburg arriving safe an
sound after an absence Of six weeks.
G. A. B.