The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-21

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Yamhill by man named John Ross
says the West Side A company ha
been formed and have leased the farm
ninty-nine years. The formation oil
the ground is volcanic and an extinc
crater is to be seen there. On Sunda
last very rich vein was discovered
land the ledge has been traced 70,
miles over the place. 1t is thought the
mine will prove a bonanza. Some o
the ore is so rich as to be almost pure
galena.
The Coloma is the only sailing vesse1
in the harbor at present, says the port
land News. This is the first time In
fifteen years that the list has been
down so low. Tonnage off the way,
however, is increasing rapidly and now
numbers about forty vessels, of abou,
40, 900 tons. Not few of these vessels
|are from the west coast and Australia,
land several are expected along in a
short time. The date al the sailing
of many vessels for this \brt is not
known and they may drop in unexpect-
edly. The Moltke is now 16e days
out from Liverpool. the Olive S.
Southland 173 days from New York,
the Grisedale III days from Liverpool,
the Abeona 1o2 days from Burntes-
land. and the British Army 2e days
from San Pedro. The entire tonnage,
however, is insufhent to move the
wheat surplus, which is now estimated
at 100000 tons and unless more
vessels come here, considerable of the
grain crop will be shipped from here to
San Francisco.
News has como to the Ochoco
(Prineville) Review, of the discovery of
quartz ledge on Hay creek, about
two miles above the Rimrock stock
farm, by man named Epperson.
Several years ago Mr.. Epperson while
Ishearing sheep for Van Houton Bros,
picked piece of quartz from this ledge,
and took it to Portland where he had
it assayed. 1t showed both gold and
silver. and he was induced to return
and make further investigations. On
MS return he took out 100 pounds of
rock and sent it to Grain & Son. assay
ers, Of East Portland, who found in the
|nighesr grade ore $1,000 to the ton,
while the lowest assay showed $40
and SIC silver to the ton. The result
of the test was SO fattering that Mr..
Grain Immediately came up and has To-
Gated considerable ground on the new
discovery. The ledge is about two
feet wide, and can be traced for several
miles, on the surface. Ground is being
located everywhere in the vicinity of
the new mine, and Hay creek is as
Stunning the appearance Of Virginia city
in early days.
The ores brought in by Mr.. ]. B.
Huntington, says the Omaha Herald
from the new gold fields on the Oregon
Short Line, were thoroughly tested at
the smelling works in that city last
week. The samples consisted of 5000
pounds of rock taken from claims be-
longing to Mr.. Huntington, and were
in the form of white quartz, "blue"
stone, black sulphurets mixed with
iron pyrites. The main object in send
ing the ore 70 Omaha was to determine
the mode of treatment required to ex-
tract the metals in the most econom-
ical manner, and decide whether it
would pay to sack and ship the rock in
bulk to Omaha. The result was as
tonishing even to the managers of the
smelling works who have been handling
rich ores for years. The poorest sam
pies yielded 3a ounces of gold and
II onnces of silver to the ton, a value
Of $61o, while some pieces were so
rich that it would require but one ton
of rock year to make the owner
happy. The yield of s6Io was not
obtained by assaying small samples,
but by the regular mill process. About
$40 pounds of this 'low grade" rock
was handled in one lot, the product
being bought by Mr.. Barton for $500
Most Of the ore proved to be of the
free milling variety, and even the
the most obstinate required but little
roasting. When refractory quartz,
yielding but $40 ton, is worked at a