Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-12-24

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THE UMPQUA LEDGE.
Owned by Messrs. Levens, Willis, :
Abraham and Lord is situated on Jor-
Ian creek about two or three miles
rom Canyonville, and was discovered
md worked more than twenty years
Igo. Considerable quartz was extracted
md crushed in an arrastre yielding
we'll. The discoverers sold to the
present owners who sunk a shaft to a
lepth Of about seventy feet, the vein
'anging in width from eighteen inches
o three feet; shortly after the shaft
lad reached this depth the owners
ceased operations, for what reason we
nave never heard, and no work has
oeen done for number of years until
within the past month, when they re-
,umed operations, and are now engaged
IN running tunnel to reach the ledge
directly under the shaft. The last
work done in the shaft showed strong |
vein eighteen inches thick that was all
good milling rock, averaging not less
than $40 per ton in gold. About a |
quarter Of a mile above the Umpqua
ledge is
THE TELLURIUM MINE.
Where about $4,000 has been expen-
ded in running tunnel and sinking a
shaft and for other work from which
they never realized dollar in return.
The money expended on tAis enterprise
could 1t have been diverted to some one
of dozen other ledges that prospected
well, would have been a boon to the
county instead of a detriment as it has
proved. The mistake made by this
company was in trusting to inefficient
and inexperienced men; the result Of
one assay is said to have been the cause
of all this worthless expenditure. A
similar experience is the case Of the
Iron Mountain mine in Shasta county
Cal. where 100000 was expended be-
fore it was found that the mine would
not pay. .sThe Mining and Scientific
Press" of Noy. Goth, deduces the fol-
lowing from their experience which
may not be out of place here; after
stating the facts, it says, "From this
deplorable event
ONE OR TWO USEFUL LESSONS
May be CLEANED: First that it is ex-
tremely dangerous for those about to
undertake costly mining investments to
rely solely on the advice and opinions
of any one man, even though he enjoy
reputation based on long and sue
cessful experience. To rely on per-
son of limited practlce or mediocre
ability is, in such case, altogether peri
lous, as the parties IN question have
found to their cost. Again, Sl25,00O
is too much money to pay for mine
so little proved as this on Iron noun,
tain appears to have been. Then, to
put up a costly mill without some con.
siderable ore developments made, is
always "a mistake, while to put up re.
duction works of any kind without
having first determined that they are
adapted for the work to be done, is
worse than a mistake, since there can
be no possible excuse for it. It is q
matter for astonishment that, with
these fatal blunders repeated year af
ter year, that they should be of such
frequent occurrence! Seeing them SC
repeated over and over one is led to
query, will there ever come an end to
them, will ever either the mine or the
investor learn what to most people
seems SO obviously the dictate of com
mon senseP Let us hope we shall have
no more such fascos. In the imme
diate vicinity of the Umpqua and Tel
lurlum mines are
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
That may, with little work, developo
into something better. The quart;
contains gold in paying quantities was
it in larger veins, but SO far it occurs
in stringers running through the coun
try rock in all directions, varying ii
thickness from one to five inches. Sew
Feral claims are staked out on cropping'
that show vein of two feet, among
which may be mentioned those of S
Riddle, r. Rhodes, G. w. Catching
and DR.. Bates. Mr.. Riddle has tun
mel projected to cut his ledge at con
siderable depth and has already com
menced work. Messrs Rhodes, Catch
ing and Bates also contemplate devel
oping their prospects at an early date
Crossing the ridge that divides the
waters of Jordan creek and
| MITCHELL CREEK
We still find large quantities Of float
quartz carrying gold; native copper has
also been found on the left hand fork
of Mitchell creek No pecting fol-
quartz of any moment has been done
on the water shed of this creek although
considerable gold was taken from the
bed of the main stream. Messrs Ash
and McWilliams have been engaged fol-
a number of years in hydraulic mining
in the hills adjacent to this creek with
signal success; they are at present work
ing across the divide on the Russell
creek side. Still further west we find
John Catching located near the bank Of
cow CREEK.
Ready for work but waiting for water.
His mining ground is situated on high
bench affording good fall for his
sluices; he has worked his ground which
is on his donation claim, for number
of years, and finds it a profitable diver
sion during the winter months, his at
tention being given to the farm when
sufficient water is not to be had for
mining. Adjoining Mr.. Catchings
place is the land of w. L. Wilson on
which is found n continuation of the
deposit worked by the former; no work
is being done here although considera-
ble gold has been taken out in years
gone by, and it is stated on good au-
thority that, at least two diamonds were
found in ravine worked for the gold
by Messrs Hughes and Colvig The