Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-01-27

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$4,000 in develI ping its works, and
has nearly that amount incoming
with no liabilities.
ENGINEERS REPORT.
ALBANY, Or, Jany. 18th, 1890.
To the Board of Directors of the G.
NJ. & d. G.. Cons'd Gold & Silver
Ming Go.
Gentlemen: Upon entering the
Dry Gulch district, under authority
from yourselves, to seek for and esti-
mate the cost of a water supply for
hydraulicing, l felt it my first duty
to prospect the gravel deposit of
your claims and estimate, if posi-
ble, something of its richness and
promised yield. Of course, my
methods, were of necessity, superb
cial, yet, feel that my estimate is
far within the bounds of the true
output which may be expected.
Prospect shafts have been sunk in
various portions Of the Gulch, vary
ing In depth from twenty to eighty
two feet, yet in no case has bedrock
been reached. Your claim covers an
area of about 420 acres, giving you
over 3O,OO0,000 CUBIC YARDS OF
GOLD BEARING SAND AND GRAVEL,
since IN every case where shafts
were sunk gold was found distrib-
uted throughout the entire depth,
with promises of q continuation
down to bedrock. From prospects
made by experienced miners, with
the pan, various estimates have been
placed upon the probable yield per
yard; ranging ali the way from
thirty-siX to seventy-five cents; l
place my own estimate, lower still,
and offer it with the fullest conf
dence, that my expectations will be
fully realized, / feel assured that an
estimate of THIRTY CENTS PER Gu
BIC YARD or a total yield of from
NINE TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS,
from your Dry Gulch claims will be
far exceeded in the clean up. A de-
posit of this richness will Justify
the eXpediture of a considerable
sum in its development, since the
first expense of washing will he
merely nominal. Accordingly, on
the 10Th day our party was organ
lied and WORK began in earnest.
The original intention of the direct
ors, which has been modified since,
was to bring the water from the
Santiam river In lumber f1ume to
ii point on White Bull mountain at
the mead of Silver Greek Gulch and
through tunnel in said mountain,
into Dry Gulch, furnishing hv-
draulic head of about 800 feet.
This survey in our course up the
river brought us to Gold Run where
a detour Of five miles was required
to head this stream, and above this
again ale Common Creek and Mead
Ow Creek, all tributary to the Sam
tam, which would, to get around,
require a fiume Of about thir-
ty miles in length, besides
being Objectionable on account of
ten miles extra fluming and the
roughness of the mountain and in
accessibility of the country through
which it passes; also the loss of much
time and expense In trail building;
and the cost of construction would
be about $4,000 per mile, or a grand
total of from sixty to seventy thou
sand dollars
The second plan was to run q
direct line from the Santiam river
TO White Bull mountain, and sub
stitute pipe line for fluming; Cross
ing the tributaries to the Santiam
Ia fn
can be made without first having
the required length of pipes and the
hydraulic pressure in each case,
which undoubtedly would increase
the cost of construction, and the
ACCESSIBILITY of substitution may well
be questioned.
The third plan, and the one you
have adopted, proves more favor
able than the two above mentioned;
it's distinctive features being high
er altitude and an alignment follow
ing the divide between Canal Forks
and the Santiam river. First, such
line being higher at point of enter
ing Dry Gulch, assures greater
he above the heads of Gold Run,
Cannon creek and Meadow creek,
and thus save several miles of fium-
ing required ON the line first proposed.
Third, it passes through q
much more accessible country, and
the cost of construction would be
very naturally reduced. Fourth, it
would not be as liable to danger of
destruction from landslides, falling
trees and sudden heavy rains, as is
a side hill tlume. Fifth, and the
most important of all points In Its
favor is that fiume carrying water
90 high above the surrounding coun-
try, practically controls the supply
for the mining district lying between
Canal Forks and the Santiam rivers.
Water may be furnished on either
side of the divide to the varieus
Quartz aud small Placer mines, and
will always be in demand for min
ing, milling, jumping, sluicing, and
ali the various uses 10 which water
under pressure may be put In min
ing districts. Thus handsome
revenue will be returned from the
capital invested in the fiume, long
after the main purpose for which II
is built shall have been accomplish
ed. A careful observation and
estimate convinces me that
| it may be built; with
a hydraulic head of fifteen
hundred feet. a capacity of two
thousand miners inches at a cost
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