The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-06

Vaat Tacoma Men Think OF the Gala,
pooia and Blue River Mines.


wAat Tacoma Men Think OF the Gala
pooia and Blue River Mines.
The following from the Taeonia
Ledger, with reference to the Gala
pooia end Blue River mines, is pointed
and readahle:
So quietly has II gone about It's work
and so little stir has been made that
few people are aware of the existence
of the Blue mountains Mining and Mil
ling company, purely a Tacoma syn.
dieatc and one which promises 70 make
for those interested fortune, if II does
not prove bonanza.
Some six months ago the Proepectors
Mining Il Milling company was organ
lied with 10 stockholders aud Si0.0 900
for the purpose of investigating rich
field of mining operations I'm the state
Of Oregon. a few weeks later another
company wns organized. the Blue
Mountain Mining and Milling com
pany, with n capital stock of S500,000
and having numerous stockholders.
This last company began work imme-
dIately on the prospect located by II
i'm Lane county Oregon, mt Quartz Creek
Camp, in the Blue River mining district.
The results of its operations are shown
In the following Interview with VIM.
lilalilstEOI vi lift llNtlNs pun
lished Sunday In the OreConian:
He said: ~ am down here in pursu-
ance of n resolution of the board of di-
rectors. passed at the last meeting,
authorizing me To examine milling
machinery for the establishment of a
ten-stamp mill and reduction works on
Qnartz creek, i'm Lane county, the seat
of the Blue River mining district.
Our company Is composed of the lead
ing merchants and business men of Ia
coma, and its officers are Judge II. G.
Patric, presidents; j. l.. McMurray,
secretary: Il. n. Ouimette, treasurer;
s s. Loeb, vice president, and myself
manager, and the above officers With
Max Liebenthal and Erwin G. Rose al.
rectors.
"OuI company owns - mines In this
district, all of which are developing,
and we are all enthusiastic over the
deposit of gold In the district. we
have the mining ext ert in charge who
developed the Curry Golden mine i'm
Comstock ledge, John w. Welch.
He predicts the richest mining camp
in the country. The district Il about
four by six miles in area, and there are
more than $50 well defined lodges OF
paying rock that have been developed,
but the company is now concentrating
its effort on the claim known as the
Gilt Edge mine, situated on Treasure
hill. This is n true fissure claim, out
cropping more than two miles of free
milling quartz.
1.-THE amount of sulphurets does not
exceed per cent, thus enabling the
ore to be miiled for 81 so per ton. We
have lately had five mill tests of ore
from this ledge by the Tacoma Smelt-
ing K Refining Company, which have
yielded as follows: The first $3.50 In
gold aud Al In silver to the ton; the
second SS.60 and .54; the third 32 81
and As; the fourth S55 and SOB; aud
the last oae $50 in gold and silver, but
l do not remember the exact proper
tion.
'sThere is bill before the legislature
now to build a road from Brownsville
TO these mines, but we had rather they
would build from, Eugene, as this
would lessen the distance from the
railroad by some 80 miles. / am now
on my way To Eugene TO see if / can
induce the chamber of commerce
there, through their county commits
siOners, to furnish means of access by
public road from that city, and /
think they are disposed To do so, as the
establishment of mills aud u mining
camp in that vicinity would mean
thousands of dollars To that city alone.
We want the road cut from the eonfiu-
ence of the Mckenzie and Blue rivers
TO the mines, distance of seven miles
Our company has been working these
mines for over six months steadily, but
now we are running two shifts of men
day and night. The result of the as
says / have given you have been actual
by the Tacoma smelling company
from ore shipped TO them in bulk.
We have also had numerous tests madt
I by private assayers from selected spec
/ linens, and have yielded from Sl09 tC
Si600 per ton. The natural result ol
this is that the company is satisfied
| that the lodges will mill on the aver
age $50 per ton clear gold. This Is a
remarkable average richness, as the
celebrated Treadwell mine of AlaskT
averages but 50 per ton. We are not
alone In this district, as the CalapHoi'
and Blue River Mining and Milling
company, of Brownsville, owns twenty
! claims and are doing some develop
ment work, also a Corvallis company
and Eugene company have gooJ
/ ledgeS in the same district.
''rhe aggregate value of these depos
! its can hardly be estimated, as there
are six distinct fissure veins running
almost parallel, north and south, fol
nearly two miles, ranging in widtl
! from A. feet to l6 feet. All this is OF
an average of 1000 feet above the water
/ level, so that we have continual natu
raj drainage and no pumping will b'
/ necessary