Mohave County miner., 1893-06-10
siass 81 Southern 0esos

The min-s OF southern Oregon, sh,ch
il tho past have ho~n hut lii'le known
and ,slks.i ~ U,'sid~ of th~lr own local.
i,y, are no~ a,'rsc'ing considerable st-
,eniioo among pro~pr~tof- and capital
,sts all over the Pxcihc .oAss, This i. all
oSins ,o ,s~ ~uerss'm men. hoth cap.
ital,sss and prospsc,o's. ~ho ~-r~ MT
afraid u hack their jmiym-n, with n..
remiiiinx capital snd labor II has t,-~o
the ,s,pulsr neliet xmon. rniuinx men ios
wear. that sm'h.ro O,-son contained no
STANDARD niin-s 0f ANY imss,stau~ TN,
the development ~ the A.hiAni ,nin..
and others prov- I'M. ts.i,~f Ia Nv ~sron.
eois Although they have .nn- ..ssl
mines in s,uilicrn Oregon s,.i n,nr~ are
ueiug Developed. -i'll u 4 49, not rom.
pare ixv@,bly ~uh The quartz m,n,nv
dissrjcts ~ California. ia reg a. i. 10 rich.
pess and SIR, of l--i.--
Th. geoIosic.i f~ms,ien II the miner
ri ueli in Jo-eph,n- and Jarkron conn.
ti~~, taken AZ a shoi-. i- of u p-s.k-,y IN
,urr aud the min-rAl h-.,rns t..ls-s arr
ANAL aud irregular ia Width IA . general
rule. Porphyry. strongly i,nprevnAi~,i
nth iron aud lime, is ps.,irninxn,
throughout :h- fHma''on II The miner Il
hell, Although ~ some iocaliiie- every
cla.s Of ior0A'ion existing IN the ,nin-, Il
t.rlts of the coast may h, found all mixed
W tos-ther showing svitsns-- of ain,~l-
tansous upneAvels Of the eArh's crust in
some remote period IN tho-.. localities
rnDse spot. 50 to speak, Oc,,ir principally
in the northern portion If JArk-on conn
~ sud tn. southwestern part of Jos~ph.
inc, and are productive in small pockets
which seldofu exceed lev hundred do!
lars. with the exception of soms late ii..
coveries. There have only been tsu
large p~s;kets discovered 10 far In south.
ern Oregon. viz; Gold Hill and s,-s,n.
boa', aud IL 10 the currADt belief among
prosp.ctors and miners hat where there
are one ~ sso large pockets such as were
found. there must certainly he more
found
tod Hill produced over 3l29, 600 while
Steamboat Welded in the neigh hborhood
u t246.O0O. ~ near ~ can be learned
: from tho most reliable authority, and Al
though some 20 nilea apart, yet they
serc bo,h discovered In this mixed for
NATION. Within the last fe~ months
several good pckets have been discovered
in JArkson county in what is known IA
the Blackwell hills between Gold Hill
and Jackson vile, but the largest amount
ing 10 me,hing over $1,000, vas discov.
ered by Mr. ID. Horn, on GAIls creek
sboot four miles from Rock Point.
Among the energetic cspiialisis ~ho
are spending money to prove whether the
hedges 60 down to any great depth or rot
and still carry gold in paying quantities.
arc the Schie6elin Bros we'll known in
mining circles 10 connection xi,h the
Tombstone mines in Arizona They are
operating on Foot creek some ten miles
from Gold Hill.
Ashland 10 1t present the center Of a,-
traction for mining men and prospectors
Some verr good prospects are being de.
veioPed st present in that vicinity which,
promise to become good psying proper.
ties and quite an active boom 10 mining
10 the result. The formation 10 shis dis.
trict is favoraole for permanent gold bear.
ing lodges. The placer mines in south,
srn Oregon we're rich when worked In
early days. and wherever rich placer
mines have existed over large scope oi
country ss q general rule rich quarts
veins have been found. Mining and
Scientific Press.
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