The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-04
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
The Mining Fever Breaks Out at
Mediord, Oregon.
CRATER LAKE A SUMMER RESORT.
Mine Owners Of Northern Idaho Threaten
to Close Down on Account Of
High Freight Rates.

A burglar in one night at PhTnix, A.
T., entered four Offices. a bank and n
stable, and WAS captured on the follow
ing morning.
Petitions are now being circulated In
all the labor centers In Montana for the
enactment OF bill, an important section
OF watch is az follows: That II will be-
unlawful for any officer OF the State Of
Montana or any officer OF any town or
city thereof TO issue license TO engage
in any kind OF business within this State
30 any person or persons not citizens or
not having declared their intentions TO
become citizens OF the United States.
This IL sweeping blow at the Chinese
and will, If it becomes law, shut up
every store, restaurant and laundry run
by Chinese in the State.
The mining fever has broken ont in
Mediord, Or, and professional, business
and Iab)ring men are looking toward the
hills and anxiously awaiting a settle
meat ol the weather with view OF TAX
ing prospecting tour. New impetus is
given to the excitement each day by the
return of prospectors with specimens OF
rich goll-bcaring quartz and glowing ac-
counls OF the possibilities OF the mineral
belt Of Southern Oregon. Bat all pre-
vioua returns were totally eclipsed when
y. II. Horn came to town with a pock-
etluI of quartz. Many of the specimens
contained almost an equal amount OF
gold and quartz, some OF the particles OF
gold beng a. large as pea. Five
pounde OF this rock, when pounded out
by hand mortar, produced over $lOD,
which would run the percentage up to
the modest sum of $40,I 90 to the ton.
II Is reported from Central Point,
station on the Southern Pacific four
miles weet of Medtord, Or, that the
railroad company has entered into an
agreement with +. T. Fradenburgh to
carry passengers between that point and
Crater Lake in the Cascade Mountains.
The distance from tine railroad to the
lake 10 eighty miles, and stage line IL
to be established between the two points.
Mr.. Fradenburgh gays the railroad has
guaranteed him 1000 passengers at $s
each. lie has already purchased suiii'
cient stage coaches to accommo late this
number of tourists. and it is hie purpose
to erect summer hotel at the lake. In
good weather the road to the lake IL oil
right for driving, and the round trip can
be made in five days without a change
of horees. 1t is thought that Crater
Lake will be a popular resort Tor tourists
and pleasure seekers this summer. The
possibility of the reservation OF this land
by the government for national park
probably accounts for the action taken
by the railroad.
John Hayes Hammond, General Man
ager OF the Bunker Hill and Sullivan sill
YER mine at Wardner, Idaho, has re-
ceived word from Northern railroads
which has about convinced him that he
will close down the mine. Nearly all OF
the other great mines will also close
down. For some months past Mr..
Hammond and others Of the Mine Own
ers' Association have been endeavoring
to get reduction of freights from the
NorChern Pacific and Union Pacific rail-
roads, which carry their ores and con-
centrates to Tacoma, Denver and Omaha
smelters. Mine owners have gone go far
as to offer q sliding scale of compensation
for carving, 80 that when silver and
lead come up again the railroads will re-
ceive more than they did before. To
these overturee, however, the railroads
nave Deen ueaI, anu hs NHo hAl' Li"nl
mond tells) it is costing them nearly
double to work their mines than 1t does
Mr.. Haggin and other mine owners at
Butte and Anaconda, near at hand, they
cannot continue and must close down
about March l. Mr.. Hammond said {:
"I don't see any other way to do. We
have either got to cut on the expenses
of mining or in freights. We cannot,
however, cut enough to enable us to
work. Any cut then would not make
enough difference if we got no reduction
on freight. The outlook is not encour-
aging for silver mine owners and 1t seems
to me the only ching for mining in gem
oral Is to repeal the Sherman act"