The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-03-09
A Letter From Grants Pass,
GRANTS PISS. Or, Maj. z, 9

GRANTS Pass, Or, Mar z, ~
EDITOR EXPRESS
The few notes we send may moulder
In the waste basket, and yet we are
bound to inf1ict our scribhling upon
you.
We left the land of Mossbacks and
Populists Monday last, arriving at
Wolf Creek Tuesday morning. VIC.
is mining town of some $50 inhabi-
tants, kind of headquarters Tor min
ing men land quartz boomers). An
assay office is doing a thriving husi-
ness.
Leaving the town and our many
friends behind, we took the road for
Mt. Reuben. Seven miles down Wolf
Creek the road comes to an end at the
| placer mines of J.. G. Lewis. These
were rich find but very spotted and
soon ey hausted. Striking the Rogue
river trail tramp of miles brought
us to the placer claim of Dwight, Rice
& Co. This is new mine and from
all reports paying one. Gold can be
seen lying on the bedrock where the
piping has been done. We saw two
ounces recently taken out of small
spot.
Here we tarried until Wednesday
morning, then took the trail once
more for the Mt. -Four miles brings
us to Reuben creek, coarse gold stream
on which are many paying claims.
Then came the tug of WARRIOR Al
miles the trail stands at an angle of 45
degrees. At present the last miles
are covered with 2 feet of snow. Near
the summit the camp of H. M. MUIR
ray is to be seen. This is on claims To-
Gated last spring by ). D. Rice and a
party of Albany gentlemen. Murray
: has it bonded and is to run tunnel
and develope the mine and If satisfied
to pay for the same $4,000. He is
only working seven men at present,
! sinking shaft.
Over the Mt. on the Whiskey creek
side is located the celebrated Molly
Hill ledge. One shaft is go feet, an.
other 10 and from ten inches at the ton
the ledge widens to feet. On the
dump gold can be seen in any piece
and is said to be the best free milling
ore ever discovered in the state. The
mine is being developed by R. A.
Jones, of Screen Mountain" fame, who
bought or bonded it of the locator, ].
d. Rice. Here he has his wife, a
charming lady whose nearest lady
neighbor is s miles away; but she is
perfectly content and is as enthusiastic
oyer mining matters as her worthy
: husband.
, Partaklng of bountiful repast We
once more took the route for a return
The ascent took 81 hours but the
descent was made in Il hours and the
, only event of note was when our part
ner sailed through air and snow al
, such a rate as to leave his pipe somt
, 200 feet behind him in a snow drift
, This necessitated some talk and goot
/ climb to get it.
a Again we spend the night will
, friend Rice, who has his wife and tw,
charming daughters with him.
The next day we arrive at Lelant
r. only to learn the S. P. is too poor t.
I afford daily freight, and as the plac
is too small to hold three full-growl
men over night, we jog along to Mel
lin, within 8 miles of Grants Pass
,. Wishing to send line to friend W
h inquire for the P. 0. to find it / mil
If out in the country at rancho, and hi
y stock in haF consisted of four sheet
:, Of writing paper This is Il saw-mil
S. town, and like all places of the kin
% has poor buildings.
' At night we learned a revival wa
being held in the school building, an
y thither we went bent on adveutur
and we succeeded beyond our expects
tions, We took with us a miner VIII
!. had not been to church for 20 year
,o and regretted our choice many time.
q as we impOftuned him 35 times to 9
with us back to the hotel but the fen
seemed to delight in our misery an
l. only shook his head The meeting
le are conducted by former section
n hand and q gentleman from Wilde
vile who came out to winter, bringin
his family and team with him for con
pany. One fellow told US he general
u brought them to church with him
" help. We asked which he brough
the family or team; but he did nj
seem to relish our attempt at jok
The audience consisted of 8 women,
girls, 5 men, II boys, and was larg'
than could be expected when we +
mark the meetings had been going q
three weeks. At last we were kind
permitted to leave, sadder but wis
man.