The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-21
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e. T. Morton. of BosheF. ~ho IL inter-
s<fsd IL the Gold HIM Channel Mining
Company. Of Southern Oregon. e. in the
city after an a0@sg1ee At the mines Of
three months. These mines are almost
wholly owned hy Seattle capital. among
the owners icing Byron Phelps, J. NJ
sTarkman. s. Mclean. Frank Rivers
Charles Tsom5iy. VIII II Parry. Mrs
Mary J. Ross. John n Sexton and NJ
Morton. 2f. Mclean IL manager az the
company. and J. II shnrrweil surerin-
tenffsnf- The property is n placer claim.
ard TIE company holds about 90 acres
along the hNa Of ar ancient river chan
mel ne sediment being n depth from
forty 10 ninety fer. and very rich ia
placer gold. IN taIktAL about The mine
yesterday Dir. Morton saif.
our headquarters are at Gold WI.
about fifteen miles from Jacksonville. IN
Jackson county. The claims are located
On F0ote creek. ten miles from Gold Hill
sad two and a half miles from the Rogue
RIVER The country about is thlekly SGT
tied. the population being a cross between
the farmer and thu miner Our property
vas first prospeeted about eighteen
months ago. and later developments
showed that the ground prospects from
grass rooSs 70 bedrock. We have 81 the
cd ehanBei a tunnel about leo feet In
length and the deposit from the surface
- the bottom is very rtch ia free gold.
We nave hydraulic plan. al work night
and day and @e frequently pick up mug
gets, some OF them being worth So each.
The placer is what miners cali black
gold and II brings Us SIS an ounce az the
mint In San Francisco. We have not done
sufficient Development work 10 ascertain
what We really have. but | should guess
that the ground, averaged from grass
bedrock. runs about = cents a cubic yard.
IL Is a rich proposition and the woods
are fun Of people We are employing
twelve men steadily. One beauty OF the
pfospAt Is that on can ride right TO the
mine IN buggy. the roads being good.
Then. too. the climate is fine and the
placer can be worked the whole year.
The hills about the old channel are full
OF quartz and likewise full OF prospectors.
A man named Lawrence who has a
quartz claim near US. recently took out
eleven tons of ore from ledge and sent
II 20 san Francfsco. II brought him 81 30
and his expenses were not over $3.50. Ed
shefiin. who discovered the Tombstone.
Ariz,. mine has a quartz claim about
three miles from our tunnel which he
bonded last fan and he mas run in a good
sized tunnel. The ore taken out is rich
Tn free gold, the quartz seeming 70 be lit
orally strung together with gold Sheffiin
also has another quartz mine In Califor-
stef- NANN's - AaAtl - NsiE firuE 10TH OF
Foote creek. a little over three miles
from us. At this place he has a five
stamp mill and is taking out ore in rich
paying quantities. California creek was
but recently thus named by some Cali
forms people owning property along it."
Mr.. Morton will leave tomorrow or next
day for Gold Hin 10 remain all summer
He says that a good many Seattle men
are going down into Jackson county. at
tracted by the glowing reports concern
Ing the mineral deposits Grants Pass.
In Josephine county. is the natural out
let OF the district and Is a good town
Medford is also a good town but is too
far south. Jacksonville is off the line of
travel short, narrow gauge road con
Meeting 1t with the main line OF the Or
egon & California, running south from
Portland. Mr.. Morton says that for years
the country has not been touched. In
early days a few daring fellows scratch
ed the ground little and tried hydraulic
mining with squirtguns. but they never
did enough work TO ascertain the charac-
ter of the ground