The San Francisco call., 1897-04-10
Some of the Stately Structures That Adorn the Streets Roebmg

few years since consisted of only a few
acres In the valley, now covers several
thousand acres, the quality in size and.
flavor are unexcelled anywhere in the
world, the yield per tree unequaled, and
In very few years, when the young
prnne orchards come fairly into bearing,
the amount produced will be enormous,
and require many hundreds of people to
gather and work the crop.
On the south and east lie the principal
mineral belts, in which some rich gold
placer mines are being worked. Many
millions OF dollars in gold have been
washed from the rich gravel bars along
the Umpqua River and it's tributaries in
the old crude ways, but the march of i'm
provement and modern modes are swiftly
superseding and displacing the old. The
last year has witnessed the investment OF
several hundred thousand dollars in
improved methods ana the returns to the
promoters have in every instance been
most fiattering and have by far exceeded
the most sanguine expectations in many
places, and the success attending has
placed many new companies with large
capital in the mining district
Scarcely any attention has, until the
past year, been paid TO quartz mining or
prospecting; small as has been the pros
pecting In quartz the results have been
most satisfactory. Free milling ore of q
very high grade has been developed in
many leads. Some are being thoroughly
prospected, among which is the Black Re
publican, located in the foothills, eight
miles distant from Rose burg, owned by
Messrs. L. G. Flint, T.. Rice and G. w.
himbail. They began last spring pros
pecting their claim by sinking shafts,
since which time they have run three tun-
nels, one of which strikes the main ledge
ABOUT ooo feet below the surface and ex-
poses well-dehned ledge with ASSAYS
running very high. They will in the near
future erect q mill to handle the ore
One small claim adjoining the Black
Republican has just been bonded for
$4,000, and work on it will be prosecuted
with vigor at once. Littefeld & Day,
with Portland capital, have purchased the
Olalla placer mines, twelve miles from
Roseburg. These mines have been known
TO possess untold wealth in coarse gold,
but on account OF a scarcity of water the
former owner was unable 10 work the
claim except in very wet seasons. The
Littiefeld d. Day Company is backed with
abundance OF capital and has completed
ditch of three miles in length and placed
two giants at work, erected mill and
number OF other buildings, aud will at
once extend its ditch about eight miles
farther and tap large creek which will
furnish abundance of water.
Some twenty miles south are located
the famous nickel mines, which cover an
area of 1000 acres of high-graue ore. There
is at present about $40 600 worth of ma
cbinery on the ground, and it is expected
the company will begin active work in
the early summer months. The supply
of ore Is almost lnexhaustible, and sew
eral hundred men will find employ ment
there. The Victor mine and several
others promise renewed activity. Several
copper mines are being opened Up which
prospect very rich and give good promise
OF being actively worked.
Within few miles both east and west