Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-05-18

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Harry White TO operate number OF
Rossland properties. The deal includes a
cash payment of $4,000 and 10 per cent
in the stock of the new company. which
will be capitalized at f50O00. \ part of
the cash payment has already been made
and the balance is TO be paid on or before
June l5. Harry White. the organizer oi
the new company, says that he will he in
shape to commence operations on the
property by the first of next month, il
necessary. The Lily May is famous a,
the first location in the Rossland camp.
of Deer Park mountain, and is Just along
the line of the Dcwdney trail. 1t was this
proximity to the Dewdney trail that led
to its location, as prospectors going over
the trail happened upon some promising
galena float, with the result that they
followed it and staked the ledge, which
vas found near by. The location was sub
~equently abandoned by the original 10
Gators and for some time lay idle, when
some OF the strikes on Red mountain led
to its being rcstaked for its gold values.
The Lily May company was subsequently
organized to operate it, and has done sew
eral hundred feet of work on the ledge
with excellent results. There is II com.
plete compressor plant at the mine.
PIacers in Pierce District.
As result of the bountiiul supply oi
water in the Pierce district the placer
miners are reaping harvest. ana some
good clean-ups have already been made
The other day two miners brought out
about 90 ounces, their first cleanup after
about 10 days work. They returned the
following day, expecting to make much
larger cleanup before the water suppl!
becomes too low for mining purposes. The
snow is all gone in and about Pierce, but
the highest mountains are still covered
with good depth of snow, which will
continue to replenish the reservoirs foi
some time yet. The greatest activity in
placer mining appears 10 be in the west
arn portion of the district, in the vicinity
If Snake creek. In this territory a mum
Der of good claims that prospect from 40
to 80 cents per yard are bing worked, and
ire by means experiments, as most o.
them produced well last season, and con
tributcd in no small way towards swell
ng the output of the camp to the $50.
IOO mark. There is also a renewal OF
ok in the Swamp Creek district, that
,lready indicates that this portion of the
district, which has been idle for some
time, will be worked for all il is worth
this season, and the actual worth of the
iirt made known. Reports from all parts
of the district confirm the news that more
placer mining is under headway this sea
Son than for some years.
Southern Oregon.
Quartz mining in southern Oregon had
Is beginning in the discovery of the
Hicks ledge on jackson creek in 1859. II
proved to be Il pocket, but quite Il snug
little sum was taken out by Secora Hicks
and :. II. Taylor. Gold hill was the next
noted find in the way Of quartz. II wa
discovered in January, 1860, by Mcssrs
Hays and Graham, and before il was
abandoned had produced some 100000
Henry Klppel and others had purchased
the mine within week after its discov
cry, for good round sum. The discov
cry of the Gold hill ledge quickly led to
further quartz discoveries, and among
others the Fowler. which yielded 1913.
600: the Jewett. 10000; Blackwell, $40,
900; Holman, $1,000, and Davenport
5000. Some Of these mines are still he
ing worked at this time, notably the jew
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