The record-union., 1899-09-04

gouged out of 90. 40 or 80 cents a
pound to have his food packed over q
Chilkoot or White pass, with freight
from the Quitting point added to his
burden. There are no Arctic colds to
be braved. no Arctic feyers and ty-
phoids, no long waits in desolate Arc
tic climate for the few dollars return
which hard, incessant and enervating
work may bring to the original invest
ment of many thousands or the snug
sum raised by mortgage of the home.
So reasonable are the charges for
transporting supplies to Oregon mines
that consideration of the figures is in
teresting. In the Baker City country,
Sumpter is the nearest base of supplies
to a number of the mines. Baker City,
however, is the nearest base for the
principal mines, which are from eight
to fifty miles distant from the city. The
cost of getting freight into the mines
from Baker City varies from Is to 75
cents per 100 pounds. according to dis
tance.
Union is the nearest railroad point
for mines in the eastern part of that
county, and is the principal base of
supplies for that section The River
dale mine is 10 miles south Of Union:
the Minam River from to 10 miles
northeast Catherine Creek mines, IL
miles east; Medical Springs, 70 miles
east; Copper Creek. % miles southeast;
Sanger, 80 miles east; Sparta, 40 miles
southeast; last Eagle, 81 miles east;
Cornucopia, 50 miles east The Snake
River copper fields. along the eastern
slope of the county. are 70 miles from
Union The average cost of hauling
freight to the mines from Union is: TO
Cornucopia Sparta, Sanger and East
Eagle, from u to Il of cent pound;
to Snake River, from u to l cent;
nearer points, a little less.
The Bohemia mines are 33 miles
southeast of Cottage Grove, the near
est railroad station and base of sup
plies Freight rates from Cottage
Grove to any part of the camp are III
cents a pound.
Albany is the base of supplies for the
Quartzyille mines in the Santiam
country 60 miles distant The cost of
hauling freight from Albany-40 miles
rail and 20 miles pack train--is l cent
a pound in summer and 2 cents a
pound in winter
III %OO5loo SOdiity liz AlClSil
varies from $3.50 to SO, according to
distance.
In other mining counties the freight
charges do not exceed the figures here
given.
Oregon is an ideal mining region. Be-
sides, it contains more gold than Klon-
dixie, and the gold is easier and safer
to get than is Klondike gold.
MAGALIA NINE.
Biggs Argus: Will Esman, who, with
his wife, is visiting in town, holds a
responsible position on the Pershbeck-
+ er, or now more properly called the
Magalia mine, owned by Rideout, Ha-
gen & Co., viz: Engineer of the hoist
ing works which raises the gold-bear-
ing material from the tunnel ways in
the mine up a shaft so feet in depth.
From the bottom of the shaft men
toned Mr.. Esman informs us that a
tunnel leads first on an upward in
cline a distance of about 100 feet to a
point where heavy machinery is located
and thence on a downward incline be-
tween 1890 and 1900 feet to the mine
face, and another tunnel leads in an
other direction about 1.700 feet. gang
of men working on the face at the end
of each tunnel are thus working in the
same mine more than 500 feet beneath
the surface, a distance of one and one
fifth miles apart. Other tunnels and
shafts in the mine pass through thou
sands of feet, showing the enormous
amount of work that has been done at
this one location in the search for gold.
Trains of cars carrying gravel run
through the tunnels, and about fifty
men are employed in the various works,
including a ten-stamp mill.
NEVADA COUNTY SILVER.
Truckee Republican,: The Virginia
City Chronicle" says: James Moran,
formerly employed in mining on the
Comstock, but now located at Truckee,
is making a brief visit here. Mr.. Moran
has a mining location on Trout Creek
one mile northeast of the town oil
Truckee, which he is developing by
driving a tunnel that will cut the vein
at depth of 400 feet He has ad
vanced the tunnel about $50 feet by
his own labor, removing the waste by
the slow and laborious method of
wheeling it out in barrow, but now
stands to be we'll rewarded for his toll,
If he succeeds in finding only two tons
Of such high grade silver ore as the
sample he has with him, which should
be designated as a nugget, as it is
about four-fifths native silver. The
nugget is remarkable from the fact
that the silver is in a. solid mass cast
by nature in the mold Of quartz which
surrounds it. The quartz is also i'm
pregnated with coal black sulphurets,
which indicate the presence of gold.
The nugget was not found in a vein
formation, but was panned out by Mr..
Moran in the waste material taken out
in driving the tunnel. Mr.. Moran ex-
poets to extend the tunnel to the vein
in the next two months. He says he
finds native silver in large percent
age of the waste removed in excavating
the tunnel by panning the dirt, and
exhibits a solid mass of white metal
from the paintings which he melted IN
a blacksmith's forge
The Woes of the Married Man.