Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-08-29
NUGGE Is AND DUST.
The Scribner- Henderson Mine a.
Wonder---Operat tions at 9th
or Prominent Mines.

The present wonder among the various
wonderful gold-producers Of Southern |
Oregon is the Scribner- Henderson mine, |
OF the Wolf Creek district, northeastern |
Josephine County. This mine. whose
discovery and progress was chronicled in |
The Telegram, continues to shower its
fortunes upon the lucky woodcutters who
abandoned their axes few months ago
and stumbled across the hidden treasure
that has made them independently rich.
ii. g. Perkins, a mining man OF this city,
returned yesterday from a prospecting
trip through the Wolf Greek district. and
reports that there is no cessation Of the
mine in revealing its rich punches OF
gold.
Owing TO the peculiar nature Of the
Standardization mine. the manner
OF working it is likewise unique. there
is go much gold in the ledge and 1t oc-
ours 30 thickly distributed that no other
methods OF extracting are pursued other
than panning. The gold occurs in
punches and seems found at regular in
tsrvals along the route OF stringer or
lead, that follows up the mountain near
the surface. To wssh the gold. the min
ers have brought small stream in wood
en- conduits to the working grounds. In
numerous places the wooden conduiis
widened cut into larger water foxes,
which give ample room for the several
miners to operate their pans. =
Day after day the miners have psnned
and continue to pan the rich dirt, yield
ing from 25 cents to 800 to the pan
The miners say that many pans OF dirt
have been washed from which the nng-
gets could be picked like potatoes from a
hill. Shortly alter the discovery ons pan
OF dirt was washed that contained AZ
pounds OF the precious yellow metal
During the few months that the miners
have been working the claim an enor
nous sum OF money has been removed,
just how much would be hard to estimate;
but many thousand dollars of nuggets
from the mine have been brought TO
Grants Pass and exchanged at the bank.
ing houses. A stewpan full of the yell
low grains brought in at one time was
weighed in the bankers scales and $ll20
given in exchange.
Besides free gold the pockets and
lunches contain a large amount OF sui
phurets which are very rich. These
base formations are thrown aside in the
excitement and esgerness to get the
'pure stuf," bat they will be treate d
later on. There is too much of the pure
article to bother at this time with the
stubborn sulphurets.
Just what will develop from this won
derIul discovery is a question for consid.
cradle discussion among the Southern
Oregon miners Many are Of the opinion
that II will develop in time into an ex-
tensive and very rich ledge. The mine
lies on contact Of porphyry and serpen.
tine. The gold is found in the porphyry,
the stringers all leading toward the con.
tact. The punches OF yellow metal oc-
cur every few inches along the stringers. !
Experienced miners who have examined |
the claim express the opinion that 1t will |
develop into mine of prominence. As |
to these things the owners say but little,
nor do they care, as they are too busy
picking up the gold on the surface 10
dig down in search OF ledge.
John X. Harvey, superintendent Of |
the noted A. x B. hydraulic mines of the |
Gslice mining district, reports that he
has crew OF 40 men at work preparing
these extensive placer workings for next
SEASONS run. The mines are being thor.
oughly overhauled, new bitches and |
fumes are being built ard the old ones
repaired. In point of output, these
mines have always been the gigantic |
placer proposition Of Southern Oregon,
but the owners claim that with the ad- |
dition OF the new equipment Low being
installed and the amount of repairing
work being done, this monster hvdraulic
mlne will produce twice as much this
winter as II has ever done before.
In the Coyote Greek district, which is
situated on the south side OF the divide,
living between Coyote and Wolf Greek 8,
are many prospectors, and several new
claims have been located and are being
worked, some Of them making rich
showings. Among these are the Little
Jack and Anaconda claims, both of
which give promise OF developing into
good mines. Among the many pros
pectors working the district are several
miners from Alaska and British Column
bis. Most all OF these men have located
claims and will develop the lodges for
better or worse. While the Coyote and
Wolf Creek districts have been mined for
the past 40 years, they have been run
over hurriedly by pockel-hunters and
placer miners, the lodges being over