Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-10-31
HYDRAULICS AWAIT RAIN.
Josephine County Placers in
Readiness for Water. Many
New Equipments.

on their guns" ready to open FIRE with
their powerful cannon-like giants, when
sufficient water pressure is afforded the
fumes by the winter rains.
The hydraulic season usually opens in
November, and it bids fair to be as
prompt this year as ever before. In
most all the hydraulic mines OF the
county the regular Summers repairing
work OF mending fumes. bitches and
reservoirs, laying pipe and adding giants,
is completed. This work has been more
extensive this year than ever before, SO
that the number of giants put to work
when water comes, will be most materi.
ally increased.
The new hydraulic mine being de-
veloped in the lower Grave Creek district
by Captain Nash, has its fye-mile ditch
completed to bring the water from Poor
mans Gulch to the working grounds,
and the several thousand feet OF % and
S0-inch piping is nearly all in position
This mine will operate several giants,
and will be one OF the leading placer
properties OF the Grave Creek district,
In Waldo district the new hydraulic
mine in course of development by +, II.
0ssood, OF Seattle, is well nigh compile.
ted. This mine is located in Allen Guloh
near the Illinois. In the opening of the
mine it was necessary to dig a 250-ioot
tunnel through hill of solid rock in
order to get the water-Aume through to
the working grounds. The grounds of
this property prospect very rich, and
tits expected to become prominent
placer'gold producer.
The Simmons and Winner mines Of
this district have their repair work done
and are ready for business. These two
mines together own over 1000 acres OF
mining ground, which it may be truth.
fully said, contain gold from the grass
roots to the bedrock. They have miles
oil bitches and fumes, good water press
ure and operate six or more giants, both
day and night from nine to eleven
months in the year, The dirt OF these
mines usually produces fiue gold, though
nuggets OF from 81 to $40 value are com
mon occurrences. The annual output o.
each OF these mines is from $50 900 to $50 !
600.
A crew of from so to 40 men have beer
kept at work at the Old Channel hy'
drauic mines at Galice, during the en-
tire Summer, putting them in tiptoI
shape for big run this coming season
Manager Harvey reports that there il
yet considerable work to be done beior,
the Winters business begins, but tina
all will be ready on time. For nearly q
years past, the Old Channel mines hav,
brought an annual revenue 10 their own
, ers OF from $4,000 to $4,000, but TIA,
, new management, who became possess
/ ed OF the mines early last Spring, hop
to double the former outputs OF ih
! mines from now on With this end il
1 view, they have increased the capacit.
Of bitches and fumes, strengthened tn
. reservoirs, dug new bitches, added NOR
giants and increased the plant an,
equipment Of the mines throughout.
= The work of building a Ruble Grizzly
;, increasing bitches, and putting in pipe
a ioT new giant, has been completed a
r the Forest Queen hydraulic mine Of th
D., Louise Greek district. The management
s claim that with their increased facilitiel
;. the output OF gold from the Forest Quee
!, this coming Winter will put all preyiou
= records IN the shade. The blue al,
4 gray gravel OF the working grounds {
G this mine, is rich in It's production o
/ coarse gold. The mine is under a ne'
= management, having been recently pul
IS chased by Eastern people.
i James Hume, mining engineer an
e capitalist, Of Los Angeles, has Just pul
+ chased the Tennessee Gulch placefs o
e Upper Cow Creek aboYe the Victory h,
h draulic mines. The consideration OF IL
q sale is not yet gwen 10 the public, but
n IL known to be several thousand dollar
li Mr.. Hume IL having considerable in
y proycment work done on his recently
Il acquired property, aud hopes to realize
!. snug cleanup next Spring lie is we
IA pleased with the general outlook Of u
Ne Southern Oregon mines, and is lookir
up Josephine quartz properties with Il
intention OF investing In them also.
The Victory and other hydraulic pro
, critics Of Upper Cow Creek have comp
H., ted their Summers work, aud are rea,
a to open up. The home Of Dir, Cam
the owner Of the Victory, together wi
II, other buildings belonging to the min
"a we're almost completely demolished
. the explosion that recently occurred
n the ignitlng Of three cara Of dynamite
n passing freight train. Since that iin
=, the buildings have nearly all been I
- built and the other damages done l.
a. the explosion, repaired.
a. The kuDle and the Bennett K Mel
10 tOsh, the two principal mines Of CoyC
- creek, are ready TO begin their reguI
~ Winters business. These mines y
=, operate the same number Of giants
q, formerly. These mines possess work.
., grounds Of gray gravel, 20 feet in ayera
-, depth and very productive Of coar
-, gold.-Dennis stoyall, in Portland T,
. gram.
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