Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-02-28
Minina 1aotes.

w. J. soverns started Tuesday evenin,
on bis return to Attn, B. c., where hs
has valuable placer property.
Henry Phillips left on Wednesday
morningi0r YIeta where he goes on
ius n ss con. eeted with the Preston
Peak Copper Co. lie expects { reiu n
in shor. time.
Walter de Yarils, the prominent. min
ing engineer, has charge o! the ASSAY
Office and qnar;z mill of W. g. Wright,
during the abstnee Of the latter on his
rip to the coast
Ed Smith was in from Williams a few
days this week. He Il doing some
development work on the "3one Of Con.
tention' mine, and the property is max.
ing first class showing.
Chas. Harwood Of winona, was in
tosn this week and reports a quartz
strike made by himself and S Harms on
on Horse creek in the Jump off
Joe district. The ore, which is decom-
posed quartz. is taken from vein which
runs from eight inches to two feet in
width and assays at the rate Of SEQ per
ton.
II. d. SIuter, owner Of the Wolf Greek
BONANZA is still working on his famous
property and is extracting the yellow
metal by the cupiul. His mine is
rich almost beyond the bonds Of belief
by these who have not seen 1t. 1t ha:
become a byword in this county in
describing any find that lie desperately
and enormously rich. to say that it il
like Suffers"
Schrimpf Bros. we're in from Murphy
Tuesday, bringing with them about si0-
in gold taken from a POCKET recently
found in their quartz mine near Proyoli.
OF this amo-nt $3.50 was secured from
two pans Of Jiit and one Of the brother:
picked $50 in coarse pieces from The
seam with the point Of bis candlestick
They are the fortunate possessors Of a
pocket ledge" vein in which the
pay" occurs in punches OF remarkable
richness They have taken out a num-
Der Of pockets from time TO time, but
this last is he best one they have yet
found
The Baby" quartz mine in tie Jun D.
OF Joe district has been bonded to Harry
Rice, d. Myers and J. r. Smith ior
$500, term Of bond one year. This
property is owned by 10 eph Pollock
L. L. Jewell and n. p Dodge and at one
time was very prof,ably worked by
means OF au arasira, giving steady re-
turns Of from sls 10 s25 per ton in free
gold while quantity OF sorted ore
which vas shipped to Tacoma gave
values Of over $50 per ton. The present
operators have already begun WORK on
tho mine, and intend to extend the
lower tunnel to strike the pay chute al
a greater depth. The ledge runs iiom
one to three feet in width.
Henderson and scfibner have a
proposition on the divide between
Coyote aud Wolf creeks that is 'like
slu,er's". These gentlemen worked in
the wood camps last winter at Vol
Creek and went to Baker county in the
spring, where they prospecled for som,
time with little success aud finally re
turned to Josephine county to try iheir
fortunes farther in the pro. recting field
They mad prospeetel only few days
when they found their present bonanza
/ 1t is a vein Of very rich decomposeC
quartz OF great richness, some Of ii yield
ing as high as 800 to the ordinary or,
sack foil. Its exien. has not yet been
determined.
Sharp Bros owners OF the "MidniSh.'
and Challenge" quartz properties OF
the Applegaie near Proyolt, are workin.
steadily on development operations anC
are showing mp quartz mines that vii
be heard from later. The Midnight
Is the old kiesslng niue, the surface or,
Of which produced richly and wa
worked with much profit to the opera
tors. Sharp Bros are driving a tunnel
on the vein a distance Of almost 40,
feet into the hill. The vein shows a
good width and the ore is remarkable
IN the fact that hardly any one, excep
on very close inspection, wolll pro.
nouuceit quartz, yet It produces free gold
in mortar tests and in some pieces th,
gold is plainly visible to The naked oye
Assays have not been lately made. Sc
that the grade OF the ore /. not &C
curately known, but the prospects show
it to be high. The Challenge" in tn,
same vicinity, PRODUCES ore Of remark.
able richness, some Of the mortar test,
causing the onlookers to open their eve,
in astonishment at the amount Of gold
| the rock contains 4 bad break In the
tunnel ana consequent continuous earth
slide has compelled suspension OF work
on this claim until the ground settles
The owners are prosecuting the develop
ment work with a vim aud earncsines.
worthy Of the highest commentator
aud they are thorough miners I, j..
suggested that Il men aite- their style
were more numerous there would be-
more established quartz mines in
southern Oregon than there are at the
present time.