Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-02-21
Nining Aaotes.

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L. c. Pentiand went to Galice Mon
day to examine mining property in that
famous camp.
W. g Wright mas secured the Savage
traction engine aud will use it as moiiye
power for his quartz mill
G. L. Wickstrom came in Thursday
from his placer mine on Pleasant creek,
bringing a cleanup Of 20 ounces of dust.
II. c. Perkins was in Jacksonville
Thursday and Friday called as witness
in the Ray Mitchell mining case, the
property involved being the old "Gold
Hip mining land near the town Of
Gold Hill.
II. w. Kircheff, who has lately
bonded the Sugar Pine mine at Galice
and is interested also in other quartz
property in this section, went to Gold
Hill Friday to spend few days examin-
ing the mineral showing Of that district.
d. y. Brown of Seattle who has
bond on the Lucky Queen Mine in
jump off Joe district came in town
recently with some very rich GOLD quartz
specimens which he placed on exhibi-
tion at the Layton, which attracted
much attention.
The Mt. Fielder quartz mine near
Woodville has been bonded to Olsen x
Parsons, o Seattle, for the sum OF 81, 500
There is 800 foot tunnel on the prop
erty whose value lies ia a nine foot
10 oS grade ledge aud smaller veins OF
higher values. Mrs. +. Stevens, Of
Woodyille, was the owner.
Mr. Miles Carter OF Winner has re-
located the Old Bennett quartz clam on
upper Jump office and IL now making
30 ieet uprise from the end Of the 80
feet tunnel to strike the so loot shaft
comius down from the apex Of the ledge.
This will give vertical depth OF about
100 feet on the property. The ledge in
the shaft is 3 feet wide and carries
values in free gold Of IS per ton while
IN the tunnel where the vein is nearly
as vide The values are so per ton.
Mr. Frank Huston ol Hustou's gulch
was IN town last week Tuesday with his
usual supply Of precious nuggets, He
reports that he has had very pros
porous run thus far this winter With
favorable indications Of late run IN the
spring on account Of heavy snow having
fallen IN the Sskiyous in January
Frank added with twinkle in his eyes
that the water in the camp is very bad
and that he has to come u town
occasionally TO get good drink.
On recent trip to the Burns and
Markham quartz mine on Limpia creek
We were agreeabiy surprised to find 80
much work done and so many favorable
indications Of valuable property
Mesas B x NJ. have sunk shat, 5i
feet deep on the vein and have cross cut
it 4j feet apparently all the Nay in
ledge matter without finding either wall
From numerous assays made the pro
prielors confdentially believe the ore
will average So per ton free milling.
Mr.. s. +. Conger. OF Selma, returned
one day last week from Denver, Colo
where he has been the las; eight months
looking after his interests in the mines
Of the Centennial state. Mr. Conger
while prospecting last June in Boulder
County discovered an extensive deposit
OF wolfram or tuass'ale Of iron and
manganese which is exiens'y yey used in
the manufacture steel for armor plate.
lie saws he and his associates are now
shipping large quantities Of this mineral
to the Eastern steel works at iair
profit
Mr.. II. q. Nye was down from the
"BM Nye" mine Thursday morning.
lie showed the reporter OF the News the
richest ore be has ever seen. The spec-
mems were simply IN | Of gold and
assays We're had Of from $4,000 to
$40 90 per ton. Mr. Nye also displayed
a gold button weighing A 100 OF an
ounce which came from fo1r ounces of
ore. /, WAS the specimens of ore from
the Bill Nye mine, will be remembered,
that took the medal at the Spokane ex
hibtion last year The vein on the
mine Is about three feet wide and the
pay streak about 10 inches wide along
the hanging wAll.-io.d Tin News.
Mr. Chas Owens of Joiephine creek
showed us some fin, specimens OF
Josephinei,e which he took from his
pacers on that celebrated creek. jose
phineiie Is a rare mineral combination
of nickel and iron, said to be chemically
identical with the nickel steel armor
plate which is used in the building Of
our modern battle ships 1t is found
quite extensively in native nuggets iu
the phcers OF josephine and Canon
creeks in the south west part of Jose.
pu.ue county II lis said similar d..
po,ils Of this mineral are found in tue
u.ckel mines OF New Caledonia aud are
worked az a profit by the Flench Govern
meuL II occurs 90 us IN view Of The