Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-10-05
New England Syn
dictate Buys the
Camp Carson
Mines.
OPTION FOR SIX FIGURES TAKEN UP
on THE FAMOUS PLACER DIGGlNGS
on GRANDE RONDE RIVER.
A Vast Deposit OF GOld.bearing Gravel
TO be Worked on a Large Scale by
Carson Hydraulic Mines Company.

The Eastern syndicate, represented
in Oregon Iby w. II. Hazel, at La
Grande, has taken up its option on
the Camp Carson placer mines, and
the title has been transferred for a
consideration said to be six figures.
The Herald ten days ago exclusive
ly stated that an option on the famous
property had been taken, and to-day
from official sources, this paper learns
that the deal has been contaminated.
The former owners of the property
we're J. f Foley, of La Grande, and
N. + Imhaus, of Baker City, and the
purchasing company is the Carson
Hydraulic Mines Company, of Oregon.
General Manager Hazel, of the pur-
chasing company was in town yester-
day, the guest of Mr.. Imhaus, and in
conversation with a. Herald reporter,
confirmed the sale of the diggings.
"The deed has been executed in the
name Of our company" said Mr..
Hazel, land the property has been
formally turned over"
The Carson Mines of Woodley are
located at the head of the Grande
Ronde River, in the Elkhorn Noun
tains and are consequently in district
directly tributary to Baker City. 1t is
a fact which has been frequently re-
ported by the pioneers, that when
the placers of Carson were first
worked for gold, the original miners
were not satisfied with ground which
yielded less than 81 to SO per daype
man, and as high as $50 per day per
man, is known to have been tax en-
from these placers.
The claims conveyed in this sale
cover an area of about 1000 acres.
They are divided in high bars of
prehistoric river channel (the forma-
ton being identical with the Califor-
MIA placers) and in fat placers or
dredging ground from to miles in
length. The high bars, according TO
the statement of General Manager
Hazel, are to be worked by hydraulic
giants, and the fat ground by hy-
draulic elevator and dredger. The
high bars show extensive pits,
opened for distance Of 250O feet, the
banks in one place attaining a thick
ness of 100 feet, presenting an impos-
ing area OF gold. bearing gravel. Fol-
lowing these pits are groupings of
gravel of so vast an extent that there
cannot at present be placed any limit
OF time in which to foresee the ex-
haustion of the ground.
The Carson Hydraulic Mines COM
pany is a strong syndicate Uf Massa-
chusetts, Vermont and Nova Scotia
capitalists. II. w. Hazel end H. j.
Jory have been the consulting en-
gineers who made the examination of
the mines for the New Englan ders.
Mr.. Hazel was at one time manager of
the Gold Fields of British Columbia,
Limited, Company and also of the
Lanark, Waverly and Tangier Mines,
Limited, of British Columbia. He is
man of wide reputation in mining
circles, having handled hydraulic
mines for 20 years from Old Mexico to
Alaska, mainly in California, where
he operated with unexampled success
several hydraulic propositions similar
to the Camp Carson Mines. Mr.. Jory
is a Deputy United States Mineral
Surveyor and n civil and mining engi-
neer of repute. Mr.. Hazel remains
the active manager for the New En-
gland company with full authority.
He has already started work. Every
thing is in readiness for active opera
ton and all necessary material is on
the ground. The crew IL at work at
this time putting the pipes in place
pre- paratory to an immediate run.
The Camp Carson diggings are
among the the most extensive placer
deposits in the Northwest. There is
an abundance of timber and water on
the ground and the diggings are pro-
vided with an adequate dump-the
three requisites for success in any
placer mining proposition. So thick
ly are the claims of the group tim
bered that after a patent to the
ground Is obtained from the Govern
ment, for which the new owners will
at once apply, the property will have,
according to the opinion of an expert,
a real estate value in timber outside
Of, and in addition TO, the known val
be OF the mines.
With an able and economical man
hgement. and with vast areas of rich
placer Eround, the Carson Hydraulic
Mines Company is assured Of success.
Baker City Herald.
Georgie-How much French do you
understand, Freddie?