Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-22
MINES OF WOLF CREEK
Description of One Of the Coun-
tvs Richest Districts.


Southern Pacific train, cuts quit,
a figure in the mining and timber
world for it is surrounded by huud
reds of acres of mineral lands in 9
state of development and millions Of
feet standing timber Messrs, Dunbar
and Kuykendall, who purchased les
than year ago 5000 acres of timber
and agricultural land, besides giving
employment to large number of men,
carry a mercantile business of more
than ordinry proportions Good ao.
commodations are provided for guests
at the hotel kept by p. N. Butcher,
who also keeps carriges and saddle
animals
The northernmost district of Jose.
phine county is along Wolf Creek, a
tributary of Grave Creek. 1t is nearly
20 miles in length. Along its entire
length are numerous rich gravel claims
and none are idle at this season of the
year.
At the head of Manhattan Guloh
and the Onion Springs divide, Messrs.
Scribner and Henderson have in COM
mon ownership 1870 acres of mineral
land. They have prospected this
ground for the past three years and
during last year extracted, by the
simple method of panning, several
thousands Of dollars in gold from a
porphyritic dyke. In reality it is al
most mountain of decomposed por-
phyry being 200 feet in width and car
rying "a vein IS inches in width full Of
sulphurcts. During the past few
months Messrs. Scribnor & Henderson
have in Manhattan Gulch erected an
overshot wheel % feet in diameter,
with two nine-foot arastre tubs. Be
sides the stone floor there is at the
bottom of each tub solid plank bot
tom. Two V shaped fumes extend
upon the mountain side to the dixie
openings and down these does the rich
gold dirt flow to the arastra tubs.
The porhyritic dixie above mentioned
is in places almost too rich in gold
for belief, but it will average very
nearly $50 to the on. This new aras-
tire outfit is now running and will
continue to do so till the water supply
lessons next May or June. A cleanup
is made each week.
The water rights of Wolf Creek and
Hole in the Ground Creek which unite
about six miles away from Wolf
Greek station, are owned by theWolf
Creek Mining and Development Co.
with general offices at Portland. On
this company's placer CLAIMS are
about 1000, 600 feet of timber, mostly
fir, and the ground has been prospect
ed sufficiently to demonstrate that it is
very rich in gold. The virgin ground
averages over 30 cents per cubic yard
and the old tailings of early miners
average about % cents per cubic yard.
There are two miles Of ditch, with
plenty of pipe to begin this winter S
operations and shortly more pipe will
be added with several hydraulic pipes
coursing through. -Four distinct chan
nels run through these claims be-
meath banks six to twelve feet in
height Of blue and gray gravel with
Gaping Of red clay. The old timers
who first worked the creek beds with
pick, shovel and sluice boxes took out
$50 to 500 per day to the man. Sew
eral nuggets with values up into .he
hundreds of dollars have been taken
out of these creek beds.
The Wolf Creek NJ and d Company
also own in the district four contig-
uous quartz claims Two streams Of
water flow continually through the
claims in sufficient volume to operate
a large stamp mill The three lodges
which course through these claims
are from eight to 20 feet in width
with assay values of over SIS per ton
in gold and a slight percentage Of sill.
yer. A copper ledge has also been
traced rnnning into one Of the claims
which gives good values in go Id as
we'll as a good percentage of copper.
Development work is progressing
rapidly on the quartz claims and night
and day shifts are breaking rich
ground on the gravel claims and will
do so all winter This company is
at $1,000, 900 with shares
at a. 90 par value The officers are
influential business men Of Portland
and Astoria Mr. A. L. Glenn is in
charge Of the Portland Office and NJ
B. Bozorth Of Astoria is manager of
the workings on Wolf Creek. This
combany's prospects are not surpassed
by any in the district.
Hazel Mine. This property is own
ed by II. D. sluter who has lived in
this locality for the last six years,
and in Southern Oregon for nearly
20.
The ledge is well defined between
walls Of porphyIy and serpentine,
and the ore IS blush white quartz
with mill values Of $lG to the ton in
gold 4 GO-foot tunnel and a 40-foot
shaft discloses bodies of free milling
aud concentrating ore. Mr. Sluter
Is also the owner Of 50 acres Of rich
rod gravel, situated on north fork Of
Wolf Greek, intermingled with por.
phyry. The ground is worked by a
throe-inch nozzle from an 8-inch pipe.
Emptyiug into Wolf Creek, q short
distance from the railroad depot, II
Coyote Greek, one Of its most i'm
portant tributaries The gravel hai
q depth Of about 40 feet The Rubl,
Bros. holdings cover couple Of mile
along the creek. They are about th,
most extensive miners in the distric