Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-07-14
ATTRACT PROSPECTORS
Thompson and Sucker Greeks Are Receiving the Atten
ton of Gold Seekers.

Josephine county snew gold
strike is increasing rather than
diminishing ami every incoming
train brings to Grants Pass men. who
are en- route to the scene of the dis
covery. The first rush to get loca.
tions on the adjoining claims being
over, the later visitors are going
mainly for the purpose Of doing bust
nesslike prospecting and it is ex-
tremely probable that good number
of rich strikes viii soon be recorded
as result of this influx of prospec-
tors.
The magnitude of the discovery is
such as to attract prospectors from
many distant points. The idea of
picking out gold in chunks as big as
a man s hand is one that attracts the
prospector as the magnet does a
needle. And when they see they
place where this stupendous find WAS
made and discern with their own eyes
that il is located in true fissure
vein, they will be encouraged to dig
and pan with extra ardor and en-
thusiasm.
The extent of the find is problem,
not yet demonstrated. From the
small excavation made by David
Briggs and his sons, the stringer Of
pure gold still extends downward into
the ledge and along its course on the
side of the hill, with no indications
as yet of "pinching out" or even
diminishing in size. This vein
averages about the thickness of a
mans finger and is filled with porous
gold AS it is followed along the
wall OF the ledge, it widens at inter
walls into little chambers, perhaps an
inch and half in width and it is in
these places where the pieces are
found that "hurt the eyes" of the
beholder.
1t is a fact that the visitor to the
Briggs camp actually gets tired of
looking atgold. His mind assumes a
condition in which $40 piece of pure
gold interests him little more than a
piece of rock of the same dimensions.
A man looing for specimens has to
search among those Of the Briggs
camp not for good ones, but for poor
ones of which he can afford enough
to make a showing.
The discoverers have done little on
their find for the past few weeks be-
yond the digging OF small ditch
with which to sluice the loose dirt ol
the surface. They have given an op
tion ON the property for Il cash sale o.
500, 600 and if this does not material
ize within the specified time, the,
will proceed TO work their fine
systematically. They .wiu run tun
mel to tap the vein from some poin
lower down the hill, which is yer,
steep for distance of several hun
dred feet below the ledge, so tina
they are able to strike the ledge a
any deph they may desire with
comparatively short tunnel. The.
will then stope out above the tunnel
taking out the gold and richer roc
and leaving the remainder of tn
quartz above the tagging of the tun
mel Tor future milling operations
The ledge, exclusive of the pure gol
stringers and all visible free gold
carries flour gold in such quantities a
to make it good property for tina
reason alone.
The ledge is distinctly traceabl
! for a long distance and is on grant
and porphry contact.
: 1t is located Ola one of the spurs {
Tennant Peak, which is the culmins
J tion of the long divide betwee
J Sucker and Althouse creeks. Thi
\ ridge has been the principal feeder
of the fabulously rich placers Of I'll
: two creeks, which have been worke
5 and worked since the early '50's an
! will be worked for many years
g come. Quite number Of rich hnC
r in quartz have recently been made c
T this mountain, though the Bri ~
+. find, by its sensational magnitude
/. has thrown the others so far in II
/. shadow that they are for the momeI
forgotten