Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-07-14
The Knocker Is Abroad in the
Land and is Diligentl,
Knocking.

In Sundays Telegram Dennis ii.
Stoyall has the following words and
suggestions in regard to the recent
gold discovery and to the "knockers"
bv whom the trail TO the Eldorado is
infested:
Men will come out of the district
knocking" it as hard as their un-
plushed mallest will allow. This is
always so with any mining country.
The disappointed ones are those VINO
bank too heavily on the sensational
features of the discovery. The sue
cessful ones will be the genuine pros
pectors and quartz hunters who climb
ed the Siskiyou trail and threshed the
snow brush and the manzanita looI-
ing for a ledge, permanent Velh'
and not necessarily such find as the
Briggs stumbled upon.
Rob Thompson and Sucker creeks oil
this main fabulous discovery, ard
they offer no better opportunity to
the prospector than dozen other DIS
tricts in Southern Oregon. This Is
not to discourage interest in this To-
cality, but to point "a truth and give
due credit to ali of this part of Ore
gon. There are other districts that
are much closer TO the railroad and
far easier to enter. They do not have
the ~ and 90 feet of snow that cover
the Siskioyus in the winter, and can
therefore be prospected at any season.
The strike has been, ana Will be
very healthy stimulant to the oregon
mineral industry. 1t is bringing
scores of men in here that woulc
never hayq come through all ordinary
inducement. Many of these are the
stamp of men, Sucker and all othel
Southern Oregon creeks need. They
need men of grit, men of persever
ance, men of intelligence. They neet
real prospectors and not pocket hun
ters. Such men are quick to recog
nize the worth and excellence OF
district. They have prospected II
countries where it requires as many
days to get in and out as it requires
hours here. The balmy Southern
Oregon atmosphere is far ditferen
from the biting winds OF the Ia
North, or the burning sun OF Arizona
Mexico and California.
There is always big crowd abou
the hotel table in Holland now, AM
many are the tales of gold told owe
the boiled beef, the the beans and tn
coffee. Those who have just returned
from the mountains, and those on th
eve of hieing there, all unite in
cheerful chat, Strange TO relate, tn
only jarring note comes from tom
Oregonian. He is the first man t
discourage and the last one to ge
excited. 1t is too close home to intel
est him.
] "You know what would do if
had a good strong pull IN the Orego
Legislature?' asked one stockll
built Irospector of the crowd, as "
came down the trail from the mount
aims. As no one answered, he took
for granted that all very much desier
to know, so he continued. well,
would gather up every mossback an
knocker inside the state lines, loa
them on a cattle train and taul thel
out and dump them on the Mojay
desert. Here | have tramped for
week through these mountains, Il
Gated good claim and had the veI
best vacation trip l ever enjoyed
Before / struck the trail, half dozf
natives werc kind enough to infor
me that | was on the eve Of making
FOOLS journey that the devil himse
couldn't t stick to the tyail. Say, th
path up the Siskiyous is "A solomon
highway beside trails I've follow'
in Arizona. Many times down the
started up sandhill and aft
climbing and scratching for six
! seven hours would look back to di
. cover had come bat about 10 fee
i Il is inst like walking a treadmiI