Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
LIVE NEWS FROM PRovolf
Progress in Minins. LAUNDERING
and Agriculture.

Miss Daisy Lewman of Proyolt
made Applegate a pleasant call Fri
day.
Ned Dunlap of Provolt made
business trip to Grants Pass Saturday.
Z. W. Baldwin, the Proyolt hop
raiser, made a flying trip to Grants
Pass this week and returned home
with a new wagon.
George wilkins Of McCloud is at
Proyolt at the present. He will
make few weeks visit with friends
before returning to his place Of resi-
dence.
Mr.. Williams, the Chicago photo
agent, was at Proyolt this week
gathering photographs to enlarge.
Before leaving he secured number
Of orders.
The dance given at Williams Fri
day night for the benefit Of the base
ball team of Provolt was not very
largely attended on account of SO much
work. At the present time haying is
in full blast and everybody is tired at
night and don't feel like dancing.
The Golden Spike quartz mine
changed hands this week, Cattlin &
Co. having bought out the right and
title of the Bailey Bros. They in
tend to start work soon. This mine
is on the Applegate and half mile
from Rice and Hannum's property on
Democrat hill. The mine was dis
covered short time ago and not much
development work has been done.
The Slim Henry quartz claim has
been BONDED in Bamboo gulcb to an
eastern company for $4,000. This
property was discovered three years
ago and proved to be Of good value.
The vein is 4 feet in width and as.
says well. The new company expects
to put iorce Of men at work soon,
running tunnel on the vein which
will tell whether it is a pocket vein or
a ledge
Lister Layton of Williams moved to
ProyOlt this week to take the lace
of his brother. Ed Layton, as fore.
man in the placer mine owned by J.
L. Layton in Farris gulch. There
are now at work three men who
probably will be employed till
November, il nothing further pre-
vents. His upper ditch extends 80
miles around the mountains and heads
on the Grayback mountain. while his
lower ditch is about 35 miles in
length-total length, 81 miles, which
is longer than any other two bitches
in Oregon.
The Bone of Contention mine has
made a rich find. Last week they
run into ledge three feet in width
aud it is speckled with gold. From
the last report received Friday, we
tell yet whether it is a pocket
or a permanent ledge. They are in
some $50 feet and have tapped the
vein 300 feet in depth. We hope il
will turn out to be another Green.
back, for the benefit of the laboring
men of Southern Oregon. The Will.
Jams valley is noted for its richness
in placer mines There was old |
Williamsburg; this property was
worked out in early days, but its out.
put was enormous, aud was mostly |
luartz gold. This gold has come
rom some quartz edge and we be.
ioye 1t is the Bono of Contention
mine.
A few of the young folks of Provolt
eft Sunday for Eastern Oregon, whrre
they intend to work in the hay field |
during the summer. These young
yentlmen have gone to that part of
Oregon to work for the past five years
they get 81 per day and board. which
IS much better than the wages Of this
ALLEY and much longer jobs They
get to work from 60 to 20 days, which
) about 10 days longer than haying
lere. The crowd consisted of George
Fields, the Provolt baseball catcher,
J, Fields, Bill Jones and Thomas Car.
er. They will return to Provolt this
all again, il nothing prevents
A worl for the Courier-not because
am II correspondent, but because
I'm & reader of that paper. | have
AIKEN every paper in Josephine county.
,ut have found none Of them equal to
he Courier, for good sound news and
the county affairs. 1t is
'nly $3.50 per year. For a live paper,
his price neither makes nor breaks a
nan, so take sound paper