Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-01

metals.
Quartz and Placer Mining.
The development now going on il
the different quartz mining district
of our state surpasses anything here
tofore known. These districts are nov
found to be rich in vast quantit!
of mineral wealth of great variety
and a large amount of eastern capita
is invested in the quartz mines o
Blue River. Gold Hill, in Josephine
county. Bohemia District, in Lane
county. and the Santiam District II
Linn county. Each of these districts
have very large and extensive mines
with about 80 quartz mills in opera
tion.
The following is a list of some oi
the producing mines in Southern
Oregon:
Ajax, Cramer and Palmer, Gopehr
Vulcan, Yellow Horn, Eureka. Rising
Stan Mountain Lion, Braden, Bill
Nye. Golden Wedge, Golden Standard
Hemmesley Mine, Mule Mine, oregon
Belle, Mayhower, Greenbacl1. Granite
Hill. Shorty Hope, Copper Stain
wymer, Old Channel, Galice Consoli
dated, Sterling Lucky Boy Oregon Sc
curity. Black Butte quicksilver Mine
Almeda, lie Roy, Millionaire, Baby
Mine. Williamsburg Uncle Sam
Great Northern, Blue River, Gold
Mine, Gold Hill, Nickel Mine, Chro-
mate of Iron Mine, Poor Mans Mine,
Treasury Mine, and Badger Mine.
In the eastern part of the state, in
Malheur Grant Baker, and Union
counties, some of the greatest mines
are located, and here, also, much
eastern capital is invested. There are
large number of quartz mills, be-
sides a great deal of placer mining.
The following is partial list of some
of the producing mines of this sec.
tion:
Alamo Baisley Elkhorn, Belcher, Big
Four, Blue Bird, Chloride, Copperopo-
lis, Couger, Cracker Jack. Cracker
Oregon. Cracker Summit, Del Monte,
Dixie Meadows Emma, Eureka and
Excelsior, Flagstaff. Golden Wizard,
Gold Hill, Gold Ridge, Great North
ern, Highland |. X. Ia, Jay Gould La
Bellevue. Magnolia, Maid of Erin,
Maxwell, May Queen. Mid.
way, Monumental, Octo, Ohio, Oregon
Monarch, Orc, Owl and Elephant, Sc
curity, Snow Creek, Standard Consoli-
dated Uncle Dan, White Swan, Yam
kee Boy.
will not attempt to describe any
particular mine in detail, as | have
but limited space, but sufficient to
say, that at one time. they were all
prospects the same as thousands of
others are today.
Gold has never been found in a
pure state, but always alloyed with
silver Silver has never been found
absolutely pure, but always alloyed
more or less with gold. Several metals
resemble bold, but gold resembles no
metal and the only metal of a yellow
color. The purest gold ever found in
the United States, to my knowledge,
was found in Montana, $50 fine.
Oregon gold averages .S20 fine.
Gold dust found in the Cascades. es-
pecially the western slope and on
Snake river. has evidently been eroded
from the porphbry, or allied rocks
which was the first flow of the Cas-.
cades mountains about the close OF the
cretaceous period. Everywhere we
hnd this character of rock II contains
traces of gold, and in places runs up
to several dollars per ton. This rock
may be properly called the acid lava.
The erosion of this character Of
rock is evidently what has set the
free the very fine -four gold dust which
is found quite abundantly along the
bars OF Snake river. On these bars.
and In some places 20OO feet above
the river this -four gold Is mined to
a considerable extent and saved by
being washed over burlap tables II
Is so fine that il takes so colors to
make a cent in one pan Of dirt. In
some places the bars OF the rivers are
replenished by the spring fresaets. |
know OF one bar in particular which
has been washed over every year after
the spring fresheJ, producing as much
gold the last year as il did the irst.
The work has been done over and over
by the Chinese VINO make from one
TO three dollars per day per man by
rockers.
The sold is associated with the
black iron sands which comprises
about two per cent OF the sand wash.
ed Tais black sand is largely com.
posed OF chromate OF iron. and in
other places, Of magnetic iron and