Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-05-05
BETTER ROAD TO GALICE
A Correspondent Says II Is up to
Grants Pass.

Never, since the balmy days Of the
SOS has such activity manifested it j.
self..as there is today. Both placer
and quartz mining present busy
scene, the roar of the giant mingling
its sound with the pounding of the
stamp mir.
Among the numerous placer propo-
sitions is the Gal'ce Consolidated
which owns large area of ground on
GaGce creek and their recent acquisi.
tions along Rogue river. This ground
will soon be all covered by large
ditch, which they are bringing from
Galice creek and which will be COM
pleted at an early date. They are
operating three giants and have had
an abundance of water. Some of
their richest ground can only be
worked with elevators and these, the
company are going to install IN the
near future, This company, ably
superintendent by A. B. Cousin, has
about 90 men employed in the mines
and at va. ious other development
work.
T. X. Anderson ON the Harmon.
Green placers is also doing great
deal of work and, Notwithstanding
the Inconvenience to which he has
been put by a large slide, he will un-
cover large area Of bedrock, He is
operating two giants and will have a
good head of water until the first of
July.
At the Old Channel. ]. r. Harvey,
with large force OF men, is running
two giants, tearing down deep body
of gravel. This mine has been work
ed for the past 30 years and there is
still an almost inexhaustible supply
of pay dirt left.
On Rocky Gulch, Lewis & Jewell
own a fine hydraulic claim. The
main body of the gravel lies along
Rogue river. During the high water
they pipe off the ton & gavel and as
soon as the water goes down, they
clean up the remaining gravel and
bedrock as there they find the greatest
values. AS soon as they WORK off this
ground, however, they will move
back and work their higher ground
using the ground already worked off
as dumping ground.
Among the large quartz leads that
are under development, can be named
the Almeda, Big Yank. Golden
Wedge, and numerous other proper
ties. On all these leads enough de-
velopment work has been done to
thoroughly prove them to be paving
properties, as soon as the necessary
machinery can be put on.
Now, ths b.ief review Of the nu-
merous propositions Of this district,
only lead up to the main point which
| wish to impress upon the minds of
the people and especially the business
men of Grants Pass. 1t Is simply
this: better wagon road to this sec
tion. All the different companies
employ la.ge force OF men and il
takes large amount Cf supp'ies 90
furnish these men and they are en-
Titled to a liberal support from the
bdsiness men of Grants Pass. These
companies are also going to pat on
large and heavy machinery and with
the road in the condition it is now, it
will be almost an impossibility to do
so. WHAT nclnsion follows? That
these different companies will build a
road connecting with the railroad
below Leland, which is now already
talked Of. The road down Rogue
river is now almost impossible aud
for two months this winter NJ was i'm
possible to get wagon over it. II
the county cannot, or will not do any.
thing for this section, let the business
men of Grants Pass meet these com
paDies half way and Subscribe eno0gh
to put this road in a proper condition.
All these companies stand ready TO do
their part, bot they feel as though
they ought to receive some support
from other sources In the vely near
future there will be hundreds Of men
employed in this district and some.
thing must be done to give them a
decent outlet this way or the business
men Of This Town will wake rp TO
find all this trade has flown. This
article wasn't written TO boost any
particular property, as there are nam.
erous propositions in this section de-
serving Of mention which we did not
chronicle. This article was par.
ticularly written to impress upon the
minds Of the business men of Grants
Pass the justice Of the complaint Of
these property holders. ID.