Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-17
IN THE MINERAL FIELD
What the Miners Are Doing.
Development OF the Monumental


d. I, Blue, superintendent of con
struction work at the Monumental
mine, arrived in Grants Pass Monda,
evening by the Crescent City stag,
and loft the same evening for hi
home at Gold Hill, where he will re
main with his family until afte
Thanksgiving, when he will return
to the mine
In regard to development work a
the Monumental mine, Mr.. Blu,
stated that very satisfactory progres,
was being made The main shaft
which is sxl7 feet, is down lsl feet
all but the upper 30 feet through q
solid ledge of high grade ore.
Several hundred feet of tunnel worE
has been done in demonstrating. the
extent of the ore deposit, which i,
found to be much larger than was al
first supposed. About 80 men are now
employed, mostly in the mine, as the
construction gang has been laid of
until Mr.. Blues return, when the
original numter of 40 men will be
employed.
The buildings now erected at the
mine and which were constructed
under the supervision of Mr.. Blue,
embraces shaft and power house
27xl00 feet, store 24x50 two stories,
upper for lodging rooms, machine
shop 20x30, assay office 16x30, cook
house l6x55, bunk house l6x50, and
a harm 40x70. So soon as Mr.. Blue
returns, work will begun on the
quartz mill, orebins and chute,
which will carry the ore down the
hill 700 feet to the mill. The Com.
pany's sawmill is shut down for the
present, they having all the lumber
cut for present needs among which is
265, 600 feet for the big hume that il
to bring water from Shelly creek tC
the power station, that operates the
mill machinery and the electric light
plant. a part Of the machinery is al
the mine and the remainder is being
hauled in from Crescent City by six
and eight horse teams and the work
is expected to be completed within
the next three weeks. This mill
will be equipped with the roller pro,
cess for handling the ore, the rock
passing through series of rollers
until it is of the proper flneness to gC
to the concentrators. This is thought
to be more rapid and economical
method Of handling ore than by the
stamp process.
The general superintendent of the
mine is @. @. Leavett, who has the
reputation among California mining
men, OF being a thorough, practical
man, who is well up in his profession
and who has had good success at every
mine where he has been employed, in
getting satisfactory results Tor its
owners. The Monumental is now
said to be owned exclusively by Col.
7. VAIN Morgan Draper, Mr.. Davis
and Mr.. Gum, all wealthy capitalists
of San Francisco, and they are put.
ting money into it with IA liberal
hand and will have one of the best
equipped and most modern mining
properties on the Pacific coast and
having fully demonstrated that they
have the body Of ore Of values that
will justify this big expense, they are
certain to find their investment a
most profitable one. With such a
mine as the Monumental promises to
be, both in productive capacity and
in modern equipment, in operation in
this district 1t will be a splendid oh.
iect lesson to capitalists as to what
may be done in the line of mining
investments in Southern Oregon and
1t will be the means Of greatly stimu-
lnting the industry, for this district
contains many properties Of fine
value now lying idle for the lack of
capital to handdle them.