Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
Has the Extent and Value to Make II One of the Great
Mines Of the West-Has Fine Equipment

the wonderful strides the property had
made within a few short months, Of
its vast system Of rich lodges, its
great area Of placer gold fields. its
forests Of timber, and Of its excellent
and well appointed equipment.
But since that time great changes
have taken place out at the big Louise
Creek property. Its management is
composed Of men Of expansive ideas,
who believe in doing things on the
very best and biggest possible scale.
Thus II Is that new story IS to be
told every day Of the Granite Hills
advancement.
When the Courier spoke of II few
months ago. 1t was Granite Hill
mine, now 1t IL Granite Hill camp.
And very busy camp 1t is indeed.
With two stages daily, half score OF
freight teams coming and going, and
hacks and teams taking visitors to
and fro, the road to Granite Hill has
become one Of the most travelled In
Josephine county. II is a very pleas.
ant days trip out there, and maI,y
OF our citizens have taken advantage
Of this fine fall weather and driven
out.
The Courier representative left
Grants Pass about $3.50 and arrived
at the mine before eleven. This gave
an hour 10 look around, an hour for
as good a dinner az any messhouse
ever served, and FIVE hours to 20 COM
pletely over the property, and get
back to the Pass. II is the nearest
quartz mine tn Grants Pass, being
only eight miles sway. The differ
ence IN altitude is about 1900 feet,
Grants Pass being $50 and Granite
Hill mine 2l00 feet above the sea-
Just the right altitude to make the
atmosphere brisk and vigorous.
New buildings are being erected at
the camp to make homes for the
miners with families. Many are now
In tents. as the former
quarters Of the mine we're far too
inadequate to accommodate the big
crew that Is now employed by the
company.
In the erection Of these buildings,
and all other structures about the
new camp. regularity and system is
observed. There will inevitably be
town out there and while there is
10 "townsite" scheme In the Granite
Hill enterprise. the management de.
Iires that there be streets and alleys
instead OF an irregular jumble Of
and houses.
The old mill has been almost com.
'letely dismantled, and the millhouse
used now only for messhouse
tore-room. The boiler and engine
ave been taken over to the Red
aoket claim Of the Granite Hill
'roperties, and are used there In
perating tho skip and hoist
The new millhouse is the largest
nine structure in Southern Oregon
nd already houses one OF the very
est and most complete equipments
ound ON any Oregon mine. How
yer, II Is yet incomplete, which is /
say that when complete there will
OF DO another in the whole state of .
'regon to equal 1t. The battery will
ltimately consist OF 80 or 40 stamps. {
en arc now used, and others will be q
dded as the orc bodies may Justify.
or these 10, four Fru vanners seRre. {
ats the concentrates. Two other {
anners are In place and will be put {
commission when the battery is |
ilarged. For the character Of ore a
reduced by the Granite Hill veins,
10 Fru vanner is the ideal concen. /
ator. IL is far more satisfactory for |
lis kind OF ore than the Wiley /
,noentrator used by many Oregon /
It is a simpler machine /
I'D saves much higher percentage t
the concentrates The tailings /
ON the Granite Hill mill have been s
oroughly tested by Superintendent
ickersham and arc found to contain v
rs than 90 cents ton. This is "
aotioally all of the values, as Mt Il
ast 30 or 95 per cent OF the free o
illing values OF the rock are &
usht on the plates. Thus at o
'st 10 per cent Of the assay values .
the ore are saved by the Granite
III mill and equipment This is c,
extraordinary showing. and speaks n
'll not only for the plant, but for "
oSs who designed and placed it. G
The ore Is dumped from the orecars d.
to two loo.ton bins above the rock ri
asher and from the crusher goes ql
rctly into the stamp feeders. While
ore from the Granite Hill ledge G
hard, " is also brittle and yields ce
IDLY to the stamps. The stamps r
OF 1000 pounds weight each, and al
'dily grind out four tons each every SO
hours which Ia nearly twice the In
'aoity OF an ordinary stamp mill. on
'ower is supplied by steam from 90
large boilers, and through two on. Is
es, but Superintendent wiokersham 30
low engaged in bringing about a pa
nge' The furnaces eat up cord ue
od at the rate Of from 10 to Il cords est
h day, and to keep them supplied est
pires a large crew OF men in the Sr'
Ids constantly. This is expensive Its
tho management, and frequently on
Dying to the suparintendent In
he company controls the water w
lts of both forks OF Louise Greek. VI, ,
already has several miles Of ditch y
'ging water down from each fork.
h OF those bitches will be length. w
1 aud united at common bulk. Nv
on the mountainsida d;ractl wa