Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-06
Great Discovery Made in
Southern Part of
Oregon
PROPERTY WILL BE
WORKED AT ONCE
Gold Ore Found in Many of
the Leading Coast Canyons.
Mills in Operation

discovery of virgin placer ground in
southern Oregon, close to the northern
boundary of California. Samples of the
ground have been brought to Los An
Reles, and the result of a few hours
work In the shape Of nuggets is in the
possession of the local investors. To
develop the property Of which about
500 acres have been located, company
known as the Oregonian Placer and
Quartz Mining company has been
formed that will enter at once upon
a system of work to reap the deposit.
sary adjunct to successful placer
mining. OF this company f. L. Longe
is president. NJ. NJ. Dawson vice presi-
dent, Thomas Campbell treasurer and
w. T. Carter secretary, who, with
Urlah Thomas and T. c.. Newman,
compose the board of directors.
The discovery of this placer ground
was accidental, as tenderfoot had cut
sluice box from fir tree, and ac-
cording to a book that he had read on
dredging, he poured water by the
bucketful in one end of his fir sluice,
and as the dirt softened and ran out
the numerous generous-sized nuggets
remained. The extent of this discovery
is now being determined, and from the
reports of those who have examined
the ground, the rich deposit will un-
doubtedly yield handsome returns. The
lead is being followed and the intention
of the Oregonian people is to locate the
quartz lodes that have undoubtedly fed
these placer beds for centuries. A
party of Los Angeles people will leave
next week to make critical examina-
ton of this latest placer discovery that
Secretary Carter says, if heralded from
the KlondilSe by wire and played up
with scare heads. would cause a stam-
pede. Being within easy access by rail
and water, the discovery becomes an
ordinary affair, as the element of dam
ger and uncertainty is removed.
Good Ore Found
Reports from Bakersfield say that
at the Pine Tree mines near Tehachapi,
where tunnels and drifts have been
run for nearly two years, rich bodies
of ore have been found recently in the
Baltic claim, which is an extension of
the Pine Tree. The pay ore is decom-
posed quartz, which gives good re-
turns and lies in such a way that it is
said two miners can furnish the forty
tons TO run the mill night and day.
The mill will be started about Febru-
airy 10 on half day runs. AS soon as
sufficient water is developed it will
run full time. Enough ore is said
t. be on hand to insure a two years
run with the present facilities.
More Placer Ground
The Honcut Times believes there is
gold to be found in the bed of Honcut
creek and along that stream Flowing
from the hills on the east side of the
Sacramento valley in this section are
three streams, it says-the Feather
river, the Yuba river and the Honcut.
The Feather river lands about four
years ago were found to be among
the richest in the world for dredger
mining. 1t was then thought that the
field was limited to that section. With
in the past year the Yuba river lands
have been found to offer as good if
not better fields for such mining. The
Honcut lies between the two above
streams, and its tributaries
in the mountains intertwine with the
tributaries of each of the above
streams. Evidence is not lacking that
either one or both of the above men,
toned Feather and Yuba rivers have
in the past Rugged the foothills here
and flowed over the lands around our
town. 1t would be strange, indeed, says
the Times, if the two first mentioned
streams carried gold in large quantities
and the Honcut did not. The Feather
now flows within five miles of Honcut.
and in the past undoubtedly has flowed
much closer. Laying aside the Hon.
cut, we could reasonably expect
dredger fields along the old channels
Of that river. Indications strongly
point to the probability that at some
time in the past the Yuba river chan
mel was not many miles south of Hon
cut. 1t is now about twelve miles
south of the town. 1t is known that
nearly every yard of our land carries
some gold, and in places is rich in
gold, but it remains for Keystone
drills to demonstrate the richness Of
the gravel below the water line and to
discover the paying channels that un-
doubtedly exist. The Honcut cuts into
such rich mining sections as Forbes
town. Raekerby, Brownsville, Browns
VI alley, etc, all OF which have been rich
IN gold in the past and must have fed
10 the stream thousands of dollars to
be deposited around Honcut for
iredgers to dig up in the future.
Placer Near Home
Some very rich placer ground has
,een struck, according TO news supplied
" James Wingfield, in the bed of
Kern river near Isabella. Mr.. Wing
leld states that he took out dirt from
pot hole near the waters edge and