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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
AN EXHIBIT FOR JACKSON
Josephine Should Be More Active
in Collecting Minerals.

Jackson county has taken up the
question Of having an exhibit for
that county at the Lewis aud CLARK
fair and on the request Of a number
Of prominent men, the county court
has called a meeting Of citizens Of tina;
county TO meet at Medford on March
18th TO consider the matter. IL is the
plan for the county court TO make
large appropriation, which will be
supplemented by contributions from
the residents Of the county and 1t Is
expected TO raise at least s3, 600
So far Josephine county has done
nothing directly toward securing an
exhibit for the Lewis and CLARK Fair
The Crafts Pass Miners Association
has been for the past six months gath.
ering samples Of ore in their exhibit
room in this city, from which samples
are 70 be selected TO make an OK
hiblt at Portland. The association
is planning 10 call meeting IN
Grants Pass In the near future OF
citizens from all parts Of the county
TO consider the matter Of having d
general exhibit Of all products Of the
county. At this meeting the members
of the county court will be asked Il
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
THE LITTLE FISH APPEAR
Young Salmon Start Life at
Jones Creek.

Some of the salmon eggs at the
Jones creek hatchery have begun to
hatch and the little fish are coming
forth into the outer world. The little
salmon is an extremely fTail creature,
being less than an inch long and
nearly transparent. For some time
after emerging into the world the
little salmon carries the remainder Of
the egg about with him as sort of
lunch basket which provides him with
nourishment for time after which
he is presumed to bo able to hnd his
subsistence.
As yet only very few Of the eggs
are Matching but within the next
week the little fish will probably be
coming forth in swarms. IL requires
40 to go days for the eggs TO hatch in
the running water in which they are
placed. The pioneer products Of the
Jones creek hatchery appeared on the
44th day.
A young salmon seems to be com.
posed principally of pair Of big
black eyes, all out Of proportion tC
the rest Of his anatomy.
An outline Of back bone extends
from the eyes and is surrounded by q
nebulous tissue which later become
flesh. A three foot salmon is mag
nihcent creature but he comes from
most insignificant beginning
The first indication Of the develop
ment of the fish to be seen in Tia,
semi.transparent egg are two littl
black points which are the pair o
eyes previously alluded to. Sool
after these become visible whitisl
line shows the development Of tn
back bone. A little later the creatur
reaches the wriggling stage, hi
motions gaining vigor az ho grow
until he bursts through the casing an
becomes a fish.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
Another Stamp Mill to Be Erected

Another Stamp Mill TO Be Erected
A. O. Hoofer, manager of the Mt.
Pitt Mining Company, was in Grants
Pass Monday and deposited in the
bank the gold from the last clean.u up
Of their mine, and it was an EXCEED
ingly satisfactory deposit to Mr..
Hoofer and his associates. The Mt.
Pitt mine is located on Jump-otf- Joe
and was purchased last year by the
Mt. Pitt Mining Company, OF How
land q Cook. 1t was merely an unde-
veloped ledge and work was begun at
once to open it up. To handle the
ore taken out Of the tunnels, a two
tub arrastre was erected and these
tests have been so satisfactory that
now Mr.. Hooters company has de-
cided to put in stamp mill and his
trip to Portland is for the purpose of
consulting with his associates, who
all reside in that city, and to place
the order in for the machinery. 1t
is the plan to put in five stamp
mill for the present, but so soon as
the mine is better opened mp another
battery of five stamps will be in
stalled. Water power will be used,
of which there is ample developed for
operating ten stamp mill and which
is now used to operate the arrastre,
The Mt Pitt ledge is one of the most
promising of the mining properties
that has been opened up in Southern
Oregon during the past year and
there is every likelihood that 1T will
become one of the best paying mines
about Grants Pass.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
Mining Operations at TakiIma

W. r. Whipple was at Takilma
last week to make surveys, both sur.
face and under ground at the Queen
of Bronze mine. Mr. Whipple reports
that the Takilma company are carry
ing on extensive development work
on the Queen of Bronze ami that the
main tunnel is now in over 800 feet
and about 900 feet of other tunnel
work. The ledge is showing up well
and some good copper ore is being
found A ventilator plant was recent
ly installed to give fresh air in the
tunnels, they having reached such a
depth that the fumes from the blast
ing will not clear readily. No informa-
tion is obtainable as to when the Ia
kilma smelter will be blown in again,
but it is generally understood that 30
soon as the road is free from mud so
that teams can deliver coke at the
smelter and haul the matte TO Grants
Pass for shipment the smelling of
ore will be resumed. AS the Talkilma
smelter handles from 150 to 200 tons
of ore day it means employment Of
a large number of men and teams and
monthly expenditure that will be
a big factor in the prosperity of
Josephine county and Grants Pass.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

down about eight miles to Little
Payett lake about two miles wide and
five miles long, which IL frozen over
and we went down through the cen-
ter OF it on snow shoes, and ON down
about 10 miles further to Big Payett
lake which is four miles wide and 10
miles long and just the same--frozsn
over and we went the full length Of
1t through the center. II was hard
trip on me for / am new beginner
on snow shoes and my first winter In
Idaho. came back with the mail
man aud three dog team.
We had to come 23 miles the first
day and 1t was showing hard. When
we got within six miles of the
station. there was two feet of new
snow and the dogs bad just about
given out, when we came to cabin
called Fischer cabin. No one stays
there in winter but the mail man had
" my. AZ was INV hDout " CioCh ~
m. We went in. built q good fire,
found plenty OF grub. made q fine
Mulligan stew and ate 1t out Of the
frying pan. We FED the dogs and
started on the other six miles to the
station about dark. We made 1t,
but it was 2;30 a. m. when we got
there.
Next morning we started for Ro-
sort, "a miles ever the summit. but
1t was not storm;ng and we put ON
five dogs and got along fine and got in
about p. IN. ! was glad to get back
to my little log cabin once more. I
was gone 10 days travelling all the
time and never saw bare ground
while | was gone.
Wages are good in this country in
summer time, but l have not seen any
part OF Idaho that l would live In "a
make a home. Old Josephine Is good
enough for mo and there am sure to
land sooner or later.
J. ID. STEVENS.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
Laying Pipe at Golden Drift.

The Golden Drift Mining Co. has
nearly completed the laying of the
long string Of pipe line which will
connect tho big pump with the giants
at the diggings, The pipe line is
about 1900 feet in length and the
pipe is % inches in diameter, the iron
being 3-l6 Of an inch in thickness.
The water will be pumped direct to
the giants, forks in the Pipe divid.
ing the stream near the dIggings
Four giants will be used 1t will
pi obably be week or more yet be.
fore the pump will be started
The water supply in Jones creek
has been so light this winter that the
mine has run less than week all
told. The weather, however, has
been extremely favorable for the work
Of installing the machinery and the
managers of the property are looking
forward to run" in the near future
that will be independent Of the
weather conditions.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
A mild" IDAHO WINTER
j. ID. Stevens Compares Weather
Conditions With Josephine.
Resort. Idnho. Feh. no. 10Ol

Resort, Idaho, Feb 10, 1905.
Editor Courier:
While sitting in my little log cabin
this evening, got to thinking of
dear old Josephine and Grants Pass,
where l spent the greater part of my
life. / was reading your good paper
and saw that the wild flowers were
IN bloom and the grouse hooting,
which l know is true for | spent no
many days and years in that country.
Here | am about 1000 miles north of
there and this is considered very
mild winter for this country. There
IL feet Of snow ON the level and
everything frozen up. The Cesach
river is just about 100 yards from my
cabin and you could not tell that
there was any river there. II is
frozen over and covered with two or
three feet Of snow,
We have been having some very
cold weather. On the night Of the
18th. tho thermometer registered 80
degrees below zero and the 18th, 40
below, and that is getting pretty cold
for a tenderfoot Oregonian like my
self.
This is a very rich mining country,
principally placer. They usually
start to piping about the first Of May
and run until about the first Of No
vember | am working for the Gott
Mining Co, who will run four giant,
this coming season IL il a new CANT
just got rigged up this last fall.
They own 1000 acres OF mining
ground and will put on big ditch
noxt summer from the Cesaoh river,
distance about 10 miles. They will
work about l75 or 200 men on the
ditch and in the mine.
We get our mail very regularly
three times week. II is hauled on O
toboggan by three dogs. worked tan
dem and the mail man goes on skees
have just returned from trip tC
the railroad at Council, the termin III
Of the Pacific Idaho Northern, 81
miles distant from here. We went a
miles on snow shoes to Salmon
Meadows There they run cutteii
30 miles to the railroad. On tn,
Cesaoh summit, going out to tn,
meadows, the snow is l9 feet deep
We crossed over tho summit ant
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

attend that conference may be had
as to how much the county can ap-
propriate for the exhibit. Almost all
of the counties of Oregon have com
pleted arrangements for having an
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair
and Josephine county, which claims
the honor of being one of the most
progressive counties in the state,
should arrange it to have an OK
hibit. The matter can not be longer
delayed for the time is now very short
in which to get up an exhibit and
have it creditable one, and, besides
the spaces are rapidly being taken in
the Oregon building and soon all the
best places will be occupied by the
counties which were alert and early
in placing their exhibit.
There is every certainty that vast
number Of eastern people will
visit the Lewis and Clark fair, and
many of these will bo seeking invest
ments on the Pacific Coast and from
information gathered at the fair will
decide the section or town that they
will visit and investigate It's re-
sources and advantages. The district
that makes the best showing will be
the one that will attract the most in
vestors and home seekers. Josephine
county and Grants Pass have much
to offer that is attractive to the In.
vestor and home seekers and all that
will be required to draw both wealth
aud population to this section is a
vigorous advertising campaign and
the cheapest and the most effective
would be a comprehensive exhibit oi
the products Of this county at the
Lewis and CLARK fair.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
, SOUTHERN OREGON MINES :

Calico Consolidated Puts In Bis
Flume.
A. B. Cousin, manager of the Ga.
lice Consolidated Mines Co., operat-
ing at Galice, was in town several
days this week and reports that good
| progress 10 being made at the property
and that two giants are in steady op-
Grafton. The work Of building the
big hume at the mouth of the creek
is being done with gratifying rapid
ity Already some 600 feet is COM
pleted and new fume is being put
in at the rate of 80 feet per day, ex-
tending it mp the creek bed. A giant
works constantly at the head of the
flume, blowing out the gravel aud
debris and clearing away cut for the
flume while the builders keep their
work close up to that Of the giant.
The fume is six feet wide and is
being constructed of two inch plank
ing in very solid and substantial
manner.
The installation and completion
Of this fiume is one of the principal
objects towards which the company
has been working since its formation.
The bed Of Gslice paid richly in the
early mining days when it was worked
with crude appliances. Since that
time the channel of the lower part of
the the creek was deeply allied with
debris, mainly from the work done on
the giantio high channels. The old
"tailings' which were dumped into
Galioe creek were largely from a
cemented bank and carried consider
able portion Of their gold through
the boxes and into the bank. These
tailings having now for years been ex-
posed to the elements have became
decomposed and will be readily dis
intergated by the action Of the giant.
Besides the tailings, the store Of gold
in the creek bed has been augmented
by the breaking down of the higher
channels and by slides. Then also.the
portion Of the original gold of the
channel which was overlooked and
lost by the early miners must have
been very considerable and, all things
taken into consideration, the project
OF working out the creek bed, in the
advantageous manner which the new
flume will provide, has very profit
able appearance. Many low bars of
known richness which could not here
tofore be "bottomed,' will also be
opened up by this flume and number
Of high channels which have not been
worked because there has been nc
available water are now covered by
the bitches Of the company and form
part of the suriferous area, the
whole Of which can be worked sys-
temtioally and sdvantageously when
opened up by the flume.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
Sterling Mine Having Good Rur

Sterling Mine Having Good Run.
Hon. II. L. Ankney arrived in
Grants Pass Sunday evening on his
return from Waldo where he had been
for q couple Of days on mining bust
ness, and left the same evening for
Jacksonville. Mr., Ankney is the
manager and principal owner of the
Sterling mine, nine miles south Of
Jacksonville, one of the largest placer
mines on the Pacific Coast and which
has been big gold producer for the
SO years since its discovery in 1858.
This mine Is supplied with water
from the head OF Little Applegate by
a large ditch "a miles in length, The
waters supply is from the Siskiyou
mountains, while most of the placer
miner have been handicapped this
winter by a shortage OF water, Mr..
Ankney stated that they had had am
pie water all winter with which to
operate their pipes and the melting Of
the SHOWS in the mountains would
keep up the supply we'll into the sum
mer, thus enabling his mine to make
the usual big annual cleanup.
Mr.. Ankeny is one of the leading
good roads men Of Southern Oregon.
He considers the betterment Of the
roads of Rogue River Valley az the
real foundation to the full develop.
ment of its vast mineral, timber,
fruit and other resources. Mr..
Ankeny Is greatly interested in the
success Of the Southern Oregon dis
triot convention of the Oregon Good
Roads Association, to be held IN
Grants Pass ON March 20 and 81, ant
he will attend IL nothing prevents
He hoped that every person il
Southern Oregon interested in goot
roads would attend this convention
and thereby help In creating a stronl
public opinion that would back VI
the county courts Of the variou
counties in making road tax lew
large enough to enable road worl
TO be done thoroughly and unde
modern methods Of construction.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
Profitable Wolf Creek Mines.

II. d. Sluter is steadily operating
his placer mine on upper Wolf Creek,
his water right being Of a character
that enables him to work the mine de.
spite the extreme dryness Of the win
ter. This mine 10 furnished with
small hydraulic equipment including
No. giant. The ditch is Of
sufficient height to furnish any
amount Of pressure that can be used.
The water 10 brought over sdiyide
and then dropped down and ~ much
as 1000 feet Of pressure could be had
II ii were required.
This placer yields richly In coarse
gold, which is of two distinct kinds.
The bank Is Of moderate depth, ranging
from six or eight to l2 or 10 feet and
next the bedrock there is three to
four feet Of "channol wash" which
produces smooth, heavy gold. The
upper part Of the bank ia composed OF
slide dirt aud rock which is quite
rich In rough quartz gold.
In conjunction with this placer,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10


Below we give some Of our bargains.
No. 2ii-l80 acres placer land, No.
giant, 800 fset pipe, ditch and res.
ervoir. good buildings, land we'll tim.
bered, easy terms. Price 5000. Mine
now in operation.
No. 249-Quartz mine, vein II feet
wide, said to assay t6 to $40 per ton.
No. l17-one acre, broom house,
all kinds Of fruit, good engine pump
and tank, all piped, chicken house,
barn, and other out.buildings.
Price, $1,000.
No. 82-Two lots, Broom house,
pantry, woodshed, good well, nice
shade trees. Price $3.50
No. 825-i6O acres farming land.
10 acres bottom land, balance bench
land, good irrigating ditch 100 inches
water will cover so acres Of ths bot
tom land. Good house and barn,
good well, creek running through the
place, 20 acres In cultivation. Price
t2600. 1900 down, balance on long
time. IL head Of cattle at market
price II desired.
No. S2l-4 acres good garden ol
fruit land, one house l4xlS, one bouss
i6x24 with L, 1894, IL story, thres
living springs, barn, chicken hous,
and woodshed. Good fireplace
grapes, apples. prnnss, peaches, pear
and berries OF all kinds Land in
closed with picket fence. Price $500
No. s2S-i0 room house. acre
good Land. good out.buildipgs, goo
we'll, big tank, good fence, for tn
small sum Of 5000.
. No. 324--9 acres good bottom land
all in choice bearing, fruit trees
No. S27--One lot on Sixth street
: new S-room house at t4o0.
No. 8s7-lo acres good rich rive
! bottom land, 200 bearing fruit tree
all varieties New broom house
! hard finish, 8 wells, tank and wind
} mill. small barn, . chicken houses
Price t2leo
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

Mr.. Sluter has quartz property ON
which he is carrying on development
work and which besides carrying good
values in the general character of its
rock. has ohutes of astonishing
richness. When first discovered, q
chute at the surface yielded gold at
the rate of from $40 to $50 to the pan,
this being merely the gold that was
free from the rock, the particls of
which yet carried extraordinary
values that could not be secured by
panning.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
A Chicago Alderman Owes Ms Election to
Chambsrlsln's Couch Remedy,

can heartily and consoientiously
recommend Chambcrlain's Cough
Remedy for affections of the throat
and lungs, says Hon. John Shenick.
220 So. Peoria ST., Chicago. 1.-Two
years ago during political cam
paign, | caught cold after being over
heated. which irritated my throat and
was finally compelled to stop, as I
could not speak aloud. In my ex-
tremity, friend advised me to use
Ohamberlain's Cough Remedy.
took two doses that afternoon and
could not believe my senses when I
found the next morning the in
flammation had largely subsidized.
This remedy is for sale by all drug
gists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
The Best Cough Syrup.

s. L. Apple, ex. Probate Judge. OF.
tawa Co., Kansas, writes This is
TO say that have used Ballard S
Horehound Syrup for years, and that
do not hesitate 20 recommend IL as
tho best cough syrup | have ever
used. " 25c. 5Oc, ti.00 at Model Drug
Store and Rotermund'a.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

Honey and Tar, and my lungs are
now as sound as bullet recon-
mend il in advanced stages uf long
trouble. &" Foley's Honey and Tar
stops the cough and heals the lungs,
and prevents serious results fros .
cold. Refuse substitutes. For ssle
By II. A. Rotermund.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

Ike Davis, like nearly every bust
ness man In Grants Pass has min
ing for q side line and interest
ed in some quartz or placer proposition.
Mr.. Davis is In partnership with his
nephew, Edward Tate, and they have
a quartz ledge on Grave Greek in the
Greenback district, which Mr.. Tate is
developing, that is showing up very
satisfactoryily. Mr.. Tate was in
Grants Pass Friday and brought in a
number of samples Of ore that he said
were Of average quality. These he
had assayed and the result showed
s24. 20 in gold and 81. 80 in copper per
ton. The ledge has six foot body Of
ore, which is largely free milling and
it has the earmarks of q mine that
will be one Of the big producers Of
Southern Oregon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

J. W. Reeves was in Grants Pass
gagged in pospeoting. Mr.. Reeves Is
the owner Of the Gold Spring copper
claim and he is now at work develop
ing it. While the ledge 10 only
opened to limited extent, yet it is
making fine showing and the ore as
says good values in copper and gold.
Mr.. Reeves has some Of the ore on ex-
hibit at the minerals exhibit
room and it is pronounced BY mining
men to be fine appearing rock. Mr..
Reeves also has . gold bearing ledge
on Galice that is quite rich and has
the indications Of being quite extern
sive.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
SOLD BY ALL NEWSDEALERS
cur,d li,morrh,s,, Of tn, Luns,.

Several years since my lungs were
so badly affected that | had many
hemorrhages, writes A. NJ. AXE, Of
Wood, Ind. II took treatment with
several physicians without any bene.
nt. then started to take Foley's
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

r. 3. Pierce will 60 to Williams
Greek next week to spend the sum.
mer at the mining claims he has in
that DISTRICT So soon as the city
schools close ne will move his family
to his mines SO they may spend the
vacation season in the invigorating
air of the hills. Mr.. Pierce has q
fine quartz property on Williams
Greek and he is partner with f. W.
Mailer in two other quartz ledges,
one on Banning guloh and the other
on Farris gulch. Mr.. Mailer has
been at work on these lodges since
last fall and they give evidence of
possessing considerable value.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

A very handsome piece Of marble
from the Cheney creek marble mines,
VIM. Knoell, manager, is on display
at the mineral exhibit. The speci.
men Is Of remarkably fine quality Of
stone, taking beautiful polish that
makes 1t the equal in attractive ap.
pearance Of any Of the varieties Of
marble which are brought here from
other places. The deposit from which
this specimen comes is almost un-
limited In extent, being virtually a
whole mountain Of marble.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10

High grade ore In small lots bought.
w. q. Wright.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-22
JOHN w. RAYMOND DEAD,
Died at Pasadena, California, Monday
Night, Of Briqht's Disease,

Died at, Pasadena, California, Monday
Night, Of Bright's Disease.
News was received in the city yes
terday of the death at Pasadena, CAL,
of John w. Raymond, of Bright's
disease, Monday night at 1890.
Mr.. Raymond was one of the pio-
neer merchants of Bismarck, and
established the first bank in the city
in connection with his large general
store. He was territorial treasurer
under Governor Pierce, mayor of the
city several times and had much to
do with the early building Of Bis
marck. After leaving Bismarck he
settled in Minneapolis. in the banking
business and became one Of the lead
ing citizens of that city, retiring
from business and going to Califor.
MIA on account of his health. He
leaves a wife and one son. The
condolences of many old friends in
this city will be extended to Mrs.
Raymond in her loss.