The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-10
Big Boom IS on in Ashland Min
ing District
JUMBO ALONE IS WORTH 100000
COUNTRY FOR MILES ON ALL
SIDES Is STAkED BY GOLD
HUNTERS.

ASHLAND, Ore, Dec. ION. Marks.
who is interested in valuable mining
claims in the new Windy Hollow re-
gion, discovered by the Lotus broth
ers, and who has mined in Australia,
Alaska and this state. declares that
there is no question about the rich
ness of the new find. The ore, forma-
ton and surface showing are identi-
cal with the Goldfield district Of Ne
vada. The ore, which is a brown and
gray porous-volcanic conglomerate,
lies in dykes 200 feet and more in
width, and contains gold values in
free gold, telluride and gold sulphides
from $50 to over $1,000 per ton. The
formation is lithoidal-porous rhyo-
lite. The altitude at the Jumbo mine,
the first location and the present prin-
cipal mine Of the LOTUS brothers, Is
$500 feet above sea level. The mine Is
situated about nine miles due north of
Plush, the nearest post-offlce and four
miles west Of Christmas or Warner
lake, adjacent to Tippy Wells canyon.
The country is known as the Windy
Hollow mining district. Some call it
the Lost Cabin district. The entire
country surrounding the Jumbo mine,
five miles in width and seven miles in
length, is all staked off as lode mining
claims. About 300 of the locations
have the 1O-foot discovery shaft sunk
on them in conformity with state law.
Jumbo Mine Worth a Million.
The Lotus brothers have refused
several offers of 100000 cash for the
Jumbo mine alone. RUDE johns, who
operated the Gold Bug and the Mt
Ruben gold mines in Josephine coun-
ty, Oregon, after examining the Jum-
DO rendered a $4,000 check as part
payment while at the mine andw $780,
600 additional to be paid soon on re-
turning to Lakeview, the county seat,
but the offer was fatty refused. Last
October J. w. Rogers and Torbert w.
Sanford of the Oregon hotel, this city,
spent two weeks prospecting and ex-
aiming the country near the Jum-
DO. Mr.. Rogers, VINO is a prOspector
of considerable experience, says the
Jumbo mine is easily worth $1,0O0f
900.
BOUGHT a Prospect for $4,000
Mr.. Marks paid $4,000 for the SHELL
ing claim, adjoining the Jumbo on the
east, before and development work
was DONE Since opening up the prop
erty it has proved to be fully as good
as the Jumbo. The dyke Of ore, pre-
cisely the same kind as that on the
Jumbo, is over 200 feet in width. Nu-
merous samples have been taken across
the 200 feet Of the dyke at different
places on the claim and none Of the
samples gave returns less than $40 to
the ton.
The first house in the district was
erected by Mr.. Marks. He now has a
crew of men at work opening up the
dyke to the depth of 800 feet by tunnel
and will install a 50-ton gold quartz
mill at the mine in the early spring.
Nevada and Colorado mining men
are beginning to arrive at Lakeview to
look over the district, and from all in
diactions southern Oregon will have
this coming year a genuine mining
stampede based on solid foundations.
The Lotus brothers are we'll known
in Ashland, being old-time residents of
this city, William H. Hosler of Ash
land, a mining man Of wide experience
he having prospected and mined
throughout the west and Alaska, says
the Warner lake district is as good as
the Tonopah and Goldfeld districts
and better.
The new district is situated about $50
miles nearly due east of Ashland in
| township 35 south. range "a east, VIII
lamette meridian.