Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-13
Many Mining Matters /

os"oi VI 1neir oiednups ~ the Lucky
Bar. on Sardine creek. securing q
gold brick weighing over 80 ounces,
or valuing over $500. says the Gold
Hill News. This was an exception
ally good run. being the returns from
only Is tons of ore. They have been
rnnning In an exceedingly rich streak
OF ore for the past two weeks and will
soon be ready for another mill run
that will probably go even better than
this one. These gentlemen make
cleanup Of this kind about every
six weeks and are demonstrating that
our mines can be made to pay good
returns if handled by men VINO are
practical and economical miners.
Will L. Ireland was at jacksonville,
the hrst of the week making arrange
ments for having some assessment
work done on a promising mining
claim which he owns on Forest Greek
in that region. He also visited at
Medford, on his return trip.
While in Grants Pass, Monday, in
company with his step brother,
Grant Patton. the Placer mining man
had rather unpleasant experience.
He was doing some trading at the
Hair Riddle Hardware Co.'S store and
fell over in = fainting spell. DR.. J.
G. Smith happened to be near at hand
and was called 10 to treat the in
sensible man. Mr.. Patton had no
less than three of these spells aud the
last one was very hard. The trouble
was pronounced by DR.. Smith to be
due to stomach troubles. He was so
improved as to be able to return TO
Placer. Tuesday.
Notices Of locations Of quartz min.
ing claims have been filed Of record in
the County Clerks office as follows !:
Cobalt No. 4" by Henry L. Colvin :;
Daisy" at head of Brass Nail
Gulch, and adjoining Little Daisy"
by R. G. Smith; Colorado" at
head of Brass Nail Guloh and adjoin-
ing Little Daisy" by R. G. Smith;
Mohawk, in Althouse district, by
W. 7. Coburn; Hank" In Alt
house district, by Henry Colvin. +.
W. Capp ct al. have:.located the
white Cedar" placer claim, 10 the
Rowell Greek unorgsnized mining
district. Lafe Grimes and others
have filed location for Tho Miller
Bar Ditch" tapping the waters of
Rock Creek.
Chester and Tyler Irwin arrived
from Idaho this week to visit with
relatives and old time friends in this
city. They used to reside here but
for the past seven years have been
extensively engaged in mining in
Idaho, the famous Salmon River"
camp. Chester is superintendent and
Tyler treasurer of the "Goodenough"
mines, which are located in the Mar
shall district. The ore is quite good,
having sf our foot vein which aver.
ages $40 assay, to the ton in fine
gold. They had few choice sam
pies of the ore, which they showed
the Courier man and they were good
to look upon, as they we're supposed
to make all of $50, 900 to the ton.
These mining men may decide to
remain here permanently, for they
firmly believe that the mining indus
try in this region is going TO come
right to the front and besides they
want to get away from the bad win
ters up in the Idaho country, where
the snow last year was 22 feet deep
on the summit of the mountains and
all of four feet at the mines.
R. S. Moore, who has leased the
Baby Mine" on Jump .off-Joe, was
in Grants Pass aud he stated that
he now has a small crew of men at
work on this promising property,
which is owned by Boise and Sscra.
mento psries aud as the season ed.
vsnces will put on more. This mine
now has five stamp mill and gives
promise Of making good showing
this season.
J. II. Mills and his step. brothr,
Grant Patton, two Of Plscer's pro.
gressive mining men were trausacring
business at the county seat this week.
These gentlemen, in addition to
owning q very promising mine out IN
the Placer country, have also secured
two fine ranches aod are to be con-
graduated upon having so many
things coming their way.
A. s. Downing, Harvey Book and
others have sold their interests in the
Oregon Belle mine, located in Forest
Greek district, to g. W. Trontmine
and his associates. The sheriff re-
cently facilitated the freeze.out game
that is being played there, and it is
expected that this mine which WAS a
consistent producer, will be operated