Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-20
Many Mining Matters

of their location Of the quartz claims
Mabel, " "Hazel" and Daisy"
located in the Galce mining district.
Thorn Lannon has located water
ditch, tapping the waters of the Waldo
Gulch Creek. A placer location
claim, "Nugget, has been located in
the Williams Greek mining district by
E. S. Jackson ct al.
o. S. Goodnow has filed his af-
fidavit, showing that he has done
$400 worth of assessment work for the
year 1907 IN the "Yuba, 4" Rosebud -
and "Virgil" claims in the Briggs
Greek mining district.
Il. NJ. Albright, the well known
Josephine county mining man has re-
turned from his extended trip to New
Mexico and Arizona, where he was
formerly engaged In this kind OF
work He thinks Josehine county
mines are going to be much talked
about in the near future.
e. H. Gething, who has mic
place four miles out on the Murphy
road also has some fine lode claims,
located in the Applegate district,
two miles west of Provolt. These
are the New Years Gift" and Key
stone" The ore has asssyed from
40 cents in the Filings to $40 in the
main vein, the latter being six feet
wide and he has a 70 foot tunnel com
pleted about 90 feet down and Is now
doing some cross-cutting. He is after
a big shoot, which he thinks comes
through the pocket. The lead does
not show on the surface, but there is
a very fine lot of white crystallized
lime, which mining men recognize as
very fine indication. This claim is
in the same belt In which the promis-
ing property belonging to DIR. Flana-
gan and Dickson & Hall, and in
which the famous "Golconda" mine is
situated. There has been much
money taken out of this belt, in for
mer days and the present prospects are
most excellent. That there is gold
there 10 indicated by the significant
fact that in other days old Mr.. Knox
had placers, from which he realized
from $4,000 to $4,000 and one
pocket. the "Danoy," produced no
less than $4,000. itself. Other parties
made good findings and Mr.. Gething
feels confident that he is going to have
fully as good success.
George Vining has commenced
work on the" Eureka. mining claim.
located in the Applegate district. 1t
is said to be q relocation Of the old
Dolphin, which was such prom
ising property in former days and the
indications now are extremely promis-
ing.
Work on the famous "Greenback
mine, ON Grave Creek, will soon be
started in earnest by the leases
Five OF the 40 stamp mills will be op-
perated at once and others later on,
as the demand increases. The de-
velopment work done on this property
during the past few months has made
very nice showing and so good are
the indications that the operators
fully expect to see the other stamps
needed soon. In this immediate
vicinity are some 90 very promising
claims which are to be developed, the
ssessment work showing conclusively
that they were of more than ordinary
value. The prospects are that, now
that the Nevada boom has blown
over, much attention will be paid
this immediate vicinity by the out
side mining world. There has besn
over $1,000, 600 taken ont Of the
"Greenback" and the men were at u
depth of some 1900 feet when for some
unaccountable reason the mire was
shut down very suddenly last year,
Rumor had il that this was done for
the purpose of enabling the owners to
purchase Inearby properties. Other
reasons were also assigned but it was
never stated by the management Just
why the mine was closed. New ore
bodies have been found in this re.
gion and the tributary placer fields of
Coyote Greek, Wolf Greek and Grave
Greek are another excellent indication
that this is a very rich mining belt.
+. VIM Russ, president and super.
iutendent of the Josephine klamath
Development Co, which has head
quarts a. both Portland and Brown.
town and which operates on large
scale group Of eight very fue and
promising lode properties in the Alt
house district, has been at the county
seat, looking after some important
business matters, the past week Mr..
Russ informed the Courier that the
indications were very good for an ex.
cellent seasons run, Although his
company may not prorCeed farther