Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
HEAVY RAINS MAKE
MINING MEN HAPPY
They Predict That the Continued
Downpour Will Make This one
of the Best Sea sons.

Dy tu6 dnuUuuCeutII Judt obo VI oie
miners prospecting on "Old Baldy, .
right here near the city, had struck
rich pocket, worth all of $500.
The name of the discoverer, how
er, was not ascertsined, but it de-
velops that there are a large number
of claims being worked in that To-
cality.
The United States Land Office has
granted to Susan Lawrence Dana, a
patent for the Copper Stain Group, "
of mine, consisting Of Cooper
Stain,' Golden Hope" rabbit
Foot, 'Redsemer, Susie. ""Thir'
teenth" and "Elbertiua" lode mining
claims, located in Wolf Creek unor-
ganized mining district. 1t was a
voluminous document, dated Decem.
ber 5, 1907, signed by Theodore
Roosevelt, by FM McKean, secretary
and W II Sanford, Recorder OF
General Land Office.
Frank James ct al have filed lode
claim notice for the following claims
in the Grants Pass mining district: !:
mabel, Hazel and "Daisv.
"The Town of Waldo Ditch" has
been duly located and notice filed by
Thomas Lannon, in the Waldo min.
ing district.
OS Goodnow has filed his affida-
Wit, showing that he has performed
$500 worth of assessment W work on the
-'Lis tie Derritt.," Goodnow" and
''Vermont" quartz claims, located
in the Jump off Joe district.
A telegram from Washington an
nounces that ''Senator Teller obtained
unanimous consent in the Senate to.
day for the consideration OF his bill,
which was set aside Thursday through
filibuster of Senator Carter, ex-
empting entrymen of mining claims
from doing assessment work for 1907.
No objection was raised today by Mr..
Carter or the Utah Senators, who
previously opposed the measure. and
it passed the senate. AS adopted, the
measure applies only to the states of
Oregon, California Colorado, Idaho
and South Dakota. the Senator from
Nevada, Montana, Utah aud Wash
iDgton objecting TO their states be-
ing included. Mr.. Teller is of the
opinion that the House will pass the
bill early after the holiday recess
and that it will become law in time
to afford relief to many prospectors
unable. on account of their recent
financial stringency, to obtain funds
to pay for their assessment work.
A placer claim, THE Nugget" has
been located in the Williams Greek
mining district by E S K jackson ct
al. John L Deveny has filed notice
of having located the lode claim,
Baltimore" in the Gslice mining
district.
WI Flanagan began suit in the
circuit court the other day, against
Ed Jones' involving 10. 70acfes ofplacer
mines, on Rich Gulch, Josephine 90
and more particularly described as lots
and Swl4 of SW14 SEQ 2. tip 80 s, T.
which the plaintiff claims to have
obtained lawfully, but be alleges
that defendant in November, 1907
entered into said claim, dug down the
gravel bank deposited on said claim,
washing out the gold contained there
10, appropriating same to his own
use, wrongtully. He asks the court
to grant temporary order. restrain
ing the defendant from further mo-
Testing the said property, until the
court has formally passed upon the
proposition.
Clerk Cheshire has received man
date from supreme court, setting forth
that themining case of Willis Kramer,
appellant vs. HI Wilson ct al, auother
case from this county that has been
reversed in the hilber court. 1t in
volved mining deal, wherein Kramer
gave his note for $4,000 10 W J anu
L B Palmer, who in tuin assigned
the note to H L Wilson, VINO Keep
the Leland mercantile establi-hn e"t
and who, in undertaking TO collect
same brought suit and wCn out IN
the circuit cou t, Judge u. X. Han
na granting him the amount sued Tor.
Now the case is reversed and
Kramer is given Judgment for s177.S9,
his cost in the appeal. The property
involved was: Golden Quartz,
"Ellwelda, Little Granite,
Riverside, - Golden Rule, "Lit-
tie Blue, "Oregon, Manzinets
and Grant Palmer all located on