Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-03
Many Mining Matters !

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An action in equity has been COM
menced by Lydia H Dean and q A
Corliss. against Henry Stark regarding
l6O acres of placer mining claims, in
the Gslice mining district. which the
defendant is said to be claiming.
The plaintiffs allege that the mineral
ground was filed upon Sept. s, 1900
by Chss. Gray ct al who in turn
September 10 1900 assigned same to
Plaintiffs who have been doing the
500 assessment work each year upon
the said claims as required by law.
They give bonds in the sum of $3.50
and the court has issued a temporary
restra ming order. keeping defendants
from taking out any more gold, until
the court shall have AN opportunity to
pass upon the merits Of the case.
@ E Wade brings an action in the
circuit court Of Josephine county,
seeking to foreclose a miners lien ON
two counts. One is for 66 days, labor
at $3.3S per day and amounting to
$222 and $50 attorney fees. The mines
involved are known as the Com
stock Group" and are Integrity.
Apex. Illinois" and "Mohawk,
Howard ]. Rogers, commissioner
Of education for New York state,
president of the Opp Consolidated
Mining company, has come for the
purpose of strengthening out the
affairs of the company, for which
receiver was recently appointed. II
is expected that matters will be ad-
justed satisfactorily, the receiver dis
charged and operations resumed on
an extensive scale.
+. VIM. Russ, president Of the Jose.
phine Klamath Development Co., has
filed an affidavit, stating that his
company has done $500 worth of de.
velopment work on the several claims
known as the Jupiter No. 1, Placer
Mines" located in the Atlhouse un-
organized mining district.
Thomas Bilinger. of Portland, pur-
chased portion Of hill on place
~ miles southeast Of Hillsboro
which was formerly the ranch Of DR..
W. @. Cole. Of Pendlston. An an
alysis of the greater part of the soil
show it to be sapolio, or q natural
polishing substance in lts natural
form. There are hundreds of tons of
this material on the premises, and ar.
rangemsnts are being now made to
place 1t on the market. Gold Hill
News
John.von Almen has filed on lode
claim, "Dauson, In the GSlios dis
trict.
+. VIM. Russ, president and super.
intendent Of the josephine klamath
Development Co, files an amended
placer location for Jupiter No. l."
in the Althouse tunorganized mining
district.
Main" is the name given by Wm.
M. Richards to quartz claim located
by him in the Calico district.
6 II Chapman, who has been doing
some extensive mining in the Fair
banks, Alaska district, arrived with
his wife and 216 years old daughter.
Christmas day, to visit with Grants
Pass relatives. They had to come 400
miles ON sledges, over the ice and the
little girl stood the trip nicely.
This is her third trip over that route,
as she made the first one when she
was but eight IN months old. Mr.. Chap
man comes here 10 spend the winter,
on account of his wife's health, aud.
although he still has some promising
properties in Alaska. yet hedoubts
whether he will ever return there to
locate again.
r L Bryan ct al have filed upon
1000 miners inches Of water for the
''Tom Murray Ditch" in Pickett
Greek mining distrit, from the Big
Pickett Creek. ::
II. @. Hoxie has located the Rein
deer, j" Mary E. Hoxie the Home.
stake. and g r Hoxie the "Sunset. "
placer mining claims, each containing
20 acres and located in the Wolf Creek
mining district.
A J Bennett has filed his affidavit of
having performed the assessment
work for 1907 on Golden King,
Maid Of Erin and Gypsy" quartz
claims located in the Grave Creek
mining district.
Geo Murray gives notice Of his
hav ing performed 800 worth of labor
n assessment work on THE Jolly
Four" a" Moonlight, Belle Of the
West" and "Puzzle," claims, all locst.
ed in the Illinois mining district.
VIM. Knoell files his affidavit of