Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-17
! Many Mining Matters /

mining man. THE report was given
currency early this week that W. S.
Keith who has been superintendent OF
the smelter since lsst April had ten.
dered his resignation to be effective
on the 10th of this month, or imme.
diately following the return OF Mana
ger Lindsay from New York Mr..
Keith when approached said that such
was the case though he had not an :
nounced the fact to anyone. Upon
leaving here he will probably go to
California before he determines his
future moves. Nothing is known of
a probable successor and will not be
until Mr. Lindsay is on the ground. "
Monday afternoon tha residence o
Superintendent W. H. McWilliams
of the Bradeu mine caught fire and
was burned to the ground before the
flames had been noticed by anyone.
The building stood some distance from
the mine and had it been noticed
probably no aid could have been
given. Mrs. McWilliams was visiting
with friends in Jacksonville and it is
supposed that the fire originated from
= smoaldering fire in one Of the
stoves. The building and It's contents
we're entirely destroyed. Mr.. and
Mrs. McWililams are but recent ar
ri HA11 IL
News.
The production Of gold and silver in
the state of Oregon during the year
1907 according to the preliminary esti-
mate of Frank A. Leach director Of
the Mint is given at 81, 179, 9SS in
gold and s54, 95o in SILVER az against
Il. $40, 100 in gold and SOL, 1874 in sill.
yer, in 1906.
1.-The Golden Dream" is the name
of ditch and water right, which L
c Higgins has filed upon 200 miners
inches in the N W Rancherie creek,
N .he Illinois mining district.
H L Lewis, the Galice mining
man WAS at the county seat, Monday,
on business trip.
Wv Voolfolk has filed upon 100
miners inches, for mining purposes,
in sec l3, tip. SO s, 3, west.
TR Dean, Jr., was in from the
Gopher Mine, Saturday, on business
and pleasure bent.
Jacob Kober ct al, have located the
LUCKY Strike, quartz mining claim,
in the Picket Greek mining district.
r B Reed, who went to Redding,
Cal, during the holidays TO do assess
ment work on his "Gold Quartz min.
ing claim, in the Flat creek district.
has been very i'll with pneumonia.
He will return to this city rs soon as
he is able to make the journey. r.
K. Mcdaniel ct al, have made filings
upon tunnel location in the Grants
Pass mining district, in sec 20. tip 36
8, RS.
An amended quartz location on the
"Southern Extension of "Gold King
Quartz" mining claim. in the Kerby
district, has been made by the Gold
King Mining Co., per W P Wright,
attorney in fact.
Combination, is the name OF a
placer claim located by Hanston War
ner, ct al. on Sucker Greek, about
5000 feet above and southerly from
the junction OF Cave Creek with
Sucker Greek.
The placer claim. Hillside." has
been duly located by Martin Warner
in the Sucker Greek unorganized
mining district
E Gold,bey ct al have located
ditch aud water rights, THE Sally
NJ, =" in the Kerby mining district,
for mining purposes
A r Williams has located the
'Compstok," quartz mining claia in
the Wolf Creek mining district.
Three million dollars worth Of ore
blocked out, and every ton OF 1t
ready for milling or shipping, is
the showing the Gslics district makes
at The close of the year. Much of
this vast tonnage has been blocked
this past season. The sear just closed
was a remarkably active one for this
old district; ore work has been done,
and more money spent for develop
meut and equipment than during the
five preceding years put together
The results already obtained, either
from milling or shipping returns,
have satisfied the miners that this ex-
penditure has not been lin vain. In
nearly all cases the expenditure was
fully justified. The Mining world.
Bonanza, is the name of lode
mining claim located in Wolf Creek
by A. r. Williams ct al
James BumgaIdener has located the
John Bull, " placer claim in the
Jump-off-Joe district.
Joe Hand has filed on the placer
claim, City Boy" in the Galice