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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-02
PERSONAL ITEMS.

FRANK Carroll of keTby was town
visitor Monday.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. G. Smith visited
Roseburg this week.
ED. Briggs the Ashland a. itorney at
tended court in Grants Pass this week.
A. B Cornell returned Saturday
from a business trip to Medford and
Ashland.
]. @. Mattison of Gslice Greek was
trsnsacting business in Grants Pass
Wednesday.
T. X. Anderson is in from Galice
Creek attending the sessions of the
Circuit Court.
W. E. Burnham, business manager
ior the Bostonian minstrel Maids is
in town ahead of his attraction.
Fruit Inspector H. c. Batehsm went
to Medford Thursday to look after
the arrangement of exhibits from this
section.
Mrs. ]. ..E. Hair returned Tuesday
from Salem where she was in at.
tendance at the NJ. E. church con.
ference.
Window glass and putty at H air
Riddles.
V. |. Megargle arrived last Friday
from Pennsylvania and expects to make
his home in this section. Mrs. Nc.
gargle arrived here some months ago.
Mrs. NJ. @. Findley returned from
Salem Eugene, Portland and other
points where she has been visiting
friends.
Geo. Altpeter returned from Cres.
cent City the latter part of last week
and will again take up his sidence
in Grants Pass after an absence of
some months.
If you use American Stock of
Rabbit Fence" around your orchard
and vineyard. you are sure to protect
them from rabbits and stock. Sold
only by Hair. Riddle Hdw. Co.
Roy Wilson left Thursday morning
with d. H. Eismsnn to make the
trip to Portland by automobile. They
expect to stop off day at Roseburg
for hunt. Mr. Wilson will return
from Portland by train the early part
of next week.
miss Jessie Hale entertained number
Of her friends at dinner party given
at her home in this city on last Tues
day evening in honor Of her friend
Miss Ada West. who leaves the lat.
ter part of this week for her home at
LaGrsnde. after visit here Of
month.
If you want butcher knife that
will take 6rst class. edge and hold 1t,
get an A. J. Jordsu's hand made and
hand turned. Every knife guaranteed
to be perfect. Sold only by Hair. Riddle
Hdw. Co.
Miss Carrie o. Lindholm of Des
Moines, this week purchased so acres
Of the J. T. Morrison farm, north of
town, the consideration being 81, 900.
G. P. Scarborough & Son have pur-
chased 40 acre tract Of land in the
Fruitdale district. These gentlemen
ara from Duluth Minnesota, and in.
form us that in the near future three
other families will arrive to take 10
acres each of the forty. Work will
begin at once to clear the land and
make it ready for the plow, and in
the spring will be put into fruit.
The big musical show, the Bostonian
Bostonian Minstrel Maids will be here
Tuesday, Oct 6.
o. l.. Leigh and family whe for the
past eight years have resided on
Silver Crees, have purchased 10 acre
tract of land south of town, and will
hereafter make their home on the
place. They have begun to erect a
house and as soon as this is completed
will prepare the ground for an or
chard.
Malleable Garland Range, the
worlds best sold only by Cramer Bros.
Chopping Bowls and Knives at
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-02
MARRIED.

LUCKER-BREAZEALE-At the res-
idence of the BRIDES parents 10
Grants Pass, Thursday. Oct. 1, 1908.
John II. Lucker to Miss Martha b.
BIeaxeale. Stephen Jewell offioiat-
ing.
WETSEL-BURROWS - At Grants
Pass, Sept. 22, at the home Of o. Il.
Phillips, Edward Wetsel to Mauds
Burrows, Judge Jewell officiating.
CROw-BASSERMAN-Iu the pArlors
Of the Layton hotel at Grants Pass,
Tuesday, Sept. 0. 1908. Louis J.
Grow and Viola Il. Basserman. both
Of Josephine county. Rev. Il. O..
Lovett, officiating.
PHfNTER--COX-At Josephine hotel,
Grants Pass, on Monday, September
2S, 1908. Ross Painter, OF Jackson
county to Miss Mary A. Cox, Of
Josephine county. Rev. o. IL.
Clesves, officiating.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
WONDER IS NOT A HAS BEEN
UNDER ANY CONSIDERATION

Fred Mcmillan, the new consulting
engineer of the Jack Pot company, ar
rived in Wonder late this week to make
the final arrangements to bring order
ont Of the chaos into which the anairs
of the company were plunged when the
Isbs were in control. Mr.. Mcmillan
aided bv General Manager Harris and
backed bv heavy stockholders in San
Francisco. has made strenuous EFFORTS
to rehabilitate the company, n his
work in this direction is now nearing
completion. The reorganization OF the
company. the discharing of all obiiga-
lions. and the resumption OF develop
msnt and mining are now regarded as
matters of the very near future.
PROMOTERS SHOW GOOD FAITH
The Daisy and Monnette Wonder
properties both have good prospects in
the Wonder district, and have done con-
siderable development work, with the
aid of HOSTS. The treasury money has
been tied up by the suspension OF the
State Bank and Trust company, the ar
fairs of which are still in process OF
adjustment. The companies are con
trolled by Davis & Wheeler of Gold
Reld. who have shown good faith In
their work on the properties, and will
undoubtedly resume. They have sunk
over 800 feet on the Daisy, and about
200 feet on the Monnette. This work
has been done without prosecuting to
the lodges, the aim being to reach Q
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
JUMBO DISTRICT IS A YOUNG
ONE BUT IT WILL GROW

lease will be sunk to the S0-foot level
and connection will be made with the
shaft on the Empire being sunk by the
Same parties.
LOOKING FOR A RICH LEDGE
Ballinger and Cook are developing .
group Of eight claims located about
three miles north of town that bear
every indication of becoming a valua-
able piece of property. A quartz ledge
1900 feet long and 8 feet wide can be
traced across the claims and samples
taken from the surface show values of
SO per ton. 1t is the intention of the
owners to begin sinking in the near
future. At present they are cleaning
out an old tunnel that was driven TN
der strong groupings. In cleaning out
the drift rich pieces of rock nave been
found along the sides, indicating that
a large amount of ore had been OK
tracted. 1t is in the hope of finding
the source Of these scattered pieces that
the present work is being done.
CONSOLIDATION SHAFT
The shaft on the Gopher, which is
being sunk by the Jumbo Consolidation
company, has reached a depth of 40
feet. 1t will be sunk to the l00-foot
level before prosecuting is begun. At
a depth of 20 feet a vein was cut that
gave fair values, and this stringer will
be one Of the first sought at the 100
level.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
SEVEN TROUGHS CAMP GETS
ON A GOOD PAYING BASIS

A $50, 900 shipment is now ready to
move from the Fairview mine in
Seven Troughs. Mr.. Freedman, who
came up to camp today stated that he
had arrived at this estimate from care
full sampling of the ore. This ship
ment is from high grade rock which
has been taken out in the process of de-
velopment. A visit to the mine dis
closes the fact that magnificent ore
bodies are being blocked out.
WILL ERECT MILL
The Seven Troughs Mining company
has decided upon the erection of a
stamp mill with which to treat it's ore.
Upon the completion of the Kinder
garten mill, which will require but a
space of about Is days, work will be
vigorously prosecuted on the Fairview
mill, which will be built at the mine
Ten stamps will be put in and Others
added as occasion requires. This man
ner of handling the ore will be a very
material saving to the company, and
when put into execution will result IN
the highest possible benefits to the
stockholders.
Although many stockholders have
been clamoring for immediate and con
t~inuous shipments from this mine, 1t
appears that this policy of the manage.
ment will best conserve the interest OF
all concerned. Overtures have been
made to the heavy stockholders upon
three occasions by parties desiring to
get control of this mine, to land a deal
on a basis of 80 cents per share, but
without the mildest encouragement. Mr.
Freedman stated that If the offer had
been 81 the result would have been the
same.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
MASON VALLEY DISTRICT IS
RICH in GOLD AND COPPER

A group of eight copper claims were
taken over last week from Gilmore and
Frederick by II. Hamlin, operating for
Reno and eastern capital. The prop
erty is a southern extension of the Wa
buska- Ycrington property and is located
in the northeastern section of the Yer
ington district, says the Lyon County
Times.
The property was bonded to these
people last summer, but it was not I'm
til last week that these copper claims
changed hands for a neat consideration
The people who now own the property
have organized a company, known as
the Yerington-B. c. Mining company
and have started active work on this
group of claims.
WILL HAVE CUSTOM MILL
That the Mountain View district will
have a custom mill to work it's ores
shortly is now almost a certainty. A
mill site has been located at Rescrva.
ton, formerly known as Iona. and a
few minor arrangements is all that con-
fronts an early erection of the plant
1t is intimated that within sixty days
the Mountain View district will be add
ing its share of the golden wealth te
tho wcrld.
DEVELOPING GOLD PROPERTY
Development work on Knierim and
Sons gold claims. situated on the OLD
Reservation road, some ten miles north
east of Yerington, is progressing rap
idlv. Four men are working on tho
claims and as depth is encountered the
prospects look more encouraging. The
shaft on the Red Top No. l is down B.
feet on a ledge Of good ore. the Width
of which has not yet been aseertoined
Clear across the bottom Of the shaft
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02

The directors of the Selby Consoli-
dated company came into camp last
Sunday, and after looking over the
ground decided on the place to erect
the mill, says the Jumbo Miner. Judge
Somers, Emerson Gee, j. b. Menardi
and w. X. Gilbert arrived from Reno
and were met here by Messrs. Werner
and Brannan.
The plant will be built a little less
than a quarter of a mile below town,
and opposite the tunnel that has been
started to tap the Barge workings at
a depth of $50 feet.
FOLLOWING ORE SHOOT
The b. b. Il M. lease on the Empire
claim grows better with each foot of
development. The ore shoot on the Sc
foot level has been followed during the
week with increasing values. On
Thursday samples taken from across
two feet of the vein gave average as
says of $50 per ton, while a sample
taken from the hanging wall near the
bottom of the drift shows values of
$132.30 per ton.
WORK STARS ON LEASE
Work has been started on the Van
Etten-Fester lease on the Gopher on a
vein that shows values from the sur
face. The shaft is down ten feet in ore
of low milling value, but each foot of
depth attained shows that the ledge
gains in strength. The shaft on this
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
Especial Correspondence

tCftCf8i
Hart. Cal, April 2s.-Gecrge T.
Pfunder aud associates, ~lessees af nlsck
., Orc No. 1, encountered an orc shoot
in a crosscut from the Todhunter tunnel
this week which promises to be one OF
the richest bodies of high grade ever
discovered in the district. The entire
breast of the working is in picture rock
running from $50 to $3.50 per ton
Specimens literally speekled with free
gold are found, and as developments
proceed the ore zone is daily growing
in magnitude. The Pfunder lease adj.
joins the Big Chief lcasehold. and the
vein is the north extension of the rich
ledge traversing the latter, which out
crops for a distance of 1000 feet north
and south. Along this dyke a large
number of leasers have found pay
values from the surface, and as depth
is secured the showing has been con-
stantly improving. The Big Chief tun.
mel will cut this vein at a depth of 100
feet, which on the surface returned
values as high as 800 per ton.
Blackburn, Ross & Beaver are again
working in a good grade of ore. At a
depth of 35 feet the pay shoot dipped
out of the shaft, and this has been en-
countered in a crosscut on the 50-foot
level. A number of sacks taken out two
weeks ago averaged $500 per ton.
In the upraise being run by Tod
hunter. Aldridge & Felix to connect the
tunnel with the shaft on the Orc, where
800 ore was taken out for a distance
of 90 feet, the same values found in the
shaft have been encountered. The tun.
mel is in 95 feet, and besides upraising
prosecuting north and south is going
forward.
II. NJ. Banfcld, manager Of the Gar
vanza Mining & Milling company, is
making arrangements for the building
of a o5-ton reduction plant, which will
be erected in such manner as to in
crease the capacity at any time at a
minimum cost. Considerably more than
sufficient ore has already been guar
anteed by a number of ~lcasers. The
plant will be in readiness within 80
days.
Sinking has been resumed at the Sun.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
FOUR MILLS GRINDING ORE
in ROUND MOUNTAIN CAMP

has already been made to the coast with
a view to testing several makes of
mills OF. il.
RED TOP SHOWING
While doing some trcnching on the
surface of the H~arpending- Clark lease
on the Red Top acreage, what appears
to be a ledge was encountered about
two feet below the s1rfaee which
PANIED an estimated valne of 800 to
tho ton.
This pay rock was found about a
hundred feet above the mouth of the
incline shaft and the past two DAYS
have been employed in opening up and
ascertaining the extent Of the discov-
cry.
Under the circumstances the work of
drifting from the incline shaft has been
temporarily suspended and it is pro-
posed to sink on the new lead.
A few hundred feet further up the
slope of the hill, the Mattly and Mauli
shaft is being sunk. This Is already
down nearly fifty feet. II is more than
likely that a power hoist will be in
stalled within the next fifty days but
this will depend almost entirely upon
the ability of the custom mill to handle
the output of ore which such additional
facilities for mining would afford.
As before stated in these columns,
the custom mill is now running the ore
from the Mattly and Mauli Great West
crn lease and will be taxed to its ut
most capacity to treat all that is being
taken out of this one lease, without
trying to run the output of any addi-
tional properties.
The Red Top company shaft which is
also on the Black Hawk claim is now
down nearly sixty feet and is carefully
timbcred for the entire depth.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
WoRK STARS ON LEASE
R SHIPMENTS

The ore shipments over the Tonopah
and Goldfeld railroad for the week to
the Western Ore Purchasing company,
consisted of lao tons from the Tonopah
Extension.
The Tonopah company sent 1880 tons,
the Belmont company go tons, the
Midway $50 tons and the MacNamara
$50 IONS to the mills, making the total
shipments for the week 6,100 tons.
The total output of the Tonopah
mines was 600 tons, of an estimated
value (thc shipping ore being valued at
$50 a ton and the milling ore at $40 a
tony of 1927 600.
MCNAMARA
Regular shipments continue from this
property, three ears of 80 tons each
having been sent to the Belmont this
week. This ore is a high grade milling
and will return in the neighborhood of
$50 a ton. The developments in the
mine are very satisfactory, the ore
bodies showing constant Improvement
both in size and values. The only work
now being done in the mine is on the
300-foot level, AT points between 56C
and 500 feet west Of the shaft, and all
the ore shipped is being extracted from
this small block of ground. In the No
3 raise, which has been connected with
the old stope from No. 2 raise, the vein
shows fully 7 feet Of ore, 4 feet OF
which carries high values and is found
on the hanging wall.
JIM BUTLER
The regular shipments of so tons OF
orc a day are going forward to the Bel
mont mill from this property. No de-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
MINING CAMPS IS ACTIVE

velopment work is being done at pres
emf, operations being confined to the
stopping of ore from the Wandering Boy
vein at different points on the 250-foot
level and also on the 400-foot level.
MIDWAY
Extensive prospecting still continues
on the lower levels of this property,
and the work is being watched very
closely by all interested in the mines
of the camp. The north crosscut from
the west drift on the big body of quartz
on the S35-foot level has apparently
struck the hanging wall, after passing
through about 20 feet of quartz.
TONOPAH Ex.
The rich ore bodies discovered on
the $50 and 60O-foot levels of the Tono-
pah Extension, 900 feet west of the
shaft, announcement of which was made
in last weeks Miner, continues to inn
prove as work on them progresses. In
the slopes from the 550-foot level tho
vein is increasing in width, and con-
tinues to carry the same high values,
the ledge now varying from 5 TO 8 feet
wide, every pound of which is sent to
the sampler. In the east drift ON this
ledge the face is full of good shipping
ore. The east and west drifts on this
vein on the 600-foot level are now out
40 feet respectively. These drifts are
being carried 6 feet wide, and every
thing taken out carries good milling
values. Work continues in the long
drive on the 1,050-foot level, the face
being in an excellent formation. Regu-
lar shipments of ore are going forward
weekly to the Western Ore Purchasing
c~ompany's sampler at Millers.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
RAMSEY TO BE HEARD FROM
WHEN MILL IS COMPLETED

More men have been added to both
night and day shifts at the Ramsey
Ccmstcck mine this week, says the
Ramsey Recorder. In fact, greater ae-
tivity is in evidence at the great mine
than has ever been noted, brought
about by a full force of miners working
underground in addition to the men
employed in grading and construction
work for the new mill.
WIDE WEST GROUP
The Wide West group is another
acreage in the Blue Canyon part OF
the district where rich gold ore is be
ing uncovered and where steady deveI
opment is going on. The owner is driv'
ing a tunnel, now in about 40 feet,
which will be continued until the june
ton point of at least two strong hedges
will be exposed.
FISHER NO. 2
On the Fisher No. 2 claim, a lot OF
preliminary and prospecting work j.
going on. The chief point of attack
Is near the junction of W quartz
lodges and in any number of places
the main northeast and southwest ledge
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
Frcm the Nueget.)


The combined capacity of the four
mills working in Round Mountain
amounts to about 200 tons per day, or
six thousand tons every month. With
the general average grade of ore which
IS being put through this tonnage will
be worth between n million and a half
and two million dollars for twelve
months. All four of the mills are cx-
tracing over ninety per eent of the
gold out of the rock.
MILL FOR SILVER POINT
James NJ. Cordray, president of the
Gold Hill Consolidated Mining eom.
pany has gone to San Francisco where
he will remain for about two weeks ia
perfect the arrangements he has had in
view for some time past for the devel
opment of the property owned by the
company.
Everything is now in time for an era
of active exploration and development
work which will be inaugurated immc-
diately upon Mr.. Cordray's return and
there is now every assurance that the
neighborhood of Silver Point will be a
busy one this summer.
Plans have been formulated for the
laying Of n pipe line to Mariposa creek
a distance of Az miles to the east of
the acreage of the Gold Hill CONSOLE
dated which owns six full claims. The
water will be conveyed by means of a
ten-inch pipe.
This water is to be used to operate
a threc-stamp mill. As yet the charac-
ter of the mill has not been decided
upon. It will be first determined which
is the mill best suited TO treat the
character Of ore which the company
has and to this end a shipment of ore
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
WEEKS DEVELOPMENT in
THE NEW HART DISTRICT

rise. where n ~seven-foct body Of me-
dunn grade ore has been opened up the
past 1--WE weeks while drifting on the
50-foot level. The property has been
leased to Goodwin, Felix & Todhunter
G.. r. Sloan is in Los Angeles Pur-
chasing a hoist for his lease on the
Jumbo. At n depth of 30 feet cross.
cuts have been run east and west, and
the ledge prospected for a width of 40
feet. which is all Of n milling grade
four feet running $50 and better.
Phelps & Egan, ~lessees ON block 3,
Orc Belle. have started a new shaft 100
feet north of the Big Chief tunnel on
the west side of Big Chief mountain,
where an cight-foot vein of milling
rock has beer cut by the latter work
ing. The ~lessees are sinking or Ems
vein.
As work progresses in the Big Chief
shaft the phenomenal high grade vnlues
encountered at grass roots have been
holding out. Another drift was started
this week to the south, and the ore
found runs $50 per ton, the same as In
the north drift.
The opening Of the Norton house,
Harris new frst-class hotel, was cele-
brated last Friday evening with a ban
ouet and ball. An elaborate menu was
served, and with Harry s. McCallum as
POSTMASTER the affair proved a huge
success. The furnishings in the Norton
house are among the finest ever brought
to the desert.
The Hart Mining & Leasing company
is the name of a new organization com
posed of local mining and business men,
who have taken over several good
leases and propose developing the
ground on an extensive scale.
The new hoist at the Quartette shaft
en- the Jumbo is working perfectly and
three shifts are sending the shaft down
in record time.
Another two-story business block was
started this week by Martin & Nance.
A number of other substantial buildings
are in course of construction. The
town continues to grow rapidly, and
more men are being constantly en-
ployed at the various leases.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02
OLE ELLIOTT STRIKES 1T

has been uncovered, where rich pan
nings may be obtained.
WALKOVER
Now that the big strike on the Walk
over has been thoroughly prospected
on the surface and the trend and dip Of
the ledge thoroughly established, the
force of miners is at work underground
running a drift to open the ledge at
the 100-foot level. The drift is being
made toward the east where some
thirty feet Roadway had already been
made. A slight turn will be made to
crosscut the Zig ore body which should
be encountered in the next 80 or 40
feet.
STRIKE ON THE MIDNIGHT
The best strike yet made on the Mid
night group occurred this week when
the owners uncovered a vein from
which some remarkably rich ore is
about three feet wide, dark in color and
heavily oxidizcd. Any small piece of
quartz broken in a mortar and PANIED
will show forth a string of gold several
inches in length and from its pure
bright color must certainly be almost
pure.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-02

which is SKI, good values can be had
and for some number of days past the
miners have been in ore, which assays
fair values.
TwELvE-FooT LEDGE FOUND
Again good reports come from the
Mason pass district. As a result of
work done last week preparatory to
sinking a shaft on property in this dis
trict belonging to W. L. Constantine
Frank Smith and Al Mack a 12-foot
ledge was uncovered from which an
average sample across the entire width
of the ledge was $500 a ton in gold
This find was made ON the Easy Money
claim No. 2, and is only one of the five
claims that the above parties hold in
this section. This group of claims ad-
joins the recently acquired property of
o. II. Some, and also borders on Ed
Murphy's ground, upon which a rich
strike was made last week. The founda-
ton of the ledge is lime and porphyrv
Six men are to be put to work imme-
diately opening the ground. and it is
thought better values viii be encoun-
tered as development progresses.