Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-08-20
PROPERTIES TO
Be WORKED
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WONDERFUL WEALTH TO DE
FOUND IN ILLINOIS VALLEY
RICHEST MINES In AMERICA
The Day Of Prosperity Has Dawned
Which VIII Open Up the Mineral
Wealth OF Josephine County.

Wealth Of Josephine County.
The mining world Is fairly
startled by the copper development
which is going on this season in this
part OF the state and more particular
ly in Josephine county. The mines
mentioned are tributary to Grants
Pass and they will soon become pro-
ducers which in turn will develop
markets for our farm and orchard
products, AS promising as our or
chards and vineyards are they will
have trouble to keep pace in the
value OF their output with the copper
mines of this section and yet they
can and will work together in har-
mony and develop untold wealth
within the next few years.
Grants Pass will be In the center
OF a wonderful prosperity and must
of necessity prepare to take care of
the business or another commercial
center may be founded. The day OF
the country store in Grants Pass Is
fast passing and soon we must be
able to grasp the opportunities as
they come our way. The members
OF the Commercial Club in their visits
to the Gallce mining district and the
Illinois valley saw the dawn OF great
things and they viii easily under
stand what 10 to follow when they
are told that men OF experience and
capital are already In the country
and have commenced the task of
helping us to bring to the notice OF
the world our hidden wealth. Let
us go over some OF the mining
properties which are on the road
to Crescent City.
The mine known Is the Waldo
SITUATED at Takilma, three miles
teasterly from the town OF Waldo and
formerly owned by ], o. b. Gum and
A. w. Fox, OF San Francisco, has
been taken over by q strong synd!.
cate OF Paris, France, and is now be.
Ing operated on q liberal scale under
the supervision Of b. Jamison, an ex
perlenced copper miner. With sixt,
men he has put on the dump full,
100000 worth Of ore during the
last four Weeks and this Is beinp
augmented al this time by a dali,
output OF about $1,000 worth OF tn,
prettiest copper ore ever brought e
the surface Of any mine In America
The ore Is uniformly high-grade, be
J Ing a massive body OF chalcopyrIt,
assaying from twelve TO eighteer
: per cent copper and carrying from
, $500 TO 800 in gold. Immense or,
reserves are being blocked out ant
, the dump herein referred to re-
J presents only the ore taken out II
! development work.
, The company has constructed
! very fine wagon road on goot
, grade from the mine TO the smelter
b two miles distant and has pu
5 broken waste rock from the min,
I one foot deep on the road bed III
entire length so that hauling or,
. through the rainy season will not b,
| a difficult task.
- The Takllma Smelling compan,
Q has been absorbed by the Elder Min
! Ing company. The new concern I
r already In charge and 45 men vii
b be employed at the plant II. NJ
. Walter will be manager and he, wit
= his wife and daughter, arrived fror
4 Colorado Springs and went down I
n rakilma the first Of the week. II
/ announced that the smolter wi
II blow In about the 25th Of this mont
n but not later than the first OF Aul
!, ust The big plant viii be In oporl
y tl0n inside Of two weeks.
n Twenty-Five four-horse teams ha,
g. been engaged 10 haul coke TO n
Al smelter from Grants Pass and TO r
r. turn loaded with copper matte n
h. GuggenheIms, acting on the profe
~ sional advice Of VIM -. Parrish,
Denver, one Of the leading mini
" experts IN the United States, ha
e taken over the Dakln copper min
just over the mountain from {