Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-29
MARION COUNTY
PEOPLE OWN A
Big GOLD MINE
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING 1T FOR
FIVE YEARS AND NOW HAVE 1T
IN SHAPE TO BE A PRODUCER
PLENTY OF HIGH GRADE ORE.

pany's property consists of four full
claims. They are located in Sislkiyou
county. California. three miles south
of the Oregon State line, and on the
headwaters OF one of California's
most noted placer streams, the ia
nous old Hungry Creek. There are
six well defined, strong lodges ON the
property, all OF which have been
opened and prospected, and some Of
them developed to the point where
they are ready to become producers.
Great Contact Ledge.
The Rosa Lee ledge is cut about
500 feet below It's highest groupings
ON the hill and shows 22 feet of fine
free milling ore. About four feet OF
this, next the hanging wall is OF very
high grade. Many assays have been
made from samples taken at random
from this part of the ledge, and none
of them have run below $500 to the
ton. AS matter Of fact, the lowest
assay ever made from this four-foot
streak was 1916 A small streak inn
mediately adjoining the hanging wall,
and from two TO IA inches thick, is
remarkably rich, assays running as
high as $4,000 to the ton having
been made from It, This ore is a
brownish red, hematitic in character,
and to the eye shows no gold what
ever, so It is almost impossible to
pick rich samples for assay which
makes the one spoken of the more re-
markable.
This is very strong ledge, con-
tact between granite and diorlte, and
crops strongly the full length of the
claim. 1900 feet. II is free milling"
above the water level, but below II is
somewhat base, and will require in
addition to milling. the treatment of
the tailings by concentration or cyan
iding or perhaps, both.
The Il. A. C. claim carries three
lodges, all opened and now being
worked. The center ledge of these is
about Ave feet in width at the apex
of the hill, and 500 feet lower has
widened to 10 feet
Fine "Picture Ore.-
Where cut at the apex. at a depth
OF about 25 feet, II shows streak
hugging the hanging wall, of. from
four to six inches In width that is
very rich specimen ore-'picture
ore" literally alive with coarse gold
and fine for jewelry purposes. The
balance of the ledge, five feet, is a
high grade. very friable sugar quartz
carrying steady values OF from 500 to
$40 per ton.
This ledge has been and is "The
Poor Mans Friend" Densmore and
Gavin, the original owners OF the
mine have used 1t during their near
ly Ave years work in developing the
claims, as bank, and whenever they
have needed money, 1t has always
honored their drafts. II has paid all
the expenses OF development, not on
ly OF itself, but for all the other
properties and the living expenses of
the owners. Whenever Densmore or
Gavin needed money, they drew on the
E. A. G. for few pounds of specimen
ore, pounded il up in a hand mortar
and washed II out with pan, and It
never went back on them, or refused
to come through for what they asked
of II.
Both Large and Rich.
The Tomahawk ledge is on the H.
A. c, claim. A big red oxidized soft
ledge on the surface, but turning 10
a pale blue sugary quartz at a depth
OF 800 feet. From this ledge six
tons OF ore just as II came from the
mine, was run through an arastra,
new one. In the fall OF 1909, and the
clean up showed ss62.sO or $50 per
ton and the loss in the new arastra
bed, II can be safely assumed, was at
least half that much, so the rock
probably worked nearly 500 per ton.
This ledge was tapped by tunnel
last week, about 800 feet below the
iirst opening, the latest report show
Ing II had been cut into four. feet. and.
the further wall had not yet been
reached. but the ore is very high
grade.
Have Cut Ledge Deep.
On the Last Chance ledge. tunnel
Is now being driven to tap the "Toot"
ledge. II got Its name from the fact
that small dog wagging his tail TO
the name of "Toot." and belonging to
o. r.. Densmore. In digging out go
pher. scratched out some small pieces
of quartz showing gold. that led TO
the uncovering OF the ledge. Like
many another discoverer. the name
was all the reward "root" could
claim. This ledge has been pot
holed" the entire length OF the claim.
and throws a strong prospect every
place Il has been tried. From the
character Of the gold. which is identi-
'ai with that taken from the placers
II Hungry Creek. Il Is believed that
his ledge fed the placers OF that ia