Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-03
LARGE DEVELOPMENT WORK Is
GOING ON THIS SEASON
CALICE MINING DISTRICT
There Are Many Good Things In
Sight for the Very Near
Future.

ing large share OF attention In Jo-
sephine county this year. This kind
of work takes money and those in
terested seem to feel that 1t Is well
invested in uncovering the wealth in
gold and copper which Is known to
exist in many parts Of the county.
Mining men have in the past three or
four years made liberal expenditure
in the building of wagon roads and
they are certainly entitled to much
credit for their unselfish devotion
and broad minded methods OF devel-
opment which carries with 1t the
prosperity of whole sections OF coun-
try. 1t takes men Of enterprise to
successfully open up the resources OF
a county and it's matter of no little
satisfaction to the general taxpayer
to realize that we have this class OF
men in large numbers among us.
The general development work
which has been done in single sec
tion. that is the Galice district, dur
ing the last half dozen years amounts
to hundreds OF thousands OF dollars.
The development of many mines has
been successfully undertaken and
carried out. The Orfole, the Sugar
Pine. the Golden Wedge, Old Chan
mel, Galice Consolidated, the Ander-
son and the Almeda companies all
come in for n good showing, the lat
ter company especially has opened
It's property at an actual expense or
nearly 100000. and still the work
proceeds. The rich ore blocked out
and In sight shows a value OF many
millions of dollars, which proves that
the money expended was goodly In
vestment and II also proves that the
work has been done according to well
established modern mining methods.
The numerous tunnels which have
been driven into the ore body are
improvements worthy OF the property
and have received the commendation
of many experts In mining. The
sinking OF a deep shaft which Is to
prove the extent of the ore body In
depth, has been going on for many
months and when completed II Will
show the values to be found In the
property.
The modern smelter which has
been erected within the last year will
make the Almeda producer OF
wealth just as soon as suitable trans
portation can be furnished for coke
and other material necessary In oper'
ating the big plant. II Is encourag
ing to understand that transportation
of some kind will be available In the
not distant future, when the Almedt
will be operated on large scale ant
return to It's owners handsome dlyi
dends. It's a source OF satisfaction
to know that all the mines OF the
Galce district are working in har
mony, for only by this means cal
great enterprises be carried through
to successful completion. Wheneve
three or more properties In the dis
trict have large development work /
will be of great assistance to the en-
tire camp They viii quite naturall
Join with the Almoda in bringing
about successful mining. II Is eS
pected that during this year the Al
media power site will be improve,
by the erection Of modern plan
which will furnish an electric curren
for all purposes, including minin
and railroads. This will be tn
crownlng achiovment which will as
slst In successfully operating tn
numerous valuable properties In tn
Galicc district