Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-12-23
BLOWN OF SHELTER POST.
PONED BY CONDITION
THE BRIDGE UNDER WATER
New Road Is Being Built to Connect
Great Mine with Railroad
at Leland

IL now appears that the Almeda
people were very fortunate in not
blowing in their big smelter. Every
thing was in readiness for this event
Just before the heavy rains set in
tnree weeks ago. They were al
ready and had actually started the
fire, but things did not look propi-
tious, and inasmuch as there was
only coke enough on hand to last
twenty days and the roads were in
such condition to make it impos-
sible to haul any more, it was de-
cided to extinguish the fire and wait
the clearing Of the weather. II
rained and 1t rained, the river COM
menced to fill its banks and the
water ran over the bridge. The
roads got worse and things general
ly were out Of fix. It proved to be
very fortunate that the smelter was
not put in action, for at no time
since the rain started has there been
any possibility for coke hauling. The
company will now wait until the
heavy storms Of winter have passed
and the roads get in condition to
haul coke. Early In the spring it is
expected the auto-truck road from
Leland to Almeda will be completed,
when there will be no longer diff
Guilty in hauling in coke or other
freight. The time will be reduced
from two days to only a few hours
between the two points.
Almeda Buys Big Property
One of the largest deals that has
been effected was the sale Of the
Allen property adjoining the Al
media Consolidated Mines company
on the west and the Rand property
on the east, consisting OF 142 acres
OF rich mineral land. The purchase
was made by the Almeda company
from the Standard Metals company,
of Portland. This Is the old Allen
company and Is known to experts to
be a very rich property. It Is pos
sibly Of much greater value to the
Almeda peonle that to anyone else
as It lies between their two main
properties, the big mine and the
Rand. This Is an important deal
and means much to the Galice min
ing district. The main mineral lead
on this property extends from the
Almeda lead directly across the
Allen property.
Too busy producing and develop
ing to do much talking or to let the
world know of its wealth, the Galice
mining district Is rapidly preparing
to become one of the most notable
mining sections in the United States.
Handicapped by poor transporta-
tlon facilities and a long distance to
railroads. the district has fought on
uphill battle. Yet there has been
consistent and constant development
and today there are large bodies OF
proven ore exposed or blocked out
ready for production on a larra
scale.
The Oriole mine Is another prop
erty on which large sums have been
expended in development work Re
Gently several cars Of ore have been
shipped to the Tacoma smelter and
the returns have been highly grat-
fying to the owners Of the property
The Old Channel mine Is steadily
producing. This is one Of the best
known properties in the district a
large force Of men Is employed al
the mine at this time.
Another property which Is yield
ing results is the Wedge niue. h'-
tensiye improvements have been re-
Gently effected about this property
and a large force Of men is kept AZ
work constantly. a,.
The Black Rear and the u''.,'
Consolidated are working WITH sa.-
,sfactory results to all concerned.
MANY other properties are in course
=, dove,opmept and the next few
years will pdd much to the proou''
ton Of this district.