Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-02-10
BAILEY GULCH Nj. & Nj. co
TAKES OVER GOLD ROAD
PUSH TUNNELSAND SHAFTS
County Commissioner Barlow Says
1911 Will See Great
Progress

County Commissioner G. l.. Bar
low, of Galice, has been in town at
tending his duties as member of
the county court In speaking OF
Galice, he said he did not like to
exaggerate conditions in that camp,
but he felt quite certain that the out
look for the coming season was
brighter than it ever had been be-
fore. In evidence of this he spoke of
preparations on a large scale on
many properties and from this it was
quite plain to be seen that Galice
during 1911 will be the center of
great mining activity Mr.. Barlow
said that the county court had under
taken last year important improve
ments on the Galce road and the
work would be continued this sea-
son as soon as the weather would
permit. He mentioned the auto
truck road which the Ameda COM
pany has under construction and
said that as soon as completed Gal
ice would be very much nearer to
the railroad and this would be
great advantage to the camp, as 1t
would reduce the price Of haul on
freight, and after a passenger coach
is placed on the road the trip from
the railroad to Galice will take little
more than half an hour. This new
road will be a great help to the
miners and illustrates the difference
between success and failure.
The Almeda, as usual, leads in ac-
tivity, though only the regular un-
derground work is being pushed. The
big shaft is going deeped and deeper
every day and it will not take many
months to reach the 10O0-foot leveI
which was contemplated when the
sinking was commenced. While wait
ing for the roads to get in condition
for travel much work will be done
on the mine. When the time comes
for the county to construct perman
ent roads from Merlin to the Galic'
camp, conditions will entirely chang'
and mining will then be done a
much less expense than 1t is now
roads we'll built will be goo'
twelve months in the year, and thel
winter will be no more disagreeabl
on the road between the two point
than in the summer. In the mean
time. the Almeda company is teach
ing the people of the county how t
build roads, and to this end they ar
giving then an object lesson in tn
way of good road work on the shor
cut from Leland to the Almeda mine
Work on the Oriole is going FOL
ward by regular shifts but there
no attempt to rush matters, the ide
being to put in the winter month
on development work. The qualit
of the ore improves as depth
reached. The work that has bee
nut on the Oriole the past yea
proves that the ore body is in pla'
and that the property will become
great producer in the not distant +
ture. It is now a safe shipping pro
osition, and If the roads were good
would be a paying mine every mon
in the year,
On February / the Bailey Gull
Mining and Milling company tot
over the Gold Road Mining and MI
ing company. with ]. c. Stanley, ge
eral manager in charge. The ne
company is composed Of Philadelph
business men, W J. Cleland, lar
carpet manufacturer, at the hea
These people have abundant capit
and as the property is a good one,
viii soon he developed into a payt
mine.
p. Il. Holdsworth, manager a
engineer Of the Scandinayian-Ame
can Dredging company, Is moving
large dredge to the Argo and VIC
VIII be commenced rs soon az
machinery Ia 10 mace Mr. Hol