Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-05-26
HENRY BRAZILE LEDGE OF RICH
WHITE QUARTZ
LOOKS LIKE A BONANZA
Grants Pass Men and DIR. Reddy Sc
cure Bond and Do De-
veloping

Another wonder strike of free
gold, this time In white quartz, was
made Friday west of Selma, and it
Is rival of the strike made by
Higgins on the Golden Dream claim.
The new strike is located between
Selma and the Higgins mine, being
between Hoover's gulch and Fall
creek, and was made by Henry T,
Brazile on a quartz claim known as
the Black Bear, recently located and
owned by Brazile and John c,
Shade, both old timers in this re-
gion. The ground lies a quarter
or half mile south of the Illinois
river in rugged region.
The Courier made brief mention
of the find in the Sunday issue of
this paper and the truth of the
richness of the discovery was veri-
fled this morning by j. T. Logan,
Joe Schmitt and j. R. Harvey.
Several hundred pounds of the
quartz were taken out and 1t is per-
meated with free gold, showing the
rock to be worth many thousands
of dollars a ton. Specimens of the
Quartz are on exhibition today in
the Josephine County bank and the
exhibit was a center of interest dur
ing the day, many persons taking a
look at the rich ore.
Although the find was made only
Friday, an option on the property
for six months was taken Saturday
by DR.. ]. F. Reddy, capitalist and
mining man of Medford, who hap
pened to be in the vicinity on a
'yeturn trip from an inspection of
the Higgins find. Several Grants
Pass men begged in, and DR.. Reddy
split his option with ]. r. Harvey,
W R. Nipper, ]. T. Logan and
Joseph Schmitt.
The new syndicate set crew of
men at work Immediately on the
discovery
Logan and Harvey state that the
ledge has been opened In four
places, covering a distance Of about
400 feet, and shows a clearly de-
fined, strong quartz ledge The
streak from which the picture rock
was taken measures from 5 inches
TO two feet wide, and not far from
this point the ledge widens to gen.
erous width. A bold flowing spring
breaks out of the rocks only 400
feet from the discovery, and good
timber for mining purposes is at
hand
The ledge has a strike northeast
and southwest and on a steep noun
tain, and near the discovery is a
fall of 1900 feet or more. Shade
and Brazile also own an extension
on the Black Bear which they dub
bed the Fairview.
The route to the new field from
Grants Pass is to Selma, and then
on the old copper trail, the same
route as is used to the Higgins mine
II was by the merest accident that
Or. Reddy and associates picked up
the property. The Medford capital
ist and the Grants Pass men were
returning from the Higgins mine
when they met Brazile coming down
a hill with a sack of quartz on bis
back. Harvey knew Brazile and
talk with the prospector soon re-
vealed that he had rich ore In the
sack. He told OF the find and
deal was made on the spot. Brazile
was given check Of between s4OC
to $500 70 cover return OF his ore
and the party took II In hand. They
went to the scene OF the strike yes
terday and made an inspection.
Rush work will be done on the
property and II is expected that an
other natures jewelry shop will soou
be- in operation.
An exciting incident in connection
with the find was that a German
ignorant of mining and mineral. wal
on tramp over the ridge OF thu
same mountain on which Brazil'