Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-07-28
COL. MUNSEY BELIEVES
In SOUTHERN OREGON

Jim Hill intends to build a rail-
road through Grants Pass to the sea,
and it is my. opinion that 1t will be a
double track road, If not at first,
then not many years later. And it
is also my belief that within brief
period of time the suburbs of Grants
Pass will be ten miles from The Cour-
Ter office and smokestacks will be
active"
This statement was made in The
Courier office Saturday /. N. Munsey,
formerly of Cripple Creek, Goldfield,
Tonopah and other western camps,
and founder of Pascoe, Wash.
Col. Munsey was late arrival at
the mining congress, coming from his
home in Portland with six other min
ing investors, They came primarily
to go into the Chetco mining district,
and are now in that mineral field.
The party composes l. N. Munsey,
Kaiser, Holmes, Gardner, Bennett,
Bright and Brown.
Col Munsey was asked by The
Courier;
Where is Mr.. Hill going to send
his road when it reaches Grants Pass,
to- Crescent City?"
mo, sir, 1t is my belief that he
has no intention of going to Cres-
cent City. believe he will dip his
rails in the Pacific at Port Oxford.
You people at Grants Pass are hap
PLY located from Typographical and
geographical standpoint. This town is
to make a,city. The natural resources
tributary to Grants Pass compose a
wonderful field for investment. These
resources are latent now, but when
you get the transportation you are
certain to get in the not distant fu-
ture, you will see things humming
here. Building material in the ma.
tural state is one of the many re-
sources you have. | looked upon as
fine slabs of marble at the mineral
display at the mining congress here
as man ever polished for palace th,
lime ar cement industry in this re
gion can be developed into \ nam
moth one; the refractory ores of Jos
ephine county have so much wealth
locked up that 1t would be foolisl
to attempt to estimate it, and thi
wealth will be loosened when you ge
It in to your craniums to buy som,
simple concentrating tables anC
shake the mineral out Of the quartz
the timber resources in the ccuntr!
tributary to Grants Pass are to b.
counted in feet and dollars by stu
pendous sums; the furniture tina
could be manufactured from some o
this timber when you get transporta
tion, would supply the people Of
dozen states for years to come, gene
ration after generation; you hav
water power enough to satisfy tn
most exactng industrial territory o.
the globe you have irrigation an &C
complished fact, and | glory In you
spunk. and all told the Grants Pas
region is one of the richest In wesI
l ern America and Grants Pass a tow
destined to be a city. You have n
real rivals down here. Go on to vi'
r tory. You've got the bulge; why nc
70 use It?
Your mineral exhibit at The mil
ing congress was splendid. II VIZ
far ahead of the one at the Nortl
west Mining Congress which met
: May in Portland. like the way so
F" exhibited ore, that is by the hundre
9 and two hundred pound chunks, u
y method Of showing ore by the cigi
- box full Is a back number and brlnl
> no confidence to the investor. Yc
u people Of Grants Pass and Josephil
VI county did the thing right, and
won, as there we're men here ma
"a ing no noise, but who came to 81
E out this rich mineral field for cal
~ talists Of other states"
= Col. Munsey, to show his faith
~ the rich mineral fields of this cou
- ty. pointed to the fact that he ow
IN mining properties in the Chrt
=, country. and he brought his bt
y, 70 lness friends here to get in on some
the rich mineral acreage crying
a. development.
" The visitors will spend some la
- in the field. They will make m,
way 10 the coast, and return up {
- coast to Portland.
treawrv department shall be paid