Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-01-27
MINING EXPERT TELLS
OF ALMEDA'S RICHNESS

Mining and Scientific Press or San
Francisco visited the Almeda mine
some time ago and evidently made
careful examination of the property,
and he gives some facts relating to
it which are worth notice. This
mine is attracting great deal of at
tention from the better class of min
ing journals of the country and
many experts are finding their way
into the Galice district and are max
ing thorough investigation of the
property. The correspondent of the
journal above mentioned says
"The Almeda Consolidated Mines
company, operating in Galice dis
trict, has over 5000 feet of develop
ment, whereby strong vein Of gold,
silver and copper ore has been open
ed 1900 feet on its strike, and to
depth of 500 feet. The mine is open
ed by adit levels, and by a 500-foot
vertical shaft. The work of tapping
the vein by a cross-cut from each
100-foot station Is now in progress.
The ore body Is made up Of three
distinct seams: The first containing
Is feet of first-grade ore, the Sec
ond having about 35 feet of second
grade, and third seam Of low-grade
stuff. The width between the walls
| is about 100 feet. The ore Is sui
phide, and is nearly self-fluxing The
mine is we'll equipped with gasoline
engines for hoisting and operating
an air compressor and dynamo; also
one steam engine. A plant for semi
pyritic smelling was recently finish
ed. 1t contains copper-matting
furnace, ore crusher, elevator, ore
bins of 5000 tons and coke bins of
500 tons capacity. The installation
of basic-lined converter Is con-
templated, whereby the matte may
be reduced to blister copper. The
furnace has not been blown in; and
this will not be done until the hard
surface auto-truck road Is finished
from Galice to Leland, a distance Of
Is miles thus enabling the company
to haul in its coke supply at the cost
of about 81 per ton. The property
Is under the management of John F.
Wickham."
The Pacific Outlook of this city
mentions the recent big strike in the
Almeda as follows:
"The announcement that some
very rich ore has been found at the
Almeda mine at the 900-foot level
of a shaft now being sunk, is further
indication of the Importance of that
district This find proves that the
ore Is richer at greater depth and
that the ore body runs from the top
Of the hill to point far below water
level. or more than 1000 feet This
is said to be the most important dis
covery ever made on the property" p"
The same paper speaks OF the Or
ganization of a new company which
gives promise Of being highly sue
cessful. The account read:
Among the latest mining COM
panles organized in the southern
Oregon field Is the Three Lodes
Mining company, Incorporated re-
Gently in Medford Their property
consists OF eight full claims In the
Galice district, two Of them being
on the Big Yank ledge and four OF
them on the same ledge as the
Oriole.
"The company claims that ore Is
in sight on all the eight claims, and
where one fork Of Galice cuts
through the Big Yank lead It shows
the lead to be three hundred feet IN
width, and the outcrop up the hill
, side shows thousand feet OF ore In
depth. The tunnel Is in ore at the
start. Cuts that have been run or
several other places on the property
, have a good showing Of ore that as
SAYS from IS to s12 per ton. There
, are good water rights and power
sites on the property. as we'll al
, plenty OF water to drive all ma
chlnery that would be required tC
work Il. The ore bodies can be tap
ped with tunnels driven In from 1000
to 1900 feet and with cross-cuts ant
up-raises. A large amount Of ore
can be blocked ont and taken ou
through the tunnel at a great dea
less expense than hosting III
through shafts
2 "a large number Of mines are 10
= Gated in the immediate locality
/ among them are the Golden Wedge
Sugar Pine. Spokane, Black Bear
E Carlton group and Golden Pheasant
e All the above mines have either ma
r chinery installed or are being deyel
4 oped and gotten ready for the ma