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VOL, III
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29J900
PROFESSIONAL OABDB.
JONEvS A H ill HA KICK,
riJYHII.'UNH AND 8UHUEONB.
, r. , Medford. Oregon
' MT Oflloe-Biewurl Mlook. ', !f " .
Q T. JON KB,
An or wl kiail ol Bunrnlna urooimlr done.
TMVounlj Surveyor eeb jlvi toil lie only
e ? ifTtrpn
I A iarSe Assortment lim
- of Shelf Hardware
NO. 29.
MINERS
legal work,
Milfori),0rKO
DRG. 13. COLE,
'" MIYH1CIAN AND 8UMOKON,
"''"'r i,! . .. '
OBloe over Wollera Jt Howard's Orocei Store.
MnlfurU, Oregon. j
G. w- STHPHUNSON,
I'llYSIClAN ANU HUIK1KUN,
Omoein iu t.lnillny Ulook
Medford, Orcoo.
Opal Ware. Granlteware,
.Tinware and Camp Stoves,
... Just Received
AWn . HTWTMP
.nun junumi f
OF SOUTHERN OREGON.
Nomertrmetiilietiiil wuii fdrepTla
i,uilDC" i SI""1, " tuM (at
ome gtr4 Bdrerihlinr material nod
try to fnroo the opening.
Tiik Mail fa a forcer
2200
SWORN CIRCULATION.
(Written exclusively for Thk Mail by a reliable representative.)
J. Beek&Co.
: i . ii u.u
First-class RiS FaslJonB Carefnl Drirers
UNION LIVERY STABLES
0. I'. 8NKLL,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW.
O&ctef JackMa UouDly Aoilract tod Collto
lion Co. , , . . .
Manilla Building, Medford Oregon.
.nn
EMIL De ROBOAM, Prop.
, Cor. Seventh and II SU. ncdiord, Ore.
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Noury I'ubllo
NARREOAN A NARRKOAN,'
ATrOKHKYH. AllhTIUCTEltB AND
l.ONVEVANtEKH,
Buccc.wra to J. 1J, Whllmnn.
Correct ab.truou of evory ploce of hind
In Jucknoti County.
Olio, tt Medford ll.nk, . Mrdford, Oregon
JJAMMOND A SKARLE,
ATTOHNK H AT LAW
DON'T LET THE FACT;
That I have the Urgent and beat aoleotod stock; of furniture,
- - ihvi mmu uiimw iiiHuvi uj oe louna in oouto
orn Oregon .. ".
Escape Your Attention... -
If you are a profiwctive purvhaur you will find my jfOodR
the hlgest In grade and
in connection
ho lowest in price. Undertaking
s Made a Big Strike.
II. B. Ve. a Dractical minnr
came her from KaliBDel. Montan
early in the spring to look over the
minea pBoutfjern OreKon. lis
we oyer the dwtrict and consumed
considerable time, in. studvinu for.
niatiqns, and Jb? propetieg vrbidh
wee n successful ooeratlon. , anil
UierJ to bond some of them, but th
flgurea were too, high, or, iyiroum
stances did not suit and he waa nn.
Buoceseful. He. final! v founrl "
piospect on Gall's oreek which had
oeen located by Frank Lawrei.o.
who had sunk a small shaft on it
nod taken out a pocket containing
$177. The appearance of the lerlffe
suited Mr, Nye and be bonded it
for fUOO, and, with assistance, went
to work on it. He work? r,nt
three weeks in runnine a tunnel in
on the course of the ledne ami
rewarded last week bv uncovering
- a
pocaet or pay chute of remark..
ble richness. The ouari ' Ki,,
ally knitted together with eold anri
is unquestionably the finest speci
men we have ever seen. The rook
Solid, but BO imnraonatasl .'o :
f -O " '" ID I,
work-d the mine long enough to
satisfy them of its value, and though
it is so sitUaUd that it can nnlw h
operated during the summer months
ana at the disadvantage of the loss
II,. tl 'L L-t m , . ..
j
mill then from 18 to 9per ton; but
was rich in base sulnhiirAfe ,,',1.
nobody here at that time knew - how
to save or treat.' Mr. Dunlan h.a -
one-stamp steam mill on tho
and says the ore mills: almost' Unl'
formly $8.25 "per (on,( but laee.y
from 180 tn n wu. 'y1
.1. .A.. "WEBB
(me la li.wact nik.
Mriirori), Or.
E. KIRCHGESSNER,
PIIYHICIAN AND HUKI1KON.
Central 1'oint, Oroiion.
a ..ii tn .-T ". nu aiifrr
J. 8. HOWARD,
HUKVKYOIt AND CIVIL BNOINKKK.
Uo(8'w!FJ,l.J"."'J:," ""rveror fortheSlAle
n vniviiKT wiurw;
MMirord, Oregon.
J. b. WAIT,
PHYSICIAN AND HDHOIION,
onlce In Llmllry lllock MtdforJ, or
E. B. PICKEL,
PIIYHICIAN 'AND BIIUOKU.M,
omc, l,kln mock. Mlford,Or
W. I. VAWian. I'm,. II. y. aokin., V Pre.
H L. OILKBY. Caabler.
K1UI8 HAVE ADVANCED
On nearly all kinds of Harness Material,
Leather and Furnishings, but .. ..
My Prices Remain Unchanged,
And are the Veky Lowkst, consistent with Hrst
olane mntcrlul and workmanship,
J. G. TAYLOR,
f , - - - - - - - - ViL.iV)l.
New lumber Yard
O. E. GORSLINE & SONS
MANUFACTUKKIIH OK AND DEAI.RK8 IN
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Fir and Pine Shingles
Rustic and Flooring -
ThrA VMiinii,
Thoroughly Seasoned
Medford, Oregon
Yard South of
Warebouae
Jackson
Comity
hi
...CAPITAL, $50,000...
MEDFORD, OREGON
Loan moasy on; approved aecurlty; rtoelvo'!d.
f!H "uojeet to oheck and trnnaaot a KOnora
, uumntvnm. .our nuainoHa aouolloil.,
ConrmponrientJi:-Ladd lluKh, Bnlott. Ann
Sf.."ori!! an,' s,n Krauolaco. LadJ
. ..u. ronianu, uorom llanklnf CO., N. Y,
J. H. 8TWART, Jl, E ANKBMT,
fre.ldent. ' .. Vice PnmMent
J.E. BNYAHT, Coahlor.
The riedford Bank
Mioroao, Oaioon
Capital, $50,000.00
A Genera) Banking Business
. . . . Transacted
' ' '" DIRKCT0R8 " '
- w rTi.--1!1.' A".ke!V'.. K- Roberta
il W. K.Townt, llomoe l'olton . .
8. Chiiders,
AH kinds of Brick and Stono
Work done; can furnish matorial
for any kind of work. Estimates
promptly given.
See Me before You Build.
Prescriptions '
Main Street, :
THE MORTAR
DRUG STORE,
G. H. RASKINS, Prop'r. "
PAINTS No OliR.
TobiM cigar., Perfumery, Tollel Article, ana
Carefullv Compounded.
- aamasoia Oregon.
FRANK W. WAIT SS:
... STONE YARD
Gonoral contracting In all lines of stono works
Cemetery Work
a .Specialty ' Hi
a .Specialty
All kinds of marble and eranlto moriuments
uiuuruu uit-uybirom tno quarry.
Vnrd nn n HMn,-
OommerlelaLHotol Dlook . , P
with gold that its parte of each
seem about equal. Mr. Nye has
paid up on the land and now ha
clear title. His purchase embrace
about seven acres of land and it ;
not improbable that there are other
ledges near by equally as valnuble
as this one. Mr. Nve has tafcn
out already MOOO and there are
fully if 10.000 still iu sight. A good
part of the rock is beiiie sacked Ami
slored in a place of safetv. but tnmr,
of it is too valuable to leave outslilR
of a bank vault and it was brought
to Medford and left with the Med
ford Bank. While there is a snug
litlle fortune in sieht for Mr. Ttfu
mere is still the alraoBt certaintv
that the vein will show nn 1 thpr
noh chutes as development work
goes on. .Mr. Nye has men at work
pushing his tunnel further in on
me leoge, and a ereat amount nf
ore is being taken out that will go
irom f lb to $ 20 per ton. Mor win
be said of this rich finrl
- 'UliUCI
developments are made. The Maii
is rejoicing over Mr. Nve's siirvvsa
because ttat he had nerve enough
to put in money and labor whr
othera have been scratching around
lor years hunting for "sleepers."
The indications were there and h
has demonstrated that the gold also
was there. . There are manu -in,;.
Jar locations in Southern Oregon,
ana an that is wantinc in nmV.
mines of them is men with nerve.
energy, and a practical roininz
knowledge. -
Of the winter rainfall, vet ?Jl'l""W M
rreeWlhaskave,
.link u. ci. . -.c '"uitet-nincnes in, width.
rates, be oing is-dpxtv-feet
from the surface. Thn o'ii. . '
peculiar, some sections being gr'ajiite.
and slate, immediately-Alternating
with granite' and ' rinnh,t'4 tu:.
is the first stateiheiit'of this fcharac
tr that has ever been 1 made Io Th
Mail( and such-change in wall for
mation is entirely' hew: to if. ' 'Mr.
Dunlup will develdn
fast as his means will permit him
to do SO.' 1 i ; t n , r
fick;.toMt; Sterling AS Inner na it
yield the returns it has since they
have owned it." A.! Chiimr,' a-. 1
claim 'a'ouarter of rriiio.A.;,!. 'r
Slpyer d ,McComb1(and is working
it by the ground-sluice
doing well. . The water eupply for
ootn mese claims is wholly obtained
irom eprines and mn tir'.n..
Stover and McComb have a "num
ber of reservoirs and short di'ha.
and are enabled by these auxiliaries
to concentrate enoueh waUr fn' An
quite a large amount of work dur
ing, the summer. , Mr.,, Anderson
says the mountain is literally a net.
work of quartz leads, and niri .11
of them are more or ; less mineral
ized, i Quite a number' have beeq
located by California people . and
will be prospected durine the nnm.
mer and fail. ' !
E P. Dunlap, who has been wnrW
ing on a ledge for J. R. Mitchell at
tne root of old Gold Hill, for the
past seven months, was up from the
mine me hrst of the week and re
ports operaiionseu-pended. rwrnlinn
an appeal to the supreme court from
the judgment of the circuit court
Jacksonville. It aiiwars frn.., r.
Dunlap's statement, that Mr m;m,
eli bought the ledge of J. J. Houck.
of Gold Hill, and had been enggP.
in developing it for the oast eitfiit
months, and that during this time
E. W. Anderson, who has been
working at the. Stover A Mnrnmt,
nydraulio mine, on Sterling moun
tain, for the past two mnntho .o,
- "- f VI u U1U
aown tne last of the . week and
Drought with , him I134.IS0 wfeini.
he sold at the bank. " The plalm
situated below the Anele A Rm-r,
quartz lead. The nold mav h rnn.
sidered as all coarse, some of the
pieces weighing five or six dollars
-iEPFOilbl'pfefido-
.rT.h?u,MlnJ,n(r of Otoiron for
sale at this oflico. Prloo 25 oonts.
JHCKSOKVILLE WBLE WORKS
J. O. WHIPP, Prnrr.
uoes General Contracting in all Lines.
T i, v ....
"' rouen nnaree cold na ... . y --r ,.
came directly from a led. iw . 1 Ivma 0 , discovering none
is ho indication of wash or wear on i!'? ' & mU ' V0' JU,uPed the
"""m. a oau, jop. , it would
the land was patented to th m
road company, which sold it f n.
nay, giving a Quit claim dP.l ihc
lor. After the purchase Dr R.
claimed the land and of course
everything within the limits of the
purchase, inc udinp thn lri era fm
"
Miicneil relused to honor his claim
or quit work, and the Dr.
an injunction and stopped further
operations until the matter could
oe settled. The case nam nn k.
fore Judge Hanna and was decided
advereely to Dr. Rav. who anneal,.,!
it to the U. S. district court at Port
land, and it is now undergoing in
vestigation before that COlirt. Tlin
ledge is narrow, but the nn r.ri.
all rich specimens. A tnnnol k..
been run in 300 feet, crosscutting
the vein, which at everv ooiiit nm.
I J-.wu
peciea, snows the same rich speci
men ore. Mr. Dunlap sava th
seems to be no variance in th arkJ
of the ore. It mills about 1200 per
iuu, peaiaeg lne concentrates whioh
parry large values.. The formation
is distinctly volcanic, and mmnn.i
- i 1JIUJ1. 4
chiefly of basaltic iron, with
less notable volcanic debris.
E. P. Dunlap is Drosnentina a
promising ledge in the Blackwell
hills, about three-quarters of a milo
west ot Tolo. Diok Ish and W t
Plymale located
- --'-' ewwv
thirty-six years aeo and nnnlr .
shaft on it twenty-three feet deep.
This was in the day of pockets, and
Mr. Hosmer arid Mr. XnA
of b oota creek, do nn. .KtnK
gold output of the ,creek ,is tmucli
larger than usual on accnnntnrii..
extreme shortness of the season, oc-
caeionea Dy. ,j8ck of, spow,iP1,the
mountains. , Mr, . Hosmer , said as
soon as the . rains were, : over, ,the
waier supply, diminished, so, ,last
that the mining eeason was pxacti
cally over with those whose: claims
were near the hrads of streams.. The
Husmer Co. claim is near th .
of the creek and is laritelv denend.
ent upon a continuous rainfall , for
water. When taeie is a hea
fall in the mountains the seaanr. ;
prolonged by the r?radnl ,,oli:.
of the 3now and is much hetter r.
claims so situated than a good rain-
m.i, such as that of laat.
without snow. Mnv .if .:. '
lower down on the creek did much
better than usual. 'This is notably
the case with B. A. Cook & Sons,
who made the lareest olenn'.nn'
the history of the mine.
We are informed bv R H pL
of the Pearce Jt Son hydraulic nine,
of Forest creek, that they have jusb
completed cleanine un and th.t .k
season's run has been entirely sat
isfactory. Mr. Pearce
mine is of that characteristic that
if they had the Sterling watr n
ileges it could not be hnhi
tlOO.OOO. The mine is fo ,:fuf
they areconslantly handioanned
a suitable waUr supply, except, of
course, during a heavy and contiu
uous rain. The bank ia dean aa
the nature of the formation such as
to require a large volume nf
and heavy pressured Much of the
gold is coarse and all of it is of fine
quality. ' With a favorable 'RPnCAra
next year they expect: to' make
handsome showing; .:;
Dr. Jas. Braden,
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS.
.Taoksonville.
CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Oregon.
any of it. The specimens appear
in au sorts 01 lantastio shapes and
many of them are rare, brillloni
and beautiful. Mr. Anderson saved
a lot of the prettiest ones to sell nr
retain as valuable ourio keepsakes!
The altitude of the mine. Mr. Andar.
son" thinks, is not far from 7000 feet,
and, on account of tliis fact, it mn!
not be worked durine the Win I nr
months, as the water is . frozen C up.
The mine can be.onerated .from
about thn first, nf Mavtn iUn li ..f
I November. Stover A MoComb have J
of Grild Wilt
who went to San Franoisoo to' pur
chase machinery for his mine near
Gold Hill, has returned. 'Th'riA '
tor is an all-round rustling' and
prncucai ousiness man and comesr
as near knowing wnat a nrnnnoii s
is wheu'he sees it as' any man in
the country'. He';
prising and full of business, and riot
afraid to invest in Southern Oregon,
Men of this' class build up a rinnnl
try, advertise 'it' abroad, give' ib
a standing and start thiuis in mr.
nun una mase mem go.
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