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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1875)
, . "-lfSg - - VOL. 1-Ko. 2. POHTLAXH, OREdO.S, SEPTEMBER, 1875. USMSS'J'cSmi" I J V -,11,1' if rWi t u , . , i(IKii?MVfi!M i c tx jt jt ,u .it rami lift V .Ti J '.'.m,J -"-.jf-.i-. : 'I:. . , I T'i ;J ' 1 , ' H '! 'U IN '.i IS-L" 1 111 UVo' it fell Lt VST..??' i o fi i I'1 : I. .ilUlfl' L.i, v:l 1 Jf- - ' Wf s ft '-s IV p I . 'a-i .. , i 1 !"lil! ;i :V'i J flH m t & I, V -All J I i ''s 1 t 7N ! t " -4 r i 4.- if tsmMmtn,;y -Vr' , 'xv,,". ..,'vi1 OPHELIA. OurngrnTlng rapreionu (lie fonll Ophell. (from Uuinlet), aftar her mind became hopolpuly Cocilo fttrni grtflf fbrtlie madneu of hor low death of hor fKtber. Rhs wnndored Hbout, al tier own loal will, bmleekod with fnntutt finery, oliKriUui inMolio of old bnllatU, and od day cllmblnt a willow thnt ituod on a margin ( a brook, to hang a gurlmid on It fltr ronohlng bough, Uioilmidor limb broko and ih wu prt climted Into (he itream. " Her olollici spread wido, And mormnld like, awhile tlioy horo her up, Which time, the olmnted natchoa of old luuev, An one lunapnblo of her own dlHtrpnti, Or like n creature native and Indu'd - Unto that element hut long It ootild not be, vTi1l thnt her garment,, heavy wllli Ihelr drink 1'u 1 I'd the poor wretch from lior muloillouu luy Tointuldyduiitli," OPIiKUA. CINNAliAR IN SOUTH KRN OKKGON, THE UNKOUSD K1CII I.EIlrtR. For monlhi pimt, word linn been coming fmra portions of Hotitht-rn Oregini of the oceanlonal Iliullng of leilKenor iuIiioh of olnnahar tho red iiilphnret of nicrenry.or (Uk'kHllvnr, Al J'ct, IhoHO dlRcovertes huvo been iniula iniwlly ) Ihmglns coiuity.nnd InllieHouthorn portion ofrt Only one or two "tlnda" Imvo been reported ta JavkMou county, and nelllierof them ofnnieh oount, apparently, lint tliero Is In thnt county omowhuro a vein or mine, yet to ho ulrtick, from which wiu taken, yean ago, the rlehent pteen of olnunbur ever found on tlita whole I'nelflo Const, up to that time, far at known, not except I m any from Hie amniiH inlnea nt Now Almnden, Or the mora rtcontly dleeovorod mine of New Idrl. Jtut where ihli letlge or mine li, however, la tb particular mid very Important question to b aolvud. I am sure of this, though that It la not ahovo Iweniy-Jlvo mltea from what uied to b known na Jewetl'a Perry, on Koguo HWer, on th Slag rt'tmiuni-'kHonville to Hoaebtirg, nfteaa yean agoiJlfpnrnrrp jwiwdia WHAT I KNUW ABOUT IT. la July, IWU, while on a abort visit In Ban Frna elaeo, from J nek sou vl lie, I received through Wella, Fargo A Co. Express, a puck age coulaia Ing a piece of olnnabar of about three pound weight, with the rciueal that 1 would have M assayed. 1 look U to Juslti, Humor A Co,, lb beat aasaylng flnu of that dny there, and ou call ing for the assay at Ihe appointed time, Mr. Justh, Willi whom I wua well umpinlnUid, tlrl wished mo to lull him where Ihe ore wnsfounj, niul whatever elav I could Imparl In rulutlou lo ti. He then bunded tnc the assay uerll tlcate. It guve nltove T0,nnd 1 am pretty aura It hum a f niello Iukh than 74 per oeut, of o,uieksllver but (ta 1 de pend solely on my recollection na lo tho exnat itasny, 1 cannot any absolutely llml I have alutatt 1 he percentage corral ly, At any rate, Mr. JnsLk, who was an Hungarian of much mining expert once In hliown country ,aml hiul been In the uxHiiy lug bus I nowi for yours In Han Fniuelsoo, told we thnt It was the richest clnnnlinr he Imd ever sueo much richer than any over broiiKht from New Almudcn. Hut hud no lufprinallon of coiiie tjuunco at thul lime to Impart, becnuso the or hud ootno Into the Hnehslti of the friend wti had forwitrded 11 from Jackson county lor nsstty auvorol days alter my departure fur Bun Kraa . clsoo, Justhmadeliberulolluraofmoneytoopam and Work tbu iiiiuo If It prospected agreeably to hla eipcctalloiui, and also aald he would send expert to look at IL Aa a mailer of course, 1 could give him no encouragement, but prom last" to lot him know by letler after my return nu4 upon an tnvosilgatlonof lh oondlllon of thing the location of th mine, Its ownership, via. A QURMT AFT Eft IHFOHMATIOIf. 1 got buck to Jacksonville curly lit August, aud waa nol long In pushing the linorlatil luiulrl. It seems my friend hud lallen In with ou uf Us Jcwctt bntlben who owned tho llogu Itlvtr ferry; that eueh waa vary sangulitti In the beltar that untold nnd Incalculable mineral wealth II hidden In the hills and burs arid river bedaoftk country all about) and that both wer ready fe Join In a.achem lo prospect for, discover, de velop, and secure acme of thta vast wealth, li wua a year of gold quart excitement, because t two noloi wry rich dlscovertes-lb lilcka mra oo Jackson Creek, a mil or o from town, aiut the lah mine on Gold lllll, len mile north, noar Itugu Ittver. Hut where did that apeelmen af cinnabar come from T-thal waalhe all-auMirblng question. My friend did not know; Jewettooulat no Ull. All l hat he could tell about It waa aa lollowai Two years before, It waa given to hlat by an Indian of th Itogue Hlver tribe, who had (ought under Ibelr great elder, "Old John," against the U. ft, troops under CapU A. J. Hmltk, (now a Urigadler Uaneral) and Col. John Ho' Oregon volunteers. JeweU bad bean kind to bim, and allowed blm to live about hla plaot at