THE MORNING. OKEGONIAN,, WEDNESDAY,. JANUARY 1, 3.902.
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ern corner of Josephine County, Is an
other historic mining district. At the
present time. Grave Creek is a mass of
ditches, pipes and flumes from one end
to the other. The largest and most pro
ductive hydraulics of the district, are the
Columbia. Steam Beer, Lewis and Arch
er. Each of these mines operate from
two to four giants, have good water rights
and from 300 to 400-foot pressure. The
gravel of the district is a loose red and
gray strata, easily worked and very pro
ductive of coarse gold.
In every district of Josephine County
there are numerous minor enterprises,
operating a 6lngle giant, or perhaps only
running a ground-sluice, but the latter
are becoming more scarce each year, as
they are being bought up by the capital
ists and converged into larger and more
profitable hydraulic enterprises. During
this past Summer many new hydraulic
mines were developed In the county, and
have begun business this "Winter. There
yet remains many auriferous gravel beds
in the outlying districts that would make
good placer gold producers if properly
equipped.
Quartz Mining:
Southern Oregon, or Josephine County,
the heart of the mineral belt, has been
a hydraulic and placer mining district
mainly for the reason that more attention
has been paid to that class of mining.
Much more capital, mechanical skill and
scientific experience is required in the
opening up of a quartz property than is
necessary in a placer mine. But to the
future output of placer gold from Joseph
ine will be added the yield of the quartz
mines, as every district, of late. Is be
coming possessed of its rich bullion pro
ducers. The stamo mills of the several
established quartz mines, are having their
batteries Increased, crews are being dou
bled, plants and equipment are being
added to, and the shafts are being fear
lessly sunk deep down, for mining men
are being brought to the realization that
the Josephine quartz mines are not mere
pockets, but permanent, paying ledges.
Were the truth known, Josephine Coun
ty would be known to the world as the
proud possessor of the biggest big thing
under the sun In the nature of quartz
ledges. In the Gallce district lies undis
turbed and unmolested, just as nature
left It ages ago In the process of forming
mountains, and digging canjons, the Big
Tank ledge. This mammoth quartz vein
ranges from 30 to 250 feet In width, and
has been traced through the Josephine
Mountains a distance of 40 miles. The
ledge possesses values in free gold and
eulphurets ranging from $2 50 to $40 per
ton, although there have been bunches
discovered along its course that have pro
duced as high as $250 per ton. This great
vein has possibilities of becoming more
than the Treadwell of Alaska, which, with
their Immense batteries, are pounding
out many fortunes each season from rock
that averages but $1 74 per ton. Capi
tal can make of the Big Yank what
capital has made of the famous mines of
the north.
Josephine County is Just entering Its
business era In the matter of quartz min
ing. "While It possesses a dozen good
quartz bullion producers, the greater and
larger mines are yet to be developed, from
the fact that the largest and richest ledges
are yet lying idle with their hidden mil
lions, under the protecting cover of the
mountain depths. The future of Josephine
County as a quartz-mining region Is very
brilliant. This Is proved from the good
results being obtained by those mines
that have ventured down, and by the
multitude of ledges that are being dally
brought to light.
Josephine's Gold Ontpnt.
"While the output of gold from Josephine
County for the past year, as in any other
mining district, cannot be stated accu
rately, the following figures will show
within a few thousand dollars the amount
of placer and quartz gold Josephine has
con.trIbu.ted -to the .wprld's output of yel
low metal this past year. Each district
named is the leading district of each of
the four corners of the county, and em
brace all the surrounding and minor dis
tricts: '
Althouse mining district S 45,120
alao mining district 55,000
Williams mining district 80.070
Galice mining district 62.100
Grant's Pass mining district 16O00
Grave Creek and Mount Reuben.... 25fi(XK)
Total ..............$501 290
DENNIS H. STOVALL,
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COOS AND CURRY.
Intelligence, Energy and Capital
Xeeded to Get Good Reaults.
The mining Industry of Coos and Curry
Counties for the past two years has not
been so flourishing as In former years.
The lack of Interest in this respect Is due,
no doubt, to the great demand for labor
ers in the various other enterprises, and
especially the dairy and lumber industry
of the two counties.
There are about 50 men employed delv
ing after the precious metal on Salmon,
Johnson Creek and the South Sixes. The
"well-known Salmon Mountain mine Is now
In charge of George Hall, who has for
the past year been doing development
work on a small scale, having only a few
men employed. Mr. Hall has been ne
gotiating a sale of the mine, and it is
expected that a new company will be
formed In the near future and that work
will be carried on more extensively than
ever before.
There are a number of other mines on
Salmon and Johnson Creeks, as well as
the South Sixes, which are being worked
this Winter on a small scale. The Dlvil
bllss quartz claim, which is about three
miles from the Salmon Mountain mine,
is at a standstill. This is where a five
stamp "quartz mill was placed about 1893
by a company formed at Marshfleld.
About the time the mill was ready for
operation the company got Into litigation
and since then practically nothing has
been done with the mill or mine.
The Myrtle Point Mining & Develop
ment Company, a company formed in
Myrtle Point, is making preparations to
have a force of men at work on their
ledge, which Is a short distance only
from the Divilbliss mine.
On the South Sixes there are a number
of mines which prospect well. The Har
rison Bros., William Lusk and Collier
Bros., of Coqullle, have a number of
men employed developing their mines.
The Thompson ledge, in this vicinity,
will be worked with a small force. This
company has expended considerable mon
ey In running tunnels, having run two
of 150 feet each, and they are well pleased
with the prospects. It Is estimated that
at least $3500 was expended last year In
this mining district in the way of de
velopment work. The amount of gold
produced Is estimated at $11,000.
The Sixes mine, the Salmon Mountain
mines and the Johnson Creek mines, all
evidently belong to the same mineral belt,
and the immense quantities of gold which
have been found in the beds of these
streams, besides that which still remains,
must certainly have been deposited there
by slides breaking away from the adja
cent mountains and carrying down a por
tion of one of these rich gold-bearing
ledges. The miner -who finds one of these
rich gold-bearing lc'dges, "in plac6," will
be considered very fortunate Indeed. A
great amount of prospecting has been
done in this region, but it has been done
principally b7 persons of limited means,
and those who are not very well skilled
In the art of searching for gold-bearing
veins "in place." What is most needed
to develop the rich mineral resources of
this locality is energy, skill, perseverance
and well directed labor, with ample means
to back it; and then will hese JOjhnepn
Creek Mountains become a great wealth
producing region ot country.
ORVILLE DODGE.
Myrtle Point. - - -
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ST. HELENS MINING DISTRICT
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Large and Rich Section In Washington Being Developed
by Portland Capital iff Proposed Railroad Connections
THE St. Helens mining district lies
In a peculiar position. The terri
tory Is within the State of Wash
ington, yet is not tributary to Tacoma,
Seattle or Spokane, being more like a
suburb of the city of Portland than a
region of Interest to Washington people.
This situation has largely made the ter
ritory isolated from the channels of pub
licity, the newspapers of the Northwest,
so that, while other mining regions trib
utary to the leading commercial cities of
Washington have been given the largest
notice, this St. Helens region, "lying
down near Portland," was for many years
passed by with as much silence by the
Washington papers as though the region
really lay In Oregon. Oregon, full of
mines and mineral regions, afforded am
ple matter for the Oregon newspapers
without specially referring to the regions
outside her borders. Those Interested In
the region felt the force of the situation
as stated, hardly knowing where to send
news if they had any, and so for years
little was said to the public or known
about one of the richest mining regions
on the whole Coast.
The region, too, was too near Portland
to be interesting, while such far-away
regions as Alaska and the North British
possessions were open for exploitation.
Portland alone sent millions to" the far
away frozen North, a tenth of which. If
It hid been Judiciously invested In the
St. Helens mining district, would by this
time have turned a stream of money Into
this city. Of course, the state of iha
tuny trails to the region, many of them
over dizzy heights and crossing divide af
ter divide, gave to the early prospective
investor a -wrong Impression of the lay
of the ground of the region relative to
Its marketability by future railroads, had
a great deal to do with the lack of more
active development there.
To go Into the district on a splendid
road in a few hours, as one may now
soon do, gives the present newcomer no
Idea of this feature of the past in that
particular. The new wagon road reaches
Spitit Lake, but another road Is now be
ing planned, for next Summer to reach
the North Toutle camps, up that stream
from Carlson's. A thira road is also pro
jected from the lake and the North
Toutle to Lewis River, along the route of
the P. V. it Y. R. R. route.
Proponed Itnilroad Lines.
As the Portland, Vancouver &. Yakima,
the Tacoma & Eastern and the Northern
Pacific are already extending lines to
wards the district, and the Ladds have
surveyed a line north to their own prop
erties from Washougal, wagon roads
may be taken to be but the forerunners
of railroad connection to be made com
plete in a very brief time. The first
railroad to reach the region will natural
ly have much the best of the situation
for all time, which probably accounts for
the present and prospective activity along
railroad lines relative to that section.
The Northern Pacific has had its mining
experts In the region twice during the
past season, examining the mines, sam
pling the ores and giving some good ad
vice as to the methods of working there.
As these people have recently gone over
the Middle Toutle route, it seems proba
ble that they are thinking of a branch
from their main line at Castle Rock .
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company has had men with diamond
drills at work In the Tilden coal fields,
In the northern part of the St. Helens
mining district, and private Information
Is to the effect that the results of their
work there has been very satisfactory
as to the character and quantity of the
coal discovered. A query Is naturally
raised whether the O. R. & N. Is to use
one of the lines already building or pro
jected under other names, or whether it
will run an entirely new line through the
region from some place on their line
in any event going through the district
from one end to the other.
The Portland, Vancouver & Yakima Is
naturally Portland's line. As this line
is already graded to within 20 miles of
the district, and promises to reach there
next year, the people of this city can
now feel certain that they are to have a
feeder Into the region. The recent action
of the Commercial Club of North Yakima
and the Chamber of Commerce of Port
land In this particular will no doubt
hasten the construction of this line. With
vast bodies of low-grade ores, coal fields
and timber everywhere, the St. Helens
district offers such Inducements as rail
roads are open to consider and eagerly
seek to gain control of. All the mineral
products of the district, even with mat
ting plants and smelters In the region,
will be low-grade copper bullion, carry
ing gold and silver, meaning tonnage to
the railroads.
Vast Extent of the District.
One feature of the St. Helens mining
district, or, more properly, the Mount St.
Helens mining region, is Its vastness. Its
width Is not less than 15 miles, while In
length it extends from the Washougal
end, where the Ladds, Portland's bank
ers, have Joined with Jonathan Bourne
in the Last Chance and Hidden Treasure
properties, in which there is said to be
already Invested $200,000, covering a ter
ritory six miles long by four miles wide,
to the O'Connor claims on the lower
North Toutle. is a distance of twenty
five miles. In all this intervening ground
many rich properties are found and much
development lias already been done.
The mineral lies in well defined veins
or in dikes of great extent, the dike at
the Earle being at least 500 feet in width,
beyond which up the mountain-side
again occur several well marked veins
situated between "walls of a species of
granite.
The Mining Corporation, Ltd., of Port
land, with offices in the Marquam build
ing, which is at present the most active
influence in the upper St. Helens region.
Is demonstrating to the world, as are
other interests also actively therein en
gaged, the greatness of the veins, their
permanency In depth, and the high grade
of their products. With copper even at
a low price, the gold and silver which
these ores contain, and their high grade
as to copper, will always make them
desirable properties.
The Cascadla Mining Company Is con
tinuing its good work at the Minnie Lee
and the Polar Star, and their showings
continue good. They are fitted for work
all Winter and next Spring will doubt
less show continued improvement in this
property. The Index property, of the
Olsons, has fallen Into the hands of the
Mining Corporation, Ltd. Assessment
work alone was done last year, but deep
cross-cutting will begin with the advent
of Spring.
The Goat Mountain Company Is driving
a working tunnel which will open up the
veins on the property at great depth.
The Earle crosscut tunnel Is now in a
depth of 200 feet. In the porphyry dyke,
which has not yet been crossed. The first
vein of rich ore is expected at the ena
of this dyke, a contact between it and
the country rock. This property may yet
be one of the great things of St. Helens,
although opinions so far differ as to its
abiding value. Six tunnels have been
drifted on veins on this property, 500 feet
In all. At any rate, careful development
work is being done there, and If the
present people In possession continue to
have faith in the property they will be
able to determine this much-mooted ques
tion In due time. Several veins crop in
Samson Creek, which the crosscut tunnel
will eventually cut at depth. If the work
continues. W. W. O'Connor has a con
tract upon the property, which will take
blm until Spring to finish.
Assays Snow 40 Per Cent In Lead.
The Ripper and Chief are well-markea
galena properties, assays from which have
run as high as 40 per cent in lead. These
properties lie near the Chicago proper
ties, and belong to Hostetter & McClure,
prospectors, who have so far declined to
sell, having done 100 feet of tunnel w6rc
on the properties during the past season.
The Last Hope Is a promising proper
ty, handled by Portland people, which
shows a wide vein of low-grade ore, and
is a promising proposition.
The Young America, the Wlldwood, the
Climax and the Washington properties,
exploited by the Belghle Company, large
ly now In other hands, continue to show
up "well, all being gold, silver and "copper
properties. They all He upon Spirit Lake.
Lange Bros., of Chehalls, are opening
P a great dyke just north of Spirit Latce
They have had the property for 'many
years, and have been doing only the as
sessment work up to this time, but pi&n
on opening up the property on a larger
scale next season. They will all move
with their families to Spirit Lake In Feb
ruary, where, between their sawmill and
mines, they will become active factors in
the future development of the district.
The Juniette, of Reynolds, Stewart &
Laumann, has made some splendid show
ings for the Summer's work. Its owners
are full of enthusiasm over its condi
tion, recent assays having given as high
as $S0 per ton In values, copper, sold and
silver.
The Little Octavla continues to keep the
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Herewith we present to The Oregonian readers a picture of the new Star
brewery, in process of erection at Vancouver, Wash. The cut is from a
photograph of the outline drawings of Emll Schacht, the well-known archi
tect, and It gives an excellent Idea of the size, stjle and architectural beauty
of the structure as it will appear when completed In the early Spring of the
present year. It will be five stories in height, and fitted up with the very
latest brewing appliances to be had in this country, and this means that its
equipment will be second to none in the United States; and when Its first
brew Is Placed upon the market next Spring, the Star brewery will afford its
patrons the privilege of partaking of just such a delicious beverage as has
given fame to Hop Gold beer throughout the Pacific States.
4-ha . i hc news, no doubt, to many Portlanders to know that the Star was,
the first brewers' erected on the North Pacific Coast. Its beer has always
? enviable reputation, and Is today noted for its purity and strength;
u5 Jlhen thc w.,heels ln the, new building begin to turn, then will be appar
?5nl ,ir?2t.a.duVan?emenJt ln beer-brewing science between the product of
today and that then turned out.
rnPn?25E!Z JrelwIdi PraWent of the company, has a large force of
m,r "5? ejnPtoyed n the foundation of the building, and will give the struc
shnn hhLP!lsili;1 4?Hen,Uon. VntilJotnPleted- When this is accomplished we
n? IU c "ec tha.M- Adam Mueller, the genial outside representative
?nfl Vim company, will be possessed of more than his ordinary cordiality
?Ar th fcit--t. 0,r " as i e selection that placed the responsibility
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legal air in St. Helens alive. For seven
years the parties in contest have been
carrying on this legal warfare. Both
sides have been doing work upon the lead
this season, and the showings are grand.
A 10-foot pay chute on the foot wall of
tiro vein .shows solid sulphides carrying
gold of a high value. The camps on the
Yellow Metals and the Chicago, on the
same great lead above, have for the Win
ter been shut down, the management
deeming it best to expend its energy upon
its other properties ln the district for the
present. Patents have Just been taken
for its leading claims in these two groups.
The -Ironclad Company, of which Dr.
P. L. McKenzie, of Portland, is presi
dent, is pushing the work on Its proper
ties, recently acquired from A. Hoofer
Dr. McKenzie has just made a personal
Inspection of the properties, and every
body speaks well of the property.
The Germanla recently struck its first
mineral seam ln the crosscut It is driv
ing Into Goat Mountain. It Is a rich sul
phide, quite characteristic of the" dis
trict. It will do continuous work.
The Golden Crown, recently Incorporated
in Portland, has built good Winter quar
ters and is drifting Into the vein which
it has recently opened. This property lies
ln Paradise Valley at its upper end, be
ing one of the Spirit Lake camps, the
Spirit Lake region being this Winter a
veritable beehive of activity.
The work on the Norway continues to
show up well. Mr. Wilson, a practical
mining man from Republic, has charge of
this work, and he writes that he Is well
pleased with the prospects and the char
acter of the ore being mined.
Work ln Sight for This Year.
Bronze Monarch, where Andy Olson, one
of the early and reliable men of the St.
Helens district. Is foreman, continues to
pile up Its rich ores. It Is said that for
every $100 expended In driving the pres
ent tunnels, not less than $1000 worth of
picked ore Is saved, which for prospecting
work means a great deal.
Surveyors are at work planning upon
additional work upon the Sweden, which
will be taken up as soon as the sawmill
now en route for the Spirit Lake camps
shall be ln operation and have furnls&ed
lumber for the camps there and for the
buildings needed for the Sweden. Pat
ents have recently been taken by the
Mining Corporation, Ltd., upon some of its
properties at the lake.
McCarthy & Jennings' Treadwell, a
great vein, continues to show up well and
promises great things.
The Hidden Treasure, the Jumbo, the
Victoria and other properties on the Lew
Is River side have all done splendid work
this season, and their owners are prepar
ing for a boom ln their camp next year.
The Golden Crown, A. Hoofer's property,
is a very promising group of four claims,
already showing high values.
The St. Helens district has all through
it, and upon every mining prospect, water
power in great abundance, while timber
Is of the best everywhere. An expert
who examined the region last year said
that he had never seen a district where
Nature had been so lavish ln this regard
as here.
When Portland people can. in two hours
over the P. V. & Y. R. R. reach the
St. Helens mining district, as they will
shortly be able to do, the affairs in that
region will be changed. In the meantime
development keeps steadily progressing.
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ANALYSIS.
By Dr. Winslow Anderson
Temperature. C9.3 dcg.
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Sulphate ..,...
Potassium Carbonate .
Magnestan Carbonate
Magneslan Sulphate....
Ferrous Carbonate
Manganese Carbonate.
Alumina
Borates .
Silica.
Organic Hatter
Grains
per gallon.
...17.42
... 5 36
...1L50
... 3.1S
... 7.10
...20.62
... 1.17
... .86
... 1.65
... .42
... 6.33
... .76
Total Solids
Carbonic Acid Gas
Sulphuretted Hydrogen
76 31
Cubic
Inches
..... 7.65
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