Gold Hill news., January 14, 1911, Image 5

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Ggurg« Lym an, A. J T. S m 'th
Dr. C. H. Sm ith, J. Q. Ja rv is and
W. P. W ethersll ware a p arty of
Oddfellows who attended lodge at
-Medford F riday evening of las
week, representing the local canton
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
J. P B arh art, a C alifornia miner
arrived in Gold H ill the first of the
week from H arrison G ulch, and i
the guest of his old friend, M. G
Womack
Ils says th a t there is n
general interest in southern Oregon
as a m ining field, and especially i
the Gold H ill d istric t, am ong Cal­
ifornia mining m en.
H arry 11 P ettit, foreman of The
Newe, was a business visitor st
W oodville M onday, slid reported
Friday Ihe 13th, y e st-rd a v .
th a t city ss fast pu ttin g on met
Hut Gold Hill got a llO.OtX* Ire
ropolitan sirs, and th a t tier citizen»
p lan t ju st the same.
Hie one big hand of hno»lers for
W rite your eastern friends atmu»
W oodville and ti e trib u ta ry Evai e
this lovely snowfall.
creek country, which contains some
Mirs Nora Newton was th e guest of the finest farm and fruit land in
o( A shland friend» T uesdav,
southern Oregon.
The kids are ooaaiinit—first tim e
Al Peterson, who saw the notort
111 their lives for most of 'em .
ous P aris play, “T he Queen of th<
Rouge,"
at
Medford
.i
Gold H ill Is the future metro Moulin
. polls of so u th ern Oregon—not so T h u rsd ay evening, 'says th a t th
house was crowded w ith people
Very far future, either. '
who
expected to lie shocked, but
♦ A .girl was borutto M>. and, Mrs.
weren’t.
Jo s Hawimerslv says
7 Ira G illette aPToIrt'oh Ja n u a ry 4th,
-n r-
; : n
• ; S k , ' c . » . HiuHh > t|etiding
that» anyw ay, (he show has the
* T n e Bon Tbn will «have a new greatest ptee» agent on e a r t h ,' and
The interests o f There 4two section;
, sttvl-rliseiuent in ih e lif tf t isstie of Jn ltijcy ItpefLitfttrins th a t (h»^hing
ate identical, j»Ut n o rth e rn . £j>l-
has'Ci’e i,'g n b tly over-estim ated
POCKET HUNTING
« .T h e News. ’
.
forni'a has. far .pjit atripped smith-
By tl. W. D Seman
A
nother4j,kthose
w
eddiug^th#!.,
fir and M t* .vM etsifu W
rA( Oregon;» Joy- t o « parM culas
MStlford for th»*|iljiy'7'hujsiBiy are ekj‘ecl«4 and yet 'fu rn ish a ■jison except th a r the w 6id; C it-i * ’ The n e s t difficult p ^ t of the
surprise took place a t G rants Pass
Frnlajr, Ja u u a ry 6 th , where .-¡vf/ fornia seems to be associated wlfh ' p.>ck ¿ '-h u n te r's p u r-n it is to find
*., J. L H am m rraly «« 4 ^1 - P- Kew'I
fold in se p a rjld y , ‘..ap'd t h e r e t o /'tr a c e ”.. A “ tra c e ” is the tra il ot
Wu>, NclAjnnieh and Miss Wi nnte^
<M>d th e ir ladies^.jjwre, a.,. l&eater
capital
is luuidr. e a sie r, to ipteregt particles of g o ld ‘t h a t \ r e foot.tt
■Joht»,. hpfh~of Gold H ill, were’
•’“^»arty to Me<if»wtt(Vhn*adrv epewln"
in
a*psnt>e<tiiiwn
Vn-llm u h a tv Uwso -cat ►«red on the m ountkiri-slde, arid
*l»(t»4ly »parried. T he cqr.ymopy
Aitortiey J , ? ^ . n a . .
u
'O
re
^
b
n
r
•B'ffi’r^
'^ rw 'lg re -e sa c h Whl«tr»have tw euearri«d down from
whiA'witNSMed by only a« tew • tai
jit; -Medford', and,- JavksuneilU -'«» H fQ yty v friends ol'~ th ^ - h r f d e . tl t-hat a t ■ A shlshtl T* hound hr heTa'pAmVof greater elevation hv the
Jd frl^ su sin a a s'M d flJly ' ¿tfri W M »
jactio n of. Ahe. tu w in g wsters on
Retiarypiig to Gold J lili, tbn.yvung. ■of hgpefil..and shbujii '.U
U X d a'y .
•
those jinteres^eit^u./theu-’ way to the creeks an d .ziv ere,
« ... .... ~,
. . I chU|>fe*<lrav4».'beeu npend«ng.4he*r
“♦'’■{j.TJ. Miller ha» sold •■’his ejghtv horfevrr.iHoi'- ' h f ti^> hom e‘f tf''th e miWWL dw vabpm aw U ,Th» o m n -IT h ie point of origin may ‘be in a
tb * «“ D« ’* * * ’«I«» ««.Vein. or clay seam,
A qn Sarditfff to a yfiung itfai b,W ?f* *l>»rents,' where tb i’£ h s . v i i " '1-*^ *"
ci »tvh.g th e s o n g r a t u l n t i o u s ; ^ ^ * ’^ ' ’ " f n m er Bilftngk, F. W .1 Kesnr. hr an ancient river
stained M cD onald,* late J»>f J?ee heeil.fe(
« fa h iu r'h in d isfp e n d s
. Moote.gnd R.P. C am pbell.
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Local Notes
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The best» in the land always on hand
at the old stand
M erritt
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C om pany
if
Oregon-Washington. Railroad and Navigation C o.,
Traffic Department
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‘ - ANNOyi^qfM^NT
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X. "r.
The abpye-napiëd
Opye-named C
Ccynpany was incorporated December 23,
. , 19T0, for the puspose of ¡taking over -''
-*" "
' kt
..♦* .the following lines:
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The Oregon Railroad-$ Navigation Company
Oregort & Washington Railroad Company
The North Coast Railroad Company
Idahtrfthrthern Railroad Company
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Southern Oregon wears an erm ine '«f tbe*e sources has* its own par.
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anljf.jjilrt
i
f
prese'rtt,
a
n
d
'
plain"
ticnlar
characteristic*
hv
which
the
d en ce property in.. Go 14 H ill to W,
Ilwaco Railroad Company
*
and m ountain are gleam ing in source of its origin may he readily
G. Myers and will soon remove to
about
three
inches
of
the
tiesutiful-
a
r
r
i
v
d
at
Gold
from
a
q
u
ar'z,
■ P o rtlan d .
In future these lines will be operated by and in the name
littie sta rry crystals th a t are m i v*io direel is sCraggly. with roogh,
Mrs. L. A. H am m ersly left Wed
of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and
plentiful from the last of S -p le m - st arp edges, and may have sm all
nesday evening for Mt. Vernon,
Navigation Company.
particle*
of
qu
artz
attached
Go
d
ber
u
n
til
the
blithesom
e
May
in
W ashington, where she will visit
the
blizzard
bitten
east.
U
nlike
from
a
clay
seaui
has
a
peculiar
het father for a tim e.
F. W. Robinson,
the snow of la*t year, which cam e “oft yellowish sheen, lin t or color
Wm. McMurray,
Sprague Riegel
and
H arold
G eneral F re ig h t Agent,
G eneral Passenger Agent,
in December, the present dow nfall Gold from an iron seam h 'S a dark
Koeninch are atten d in g th e state
P ortland , O regon.
P ortlan d , O regon.
wa* followed by a freeie, which G nt or sheen and has sm all par­
agricu ltu re college at Corvallis,
tial m ade the sidew alks icv and has tide* of oxidized iron attached,
W. D. Skinner
where they are entered for the
reminded m any of us of the gentle Gold from one of the an cien t river
G enernl F reig h t and P aesenaer A gen t,
h o rticu ltu ral course.
springtim e hack in the intluenza channels has a worn, flattened ap
S ea ttle, W ash in gton.
G . B. T u rn er and Thos. Gal
regions. M arshal H am m ersly, like pe*rance; the nugget* originaied in
Isgher were at Medford Monday
R. B. Miller, Traffic M anager.
the true guardian of the public wel ancient river gravels. Nuggets oi
evening
fraternizing with the
fare th a t he is, appeared early gold are not found in the q o a n z
m em bers o f the K nighta of P yth ias
A m agnifying glass is a
T hursday m orning w ith a flour- veins.
at their regular session.
sack containing sand, which he necessary p a rt of a pocket h u n te r’s
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Miller were
outfit. By the aid of the glass he
Gold Hill is the sm allest town in sprinkled with a lavish hand along
in W ednesday from tiieir Sam s
is enabled to study the different
southern Oregon, and one of the Main street. This prevented the
Valley ranch, w hire lire b ig red
characteristic*
of the p a rtie ’ea of
feet
of
worthy
citizens,
unaccus­
'llitilb t-l on (lie e n ti’e l’acifil coAst »
peache* grow tiiat com m and lop
gold Under exam ination. The par­
tomed
to
such
precarious
footing,
t-» have a first ela-e m oving picture
pries in the P ortlan d m arket.
from changing places with other ticles of gold vary in size from
M e n th o la te d
sito w . Tue m achine is an Edison
Mesdamas J. Q. Jarv is, H . H. hiograph, such as is used in the parts of th e said worthy citizens’ particles so m in u ieas io be invisible
L am pinen and Rex II. L am pm an b rrt lliovil,g>picture , h eap.rB of lhe anatom ies, and the bruise brigade to the naked eye and upw ards in
The pocket-hunter distin ­
saw “The Tim e, th e Place ami th country, and stranger* who see ihe which m ight easily have been or­ size.
fo r
G irl” a t Medford last Saturday pictures in Goid H ill exclaim at ganized but for the sand-sprinkling guishes the traces into coarse gold
evening.
their excellence. In the next breath rem ained merely a prospective or- tf®4'*' ®"d fine gold traces. A cd irse
The Progress club will hold a
ganixalion w ithout, a single reoruit. I jzoiil trace is indicative ol a large or
one ol these strangers may say,
meeting at the council rooms Wed
"B u t I d o n ’t see how they can 'I he sun has struggled o u t several valuable pocket as the source of
nssday afternoon at. which the m ain
A fine-gold ,
make it pay in a town of this size.” times since the snowfall, but for urigin of the trace.
business will he to elect officers
the most p a rt the skies have been trace is indicative of a com parative-j
They d o n ’t. Since th e n p e ia house
as overcast a* the countenance of a
»mailer or less valuable pocket. |
and decide on a cam paign for the
came under its present m anagem ent
coming y eaf. All m em bers are
gang
politician
after
an
O
regon
j
there are so m any exceptions
eight m uitlis ago, M essrs. Kellogg
urged to attend an d to bring new
election.
O ld-tim ers like Sam »nd interfering conditions th a t the
and Reed have ac tu a lly lost money
me rollers.
McClendon and Rav Moore recall classification* of trace* into c a r-e-
The new
m oto r-car
carrii s nn the enterprise, if th ey count the th at the w inter of ninety-three saw
trace* and fine gold traces are
baggage, and seats eight, mote tim e and trouble in presenting tip the Rogue frozen a t th is point so j 11,11 Always to he relied upon as
people th an th t old one, beside» pictures three times a w, ea worth th a t it was possible for team s t o ' reg'>rds the probable size ot the
having more powerful engine* and anything. But they m e able, by cross— in places— while the snow deposit at the point of origin of the
a sm oother wav of sliding over tlie working for the fun of tl • thli g, t wa* three feet dee,»— in other places. ! trace.
rails. It has the same old happy m ake enough to pay the syndicate But Ju d g e G all, II. W. D ik e m a n ' Q uartz veins or ledges are id
conductor, who contributes co n ­ f >r the ti e of the films, and they and others wh > are wise to the way* w®ter f »rmation, the w aters, holding
siderably toward m aking the motor Count their time as well spent if of th e w e a th e r do not expect the X'dd in solution, with silica, flow
ledge, th a t the course or flow of the creased until the particles become
a popular mean* of going and tliey can m anage to keep goinv rigors of th a t w inter to be repeated, '•’’pw^fd through crevices in the
waters is changed by some convul­ coarse; when in course of the ages
until Gold Hill increase* in size
coming.
even though the sq u iire isd id in a k e ,ro<s^ '
,b e *il*ca and gold, in sion of n ature and the waters in ­ the veins nr cavities containing the
At Portland last week occurred sufficiently to m ake the show s
x traordinary provisions la st tall. | w<»liition, are deposited on the wall* stead ot flowing upw ard flow down-
coarse particles of gold ared iein teg -
So they en­
the wedding o f Mr. Bert Jones and paying institution
Farm ers and fruit-m en declare th a t °* ,be cracks or crevises until the ward; th a t is to say. the flow of rated and the gold liberated from
Mbs Ruby Dungey, both ol Gold dure houses Of a slim ness th ,t
the snow is a mighty good th in g for , "I"100 between the wall is filled the water is reversed. The acidic ! the silica by the effects of erosion
H ill. F u rth er p articu lars have would m ake the m ost hnpetul ha.rn
the land. W inter w heat will he w,lb 1be silica (q u a rtz ) and gold ; w aters on their reversed flow dis­ The coarse particles of gold nre c a r­
not been received, and it is no iatlei q u it tiie gam e and go to work
espec ially benefitted.
In fact, no | K ° l d deposited as aforesaid is in solve or leach out the gold from the ried down the hilsides by the flow­
known w hether they will malt, with a decision th a t the dram a i
one seems to have any p a rtic u la r i
l,a r ,'cles, ami us the quartz vein silica (q u artz) and carry the d is­ ing waters and we have a coarse-
their home here or in Portland, among tiie decadent, nrts. By aud
kick coming over the tu rn the containing the fine-gold particles solved gold in solution, backward gold trace.
where tliey both formerly resided by, w hen Gold H ill lias, so to apeak,
weather has taken in th is, the Italy ! disintegrates, and the goid is fre d and dow nw ard over the original
R eturning to Ihe point on the
The bride is a dau g h ter of Mr. and caught up. they wili reap their re­
of America. There are some few !^rom 1be Quartz and is carried down course and g rad u ally concentrate m ountain-side whore the trace was
Mrs. W alter Dungey, of Gold H ill, ward in crowded house*.
who m aintain t i n t they c a n ’t re­ the hillside by the flowing waters, the gold from the higher levels with first discovered, the pocket-hunter
while the groom’s parents nre con
A shland has called a m ining
member of such a thing happening we have what is known as a fine- the gold in the lower levels; and fills his pan by m eans of a shovel
sidered alm ost residents of the town, congress for next Tuesday, at which
in
southern Oregon a t this tim e of gold trace. It frequently oocurs the m inute particles of gold in with a sam ple of the earth scraped
as they live a t their mine down it is expected tiie m ining interests
the year before, but they are hope tb a l ftBer the silica (quartz) and solution unite with the particles of from the surface. Two other sep­
and aero 's Rogue river from the o f southern Oregon and northern
lessly outnum bered by those whose gold has been deposited in the crack gold in the lower levels, and th ere­ arate sam ples are taken from the
town less than two miles.
California will ho represented. memories are better.
or crevice so as to form a vein or by the size of the particles are in-
Continued on eighth page
V.(D 11. Cheuey has sold his resi­
Ti. Uhoteii sustained a .f r a ^
irp’n f the*fanj»h<fUlder
the-fsrft ’»hdblder T
T hursday
hursday
turp'ttf
afternoon by falling from" a reser­
voir oh which he was working at
Dr. R a y ’s tdaeer mine, three miles
north of Guid H ill, form erly owned
and operated by J . W. H ays. He
slipped and fell from a scaffold a
distance of uhout eight feet, a lig h t­
ing on his neck and shoulder. He
got up and walked to where other
men were working.
A rig was
procured and Mr. Khoteu was
brought to A. J. O lsen's residence
in Gold IJill, where the fracture
was reduced l>v Drs. S m ith and
Loughridge. The patient is resting
easily and will probably be out a*
soon a* usual in such ca*>-s.
W h ite P in e a n d T a r
C oughs and
C o ld s
J a r v is t h e D r u g g is t
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