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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1902)
NUGGE rp AM. lll'.TO.DA HI ItllHINI'.HH niHN ok oori'Adi: oiiovk Aiivr.imsi: in n i nikioht. TIIK NUGUKT JOII OFKI0K TUIINS OUT )OOI) WOKK AT MOST 11KASONAIII.K l'KIUKS. Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of tliis Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. VOL. IV Cottage Q-pove, Oregon, Jriday, Jebruary 2:1, 1902. NO. 6 PROIMtySSIONAr,. J. E. YOUNG AUoviisl-(U-Lam Ulllcn mi Mnlti licot, Wml Hlilo Co'fTAOIt GliUVIC, OKU. a jijiinsox amiT uk tfttornciixand Ooiitixdors-af-littw BKclnl nllciillmi itlvrn In MliiliiKi('irortlim Kinl Mnrcnnllln l-nw, Olllcu iivur ilnriiiiui .1 I Joiti.'invny ' lore. COTTAGE GKOVK, ORE. J. S. MEDLEY jlltum-cy-at-Law o o o :--()illco on Miiln tteut I CoTTAGIt Ghovh, Quit, JEROME KNOX j!t,loi-)icy-U-rjiw l'mmpl nllflillnii I'Kl'l Ik Mlllllitf lllilllc. C'oTTACK GlJOVIS, OKU. IIKLMUO W. tllDMI'MlN cm tii. a. lunnr. THOMPSON tic HARDY rttlorncis a iid (h)itiiselors-tt(- Law Hn:cIiiI iilleiuloji xleiiJotli law; nl Milieu, KlJliKNH, OKK. L. T. HARRIS Htlorneii mid Cottnsclor-tit-Law Hikm-IkI ulloiitlon Klveil l tli Intiif Mllioa. First JfHtlomil Until; )liiilcllii. i:u(ii:.Ni:, ouk. Mrs. Katlierlne Scliltcf, M. I). DtaasK of Woiuen ami Children COT MtU UU.OVK, OKK. W. H. ROBINSON I'mlWlMI I'MVMl'IAN Oltlro mid nwlilfiici) im llhor tlrcol, near W'r.ll. COlTAtllKIUilVi:. - - - llUMJuN. BUSINESS. J. W. BENTLY, ThAlirnrllmil llf-it miiM flirw MiiVr, Iwnti"' oik ihhir ytatt ttfllitt llill urlnl llolol. lU',...lr InK luully dime. Satisfaction Guranteed. "BARKER & PERMAN I'llUl'.tlKTOIIM OK THE EXCHANGE Z7 ii:ai.i:uh in kink WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS. Mnlil utroBt, doling" Oriivr, Orii. H. C. MADSEN, Watciimakkr. tuinlrlnt( nt rpnuniinMa rlmrgcn. All worlc itiMrHiilt'oil HnM'liiM. Wnlftioa, C'lncLi ami Jewelry at Iiwoit I'rlecs COTTAUK GKOVK, OUK. A coinplcto line always in stock At LURCH'S. PIONEER WHITE LEAD Is Absolutely PURE, and will OUTWEAR all other Leads. ' ' If youi Inoul ili'iilor 1I008 not curry It wrlto to uh unit vu will mm) ilmt you got It. W. P. Ihufier & Co. I'OUTI.ANI), OUIillON. All kinds f 1RaiInWcathir Tclo;hin8 , , p , ., Mmmm Underclothing and Footwear for Loggers and Lumbermen, Miners, Prospectors and Farmers. The Famous Cutter ' Shoes in all sizes. Special prices in Umbrellas. EAKIN hcitinntc Bisirjess Methods is the first principle that is responsible foi tljc constant groVtIj of oUr business We keep the assortment of goods that people want, we don't misrepresent values. Our goods arc first class and our prices arc right. We know this or our sales would not be more than double our former years. New Sine oi Shirts, blaek and grey's, made in latest styles. Our spring line of shirt waists is here and they sire beauties. To have your choice get your waist now. Sec our Center Window. These goods will be given away March 5th. Every $1. 00 worth of goods you buy you get a chance. KNOWLEDGE IS WEALTH ! Do you know That a Railroad is being constructed from Cottage Grove to the Bohemia Mining District ' . through one of the finest timber belts on the Pacific Coast ? Do you know that the ore now being transported by wagon from the Bohemia Mining District to Cottage Grove is the same character that made Cripple Creek famous ? Do you know that this ore from the-Heleua Consolidated Mine contains values from Four to Eight Hundred Dollars per ton, and is being shipped to the Omaha Smelters " through Long & Bingham's warehouse. t Do you know that the present population of Cottage Grove will double in Ithe next eigh teen months ? , Do you know that the fine, high, sightly tract of land adjoiningCottage Grove (formerly owned by G. W. Long) has been platted in lots and acreage and is being offered on terms that will enable you to double on your investment in a very short time? The above is a few of the facts with which we can make you acquainted if you will call upon us or write. Address nil communications to ' I O. JlOA- 8, COTTAGE .GROVE, OllEOOX. All leading merchants advertise & BRISTOW. in the Nugget. nines and M .' Dcvofod Xo Bohemia Nofe'and Hems 0 enerr inrcKojrro Mining Never in tbc history of the Bo hemia camp has work been carried on in the winter time so systemat ically and persistently as it has this winter. Where one man has been in the camp in the winter time heretofore, ten can be found today, and the work done this winter has been on systematic lines that insures at once the, great con fidence the operators have in the district's future. No backing about but straight, well defined development work of a permanent nature that shows "we have come to stay." An important sale has recently been consumated in the Helena Consolidated property, which gives to the Jennings Brothers practically the entire control of the great mine. I C. B. Bruneau, the original locator of the Helena, said location being made in 1896, disposed of a one third interest at that time to Hugh Behne, the present mining manager of the property, nnd a one-third in terest to the Jennings 'Brothers. Shortly afterward the Jennings ab sorbed the one-third interest owned by Mr. Behne, and in this trans action the Jennings agreed to put $20,000 in improvements and de velopment work upon the property, the fulfillment of which agreement developed the property intoojjgood sized moncj' vault: unng' all these years the Messrs. Jennings and Bruneau have worked along persistently and harmoniously, al though the obstacles encountered have been many and of a most try ing kind Some ten days ago Mr. Bruneau sold his remaining one third interest to the Jennings Brothers', who now control the property. The price paid is not mentioned, but those who are fa miliar with the mine know that it was something handsome. Mr. Bruneau will now devote his at tention to the development of his group of four claims known as the Sarah group, winch he has owned for some ten years, having thus far only done the required' amount of assessment work from year to year. As soon as the weather is suitable he will take in supplies and com mence the summer's work, with the view of making big inroads on I the work already laid out. The property is said to be very promis ing, and surely no one is deserving of greater success than the owner, Mr. Bruneau. The Le Roy Mining Company is plugging along, doing business at the same old stand with highly satisfactory results, as, witness the following letter received by Secre tary Eby, under date of February 15: "Le Roy Mine, Mr. F. G. Eby Dear Sir: Everything is going on lively up here. We are going down on fine ore every day and are tak out all kinds of the finest looking rock. The galena has widened out to fifty inches. Block me off another 1000 shares, and enclosed find check for same. Yours truly, J. E. Russijli.." It might be noted that Mr. Rus sell arrived in town last Monday, and substantiated the contents of the above letter in person. He is loud in his praise of the way the Le Roy is acting, and in fact has the best kind of words for the en tire camp. In speaking of the Le Roy property, Mr. Russeil stated that they now have a shift of men down on the lower tunnel on the Lauraand that the development of that claim is very satisfactory as well. iDiog 2Xl Arrangements are now being made to begin the season's work on the Hiawatha Mining Company's property, not later than April 1. The company sprang into existence some two months ago, having at the time of incorporation two tun nels of some 300 feet, and the ore in sight was the prime incen tive for the present owners taking hold of the property, The com pany expects to do continuous de velopment work all summer, and as soon as machinery can be hauled in a mill will be erected to take care of the large amount of free milling ore now in sight, as well as to handle that yet to be brought to the surface on the way down to to the baser metals. When the company was organized a block of 50,000 shares was placed on the local market at two cents per share. At this writing the two cent stock has been sold and the company has now placed, a limited amount on the market at five cents. The ob-, ject of the sale of this stock at the price quoted above is purely for the purpose of putting in machinery and developing the property. The owners are men old in the business of mining and are free to say that the Hiawatha will be a dividend payer from the moment a stamp mill.is.puLin. operation. - , ,, A sale of mining property in Bo hemia was consumed last Saturday, of no small interest to mining men, in the matter of the disposition of the Sunrise group, owned by C. F. Mitchell, consisting of the Sunrise and the Sunrise Fraction, to M. XJT Mahoney, the well-knowu mining man from Spokane, Wash., for $3,500. This property is located on the east slope of old Fairview in close proximity to the Le Roy, and has only one hundred feetof tunnel, aside from other minor improve ments; but bas behaved so nicely in its present small development that Mr. Mahoney seen a mine in it at the very beginning and certainly no one will deny his ability to judge. Mr. Mahoney has visited many of the richest mining districts on the Pacific coast and has been identified with some of the best of them. He has nothing but words of praise for Bohemia and predicts for the district a bright future. F. D. Wheeler is now in Fargo, N. D., in the interest of the Crystal Consolidated Mining Company. He expects to visit several other enter prising cities in that section before returning home, and will make it his business to let people know that there is such a place as Cot tage Grove and Bohemia. His company has recently acquired some new properties, thus greatly enhancing the value of its stock, which is now quoted at fifteen cents per share. Development work h as already been started on the Trans vaal claim in Champion canyon, and from present indications a fine schute of galena ore will be tapped inside of thirty days. Arrange ments are also being made for ex tensive development on, several other properties belonging to the company. V. H. Behne, superintendent of the Helena, who recently came in from the camp, reports a rich strike in the New Long tunnel, on Helena No. 2, showing a foot of galena ore and about three feet of vein matter, heavily mineralized. As yie tun nel will tap the apex of .the hjll at a depth of 1800 feet, it is very grati fying to know that the bodies are continuous, thus assuring a rail road: -