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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1903)
1 I ss : S IIIKAIlVI'.ltllHINO UKIMUM S NKAT JOII mlKTlNOl W W W aa: Devoted t the Milling. Lumbering and Panning Intercuts of thin Community, to Good Govenimcnt, mid Hustling for a Grub Stake. COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903. a. VOL. IV NO. 4a MIA JMU GGET. CONVENES. Senator .lotm II. Alitchell Intro duces Hill for Appropriation for '05 hiir lleriniiiiit koIs (lootl Scat. I2LIICTRIC FLASHES. OlMimlll IM(mi1i lir. Washington, Nov. n The House of tcpreiwntatlves ofthe I'ifiy-clglilli Congress today held It first session, 11 ml except Tor the untiling of com inltteces, which will lollow later, organization win completed. Joseph G. Cannon, ol Illinois, whose elec tion to the speakership was nssnie l tnonths ago, was fotmnlly elected speaker, and inducted Into ollice. Mr. Cannon received the applause of democrats and republicans alike when he took up the gavel ol au thority, the demonstration being most complimentary to the newly elected speaker. He win atouceat case in the speaker's chair, having filled it so often temporarily during "Ills many years ol service in the House. The old officers were rc-clccled 1 newspaper reports they arc attract tld the cu lomary tesolulions inu much attention. This nroncrtv adopted providing for the appoint-1 mem 01 u committee 10 until) me President and Senate of the election ot n spcaKcr ami cicrx, aim a -emu-, mittcc to join a senatccommittce to1 notify the President of the presence of u quorum In the two bodies. The' rules of the billy-seventh congiess were adotcd lor the Ptllyeighth congress by a aye and nay vole af- tcr brief discussion, during which the minority sought tosccure an in- crease iu the representation 01 the committees. ItltKMANN OttTS.v (iool) SttAT. r. , ,,, , I Orcgonian News Iturcau, Wash- lug ton, Nov.o-ln the ("wl"K 1 seats today Representative H-, maun, being among the first whose names were called, procured one of the inosMdcsirablc seats in the House just olTthc center aisle 011 the republican side, nnd directly in front cf the senker. Immediately behind him is Cliairiuatt llurtoii, of the river and harbor committee. Representative Jones chose ex-Con-grcsstnau Moody's old seat iu the rear center of the republican side. Kcprcientativc Williamson having the seat just iu front, while Hum phrey is five desks to Jones right. Clubman's name was among the last called, which may mean he will have to sit on the democratic side. Iu his absence no one drew for him. All of the Northwest members were remembered bv their friends, Mr. Hermann esieci.illy lieiug the iccipicnt ol a gre.il mass ol chrys anthemums and other Mowers. Orcgonian News Ilureau, Wash ington, Nov. i). Tomorrow or Wednesday Senator Mitchell will introduce in the Semite the bill pro vlding for the appropriation of Sj, 12s. 000 for government aid to the , Lewis and Clark Imposition. When "lon hearing a noise Hlmlfiir to that heolTers the hill he will ask Hint it 1 1''cedlui; a break, he delllierately icoturs me u I lit w in ask iiiat it .,, ,,,,,, UlUMVVi(t cm.ntof th be printed and lie on the table tent-1 Htn-am and was earrlisl oft Ids feet, porarily, and will give notice that 1 llefore assistance could reach Mm, before the bill is referred to a com- 'j" was drowned, lie was curried inlttee he will address the Senate ''ow HWlft Htreain, and uvery mittee lie w in am rcss the senate effort was made to iwover the hodv. briclly, explaining the general pur-, tmt up to 8 o'clock ThurHdiiy nielli poses of the measure nnd make without avail, plain to the senate the object ofi, r. Davis wiih a married man, and the Lewis ami Clark Uxnosition. I The Gold King Mining Co. oj , nnthern Oreeon has lhsorhed the ' houthLr ii urcgon has ahs. rueii the, placer claims of Hour iV Day. j Dry Goods, Cloaks, Fall Dress Goods Are now Iu and wo are showing by far the largest, line of Drsss (loodsever shown In Cottage drove Iu nil the now styles. Wo know that wiican please you Iu Dress floods and Walstlngs. Shirt Waists and Wraps. The prices on skirts range from 1 A new line of the latest Waists at $2.25 to $7.75 j $1.50 up. We also carry for the first time a full line of Misses Skirts. Lut m IIUNTIIK (HITS (INI! YHAK. I lie second Jury In Km Jrlnl of iuvc muieer charged with burghm relumed a verdict ol guilty and lie wum xeiilciii'fd In 11111" .veur In (lie lei unary, limner Is llio man ar rested for breaking Into (lie I'nellle Tlmlicr i'o'm store n couple of weeks Till! CKVSTAI. ROAD. Gill Meadow, supcilntendcnt of uic urysioi road, was in the city this week. He reports the road completed, and states that part of uic machinery lor the stamp mill ol the Crystal has been mitten tlirouuh. Several slides of the Champion toad has occasioned some delay, but as soon as the present weather abates Ihe road will lie c cared and the hauling will be resumed. Mr. Meadow has a splendid word to sav for the crew which be was fortu nate enough to secure on the road work, and to the crew he gives much of the credit of advancing the work so rapidly. Something over n mile of this road has been built since the 25th of September, and, when the ruggedness of the route Is taken into account, it is certainly a rcniatkabic showing for the sea sou of the year. Till! (10I.DEN SLIPPER. Dr. Oglesby, ol the Golden Slip per mine, is spending the week in Portland. He lias with him smite fine samples from the Golden Slip- 1 per are and accordim; to Portland enjoys a reputation of being one of the hest properties for the amount redevelopment work done, in Ho hernia. WORK ON Till! OREOON-COLORADO. Cill Meadows, who has just utuxlun ,le work OM t,e Crystal ,oai , successful close, will now tnke clnrK,. ,,f the Oregon-Colorado properly, also the road work leading fr()l the main road to the works. A ere. v of men will be kept at work H win'cr. with the view of having the toad completed by spring, de- voting all the open weather on it, ,, ,e , blQUm the attention of ths crew will be Hrcctcd ,0 lhe ,, d worJ.c b DROWNING ACCIDENT Chas. Davis Accidently Drowned While Breaking Log Jam on Coast Pork. BODY IN STREAAl Report reached this city last Wednesday nltjlit that Clms. DuvIh, who for n number of years has biru employed at lllackbutte qiilekNltvor nihiftaud at the Coast Fork saw mill, was drowned In the Coast Fork that moriihiK near the I'etu.Mc.Martln place. The little Intormiieloii at hand Is to the effect that .Mr. DavU was iiHslHtlui; hi an attempt to break a Jam of Iokh. From the luformatlon :nt hnml It d(ie not appear that he wiih In a damreroiiH nlneu. but , " V 1 1 " . . '. , liable and ludiistrloiiK. ,J.ul "PvtmHo it, fimunan at the Mu- M.ltfk' .,H 1,1 "clty this week on a few llftJ.H. vacation. John reportn the Mustek looklmj Iwtter every day. New Fall Styles. Our speciality Is Ladles Ready to Wear Skirts and Waists. 1'eoplo are buying ready made goods more every year, and realising this we will carry a full stock, all the time, of up to date goods. en's Store. NEWS FROM BOHEMIAiiftss: Reports Arrive that the Recent Storms were the Worst in the history of the Camp Damage Very Intensive. . DAMAGfiTO O & S IE RY I'. I). Wheeler, who rerenl'y re- iiirned from a visit to the CryMtnl Consolidated mine, reiiortHth.il old iiihiei-H mid prospectorslti tliedlstrlet say that the recent Mtorm In uti of I he heaviest, ever known III thedls- trlet. The new Champion IIiihIii road was materially damaged, there being at this writing some llfteen or twenty slides. The night of the hrnvystorm was our not hooii forgotten by those In the district, say. .Mr. Wheeler. The ronr ami crush of falling timber wiih Hoiuvlhlng tcrrlllc. The electric line of the Oregon Si curltleM Co., rimntiiK from the Ware house to the head of Champion, wiih ho! 11 little damuged In several placen the wires were broken by heavy IIiiiIkt falling over them. While t lie storm has broken It will reijulrc several weeks of hard work and 11 kooiI force of men to put things In proier slmie. Tho Oregon .V Southeastern H'y. differed Home Iohi anil In materially handicapped for Home little time owing to the recent Htorm. The fnlse work hail Just been put In at the bridge ucross Row rlrer above Wlldwood. and now It In scattered from Hint point on down to the Willamette river. The two heavy cords, ench 10S feet long which have Just been placed across the river were also taken down stream. The falae work will Ikj Immediately rcDhu-ed and If the heavy cords, which by the way, sipiaiv eigntcen ineheH anil IDS feet lomr. cannot lie recovered. another et will soon he gotten out aim 1 no works rumen out us last ax possible. DIED. wai.laci:. ki.iza j. .mi:i)i,i:y. At the home of her husband's par ent', Rev and Mrs. ('. II. Wallace, Inthls city. Mrs. Kllta J. Wullace. beloved wife of Wm. Wallace. iikisI :IJ years, . montlm and 11' day-4. Deceiued wiih ii daughter of .1. M. Medley, formerly of thin city, now of KtiKene, her mother ha rim; died Home years au'o. Shu wiih horn In Scotland county, MIsHourl, Mur IS, 1S71, and came across the plains to Oregon with her parents, brothers nnd sis ters Iu 1Si4. On February S5, 1S95, she lHSmiau the wife of Wm. L. Wal lace. After a MiiKcrlng I linens with con sumption for the piiHt three yearn, on Novumucr 10, ltWM.sho ytirreudered up her life to her .Maker, surrounded by many tender relatives and norrow Imr friends. Five lirotliers, Attornev J. S.. T. St.. Wm. anil Henry, of this city, and Claude, of Pendleton. Oregon; live sisters, Mrs. Dar win Hrlstow of this city. .Mrs. Charles Mttlelleld of Eugene, Mrs.W. P. l.ockwood of Tacoma, Wash., .Mrs. Harvey Wallace of Saclnaw, and .Mrs. Cllf Clever of l'endleton; n dear old father. .1. M .Medley: a faith ful ami lorlnc hushaml, a little bur, Uverett, and mniiy frUnds, who will mourn for her, yet rejoice that tho HUfferluK. "The fever culled l.lvlnc Ii over at last." Deceased was a member of the Catholic church, and wax burled Iu Catholic service, the fit'ieral lielmr held Wednesday, Nov. 11. at 10 o'clock a. in., at the church In this city, the burial being made at the 1. O. O. F. cemetery. " 'Tin hard to part when friends are dear Twill cause a hIrIi, perhaps a tear. So steal away Klve little warn 1 nir t ( hoosa thine own time. Sav not 'Rood tilRht,' " Hut, In Homo fairer clhne, bid me Rood morning.' " Skirts. Till! SUNRISE, lolin I'wren, of Alhcrthu, North I Dakota, nrrlved here late Inst week laying In n winter's supply uiHleft for the Sunrise .Mln lug Co's property mi Adams Monn- t f 1 In, where lie will do development work with Ihrald of arrew of men durltiK the winter month. ELECTED DIRECTOR. Advices received at litis office are to the effect that at the last mcet- ing of the Hoard of Directors of the Oregon Securities Co., John H Pearsons, who so ably mnuaucd the affairs of the Oregon & Southeast ern Railway, with offices in this city, this year, was elected a mem- !er of the hoard to succeed George IS. Ktiapp, ol Hoslou, who had re signed on account of long-continued ill health, To the many friends of Mr. Pearsons iu this city this bit of news will he received with tntioh pleasure. MINING NOTES. The Hurefca mine, on Soldier Creek, Southern Oregon, has re verted to the former owner, A. R Nelson, who will develop the prop erty. A dispatch from Sumpter, Ore., is to the effect that temporary delay iu work on the North Pole mine has been occasioned by the burst ing of the large ore bio. Advices state that the Metropoli tan Trust Co. of New York will bring foreclosure proceedingd against the Fresno Consolidates Mining Co. iu the sum of $100,000. A. I.. Morris, secretary of the Oregon Mine Owners' Association, is tills week perfecting the local miners' association at Sumpter. The Washington Palls Light & Power Company has finished its electric line from Washington Kalis, Wash., to Hurke, Idaho, and now all the big mines in the Coeur d'Alcncs, except the Morning and Hunter at Mttllan, and the Her cities at Hurke, are using electricity lor power and light in their mills, mil light and traction purposes in the mines. The mines are also equipped and now running electric hoists. In a private letter to n friend in this city, John H. Pearseus, of the O. & b. h., who recently returned east to take up some important offi cial business in New York d'iring the winter, he states that he en joyed a very pleasant trip east, and that everything is looking most prosperous. Gold and Silver Produced in World's Leading Places. A recent dlspattk from Washington, I). C. saya: The followhiR fig ures, Just made public by the Treasury Department, hIiow the output Iu 1902 of cold and sliver by the lending countries. GOLD. SILVER. Value. Coining Value. United States tSO.000,000 $71,757,000 Mexico 10,153,100 77.SOt.100 Canada ..." 20,741,200 5,5r,l,500 Africa 39,023,700 Australia S1,57S,S00 10,377.100 Russia 22,53.1,400 205.200 Austria-Hungary 2,171,300 2,432,200 Italy .-i.SOO 1.246.SO0 Spain 10,200 4.7S1.100 tlreece - 1.409,500 Hollvhl 4,700 10,798,000 Chile 575,200 4.011.GO0 Colombia 2,522,600 2,297,000 Hruzll 9,994,000 liulanii lllrltlsh) 1,808,000 (Julnna (French) 2,420,200 Peru 2,320,100 5.343.700 Central America - 2,001,900 1,2.15,S00 .la pan 1,287,000 5O.VO00 ''hlna S.731.S00 Corea 3,500,000 Hrltlsh India 9,5SS,100 llrltlsh East Indies 1,027,109 As compared with 1901, theso figures show an Increase la the produc tion of gold of 1,572,914 ounces, nnd a decrease of 8,024,934 ounces In the production of sliver. During the year, Africa Increased her gold production from 439,701 ounces to 1.S87.773 ounces, and Australia Increased her gold pi oductlon to $81,578,000, which la over $1,500,000 In excess of the produc tion of the t'nlted States, which again takes second place. OREGON SECURITIES, lteports from the uiliies are to the efiect tlmt the new mill of the Oregon Securities Co. is about completed and that the test will he mmlu In a few I da.VH. I Considerable damage to theelectrle line from" tho Warehouse to the ! works Is reported. ! Advices him to the effect that the development work on the big tunnel Is going rapidly ou ami good head way l lielng made. The Mudck development Is stil continued and tho ore Is said to ls looking better than ever. It la sultl that tho new mill recently escaped serious damage by t lit fall ing of a large tree occasioned by the lieavy miow. The storehouses at the Warehouse are filled with provisions, machinery and various supplies, which means much to the company, as trom now on It Is a dltllcult matter to get sup piles In from this end of tho line. The El Paso drainage tunnel, Cripple Creek, which is now about completed, will have a discharge of io,ooo gallons ol water per minute, PLATINUM MINES, . The following is it dispatch re cently sent out from Washington, J). C., based upon a recent report from the United States Geological Survey, which gives some valuable information regarding platinum: Washington, J). C, Nov. 3.- Hvcr since the discovery, in De cember, 1901, of the platinum group of metals iu the copper ores of the Rambler mine, Wyoming, interest in that scarce and valuable metal ems tohavc been greatly stimu lated. One indication of it has been the increased demand for bulletin No. 103 of the United States geo logical survey, which is a report by Professor James A. Kemp on the "Geological Relations ami Distri bution of Platinum and Associated Metals." According to Professor Kemp platinum deposits occur in three forms or ways. 1. Iu placers, as exemplified by those in the Urals, Colombia. Brazil, and British Co lumbia. 2. In veins, as atTilker ode in the Hart.; Minas Geraes, Hra.il; Santa Rosa, California; Hercsovsk, Russia; Gualdal canal, Spain; and the Rambler mine, Wy oming. 3. Disseminated in erup tive rocks, in two ways; (a; 111 sperrylite, wit the copper-nickel ores 111 uralittzed tiorite, (Jauada, and (b) as a native metal in basic eruptive rocks, especially peridotites fremtently intimately associated with chromite. The conclusions of practical value arrived at by Professor Kemp are: 1. That platinum is very sparsely distributed 111 the mother rock, so that the chances of finding it iu uuantity sut.'icieut to mine are small; also, if found, the problem of recovering the platinum other than by stamping and washing is yet to be solved; furthermore, the metal may be in a very finely disseminin- ate.1 state, and its extraction will necessarily be difficult. 2. Large and permanent placers should be sought only oil very old land areas, which have been subjected to pro tracted degradation and concentra tion. 3. In the assay of autimonial, orsenical: and other copper ores (especially tetrahedrite) it is advis able to search for small percentages of platinum. 4. Deposits of chro mite should be tested lor the pres ence ofthe metal. The fourth of 11 series of sermon upon the Lord's Prayer will bo preached by the pastor of the M. B. elmr h next Sunday moriihivr at the Methodist church. The subject is, "Thy Will He Done on Earth as In Heaven." The evening subject Is, "Andrew the Alert Introducer." HOLIDAY GOOD; And we now have Lane County. We have alw-aj-s had the finest display of holiday goods in town tuul tins year we have tried to make it better than ever. We want you to come in and see for yourself. We know that we can please you. QUICKSILVER ON ThT MARKET An Excellent Article on Cinnabar Mining, its Value in in the Commercial and Scientific World. BLACKBUTTEQUICKSILVERMINE Here similar geological conditions exist to the described n the Annie. gate district, excepting the gradual uiappearance ot the serpentine which ireuos toward the northwest, while the cinnabar deposits appear to be following a diverging line toward the northeast. On Calapooia creek in Douglas county, where the next cinnabar deposits to the north are encoun tered, the serpentine has whollvdis appeared, and it is not encountered again at any of the quicksilver de posits turtner n .rth In this lo- stiny, eight miles cast of the town of Oakland, two quicksilver mines known as the Bonanza and Non pareil, were opened some years ago. At one of these a small furnace was built, but as the furnace was in advance of development work, after a short period of operation and the production of a few flasks of quick silver, the unual inevitable lailure followed, since which time the dis couraged owners have never at tempted to re-open the property. Twelve miles north of the Bo nanza and Nonpareil in theextreme northern part of Douglas county, on a branch of Elk creek, is located the Elkhead mine. This nroDertv is credited with having produced about $30,000 cross value of Quick silver. Some fifteen years aco sur face ore was quarried from a large pit on the top of a low hill and treated in a coarse ore furnace. Subsequently the property fell into me nauas ot new owners and in 1895 a 10-ton Scott continuous fur nace was built. This was onerated for a short time on the screenings ot the old coarse ore furnace. The death of the principal owner and the lack of ore reserves caused the mine to be shut dowu. It has re mained idle ever since. In the present workings of this propertv two veins axe disclosed. The veins have nearly the same strike but opposite and convereine dips. The main vein dips to the south at an angle of about 80 deg., while the lesser veins dip to the north at an angle of only 20 deg. from the horrzontal. To reach the level of intersection of these two veins would require a vertical shaft about 500 feet deep. In an air-ltne lour miles east of the Elkhead mine, in the southern part of Lane county, lies the Black butte quicksilver district. Since the development work iu this dis trict has been quite extensive it will be described fclater iu a separate paragraph. All of the above described cinna bar deposits are located on the westerly slope of the Cascade range. Recently, however, a discovery of cinnabar was made on the east slope of the range, about thirty miles trom the town of Prtneville. in Crook county. Some good ore from thissection has been exhibited. I A number of claims have been lo- cated and one ofthe properties re-1 lenora"0" ' P"n. 1 lie mauage cently passed into the hands of a, ment es'ma'es that with increased company with sufficient capital for 'urn?,(:e capacity and facilities for its development. So far as the h,audlJuK ore on a large scale writer knows, no cinnabar has been ' theab?v,e. Production cost can be discovered in the Coast Ranie in Oregon, although he lias seen some specimens of rich ore said to have come from the region of the Sixe river in Coos county. The Coast Range, however, has not been k m k Lenders in Merchandising in our store chuckfitll ofthe best Garman, Hemenway Co, (Lenders in ftlerclimttlisiiig'. prospected for cinnabar. In fact, very little prospecting for the min eral has been done in any part of Oregon. The dense growth of timber and underbrush covering the entire mountain region, renders prospecting of any kind difficult, slow, and uninviting. The Blackbutte quicksilver dis trict is about four miles long and two miles wide, and lies on the northern slope of the Calapooia mountains near the head of the Coast Fork of the Willamette river, in the southern part of Lane county. The elevation at the apex of Black butte mountain, the highest peak iu the district, is 2,750 tt. above sea level. The entire district is owned by two companies. A private com pany, of Portland, Oregon controls about one thousand acres, including the Bald Butte and Cinnabar Butte mines. The Blackbutte Quicksil ver Company, a Washington state corporation, together with its allied interests, controls practically the ballance of the district. Some five years ago this corporation acquired the mine. A Scott continuous fur nace, having a capacity of 50 tons per diem, was installed, together with other surface improvements. Subsequently the control of the cor poration passed into new hands un der whose management over twelve thousand feet of underground work has been accomplished. The Blackbutte mine is admirably placed for economic mining. Situ ated at a moderate altitude, milling operations both above and below grouiftl art unhindered throughout the year; an ample supply of water, abundance of water power, un limited timber for fuel, wide veins and soft rock, are some among the favorable factors. The erosions that left Blackbuste mountain stand ing abruptly r,75o ft. above the valley at its base have made it pos sible to reach the veins of its fissure system to a depth of 1,600 ft. by comparatively short adit thus af fording natural drainage and the opportunity for gravity haulage of the ore. Over 2,000 ft. of 'backs', ou the dip of the main vein, may thus be explored at a mtuimun cost, before it will become necessary to install any pumping or hoisting ma chinery. It would seem that nature has afforded every possible facility for cheap production. The aver age cost of quicksilver ore mined ard treated in California, as shown by the published reports of the principal mining cqmpanies, ranges from S3 to $4.So per ton; the aver age cost of production at the Black; butte mine has been $1.40 per ton. These 6gures include all charges of every kind, such as mining, trans port of ore, treatment, flasks, and delivery of the marketable metal at the railway station, excepting pro fata charBes fo.r development work, "ion capuai invesieo. ami oe- appreciaDiy retiuceu The conspicuous geological feat ure of the Blackbutte district is the immense vein of cinnabar-bearing volcanic breccia which apexes along the ridge of Blaekbutte Continued on Itutjage. Cottage Grove. goods ever offered in