Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and forming Interests of this Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake.
VOL. VI
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MARCH 4, 1904.
NO. 6
MINING NEWS.
Gathered From Ilohcuiin Alining
District and the Various Aliii
iiiK Camps of Oregon and
Other States.
IIOIIEMIA NEWS.
Hditor NiiRKct: News at this
sensoti of the year in llohcinin is I
rather hard to secure. Owing to the
exceptionally deep snows of this
winter, eveiy miner stays closely nt
his work and with the exception of
nu occasional trip to the postoflicc
and the stores hut little is seen of
him. A great amount of develop
ment work is hcing done just the
same and everyone ho far as learned
is ci'couragcd witli the .showings
nml improvements in their prop
erties. Many, when they visit the
camp in the sp.iug, will he agree
ably surpiiscd with the improve
ments to be seen iu the claims
worked this winter. One very en
couraging feature in the work thus
far is the improve nent in the prop
cities as depth is g lined. The
walls of the veins become more'
regular, the ores more solid and j
apparently of an improved (jradc. '
Among the properties which have
been heard from recently ate: The
Golden Rule group near the foot of
the mountain, the tunnel is being
continued and the oie is improving
both in size ami quality. j
The Vesuvius tunnel is being
driven ahead and the ore which is
largely of a base character, is well '
ucliucd ami increasing 111 quantity
The Wall Street crosscut tunnel
is being continued and it is ex
pected to soon reach its objective
point; a second ledge which is
strong on the surface.
The Oregon-Colorado tunnel is
reported to be showing up well as
the tunnel progresses.
J. w. bears is working his prop
erty 011 the southern slope f '
urotise mountain and is well pleased
with the present showinir
S. J. Iirund has been ut work all
winter and recently stated that iti
looks good to him.
The last news from the Riverside I
group was to the effect that the ore1
was of a good quality and morel
than filled the breast of the tunnel. I
l.i f-w., ll ... r .1 i
,.v.. ail ICJiulia illC Ol inc
most encouraging nature and every
one is anxiously looking forward
to active operations the coming
season. A. Non.
mrices
As we are going entirely out ol business, we are closing out our entire line
of merchandise ut less than regular eost, for we must get our money out of
them, and 1)3' buying now 3011 can get good bargains.
FINE CLOTHING
We still have a good stock of Clothing and Underwear to pick from, and
at prices that will suit till. Come and examine them. A1 ways willing to
show them if you buy or not.
SHOES
We are tryiny to close out as soon as posible therefore selling our entire
line much cheaper than could be bought in any of the larger cities, and just as
good goods as could be got of any merchant in the northwest.
Cottage Grove
NEW HATS AND CAPS
The very Latest Styles. Our Heavers are the best Hats made. See
our line before buying. We can please you.
GARMAN, HEMENWAY COMPANY.
Lenders in McrcliuiiMtisiiig-.
AKAMUM IMNQUIiT.
The Technology Club of New
York City recently held n radium
banquet, in which the health of the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, of tile alumni of which the
association is composed, was drunk
in "liquid sunshine."
The lights were turned out, and
Lester I). Gardner began the ra
dium display.
Mr. Gardner showed a diamond
which glowed when excited by the
presence of a bit of radium. He
showed kuiizite, excited under the
same conditions, and then held up
a tiny tube, of which he said:
''I hold iu my hand n minute
portion ol pure radium; it is diffi
cult for you who are a few feet
awny from me to sec the small par-
ucics 111 me Kiass. There are. in
this tube, twenty-five milligrammes
of radium bromide with an activity 1
one million times as strong as 1 la's' ""d had many applications to force of workmen upon the prop
uranium, j consider, but after carefully can- erties of the company as fast as
One gramme of this radium I
would cost 15,000 and one pound
would cost approximately, $8,000,
000. Iu the world, all of this ra
dium in existence could be' placed
on a twenty-fiva cent piece, and
therefore we have bclore us the
rarest .specimen of mineral on the
earth. With this I intend to excite
into lumiiic.sc.'iicc diamonds, willi-
mite and esculiii.1
Mr. Gardner
then produced a
laucini; skeleton and other objects 1
which have ccn coated with phos-.
pliortis paint, which, he said jocu
larly, had been impregnated with
an itifinitestlmal quantity of radium
to make its radiance permanent.
Said Mr. Gardner:
"I uowca 1 your attention to ra
dium paint, so called. This is
merely a new form of our old friend
luminous paint. It has been found
that radium exceeds it iu luniin-1
osity, and when radium can be 1
manufactured iu commercial quail-
tities there is no doubt that a pro-
duction properly called radium 1
pamt can be made.
"Manv duestions have been
askeil as to the nood of radium
paint. A friend of mine who owns 1
an automobile savs it will solve his 1
difficulty, as people will run a mile !
,... n,,.. , i,i ,.ii,. .,,. .,1 1
automobile dart down country 1
lanes," ,
Last of all came the "Liquid 1
Sunshine Cocktail." A tiny tube!
of radium had been placed in water
in a tiny cocktail glass. A mag-j
nestum wire was burned in a cor-1
ner of the darkened room and in '
eacu glass mere glowed a brilliant
IIIHC MMUICSICULI.
Alii, lujni iu uiui.l Hiiiiui was
then drunk from the glasses
nig. Scientific American.
Lower at Our
OVERCOATS
EAKIN & BRISTOW ,.
MINRS RXIIIWT.
Frank Williams, a resident of
Ashland and a Western Oregon
mining man, was today chosen
assistant superintendent of the Ore
gon mineral exhibit at the Louisi
ana Purchase Kxposition, says the:
livening Telegram, Feb. 27. The I
appointment was made by w. ii. !
Wehrung,
superintendent of ex-
hibiis.
Selection of l'rnnk Williams to'
be assistant superintendent of the1
Oregon mineral exhibit nt the St ;
Louis fair has settled the question '
of who shall represent Southern '
aim wckicru uregon. 1 ne ap -
pointmeiit was made 011 recommcn-
latioii ol the Oregon Miners' Asso-1 Eastern office of the Oregon Se
dation, of which Mr. Williams is a ' curities Company: That it had
memljcr.
Superintendent of exhibits. W.
Welirung has had the matter
under consideration lor the past ten
vassing all eligibles lie lias ap-
pointed Williams.
Air. Williams was uom 111 rvew
York, February 14, 1838, but
moved to Wichita, Kan., over 30
yeais ago, where he engaged in the
hotel business. He left there 13
yeurs ago and lived iu Portland for
two years, when he moved to Ash-
! land, iu Jackson countv. and im-
mediately became interested in the
mining business, which he has fol-
lowed ever since. He is interested
' "'e Gold Standard mine at Jack
sonville. I lie Dr. Reeder mine I
near Ashland and the Griffin mines
on Griflin Creek. He has since
coming to the state been active iu I
politics in Southern Oregon. His
appointment meets the general ap
proval ol the milling men of West
ern Oregon, as he is known to be
fair in his views relative to any
l,i,r' of the state, and will Work for
'be interest of mining at St Louis,
H s nt present one of the
World's Fair Commission and a
member of the committee on min-
ing ami lias been instrumental in
getting a good m
:.. i i- 5 r
ineral display for
Oregon.
He expects to leave for St Louis
"bout May 1 to begin his work
T'le compensation is very small,
nniountiiiL' to ,i ner dav. but ns
Mr-Williams has the interests of
mining at heart he has taken the
position at the request of friends.
HELP THE EXHIBIT,
More than a ton of high grade
copper ore is being shipped by the
Norli, American Copper Company,
of Grand Kucampment, to St Louis
y.am jwcuuiihi em. u i m ,
1..:" St ' "e a, Pr f y-
nmltll' nmiprnf pvlnlilt I Ii A ,m
stand-jportaut mining sections of the
yest nre determined to have ore
Bii
UNDERWEAR
I THE OREGON
SECURITIES CQ.
This Great Company will
at Once Begin Adding to
its Force of Miners in
Bohemia.
Acting Manager Wood of the O
, autt H. IS. railroad, tins week re
ceived official information frm the
1 ijeell decided by the company to, as
snmi n Knwriiitpnrlpnt Mailn-iv
returned here, which will be within
a few days, begin increasing the
circumstance will allow and that
workmen and miners would be
added as rapidly as it is possible to
do so, and yet have the work done
in an economical manner. He
also informed us that the com
pany is in as good and strong a
financial condition as it has been
since its inception. Mr. Wood
also stated that the O. &S. E. rail
road was doing a good business
and that the receipts were regu
larly increasing. All are pleased
to hear of this year's work begin-
nim' so earlv in the season, and its
but a forerunner of a very active
campaign along the line,
exhibits in St Louis. Those com
munities doing little, or exerting
themselves in a mild manner, will
be seriously eclipsed. The thought
should stimulate every operator of
this great district to further the
work of Frederick R. Mellis, in
charge of the Oregon exhibit. Mr.
Mellis has been able to master most
of the difficulties presented without
'appealing to the public for unusual
, ' ,,, rof.ee(1.
11 -' - 1
iue iu this quiet, faithful manner
should not lift the burden of re
sponsibility from the shoulders of
all interested. But a brief time
reinaius, and every possible en
couragement and aid should be
rendered before the exhibit is
finally sent to St Louis. Blue Mt.
American.
THE THREE GRACES.
The prospecter, the newspaper
and the promotor are the leading
f , ,- upbuilding of a min.
i"B district. The prospector makes
the discovery, the newspaper ad
vertises his find to the world, and
the promoter interests capital to
I develop the property. They are
: all essentnial in their various
spheres, and without them the
1 country would remain unproductive.
, Of the three the promoter comes in
for the most abuse, and as a general
'thing it is undeserved. The pro
moter, like the prospector, is an
enthusiast, and it is well that be is,
1 for no man can talk up an enterprise
, iu which he lacks laitli. The min
1 ing sections of the west owe much
j to the promoter. If a property
j turns out well he makes but little
I out of it. If it is a falure he is
j held responsible for it. His life is
full of cares and he is often more
I deserving ofsympathy than censure.
: Clifton, Ariz., Copper Era.
I LEADVILLE ZINC ORE PRODUCTION
J The shipments of zinc ore from
jthe Leadville district in Colorado
during the year 1906 were probably
iu the neighborhood of 100,000
tons. According to the statement
eiven bv the special correspondent
nf tl,p I,niriiipprino' Nfitiiniv Tnlir-
nnl, in the issue of January 14. the
shipments in 1903, amounted to
80,213 011S' of which the Iron sil
ver Mining Company produced 65,.
713, the Yak tunnel 1,260, the R
A. M. 3,8 jo, the Louisville 2,500
and the Western Mining Company
(Minnie and A. M. W. mines),
which is the largest producer after
the Iron Siiver Mining Company.
The bulk of the ziw. ore pto
duced iu Leadville comes from the
sulphide extensions of the main ore
shoot in Carbonate hill and the
eastern ore shoot in Iron hill.
Copper deposits are not confined
to any particular geological age,
but occur in rocks of almost any
age and in many different kinds of
rock. The United Verde mine of
Arizoua is in slaty and schistose
rock, with limestone, all of pre
Cambrian age. Those of Butte,
Mont., are in granite; those of
Missouri are iu carboniferous lime
stone; those of Bingham district,
Utah, nre in porphyry and lime
stone; those of Canandea in similar
formations. Many copper deposits
are iu diabase and in diorites, or in
schists altered from those rocks.
The cenner deposits of Paradox
mountains, are in sandstone. Cop
per also occurs in serpentine and 111
quartz porphry.
CRVSTAL CONSOLIDATED.
Ernest Waters, who has been
iu charge of the work at the Crys
tal Consolidated mining property
in Bohemia and getting the mill of
the company into shape for the
coming season, came down on the
O. & S. Is. train Thursday. He
reports heavy snows, which have
prevented very much outside work
being done the past few weeks.
Mr. Waters says the tunnel on the
Consolidated property is in a dis
tance of about 350 feet. For a long
distance the tunnel has been in ore
and at the present there are sev
eral feet of ore carrying gold, cop
per and zinc. Mr. Waters took
the noon train for Spokane to visit
his family, but will return to his
work in some three week3.
'Theoretically, most business
men favor publicity, savs the Wall
street Journal. Even Mr. Rocke
feller, who does not like publicity
for himself, likes it about other
people, and Mr. Rockefeller is a
type of a large class of financiers
who appreciate the value of infor -
mauou 01 wnat otuer people are
doing, but who resent any inquiry
into what they are doing as an un
warranted interference with their
private business. They do not
seem to comprehend that this is a
matter iu which there must be give1
and take. The man who wants it has been decided by the Post to
must also impart." i,aVo a "camp Are" the evenlug of
' ' that date. All comrades of the O. A.
Col. John T. Grayson one of u. und the ladlos aro requested to
the best known mining men in the 1 bring full baskets and have n, good
west died in Cincinuatti on the 25th time.
of February. He had recently left '
his home in Portland in hopes of n.mur cmnm inrTimc
improving his health which has . PUBL,C SCH00L LECTURE,
been failing for some time past. The fifth lecture In series given 1111
The Col. was one of the strong ' der the auspices of the public school
supporters of the American Min-1 will bo given by I)r. Thos. A. Boyer
ing Congress and that organiza- ' California on -March 17 nt the
tion will miss his advice and in- Opera House. Two years ngo Dr.
fluence; as will the various mining 1 Boyer lectured here and all who
enterprises of the State. I heard him remember hlni a one of
1 the most pleasing apeukera that has
Irom present reports of what has
been accomplished by those having
iu charge Oregon s mineral ex
hibit at the St Louis Exposition,
the state will be well represented
and the exhibition will be worthy
of the state and an attractive fea
ture of Oregon's display.
Cottage Grove and Blackbutte Wagon Road.
Lint May It was determined by a number of enterprUIng people to have
u good wagon road from Cottage Grove to Blackbutte. W. II. Dennis was
selected chulrman and E L. Camp bull secretary. Subscriptions were taken
and the work begun Iu August, wlth'the result of a good highway between
tho two places, ai laborers were scarce; twenty cents per hour was paid
the men, and tldrty-tlve cents per hour for teams. There will need bo some
more work on the road this season and a number have already volunteered
their services. Following is the report of the secretary:
Approximate 2J$0 cubic yards gravel covered 17SS0 Iln. ft of road,
moved at :17c per cu ynrd 110J.G0
Approxima ely 4000 cubic yards earth covered 15t;!0 llu ft, moved at
per cubic yard 600.00
Approximate 'J bridges and 4 culverts 00.79
amount of rock work 85.00
" cost of blasting stumps mid burning brush 43.10
Surveying nnd platting 139.07
(ieuernl siiervUIou, supplier, tools, etc. 66.80
Bohemia Nugget
W B Dennis
Pacific Timber Co.
One half of Woodnrd contract rlprnpplos
In trout of .1 Powell's place
Balance lu bank
Amount paid by bounty Court
CasU Hiilwcrlbcd
Labor subscribed
2109 IS 2109 18
Paid
Name Subscribed Cash Labor
Adams, li V 6 00 6 00
Adams, Lyuiau 4 00 4 00
Awbrey, DT 2 00 2 00
Adams, B F 5 00
Beamis, .) W 15 00 15 00
BaughuaurDC 5 00 5 00
Beck, D 5 00 5 00
Blow ic Jones 5 00 5 00
Barker & Penuuii 10 00 10 00
Burton, 1) C 20 00 20 00
Bartel & Veatch 5 00 5 00
Coast Fork Lumber Co 100 00 100 00
Uaidi Urocery 4 00 4 00
Currln, .IP 5 00 5 00
Courts, Wit 5 00 5 00
Chrlsmau &. Bungs 15 00 15 00
Crowley, J 5 00 5 00
Combs, 11 0 9 00 9 00
Dennis, W B 100 00 100 00
Doollttle, A 10 00 0 00
Durham, J M 5 00 5 00
Doak, J V 5 00 4 00
Euklu A BrUtow 40 00 40 00
Emerson 7 00 7 00
Ueer, E 20 00 20 00
Ueer, Levi . 50 00 50 00
Gardner. 'I'M 10 00
Utirmau &. llemcuway 25 00 25 00
Orllllu &. Veatch 7 50 7 50
Howdy, J V 5 00 5 00
Henderson, J I. 10 00 10 00
Howard, CJ 10 00 10 00
Hold, P 5 00 5 00
Hubbard, 1)0 10 00 " 10 00
Hull, John - 7 00 7 00
Hemeuway & Burkholder 10 00 10 00
Joues, W T , ui) 00 20 00
Job, B It . " 2 50 2 50
Klrtley, O II 15 00
Kimball, V I. 10 00 10 00
Keys, v s i f,o 2 50
Lewis & Veatch 5 00 5 00
Lyons, A B 15 00 15 00
IO'oiin, E K .15 00 5 00
Lively, Wm . 15 00 15 00
Lackey, It A . 10 00 10 00
Lauder, S E 2 00 2 00
Long & Bingham 10 00 10 00
Lane Co. Leader 10 00 10 00
Lurch, L 25 00 23 00
Moxley, L G 15 00 15 00
Alassoy, WO - w g
Modern Pharmacy 5 00 5 00
McClellon, OO - 2 00 2 00
McQueen, Geo. . 2 00 2 00
Metcalf & Moro 5 00 5 00
Miller Bro5 1 00 1 00
Madson, II U 3 00 3 00
-Continued 011
LATE NEWS.
Reports that Port Arthur has fal
len. A great land engagement be
tween Japan and Russian troops is
imminent. Japanese debarking
large force in Norther.. Corea.
French statesmen urge mediation
by great powers to end Russ-Japan I
war. Hospital ship bring 71
wounded Japanese soldiers to Na
casaki. Russia fears revolt of
peasants Nine story hotel under
construction in New York City is
wrecked and many lives lost.
A. C. Probert, manager of the
bank at Dayton, Ore., is missing,
The investigation which is to de
cide whether, Smoot of Utah, is to
retain his seat in the senate has be
gun. Japan favors open door
poiicy.
WOMANS RELIEF CORPS,
The ( 'omrudeu of Appomattox Post
j together with a number of the ladlei
ofCotta Grove, lutve decided to
; organize a Relief Corps. Some
twenty of the ladles have already
' subscribed their names to the nppll-
cation for charter and others are ex
pected to do so before tho organiza
tion In perfected. A letter ban been
received from tho department presl
dent, Mrs. Hoho M. Scheuck stating
she will bo present on Saturday the
12th ami mmnleto tho organization
over visited Oregon.
The sixth lecture will be by "Ell
Perkins" on March 21. "Ell" re
quires no Introduction. Come hear
lilm on "lauu mile on Poot Through
Chlila and Japan." Come and en
joy a laugh with this mirth provok
ing speaker.
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Third Page.-
INTERESTING
LETTER
From Secretary Mahon; all
Organizations in the
State Should Correspond
with Miners' Association
of Oregon, Chamber of
Commerce and Secretary
American Mining Con
gress. Carlisle, Penn, Feb. 25, 1004.
Mr. Wm. B. Root,
Editor Bohemia NuRpret.
Friend Root,
I have just returned from New
York and find on my desk a very
acceptable note from yourself, dated
feb. roth and with as little delay
as possible, send you a bound copy
of the seven circulars I have issued
this winter in the interest of the
American Mining Congress and the
Lewis and Clarke Exposition, the
two most important coming events,
that should in my opinion absorb
all the interest of the enterprising
citizens of your state at this time.
Not in words but in post! ve interest
and action.
While in New York, I had a
most interesting and encouraging
conference with a delegation of gen
tlemen from California, New Eng
land, Loudon, and the state of New
York regarding our mining con
gress, and your exposition, and am
now 111 shape to assure you that
these several places will send strontr
delegation to our coming session in
Portland. When I say strong
delegations, I mean not so much in
numbers as in influence, gentlemen
of large means, and large interests
in mining, men that can be of ser
vice to your state. It all depends
now on the people of Oregon.
Much has been done and much
more will be done, but your people
must stand on a broad and liberal
platform if they can to utilize it
fully to their advantage. Not alone
the citizens of Portland, but every
man and woman within the limits
of the great State of Oregon must
take their place in line, and work
with enthusiastic earnestness. Col.
Thomas Ewing of Los Angeles
headed the gentlemen from Cali
fornia. I left him in New York,
doing splendid work. It was
through him that we had the con
ference I speak of. He will be in
the city for several days yet and
during this spring and summer.
You can look for some strong work
in the interests of Oregon from such
papers as the Hew York Commer
cial, The Mining World of Chicago,
the Daily Mining Record of Den
ver, the Mining Review of Los An
geles and other leading journals.
You people can now make if they
will, this coming session of the
American Mining Congress a great
grand gathering of world wide im
portance, representing a great In
dustry, as well as a gathering of
great men and great minds. One
that will have its effect for good in
proportion to the interest your
people take in it, the assistance
financially and otherwise they ren
der me as the secretary of the con
gress, and the developments gen
erally of enthusiasm between now
and the 22nd day of next August
they throw into the work, I tell
you right now that every business
organization 111 the State of Oregon,
should at once hold a meeting, pass
resolutions not only endorsing this
coming assembly of the congress,
but pledging themselves to send full
delegations to the meeting and ten
dering at least some little financial
aid to the local committee at Port
laud, and to the congress, in the
shape of a strong list of paid up
members. The membership fee is
only $5 00 with au annual due of
$2:00 making first payment for cer
tificate the small sum of $7.00.
Why there is not a mining man or
any enterprising citizen in your
state that should not at once send
in his name with the fee, and de
mand a certificate of membeaship.
In this, Washington, Idaho, Utah,
Wyoming, California and Montana
should join hands, and vie with
each other in strength of members.
This, because each and everyone of
the states mentioned, will receive
great advantages through this
meeting of the congress and the
benefits flowing from it in the in
terest of the Lewis and Clark Ex
position will be unmeasurable.
Yonrs Truly,
Ikwin Mahon,
Secretary American Miuing Con
gress. The Dixie Meadows mine near
Quartzburg in Eastern Oregon, un
der systematic development by its
owners is becoming a great property,