NUGGET
IIIK.llVI-l(tlIMI mi i i
U NEAT JOB PKINTINOl
Devoted to the Mining, l.tn.lrr mj.; mid I''nnniii; Interests cf tlilit Coinimtiuty, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake.
VOL. VI
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1904.
NO. 26
BOHEMIA
MINING DIST.
News I'nmi ItolKinia itncl the
Various Alining Ciimps of .
Oregon and Oilier
Stiitcs.
15. J. Will luce- it iii t lie Bohemia
district thin week.
W V. MuHcrMin went up to
the Champion Itaniti property Wed
ticstln y
James Hart fur 11 long time with
the Crystal Consolidated, is now
employed nt the Vcuivilts.
Gill McJilow who is developing
the I'ei-k-.i-ll prnp-rty reports it
is improving rapidly at work pro
gresses. The stage line running from
Wlldwond to I toll c nt In litis changed 1
Its dinner tuition Iroin Minernl to
Keizer's ,
C. M. Kissinger of Eugene, was
Ui in the Bohemia dUtrict la-.t
week ex.itnininc; niue mining
properties.
Prof Driggii and fiiinily crime
down from the Vesuvius hist week,
owing to the health of Mrs. Brig.
James Vlutc, who has been min
ing tn Hnhcmin, was tnken sick rc
cently and was brought out Monday
Mrs. White accompanied him.
Henry Johnson. H.irlnv nud
John Coffmau have finished their
contract on the I.cKoy property
and have begun a cintrui-t in 11 new
place.
M. R. Janncy of Eugene, after u
visit of some ten months in the
Hast, has been up to Bohemia look
ing over the mining fields. lie re
turuel to Eugene Inst Friday.
W. M. Tcrrlherry, of Chicago,
is in this portion of Oregon looking
uvcr the mining districts. lie
spent several days in Bohemia nud
reports it a good looking district .
J. F. Mathews, sou of C. C.
Mathews Supt of the Oregon Sccur
ties Co. arrived from S.111 Francisco
Sunday ami went oil Monday to
the mines where he will spend the
.summer.
Herbert Leigh, manager of the
North Fairvicw, came down from
the mines last Friday nud went lo
his home in Eiiucnc. Mr. Leigh
rcpoits the property to be in first
class condition.
'I'lie Golden Utile Mining Com
pany has been pitshim: develop
ment work uipiii its properties in
Bohemia lor some mouths past
The results so far have been nil the
company could hope for. Recently
11 large body of good ore was en
couuteicd in one of its tunnels.
Lewis J. Hartley came down
from the Twin Rock's property on
Wednesday and took the train for'
Corvallis. Mr. Hartley reports the
work progressing nicely at tin
mine and that they aie drifting
on a strong ledge ol good ore He
will return tothc property Monday.
The I)e Heers Co is a concern
one wouldn't object to have stock
Gar man
West Side,
Line of
Meats, Lards, Vegetables,
Fruits Etc., Etc.
- - FRESH EVERY DAY - -
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE
RIGHT PKICIJS.
in It produces 93 per cent of the ItuKinents, such as are fed into the
diamond output ol the world It ordinary stamp mill. The little
pays minimi dividend of 65 per machine chews them up with an
cunt on ill "common" Mock. In appetite that is astonishing, dis
the Inst year mid u half it Inis raised charging the ptily, mnde intn 11 thin
the price of these necessities of life mush by the uddilinn of water. This
only five times, from 30 to 35 per pulp is finely ground and is rcadv
cent in all. American imports of for the separator or gravity machine
diamonds hove greatly decreased in alter leaving the crusher,
consequence. This Rtriiigeucy in The ordinary difficulty met in
the diamond market must cause ore crushing machines is that of
great suffering in ninny poor fiimil- slimme,. Hut here there Isno "lim
its. IJ tit says an exchange, en- ing. This difficulty is obviated by
tpigemriit lilies will continue to he the fact of the machine letting go
lionglit . rend can be dispensed of the pulp when a certain degree
with but me must have diamonds, ol fineness is reached.
. - The separator, which takes the
INCKIMSINO MILL CAPACITY. im,P "" ilH relaw from the crusher,
is nu enlarged application of the
Scott Slandish came down from specific gravity hydraulic separator, ,
the Great Northern mine yesterday used by nssayers in the extraction
and leaves today for San I'niiKisco. ufgold from powdered ore. Im
wher: heeocs to buy a Huntington niine a bii! funnel settinc 011 its
...ill (.. I. 1. ...... If I . .,
mi.- iiiuiy. small end. insiue tins luiiucl set i 01 mining until rue congress 01 tue lor 11; n is ratner one 01 tne great- politicians nave created lor you. It ianson was the best for the pur
Mr. Staiidish says the new mill will six or eiht smaller ones, the apex United States creates an Iudepen- est incentives why the concentration is you to whom they extend the chase of' the whole issue, which
,..(.. t 1. it (Miiviii ..uimu in iic
mine, increasing thednily handling
of ote from 10 to 20 tons, turning
out about fio.noo in gold every
mouth A tiamway will soon he
installed to carry the ote from the
mine to the mill, so that the prop-
erty can he workeil in the winter
when there is snow 011 llie ground
Mr. Staiidish will be joined by his
family who will leiurii with him.
He uill be gone about 10 davs.
Hugene Register
(WANTS PASS INVILNTOKS.
ortgun nhavtvpr.
There has been invented
by
(.ranis fast men two machines, one Micrman oc bharmaii will set up a
lor the crushing of ore, and the combination or set of these machines
other for srprating the values from at Portland, and demonstrate the
the pulp W. II. Sherman and W. principle and working value of
R. Whipple nte theiiivcntors of the them to the members of the Min
flrst and W. It. Shnrmau of the ing Congress when that body itinei
others Working size models have there next month,
been made of each, and satisfactory . .
tests given. The character of the
machines their economy of opera
tion, the lightness and case of
rausportntioii, and the magnitude
ol the work '.hey can accomplish
makes them a combination that
will revnltitionic the gold reduc
tion business.
A remarkable feature of these ma
chines is their simplicity. Hut the
greatest things ate always the
simplest and plainest. Astonishing
nud indicate mechanisms are not a
part of these ore cttishiug and gold ,
saving machine. I he principles
on which they operate are wholly
scientific, ami simply apply n few
fundamental laws that arc well
known to everyone.
The ore crushing machine oper
ates much 011 the plan of the old
fashioned "stone mid burr" corn
grimier, or old-time coffee mill witli
the exception that the oic-crushcr
has a disc instead of a cone, the
disc has noburrs;--it is left smooth.
It is a big circular disc fitted snug
ly in a slecl case. A convex steel
case or cap, screws down over the
disc, thus forming a "V" shaped
opening between it and the disc
ami on top ol ihis the funnel shaped
hopper sets, into which the ore is
fed. The entiae machine weights
only 1 100 pounds, and uhen taken
apatt can be made into a wheelbar
row and could he rolled over any
mountain trail bv one or two horses
tandem
The disc is 24 inches in diameter
and for gootl work is operated at
1000 revolutions per minute. Kight
horse power is required to drive it,
and with this can crush 211 tons
daily. The ore is first broken into
Hemenway Co,
lOakhi ISristow ISuildin'.
Staple & Fancy
W. W.
,, " . . . , .
01 an meeting nt a common point
Into the smaller cmj tw'o pipes lead.
Oni. hfini'K water and another the
...I.. 'in... it.:.. 1 ..: i: I
,ui. i iiv iiiiiii mjk: uiciiui);e
water inside the funnel for agita-
tion and overflow. The pulp rises
cape with it. Hut the gold and
v mi iiii.- ,111:1 iiiiii iuiuiiiiii.-, nu ti-
concentrates dtops into the .system
of funnels, slide down to the center
and arc drawn nfi, while the lighter
substance flows off through the
waste pipe which surrounds the
upper edge of the outcn funnel It
is nil as simple as two and two
make four.
Messrs Sherman & Whipple ami
An exchange recently had an
item regarding the value of 11 cubic
foot ol gold, which was stated to be
"S.117-3-M. computing pure old at
$2. per ounce." A correspondent
calls attention to the fact that tile
statement is erroneous mid corrects ,
it as follows: '1 grain of gold is
wnrth Vi.o.nof.r,i: 1 nr.. Trnv nfi
pure gold is worth 20 671081, not
;24 peroz. t cubic foot of gold
(17,579.9808 ozs. troy) 1,2054898
His avoitduqots, is valued at $363,-
joo.85
1 ton "2, 000 lbs. J, 29,1(10
is valued at $602 837.36.
.0 ozs,
The San Guiseppe mine is located
within the city limits of Souora,
Tuolumne county, Cal. Its gold
has .1 value of $20.54, maximum
nearly." Mining and Ktigiucering
Review.
Growth Of Timber.
II. It. Klneald, neeompiiliied b.v Ids
con Webster, went out to bin place
iiliout three mllcn HoutheaHt of Ku
Kcnc, l.iHt Moiiihi.v, for the lli'Ht time
In live or hl .venrw. He found that
timber nnd briiHli huve grown up
ncurl.i nil over the hind, In Home
plnee trecH large euoimh for tele
graph poleM, bridge or wharf piling,
or Min Ions growing; on land where
lie plowed anil i'iiIm-i! wheat nud
garden vegi'tiibh'H llfl.v yearn ago.
Nearly all ol the :tTi(l aei-CH Is eoveivil
with 11 ileiii-e loiVHt ol new lie and
011k UinliiT nnd brush that Iiiim
grown up Hlnee the donation claim
wiih nettled on by Thomas ami
Nane.v Klueald and their children,
Including the writer ol this. In Oct
oliei nr November, ls.Vl. Them are
1 1 1 0 1 1 x a 1 1 1 1 h , perhaps teiiN of thoiiK
andM, nf eoi-ils ot wood now growing
on the land. State .loiirnal.
Frank I leuilei'Noii came down from
I In- eNiihiN mine mi Monila.N.
McFarlmid, Mgr.
MINING
820,720, and in passing the billion
nPPARTIVIPNT ,,ollar lnok whidl they ,id
1CJ AIV I JllCll I 1901, --certainly if such a depart
ment was desirable in 1X08, it is
Col. Malum Discusses (he Im
portance of a Separate
Bureau for (he .Min
eral Itiduslry.
The t'uitcd States is the greatest
mining country in the World, and
yet we are the only great nation
that does not provide an adequate
supervision of the industry, and we
can never have n proper govern-
mental supervision of the industry
1 , . . ..... r- .
iient ucparuucui 01 .Mines anu
Mining with a secretary at its head
1 who shall be a member of the Presi-
I..
tiuni ni.iwiuui.
The Department of Commerce
.and Labor, recently established,
ttini in acuiiii iihiwhb, 11, wtiiiii
1 milling is placed as a bureau, with-
iii the bureau of manufacture, was
no more neecessary, nor even as
much so, than is a department of
mines. The placing ol mines under
the supervision of the Department
of Commerce is not only uusatis-
factory, but it is a reflection upon
the importance of the industry in
its relation lo the welfare of the
industrial life of the nation, and a
detriment to its greater advance'
ment and independence.
Mining has tremendous certain
ties. The valve of our mineral
products in 18S0 was S3fi9,39.ooo.
In 1890 these products were v ilued
at $619,512,173. In 1899 the value
A'as $976,800,946; and in 1900
passed the billion dollar mark.
In considering this question we
must not associate it together with
the precious metals. The value ol
our bituminous and anthracite coal
production each year runs up into
le minions oniouars; aiso peiroi-
Clllll, cement, DrtCk
clay and stone
and the spectfieti. mineral products
on the mineral oitput list of the
geological survey number sixty
two. And with ihe milling indus
try, as it u-, still in its infancy.
Certainly this infant is quite large
enough, quite important and strong
enough, to be taken out ot its swad
dling clothes. It uot only looks to
be, but it is out of place when it is
a bureau within the manufacturer's
bureau of the Department of Com
merce and Labor.
In its bearing on the general wel
fare and prosperity of the country,
mining, in the narrowest light you
can look upon it, is as powerful for
good as any of the other State
Departments, and it is not impossi
ble for even the most ordinary
statistician to Show, in proportion
to the population, that the products
e( III,, miiiiior kliit,. nTf nf far
greater commercial value than the
product of any other slates in the
Union.
Few evnlorers have ever endowed
a nation with a richer dower than
the prospector; he il was who gave
Caliloruia, Colorado and the Great
West to civilization. But for the
product of our mines there would
be no Great West today. The
frontier would still be resting on
the Missouri River.
With the development of the
mining industry, the number of
working mines has increased pro
portionately, until today there are
hundreds, yes, thousands of men
working in mines nud at mining
plants. The interest ol these men
must be safeguaidcd; not iu nu in
direct way; uot through a depart
ment iu which milling will figure
as an incident along with the light
house service, marine hospital ser
vice, bureau ol loretgu commerce, 1
nnd similar branches of the public
service, but in an independent de
partment of its own, the same as
the agriculture of our country is
uow careil tor. New and complex
problems are arising iu the mining
industry constantly, which must be
judicially considered by men equip
ped lor that purpose. 1 he secretary
of a department of mines and min
ing, not only should, but lie must
be a man with the quantity nud
quality of brain aud the experience
that will insure the proper discharge
of his complex and most trying
duties; nud a man, it cuts no figure
how well (nullified he may be for
secretary of commerce, would not
be fitted for the position of secre
tary of a Department of Mines and
Mining, aud this fact more strongly
emphasizes tho necessity of an
Independent Department of Mines
nud Mining,
As far back as December, 1898,
Mr. Chas. D Wnlcott, Director of
the United States Geological Sur
vey, repotted to the chairman of
the senate committee of mines and
mining that he believed the mining
interests of the country should
have a clearly defined representa-
tion in the organization of the
government. In 1898 our mineral
products were only va'.ued at $607,
absolutely necessary six years later
when the value of the products of
our mines exceeds the billion dol-l was a renewal of the same dispute,
lar mark. though the national bitterness had
The American Minion Congress abated somewhat. In this year we !
very well understands that since find the issue eliminated, and all 1
the establishment of the Depart .because of ihe enormous produc
roent of Commerce and Labor, with tion of gold throughout the world,
mining as it is, a bureau within the Stand up, Cripple Creek, and be
bureau ot mnnulncture, it becomes
more difficult to secure an indepeu
dent department of mines and min-
ing, and so the influence that
caused it to be placed there, under-
stood it would be, but that affords
no reason for lagging in the work
r ... . . o " . , -
ouniiiieiicesiiouKl tie greater, more
active and powerful than ever be-
fore. Everything is to hi eninprl
t... .... t . c.t. i
uu cinicak uiu iiuucai iiui, ciuu
nothing lost. As to the importance
of the issue not alone to the min-
1111: men, uuciu ,111: wiiuic luuuii y
there can be no question
The movement for the creation
ol an Independent Department ol
Mines and Mining was marie for
the welfare, not for any one section
but the entire of North America. It
was started in California many
years ago, and taken up by the
American Mining Congress in Den-
ver in 1897. with the Call of San
Francisco as one of its strongest
and most persistent advocates, and of the dispute between the extremes Recent work on the Belcher
it would l-e a serious loss of pre- of policy on the questiou of the group of claims belonging to the
stige lor Califordia to be so apathe- standard of money, it is sufficient Great Eastern Company, has de
tic at this time, when the question to note that the politics of 1904 has veloped a large body of fine looking
is surrounded wtih greater difficul-1 directed the attention of voters to ore. Work will be continued dur
ties than it was when she champ- an important fact concerning the ing the summer.
ioned its cause, to lore her leader- gold mining industry. There are
ship. those who do very little thinking Mr- Hen Pitcher Is keeping the
At the coming assembly of The except when a polilicial campaign bonnlhig house at the Leltoy prop-
American Mining Congress meeting is at its height, and at such a time
in rortlanu, Oregon, August 22nd
1903, this question will be taken up
and discussed by statesmen ol nat-
ional and international reputation,
and by them, through The Ameri-
can Mining Congress, carried up 10
the Congress of the United States
and territories, especially Califor-
uia, Colorado, Montana, Idaho,
Utah, Wyoming, Washington, Ari-
zona, New .Mexico and Oregon
take in this coming struggle be -
comes a matter of record.
Irwin Mahon,
Secretary The American Mining
Congress.
POLITICIANS SEE THE LIQHT.
If there is any one development
in national politics more than an
other which interests the mining
man this year it is the credit which
he is receiving on all sides for the
settlement of a disturbing issue, 1 settled in our midst, coming here 'smaller holdings, which were pur
says the Daily Mining Record. Be- from almost every j,art of the , chased by newcomers, who are
hold, it is observed by the wise United States, and swelling the diversifying their products. Real
men of the East that the enormous
production of cold throuchout the
world during the last eight years
has removed the troublous question
of the standard of money "from the
held of poltttcial contention." The
quoted phrase is the language
which narrowly missed finding a
place in the Democratic platform,
but though this plank has been re -
legated to oblivion it has received
sulhcient publicity
to make
the
gold miners happy,
Kifilit years ago the
passed through one of the
country
bitterest
fits
Summer Goods at
J Now
make
9
1
campaigns it has ever
The Republican press
drew the issue along the line of
honeitty and dishonesty and the re
sult was that in many cases argu
ment gave way to personal abuse.
It was a trying time for those
whose blood flows evenly and cool
from habit. Four years ago there
knighted.
Stand up, Alaska and receive
your decoration.
Stand up. South Africa, Western
Australia and all you others that
have contributed to the abounding
nrnstwrilv nnd tvenr th hadirp tb
I - 0
Honor ot lirmgltig peace between
brother and brother, of removing
flip ntipstinn of fh stnnrlnr1 nf
,.r . r.-i.i r
iiiuuey iruiu me neiu ui )Oiiiiciai
contention."
j Since the campaign of 1896 more
iiiuu ,uw,uuu,uuu nus uceu auueu
to the world's sunnlv of cold, and
within the past fifteen years the
world's supply has increased more
than $3,000,000,000. At the pre-
sent rate of production it will be
said at the end of 1804 that the
world has produced since 1890 one-
third the total output of the world
since the date of the discovery of
'America.
Without entering int: the merits
they do so ouly because their part-
isati duties compel them. If the
present campaign does no more
than advertise the fact that the
gold mining industry is surpassing j
all previous records, to the great,
amaaement of statisticians and the 1
dismay of some politicians, its mis-
! sion will uot be vain so far as the.
mining industry is concerned.
i'js.s the word along.
1 The gold miner has made
( politician take a few bitches in
, suspenders.
. .
the
his
RAPID GROWTH.
political
known.
Perhaps no section of the slate 'duced them to come to Brownsville
can boast of a better growth in pop- to locate. The resulting influx of
ulation than has occured in immigration has more than ex
Brownsville and the surrounding ceeded our best expectations. The
country during the past few years, benefits to the community in
It is conservative to say that some-' general are seen iu the cutting up
thing like -;oo people have recently
j population of Brownsville to up-
Wards of 1000 neoole. since the last
census of 1900. This satisfactory
j increase is chiefly attributed to
the wide-spread circulation of the
pa runlets entitled. "Where Rolls
the Oregon," which contained con-
, cise lacts decriptive ot Brownsville
, and its many resources, climatic
, conditions, advantages, etc. The
, publication ot these pamplets grew
out of a spirit of enterprise on the
part of our citizens, who recognized
the value of advertising iu this way:
There were 7.500 copies issued, out
this way, we are
CLOSING OUT ALL
COST
no mistake. But
Welch & Woods
SEWER BONDS.
Sold at a Premium anil the
Contract to Lay Sewers
Let.
City Council met July 15th pur
suant to adjournment.
Present Mayor Medley, Council
man, Itingham, Hinds, Veatch,
Currin, Chamberliu and Recorder
Wheeler.
The ordinance relating to bicycle
. ridim? 011 side walks was nnsseil
, 'phis beitiK the -time for the
opening of bids and awarding sale
of sewer bonds they were opened
1 antt teaat it was foun(i tMat tle
i.i.i Anrn:.. 1 ni..:..
UIM Ul .IkUlllS I)IUUIC13 VllllSl-
' was at par, witli
They also to pay
1
was at par, with $225 premium.
the expense of
and was awarded to
'
tliem
The bid of Mummey Hros for the
construction of sewers was accepted
sum eel to the final sale ot lioiuls
- imi nfWvnm. irnniwnrp (,
, for supplying the City with fire
hose at thirty three cents per foot,
the city to pay the freight, was
accepted.
An ordinance regulating the fire
and other meetings by bell was
introduced,
,
BELCHER GROUP.
of which 5,000 copies were turned
over to the Southern Pacific Rail
way Company to be distributed.
The numerous letters of inquiry
received by the business institutions
and men, whose names were shown
' in the pamplet, irom people living
in all parts of the uast, attests the
very thorough and systematic man
ner in which these booklets were
sent out in evety direction. The
greater number of settlers coming
here carried copies oP'Where Rolls
the Oregon" in their pockets, and
had no hesitancy in saying that the
information contained therein in-
I of some of our large farms into
estate has nearly doubled iu value
and there is a greater business ac-
tivitv all aro'md. The advantages
of advertising in this way have
, more than been realized by the re-
suits aud our business men are now
considering the matter of publish
I ing another pamplet to be dtstri
! bitted in like manner, except that
many favor the idea of printing a
considerable greater quantity than
previously issued, It is hoped that
the proposed new publication will
be ready for distribution in the
near future. Brownsville Times.
come to us