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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1904)
Devoted lo the Mining, Lumbering mid Panning Interests of tills Community, to Good Government, nnd Hustling for n Grub Stake COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1904. VOL. VI NO. a FATAL ACCIDENT. Ei; llnrry N. Wcrlz While Out Hunting nnd Rsliing Shoots Himself nnd Dies In 10 Honrs. Hurry N. WerU, who with his family, consisting of wile nnd four little children lived nt Koine's mill up the Coast Pork, on Inst Sunday morning nccldcutly shot hliujclf and died at nin o'clock in the evening. The news if the accident first leached the city when medical as fl.stnuce wiih called by telephone. W. V. Sliiiiuilclt hnd none up to that locality to take home views nnd Saturday n party was made tip to g. further up the sticani to hunt and tisli. Saturday afternoon Wertz.j Jesse lleinisand Shannfclt left the ! patty ul I.auc .Shoilridgcs and went on into the mountains for tlcer. At night they found themselves high up on a mountain side where they decided to remain until morn In. llarly on Sunday murium; they started for the river and about seven o'clock U'crtz tried to send his dog ahead into some bushes, Hoping to start a deer, tbc dog was 1 ridge. Tout J'.dwnrds stalled back to help bring Harry oui. n sircic cr was iniinr o poles and the journey We did not follow the ut iitlcmiitctl to cut iicrosH and had a terrible trip, climbii.g rltlges, working our way through fallen timber mid brush. Harry was given water ns frequently as possible. He bore up well mid about the last thing he said was that he had better carry one cud of the stretcher. Near nine o'clock we noticed lie was getting cold and at nine he was dt-ad. Dr. Job met us and t el itved us all he could. We arrived at camp at 2 o'clock Sun day night, very much exhausted. I)ts. Job nnd Corprou upon exam ination found the ball had entered the lelt leg just above the knee and ranged upward into 'he body. Mon day a colli u was taken Irom this city mid on Tuesday Hie bodv wis brought here for burin!. ( IT LOOKS VERY GOOD. Finds Work Progressing and Plenty of Ore in Bohemia Alines I of I't Ransom, Is visiting the prop erty. I The Hnndcock group, three miles south of postollice, has a ledge 35 feet in width which will run from ! $4 to $iC per ton, us it has no cop per or lead bases, I judge it will 1 prove to be n splendid cyanide ' proposition. Other properties of the camp are allowing well under bxtracfs iTOltl a Letter the development work." SURPRISING STATICTICS.1 4 old and worthless and refused to go f Mr. W. II. Shine, one of the directors of the Ilohemia Mine As sociation mid principal owner in the 1'ittsburg group of claims lo- cnted on the west side of Monta Rico ridge at the bead of Rock 'Creek, has spent the entire winter and spring at his properties. Me reports that with Inn associates they have had a hard winter' work ilriviug . 1 cross-cut tiiiinel, and are now approaching ledge matter and confident that the vein they ate nfter will soon be cut, which will add a greater depth to their ore bodies than they have had hereto- TIII2 MINER AT A DISADVANTAGE. Thp iiiiiur irt nlwni'M nt n ,llu. W. W. Hooper, a mining and : advanlaut! tinder the jinglaws. Hundreds of acres of agricultural laud have been taken up under the homestead and pre emption laws, which contain valu able ledges or gravel deposits; but the prospector is barred from enter ing the land to prove that it is more valuable as mineral than asagricul tural laud, because the settler has sworn to the reverse and obtained a patent. There is many instances of men selling valuable mineral land for ffinpv nrir, n-lm Unit Bworn a few years or months before a'"kr that the same land was more valu- to ! able lor agricultural than for mining purposes. uut uie suae mining laws of the United States put a premium on perjury and allow the perjurer to withdraw from the public domain many lode and placer claims and .surround them with a barbed wire fence. and Wert, shot him. Ilemis hnd gone by himselftoward camp. When we reached the river, said Mr. Shanafelt, we decided to fish on the way back I suggested we strap our guns on our backs, but Harry .said he should carry his in his hand. He then went ahead and it was past 1 1 o'clock when I discovered Mr. Shane has been more con stant on his proerty and diligent in his continued operations than nearly any of the old timers in Ilohemia. It is to be much hoped that on cutting the vein his antici pation of encountering as good and greater values than his already promising property will be realized. him 1 y iti lt down. I asked him if he iva resiim, mid h replied he was shot When I fully WILL SHIP ORG TO TACOMA "VT reamed what had hapricucd, I J- Hard, asked him what I could do for him, milling man ol many years exper leuce ill Colorado and other states, returned to the city on Monday after a week's trip through the Ilohemia district. Upon being asked bis opinion of the district after his second visit and cxamiua lion, he stated: "I am well impres sed with the district mid am confi dent that money combined with mining energy and intelligence are all that arc necessary to make Ilohemia one of the noted mining camps. It is true there have been many obstacles to over come, such as few mining camps have had contend with, which have retarded the development work on the mining properties, but these have been to a great extent eliminated and Irom now 011 more rapid ini provcinrnt and greater results should be obtained. It docs not take long for oncexerieiiced in min ing to learn that ore in pracitically unlimited quantities exist in the district. The question heretofore has been to a great extent one of proper transportation and milling facilities. With the railroad half way from Cottage Grove and wagon roads extended to the priucipa points of the district, with secured to crert mills it should be but a short time before good icsnlls are obtained. Among the private enterprises I noticed, which will be of great value to a large portion of the district is iron road being built by v manager of the Oregon From 1 Irwin Malion, Secretary American Alining Congress. Ill M1f PPttKHII VM, llln mlttn. rxt ......... , 1111. . i ' 1 1 t--I tJ 1 , me mcrais named returned on an average to each of their workers Oyi times as much as- the 'farms; times as much as the forests; 3J4 times as mnch as the manu factures. This was an average re turn, in spite of the enormous amount of unproductive labor that is thrown away in ill advised min ing ventures, while the workers in , other fields had all the advantages of laoor-saving machinery ofhighly 1 developed manufacturers' ecotio-l mies, whirl) keyed up every man's 1 production Jo the highest possible ' necretary hhaw, in his addross, notcn. . said this: "Without the product of. The dividends paid by gold and the mine manufacture would I silver mines are greater than all dwindle into insignifance." He ! the dividends paid by all the banks P011? are alsosaid: "We have the advantage of this country; and the dividends work- over the balance of the world in I'aid by the copper mines are The wagon road to the Oregon our mining industry. It can greater than all the dividends paid Colorado is fast approaching corn scarcely be said that we mine coal; by all the railroad companies in the 1 pletion. we simply dig coal. We do not United States to say nothing of r n . , . mine iron; we scoop it up. I visited our coal and other mining interests. , . . P. ct"',a -'orad.0 mining what is called an iron mine not The Agricultural men of the , t?.a" .'s, Vls lt:"S th Bohemia mining long ago. Where the train passed country have taught them a lesson, 1 aismct- the side of the moun-, had the miinng men been as much Alex Lundbern has commenced tain ranee I could see iron , in earnest in carine for their inter- work on his claims located on ore extending twenty feet above the ests as the agricultural men have , Klephant Mountain. tracks, and they told me that it I eii in protecting theirs, mining Ai Ellidce and Tames Hart Ir was ore for twenty feet below the today would not be a bureau with-1 are working on the Glenwood and tracks; it was several miles wide ' a bureau of manufacture in a 1 Hubbard properties and 100 miles long. All we had 1 department known as Commerce I to do was to get a car on the track, and Labor. The Golden Rule Mining Corn- fix the chute, loosen the ore and Hoping that this letter will serve Pany have also P"1 acrew of men let it slide into the car. Right over your purposes, and that it will ! l0.wrk on their Elephant Moun across the way was a great bed ol arouse the mining men of your' ,ain property. BOHEMIA MINING DIST. News From Bohemia and the Various Mining Camps of Oregon and Oilier States. John Timmons is working on his claims of Horse Heaven Creek. I The Twin Rocks Mining Corn- pushing development truth, that filty per cent of the best foaL A ma" sa"dmg at the blast state to the importance of sending President Andrew Brund, of the mineral lands in California have I 'ur"ace wlln 8 modern gun would a big delegation to this coming Bohemia Mine Owners Association, been stolen by the aid of the local bave w,ln is ra"Ke the men at session of the American Mining 1 is expected to return with his bride land offices and given to aliens. I th.e lron ral,le' ,lle men at the coal Congress, convening in Portland, 1 from their trip East in a few days. What a ronlrnst are lie mi nine ";, uu uicu m uie lime- ;"B"". n.uSusi z, joijj, i re- laws of the United States to those ; !Jone qua"y ln tne valley between, of Mexico! That government, T'l,s ,s br'K'"B 'the essential wiser than this, neve parted with Fleme"ls very close together. There wujpare main j Very truly yours, Irwin Mahon, Sec American Mining Congress. "He said to go away from the river and fire three shots," which I did, getting no response. Upon returning I asked if he conic walk with my assistance, but he said no and urged me to go for help. I . MM. . l Ml t t r- , uuiuiiiuu i-MuiKiin . i uc iuau win Wir 01 urc I TOm KCa UCan IOr connect the Orerm..Color.dn mines disliked leavlnghlm alone, but as different levels, show Alillinp; Test. with the county road at Bohemia A car load of ore from the Red P,osl ofr,ce nnJ .wiU bf completed in lien,. ,,. i.n. ). cpi,...r ... ...in about two weeks, At the mouth lie shipped to Tncoma smelter for a !?f .e 'l"1"?1 of this property I saw milium test. Assays from ore a, "unureos 01 tons ot tine copper ore hundreds of tons ol fine I niU.l nr. ro,l,. fnr ...ill At liif-r'iCM i.. . "I ........ .,. something must be done. I decided values as they go down They ran 1 ,lle ,)reast f the tunnel is four feet to go. He explained he had been 5i 10 at 30 feet, ?'2o nt 50 feet and 1 of ll,e same cl,nrac,er of ore- T,ns standing on a big rock fishing with 2i6 at 90 feet' The ore is 25 per is one of the lcst showing proper- his gun leaning against his leg. cent free milling and the balance ,ics l, fa)v . ,1,e dlsriet; The when it slipped olT the rock and )as(.. Besides the ore sacked for 1 e' "el,,B driven on t he I-rai lkie was discharged, the ball hitliuK him shipment, they have about icq1 another claim belonging to the in the left leg After making him tons taken out and cribbed company makes a fine showing. At a.s comfortable as possible and A cross-cut at a depth of 00 fect tlie Oregon Securities the machine placing a cup of water within ..heivi tl. -.i- ... ,,. .;,i,i, r drills are working regularly mak reach, I said, Harry something may 7 too feet 1 ng from 6 to 8 feet a day. When This mine is owned by B. W. f lc" ,,u:rV '"? w?re a . 1,1 J"u Umm.u w it i.'in.r,. n...i icct irom i lie uuaui piou vein. 1 lie Evans. It is located 011 the head of 1 1 01; 11 111 creek, n branch of Starve ut, and is .11 miles from Grants Pass, the wagon road uoinir to within a mile of the mine. The mine was bonded some time llLffi to lnitl(.rii iiirti. it lir-. ,liil pniKideriii.ti. I....... i,, :,,tt..,i I tne aiiairs. 1 nc ten stamp rain is mile I found Boouc Shnttriduc who ,,f rtn.ti,. tl,,. i,.,ii... ii,,... I being installed and will when com- weut to Harry, while I continued parallel to it and within 17 feet 0f ' 1'leted be a splendid mill. There is down the stream. The next one I ti. HpIi ie,i, lore enough in sight withe the found was Ilemis, who also went present developments, 10 supply back to help Harry. there was a trail ami I was soon at the early pioneers of Bohemia, but camp. Hastily saddling a horse has been in California for years the McCoiuas bo started for Witts, past, returned to the city recently. 4 miles below, to telephone for He will go up to the mines next doctors, week and see the changes since he At 4 o'clock Witt, Boone Short- left. capital 1 mineral land, never sold an acre to ,s.nl0,.M,"B tlle world t0 any individual or corporation. . , , . There the mineral lands are leased " 'ou wlU lookup the Interstate S!ruaTh?tdp1f SwnK.t MnTffi TAKILMA SMELTER PLANT. and side lines of mining claims ex- showl"g that the largest proportion tend vertically downward and with- 01 ousiuess, viirnne greatest per in these Hues the micer who has n'aSeof all other industries, fur- taken them may work, but he may n,sueu ou "arnporiauon compan not go beyond these Hues into his neighbor's ground. Those are bad laws for the legal fraternity, but they protect the miner and encour age mining. It is a singular and nou-compre- The North Fairvtew Gold Min ing Company are doing a large amount of work and making a showing of ore that is gratifying to all. happen before 11 in one comes, have you a message to send, Yes he re plied, "Tell my wife I have made my peace with God; also ask the Oild Fellows to bury me and look alter my children." I then started for help. I climbed over talleii trees, waded the streams, fired my gun nt intervals, hoping to find sonic one. After traveling about a tram nnd mill are Hearing comple tion and should be ready for business ere long. I visited and examined the Vesuvius Mining Company's prop erty on Fairvicw mountain. Here I (ound manager Hard looking after ies, was that of the mining industry. I It reads as follows: , Three Carloads of Material Now Being Unloaded. hensiblc fact that both political pSJISw parties in the United States, states men and legislators alike, ignore 1 Tont I'rcxluctiot irlcultnre M. 103. 13 rroductiotaQlmali IS.115,297 ! Products or loieitl 0,811,9.3 i I'roduruo! mftnuUclnrt 7111,178 Prulucu or mercbtndlM? 9I.6A7.U3 , fiolacuurmlMIUn- I Rogue Itlur Courier. P"cion- There now stands on the S. P. iii tracks at Grants Pass, three car U.7S I loads of machinery, furnace, stacks, ore cars, etc., for the roo ton 5.0s smelter being installed at Takilma 51 81 by the Takilma Smelter Co., and to ar- In furnishing you this informa- j there are yet two car loads aiiKe, ignore ,. , . - - iu ai- the importance of an industry which " ",J 1 .."mH, a. ? ? . , I nve- These cars nave been shiPPe" produced S8o.0oo.ooo in cold in ?f.,!'e .?u ,d.reds .of "dividual some time and will probably arrive luriuncs mat nave oeeu made iu milling, and which range from only the average result, in addition From here Henry Pearson, who was one of . the mill for at least five years to come, Work will soon be started on the Utopian group. The Sunrise group under its present development is making a line showing. Mr. IS H I.ovelnce Gar man He men way Co. West Side, Eakin lSristow Kuillliii;?. Line of Staple: & Fancy fineries Meats, Lards, Vegetables, Fruits Etc., Etc. - FRESH EVERY DAY - - CROCKERY, GLASSWARE RIGHT PRICKS. ioo8( $ 30,000,000 in silver iu round n,i.r,ic I,,P .i, scores of millions, and will consider sum up to a value of $510,000,000. Not one word in the President s message to Congress; not one word in the plattorm ot either great political party; no representative iu the cabinet. The mining industry is left alone, to shift lor itself and shuffle along through mazes of litigation, hampered by lame laws which retart its progress while it is producing the metals which enable' the government to build navies uud equip armies. It should not be forgotten by spreadeagle orators, whether on an improvised Fourth of July platform, the platforms erected by political J The stamp-mill at the Vesuvius is well under way. The building j will soon be enclosed. All the 1 machinery will soon be on the ground . P. B. Roberts, who has for some i time past been in Portland but has 1 bad an extended mining experience in Colorado and California, went up to Bohemia on last Saturday. Several contracts have just been let on the properties of the Great Eastern Mining Company. Lock wood, Curry and Lewis Hartley were the lowest bidders and were each awarded contracts. Work will commence at once on all the properties of the company and to smelting , be pushed vigorously. I George Bohlman, owner of the U. S. A. claims in Bohemia, re ports receiving word Irom the Graber Bros, who are at work on the property, that they have opened a ledge of ore abour three feet i n width which pans well in gold and that they will send samples for assay as soon as an opportunity offers of California which saved the nation and preserved her in the dark days ot the civ Gold was then needed and gold galore had been supplied from the mines of the Golden Stale Miniug and Engineering Review. in a lew nays. iour 01 tne car loads, comprising the plant are from Harry Holthoff. Cndahv. Wis., nnd will met ...l, iu kuu.tidn.un who ouier maus- completed in the neighborhood of tnVu ?t1 i oXCeed report!" $50,000. It is a standard blast fur Ihe United States census for the nace. water jacketed and with a year 1890 exposes some verv com- pnnnpirv of mnE ,,:!.. t. plete informati in. as follows: 1 plat is to be located on the old 8,285,612 persons were engaged , Darkis place below the Waldo and in agriculture during that year. Queen of Bronze mines, 45 miles and the total value of farm pro- from Grants Pass, the nearest rail ducts per capita was 2.97 roart );, ,J Arynee"BaSeAin'. CharIes L- Tutt- f Colorado! Mr. Lewis J. Hartley with Mrs. JV i ldistr.y logging, saw Springs, one of the leading smelter 1 Hartley, Mrs. Hartley's sister.Miss mills, etc.J rvet value of the product and mining men of Colorado, is Myers of Illinois, and Mr. Hartley's per man engaged was 4-f5 1 presideut of the company and asso- nephew came from Corvallis Tues- m.4'fr 4- W"-e ,euBaSed l', dated with him and K. R. Babbitt, day, and Wednesday went up to manufacturing industry Deduct Spencer Penrose and C. M. Mac ! the Twin Rock property in Bohem the cost of manufactnre of material I Neil, who control smelters at Colo- ia. Mr. Hartley says contracts to expended, and the net value of the rado Sorintrs. 1 , h nmm.nr nf ,n rt nr ..,nni 7.04! E. W. alter.ofSilvertou, Colo., ! work have already been let on the in milliner, has inst nrrivoH milling, and smelting of gold, , tend the work and also have the forr. on Hi- Twin PopV-s will he the company, increased at once. Both of these Grants Pass properties have had considerable y to transport the machinery work done on them and a larrre 1,910.00 to the mines. amount of ore uncovered manipulators, on the floors of the . " 7" ,";; "lc "el v Senate or in the halls of Congress, , P""33" as . that it was the Koldfrom the mines ..J.l'l39 "'er,e oyed 1 ......iiiK, uiiu smeiiinir intecritv sl ;e.r' C0PPer.- ,eatl. a"d zinc, coal ' local management of 1 ivil war ""'I'" not included. The value. Ten teams were in and cold of tlle 0lItPHt for eacu employed Tuesday to transport 1 EASTERN OREGON. The Highland Mining Company reports five feet of high grade ore in the Glasco, and eight (eet of milling ore in the Highland claims. The Black Kutte iu Grant county is proving to be n very rich mine. The finishing touches are being put on the 100 ton concentrator at the Blue Bird mine. The Sumpter smelter will soon resume operations. Col Topping has opened up . three feet of ore iu the Phil Sheri dan property, one foot of which is a gray copper worth 550.00 per ! ton. ! Thirty men are employed iu! constructing a mill on the alpine ! group. The Standard Mininir Company has found at a depth of 300 feet by drifting on the vein, five and one half feet of ore, four of which is the heavy Cobalt-gold-copper ore car rying from 5 to 6 oz gold, seven to 20 per cent Cobalt and four to seven per cent copper. The ore nt the Riverside continues nnd considering the great depth will prove a bonanza for the fortun ate owners', and a great benefit to the entire district by determining that values exist to such great depths. More deep tunnels and progressive mining is all Bohemia ueeds. Its this way, we are CLOSING OUT ALL Slimmer Goods at COST Now make no mistake. But come to us Welch St Woods