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a mii n NKAT JOB rniNTINOl BOHEMIA NU GGET. m I Mi; AIIVI'.HIIHINO MI'.IIIUM Devoted t the Mining, l.nixberiug mid 1'iifiiiiiif; Interests of this Community, to Good Govcmmeiit, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. VOL. VI COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY AUGUST 19, 1904. NO. 30 BOHEMIA MINING DIST. News Prom Itoliciitln and the Various Alining Camps of Oregon and Oilier Slntes. From the present outlook and nil Information teceived tile meeting of the American Milling Congress 0 lie held in Portland the 23ml to the 37th ol August will he one of tile most largely iitlciidrd nud Interest ing meetings ever held hy that body. No effort has deen spared by Its secretary, Col Irwin Malum to thoroughly 1 U.-rtKe the Congress nud to impress upon the proper authorities the necessity of ap pointing such delegates as would attend, aii'l from nearly every sec tion ol tile United Slates the re- 1 quest has been promptly complied with. Nearly all of the minion camps of the state wi'l have nil exhibit of their ote.s for lli.r inspection of the visitors as well as all the delegates to which they are entitled. Oregon has never had so great nu opportunity to present its re sources to such M body ns will gather at Portland next week and the results will he apparent in the future. For the reception committee at the Minion Congress to tie held in Portland next week the following gentlemen have been selected: Jonathan I!oiiruc,rhaiimnu;I.otiis Zimmerman, Or Andrew C Smith, l)r II V Coe, I. A Kewis, (ieneiul C 1? lleelie, W I. Boise, Charles F. I.add. Kichard Wilson. Walter Mackay, S. M. Mears, A F lliles, II M Cake, U-o Hricde, Albeit Fcldcnheimcr, Colonel Irwin Ma lion, 15d Hhrmun, K I. Thompson, I 11 Hammond, J F Itotchelder.Ileii Albcrs, It A Jones, W. M Killings worth, T W A London, W II Cor bet!, W A Mears, I)r C If Caudiiii, J II I'iskc, James I.iudsey, Colonel James Jackson, F J Haul, C II Mc Isnac, Vincent Cook, I. V Kemly, 15 A Sessions, J I) I.ee, Phillip S Kates. Frank W Watson. M li I.omlurdi, Alex Sivcek, S K Sar gent. I'. It Uracil, A I. Ctaig, W It Comnti, A I) Charlton, Professor 1 W Pratt. Alfred S Smith. A I. Morris and John I' Wickham, THOMAS II. WALSH. In its issue ol Sunday, July, 2.1, the I.os Angeles Times piiuted an Interview by one of its correspon dents with Mr. Thomas P. Walsh, one of Cobit.ido's millionaire miners anil who made his millions out ol the Cnmp llitd mine, The inter view contains many interesting Htnlemcnts by Mr. Walsh, among the following: "Tell ine how you discovered the Camp Bird mine, Mr. Walsh." "1 bought that roperty as a silver and lead proposition. It had been uiisucessfully mined for silver and lead, and millions of dollars had been spent in tunneling the region nud taken out otc. I thought by consolidating the mines we could Oar man Hemenway Co. West Side, lEakiii & ISristow ISiiildin. k of Meats, Lards, Vegetables, Fruits Etc, Etc. - FRESH EVERY DAY - CROCKERY, GLASSWARE RIGHT PRICIvS. perhaps make n profitable invest ment out of them, although they had riot been piofilnhlc before In going over the mines, however, I found gold in n form in which the operator had not noticed. You can sec what I menu by this piece of rock." Here Mr. Walsh crossed the room ton cabinet set into the wall. It was filled with nuggets, lumps of lock, soine in the tough and some highly polished, little gold bricks and other mineral specimens, lie picked tin a piece ol stone which looked liken chunk of broken ijuart with n black rusty stain up on It. "That Htaln." continued he, ns ( he pointed to it, "is gold and very ! rich it is. There Is nisi gold in smaller quantities scntteied tlirough the quart., as vou tuny see hy this I'olished piece of rock." He here wet the surface, ami I could see the little gold specks shine out. "The most jrold Is in the rusty stain. The first miner did not notice tha. They did not think they hnd any gold worth mining, and in their search for silver and lend they threw awnv as waste thousands of dollars worth of stuff which we have shire ground up and scut to the nulls. In going over this region, seeing this rock. I told my assistimt I was sure it contained gold. Shortly niter that I had to go east on account of my health, nud I let t instructions to have the legion prospected and as says made. When I returned the samples were ready for me, but I would not look at them until I hnd gone out nud mndc further in vestigation for myself. I found that my first idea wns correct -thai there was gold nud lots of it. I developed the property nud we have taken some millions of doll irs out ol it. Altogether, more than 510,000,000 have been taken out of that immediate region since I dis covered the gold wns there." STILL MOVINfJ ON. Andiew Ilruiid, president ol the Bohemia Mine Owners Association, arrived from Ilohcmia oil Monday last. Mr. Iliuud was in the F.ast for some two mouths and since his re turn has been looking over the mining situation nt Ilohcmia. In reply to questions he stated: That he found a great number of proper tics being developed and the work as n rule the kind that counted and made miners. There is not so much surface work ns formerly, saidiic; but all have learned that depth on the veins is oul required to open large ore bodies, conse quently all aie driving tunnels to cut the ore as deep as is practical. He also stated the North Palrvicw is looking fine, that the Oregon Securities Company arc driving: the big tunnel ahead at a rapid rate. That work at the Vesuvius is progressing nud the new Mamp mill will before long be realy for service. That his father S. J. Hriiud while driving a tunnel on one of the claims of the Swcepstnkcs group encountered nn ore shoot which tins opened to more than three feet of a fine look ing ore. No assays hnve been made, but thcorcpans wcl . Mr.Brund will visit Kugciie and other points it: the valley and be present at the Mining Congtess in Portland next week. Staple & Faucy Groceries W. W. A STORY OF BOHEMIA In Six Purls Hy Horace I:. Warner Part I. Till! TWO SENTINEL I'liAKS. The mining region of Western Oregon is sternly sentineled by two lofty mountain peaks. The great thorotigh-larc or laud travel passing this territory is the "Shastn Koute" of the Southern Facile, connecting the two sen-port cities, San Francisco on the south, nud Portland on the north. On either hand this great steel pathway has a range ol mountains. To the 1 west, lying between it and the Pacific ocean, there is the Coast ' range nt whose feet the surf forever ' breaks. To the east, there runs the great Cascade range, whose ice crowned crest forever glitters in descending suns. At nbout one hundred miles north of the Oregon state line, the Calapooia mountain range cuts the Coast and Cascade ranges nt right nngles and termi nates at the sea In the midst of the gigantic convolutions of these intersecting ranges has been dis covered 11 net-work of ledges and veins so charged with mineralized matter that it seems destined to become one of the great miningdis tticts of America. On the north slope ol the Calapooia mount tins, lying well up to their intersection with the Cascade range, is the 1I. liemia Mining District of Southern Oregon. The traveler to this district reaches it either from the north or south. Prom whichever direction he approaches, he passes under the , survcilauce of an immaculate moun tain sentinel. His passage is chnl- ! lenged by the flash of eternal snows, by the crash of plunging avalanches, by the rush of the mountain tor rents, by the tingle of frigid moun tain airs breathed from the perpet ual bonks and driftsof the sentinel's 1 lofty summit. ! If the traveler approach from the I south, he must pass through the scene of Shasta's endless vigil No one who passes here can ever for get the scene. Mt Shasta Is me of these sentinel peaks. He towers, silent, sublime, overlooking the vnst area of his beat, ever faithful through sunlight, or starlight, or storm. To the south he peers through the gateways to the valley of the Sacramento. He catches ! the golden glint of harvest fields ns varied and fertile as those of the ' Nile. lie sniffs the scent of ripen I ing grain from afar. He whiffs n .breath of his refreshing air down to the parched fields and fainting harvesters. With his great fields .of snow and ice he tempers the air and sunlicht that makes possible those ever increasing' areas of orchards, witli their checkered green, that nestle among the hills and valleys of the upper Sacra mento. His sleepless eye catches ever nnd anon the gleaming thread ol the head waters of the Sacra mento river, winding in and out among the foothills, now breaking into seething foam, now lying McFarlond, Mgr. 1 smooth and still and dark In rock lined pools, fed from the melting of liis snows ever pouring out their cold, clear water at his feet. He looks down, witll majesty nnd 'splendor, while his canons and gorges echo witli the sliriek ol the passing train creeping up along the bed of the river to the crest of the ' ridge where be lifts the gleaming slopes of his snow-covered sides 1 without n hill to hide or a tree to mar. Hold, jagged, gushed with chasms, bathed in heaven's eternal white lie pierces the very skies with a sublimity that makes one catch the breath as he gazes on the .imperishable vision. To the east , or west he keeps perpetual vigil ,over an endless confusion of peaks and ridges and sounding forests. To the north, his eye follows up the rugged ice-bound vertebrae of 1 the backbone of the Cascade range. ! In the dim distance three hundred 1 miles from where he keeps his eud I less watch-guard, the ridge of the Calapooia range cuts the northern 'horizon, with jagged lines, as it' I pushes its way west to the restless 1 , waters of the ocean, He catches. above the dim blue of the distant I range, the curling smoke of our iiui ill ijwiiim ii.iiii 119 ib .).- itn tiic divide and nlunces down, witll quickening speed, into the broad-1 ening valley ol the Willamette river, skirting witli its shriek and thunder the forest solitudes that lie at the feet of the mineral altitudes of Ilohcmia. Wc have passed the1 challenge of one of these sentinels, j If. on thcother hand, the traveler! approaches from the north, he must pass through the domains of Mt. , Hood's wide-circling beat. This glorious mountain watchman shares his vigil with others of his kind standing hard by Ad.ims and St. Helens ever tower to the north, witll flashing eye, to back our sentinel's official prestige. It may well be questioned whether a like area lies under the watchful gleam of another ot earth's mountain peaks. The' broad peerless bosom of the Colum bia river sweeps away to the east,! amid its rich valleys and mountain ' fastnencss. The smooth, deep waters of the Willamette river stretch away to the south, amid its fertile fields and populous cities and villages. To the west, the united volumes of the Columbia and Willamette pour out their great Iresh water tide, tlirough a mighty trash in the Coast ranee, to the brinev waters of the Pacific. Tower- ing above this matchless net-work of waterways, fretted witll forest clad islands, rises the glistening ice-bound figure of our silent and immaculate sentinel-peak. He looks down from his lofty height upon the commerce of the world, plowing its way through these deep-cut, fresh water channels far inland, where the gales of the deep n.ver1 sweep and where the impeding barnacles drop untouched from the; hulls of ocean going vessels ns they j load and unload their cargoes at fresh-water piers. White against the blue sky, or dim when the storm-cloud breaks and lowers along his jagged and frigid steeps, our sentinel stands guard over these splendid roid-ways, smooth and level and safe as the highways of a king. Tile flag of all nations muter a u.s eet. 10 tne o". and eas reaching out from his very feet, lies a vast area of farm - flutter at his feet. To the north ing lauds, rich with the alluvial ! wash aud deposit ot countless cen-j turies, whose resources have merely I begun to be known. Here spread out the fields, far and fertile, that shall grow the grains and fruits of an empire. To the south and west, the sentinel's gleaming eye catches the golden waver of Willamette's far reaching harvest of wheat. He sees, to the west, the smoke of Portland's populous marts and hill sides, the commercial metropolis of nil this water-highways, his steel pathways, his valley cities, his' mountain trails aud hamlets, He ! towers, lone nnd white, above her busy pavements and beautiful homes, the proud custodian of her metropolitan wealth and life. He sees the riches of the fields and mountains pour into her lap, He looks down with regal assurance, upon her ns one of the greatest wheat marts of the world. Far to the south, over the winding course of the Willamette the sentinel-peak throws the spell of his glittering splendors. He follows the trail of our south lioiuul train ns it hurries past the capitol city of Salem, with its witchery of Pilgrim fame, past Albany, the name sake of the great Knickerbocker capitol, onward up toward the sources of the Willam ette aud the rugged slopes ot the Calapooia mountains, skirting again with laborious puff and shrill hiss of exhausted steam, the forest soli tudes that guard the mineral heights of Bohemin. '.Vi have passed the other sentinel-peak and are at the gateway of the riches of the Bohemia Mining District. Legal blanks at this office. ADOPTED A CONSTITUTION By tne Bohemia Aline Owner's Association at Last Regu lar Meeting. AUTICAL I. NAM!!. The name of this organization shall be The Ilohcmia Mine Owner's Association and shall be composed of persons actually own ing nn interest in one or more claims in the Ilohcmia Mining District of Western Oregon. . ARTICAl, II. 1 oujhct. 1 The objects of this Association' are the securing of truthful reports I of conditions in the District; the 1 circulation of general advertising matter; the maintenance of liar- mony among all in the District; the I nrnv rl ho nf rpnrpcptil.nl vp mineral displays it proper places; the selection of delegates to milling conventions; the general betterment of the District in the way of good roads, transportation and best methods for treatment of the ores. ARTICLE III. OPI'ICKXS.t The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treas urer, and five Directors not other wise officers, The Vice-President may act as President or Secrteary. The election of officers shall take place at the regular annual meeting :.. r -..-n u. 1... tn. in October and shall be by ballot or acclamation as shall be the vote ThedMiie.r Vce nffirers shnll be such as are generally performed by such officers respectively. ARTICLE IV. EXECUTIVE HOARD. The Officers and directors shall together constitute the Executive Board. The officers of the Asso ciation being the officers of the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall have power to call meetings, to order payment of all 1 bills, which hills shall have re the com ceived endorsement of niittee authorized to contract such account and shall be paid by order on Treasurer signed by President and Secretary. To transact emer oency business in the interim of regular meetings excepting the un authorised expenditure of money, to tiansact business at any time ! when a quorum, is present. ARTICLE V, MEMBERSHIP. Membership in the Association i may be application therefor nnd ' electing thereto at any regular , meeting, three adverse votes being , sufficient to reject. A membership I fee of one dollar-shall accompany all applications for membership. There shall be mutual membership I dues ol 52.00 payable semi-annually in advance. One year of arrearage in annual dues disqualifies member- ship until all arrearages are paid I fc membersg,p shnl be ! rnt . ,..s ' ... . restored, unless objection shall be made to such restoration, in which 0 I OUR FAMILY b I ! ALINE f8E3 DCTTCR 1 m case membership mny only be ac quired by application and election as in first instance. Misconduct nnd "knocking" shall forfeit membership on vote of two-thirds present at any regular meeting. AKTICMt VI. QUORUMS. Five members and five officers or Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at at any meeting of the association. Five members of the Executive Hoard shall constitute a quorum of the Hoard one of which must be an officer who shall preside at the meeting. ARTICI.lt VII. MKETINGS. 1 Rkgui.ar. The reguiar monthly meetings of the Association shall occur on the second Monday of Tune. July, August. September. October, November and December, at Bohemia, at 7 P. M. Special.! Special meetings of the Association sua11 'e called by the Executive, 103"1 or at the request ot ten mem- j bs notice of which meeting must b; posted 111 the Bohemia Post- Office so as to cover nt least one . ma" aiiernoon ana evening Derore lime nf sneh mPMin.r ! .-. vrrr article m. ; UELEGATS AND COMMITTEKS. I Delegates to Conventions may be elected by acclamation or ballot as the vote of members present shall decide. Committees shall be appointed by the Chairman except as other - wise determined by final motion ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. Amendments to this Constitution must be read at a regular meeting ;"' c" H'HUU o""hh oc acted upon before the retrular meet ing next following and shall re quire a two-thirds vote of those I Presen' for enactment. SOCIAL EVENING IN BOHEMIA. By Prol A L Brings A goodly number of friends of Dr. Horace E. Warner and wife met at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hard at the Vesuvius on last Thursday evening, the event being a fare well social to Rev. Warner and wife, who left Saturday morn- ing for their home in Denver. Dr. and Mrs. Warner have made many warm friends in Bohemia, as attested by the number who gather ed to spend an evening ill social entertainment. Games, music and conversation were the program of the evening until a late hour, when an excellent and substantial lunch- eon was served, to which all did justice. At midnight all bade good-bye and God speed to Mr. and Mrs. Warner and the wish that they would soon visit Bohemia again. j The home was artistically decor-1 ated with evergreens and flags. As the guets wended thegmoun tuitions trails over Fairvie and ' Bohemia on their journey home, I fllaster diaries Hard made joyiul the mountain sides by playing in ine open air--.My country 'lis ot Thee," and other patriotic selec-1 j tj0iis on his cornet. In all the evening was a deviation from the routine in Bohemia. To say that all enjoyed the evening is to mildly express everyone's feelings The following were present: Mr. For this week Ladies Shoes, dull finish nt $1.00 pair. Ladies Vice Pat tip, Extension Sole $1.50 " Misses Distriet 76 button at $1.00 pair Or lot of Mens, Some high cut others regular Lace tip and plain toe $2.50. $2.25, $2.00 Sells at $1 .50. Just the articles for Outing and Hop Pickers. Our new clothing is in the Store and a dandy line all on hand from Old Stock Go Out at Reduced Prices. Welch & Woods COMMENCING THIS WEEK. First of Six Stories of Bohemia By Rev. Dr. Warner Ap pears this Week. DON'T A1ISS THEM. The first of six stories from the pen of Dr. Horace It. Warner, of Deliver, Colorado, about the Bo hemia district from observation dur ing his summer vacation passed in the camp, will be found in this week's issue of the Nugget. A story each week during the series. Title of chapters, Part 1. The Two Sentinel Peaks. " 2. The Gateway to the District. " 3. The Grim Hridal Pair. "4. The Making of a Mine. " 5. Storming Both Slopes. " 6. The Man Behind the Mine. I The editor considers the articles I master works in literature and the I Bringing cut ot our great Hohemia district in the story form a great ..hh., and 0He that wj be read( re rea(1 and talketI about far aml wile. Why not send these six papers to friends aud acquaintances in the East, subscription price for six weeks 25c. Send address and I money or call at the office early, ! The large demand will necessitate many extra copies, order early for your friends, and also be sure to secure the Nugget containing these articles for yourself. and Mrs F J Hard, Dr and Mrs Warner, Mr md Mrs Green Pitcher, Mr aud Mrs George Know les, Mr and Mrs S O Hamblin.Mr and Mrs Waller Keeue, Mr and Mrs Andrew Brund, Misses Franc Hard, Bessie Nielson. Maggie Brund, Leonore Knowles, May Casperline, Messrs Charles Know- les, John Graber, Burt Willard, Earl Warner, Charles Hard, WW f Hooper, Owens,. Godfrey Graber, Willie Brund, A L Briggs and I others. 1 ' I. B. Hiimmond, president of the I Ilnmmond Mnnufacturlnj? Company, i passed through the city tor Bohemia j to note the progrexa ot the stamp mill hln company Is huildlug at tho Vesuvius mine. Mr. Krnestl'ervanee. who has been employed at the Oregon Securities in Bohemia tor Home time, came flnivn Wuflni.w.lnx- Ifn tsitin tu iirm.tr 1 progressing at that propel ty and tho camp generally looking well. J. W. Currin has been driving 11 tunnel on tho Moulton claim on Horse Heaven Slop In Bohemia ami ut a distance from lt mouth of 08 feet has cut a vein of ore about 1 feet In width. Those who have seen It pronounce It a splendid showing. An neriel tram Is being built nt tho Vesuvius mine In Bohemia. Tho j distunce from tho upper tunnel where it starts to tho mill below Is 1000 feot. there aro 14 towers and 34 bucketH ! will be ued to transport tho ore from tho mine to tho mill. Work la being prosecuted In tho upper work ings as well as in tho lower tunnel ot thin property and good ore Is being mined In both worklngH. We will sell Bargains