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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1904)
U IIIICMIVI'.IIIIHINII MICIIMIkl S f& 0: NEAT JOH ntlNTINOl Devoted in the Mining, I.urbering mid Panning Interests of this Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. VOL. VI COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 1904. NO 31 BOHEMIA MINING DIST. News From Hohciuin unci (he Various AliniiiK Camps of Oregon and Ultier Stales. Among the iiumlicr or iccenl visitors to Bohemia wuh Mr. l'.d G. Kcincrt, geiieml mnuiigcr of the, Dnlly Mining Record of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Kcincrt expressed himself ns very much pleated with' Oicgon and partictiliirly of Cottage Grove, llolicmla and the people whom he has met while here. The writer has known lCd for many years, being familiar with hli ambition and earlier efforts to' establish tiKiu a sound basis n 1 dulling mining newspaper nnd has seen hi in sneered far beyond the, expectations of anyone hut himself; also knew of Ills familiarity with the mining districts of Colorndomiil other states, and was naturally anxious to learn of his Impressions of the Bohemia district. ' In the first place said he: "I was much surprised to nnd so much ' work accomplished by some of the company, after what I had heard of the difficulties to he overcome. I am nwnrc that hick of proper trans portation together with deep snows arc two things which will retard the development of a mining camp and these have certainly been a hindrance to llolicmla. Time how ever, combined with energy and capital will do great things and much has Ixrcn accomplished there. I was the guest of Mr I'. J. Hard and family while in the camp ami in company with him nod several Other gentlemen, went over n considerable ortion of the dis trict. Although there were numer ous properties, time did not permit of our visiting them. I was much pleased with the Orcgon-Colonido property. The vein is strong and carries n splen did copper ore, and as I am told good values in gold. The River side properly is being developed by tunnel and witli its large ore bodies and .splendid water power should make it valuable when arrange ments have been completed to treat the ores. The Vesuvius is the best devel oped and nearest icady for business of any property 1 s.iw in the camp. The stamp mill and tram being under construction and will soon be ready lor the ores. Taking the general outlook as a whole, .said Mr Keluert, I can sec no reason why men with capital should not take hold of properties lu this district with the expectation of making them profitable mines, Mr. Kcincrt attended the Mining Congress this week and circulated several thousand copies of the Con gress Kditiou of the Record. Mr. Andrew Graham, proprietor of the Hotel Graham, this city, re turned from a trip extending several days iu llohemia, where he visited n portion of that district. Upon tils return Mr. Graham when asked what he thought of the dis trict stated about as follows "In company with several others Gar man Hem en way Co. West Side, Hnltiii & ISriNtow ICiiildin. inn nf Will ui Meats, Lards, Vegetables, . Fruits Etc., Etc. - - FRESH EVERY DAY CROCKERY, GLASSWARE RIGHT PRICKS. among whom was Mr. Relnett, of the Dally Mining Record of Denver, and Mr. I'. J. Hard, malinger of Vesuvius and other mining prop erties iu llolicmla. w'c took the O. h. IS trnlii to Wlldwood, Irom there we staged the rest of the day. . As I had never visited the district j before I hnd conceived it was rather small ami the properties being worked were adjacent to each other. I was therefore surprised to find a district of such magnitude and iu the few days iu the camp I did not sec nrar all the properties I had heard of mid expected to visit My first slop was the Vesuvius f ltili.tr f ,itttn.i m ttrt.tin.lti ...l.nr.. ' the new lo-stamp mill and tram is being built. Mr. Hard showed us the surface workings mid im provement which arc or will soon lie completed for practical mining. We also went through the thous- anuso led 01 development work , ,,lc reprc!,cl)la,jv(. character of upon the veins where many toons-! je mcI1 'composI)B lht.lr jclega. sands of tons of milling ore are ex-, iimn it, attendance, pn.ed besides that already on the I T,lc Uohemia-Cottage Grove """P- delegation to the American Mining Later we visited the pregoii.Lol- Coi rc lms inrKcr attendance orado, some three miles to thc la n)y oll)cr (Ijstriet j,, Oregon, if south, passing over the new wagon ,)ot lhciarK(.st representation from road which hasjtist been completed I scctioI jn UnUc(1 States. and which was a necessity for the j,-0llowlng this forenoon's session, getting to this property machinery thc lcle(,nli0I1 mc, aluI eicclctl Mr. for the treatment of the ores At A Woods. manager of the Ore l he 1' rankle we oiind men driving , & Soutileas,en, Kailwoy, chair tlie tunnel ahead on a very fine t ma) am, j, j, Hara secretary, showing and a strong vein. It is, Ar,cr som(. discussion it was dc on what is known os the Confidence cillc, ,he wccrll portion of Ore vein, however t ic most work os j Roii was etititlett to a representative been and the value of t ic property 0) the j,oari, of rjjrcctcrs of the s based. 1 he vein has been opened i American Mining Congress, and by by several cuts and two tunnels, the motion j,, , Hard was the iinaui upper tunnel has exposed good molts clloice os lhcir camijdaie for bodies of copper ore. The lower j tbnt po,iti0. Mr Hard is one of or main working tunnel has I ti,e progressive mining men of thc driving on the vein some 8oo feet west ,, no seIcction ca be and nt the breast there is over three ma(Ic , , c ec,inf llira io lhal feet of n beautiful copicr ore. With p0Sitiot) hundreds of tons piled on the dump, j Those composing the delegation After a substantial dinner with ! are. j v Vapc G G Warner. the miners at the Orcgon-Colorado, n j0,llsolJi i? Jordan. J I wc went on to the Riverside prop- t0CS( w H Shane. V S I'hillipps, city over a good trail which con-, , ntUi T K Campbell. A I) I.c ncct the two properties, Here also jR W W Oglesby, W 11 Root, nc iuuiiu .. ,.iutn.kullu by tunnel which starts near the creek nnd will gain great depth on thc vein, All the conditions here are most favorable for cheap nnd practical mining. Horse Heaven creek will furnish ample power for mining and milling purposes. At I li lnll tirtnnmrw.rn,. vp fninitl . work progressing under the manag-: mcnt of John Currin. While this 1 property has shown well before, re-1 cent developments has improved it very much. A fine body of ore has just been exposed in thc tunnel. J The Dewey tunnel has been driven about 200 feet and the ore 1 makes a fine showing. Some fine specimens were sent with thc col- lection to the Mining Congress, I come out by thc Champion 1 Basin road and while I did not have , time to visit the Oregon Securities property. I saw the 30-stamp mill ' and. ram to thc tunnel where the company is pushing work with I,;.,', 1. h "Z " . , llieiL' WCIU lll.lll)- IM''VIUt. should like to have visited 1 time allowed. Mail nights at the post office Bohemia where thc miners gather from nil parts of the district to get letters mid papers and discuss their mining nfiairs, remitted us of camps 1 have been iu Colorado and other states. Mr. W. H. Shane, one of the largest owners iu thc Pittsburg Wonlfl Hi floiw fWami iji'ttuw w ruiiiu. luvvvir W. W. Mining and Milling Company, with properties in Bohemia, enmc down I'ridny. Mr. Shane stated the Company owned six claims and that consid erable development has been done on the veins nnd ore round lu a number of places. At the present a cros-cut tunnel is being driven and already two strong ledges of ore have been cut, hut the tunnel will be continued until another vein known to be ahead is reached which will be within a few weeks, Mr. Shane attended the Mining Congress iu Portland this week. That the camps of Central-Western Oregon are awake to the oppor tunity presented to get it' touch with the mining industry of the country and some of the men who own and operate mines elsewhere is evidenced by the splendid exhibits titnfln n I lltn f 'nit I'Pttt lti ITf,!! filltl A,cx J.umlberg, Frank Wliecler, I)tiis LeRoy, J Curran and A B Wood . Tel eg ra m . Michael Goetz, who has been, to gether with Jack Lindquist driving tunnels on thc Royal Flush group iu Bohemia came down to the city Tuesday with a severe case of rheumatism. He reports the cutting of one ledge of ore witch is l "cast 20 feet in width. The ore an iron sulphides and looks very fine. Mr Goetz will go to Hot Springs, Ore., for treatment. Wm Griffith, formerly of this piacc and one of the owners of the Broadway group of claims who sold them to the Oregon Securities last year, Catnc in Friday and went up 10 Bohemia Saturday. Mr.Griffith now resides at Oregon City, r ,.,.,, , . W- P- h of kelso.Wash., was l l,.'e.c,tly l,Je tf0-CPMl IIc 18 interested in the Mayflower group of claims in Bohemia nnd is here in the interest of the property. Lee I.audrt:th came down from the Oregon Securities, where he has been placing machinery for the company, Monday. Andrew Anderson was in town the fore part of the week from Blue Mountain, where he has mining interests. J. P. Hart, who has been an employed iu thc Blue River mines, is iu the Grove this week. McFnrland, Mgr. A STORY OF BOHEMIA In Six Paris By Warner Horace H. Part II. TUG OATEWAV TO Till! DISTRICT. The development of a mining dis - trict isofteu like the awakening of a giant to consciousness from a long sleep of oblivion. It may come in either ot two ways, mere may Ue it U11K 1111V ucss as if smitten full conscious- by an electric shock, me siugKisu uioou oounos to the brain and extremities with a beat and throb that tingle with a 1 i rf-- l.i I I l sense akin to pain. In an instant eyes are open and take in the situ- ationata glance, liars are alert the fet covered bridge over the and catch the tremble of the faint-' river and a flal adieu to the trara est whisper, Thought is clear as mcis of civilization as we take the noon-day sunlight. This sudden toad up Sharp's creek. Now off in dash of awakening often carries carnest for the wilds of the mining with it much of exhilsration, many 1 cimv arrljd tile mountains of Ore times i kind of intoxication. It goll. There is a quick plunge into takes on a type of insanity. The the shadows of the dense forest and mining boom is on with all its fever and delirum, its over Confi - oencenuu wnu-cai speculations, in trunk, deep and mighty of root, certain reactions ami lamentable true as a straight-edge, seemingly collapse. It leaves in its wake, brushing the skies, clean and guilt stranded companies, worthless ! iess of a oratlcu for scores of feet in stocks, deserted camps and blighted 'a:ri stand thick and graceful all confidence, Such a development i auout us, their bright green of of a mining district is a bane to the, fresh growth on the tips of their industry and n deplorable spectacle , boughs, far above us, just touching to all trustworthy promoters of, as ,hey gently wave. Trunk and legitimate mining entcrpnse. branch, draped in light green moss, The other way is slower. The giaiu nuns ncuviiy iu iiib uicaKiug sin in ue 1. nc nun uis unii-ujjcu eyes. He yawns and stretches his sluggish muscles. His brain acts awkwardly. Facts and possibilities dawn upon him imperfectly and dimly. He struggles long nnd curabersomcly to get on his feet, He staggers uncertainly from tree rjca green under-growth weaves its to rock. Time and caution are im-, tangle all about. Ferns oi luxur portant elements in his awakening. ' jaut growth lift their graceful He takes his time but makes few fr0nded leaves in air. Strange and mistakes. He gains gradually but gorgeous wild flowers toss and all his gains are substantial and suje from out the glorious tangled permanent, He has 110 delirium, mass. what a scene for eyes no collapse. When once on his tjred wjth city pavements and busi feet he is master of himself and of ness fronts! What a place in which his situation and in condition forlto shout until lungs gasp for Herculean activities. Such devel. hrpntb! How the sounding aisles opment rallies the confidence of the worm 10 me mining iiiousiry. 11 the development ot the liotiemia iiniug uisuici lias uccii diu w.cvcii awkward and cumbersome, it is the saner, safer awakening of a ) giant to substantial, permanent, 1 profitable achievements that shall, ultimately pour into the coffers of, the world a steady and increasing stream of valuable minerals. Bo- hernia is the slowly but surely awakening giant. He will be heard from when he gets himsell together and gels down to regular and full-paced gait. I All of this has to do with the gateway. No great rush ot rail-, ways is fighting for the best right ' of way and the earliest entrance. No town site bubbles allure tne unwary and curse the district. A , short unostentatius development of properiies, uiese couuuioiis cuur-! passing civilization. Twelve miles ing these lands, with all the in-' gon securities ana returned lues acterize the district. All of these 0f forest, twelve miles of scene that i Continued on EdltorUl paso ' day. conspire to present to the consider-' ' ate investigator and investor a very - - ' unusual opportunity to get posses-, sion of exceedingly valuable prop erties sure to bring in, with intel-1 ligeut management, handsome and j permanent profits. The district is 1 too slow by lar lor the speculative and unscrupulous plunger; but for the genuine developer of mines for j purposes of legitimate and steadjvi dividends it is a strangely opeif chance in the midst of the alertness and acumen of this fortune-seeking age. Thirty-five miles, to the north west of Bohemia, the town of Cot- tace Grove, haviug about three thousand inhabitants, on the South ern Pacific Railroad, is the gateway j to, and base supply for, the dis-; trict. It is an attractive little city, ' having all facilities of modern life! such as churches, schools, hotels, .newspapers, telephone, etc. The Oregon and Southeastern Kauway has been organized aud has begun its construction for the sole purpose of giving the heart of Bohemia rail connection with the rest 01 the world, Seventeen miles of the necessary thirty-five have been completed. On a mixed train hur ried along through gently rolliug fields, golden with gathering har vests, past apple orchards green I and regular, ncur commodious, old style farm houses with large barns, through pasture lands dotted wltu stock, by rail fences looking as familiar ns if fresh Irom the Alantic states of half a century ago, one can easily imagine himself gliding through some New England rural region in its earlier primeand glory- But thc delusion is soon rudely dis- sipatcd as thc train begins to pcuc - trate the edge of the mountain above us. wilderness. The Row river plunges t Now, after a sumptions dinner at along by the side of thc road bed. I the Mineral Hotel, the climb is on. Huge saw-mills with great piles of Six miles more and every step a Oregon pine lumber are passed as , tug. Sore and weary the writer wc begin to climb and penetrate the changes from saddle to stage. Back forest. Wc are catching the whiff ami forth the mountain road tacks of the mountain air. Instead of like a sailing craft making its way thc sweet smell of the harvest it is in the teeth of the wind. Switch thc breath ol the pines. The way back after switch-back opens before grows rugged. Few habitations j us endless and broadening stretches appear. The valley is narrowing , of scenery. Frequent views below down. Thc gateway is shutting us of the weary way.up along which close now as wc climb. The shriek wc have come, spring into sight, of our engine echoes through the ' Higher and higher wc rise under timber; we have reached Wildwood ' the end of our iournev bv rail Now for the ride of a life time, Put it down as a red letter day. Twelve or fourteen miles into the hcart 0f a primitive forest, winding in nml fm uti tin- nnrrnti' itmnniniii ...ntlpv. 'crossing ami rpcrnssimr lhn r . clear, cold mouutaiu stream, drawn hy follr wejt trained mountain ilorses. The writer was nriveleL'ed ' lo take this part of the trip in the sadd'e. There was the crossing of. an behind is lost to sight. What a 1 forest! fireat fir trpp. immpnsp of seem to swing an airy, festooning ,ti 11 1 1 u.ij, ibaiuuuiii(, Firs and pines and ced- tapestry ars amj aurels grow tue friendly confusion together in of a primi - .ive wiMwcod. The sunlight comes filtering down iu waveriug patches, lighting trunk and branch and foliage and leaf-mould with manv a touch of silvery splendor. ' The 0f lue stately forest trunks toss the si1QUt here and there as if in roval Sport, until it mingles with the cicrlnnfr nf itip Inftv weaving tops above us. On and on. mile after mile, with now and then a'ol distrust and business reversal, drjt. from the cold, clear trickling They are upon a business basis r03d side spring. They say that ! from which they cannot be shaken ti,e Northern Pacific Railway has I by any turbulence of eastern stock chrewdlv Dossessed itself of this! sunerb forest. No wonder, for here js the home of those straight, huge timbers that span rivers and lift freightage and life across vawning chasms; here is the habitat of those great spire-like poles that hold aloft aEainst gale and storm the wire pathways that bind ocean to ocean. What a slaughter to take these stalwart forest chiefs from their j majestic living, tribal i0ne, the decaying supports of a J Innn piuiiv star i VIUUIl IJtl-llkl BRAND I I . Mnr I 1 r He. fSnv 1 i JMEr I Mil ib 1 ?. ra 1 Ts 1 nv, o I I makes thc ! heart sing blood throb and the Bohemia is ibout and , the crack of the driver s whip and tile thud and clatter of the horses' feet over the rocky way. Sheer and far the mountain cuts down at our very side. Blasted and cut out of the precipitous slone the narrow road-wav slants ud like some lone shute toward the peaks in the dis- mi " tance. i lie valley lies dark ana greeii below. We are looking down among the tops of the mighty firs. : They cling to the slopes about us, We wind among them brushing 1 lueir greai sioes. in six mnes oi winding road and four hours of , steady pulling we rise three thou sand feet. Adjacent hills and ridges drop below us. The valleys j and forests and mountain sides I spread out back of us far and ' farther. Now the last switch-back comes in a few moments more, with 1 an indescribable mountain scene spread belore us, we step down at Camp Vesuvius one half mile from Bohemia Post Office. THE WESrS SOLIDITY. During the fluctuations of the stock markets a little over a year ago we called attention to the fact that the west was practically unaf ibvibu n it J ut n. V- ituiiuiu lliat, sat so heavily upon the speculators, fected by any of the troubles that says Bonus and Mortgages. We 1 predicted that when events would snow a continuation ot tne pros ot the perity so permanently manifested in western business and events have amply proved the wisdom of our prediction. The solidity of the west has been as marked as was prosperity. As the months have gone by there has been practically no change in its steady, onward business progress, and while its trade movements have not con tinued regularly in the same chan nel, they have been marked by sub stantial backing that was to be ex pected trom so tunny a com mutiny The western people have been piling up experience, and have Isaved their surplus for seven years; . that is to say, it has been that long , since the reaction from the oenod markets or the fluctuations of ex. change securities. In fact, they are paying no attention to that sort of thing, and every month adds to their independence of such in fluences. It is because of this western so lidity that the western farms are offering so promising a field for the investments ot savings. Securities based upon them have not only the hut the TOpll.infnrmpcl and thrifty people who are conduct- For this week Ladies Shoes, dull finish I0P6 Ladies Vice Pat tip, Extension Sole $1.50 Misses District 7G button at $1.00;pnir 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 andj dandv line all on hand front Old Stock Go Out at Welch & Woods MININfl CONORBSS NOTES. Kern County, Calif, sent free milling and copper ores. Ores were shown from I.evcns Ledge. Douglas County. J II Calbrcath of Colorado was heard from at the session. Marion county was also among the exhibitors of mineral. Senator Booth, of Eugene, paid a visit to the Congress Monday. The Alice mine of Stevens County presented some Sue samples, Josephine County had a good display of both free and base ores. Santiam district was not behind in displaying the ores of that district. Blue River district was well rep I resented esneciallv in its free mill- ing ores. - St Helens district sented by some fine gold ores. was repre copper and Dr Kuykendall, of Eugene, while in Portland attended some of the meetings. A C Brokaw, of Siskiyou Co., Calit., brought a fine collection of ores from his mines. F J Hard distributed some 2000 souvenir albums illustrating the Bo hemia mines and scenery. Howard Mason, of Mass., at tended the Congress and will next week visit the Bohemia district. The Portland Chamber of Com merce had a tair display of ores. Stone, quicksilver, marble and other mineral products of Oregon on display. Dr F J Crane, former mayor of Cripple Creek, was exhibiting an ore separator and washer. Nuni' 1 " ' hers of the machines are being used in Colorado. Others that brought displays were: Continental mine, somncm Oregon; Copperoplis mine, Quartz burg district; Gold Creek M & M Co.; Oregon Historical Society. Joseph L Cornforth, one of the. old-time staudbys of Denver but for the past few years operating in Alaska, was one of the prominent figures at the congress. His speech was warmly received. W A Roberts displayed samples I of a ferrous carbonate of iron from j the iron mines about 25 miles from 'Portland on the Columbia river. I He claims to have six million cu- I bic j ards of the ore in sight. 1 The Blackbuttequicksilvet mines represented by Dennis and Harris bad a splendid display of its cinna bar ores. A large glass case with shelves were filled with the samples of ore. A large plat of the wotk ings of the mines and pictures of the surface were shown. The display of the ores of the Bohemia Mining district was among the best shown ores from the va rious mines showing the free mill ing and the character of the base ores attracted a great deal of at tention. The delegates from Cot tage Grove and Bohemia did good work in describing the ores and telling the visitors about the two 1 sections. R. E. Simmon and E. N. Dillard came dowu Monday from the Ore- We will sell at "CT" $1.00jpair. Retail Prices. Barg