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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1904)
Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of this Community, to Good Goveriinicnt, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. 9- VOL. VI COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1904. NO. 39 BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT NEWS KtntbH does not control tho opera- lioiiH of minus. Ah proprietor, but not ns sovereign, it sons tno tumoral lauds of tlio national domain on corliln lurniH uml undor certain Local and Oenenil Items Irani ihc Mining Sections of Oregon 7 uml Other States, .lohn Wignrs in u victor from tlm 1 loliti 1 1 1 In moiintuinH. ' Auliio Oiiilmin who him for hoiiio Mouths nlkt been employed nt tlm Oiognn fioi'iirilies Minns is taking n vacation of it fmv week. Win Ychler i'iiiiii) Inim his homo in Huleni .Mnniliiy itili t uml wont on Tuosduy to Iiih mining properties in ll.ili.'iniii, about llfly font moro to rmush tlm llrsl lodge. Tlio surface slimviiigH of these veins me vervfinu they be ing of largo hI.ii uml will product lug well in the pun. Air. mid Mth. South foul Unit tlicy Imvii niiriiod it ri'Ml uml will spend Ilin winter in tlm valley mnl Simtli iirii Oi.igon. .1. V, Cox I lio veteran Coliirailo luili-r. lint who bus been in llnhoiuiit for rninn years iiirivml fi.nn camp Kutiirdny. Ho will hiiihi rotnrn to IiIh work. 1'). K. (Iiiiiii itamii friini llolimiuit litHt week uhoio 1 1 u Ii'ih Ihkiii mining fur sumo iihiiiIIih. lio worked at tlm l'o I fx Cm rin properly and sys it is a lino showing. .. . . CIiiim. I''. Mitchell whoso homo in ill I'ligeiio ciimo from lloliiimia Monday. Alter u short vistut homo ho will proceed to .Southern Oregon to examine hdmiii mining properties. John (Irahur one of tlm former owners of the Vesuvius .Mine, in in tho city it few il)ii attending t" hoiiio business matter. He I iiih been working in llohenua nil summer ami reporlH that ureal iiiiprovi'iiieuU have been the rcHii It of work done this oiir. Trcnilwcll Mine. KtrnlllK 'lelvKrmrl . Joseph McDonald, general super Itilelidinit of tho Treadwell iniliOH, hi Doilglns IhIiiiiiI, AIiikI.ii, I lie birgosl minex in the unrlil, in nt ly iui;iiltliii I'orllmid wiili his wife mid diiiiuliler .Mr. McD.iiiuld ix ll Inu' a ''liniiue of eliniato for the In-unlit ol Ins health, rlieiiiiiatiHin ' not control the purchaser in his ox- ' ploitntion of it. Tho Htates individ ! willy have thai po'wer, and uiuny I of liiom Imvo enacted under it Iuwh j which viiikhihIj diHi'iphiio the miiio owimr; hut Hiiuh legislation is f.ir tlm moHt part iiiiHyHleuintic, tuid alTordK no paiallel t the couditioliH with whii'h our (Ionium Obor-lJorg-lath wiih linuiliar. Hence the unre stricted development of our mining regions; hence the wigurios of local infiiliig regulations; hniico also the fieedoui of individual enterprise. Absence of restraining atithoiity Iiiih proved lo be no lets stimulating to exploration than lack of svslom has nri'iinionally been disturbing to indiiNtry. The incident riffled to is suggotive; our friumlH of the Mining Cnngioss iiiuy pioporlv omi Hiiler it us eiiipIiiiiizniK the need fur a eeutial hiireaii of mining, lint if I i k 1 1 1 1 1 i n 1 1 I foreigners Hhouid he BOHEMIA MINE ASSOCIATION Elects New Oltclrs, Appoints Com mlllccs and Adds New Members. Vesuvius Stamp-Mill i tv ii in 1 1 iii M in iii-iii i lit i iii iiii'hiiii , . hnviiip holhered him eoiiHiilcahlv. day to (Jul,, a national and will not return U Alaska for ; '"'""J" "r dHpartineiit-wlmtovor it nomo iniiiitliH. He will go IviHt from hem, after spending hoiiio i time in I'lirtlanil. . 1 "Thii HtampN of the Treadwell mines never stop," Hiiid Mr. Me- paid doiilile pay for thoso holidays. Workings are now curried on tu tho KIK), tlOO mid 1200 foot levels. Tho deeper wu go, wn find tho ore of tho mine inaiulaiiiH its richuoss, thorn uo being probably 10 cents , ,v , ! dilferoiico in tho nnsay values from . 11. Dennis manager ol thoju,,, Mirfarn oro of thnt now taken Black Jlutto ipuok silver uiities caiuol()i to tuo citv .ilomiay mm look too limy no culled ol iiniiiiiL', even tuo convenience of such u central or L-iinization will uevor place tho mill- iug iiidiistry under the control of the Kcdoiiil L'overinneut. Most Donald yeHterdoy. "Day mid night 'Ofoifiiers, mi.i even i-uKiis mno... theynro hauiumiing out gold for ' ",ro lr"o lorgonuui. i. oBU uu, tho owners. Wo used lo 8nlt! httH consist of forty.odd sovereign down for Christmas and tho Fourth HlfttuH. "nirU ' w,,,ch fKUiites is of .Inly only, hut now wo do not w" afTairB hclween protty wide Htm, for even theso .lavs. Tho men hmitH.-hiigilitermg and Mining ntn filimit nu well off. nml tlinv are t Journal. .South bound train for a vinit to his Federal lioau initio in (I rims Valley dulrii't California, He has icceiv ed very satisfactory reports from tho property. Ho will return in about 10das. ..JJarry Supple,-after some six weeks in Iloliciiiia, where he was visiting the mines and prospects, returned to the city Inst week. It lias been his ciiitom for some years past to spend it few weeks in the district nud write mining arti cles, Mr. Supple states: That in very many of the properties decided improvements have been made since his last ycarsisit nud he tins unbounded faith ill-its future. lie brought out small samples from n number of the mines. "Tlm men are Inking out an Twelve Hundred Dollar Contract. Thursday morning Mr. and Mrs. II, i). Hartley arrived in tho city nfler a visit of several week" in Cor vallis. Mr. Hartley stated: That ho wont to Portland where ho mot tho oflicors of tlio Star Mining Company, which uwns a group of twelve claims average amount of 11)00 tons of oro'at tho head of Martin crook iu tho I daily. Thla is of low gnido, valuod ! liohouiia milling district nml secur. of 3fr. nud Mrs. James V. Sears came from llohomia on last Thurs day where they have been since tho 1 1 th of January. Dining this time Mr. Scars has boon nt work on his properties on tho West Slope of (Iron so mountain On tho Sunset loilo the. tunnel is 101 fool, 1H of which ho drovo recently, tho vein is two feet in width mid all good ore sotno of which will nssay bettor tan .J 100. por foil. On tho Mountain Lilly Claim Mr. Scars says thorn nro livo lodges. A cross.cut tunnel of two hundrod mid seventy four foot in length has been driven nml ho thinks it will require od a contract to do $1'J00, worth work upon tho claims Soino years ago souio .f 10,000, was taken from oue of thuso proper- tics the oro belug crashed iu n livo stamp mill which is still upon tho nt nlioiit f'l.'zti hi goltl. 1'ilty por cent of this h saved directly on tho plates of the stamps, nud tho rost of tho oro is shipped in concontrntos tu tho Tar.nma smelters, whom 05 per cent of tho assay v.iluo is saved "Alaskn has a gront future as a I 'round. milling country, hut in our section When tho oro was . exhausted it is no poor man's proposition, j above tho tunnel level the mines Tlio oio is low grado mid it lakes a nml mill wero closod. It is tho gisid deal of money to develop it. purposo of tho Company to extend a To put iu n siugln stamp costs tunnel already started to a point about flTillO, nnd to oipiip n mine i below this rich oro shout mid when witli tho Inrgo number nt clamps reached to repair tho mill nud begin ncccHHiiry to got the gold in sufli-! oporalions. A sample of tho oro quantities from tlio low-grado ore ' recently assayed gave n return of costs u lot of money." $'J0() per ton. Messrs J. Ii. Hcngeu, , . J. H. Olover mid L. Y. Koady nro Mini,., mn.-i.it , Htoekholdors iu tho company. Mini.. OllldaU. , Siaulliy Mr n,irtlt,v ud ,vifo During tho past week u distiu-1 went on to camp wheie they will guinhod Cleriiian mining ofllcial nr-, remain at least until after tho holi rived in Now Yurk and immediately . days, inquired for the proper mining ofli. ' einls of this country, to whom ho One More flood Showing, could go for information mid Phillip Spong oue of tho old timo authoritative assislanco. Ho was miners ol liohouiia enmo down from told that tho United States possoses the mines Saturday. Whore ho no individuals coming under such has been doing development work a category, and that all there was ou tlio Timber Ilusin Claim. Ho ro lo sot opposito tho elaborate beau- ports that the lodge at fifty foot rocrnuy of n European country was fnim the surface is over eight feet in to ho found in tho stnto inspectors i width, lour of which next to tho of initios, n class of tnon poBsossiDg' hanging wall is exceptionally good different degrees of ability nnd but tho whole vein prospects well handicapped by oqunlly vnriid po-1 in panning. Samples hnvo been liticnl ontnnglomonts. Tho United ! sont to Portlnnd for assay. Long (Si Bingham's Stock The money you save in this closing-out sale is worth your while to lay in a supply. i IIEGULAH 2Ge Gold Dust, Dew Drop, Felt's Nnptlm, Savon 12 oz sonp, Tar Soap, Castile, Giant Lye, Machine Oil, tove Polish, - . Grape Nuts, Force, Vim, -Coll'cc, - PRICE LIST KEGVLAK 20c 10e rc He 2fic 10c 10c 30c Ific 15c lRc 2fle 20c 2f)c (Jilt lidfjc Stove Polish, SPECIAL 20c - 18c OVl'c - anC '4c - 20c 8c 7c (ic - 12c 12c . 12c 10c - 15c 20c G0c 10c Gc GOc IJGc 2Gc 10c Gc IGc 10c 20c IGc 2Gc 20c IGc Star tobacco, Smokinj? tobacco, SPECIAL IGc Sc Gc MGe Shilliiux Halcinu Powder Golden West Ilnkir VwA 2Ge K. C. HtikiiiK lewder, Spices, Yeast, - Milk, - - -Oysters, - Corn Beef, ii (i Salmon, 20c 8c 4c 10c 8c IGc 12c 20 IGc 12c Quite an assortment of furnishings, shoes, etc., that are sold at and below cost. Take advantage of this sale. Terms cash, Proposed Rice trie Koad. Tho Kugeno Ilogistcr lost wcok gave tho following inlcrviow with II. O. Diers, Chief Kngineor of tho Willamette Electric ltnilrond. Mr. Diers said: "In his roport to tho mass mooting, Mr. Archor covered tho ground thoroughly nnd ex plainnd tho proposition fully, so I do not know of any moro that could bo said at this timo, but in a short j time 1 think wo will bo able to Mluo Owners Association held Oct, 1 givn tho peoplo moro nous on this lOlh, tho following oflicors wero subject, which will bo as interesting oloetod for ouo year. Kdd Jenks, as that which nlready has boon pub pros.; 'W. II. Shauo, vice pros; At bshed. However, I will say that I'. Churchill, secy. ; Oeo. O. Knowlos, the people of tho Willamette vnlloy ' need some education on electric railroads. I "Thoso residing in tlio vnlloy and not having been in tho Middle and KaMorn States have no conception of what an electric road docs for with a like committee from Cottage tlio small towns, villages mid farin Orovo Commercial Cluli iu their, intr districts in thoso states, for if efforts to annex to Lano county all wo look over the electric railroad that part of tho liohemia mining systoms of those states, wo find thnt dintrict ling and being iu D. logins ! today, inch by inch, tho field is county. being contested, and slowly, sul- Initial steps wero taken Iowa id iho' loulv, tho stenui locomotive is giving formation of the Bohemia 1:1 I'aso ..wav to tha insistent olectric loco Club, .motives ! Tlio session wbb very enthusiastic, I "A dozen years ngo.it was only Tlio Jlaaimond maDUi.v turinj lo v u uppir largely utteudod mid a number of tho horso cars in tho town that , Company of Portland has just tram I ; t now uiombors admitted. ! worn Ihrentnnnil bv plnetrie. trnnlinn. 1 completed tho ten stamp mill for the will r v the. A i.. P. Ciieiiicimx, Secy. Then tho olectrie car poked on in- Vesuvius Mining Co. at Bohemia. to the mill. . 'ouirin-'teiitaclo over tho citv limits- The mill is modern an J unto date ! Some idea of tbe At tho last session of tlio liohouiia trtas ; Hoard of Dircctor.4, Alex fiiiridburg, F. .1. Hard, J. C. Klop. fousteiu, S. J. lirutid and F. II. raudcss. Messrs F. J. Hard ami Frank Mc Intyro wero appointed to confer luoiiol An ariol n "mpleted which r. from the roino .. ... j mid into the suburbs. Tho results uiacn nunc guick auvcr mine. wcl0 satufacto. nnJ swiftly tho Tho following concerning 1 0iectric lines Hung thoir spider fila Tho IJlack Ilutlo Quick Silver inuI)ts fr0I11 ,owu to town, and now Mines that nro located nbout sixteen , ront njotions of tho country nro ratios soutli or tottago urovo is : cobwobbed with them. Tho electric tnkon from an articlo which appear-! railroad map of soino of tho states cd iu tho l'ortland Daily Journal on onka ai) complete as that of tho Iiib: bonilay. ; 8tenm railroads. 3inmmo.li ore UwIIm. i 'Today one can travel on electric "iuo magnnuuo 01 mo oro oooios . roads throuch tho states of Illinois, cannot bo appreciated until thoy nro soou. Tho crest of n ridgo ris ing 1,750 feet nbovo tho levol of tho crook, has, massive jsroppings coutiuuonily for a distance of 7,500 feet. Theso croppings nro nil im pregnated with cinnabar. Tlioy appear as cliffs at times nnd great jutting rocks, but careful analysis along tho lino of tho lodo, which follows tho ridgo crost, shows them I a0DB the road Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pen nsylvmiin without changing cars. Tho renson why this system of trans portation lias developed in so few ears iu leaps nnd bounds is be cause tho electric road has flvo dis tinct advantages over n steam road: "First It can ruu Eoparato cars nt frequent intervals, and can take on and let off pai-Fengers nnvwhero to bo cinnabar oro. A vertical depth of moro than 1.U00 feet may bo had by driving an adit from tho lovel of tho presont furnaco. Abovo this adit would bo backs of 2,000 feet as tho lodo dips nt about 57 degrees from tho horizontal. Assume that tho croppings of 7.500 foot dofiuou low-grado' oro .body; lako "Second It can take people near their homes nnd offers and mako prolits from them at nominal fares. "Third In giving a freight sor vico along its lines, it is as floxiblo as nn elephant's trunk, nnd as adopt iu picking up littlo things. "Fourth It grows rich off tho crumbs of tho businoss that a steam Uio gonoral width of tho lodo, 400 roai wol,itl despiso, foot as a fair avorago; reckon .from tho ndit lovel indicated upward, whoro thoro will bo no pumping, hoisting or shaft work nnd tho re sult is bowildoring, nud may bo divided many times and yet leavo a ton imgo nvailablo that would causo a Troadwoll manager to pause. MAXAUEMENT IS HETleENT. Mr. Dennis makes no statomcnt as to how much of tho lodo that has been opened by his sovornl thou sand feot of dovolopmont will bo commercial oro by presont process or tho moro improved furnaces ho is working on. In fact ho makes no assertions relative to tho mino. Ho has boon busy six years developing tho group, and acquiring torntory. Tho company now has moro than 2,000 acres of land in n compact mass, covonug all of tho ctnnnbnr deposits of tho Black Butto district save that owned by a neighboring l'ortland company. Tho mi no mnnagor merely says ho is satisfied with his mino, and is taking his owu timo to bring it to tho producing stogo. In a gonoral way ho says thnt if ho can porfoct mechanical dqvicos and a furnaco capable of haudliug profitably an oro carrying 2 por cout cinuabar, ho will have immonso reserves ready for the smelter when it is eomplotod. DEVELOPMENT OS LODE. No dovolopmont has boon proso outod from tho sito of tho prosout furnaco. Tho lowest adit yot driven will give n vortical depth of 850 foot when undor tho apos of tho mountain. This tunnol was n cross cut for 480 foot. Whoro it cut tho lodo thoro was 120 foot of oro iu width rogarding a low-grado pro duct. A drift of 500 feot has beon mado on thn voin from this orosscut and throo minor crosscuts inado bo tweou tho point of iutorsoction und tho fact. Tho first of theso cross cuts is 57 foot-long, tho second 07 feot nud tho third -17 foot, all being in cinuabar oro. Tunnol No. 4, driven on a lovol 200 feot vertically abovo tho lower ndit, has boon carried nbout 1,000 foot on tho lodo, and has numerous crosscuts along this drift, proviug n largo body of cinuabar. No, 2 tun n el, 200 feot highot, also has n longth of about 1,000 foot, nil , ou tho voin, and has numorous cross cuts. On tho npox open outs nud shallow tunnols havo boon made along tho courso of tho groat oro body. On tho othor sido of the divide a considorablo amount of work has boon dono opening the lodo from that direction. Fifth It is always ready to go out of its way to accomodate the special needs of its patrons, in fact thoro is uo troublesome red tape nbout tho electric railroad system. "With such distinct advantages iu its favor makes it very obvious of what can bo douo with such a system iu tho Willametto valloy, when connected with a seaport on tho Oregon coast." in overy particular. It is timber in that located section can be had from tho picture. by the side of the Bohemia wagon Mpst lihajjr by the time this paper road about 100 feet from the moiHB tenpljea its subscribers the mill will of the lower tunnol and 2000 feet Ih- be iaoowtMt operation. MKD At Kugeno on Saturday Ira U. Campbell, aged 411 years, 4 months, ISdnys. Mr. Campbell 'was born' In hnno county, May lVis. Was a former owner of tho Ilugcue Guard. Ho leaves a wife nnd two children and four brothers two of whom J. It. and K. h. publish the Eugene Uuard. FOR BETTER ROADS Cottage Grove and Black Butte High way Receives Attention. At a meeting held last Saturday! at Grange Hall a large gathering of people living along the Cottage Grove and Black Butte road dis cussed plans for better roads nnd appointed a committee to have charge of the work and funds therefor. The committee is composed of W. B. Dennis, Air. Fallon and John Fallon, who wit worfe with the present road supervisors in execution of plans for improving the road to Loudon and Black Butte.. v It is proposed to render an c curate account of money expended by the committee to the County Commissioners and to show what every cent is expended for. Last year a considerable amount of money was .expended on the wagon road between Cottage Grove and Loudon. The money was raised by subscription aud by a donation from the couuty. It has been customary for the county to furnish an amount equal to that raised by subscription. It has been determined to Still further improve the road and con tinue on to Black Butte. A con siderable sum has been subscribed and last week Mr. W. B. Dennis manager of the quick silver mines at the latter place appeared before the county court and asked for assistance from the County. Good roads are very necessary to the growth and prosperity of the country. "THE WHITE MAN'S BUR06K." He had w on his Ktliel altera pro tracted courtship, and now, al though he was tilled wtfh a wtMe of delighted security, hetboaght It-wise to ask one or two questions. "I am sure yon are not the sort of girl who would tell of domestic troubles before a man had eaten his dinner," be euld, with confidence, but a rising Inflection. "Xo, Indeed," said Ethel. "And when I seem a. little milled or worried you'd tie the very one to say soothlBK things. Mow, vtuuldn't you? proceeded Henry. . "fiettwhily, I WoM," WttTllt-hel, "ami ymj-rlllfe'to uV .ff"tdo, 1 know." "Uo whut?"' asked Henry, with a sudden full to earth. 'A'Fhe soothing and, cjro.tqrtlng, tuttl putting ntebi goodjuiinar when tfie&cook h&f '.beea cbUkI, fo her mint's funeral (or the third ttine, and your Imuinowo Irieade went eomlnir to dinner," said Ethel, geatlv. "Ye-ee, of course I should try to," faltered Henry. ' ' Aim wnen you u open uoreaat tne oliive with your cousins from tks country you'd uever speak of It til diuner was all over, would you, dear Henry?" said tho fruiting Ethel. "I know the sort of mini you are, who wants to carry his share of the bur dens, don'tm' '1-1 hope you do," said Henry, In a disheartened tone "Iet nn speak ol tbe now inogaxiue, Utliel, and why not go out on the ptaua, whoro it U cooler?' 'Youth Companion; V. II. Watson, of Glendaie, was recently convicted of arson and Judge Hamilton gavo him IS years at the penitentiary. It yoit want a nice Fur Boa just to keep the chill off, we recie veil a few at a special price and will close out at Bargains. Open Wednesday. Al so Children's and Misses' Furs. Now we will give you prices. V V Welch Woods