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Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering nnd Farming Interests of this Community.
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28, 1904.
NO. 49
VOL. VI
lliilicinlii 1 1 11 t (inhtcil.
J 111', Husing or tlin Jem
' I IIikIh llio ilulictiiim Mining
, HiHtiii'l wrill in ndviineii
" in llii wnynf iliiviilopnmiil
"ftjg, iiml pitiKriron mir U
lii'Kiuii'iig. Tliuiu Iiiin
i nut bin 11 nvuii 11 hciiiIi-
Inure of a mining Immiiii,
hut tlimn Iiiin hern 11
L'lOflt 11 1 no 1 1 11 1 of quid mid tilTcctiwi
NVdrli lll!C(llllllillllll III llll l'HliHH
(if the iliitti'iot iiml in pinetloiilly
(ivory iiiHtiuicii where Niiiili work Iiiih
been eiirrind jiii in 11 MynliiiiiiUio
timiiner, Mm iliivijliipiuiiiilH nf orn
liodicH, Imtli at to iiiuiitity mill
ilinlity lutvii Ikhiii iiiiihI HutiHfiiclory
to Itin owiiiirH,
Thu Wilson 1 ( .iils from thu tur
111I1111H of Urn O, .V H. V. miiwiiy
Imvn been ki cully iiiijuovii.l whleh
Iiiih nimbi tlin Irnintporliilion of mii p
liliurt Into llio illHttict cniiHldimibly
rlionimr thiin licrelofoiu. Tlio Oro
guu.Coloriido Mining Company
luiimed 11 well g 1 tilled Wilson mini
Of MJMlllll lllilOH In liingth to do
built from iIm property 011 Aiinn
Crook In IIim imiily mud in.nr Ho
liomiii jioftnlll oiliur Iii'IiIh mill
Iniiin Imvn ln-iui limit ho tlnil pi no
tloally mtiry hiiI of llin iliHtrirt in
winlly m'rotHlhle, citliur by wiigmi
or on liorNiitiiu'k.
Tim Orogon Soeurilit Company
Iims ItH ilO.Htniiip null ixiiiiplMott iiml
11 gon;l trmii o'lnnucts ii with thu
inuiu working liinnul nbovc. Kor
inoiltliH putt thin voiiip'iny Iiiih iiuun
driving tlio big urotn-eut tunnel by
tlio iiho of nmtili no drill mid iiru
liusv in u (liHtmii'o of iiiorn tint n
100(1 foot. Siivornl bulge of tire
Imvn I11011 oiiKuiO'l Im t tint work w.im
oontiniioil without exploring nny of
thorn, iih it uiin (Unirnblu to romih
Cliikiiipiini win, known from
mirfncu workini.'H to bu well mill-
nrnlicd iih well iih n vory Inrgn vuin,
nnwri Iiiih jiiHt cmiiu Unit thu Iitlgti
Inn been roiknliuil, but it in ton curly
nt thin writing to burn tlio pur
tionliirH Ivvi'O ini" fiimiliur with
tlio Cluimpinn vein uxpprta to loiirn f
A lurgo body of it good griitlo of ore
boing fiiiind. it will roipiiro hiiiiio
timti to proporly opon up tlio liilgo
ho thnt ik coutiiiiioiiH mipply of orn
qui Im fiiruiHlicd tlm mill.
Tlio L'lyHtnl CoiiHoliilalod Com
puny in hikving cmiMilurnblo wink
1I01111 on iU proportioH but will wnit
until Hpring boforti putting Uh mill
into cniniiiiiwion.
Tlio Oultltui Slipper Compmiy Iiiih
dont) Homo good work tlim year nnd
Iiiih opened up lino bodies of oro.
Tlio ltivomido gioup on Homo
heaven Crook Iiiih recently put in h
l'olton whool to run tlio blower
which supplios frtwli air to the
uiinorH in the broiwt of tlio
tunnel, now ovor 700 foot into
tlm 1 11 r 1 1 j 1 1 1 u i 1 1 . a ciiutiiicl to run
tlm liiiintil ik furtlior dmtnncti of fi()0
ftiol wiih it'i'iintly lot mid roportH
from Ihuro urn to tlm olTorl tlio
work in progrnHHlug ntpidly mid tlm
in Htill t'liiitltiurH morn tliiin tlm
full width of tlm uorkiugH.
At tlio Oriigoii-Colorikdo, oun
tniutnrx urn in work upon 11 live hun
ched fool eontiiii't, which when coin
plotoil will pluco tho bioiiHt of tlm
tunnel uioin tliuii IlillO foot from tho
month. Ah ilintiiticit mid depth is
gikiutid tlm 010, which i-urrioM i-oppor,
gold mid Hilvor, isiiiipiovinglii both
viiluu iiml ipmnlity.
The (Iroiit lliilorii property Iuih
received hovoiid hiinilred foot of
tunneling this car mid plouty of oro
found.
Tho I 11 1 toy Kroup Iuih been well
dowihipoit nnd will 'no doubt bo
lidded to the Htoady prodilcotH nnxt
KOIkHlill.
Tlm Twin Hnek com puny Iiiih had
ik fm co ol mini nt work for Home
time, with vory HoliHfitctory rcMtiltH.
Tint ltuyiil P'IiihIi group iiml tho
onteiiHiiiii of tlm winio group under
thu mnnngtiuioiil of Alox Iiiiudliurg
wore worked for mveinl iiiomiIih dur
ing tlm xiiuimor. It ih Hinted Unit
both workings hIiowimI Inrgo well
dolinod lodges well filled (villi oro.
Tlm lliiittittlut mining compiiny
Iiiih not boon idle this seimou. The
iniiin vv (irking tunnel 'Iiiih been ex
tended it rouititlorikhlo dislnneo, iih
well nil work upon the ouUldo nc
eoiuplihheil. V. II- SI111110 nnd othorH Imve
boon developing tho Pittsburg group
of eliiluiH. loriitti'l on thu "Itidge"
with good iosiiUm. Tho (lidduii ltulo
coiiipnuy iinur tlm Miiieinl post
ollleoiin lor tlm uiiiliiigomouloi Wm.
Wclohor Iihh earried forwiird tho
work of development ipiito nxten
sively during tlm year mid Iiiih
plenty of ore uncovered.
The North Fair View has oxltii
hivn (lovoliipmout work mid linn n
rum guide of ore in novernl of its
workings.
The llalliuKiro Company has two
groupH of claims. O110 near tlm
center ol tlm district and tho Anns.
I111 group on Sharps Cicok. (bind
Hhowings reported in both of thorn.
Kii'iwUh A' (lolly's proprietors
of tilt) llohumi'i sloio liavo oxpcndod
coiisidernblo money during tho your
in getting their properties opened
John llruiid lms been (juietly nt
work upon thu ,HwcoptnkcH nnd
other clniiiiH with good rosulls.
Cochran nnd (iilbortHOii Imvo
oponed Hivcrnl t;ood ore bodieu on
their clniiua near thu Wall stroot
property.
One of the bcHt nnd most sub-
Htnutinl iinpiuvomontH mitdo was tho
installing of a 10 stamp mill with an
aerial train of 20(10 foot fiom tunnel
to mill by mikiukgnr I'. J. Hard nt
tlm Vcihiiviiih. For Monm timn pBHt
thu mill Iiiih henii Htnndily nt work
nnd Hovnrnl flno cbmn-upH Imvn boon
iniub). TIiih properly in oxlmiHivoly
developed nnd tlm mill in assuroil of
oro for yenrs nhend.
Many other propcrticH Imvn been
noil aro lining worked in difforont
portions of thu district.
Tlm coming yonr will doubtless
show great stridos in this district as
it large amount of the preliminary
work which wbh noccssnry, has been
accompli (died mid many of the pro
perties aro now rendy fur tho erec
tion of mills Hiiltnblo for tho treat
ment of tlm ores, already exposed.
Crvilnl Coniolhlaled
V. I), Wheeler, IroaHiirer of the
Crystal Consolidated Mining Co.,
returned from Ihoir proporly Inst
week nftor examining the annual
iiRHCHsmcnt work done on the dif
ferent chiimi for 1001. Tlm work
on thu Kva J. group of claims shows
up Homo vory nice ore. Mr. Whooler
H'ates tho work is piogroBsing very
Mktishtctory nt tlm mines nnd that
he Ins miners working on Tho
Mountain Lion and I'.lcolada group
where the mill is located blocking
out oro, and getting tho property
ready for spring nt which tirao the
mill will bo completed nnd tho
stamps will then begin to drop.
New Vision Rati.
OUR TOWN
A HUMMER
Miss Grace Knapp Writes
tin: Prize Essay.
CULTURE AND THRIFT
MINING INDUSTRY IN OREGON
1
Those Who Were Not Born Here
Should Get Here as Soon After
ward as Possible.
The time for the reception of es
says tor prizes ofTcrcd the students
of Cottage Grove Schools expired
the sotli. There were but eight
essays received and those almost il
mot entirely were from the younger
students.
There was none received from
the boys, girls only responded
The committee experienced con
siderable difficulty in awarding the
prizes as there was merit in each
one, but it was finally decided as
follows:
First prize, Grace Knapp. Sec
ond, Mabel Rosenburg. Third,
151 va Warner.
It is the intention of the Club to
(have all the essays published in the
local newspapers.
Tin following essav was awarded
John Uruud and Alex Lundbergft, first p,ace.
have built this fall about six bun I!
dro.1 tod of wneon road, liceinnine t 'SAV 0N COTTAOK GROVK
P Standine unon the summit of
ing lor the main wagon road at a I'McFarlaud's Butte and looking
point near the Vesuvius mine. The down upon the village of Cottage
road when completed will be nearly
two miles in length. This will give
the Sweepstakes locality a chance
to use wagons clear through instead
of packing two miles as is now
necessary, wort will lie resumed
Grove, you have presented to your
view one of the most picturesque
(scenes you can find anywhere in
( the United States and best of all it
L . " A
5loes not stop at ueing a piciurc
1 but is a beautiful reality
Two Claims Purchased.
Win. I.andess and sons, b'elix
and Joe have purchased the Nemo
nnd Falling Leaf claims in Bo
hemia. For a long time past there has
been but very little work done
upon these properties, but the new
owners intend to develop them,
these claims nrc considered by min
ing men as among the best pros
jiects in Bohemia.
You can buy Diamonds cheaper
nt Mndsen's than in larger cities
mid will guarantee them perfect.
It Alexander, formorly socrctnri'
of tho l'nclllc Timber Company now
residing In Onklnntl Cnllfornlu, bus
recently boon vory seriously ill with
heart trouble, hut a letter received
by Socretury Itosenburg thin week
iinmitiiiccs that ho Ih recovering.
Long (L Bingham's Stock
The money vou save in this closing-out sale
is worth your while to lay in a supply.
PRICE LIST
HEGVLAK
yt)c
20c
l()c
fie
fie
2fie
10c
10c
10t
12c
12c
12c
2fc
20c
Gold Dust,
Dew Drop, ,
Kelt's Naptlm,
Sav'on 1 2 ox soap,
Tat- Soap,
Sastile,
Giant Lye,
Machine Oil,
tove Polish, - -Grape
Nuts,
Korce,
Vim, - -co
live,
2ce Ciilt Hdtfv Stow Polish,
SPECIAL
20c
- 18c
0V4c
- :i'i!V
4 c
- 20c
8c
7v
0c
- 12c
12c
- ,12c
U)c
- Ific
20c
fic
lfic
10c
20c
lfic
25e
20e
lfic
Oysters,
it
Corn Ikvf,
(i k
Salmon,
in the spring and the road finished. R Located one hundred and forty
miles south ot Portland, and at me
head of the Willamette Valley with
the rivers and mountain streams
. J 1
coursing tlirougU it. suxrounaeu
hy towering piue, fir and cedar
trees and great hilLs reaching up:
until they seem to meet the hori
zon.
Situated within a short distance
of the Bohemia and other noted
gold, silver, copper and lead mines;
also the Mineral Springs, a great
health p;sort and. worth thousands
ofdollais, and within sixty miles
of the Pacific Coast combined with
its healthful atmosphere make it a
most desirable place for one to live.
Go on any street iu Cottage
Grove, look in any direction you
wish, and your eye is delighted
with something new and beautiful,
pen cannot describe nor tongue ex
press its beauty; tt must be seen to
be Appreciated.
"Even its cenieti y is a pleasing
place and not only speaks well tor
the health of the 'village but also
for the skill of its physicians, as
but few are buried 'within its walls.
Cottage Grove is bound to
"boom" it cannot .help itself if it
wished, people are coming on
every train and ar c o'elighted with
it. Thevfiud it tht "Eden of the
World". .
Its prospect is sreaf. It is the
place for everyone aud iu it every
one can Gnd a pla ce.
Fnrmeo-s find It tt troo d market
place ns the swrotmditVJ mines
and rapidly inciCKjing population
demand farm produce and they
give the liest ruurkvt prices. Rich
soil surrounds iew'here evetyihing
von Dim it trrows. with less labor
V 1 - o- " F
than- anywhero e
grow hud nature-
destroy them nbo
never h lai'tore. I
the verdict ott ti
well as ineni isf
VICKY industry has its
history. That history is
the record of its evolu
tion. It opens with
simplest processes. Stage
after .stage follows, ever
becoming more pro
found and intricate.
Every stage is the nec
essary precusor of that which suc
ceeds it. Men feel their way along
in all departments of industry. New
intelligence is born out of old ex
perience. New methods spring out
of new conditions. The record of
those unfolding conditions, of these
developing stages, is the history of
the industry which thev constitute.
A review of this history contributes
to n larger conception of the in
dustry it delineates. It is eminently
proper, therefore, that any study of
the mining industry of Oregon
should introduce a glance at its
history.
The placer miner was Oregon's
pioneer iu the great industry. He
discovered in the sands of the creek
bottoms the presence of gold in
minute particles. He tound that
by washing, 'panning" as he called
it, he could separate the gold atoms
from the rest of the silt. He elabo
rated his methods of sluciug until
the precious metal was separated in
wholesale quantities. He wotked
his way up the streams into the
abrupt bills. He found that the
sands of the creeks are the pulver
ized rock that has relied and
washed down the mountain sides.
The source of the panning dirt is
the float of the hills. The float is
found to be the broken outoroppings
of the ledger. From the placer
wash the miner feels his way to the
reeular fissure veiifs with their
well-defined-waits and theirmn
knowu depths of mineralized vein
matter cutting through the volleys
and slashing, with many colored
scars, the ridges and peaks of the
mountains.
The miner finds that the old
HEGULVU
fiOc Star tobacco,
. O 1! 1 l v
IUC OHlOlvlliy lUUmx'U, - ut
fic " " fic
fiOc Shilling linking Powder, Jific
:ifie Golden West Hakg Pwd 2fic
2fic K. C. linking Powder, 20c
10c Spices, - - - Sc
yeast,
Milk,
SPECIAL
- 4fic
Sc
below
Ottite an assortment of furnishings, shoes, etc., thu
,'cost. Take advantage of this sale. Terms cash.
t are sold andlt'
methods of the placer worker will
not handle the float or fissure con
tents. There must be tunnel and
shaft and level; there must be pick
and drill and dynamite; there must
be crusher and acid and fusion. If
the gold is to be got from its
flinty biding place it can only
be by hard work and scientific pro
cesses. The whole industry has
been transformed. lo a miner
uow means unspeakably more than
when the area of mining operations
were limited to the golden sands.
More energy is demanded. More
knowlcdce is necessitated. More
money, as a working basis, is im
peratively required.
The miner of Oregon has not
ability, that nowl
a better place fotr
starting in life tlln
offers him so- itw
Work can be e.
high wages- ami
poor man huro-lbx
se. Your crops
with nothing to
ndnnce of fruit
know, and it i
ell read men, as
great business
lere can be found
a poor man just
in right here.
ny opportunities,
asily obtained
reliable pay.
s a chance to be;
kept pace with their recorded
growth of his industry. He has
not liecn quick enough to read the
lessons of bis progress. He has
not been ready enough to seize
upon the improvement of methods.
He has liccii slow to.rcad the hiero
glyphics of his hills. In the net
work of veins God has written a
leson of unmeasured opportunity.
Heavy eyes have been looking
upon these magnificent messages
and'waiting for a picture to inter
pret them. Even the more respon
sive investor has not had the wel
come and encouragement he should
have received as he has caught
somewhat of the meaning of these
divinely traced characters written
so large over so many of the slopes
of our magnificent mountains.
The mining opportunities ot Ore
gon are as yet simply not even con
jectured. Sixteen of our great
counties are properly mineral ter
ritory. Mouutnin ranges, long and
short, running in this direction and
that! lapping and over-lapping,
mountains piled upon mountains,
running out in spurs and intersect
ing each other, with great peaks of
volcanic rock and silent lake-filled
craters mountains covered with
snow-watered forests and breaking
out with snow-fed springs, great
surfaces of such bewildering moun
tain wildernesses with mineralized
quartz scattered all over them con
stitute these mining counties o'f the
state. From the Siskiyou and
Calapooia ranges on the south and
west, to the Blue Mountains on the
east and north reaches this abun
dantly mineralized region. Untold
millions are packed away in its
ledges, From the Snake river, on
the eastern line, to the Umpqua
river, on the southwest shore of the
State, reach the. placer beds whose
sands are impregnated with glisten
ing atoms of free gold. Unmeasured
richness lies in these water courses
waiting the hand and method that
shall rescue it from its long burial.
No state in the Union, il any region
earth, presents more enticing
opportunities to theievestorin legi
timate, substantial mining enterprise.
Much has been and is being ac
complished. Great changes have
taken place. A measure of awaken
inc has occurred. The man with
pick and drill, with bundle and
pack-horse, is pushing his way into
the mountains; the combined means
of organized companies are group-
iug properties and constructing
mills. Substantial business men are
getting together in council and co
operation to develop these inestim
able resources of our state. Yet
only a beginning has been affected.
All over, the mining industry and
opportunity of our state are written
five great characters; Wanted:
Wanted, a cordial welcome
to the new-comer with fresh vigor
and new ideas, with imported wealth
and large plans; a glad co-operation
in every move that means de
velopment of our resourcs by
whomsoever made; enthusiastic re
ccption. to exploration, innovation,
inspiration.
Wanted, a grouping of sub
stantial leaders with Inflexible
determination to make the mining
industry of Oregon a reliable rcmu
erative business enterprise, men
that frown on fraud antl stand for
an inflexible integrity iu the con
duct of all mining enterprises
whether by brokers or promoters or
operators.
Wanted, greater activity
and more intelligent and far-sighted
measures in the spreading of intelli
gence concerning our mining oppor
tunities all over our nation, a lib
eral public-spirited policy that sinks
personal profit, for the time, in the
one great ambition to put our state
where it belongs in the galaxy of
mineral producers of the world.
Wanted, a mining enthfl
siasm, not a boom; a proper, ade
quate, hearty appreciation of what
we have in the way of quality nnd
quantity of ores that shall lead to n
healthy stirring mining activity
among our own people; Oregon
awake to what she has in her min
ing resources means a flocking to
her mountains from all over the
land such as will put her among the
foremost ranks of producing states.
Wanted, a public sentiment
tn favor of mining development
that shall demand such legislative
encouragement of this industry as
shjjl stimul&te participation in It
and not multiplytiifllcultie3--and
hardships. "H"
Card of Thanks
To those who so kindly aided us
during the recent illness and death
of our beloved mother and espec
ially lo Dr. Job, Rev. Blilington,
the members of the Eastern Stir
and Rebekah Lodges, we wish to
express our sincere thanks.
G. B. Pitcher
N. E. Pitchkr
A. Pitchkr
Nancy Pitcher
Dissolution Notice.
The firm of Tom, Dick and
Harry, consisting of Tom Jctkin
Dick Berry and Harry Peck,' has
dissolved partnership, Dick Berry
and Harry Peck retiring. All
claims against the firm and all bills
due the same will be paid and col
lected by the undersigned.
Dated Dee. i l, 1904.
Thomas W. Jknkins.
..Wow then..
WELOH Si W
A 15 K HAVING A
Grand Clearing Sale
Sweaters, - - - 25c Men's "Wool Undershirts,
Children's Wool Hose, - 10c Woman's Shoes, per pair,
Bovs' Suits, - 75c to 1.50
-a) Oh. we will cut. the prices to make our invoice as low as possiuie.
- G5c
$1.00 f
I Be on Hand at the Big Clearance Sale
Men's Suit and Overcoat, - - - about ONE-HALF PRICE x
Men's and Children's Swatters, - - - 25c, SOc.to Jj.1.00 ST
"PR Wool Hose lor clitKlren, - - - - - - (ft-
Women's Shoes that were $1.50 to $3 per pair, go for - - . $1.00
j The sale is i,o clean up the whole stock and will certainly put the k 11 tie in.
lUOnclwltaUc i (our 111 puge.)