BOHEMIA NUGGET
OHUMIA NUaUOT PUDLISHINa
COA1PANV.
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WltDNKSDAY, ;Fl!BRUAKY I, I905
Bosidos the articles in this iswuc
upon thb subject of tlio attaching a
part of tlio Bolioinia mining district
to Lano county; somothiug in said
concerning tho Eddy law, which is,
in the opinion of many a very unjust
Byatem ofdoriving rovouuo by the
state. Thero is no class of men to
bo found, raoro willing to spend
their monoy in developing and pro
moting tho resources of tho state
than arc tho mining mon, or in pay
ing a fair proposition of tho taxes,
and whon they aro'iound as a body,
opposed to an existing law, it is
strong evidence that thero is a
wrong which should be righted.
No mino ownor will hesitato to pav
a reasonable tax Upon the net out
put of his property or on b fair val
uation of tho improvements, but he
doos and will seriously object to
pay a penalty for the priviloge of
ascertaining if be haa a property
worthy of its development
In order that the readers of th
Nugget may know just what por
tion of Douglas county is desirabie
upon the part of the mine owners ol
Bohemia desire tc have taken from
Douglas aud attached to Lane
county; a map has been procured
and shown on the first page.
As it is a matter of interest to
many, considerable space has been
given in this issue upon this subject
and we believe many good and
sufficient reasons are set forth why
the petition of the peoplo should
receive V. the attention of our
state legislature and the bill as in
troduced by the Hon. I. H. Bing
ham be passed by that body.
It it stated the principal if not
the only argument made by the rep
resentatives and people of Douglas
county; is that at the present time
a small revenue is being received
by the collection of taxes and that
in their opinion the district will tn
the future be still more valuable as
a source of revenue. This is doubt
less true, but it will not be by any
efforts that Douglas county has, is
or is likely to put forth to bring
about such a result.
Had it been left to that country
it is probable that not a wagon road
would be nearer to Bohemia than it
was ten years ago; there, would not
be a plant of machinery installed
and but little, if any. development
work accomplished in tbe district.
The people of Bohemia are not
askintr for something which has
been fostered and built up by Doug
las county, but simply to have a
small area of mineral ground at'
tached to the county that has as'
sisted them to grow into the pro
portions of a mining camp and to be
attached to that county where
they find it most convenient and
economical to transact business:
when he gets patent . The govern
mcnt helps the farmers, with exper
1 mental stations, seeds and etc. The
miner buys the product of the far
mcr. Mining brings thousands of
consumers into a community . The
state of Oregon puts a license on
mining, or practically so, for owing
to the long time mid great expense in
bringing to a producing stage, com
binations of men, (stock companies)
is the usual method. The years of
bringing to pass, a mine is the far
mers harvest and a continual drain
upon the purse of the mine owners.
Why hinders, why not encourage
the industry that adds more wealth,
brings more people, and is the great
est and most attractive advertise
ment a state can have? Give the min
ing man an equal show, if the nature
of his business is honorable, and if
the Eddy law is an unjust hard
sliip.cut it out.
FROM MINE MANAGERS
(ContlnucJ from 1st pa St-l
have always been courteous and
considerate in matters referred by
us to them
We say put us all in Lane be
cause we are mostly in that county,
and many of our claims extend into
both counties, the main .workings
or mouth of tunnels, boarding
houses and mills are in Lane
county and by present boundary
line tbe lace ofgthe tunnel is in
Douglas, thus leading to complica
tions in many ways. The distance
and conditions of the roads are much
more in favor of Eugene asa county
seat than Roseburg. There is no
road of any kind direct to Roseburg
except by traveling over Lane
county roads, which is only 17
miles to the O. & S. E- railroad
(now building into the district)
hence by railway to Cottage Grove,
change has been forwarded to the
legislature. This association is not
composed of those who come anil
go, every member is a mine owner
mul the betterment of conditions of
the district at heart and pocket.
The writer is manager and priu
cipal owner of two large Mining
Companies owning twenty-five
claims all in Douglas county. Has
expended many thousand dollars on
these properties and five thousand
dollars on road work to connect
these Douglas county properties
with the Lane county road, the
only outlet irom the district. I also
manage aud control another mining
company owning sixteen claims,
partly in Lane and partly in Doug
las county, all buildings and mill
are in Lane county, though the
miners at end of tunnel nro work
ing in Douglas county.
I represent interests owning over
1000 acres in the district, all in
terests are alive, all properties upon
which development is being pushed
as rapidly as money can send it.
I join the mine owner of the dis
trict in asking you to set into Lane
county the small amount of territory
as shown in plat, from Douglas-
county, thereby greatly reducing
some of the difficulties we are under
in trying to develop this part of the
state.
I'. J. Hard.
irctl-lUNOWOUM
15. T. I.ucn?, Wlngo, Ky.. wrltcn,
April 25, 1002: "l"or 10 to 12 years I
had been utlllctcd with a ninlmly
known as tlio 'Itch,' Tim Itchliu: wiw
moat unbenralile; I had tried for
years to llii'l relief, having tried nil
remedies I could hear ol, benldes a
number ol doctor, t wish to state
that ono single application of Mal
lard's Snow I.tulment cured me com
pletely and permanently. Since then
I haro used the liniment on two sepa
rate occnttluns for ring worm and it
cured 1110 completely. 2Tc. ,"0c nud
SI. Sold by The Modern I'harmaej.
IT HELPS THE FARMER.
THE farmer, through the ad
vent of the miner and growth
of mining industry, has a market
for his produce, cau get better
prices, tbe value of his land in
creases. The method of securing
title to a farm or United States
government is less exacting and
does uot cost as much money. Tbe
miner and tho farmer alike have to
pay taxes as soon as they prove up
on their laud and on improvements.
Everybody in Oregon knows the
method of securing a piece of gov
ernment laud for a farm, and the
expense attached thereto. Govern
ment miuiug claims cannot bo
taken larger than twenty aeres, and
often less acreage is taken, but
costs the same. The miner has to
do $100 worth ' of work on each
twenty acres or less, every year,
has to do $500 worth of work on
each twenty acres or less before he
cau secure title,
The miner lias to pay $5 an aero
HON. I. H. BINGHAM
Representative of Lano county,
who introduced the bill in the
Legislature to attach that portion of
Bohemia Mininc District now in
Douglas to Lano county.
and 55 miles south to Roseburg or
21 miles north to Eugene, or if we
have to transact business on both
ends of our claims we must go both
north and south.
Owing to tbe good condition of
the Lane county roads into the dis
trict, and the coming railroad we
can see no change probable, in
favor of Roseburg ever becoming
m;re accessable to those of us hav
ing busiuess at the county seat, for
it would be a long and expensive
road to give us any kind of an out
let in Douglas county.
The principal improvements are
in Lano county, where the greater
part of the taxes will be paid, and
the money for improvements of
roads bos and will come from la
borers, and miners are caused a
hardship by being compelled when
necessary to collect claims to go so
far and often file in two counties.
The small area asked out of Doug
las county is very small. We do not
Know that that county has ever
spent a cent for improvements in
tbe territory asked, nor has there
accrued any material benefit in taxes
or otherwise to said Douglas county,
(we understand taxes not to exceed
$1 50 per annum has been collected
by that county.)
We feel that while it is very im
portant to us, we are asking but
little. In fact the slight change
works no hardship or benefit to any
one except tbe mine owners in the
district, aud really is necessary to
define just wbete the county line
is in many places. The change
asked cuts out a ragged line and
gives a definite straight line boundary.
This is not a Eugene or Lane
county move, it is the request of the
mine owners of the district, a peti
tion adopted by the Bohemia Mine
Owner's Association and signed by
all the members asking for this
HOW GOLDFIELD WAS
DISCOVERED
FTER Tonopah had been con
verted into a lively camp
following the original discovery of
Jim Butler, miners and prospectors
began to branch out and day after
iay, and week after week, they re
turned to the assayers of Tonopah
samples of quartz Irom the new
section about 2S miles south of
Tonopah which tney called Gold-
field
Here in the mountains they con
tinued the search for the precious
metals, but it . was many mOntlfs
before a man showed up with rock
that carried to exceed from one to
three or four dollars per ton in
gold. None thought of looking for
values in anything but quartz from
well denned ledges and no one
seemed to find values in it worth
mentioning. Finally it occurred to
someone that values might be
found in some of the conglomerate
rocks that seem to be strewn over
the surface of much of thesurrodnd
iug country, Better values were
found and some locations were
made. Great dykes or hyolite
cropped out of tbe mountains at in
tervals and the discovery was soon
made that the ore found in the
Brecci or tufa generally occured at
no great distance Irom these dykes.
Tbe prospectors here "began to get
next," in the parlance of the day
and discoveries of more or less im
portance were made in rapid sue
cession and excitement was on in
lull. It has been growing ever
since and there is no telling when
it will end. It is the ono discovery
in all tbe world perhaps that has
not been berated by one class while
another sang its praises.
MONEY TALKS IN THIS DISTRICT.
Whatever may besaid of the cit
izens of Goldfield, when they get
away irom camp the only thing
which talks in that section at the
present time is money. Values ad
vanceso rapidly in that section at
tbe present time and there has been
such an amount of attentiou drawn
into tbe district and all over the
United States that the owners of
properties will not listen to the ex
tension of time proposition on any
option held on their property for a
moment.
Any property showing values of
two or three dollars is held at prices
ranging from $20,000, to $100,000,
and it is out of the question to get
a ten days' option on' a property
without advancing of the pur
chase motley.
There appears to be about 10,000
people in Goldfield at present, aud
the cry is "still they come." As an
old miner said who just reached
this camp, regarding expenses.
"Well, it takes but a few days to
make a $50 note look like nine
cents." It is too late for the man
of limited means to go into the Gold
field country, but there are hun
dreds of them Hint arc lit the hilts
south of there. The prosectors
ate once more in their clement. Dig
strikes anil new camps arc the talk
of the day.' The great question is.
"What will be the next one?"--The
Modern Broker.
CHOltP
lleKlns with the H.vinplonin ol n com
mon colli; there In clillllnens. Mteciluir,
horv throat, hot xkln, quick pulse,
lioatnoneen mid lniH'ded respiration.
Give frequent wiinll lUmeno! llulhird's
llorclioiind Byrup, (the child will cry
tor t)mi( nt thottrxt xtmiot ncroupy
couirh apply frequently Ktillnnl's
Snow Liniment to tho throat.
Mtn. A. Vllet, Now Castle. Unto.,
write. March ID, 1IK)2. I think llnl
larit's llorelionml Syrup a wonderful
remedy, and ho pleasant to take.
Snld by The Modern rlmrmncy.
World' Gold Output.
THE total production of gold
from the mines of the world
for 410 years, on since there have
been any records of the same kept,
is officially given at $10,693,336,
302. The total production of gold from
the mines of the United States
since its discovery is given at $3,
539.503. MO- Of this the Eastern
and Southern states produced $33,
493,648, leaving $3,507,010,493 as
the amount of gold produced by the
mouiitniuous country west of the
meridian ot Denver, California and
Colorado being by far the heaviest
producers of the yellow metal, with
Colorado several millions in the
lead. Or, in other words, this only
partially explored mountuiiious
country has produced in fifty-Gve
years, orsiuce 1849, when the dis
co very of gold was made bore
nearly 33J4 per cent, or, in round
numbers, practically one-fourth of
the total product of gold ol ll:
whole world for 410 years.
We first gave tho above compara
tive figures nine years ago and hav
correctcu incui annually since
The figures above seem almost in
credible, but are taken from the
government statistics, with the ex
ception of last year, the figures o
which arc uot yet published oflic
ialls, but estimated by the Eugi
ncenng and Mining Journal. Not
is the maximum yet reached by anj
means. Each succeeding year will
simply serve to add a new record to
the West's wealth of gold au.l to it
prosperity.
The United States Governmen
official figures of the increase of 111
gold output of the United, States.
and of Colorado during the past
thirteen years from 1890 to the end
of the year 1903, are as follows:
Tl'o production of gold in the
United States in 1890 was $33,845,
000.
The production of gold in the
United States in 1903 was $74,435,
340, an increase of 1263-5 per cent,
The production of gold in Colorado
in 1S90 was $4,150,000.
The production of gold in Colo
rado in 1903, was $22,705,711, giv.
mg an increase of 447 per cent, a
phenomenal record of an average
increase of over 34 per cent per
annum.
The profits and safe of invest
meut in mining have increased in
greater ratio than the production
on account of modern improvements
in mining, milling, smelting and
transportation. Colorado now pro
duces 30 4-10 per cent, or, in round
numbers, one-third of the total gold
product of the United States, in
eluding Alaska. Colorado leads all
the states in the Union in the pro
duction of gold, Iu tbe production
f - . ...
01 silver Colorado has fallen to
second place, for the first time, in
many years, becauso of labor trou
bles affecting mines and smelters,
uui now inai mese troubles are
practically settled she will undoubt
edly resume the lead.
In tho production of gold, silve:-
lead, copper and ziuc combined, the
latter three are bi-products, Colo
rado still leads all. Kendricks'
Annual.
Strong -Garfield
ter Proof
No Other Boot has as many Water
Proof Qualities. Warranted Non-Aqua
5-incli Top, $7.00
1 0mcli Top, S.00
PACIFIC TIMBER CO.
CNDl'Il ODI) miLOWB HALL.
COTT.UiK ( 1 ROY IS,
N
OKIJOON WlW
Dissolution Notice.
The Ileal Kxtnte llriu nt Medley &
Milne linve iIIhhoIvimI piirlnernlilp by
luiltiiuleiiiiMtflit. All eluliim imalimt
the llriu and all IiIIIh and eoinmlH
hIomh due the utne. will tie paid and
collected liy the undentlM-nod.
13t J.K. Mll.NK.
AOONIZINO BURNS
aro Instantly relieved, and iierfcetly
healed, by IJuckluii'ti Arnica Hiilvn.
V. Itlvenlmrk, ,lr of Norfolk, Va.,
which; -j burnt my Ktieo dreadfully;
that It bllHterod all over. Diieklnn'H
Arnica Hnlvo stopped tho pain, aud
healed It without u near." Alwo lienlH
all wounds und HorcH. IKc at Hen.
son's I'lmrmncy.
NUGGETS
AKUAIl) Ol-" STItONU MKDICINKS.
Many H'ople miller lor yearn Irom
rheumatic imln, and piefer to d no
rather than take the hii-iihk medi
cine intimity irlven fr rlieuuiiitiNiii.
not knowlnit Unit ipik-k relief from
tinln may lie had -Inml.v liy applying
Cliuuihcrlnln't) l'nlit llalm anil with
out tnkliiK any medicine Internally,
l-'or sale by The Modern I'hariuiiey.
Dairying and Prunes.
This in an uiiiimukII.v good lime
for Htarting into tint dairy Ihuhuohh
iu Oroaon. Tho scarcity and (ho
high priee of fd due tn I nut miiiu
iuer'n drought him dmrjurnyod n
good malty who are iu the Imr.v
businem and it i therefore a i'1'1' I
time to buy cowx nnd dairy farms
It is hI-hi n good time to buy priini'
'irelmnln provulii.l llu v nf in ood
coiidiliiiii u 1 1 1 tiitve litti-ii 111 the liiilu
of Irttiirinif in f.mimbli year. A
prune urowvr of tnntiy j.r ewr
ienen km id a few days ago that in
Hpltc otjrfl.,lbA.AMlitrf hit. pintm
orchard uverMwt for the psot
eij-ht yent-H turner return, for hit
work than lie cul l ft from the
land in auy other way. Thin would
not be true on land where, failure
had beau tho rule. Itnrnl .N'ortli
west.
A BUNCH
wvio
AT TIIIJ -
NEW n ERA
3
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DRUG o STORE
They also keep the
Nest Line of Drujjs
in the city
JAiS. II. POTTS
tJKO. W.iMcQriMN
riioruiKToiH ok
TheFashion Sialics
a wo omen or niK
M Class Turnouts, Double or Sini.
POTTS & AIcQUIJIiN
COTTAOIS OKOVIS, ORIJ
The man who digs the ImrdeM 1
whether in a search for gold or 011 '
the farm or in the office is the umti
who wins the prize.
Veam Vermifug
THE GUARANTEE!)
WORM
REMED
' im''MIOH
Oriffin &
Till: CU'lTI.Nd QUALITY
ol any tool Im ulwnyn 11 dHxtrahlu
one, hut ill equal Importance Im the
power ol retaining IIiIm ipmllty ho iih
not to require too frequent Hliarpen
In)?. Ily making your piirchaxeH of
the Oritllrt & Vwiteh Co. you alwayH
receive your mouey'H worth Iu tho
lierit quality of toolM and cutlery of
procrly tcnqiered Mleol that Im nuru
to hold an edfto.
Veatch Go
THE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE TONIC
iwjnr or imitation..
TH C QINUINK P.CPAflIP ONIV BY
3allnrd-Snow Liniment C
OT. LOUIS, MO.
Bold ami rcommi'mleil tor M.i!'
I.O'ik miller XiikkuIh for barK'thm
All Mini ol cnKravliii; at II, 0.
Mailxeim
I'nr 11 quick lunch tho KxcIimiko
lannai-y t HeHtmmilit Ii the place.
Till! 1IKHT PHYSIC.
When you wunt a pliynle that la
mild and irciitle, cimy to lake and cer
tain to act, alwavHiiHot,liiiiulM-rIiiln,
Stomach and f.lver Tahleta. Kor
Halo by Tim Modern riiuriuney.
merican Lady
flamiltonBrown Make
We haven't a thing againut our neighbor,
but while we are Helling American Lady at
tib.l.rsO 11iv don't iiiwl ulinw
Ti-iin youh kvkh toward tlio
Wynne Hard ware Company'n win
dow ami look at tliedlnplay of thouo
haiiKluu, Htund, table ami hand
lumps: then buy 0110 or more of
them for your homo, uothliit,' In the
Ity to equal them for quality and
price.
I A Sensible Move. '
Havo Tom Awbrey write you up a
policy on your homo and furniture In
the Oregon Flroltollef Aueoclation, or
011 your stock of goods In tho .utna
Itnunuico Co, zi
$3,50
GARflAN, HEMENWAY CO., fc-jJs
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