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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1905)
fit) GGET IIHHHMUHHM9MM fl) I "J n SKAT JOB PRINTIMO :BtBttBBBBBBBji Devoted to the Mining, Numbering and forming Interests of this Community. VOL. VII COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1905. NO. 3 :rc m & &s M TllltAliyilllTIBINU MXDIUM S WILL VISIT BOSTON OFFICE Mine Manager Goes Hast on a Business Trip. Good Work Accomplished. FJ. HARD, one of the most prominent operator In the Bohemia mining district, left this week on a short business trip to the eastern cities and wilt visit his Ilos ton ofllce. Mr. Hard has continued work in developing his properties for the past several yonrs with no cessation, summer or winter. He was one of the first to start with an Increased force in Bohemia last spring and prepare for the large amount of out side work he had planned for the summer and personally supcrlu tended and gave his entire attention to the accomplishment of the re sults be planned to carry out. In o conversation before liU de parture from Cottage Grove, Mr. Hard staled that his works showed for tllitu'clvcc, that he wa greatly pleased with what hud been accom plished on his properties, n well ns the eontinutd improvement 111 the showing of ore bodies. The writer would ndd that hi may well be plcnsed nnil has riason to le greatly enrournged as he h. e certainly shown that nerve and per seivercucc will win, Mr. Hards history since c.iNtliiji his lot among us is well known ti our rciidrrs. The pant season ha verified hl.snhllity in biingliig about icsults; aho his judgement m tin selection of mining prnpetito worthy ofdevelopinciit- Before tin iww was gone hibt npring he hail large Crew of men building 0 wiik' road four miles in length from tin Vesuvius to the Oiegon-Colonidi property; also started excavalmi for the mill foundation t the Visu vius. The road wan finished iiImii i September 1st when Mipplies Ii the winter's work at the Oregoi Colorado, were forwarded by wagon he was 11 No nblc to transport ovei Uibncw road winter Mipplits fo the Riverside property wheie n long flume was built and rxteusjvi improvements in the buildings wtrt mude. At the Vesuvius the mw mill wa put Into service in the early sprinp and In November the 10 stamp mill with tramway two thousand feet ii length, scvcrol new buildings and a complete electric light plant finished and ready for service. 1'ifteen hundred feet of ilumt was built at the Oregon-Colorado to supply water to run the blower to furnish good air to miners in the tunnel. The three properties are in fine condition for practical work. Three thousand five hundred feet of 8 inch air pipe, several tons of Iron rails, four truax ore cars, besides large quantities of potatoes, flonr, beef and other necessities, with beans enough to cause one to think he is n Bostoniau. To one unfamiliar with the con dltlons, it Is impossible to realize the difficulties to be overcome in getting In supplies, there is the lonit wagon haul from the railroad; also a portion of the way to the Riverside they must be transported by pack trains. In addition to the large amount of surface work, mlulng has been steadily carried on at all of the three properties and day aud night shlftsare driving three vcrydeeptun nels. The one at the Vesuvius just above the mill will cut the various veins traversing the property from which drifts cau be run, upraises made, making the one tunnel nu outlet for the entire workings which when completed will allow the transportation of ore from all parts of the three hundred acres belong. ing to the company, direct from mine to mill, thus still reducing the expense in the handling of ore as is now done by tram. The ore is holding up In average values and considering the cxteut of ground owned, really but little of it has been explored, It would be useless to predict the future pot slbllltles of production; enough ore Is now in sight for n long run aud many returns to the owners. the Oregon-Colorado has two deep tunnels; the main tunnel on the Confidence vein will, when un der the apex of the mountain, be over one thousand feet from sur face, It is now into the mountain nearly one thousand feet. The ore carries mainly copper with fair gold and Hllver values. Many hundred tons nre now on the dump awaiting treatment. The second dee) tunnel is 011 the I'ranele claim where assays have been made ax high as 1 1 per cent copper, with gold nnd silver ns well. This tunnel is close to junction of the creeks, where the mill will be erected, and by cross-cut con nlso be made an outlet for the veins. The Riverside projwrty of over two hundred acres traversed with veins, is being opened by tunnel that will give two thousand feet ol F. AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY. Till; western mining man, who has time nud again seen for tunes tikcu out of the ground, never tires of telling his eastern friends about the possibilities of his industry says the Dally Mining Record, It docs one good to come in contact with an operator fresh from the hills nud share with him the enthusiasm he usually brings. The man who sees such things only on paper may sometimes be tempted to doubt them, but let him meet oue who is right from the spot nnd his doubts will fade away in a moment. Eor example, The Record knows two men who, only a few months ago, went from the building lu which this paper is published to try their chances at Goldfield. Both of these men have made fortunes. One of them is the luckiest leaser in the new camp, for It has been the discoveries of himself aud his associates that have caused the re markable uplift in the value of Sandstorm stock. The Record cites these instances backing when four thousand feet in length. It Is now over eight hun dred feet and has been in ore all the way. The ore Is now becoming very solid, Workings higher up the mountain would nave shown the oxidized ore more rcadly, but Manager Hards desire for perman ency and future ccoifomy commends his management and shows he Ms after all there is in -It for his companies. The Riverside tunnel starts closo to the creek whers water power Cau be had for all purposes aud will afford cheap treatment and profit on a very low grade ore. His fav orite remark is, '-That the high grade ores will take care of them selves." In addition to these deep tunnels there arc many other workings, In nil Mr. Hard has caused to be driven one and a half to two miles of tunnels and the work has done much to prove the permanency of the Bohemia district and an en couragement to others to push de velopment along the same lines. J. HARD & CO.'S OFFICES. OLD SOUTH CHURCH merely to show what it knows from its own neighborly acquaintance ship, without going any farther away. Its ' own correspondents have been telling the rest of the story. That there is money iu mining is a saying so hackneyed that one is apt to feel that he has repeated it often enough aud everyone ought to know it by this time. This refers, of course, to the right kind of min ing. It is of more Interest to Inves tors to hear it said that (there is money in investments and that the right kind of Investments is pos sible. To do away with the wrong kind is a thing to be desired, aud with the aid of the investor's good judgment, those who have made this a part of their mission are meeting with some success. Here is the old story, taken this time from the lips of tke well known engineer, John Hays Ham tuond, who is quoted by a New York paper In terms that are cotv else but full of meaning. Mr. Ham ruoud is credited with saying. "The While he has made arrangements to have work continued during his absence, he will be welcomed back to his field of operations, A tnfl1iiris Ar. Pn. will AVltl tip driving the tunnel on the recently f . . . ! T. 1 ! loiaieu property in uuuenuu. Nell J. Cummins has purchased an interest in the claims recently located by John l'ribcra a short distance above the Ware house. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Kerr o Wildwood, spent Monday and Tuesday In Cottage Grove and Kugene. Mr. Kerr has the mail contract from Wildwood to Orscco and has been able to drive with wagon close to the post office every other day this winter. Mr. Noah Coffmau, who recently came from Baltimore to look over the properties of the Crystal Con solidated, expresses himself as very well pleased with the showing made in the property and with the country in general. lie will return to his home soon. possibilities of the mining industry are better appreciated every year, as the actual returns secured from prior operations demoustrnte tho profitableness of the venture. To day greater care than was formerly the case is exercised in choosing properties for development, so that the risk iuvolved may be reduced to a minium; aud mining engineers have more regard for the commer cial aspects of mining than hereto fore. They are learning to discrim inate betweeu the so-called 'gilt edge' mining proposition aud one of a more speculative character. In the former class of mining, the ex pert aims to be assured of the cer tainty of the capital Invested being returned with a reasonable rate of interest. In mlues belonging to the speculative class there Is, of course, greater risk of losing the capital invested, but far greater re turns in the way of profit in case the Investment turns out favorably. Either of these classes of miniug is perfectly legitimate, but iu tho pro spectuses of the coinpauy, the cate r OREGON SECURITIES. ANAGER Wood of the Ore gon Securities Company, staled to the Nugget, that the work at the mines was progressing very satisfactory to the company. From the main tunnel drifts are bcintc driven on the Champion vein in both directions with a gradual Improvement in the size and value of the ore bodies. It will bo some little time before points are reached where it Is de sirable to make upraises to the former workings above. The wires are being strung in tho tunnel and when completed, the electric locomotive will be put into use. The weather this winter has been A. P. inosr. lavorauic tor any necessary outside work and the management is very well satisfied with the work accomplished so far this winter and everything will be in readiness for spring and summer operations. That lecture at Woodman's Hall, Fobruary 11. Tickets CO cents. BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. gory under which the investment is made should be fully stated to the investor." MINING PAYS. CONSIDER for a momont tho possibilities of tho mining Mold as an investment. The richest man in tho world are mining kings, many of whom have roachod their high mark through tho propor applica tion of what was originally very modest capital; and it is a faet that whilo millions of dollars havo been lost in tho railroads, industrial on terprises aud buildings associations, tho American mining industry stead ily advancos and returns enormous profits to those who go into it prop- orly. Do not laugh whoii wo make tho prediction but an American min ing boom of auch gigantio propor tions so as to absolutely dwarf into iusiguiflcauco tho great oxcitotnont of IB 10 and tho oarly hord. About ono man iu every ton of the inhab itants of our miuing cities, owns a FIRST SHIPMENT. rHE first shipment of copper matte has been made from bandore to this place, tha total ag gregation about sixtons. H. Ii. Rey nolds brought to Council one load last week and two other teams soon followed, each hauling about two tonsof the high grade product of the Landore smelter. There is a spirit of jubilation in the camp over this first copper pro duct of a local smelter. The Seven Devils camp has waited several years for smelting or transportation, and smelting arrived first. Mine owners believe the work being done by the Ladd Metals company at Landore will develop into a large industry. Mr. Reynolds says the furnace is handling about 60 tons a day at present; the matte is pro nounced high grade. The success in reduction has stimulated the mines and it is stated that develop ment Is more aggressive, while teams are hauling ore to the smelter in larger quantity than the furnace handles. - 0 mine of his own, or at least a pros pect. Every one docs not realizo this, of course. But it does not ro quire tho qualities of u prophet to arrive at such deduction if ono is moderately familiar with tho great Btrides now being takou in tho min ing world. 'Millions of dollars are being exponded annually in the gradual and intelligent develop ment of thousands of mining prop erties of which tho public has never heard. But it is tiotj necessary that you should possoss a prospoct or a mine of your own in order to share in the benefits of this most natural process of acquiring weatlh. Today there are good companies by the score offering thoir Btook for public Bubecription, Tho difficulty Is not so much in finding tho right kind of a property, as to associuto yourself with promotors who Bineorely in tend to operate their ninies on a practical basis and who have tho knowlodgo and ability which will ICoaUiWil on ttb pags-1 THF CRYSTAL CONSOLIDATED Great Improvements in Prop erty this Winter and Man agement will Push De velopment and Start Mill. N Saturday evening Manager Oeo. W. Lloyd of the Crys tal Consolidated returned from Bo hemia, where he in company with Mr. Noah Coffman of Baltimore, had been examining the properties of that company. Some weeks ago it was reported in the Nugget that a new body of base ore had been encountered in the upper, or tunnel No. 2 and that it bid fair when developed to eclipse anything so far found in the prop erty. Mr. Lloyd stated since his return that tunnel No. a was into the mountain a distance of about 335 feet and that the last strike was the best of all. Some twenty five feet from the present face, the first base ore in the property was found aud in driving ahead the ore body has increased both in quality and size, until now the ore is more than the width of the tunnel, three feet of which is the base ore, with nearlr three feet of free milling ore on the hanging wall side. There is also free milling ore on the foot wall side, but it has not yet been cross cut to determine its width. This ore body is one hundred and sev enty five feet below the surface, thus giving a large amount of stope ing ground. No 3 tunnel is in about four hundred and twenty five feet nnd the face of it is neatly under the ore body opened above, the tminel is beinpexteuded with lhj txMn- tloii iLwtl.-!. ire body exposed in No. 2. No. 3 tunnel is 130 firetdeeet. vertically' than is No. jjBli is the intention of the compinyMUilroiitiniie these tunnels aiidvfiiSfltlic ore body is reached in N'IECSeonnect the two with an upraised luyv not only fur nish good air. bur drop all the ore to the lower tunnel, which is on a level with the mill. There is an upraise nearer the mouth of the tunnels which is now filled with ore and which will soon be dumped into the ore bin at the milt and refilled again from above. When the other upraise is com pleted the mine will easily furnish from forty to fifty tons of ore per day- It is the intention of the manage ment to start the mill on this ore, as the company has a concentrator and the ore can be free milled and concentrated at the same time. When the ore body was first reached there was a large percent age of zinc but as distance is gained, 'ead and copper is rapidly taking its place. Certainly the Crystal Consolidated Company has reason to feel encouraged with the winters work as the expectation of the. management has been more than realized. It is only another nroof that depth on the Bohemia proper ties is enly needed to expose ore bodies of good size and values. Since the foregoing was in type a large piece of the oro from the new strike arrived and was placed in the window at Fhillins & Wheeler's office. It will weigh something over a hundred pounds and shows both the free milling and base ore. It is a very fine specimen of the ore. Radium in appearance much re sembles common table salt. It is a metal and while it la never prepared in a metallic form, it could easily be produced, but only at a loss of thousands of dollars, as it would not last in that form, being very un stable and like sodium, immediately oxidized nud destroyed. In the or m ot n chloride or a bromide, iu which form it is usually prepared, it lasts indefinitely, without any ap parent physical or chemical change the marvel ql the age 1. l