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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1905)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering mid Panning Intercuts of this Community. VOL. VII COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 1905. NO. 9 EX..: WILL START MILL Till'' mport ennuis from tliu Orn l(oii HnniiritlKH at ilohuuiin to Maunder Wood Hint tlm oro hlioot In tlm wont lnvet, being drivon from tlm 111 tin tunnel has boon roached wliilo tho oro hIiowr wnll nml Ih of (food Mi.n, it Ih not y ot liufllclenlly tlnvtilopitd to ilfltormlnn JIh lull vnliiii nml extent. l'roimrntluiiH for shirting tlm mill nro uliont completed nml it will hooii Jici stnrttid mi ore, IS SAWING LUMI1KK Fl). Whwilor ciiinu from tlm m (,'rvnlnl CoiiHoliiliitntl prop erty on Saturday nml re iioits tlm saw mill In full upiiratlnn In gutting out liniilicr for huihliiiKs nml minx limbers. Mr. nml Mm. (loorgn Knowlrs ar rlvii'l from Bohnmin Momlay nml wont to Kogmm in tlm afternoon. Otiorgo mijh milling mutters in tlm district iiki Inoliug butler tlinn over nml ho iinticipntcH iuitu 11 lively timn niter the millH nro nil nt work which will lie I nit. 11 tdmrt lime. I!. M. HolTiiiiin of Kiigmio, who was forimirly employed nt Urn Hulmin mill, wont up to tliu Oregon Hiicuritli H Ioii(lay, for tho purioHo of unsmiling tho poNitlon of nmnlgn inntor nt tlininill whioh will rood lio put IntocommiKiiioti. Word from tliu ViwiiviuM Ih to tlio effect Hint tlio otii Ih still holding out in tlio upper tunnel nml tlio lower tunnel ih being ilrivon rnpidlv with good results. I1LUK RIVKR MINING DISTRICT rKltHKKT Leigh, the nssnyer. relumed Inst evcuini; Horn ilw IIIiip River initios, where he 1ms been lor the past week, to make n report 011 .some properties. In conversation with n Guard re porter today Mr. Leigh tinted that the district has n very busy appear ance. All the camps nrc being op erated with full forces of men and a general nir of prosjicritj pervades the district. One improvement nbout which very little fins been henrd.but 1111 im portant one, is the new stamp mill now about ready for operation at the Union mine, owned by Wagner nnd Coffin. It isn quadruple three stamp machine, equal in capacity to a ten-stamp mill of the ordinary pattern. The I.imky Hoy plant. Mr Leigh snid, will Ik- ready to resume ojicra- tions, just as soon as me new trans formers arrive, the old one having been ruined y tue recent lire mere Mr. Leigh reports that numerous logging camps have started up on the MeKcnie river nnd all the ft w ELCH J settlers long the valley were busy nml (teemed happy and prosperous. I'.ugcuc Ounrd. 1 From motnlliu nml tiiiti uiitl I js minornln nro extracted chemicals of vnnt iinportnnco, tlm following tnlilo showing tlio rmv miitorinls nn. I tlmlr iiioro important dnrivntivim 11 nod in chemical maiiufnuturo: Harvlos pnlntH. Clmlk wliltliig. Llincstoiiii 1 1 rim. enrbonio itcid. Magnesia rarhonitc nml sulplilto of mngnosin, Ochres pnlntH. Crudn phosphate plniNplioriiH, Clnys nliim. Corn ikIii 111 nbiniiiium. Cryolite nliim, moiIii. Silica or sand Niliento of sodn, glnNK. Tin tin sails for dyeing pur- pilHOH. Conl (bitiimiiiiiiiH) iiiiiinoiiiii, coul tar colors, oyiiiiidn of potiiHli. Iron pyrites or hrimntono sul phuric iicld. Knit (cuinmnii) soda nnd inuri ntio ncid. Potash wills - bicliroinntn of pot nsh, primsiato of potash. Nicdcl ores salts of nickel for plntlng Cbromu iron ores eliminate of potash nml soda. Antimony ores medicinal snltv. Ilismuth oros medicinal salts. Copper oroH Hiilplintii of copper or bluo vilroil. Cobalt ores oxide of roltnlt. Iron ores sulphate of iron or copperas Load or oh white nod rod loud, lithnrgn MnngnucHo on disinfectants, chloride. Mercury ores riiliinml, wliito mid red pri'cipitnto, vermilion. Zinc oroH oxido of zinc. Gold- clilorimi of old. Silver nitrnlo of Hilver. Mining World. HIGH GRADK VKR.SUS GR.ADK. LOW THK qiii'stiini of low priiilu ver- j hiis high grndn initio is icn discussion in the prnfossionnl pnporn ou tlm northern Murk Hills by .1. I). Irving (U. S. Goo. Sur.), recently issued. As a binds of tho comnnrsion llui results of tho Horaostitko in tlio lllnck Hills nml nnd for tlm 1'ortluud nitne of Crip- it,, Prnnk nrd ,.inNnn Thti IIoiihi stnke dntn covors 2'J yenrs nnd livo montlis nml Hint ol tlm rortluuil only bovoii yents mid nine nioiillis. Tlm L'ross vmld of uold for the I Hotncstnko i-i 1,11)0,1 CI mid for 1 tho I'nrtlnud i:i UWiM Divi- donds pnid: Homostnko, $H,(',(',K. 7G; l'ortlnhd, $I,W7,0S0. l.'mige in vnluo of ore: Homostnko, $2 to $ HOYS mako men, but clothes mado for men will not do for boys. Wo mnka n study of boys and boys clothing. While- thoy lmvo a youthful swing that undcflnablo something that makes them boys' suite, they havo tho etrongth nnd wearing qualities absolutely essential. (g- $1(1; I'orllnml $5 to 100. Avorago yield: Homostnko. ?5. IB; Portland. t'i'i. DividotidH to gross produolt Homeslnko, 27.7 por cent; Port inud itO pur cent. Tlioso figuros urn of interest to investors, who nro npt to bo nltogothor carried away by high nstmys nnd snmplingn, wlmii ns tlio roHilllH nbovn show, tho low gindo proportion in vory nearly uqunl to tlm other kind In tho mat ter of por rtpiit.of profltR, which iH tlm iimnHiiru of tho coutinuod rnluo of n mining property, considering nlwiVH Hint it cnu bo oxtotiHivoly operutod nnd that tlm oro body is Inrgn onoiigh to mnko tlio opera tions continim for a conHidorablo term of yours, us is tho enso with oaeh of tlio properties used in the nbovo uoinpiirhiou. In this connec tion tlio elinrnctor of tho oro is to bo eoiiHi'lorod, of cimrso, nnd this is in furor of fron milling proposition tlm HomriHtnko. Tlio compnrNon, though interesting, is not conclu sivo, 11s tliiiro urn so mnny oulnldo eonsiilorntions that enter into tho result, not tho lonst of tliCBO boing the question of mnnagoinunt. In the low (jrndu mine, managomout Is otiirytbing; in tlm high - grade it nmy not lie so I'NHvntiiil to prt, al though it will curtuinly doturmino tho iixtont of pro! I. Tlio low grndo proposition oriliuiirily tnkos more eiipitiil to dovolope. and, if locntod riiinoto from transportation, is ofton en U rely tinnriiilnblo for tho timn. 80 tlio'itrguiiu'iit is not particularly n concliiHiTit 0110, nor practical, an oauh mini' is u problem unto itsolf nnd its MiiccRHfl or failuro duo to conditions which porhnps do not oxist in connection with soma other mine. Mining World. MILL WILL START UP. HI', four-stamp mine nt tho Orcat Northern mine, Uluo Itiver district, will bo placod in operation next Monday, and it is ox ncctcd thnt f 1000 por wook will bo U'round out nftor the mill starts to upnnito. This will bo tun only mill in operation iu tho district for soma. The snow is nil off at the minos nml tho Oront Northern pooplo ?ro now sending up tennis to haul tho oro. Tlio rest of tho machlnory for tlm llO'lon plnnt will soon bo re eoivod nud placod in position. Tho work of pushing tho tuunol work nt tho inino has been contin ued nil winter and thcro has bean no cofisntiou of dovolopmont opera tions on account of tho bad wcathor. Gold mining was first begun in 1502 on the island of St, Domingo. Uold wits discovered thoro in 1G01 by Miguol I)iu7, ii Spanish colonist, and who through bis enterprise was mado governor of tho island in lfiOll. ONE MORE GOOD COUGAR J. II Damcwood 011 Sunday Morning Kills Dig Cougar. Tho renders of tho Nugget will remember last May an nccount of llm killing of a cougar by Mr. J. E. Damowood, who lives up Sharps Creek on tho ISohomia rond was pub lishod. At that timo his two boys, agod U ! nn 1 12 respectively, whilo on their I way to school following u trail along jthosido of n mountain, tho boys woro tolling tho father of sooing a I fawn tho night bnforo ns thoy woro ! on thoir way homo. Ho knowing it was too oarly foa fawns wns wonder ling what tlmy could liavo seen. The boys wero walking ahead wlion sud denly it coucnr sprang from tho bush just aliend of Mr. Damowood, aud with hair bristling, teeth snap ping nnd tui I Insliinu, erouehod to spring nt the boy just iu front. Tho father was unarmed, but did not hositato to jump to the side of tho nuimal and with n tremendous kick just bnck of tlio shoulder, snnt it into tho bru -h. Hurrying homo with the boys ho socurod bis dog mid gun and fol lowed tho cougar, which was treed in a short timo nud killed. On last Sunday morning ho learn od another cougar had ktlloda sheep for hie neighbor Hawloy, With a small hound and two shepherd pups ho wont to tho place tho sheep was killed and the dogs took up tho scent and iu a mile or so had tho animal up a trco. A well directed shot brought him to tho ground. Ho measured bovoii fcotand weighed 130 pounds. Mr. Damowood brought him to town and gave him to H. 21. Vcatch who will havo the skin raountod. Mr. Hawloy has lost 1C sheep during tho wintor, nil of which ho chargos to the account of this cougar. THE ER.ASING OF BOUND. ARIES. TIIERH is small chance of pro vincialism among the mining districts of the West. One will eticouujer few sections of a strictly mining character where the citizens boast of their "oldest in habitants," but where such places arc found today it is usually whore other industries and commercial pursuits have been built up around them indurtries and pursuits that depend upon steady markets and Incomes from year to year. "Gold is where you fihd it," and 1 OUR STORE Bright, New, Up-to-date Goods New Clothing, New Dry Goods, New Shoes, New Furnishing Goods for Ladies' and Gentlemen Come and inspect our goods before buying elsewhere and you will find what you want. Our prices are strictly honest. We charge you a fair profit only. Gar man, Hemen way Co. , " LEADERS IN MERCHANDISING the same may be said of the typical mining man. You find him where you find the gold. This fact im presses itself upon one who goes in to a new mining camp, where old highways ot acquaintanceship meet ngain, after having diverged for a season. One ol the first-comers at Crecdc may, perchance got Into Cripple Creek on an early stage, aud the first man he meets is an old acquaintance from the Corn stock lode. One goes to the Klon diko in 1897 and the other to Thun der Mountain In 1901. In 1904 they both meet again at Coldfleld. The mining iudustry of the West comprises one grand domain. There is little to be said, after all, about state boundaries aud county lines. The mining man's local pride is ex pressed in terms of ounces fine in the colors that bis pan reveals. It is usually the citizens of a state who really have nothing to do with mining, except iu the matter of owning the stock tokens of the bus iness, that love to tell about their slate's resources as against those of a rival state. There arc no state jealousies in the active mining rniu s makeup, when once lie starts on the road. All mining states are good states to live in, and the min ing industry is the realm to which he owe allegiance. Sectionalism is not measured by geographical lines, but by common interests. A few years ago, when the "silver" question was alive in politics the West was accused of sectionalism with some justice, perhaps. The tendency now is for the rectionalism of the mining in dn.itry to widen its bounds and take in a good part of the United States. This is because of the special in terest that the East is taking in the resources of the West. The mining industry is bringing the Hah and the West together, instead of sep arating them, as it did in 1S96. In fact, the whole tendency toward an investment basis of commercial aud industrial dealiugs tends to unify the nation according to a rule in which politics has little concern. Indeed; politics is itself building upon industrial aud commercial questions, and nationalization, Tor this very reason, is the order ot the day. In the investment world the min ing man has spread out his own domain until it comprehends the country from west to east. It Is one of the signs of the times that eastern capital is more than ever reaching out to command the op portunities that present themselves in the undeveloped mineral re sources of the Mountain region. There arc no state and sectional lilies when it conies to industry and finance. Daily Mining Record. All kinds of engraving nt Miidreiis II. O IS FILLED WITH MINA- T would tako timo aid monoy, to say nothing of tho porils at tending the cbango of climto, to go to Alaska and tho Klondike to witness a placer mine in actual op oration, and it wonld nood a magi eiau'a wand to bring such a placer miuo from tho Frozen North and stick it in tho ground within tho city limits of Portland. Dut Bach nn every day magician is Goorgo E. Ames, who has jast obtained at largo oxpenso a concession from the Lowis and Clark Corporation grant ing him tho right to erect and ex hibit a largo-size placer mine at the Exposition. Mr. Amos' homo is at Dawson City, Yukon Territory, and for tbo past six years ho has per sonally operated somo ot tho larg est mining properties in Alaska and tbo Klondike. Mr. Ames' exhibit will be in the naturo of a cyclorama, illustrated by means of paintings, actual min ing machinery ami gold dust His concussion measures 150 by 100 feet, and is 50 feet high, on one of the best locations found on the Ex position grounds. In buildings and painting ho will spoud $12,000, aud ho will exhibit gold dust val ued at $10,000, and specimens and uuggots valued at $5000. His ex hibit will roproeant a monoy value of about $30,000, and will bo one of the great attractions of the Ex position. Pumping machinery will be installed to produce 2000 gallons of water per minuto, for tbo creek at,d sluicing plant, and along the creek will bo a rocker which will clean up $10,000 worth of gold dost an hour. Water managed by the pumping plant can also bo instant ly turned on for fire protection. The exhibit will be so arranged in cjclor amic offocl that the visitor on first going upstairs will find bimBelf in a valley with real gold on all sides apparently being washed out of Portland gravel. A lecturer will be engaged to give descriptions of tbo principles of placer mining, and an old miner a regular forty-niner will operate the rocker on the creek. Phamphlets will be ready describing the difTorent American and British-Canadian mining laws, and also exploiting Alaska. Contracts will bo let for the buildings, which will be of timber, Wednesday. Tho first railroad locomotive aver run in Oregon will form an inter esting exhibit in the transportation Building at the Lewis and Clarke Exposition. The locomotive is the proporty of David Howos of San Francisco, who has bad it for thirty years. V ALASKA PLACER IN TUR.E.