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Southwestern Oregon Mining News
Edited by Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau
PROGRESS IS MADE
IN LOCAL MINING
“It tastes good, too —
it’s Golden West!*'
The appetizing aroma that Golden West coilee ra-
diates is due to scientific blending and roasting of
high'grown, high quality coffee beans. The best
coflee is grown at high elevations—3000 feet or
more above sea leveL High'grown coffee is richer
in caffeol, the aromatic essential oil which gives
good coffee its fine flavor.
None but choicest high'grown coffees are used in
blending Golden West That is why Golden West
Coffee is always wholesome, refreshing, satisfying.
Your Qrocer Sells It!
CLOSSET & DEVERS
Coffert and Teas Excluiiurly
Golden West
Coffee
New Process Hastens
Marketing of Oranges
Saves Time and Hours of Work
'I’ d serve when unexpected company conies, or for
welcome change from regular meals, (»very house­
wife should plan to have a supply of our delicious
cooked meats and sausage on hand all the time.
Specials for Saturday
.....75c
$1.50
No. H pails lard ....... ............................. .
No. 10 pails lard.............
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Satunluy only—One Pntl to CuHtonier.
CITY MARKET
Phone .52
<; Street
An orange may be Inwardly ripe
when outwardly green, and If allowed
to yellow on the trees the marketing
may be delayed four to six weeks and
consequently a less favorable price
may be obtained.
This green condition gives the sat­
suma orunge grower more concern
than others. Satsumas are raised In
upper Florida, lower Alabama and
lower Mississippi. Normally they are
gathered about October 15, but they
can be harvested curlier when arti­
ficial processes of coloring are used to
get away from the persistent green­
ness of skin.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has worked out a process
for coloring orunges without harming
the fruit, says the Scientific American.
The process consists of Inclosing the
oranges tn airtight rooms and sub­
jecting them to fumes of kerosene
stoves or to gasoline engine exhaust.
The fumes given off destroy the green
chlorophyll so that the yellow of the
orange shows up.
It requires about four days to bring
out the yellow of the oranges by this
process. This Is better than wnltlng
four or six weeks for the fruit to ripen
on the trees, running the risk of frost
or storm damage and facing the prob­
ability of a lower market when the
oranges are ultimately harvested.
Hawaiian Gods Punish
Desecrators of Temple
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Savage Rapids Service Station
Free Picnic Grounds—Hooting, Rwlmmlng, Fishing—Cold Drinks,
Picnic Goods—M6M bcantlfnl Spot on the Hiver.
On paved high way, half mile South of Irrigation l»nni
Grants Pass — Gateway to the Oregon Caves
, The gods of ancient Hawaii again
wreaked tlielr vengeance upon the
whites who made merry upon the site
of a former helau, or oldtime temple
of worship, according to Hawaiian su­
perstition, when the famous clubhouse
of the Order of Elks on the beach at
Waikiki was damaged by tire to the
I extent of $65,000.
The flames, caused by defective
wiring, were the last of a series of un-
townrd events, including murder, that
occurred nt the site of the helau,
which nestles at the foot of Diamond
Head, says a Honolulu correspondent
of the New York World. According
to Hawaiian medicine men only evil
will come to those who desecrate the
site of an ancient helau.
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The clubhouse was built many years
ago by the late James B. Castle, a de­
scendant of the missionaries who
came from New England to the islands
In 1820, as a residence for his family.
During the occupancy of the Castle
family two Japanese were murdered
In the grounds and attention was
called at that time to the tradition of
the helau.
Salea books—Courier office.
LOCAL MINING NEWS
E. R. Kirkland, of Seattle, man­
ager of the Golden Wedge at Galice
was in town Tuesday, and reported
that lie had'two stamps dropping on
good grade of milling ore, with work
going on preparatory to placing bal­
ance of equipment in operation.
T. F. McNamara, of the Glengary
mine in the Jump-off-Joe district,
was in the city this week attending
to mining matters, as was also J. R.
Rush of the Lucky Queen and Geo.
A. Baker of the Oak mine in the
same district.
Curt Hudson, of Selma, who has
been doing his annual assessment
work on his quartz property, spent
Tuesday in town.
George Cooney, a mining man of
Talent, was in town this week hav­
ing some metallurgical work done.
H. C. Dlers, consulting engineer of
the smelter project at Gold Hill re­
turned from Portland this week
where he has been for sometime
past engaged in perfecting the organ­
ization of the smelter company.
CharleH Borg, who recently pur­
chased the Burnt Pines quartz prop­
erty in the Rogue River district not
far from the North Pole, is arrang­
ing to contract for development of
the property by the running of a
lower tunnel. Mr. Borg and Harry
Manning left for the property Thurs­
day.
Dr. Correyell. who is interested in
mining in the Riddle district, stop­
ped off Wednesday on his way to
San Francisco in connection with his
property.
Clyde Davidson is arranging to
put on a crew at the Mountain Lion
Mine in the Applegate district to ex­
tend the old Murphy tunnel, prepara­
tory to installing additional equip­
ment and placing the property in
the operating class.
Harry Sordy, of the Oriole Mine,
In the Galice district spent Saturday
in town in connection with his many
mining interests.
A. F. Hillies, of Tacoma, 'Wash.,
who is interested in the Oregon Gold
& Platinum Company’s property on
the Illinois River, was in town this
week conferring with officials of the
company regarding the property. He
expressed himself as highly pleased
with the work done and values con­
tained in the ores and gravel. _
Henry M. Lancaster started ex­
cavation for foundations for the first
unit of his sampling and ore testing
plant on West F street this week.
J. D. French, of Portland, who is
interested in mining on Evans creek,
arrived Thursday en route to his
property.
The North Pole has reverted to
Phil Robinson, the original owner,
who will immediately proceed to
proper development. This is one of
the moRt promising properties in this
district, and was unfortunate in be­
ing in the hands of absentees. The
vein is a true fissure, traceable for
3000 feet and has been, when work­
ed properly, a heavy producer. The
equipment has been sold to the Gold
Dyke Mining Company.
Messrs. Dressel and Hobson have
leased the island in the Rogue river
below the Flanagan mine and will
wing dam the river and mine out
the channel.
In response to the following tele­
gram from the United States Ge-
loglcal Survey, San Francisco, dated
June 13. 1924:
George W. Soranson, Secretary.
Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau
Granta Pass, Oregon.
Pl<-aao mall promptly any infor­
mation concerning Oregon metal in­
dustry during the first half of year
for survey midyear statement.
HILI., Geological Survey.
The Bureau prepared and mailed
the following report:
"Considerable progress was made
in the metal industry of Southwest­
ern Oregon during the first half of
1924. While placer operations were
restricted on account of water short­
age, renewed activity took place In
the development of the quartz mines.
Development work has been car­
ried on In an extensive way, prac­
tically without interruption, on the
California Mine on Mount Reuben
and tlje Millionaire Mine in the Gold
Hill district, and many properties of
lesser Importance, while prospecting
and opening up new properties has
gone forward with considerable suc­
cess.
Small quartz mill, with capaci­
ties ranging from two to ten stamps,
have been placed in commission on
the Golden Wedge and the Black
Jack properties in the Galice district,
the North Pole, the Highland, and
the Gold Dyke in the Rogue River
district, the Luck Bart and the Gold
Ridge in the Gold Hill district, the
Great I Am in the Applegate district,
the Peck in the Chetco district, the
Slskron in the Holland district, and
the B. & B. In the Ix>wer Rogue dis­
trict. The mills on the Sugar Pine
and the Oriole in the Galice district
are being overhauled preparatory to
going into commission, and new mills
are being installed on the Julian and
Swacker, and In the town of Rogue
River for the Highway mine, the lat­
ter being five stamps and for custom
work in addition to the Highway
ores.
In the Riddle-Canyonville
district considerable development is
being carried on at the Silver Peak
and crushing and concentrating
equipment is being installed on two
i leases on the Stenger property. Con­
siderable development activity is go-
I ing on in the Bohemia district in
| Iotne county.
Henry M. Lancaster, mining en­
gineer. is installing a 25 ton per day
sampling and testing plant at Grants
Pass, the first unit of the sampling
plant to be ready about July 15th,
and the prospects are bright for the
construction of a 100 ton Mace smel­
ter at Gold Hill this year.
A suction dredge of small capacity
for demonstration purposes was in­
stalled this spring on the Rogue
River below Grants Pass, and it is
reported to the Bureau that a dredge
of larger size will be built in the near
future. At the town of Rogue River
the Ancient River Mine Is mining a
large area of river bottom land by
drag line method, recovering the
gold values and crushing and selling
the gravel to the Southern Pacific
for ballast.
On Jun) 2nd nnd 3rd an excel­ CALIFORNIA MINE
lent exhibit of ores was made at
REDUCES ITS CREW
Gold Hill in connection with the
celebration of the revival of mining
Owing to the lack of sufficient
in Southwestern Oregon.”
water to operate their water liners
MOUNT REUBEN MINKS OMITTED at the California mine in the Mount
Reuben district, Manager Bailey has
reduced
the crew to about six men.
Through error we omitted men­
tioning three mining properties of and states that the development pro­
the Mount Reuben district in our gram will be carried on with a full
force as soon as the water supply is
last issue, as follows:
available.
Mollie Hill Mine
The development of this property
Located on top of Mount Reuben
is
of great interest to the mining in­
adjoining the California Mine, and
owned by the Jacob Kann Estate of dustry of Southwestern Oregon as it
Portland, Oregon. Claims patented. is being carried on in a systematic
Development work consists of shaft manner, and is demonstrating that
120 feet deep on the vein, with drifts both veins and values go to great
each way from bottom of shaft. depth. The main tunnel is now- in
Ledge about five feet wide of good about 3500 feet, giving a depth of
approximately 1700 feet.
grade of milling ore.
Louise Mine
Located on south side of Mount
Reuben adjoining the property of the
T. F. McNamara, of the Clengary
eight claims owned by C. A. String­
er of Grants Pass. HaB a large vein
of good grade ore.
Grace Mino
Located on southwest slope of
Mount Reuben, tunnel about 70 feet
long, in ore all the way. Large ledge
of fair quality ore. Owned by Mrs.
Walsh of L ob Angeles, Calif.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
’’’OR 8ALE—A FIVE STAMP MILL
not much used and in good condi­
tion ¡reasonable. E. B. Hawkins,
Applegate, Ore.
4-25-lOt
EX-MANAGER OF GOLD­
FIELD CONSOLIDATED VISITS
J. F. Thorn, mining engineer of
San Francisco, and formerly man­
ager for several years of the Gold­
field Consolidated Mining Company,
and thereafter with the Butters peo­
ple in Central America, spent some
time in Southwestern Oregon last
week investigating our mineral re­
sources. Mr. Thorn visited Galice,
among other places, and expressed
himself to Harry Sordy, who acted as
host, as greatly pleased and impres­
sed with what he saw, and announc­
ed his Intention of returning to this
district for further investigation be­
fore long.
While Oregon has never attracted
the attention of this mining world
as a distinctly mining State, never­
theless, Southwestern Oregon and
Eastern Oregon are today of un­
questioned mineral importance, and
when compared with like ar*»as of
mining territory elsewhere the State
does not suffer by comparison.
The Southwestern Oregon district
comprising Jackson, Josephine, Coos,
Douglas, Lane and Curry counties—
an empire in itself—is, in fact, but
a continuation of the Northern Cal­
ifornia mineral region, the State line
passing over what promises to be­
come some of the most Important
mineral deposits of the Pacific
Coast. Geological conditions are
not determined by artificial geo­
graphical boundaries, yet it is un­
questionably true that comparative­
ly few mining men are well enough
posted on the situation to associate
Southwestern Oregon with the mines
of Northern California—the latter
now by far the best mining region
of the Golden State.
The location of a good mine, or
a goood mining district, should make
no difference, save as it relates to
the question of accessibility. Even
though the name of Oregon is not
associated with big mines as is that
of California, Nevada, and the var­
ious other western States, this fact
should not mitigate against the
State, but should rather create a de­
sire to determine its proper rank in
the list of metal producing common­
wealths. Happily, this attitude is
now coming to prevail, and the
Southwestern Oregon is rapidly win­
ning a position among mining men
as important mining territory, and
Its wide variety of minerals is re­
ceiving the attention they so richly
deserve. Many mines are being
placed in operation, considerable de­
velopment work is being carried on,
and prospecting over a wide area is
going forward rapidly. Oregon will
soon take a place with her sister
States where the mineral industry is
of truly great importance.
Judicious publicity—conservative
publicity based on actual facts—is
what the mining industry of South­
western Oregon needs and is receiv­
ing through the work carried on by
the Southwestern Oregon Mining
Bureau. Such publicity has already
made manifest its value, as evidenc­
ed by the progress made during the
first halt of 1924 in report made to
the United States Geological Sur­
vey referred to elsewhere in this
issue, and it will continue to be of
vast benefit to the industry as it
has already focused the eyes of the
mining interests on this rich terri­
tory and their representatives are
daily appearing in different parts of
the district and investigating for
themselves. As seeing is believing
the way is being rapidly paved for
the coming mining capital and when
that arrives the district will move
forward by leaps and bounds.
Mining, as a business, is unlike
other callings—particularly the min­
ing of gold. There is no competi­
tion in this industry, the mint coins
all the gold which may be offered by
the nflner, and there is no fluctua­
tion from $20.67 an ounce, its coin­
age value. There is, moreover, a
self acceleration in gold mining that
is found nowhere else. No place is
the old saying more true that "Noth­
ing succeeds like success”. A miner
welcomes a neighbor; the advent of
a new operator in a district adds ul­
timately to the sum total of knowl­
edge of the district. Geological
conditions are better understood,
metallurgical problems more easily
solved, and the cost of operation and
production correspondingly lessened.
Among broad and liberal operators
this is looked upon as a most import­
ant and valuable means of contribu­
tion to the common knowledge of the
district which in turn is used to the
mutual benefit and advantage of all.
To every established community
in a mining region, the development
and operation of a new mine is equi­
valent to the installation of a fac­
tory employing a similar number of
people—in fact, it is of more im­
portance, as the wage paid is, as a
rule, larger, and the product of the
mine is more lasting than the pro­
duct of the average factory, with its
benefits therefore more widely dis­
tributed. The statement that every­
one residing in a mining region is in­
terested in the welfare and progress
of the mining industry is, therefore,
not far fetched, and where the pro­
duct consists of money metals this
is doubly true. It behooves every
Guests will say
"where did you
get such 0W1-
individual to encourage the develop­
ment of this great industry, and en­
courage also every agency organised
to promote its welfare.
Mining has evolved from the purely
speculative, and is now recognized
by the first financiers of the world
as one of the most profitable fields
for investment. The United States
census shows the Industry to be one
of the most profitable in the country.
This is the industry to which the
chief value of Southwestern Oregon
attaches, and the Importance of this
district is rapidly extending and
making itself felt in the mining
world.
Mining regions have not always
been favored by Nature as South­
western Oregon. The presence of
minerals alone is not usually the
only requisite to make the industry
profitable. The surrounding condi­
tions must be somewhat congenial,
otherwise, and in this respect South­
western Oregon has no superior any­
where. Timber, water, climatic con­
ditions, favorable railroad and high­
way transportation facilities—all of
these are available to the operator,
in addition to which living condi­
tions in modern cities and towns
blessed with excellent church and
school facilities make it extraordin­
arily attractive. Within easy reach
of the mines are produced, veget­
ables, cereals, fruits and meats to
feed an empire. In short few regions
are blessed with so magnificent foun­
dation for lasting prosperity as
Southwestern Oregon.
SUPPORT THE MINING BUREAU
The Southwestern Oregon Mining
Bureau has been in existence a little
over a half year. In that time It has
materially aided in bringing the
mining industry back from apathy to
life, and its members are proud of
the work so far performed. With
the momentum thus gained the en­
suing six months should show even
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Medford Rock
Crusher
Weight 1100 lbs.
Size of jaws, 8-in.xl2-in.
Price $250, f. o. b. Med­
ford, Oregon.
Manfadees Medford
Quartz Mill
Agents for Stamp Mills,
Compressors and all
Mining Machinery.
Dealers in used mining
and sawmill machinery.
General Foundry and
Machine Shop.
Medford Iron
Works
Medford, Oregon