& EASTERN INVESTORS IN COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT 0 I MILE-LONG TUNNEL TO TAP BAISLEY-ELKHORN Ono of the moHt itnportuiit pi mum of mining engineering work lu Ore- gou Ih under way tit tho fiimcjiiH old Haisley Elkborn initio, ton miloH oast of Bumptor, ownud by the Heaver (inld MiniiiK company, or Pittsburg, Pennsylvania mid controlled by Frederick I'. Hayes, ox-proHidunt of tho lloniiirM mine, at Guiser. Mr. Hayes Ih credited with having cleaned up ii cool million from IiIh operation mid sale of tho liominza. Ilo i:iiiirul tho liahloy-Elkhnrn through thii payinnnt of alioiit 1 00 000, representing tho iiHHUinptiou of n lingo iudohtDUDHH mid tho purchase at a hoiivy dlHoount of Inuumoriihlo lnhor Uiioh iigiiiHt tho old property, which had lutein wrnokoj hy iuoum potent management. Mr. Hayes limned lately perfected plaiiH to ro opitn tho HalHloy on a gigantic scale, and iih ono moans to that ond ordered tho boring of a nillo-loug crosscut tuiiuol to roach tho main vein of tho Elkhorn at a dnpth of 'J, 100 foot and to tap otbor veins In tho same HyHtom at atlll lowor levels. Dick ICaokman, formorly of Hump tor, Ih Hiipnrlutoudout and tho mino Ih uudor tho management of Edwin W. FIoIiIh, a hoavy stockholder in tho Hoiivor company. Electric power, traiiHiuittod from tho plant of tho Kock Crook Power company, throo mllod distant, Ih uhoi1 in tho opera tion of machine drillH in driving tho tuiiuol, which is wido oiioiikIi ror a douhlo track, and which is now in 200 foot. Thirty mon arc employed at tho mine and mill, and this force will ho Increased as noon as now electrical equipment ar riven. Tho liaiHloy mill, an antiquated contraption of tho roller pattern, Iimh boon overhauled ami repaired aud Ih iuuuligiiiUndMy'em eot ore from two levels In a shaft on the hill. The product of the mill In the way of concentrate Id whipped to tho Suuipter stuelter. The Halsloy-Elkhorn mine ha enjoyed a checkered history. It was discovered in lHH'J by "Lucky Jim' iiaiiilny of Itakor City, who uutll 18HH worked the ore himself in arrant re; iu that year the property Phhhh1 into the hands of a syndicate aud the present mill wan erected. MINING BUREAUS AND LOCAL PAPERS The formation of local mluiug bureaus all over tho West would uu questionably result in much good if they could be properly maintained. Theoretically uu exception cau be takeu to this. However, misrortuue seems to be the lot of most miniug In 1H07 the Eastern (Jold Miniug company bought tho mine for 800, 000. United StateH mint reports give only isolated figures relating to tho Halsloy-ElkhorirH output, iih rollewH: In L4HU, :t,7tl; iu 1H0J, 8H,.'l7;)iu 182, 810.000. Thin, of course, ' was merely gold bullion. Tho larger rotuniH wore received from uorted ore shipments and hiiIo to unoltorH of high-grade coucnntratoH. Tho total yield, up to 1H00, iih given by thojld suporin toudout, Cliiuloi Whlttakor, was 80:iO,000, and during 1H07 and '08 tho iiroductlou wiih very largo, at tiiiuiug, from January I to AugUHt 1, 1000, tho unprecedented flgutos of $01,000 in bullion aloiio. Tho ltohhi iih-Elkhorn, al ho owned by tho Heaver company, Iiiih produced SHOO, 000 in tho aggregate, being do voloped by a U00-foot oroHicut and 1,100 foot or drift. During the operation of tho Italsloy-Elkhnrn by tho Eastern tlold Mining company, exorbitant priceH foi fuel, Incompoteut suporin toiidonco, inetllcient ore treatment, entailing heavy Iohh of valueu, aud general all round bad management, resulted in wreck lug tho company aud dosing the mine. It Ih rolated that old and leaky bollorn, upon which repairH wore never made, wore used in tho hoisting works, being fed by wood costing 80 per cord. When tho lioiut wau boiiiK oporated it wiih neceHHiiry to Hhut down tho pumpH, owing to ateam shortage; mid when the pumps wore Hlarted it was necoHary to HUHpoud hoiutitiK oporatloiiH. Tho proHont owner of the mino aunouncoH that wheti tho mile-long croHHcut tunnel la completed, a uew mill, of about a 100-stamp capacity, wlll t reotad Wr tae portal, ;aud the torch applied to t beg rickety old contraption now lu use. ,CTl"1,Pfll "Lucky Jim" Ualsley, discoverer of the Elkhorn tulue, aoquired his title by reason of such discovery audj furnished further proof of his right thereto by golug broke aud later taklug HO, 000 lu gold from one pocket iu the Mabl mine. He eently he agalu struck It rich by finding tellurium ore ou Snake river. bureaus formed for the dissemination or information appertaining to the mines of a district. jWhy should this bo so? It would seem to us that there are two prime causes for most of tho failures In the tlrst place, the organization starts out well; it does good work aud theu, too often, it falls into the band, of meu who use it for purely personal euds. The other members will uot tolerate this, aud either Internal dissensions arise, or interest iu the orgauizatlou waues. In either case the bureau dle. In other oases the affairs of the bureau are conducted iu snob a manner as to fail to inspire confidence among possiblo investors. Cases are by no menus unknowu iu which almost every inquiry received by the bureau is answered in an eutbuslastio manner endorsiug the property asked about. A bureau which has not the con fidence of the outside public is worse than useless. Auother fruitful cause of failure is local jealousy. It not Infre quently happens that oue district feels l... It I., M,.nttl.... tl.o mnraf nl II- ' sometimes justifiably, sometime) not. The managers of a local mining bureau have by no moans an easy task to satisfy domaudH. or to refuse them wlhtout creating troublesomo critics. Tho central ideas which cuuse the formation of mining bureaus are no doubt sound. How cau they bo curried into effect? It &coucs to us that it can only bo done by tho state. MoHt of tho mining statoR have tho nucleus of such a bureau aud but ilight additional expenditure would be needed to bring such nu organiza tion into highly eflloient condition, so as to foster tho mining industry in its every phiiHc. As u rule tho heads of the state bureaus are men of lutogrity, ability aud some ex perience. it has been urged that eveu lu state bureaus any information given might be colored by political exigencies. That is uot our experience. We have found uniformly that information we have asked for has been frankly given, or whore politics has iu teifered wo received uon-oommittial aiiHwerH of ignorance ou the part of tho otllclal. TIiIh Iiiih, however, been but rarely. And for very good reiiHon. The olllcerH of tho state mining bureiiiiH are men of some reputation and who are ambitioiiH to go yet higher in their profession, aud they are not willing to jeopar dize their future prospects by dis seminating inaccurate statements. While on this qusetiou of public ity it might be well to point out that the moHt practical plan for spreading abroad the mineral wealth or milling districts is to support oleau, honest aud well edited local newspapers. Sfupportlug a looa, paper djoes uot tueau simply paying a subscription, but by also giviug the reporters the news, lu less thau a mouth items which originally umauated from the local paper will have appeared in tooree of other papers, aud reaching the eyos of mauy thousands of readers all over the Uuited States. Let 'such information be reliable aud good must eventually be derived by the locality to which reference is made. Mining Reporter. A letter from C. II. Feuuer at Goldfield, says iu part: "I have been haviug considerable trouble getting your paper, owing to the pestonice here baudliug ouly first class mail matter, aud papers be lug destroyed two days after their arrival at the Touopah postottice. People are tlockiug in bore by tho hundreds and the boom Is still ou. The climate is disagreeable, but the gold is here, which makes up for that iu a measure. Quite a uumber of eastern Oregon boys are here aud Heck with airived yesterday." MINING' NOTES. Henry Wolking iu developing his White Point group, in Dark Canyon. The Ladd Metals company smelter at Laudore is again .running after a bad freeze. The Columbia Is installing the new five-foot Huntington mill 're cently received. Sam Carpenter has purchased tbe Dead Thing mine in Grant county from L. M. Bartlett. A steam hoist and pumps will be Installed at tho Golden Chariot, on the oust edge of town. The Pomeroy dredge ou tbe John Day river has started up after a short shut down for repairs. Pros pecting continues with a diamond drill. A crow undor (Jraut Thorn burg is developing tbe MorriB mine, near the summit of tbe Greenhorns. George Marzliu, of Cauyou City, has boon installed as koepor of tho Gold Coiu mine, iu tho Greouhorns. The first shipment cf concentrates from tbe E. and E. mill to tho Sumpter smelter whs received last weok. A wagon road to the Porauplne has been completed aud resumption of work ou a long crosscut tuunel is announced. Jim Gilkiusou has bonded bis Copper Hutte mines. A rich streak of silver ore was receutly struok iu theso properties. Thirty men are employed at the Mountain View. Tho new mill is uudor cover. Lurgo ore reserves aro boing blocked out. "Undo Dan" Cochraue, of Maker City, owner of tho Uucle Dau mlue uoar the Virtue, has beeu awarded a prize at tbe Maker City fair for a free gold ore display. Ore aud concentrates will be baulod from tbe ledger mlue at Susanvllle to Tiptou for shipment to tbe Tacoma smelter as long as tbe roads will permit. A deed has beeu V filed with ,tbe recorder of Graut couuty, showing tbe sale by A. Arliugtou Hibbs to the Oregou Jc Idaho Gold Mining oomauy of tbe Sheeuey No. 2, Japu, Suow Flake, Gold Wedge, Combination aud Mormou quarts claims, for $1,000. ASSIGNEE NOTICE. lu tbe Circuit Court of tbe State of Oregon for Baker county. lu tbe matter of tbe aseigumeut of S. L. Campbell aud J. K. Laudretb, iusolveut debtors. Notice is hereby given that tbe uudersigued assignee of tbe above uamed estate has filed bis final ao couuty as such assignee iu the above entitled court aud will ou tbe 4th Monday of November, 1004, or as soou thereafter as be can be beard, call tbe same up for hearlug and for au order of flual discharge as such assignee. C. H. MoCOLLOCH, Assignee.