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About Jacksonville miner. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1932-1935 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1932)
T he J acksonville M iner Vol IJMI I Jacksonville, Oregon, Iriday, January 8, Ì932 N umber 2 LOCAL GOLD SALES DOUBLE / DEPRESSION NEEDS RAIN <^he EDITOR SPEAKING It's a long load that has no double crossing Trees and political prophets arc bud— ding out for the season. ♦ Tixith and miners’ are the two most jM>pular picks this season. •b Ixx-al dairymen aren't the only < »ri«-s making a living with quartz + This valley has been getting nothing but weather this winter, and lots of it. 4* A grub stake is the kind of a post we'd all like to lean on for a while. + Th«- deep shafts around town are pro ducing a lot of g«M>d swimmers these days. • And. during this renewal of mining interest, where there’s a will there's a gold pan. J B Wetterer, secretary of Jackson ville Chamber of Commerce, stated Thursday that with sufficient rain the local depression problems could be solved However, with the present sup ply of moisture iri the hills he thinks aid for outside unemployment would not I m - practical. It was explained that without plentiful water for sluicing, giavel to be handled would have to be run through cradles. The latter method would cut down tonnage of dirt handled 1 m -1 ow profitable production of gold. Naturally, then, aid for unemployment on a large scale would be dependent upon additional rainfall in abundant quantities Mr. Wetterer further stated that to his knowledge all profitable ground available has already been staked out and is being worked by local miners of Jacksonville and the Applegate section. MAYOR, RETIRING, COMPLETES WORK O M. Knox, Jacksonville’s retiring mayor, called to order the last session of his expiring term Tuesday night in the city hall. Only routine business came up for discussion. Chief among these were the granting of license for the chamber of commerce dances to continue from 9 till 2 o’clock through January. The council voted, like all One of the town's most prominent good debtors do, to pay current bills. back yard miners, who is working on Quite a discussion over the old contro- bedrock beneath a gaping hole, invites versy between the Ashland Sand and all his old friends to • drop in some time Gravel company and city officials was heard. *1* Contract Broken laical debaters have been attempting It was brought out that five years to determine just what political party th«- town’s oldest young man. Bill (Kid) ago, after the city had awarded contract Bishop, belongs to. Bishop, among other to Stephenson and Green of Grants things, was the last engineer on Jack Pass to clean out the reservoir, the work was never performed and it was sonville's steam railroad necessary for the city to obtain an in ♦ These younger Jacksonville miners junction to remove workmen from the may get lots of the gold, but they sure location. The Grants Pass concern had fall short when it comes to bringing in sublet contract to the Ashland Sand man-sized patches of whiskers. And, and Gravel company for the work. while on the subject, it’s a long tie that After much postponement of actual re shows on an old, shop-run model miner. moval of dirt, failure to post required Ixmd and many excuses, officials were * forced to restrain them from tying up Will the gentleman who is crowding the reservoir for the coming rains. No in please take his place at the end of the line? We'll get his subscription settlement has ever been reached over the contract that was never fulfilled by quickly as possible. the Ashland company. It was suggested by Knox that a spe cial gathering of the present council men and those who served five years ago be held the following night with William Briggs, Ashland attorney, rep resenting the sand and gravel company, present. Hold Quiet Meeting | Friday night, January 8, at 7:30 The only semblance of excitement oc ’o'clock the Butte Falls and Jacksonville teams will play in the local gym. This curred when some tardy onlooker would will be the first school conference game wrestle with the door of the old build- . ing to gain entrance. Erected in 1855, in this city for the season. Although the local players lost their < it is only natural that such a doorway first game much interest and competi should become temperamental. Meeting was adjourned until Wednes tion is expected in tonight's encounter. Line ips for the game are: Bud Rankin, day evening, when the conference with left forward; Charles Ward, right for the lawyer was held. Nothing definite ward; Robert Forbes, center; Preston was decided upon or promised the rep Card, right guard; Ivan Goodman, left resentative of the Ashland complainant. It is doubted whether any cash settle guard. They will play Ashland Normal's sec ment will ever be made because of the ond team at the school gym here Sat lack of any service rendered which the city feels indebted for. urday night. A large part of the audience attended JACKSONVILLE GRANGE TO MEET I the council meeting expecting to view Jacksonville grange will meet Friday installation of the new mayor. Wesley night at 8 o’clock at the old court house. Hartman, recently elected leader, will Henry Conger is master and C. C. be installed at a special meeting next Hoover lecturer of the local body. The Tuesday evening provided for by an evening will begin with an open meet amendment to the city charter. No Change in Councilmen ing, the feature of which will be a Councilmen for the last term will drawing for the quilt made by the serve another two years. Ray Coleman, I home economics division. One Jacksonvillian was troubled with water on the brain last week till he fixed the homestead roof. 4* Archaeologists 2000 years from now are going to wonder why we had such d«-ep and numerous basements on every vacant lot. JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY BURE FALLS TEAM HERE Recent Weeks Indicate Renewed Activity and More Small Mines According to G. W. Godward, local gold buyer, the past season has seen raw gold production more than double. Although buying in small quantities, local delivery has amounted to at least $1000 during the last year. This repre sents amounts mined by individuals who have not waited to send into San Francisco the minimum amount of $100 worth as required by the government mint, and by no means represents a sizeable fraction of the entire amount mined in this district. Gold produced within the city limits, according to Mr. Godward, is the clean est and highest quality metal that cornes to his store. Some from the near by ledges which has been obtained from quartz contains foreign substances due to the failure of miners to com pletely remove quicksilver used in ex tracting the precious metal. This gold, although black in color, averages about $14 an ounce. The cleaner nuggets have been bringing $17 for the same weight. December Best Month December of last year proved to be the most productive month in Mr. God ward's years of experience as Jackson ville’s gold buyer. And indications point to another increase this month. On only one occasion has the gold purchased failed to come up to the standard which was paid. This mineral, although appearing superior to the gen eral run of nuggets brought in, proved when minted to contain a large per centage of silver, which naturally was recorded with red ink. By buying only free gold or milled meta.’ and not ac cepting quartz, Mr. Godward has cut loss from foreign substances and low grade ore to a minimum. For 10 years this buying has been carried on in con junction with his retail business here. ZANE GREY. NOVELIST. PATENTS MINE CLAIMS Zane Grey, novelist and sportsman known by all who read or attend thea ters, has filed and obtained patent on two mining claims at Winkle bar on the Rogue river in Curry county. These claims were filed several years ago and are the location for one of Grey’s lodges where he spends many days each sum mer. High tides and heavy seas along the Curry county coast have enabled many miners of this region to work the black sand beds of the shore line. It is re ported they are making more than wages.______________________________ recorder, starts his third one-year term in that office. With Hartman will be Oscar Lewis, E. S. Severance, James Cantrall and Clint Dunnington, council members. The law passed by the 1931 Oregon legislature pertaining to expenditures of budgets by city officials was ex plained. It was pointed out that the new statute gives teeth to the budget sys tem, inasmuch as it makes officials re sponsible personally and civilly for ex penditures greater than sums appropri ated. That is to say, if a budget provided $2000 for an it^.n and the officials spent $2500, they would each be both civilly and personally liable for the $500 over spent. This probably will defeat plans forwarded to have an additional po liceman on duty here this year because appropriations were made for the one marshal and it would not be legal to borrow from another fund for this pur pose. TUNNEL IN APPLEGATE A tunnel to tap the old channel on the middle fork of the Applegate river has been driven a distance of 30 feet. It has been estimated that 65 feet of underground work wdl reach the old channel adjacent to some of the rich pay encountered in the early days of this region. Tom Fuller, superintendent on loca tion for the Seattle company developing this project, has been working a crew of five men and looks forward to a big strike on completion of the tunnel. PROSPECT FOR WATER BONDS An inquiry from a prominent buyer has been received by city officials for information about the water bonds re cently voted. Work on the improved system of mains and reservoir awaits sale of these securities. MUSEUM TO GET OLD FIRE PUMPER Plans have been made to move the old hand fire pumper from the shed adjoining the city hall to the banquet room in the Museum of Southern Ore gon. Actual enlargement of the museum awaits further and final decision as whether to discontinue banquets in the old U. S. hotel building. The ancient fire engine, old hose carts, hook and ladder wagon, leather buckets and hats are still in good condition and will be displayed in a group. The pumper was purchased in 1879 and arrived in Jacksonville on the day the old Savage hotel burned. It seems that this engine was destined to be christened on the evening of its arrival with work and profanity. Until the suc tion hose picked up a huge boulder from a well, which stopped the flow of water, it made quite an impression on the townspeople. However, not knowing I just why the pump failed at such a time of need, the firemen and citizens were annoyed to the point where only circumstances prevented the new quipment from being pushed into the blazing inferno it was supposed to smother. Since that time, and today, the pumper has been kept free of rocks and is in perfect condition. Pumper Furnishes Surprises At a recent demonstration not only did the hose suddenly throw a stream of water in the faces of onlookers but also sent a column over the top of the weather vane above the Odd Fellows hall. This hand pumper, which will adapt the energy of 30 strong men, can force water over the highest build ing in town. The engine was purchased by the city in San Francisco and was shipped to Portland by boat on the old Harvest Queen, which sunk off the Oregon coast. The pumper was one of the few articles salvaged. In those days all sal vaged cargo was held for payment of damages by the ship owners. This made it necessary for city officials to go to Portland to pay off claims and bring the thing to Jacksonville. It was in con stant use until the town's waterworks were installed in 1912. This interesting relic is an exact dup licate of the old engine San Franciscans paid hundreds of dollars to recover for their city. PLACER MINE PAYING Tom Carrier, a Jacksonville resident, was down Wednesday from his placer mine on the Pat Swain place on the main Applegate river. He reports good pay from operations which include working river gravel and sluices.