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The Mines of Jackson County Have Produced $35,000,000 in Gold
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This is the pioneer milling district
of Oregon. Gold was first discovered
on Jackson crook in 1851, bringing
thousands of fortune-hrtntcrs over
(lie Siskiyou mountains from Califor
nia. I'or years .incusonviiie, me nrst
Oregon mining camp, located five
ills 1'roni' the present city of Med-r'U-d.
was one of tlio liveliest gold
districts in the west. It still re-in.-il.is
a substantial mining district.
The nt acreage of old channels
gravel -burs .ml nuri'erous placei
deposit, ii.celher with the nbundui't
winter rnir and numerous sU'cum-"
combine to make this section one of
the lending hydraulic placer districts
in America, 1'liic.cr mining has al
ivs been largely Mowed here. Fully
$.Ti.000,000 in virgin gold has been
d-icfd from the several diggings
-'bee the original discovery. Jackson
'""ek diggings along have produced
nearly $0,000,000. The hydarulio
"iies. a half hundred in number, are
""'ni'ir the best equipped in America.
1 ''111 their miles of ditches and flumes
'' MMi"ds of foot of iron and steel
nipe. I heir batteries of giants and all
necessary machinery for hydraulie
big. The soason of mining being
long, the water supply and diggings
abundant, the output from Jackson
county's surface mines total a half
million each year.
Xo Ilcstrkftoii on Dumps.
The 'rivers and streams of the dis
trict nro unnavigable, and thore are
restrictions in the mutter of
dumping tailings into them, This
gives the placer miner every possi
ble opportunity for unobstructed op
eration. There yet remains considerable un
claimed placer ground here, but the
ureatest opoprtunity along this line
is in the investment of small ami
and great capital by the purchase oi
undeveloped properties, giving them
development, adequate equipment and
intelligent management.
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Sterling l'lncer Mine.
The Sterling hydraulic placer mine,
located on Sterling creek'; u: stream
.ilowing into the north fork of the Ap
plegate near Jacksonville, has pro
duced ftnm .25.000 to $00,000 regu
larly for the past quarter century:
'The diggings coinprk-.e several hun
dred acres of deep red clay gravel
deposit. The equipment consists, of
u 25-mile ditch carrying 2500 miners'
inches, and supplying .water for two
mdnnd three giants nine months :n
the year.
The Sturgis is another wcll-equip-
ped and productive placer mine. It
has nearly 1000 acres of workable
ground that gives retains of. from
$8000 to $10,000 per acre.
Opportunity for Wealth.
The rich old cannels along the
many streams offer 'excellent oppor
tunity for money-making by dredging
Operations of this character, so fir
are confined to Foots creek, northern
Jackson county, where the big gold
dredge of Champlin & Co. has been
nt work for the past six years with
excellent results. The flood basin
on this stream has a length of six
milt's and a with of two milea, car
rying gold nt the rate of 30 cents a
yard. The success of the Fools
creek dredge should lead other to
eutor the. gold dredging field hero, ite
there is unlimited ground similar iu
character, with equally favorable
conditions iu the matter ofwater ami
timber.
Though this district has a" number
of pioducing quartz mines, this fea
ture of the gold mining industry is
in its infancy, knurls: raining has
buen followed here for ulniost ns long
a period as placer mining. 3dnny not
able discoveries have been made.
.Many OuiiWz ."Mines.
The it' are 52 quartz mines iu the
districts tributary t.i Medford, mid
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Medford with quartz mines innlei d -
velnpmont or in active operation are
Ipper Appegnte, .'15 miles -distau. ;
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jltlackwell Hill, 10 miles diSlnnt';
Kanes Creek, li mil "s dislaui ; (lall-
,Cieek, Hi miles diflant; Fools Creek,
17 miles distant; Kvaiis Creek. 20
miles distent.
Copjici .Mining District.
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ftTXlUY. JANUARY 22, 1911.
district, though located' In" Jsiskiyo-i.
Cal., 'i,mil;H oiith ot the state line
pre tributary to .Medford. Ilia onh
ni'-ans of reacbl'.g I hem being ny
wagon road from l.his city, a 'distance
of :!5 milen. The deposits of eoppci
in the district have been oxploit'd
and developed siifTicienlly to p4tvc
them beyond any possible iiuesianj
the gronle-q bullies of copper iu the
iwcst.
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IMiic I.-tdgi' district, an h'asyiMbi u wrrki but little, owln-
i-oinpri-es an area of 20il0
Mpiai'e
miles, iii-ciiiiymg ih' uniM'i'.
ri'iigc ol the Sisiyoiis, jih mi Hlti-
lude f frmii :50() . (1100 feel. Fal
ls I OKI) oluiiiio inivc been lueali'd in
III ili-t in-l. .ii'if ,iif III I., r i
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ledges, iceiipying a strip 10 mile
wide, mid with claim lucitted enn
tilniuhsly upon iliepi for a dislunc.
of 25 miles.
SOUTHERN 0REG0NGRAmTE.
H'tnthm'u Orcj)n Uoa.! of I he 'iv
Urn! it ha hug.' iiuarries of granil
ai'd imirble, prtnliici a u Jiae stum
lis ii. found in the west, Maihlc It'
ti a lack of ttntiHfM-:uti'uii. but ihni.
.mils ni
dollars wor'.h ot a In .'it; '
ful gru,
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I'olo, Ore., on the main line of the
i'lUthrriT 1 '.Trifle. Wnrk Vas coin
Ji"iie"d here about one ycmngo, Tim'
liiarry is equipped with four inod
rn gyrntor.v rock erushuiv, one of
vhich is the lurguxt nizei mailufae
ured. It has a capacity of ,oiie car
ind of crushed rock yep hour. The
otal enpyuity of all the; cru,shcM's,
vhon fully opera led, i 50, carloads
wr tm ol cru.iiiiMi rocic, fiie pro
'iict has been sold as I'n.q ns pro
lured, for paving purposes, princi
allv in Hie towns of the Iv'oguo Hiver
alley, M"dj'oid ' iitig tlie Jai'givd
tiiiiatily to far. . ;;
In uiTdi!io!i to the VitckiTiiMlicrs
he plant in fully equipped wHIi' itir
oinpiesiors,,:iii' drills, grinding ami
oliiibing lnuchineryifor.tnrnin'g out
first -elans dimension granite for
'or building purjatses anil-polished
'.ranite for inonuiue-itnl work ami
tber purp'tjiot, all lieing operated by
leetrie- p.iwee, finiiii'd. b(- the
togiic Hivei' ICIeclnc company. This
yfrauite has tin. rupututiou of being"
ic-iit (iiiahly il granite for moiiu-
ueulal and Inn'bliiig purposex mi (he
o.ist. and, iu fuel, in pronounced by
'.vperts to h" hilly eq-.- I to thecele
nited llnrre grnnite proiluciiil in
iarre. Vt.
The quarry has a big future Iyfortt
t. and so fa" has Jieeu luiiible (t
apply tli" demtiuib. for mnnuulentiil
'd building purposes, ,
in f" ' '
l.be qu.'iry n iidniiriibl.V' Jofnt-'d
'unt above the sfdrtrnek f the
Southern Pacific rttili'oml neiin'sTolo.
Hiq crushed gjimHu is'navev' from
lie inrusher w t coiivo.vtir.()oit.'Troin
lienw it i conveyed to tlw bhte. and
hen from tho bins unloaded into cars
u the sidwtttick, all being done v
mvily.
Tli mo'miiiientiil ami building ,toae
s tnuixpoitcd on au incline ... I nick
irect In cars on ndetyuck.
Thin plant hns cost ovr tl.ODO
Hi to iftite, mill I'nitii ."JO to-50 niu
ie euiility'(J when iu full tijxirtion.
The Oregon Oranite Compipiy of'
IiMll'iinl in oho lining mi ettoiisixe
usin'-i in Brcniie. The product of
:. iiiani"s, which ,tiv l.watd iu the
iMillutU wes of 'AJedftu'd, i 5nid lo
v' is line us any -iliiim .wst of the
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