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: O ' e ' PAGE SIX. MIOG NEWS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON Edited by Southwestern Ocron Mlnlnw Bureau.. . -. Happy "niii ArtlveIutlepeiMJow'e a Heavy Producer , " A. H. Bmlth, rpnwnllng1r. ""Cut tlnif nd associates, owners of the In deperidftnre and Buzzarcl, Hill mlnw In the Happy Camp, dtstriqt Just over the Mate line, 1h upending several days In southwestern Oregon Investigating properties for his . prlnnipalH, . Mr. Bmljh attonded th monthly meeting of the. Mining bureau Hnturday. Ho pintes mining conditions. In his nom district are active- and the Cutting In terentn are preparing tolnstnll mills on hot hthe- ImleiwndtunA and the Human!.-. :.;. . . - - The Independence wan purchased about' a yenr ago from the 55achory brothers at a consideration wild to be 14 5.000, the entire punhns price, of the property being, taiten nut ,of the mlmv The property has produced over $600,000 during the tlrrm the new owner htive hnd il,; and during the month of May produced dally 6 pourlds'of gold, or. at the rale of about $ooo a-day" . - r.- in ' '"Word was Received at the bureau Saturday that f. I'Vlfoywnrd. who is developing the old Hhattuck mine on the Applegate. has struck run gnm ore. The property Is equipped with a Med ford qunrti mill. F. (!. riuiler of lns .Angeles, who Is developing , the jlorseshoe -mine on Coyote creek In the Oreenhaoh dis trict, brought In 48 ounces of gold Kat urday. . . U R. Van de Bogart of the Blossom mine on Hardine creek nenr Oold 11111 attended the-monthly meting of the bureau Hoturdny and reported that n car load of equipment foe the Inborn tory of the Huhsift, smlelter had been shipped iy -the manufacturers; . that work continued on the Kr-linar-Vnnpot property with .I. K. Vnnlloran In chnrgm that (iebrge Hall and A: crew of men were1 engaged In cleaning UP the Hylvanlte; .that .considerable ac tivity was manifest in ; the working of the cinnabar -properties In the Oold Hill district now thnUdUlckHllver was up in price; and that generally mining was on the upgrade. Il made a strong and effective talk In favor of the publicity campaign of the bureau and ,of the .value of ihe registry of .mines, - ' dmuihur Mine Working. .'The (Jhlsholm tMnnnhhr mlne'ih.tfm Meadows district is imw ., under. active development by Dr. W. V. Chlsholin. whose son Tom, Is on the ground In Chn'rgo of operations. Thin property, considered as one of the bust, on the const, is equipped with a furnace and pies for the extraction of the quick silver from the cinnabar and bus been In active operation on a profitable bn sou on several; occasions, Oold Hill News.- ,' ,, i -The many strlUcs of rich gold pre his summer has brought much actly .Ity'.nmnng prospectors In looking fori new bodies of ore, and prospecting, is now at. fever heat: The rich gold ore from the Hteambont mlpe,on..Htem-: hbat creek In tho Upper Appiegnle dis trict, which mine is located under tho famous old Hlenmhonl pocket of the Old Hteambont pocket of (he enrly CO's hail again demonstrated thai the gold of 'southwestern Oregon does not all lie on qr hear. tho surface, and that had thq early day "pocket hunter" nlffced part of the values he recovered back Into the development of the jedgo In which the enrichment was found, many a fine mine would have hnen oporallngdurlng the past twenty to sixty years, Thin find, like the Oold Hill discovery wan made by Dr. Hliy In Moy, demonstrating beyond question that the oreB of.,jho diatrlct go to depth, nhd thtit- with tho coming of experienced mining men, these old "pocket lodges" will ho explored and many of them developed Into great mines. I , .- Coyote creek in the Greenback dis trict Is coming Into prominence and much activity In going on there, as a result of the strikes made In the Hontenhoe, -the Oold Wonder, owned by Hoscoe l'ratton, and the Green back. ' 1T . .-, - One Grants Pass bank shipped an average of over $1000 per day of vir gin gold during July. The other bank handled $1200 for the month, making o total handled through the two banks, $S?.U&0. This, of course does not rep. resent the entire month's recovery, as so mo gold Is shipped direct to the mint, some to refineries, and some held back. It In predicted that 1020 Will nee the gold production of Jack eon and Josephine counties top the $1,000,000 mark. ; N. H. Jewell, of Detroit, Mich, a member of the family famous ns mak ers of the Jewett stoves, who Is a di rector In the I'l on mint Creek Mining company with property on Pleasant crock In the upper Kvnns valley, has been spending some time at the prop, erty as the guest of tho superintend ent, James K. llyno. While here Mr. Jewett Is going over the ground thor oughly preliminary to the making of n decision by the board for the instal lation of equipment for the handling of rft tons of ore per day at the mine. The ore) In this property averages $12.20 tn gold and the tonnage In large, ns the whole mountain Is an ore fcody, , , . HogUtry ivf 'Mine '' tTnder thin heading the bureau will from tlmo to time publish dnta re garding one or more properties .that are registered and which am open for development, either through mile; lease and bond, or finnnclii) nsrilnlnnce to the nwher. Dona, fide Inquirers will be placed In direct touch with Ihe owners Without charge. While the bureau as mimes no responsibility for the dntn Riven, U accepts same as authentic In formation furnished by the owner. ' Registry No. J 17) location JoreplUne rniinly, 0 miles front postoffice. Minerals Oold, $11; copper, $12; flllver, $?: hoball. $18; cine. $10. Vein 8 feet wide; quarts filling; on contact. Clulms-4, held by location, f 'development 1000 feet tunnel, rhaff and wlnne. Milling 8 tons milled; recovery $10 .per ion la pold. ftiimp ! tons on dump, overage value $100. Water Water for milling; electrlr power line crosses properl. ?, Timber Plenty of timber for all mining purposes, Altllude 'JB00 feet ;. .. I IiImImd Bureau of Mines Poise, Idaho. Artlclen of Incorpor ation forming the' Southern Idaho Mining H urea u were udoptfi) at a meeting held In the Chamber of Com merce Wednesday evening, nnd nine directors of the corporation wore elected. The artlclcH stipulate that the principal place of business shall be Rolne,. but that branches may be es tablished at the discretion of the hoard, and that the corporation ahall be non-profiting. . The purpose Is set forth as being to stimulate the mining Industry.. The bureau wit) take a and In legislation h feeling the indus try In the state. . Among tho directors j elected were James H. Ilawlcy, ex i governor; H. K.. Atkinson, Cordon Hmlth, Kugeno U. Khermau, Ham Km 1 1 h of I tnise. Ha I ly Record A b -stract. 1 Itogiio ftlvcT n It led Oold SI ream Rogue river, owing to lis richness In gold, wan formerly known as Oold river. Mining men for Hixty years have .known that Its gravels and bed contained riches uulold, but, owing to the swift current , no Hyslcmulic effort has been made to mine in bed, and, an buch of the fine gold In the bank gravels is in the blacksnnds, that phase of making the stream produce had to be left until a method was provided to treat the black annds and recover the value. . .', The Metala Kxtracllng and Riflnlug Corporation of Dgdcti. Utah, have in stalled a treatment .plant at Grants Pass for the recovery of the gold and platinum values from the black sands by means o( a process they own, con sisting of chemical treatment followed by amalgamation;- .They are now test ing black sands for placer owners and advising as to the proper kind of equipment to Install at the mines to save tho Hands .economically, and In addition are opening up new nvenucs for the production of blackxandH in order to secure an adequate supply to keep their treatment plant In op eration continuously. ; The corporation has- Installed n demonstration plant on Hogue river west of tho Sixth stret bridge nt Grants Pass, on on the south side, to demon strate bolh the values in the gravel and the most efficient method of re covery of (hp pnnds. The plant con sists of a four horse power gasoline engine, , sluice box, and under current for saving tho sandH. The cost of the completed plant runs from $l7f to $200, and a plant of this kI.c will fur nish. work for four or five men. The gravel, where thin demonstra tion plant Is located, runs from $1.40 ) to $I.K0 per yard In tho gold nnd platinum values, and a man willing to get In nnd sift can shovel .from five tn eight yards Into the sluice box in eight hours, mnklng a profit of from $5 to $10 per day hetter than wages and still your own boHH. i ., Small planta for working tho gravel ham of Hokum river and other Ht reams In southwestern Oregon can bo coHsfolly ipstnllod, and with the high prlo of the pfcillnuln mntnln $120 an ounce for platinum and $400 an ounce for iridium the work furnishes an in viting field for those willing In do ha I'd work. . Tho Untied Stales geological nurvy in a bulletin published In 1!)07 states that Coos, Curry, Jackson and, Jose phine counties In Oregon ami the four northern counties of nClifnntlu lnrm the largest field of platinum and the most profitable field for commercial explotallon." i . ii ii Special Six Series X " ' ' , - -i J HIGHWAY MOTOR CO. 1 ( TvT? ffik I TT? 1Ff !!:!!;;;; 114 South Rivcrsido Phone 254 I S ) " I I J I I House in Dayton Where He Died : May Become Bryan Museum '' F y v , t ,4 ' ' . .yw r-wam ,. ' ' " The residence of Hichanl Rogers in Dayton, Tcnn.f w'.iere Wil liam Jennings Bryth died, will become a memorial to the "Com moner's", memory, according to present plan of Tcrincssuma.. The' - memorial would take tiie form of u museum of Iiranian.'i. DEATH IN FIRE CHNTRAl- VAM.KV. N. Y., Aug. K, (A. P.)- Klvo mntnbera of ii family of several persoiiH were burned to death early today in a flro which de stroyed their home on a farm One mllo from here. Marry Mall, a farmer nnd head of the family, .and his ynn. Uuxmll, 2u. escaped, - . The dead: : . ' Mrs. Clara. Hall,' !l;Harold' Hall. 17; Gladys Hall, 10; Viola Hall 'l ISvolyn Hull, 0 months. ' The flro broke out from an 'unde termined cnuso In tho bull fnnii houao ahortly after, six o'clock this morn ing. ..Tho farmer wan awakened ,nt that time by smoke and Jumped to the ground from the first' floor of ihe homo. Once outside the house he was unable to gain entrance. The flu inert spread rapidly. Huckleberries, 4lno and clean, , $2.00 per gallop. T-anvo your order at Kc.onomy Grooe-' torla. ill) -r- : ' r. .- ... - uwLuiaiuii , , m r-l.fll-V 1 K 3 1 1 l.v J.l'i iiii Zmmtk nnnl, with rnm rr- IISIllll lit ldullday. 18. 91 : 6, 0. I Conk wtlh a I riHsaMUSSll 7i 131 1:1 II "V i it ' Ma 1 I III III I & : Jl .VZ WYn I IJ S P.BRAKGH UNE I iGLOSED BY f!REi Va LfS CITV, A'ug.;8-TMio South ern Pacific rallrcjud bridge af the. end of the I-'nllH Clly and Black flock branch, wan totally dexiroyed 'by fire Of. an . undetermined origin , which Hlarted at 2:30 oltdock this moriiinK. and jiH.a-rc.sult. operallons on the Wil lamette valley logging road extending on' from lifack- Iock. will como to a hnlt Indefinitely,,' pending! rebuilding. of tho 'structure.. t , Tho Willamette valhty company has boon operating two und three logging trains n day froiii their .camp Into pnllas. all of thciriScoiiilng'lniovp. tho destroyed bridge., and the Southern Pacific Inn null liqc Into Dallas. t N(l AIOIIO l.'R4l.'H., 'I'l.i... not he iil'nild fur tlm ipnoi'.by nlKliti nur liir iho, im-olv. tlinr flletli by day: N'nr fur tin posllli-mc tlmt wnlkr'th .In ilurkni'Nft; nir fur (lie destruction that ttiisliMh iit iOuiiday. Pa.' 91 : 6, 0. COLORED PEOPLE T re. JiRNH,. A"K(. S.Tr-Comjtlalning that signs in restaurantH stating that "col ored trade Is not wanted," humiliat ed them, a resolution drnwn up and presented by Senator Jay- IF. Upton, on behalf of the negroes of Mend asking the council to requost the fustaurant 'proprietors to remove the signs was jaccepted by that body last night, j City Attorney iienaori .- Informed I Senator Upton that there woe no law to compel the restaurant owners to ro movethe signs. , The senator remind ed the city attorney that tho resolu tion presented hy him was carefully 'drawn up with a view not to create hartf feeling but merely to oak tho council to "request" "the restaurant curs to take down their signs. The resolution also Included n phrase to ! tho .effect that a private word to any 'colored person entering a reHtaurant I where ho. apparently is not wanted, i would be sufficient to t-ause the dc- parturo of such peraou from the es tablishment. '- 'T ' HOI,OUGNK, :Prance, , Aug., 8 - (A, P.) Miss Lillian Harrison, tho Ar gentine Hwlinmor, will not begin her aUcmpt to swim the English channel tonight owing to unsettled weather. She plans to atart Sunday night, prob ably about 1130 o'clock. BOT.OFONH, Franrn. Aug. fi. (A. '.) -Mh. Lillian IJarrlsiin, tlie Ar Kfiitlne girl RWiminuiv..wiU begin - her third attinit to HWlm thfl KnKlifih clianncl tuniKhl, It was. decided here thin nicfrnlnff. She will enter the water nt. Cape f!rls-Nez about I0::i(l o'eloek tonluht, Weather... conditions today n.ro"'very IH-oiiii.sliig and . the temperature nf the ehunnel wnlei'-Hnow 13 about i::l degreeH fahreuhelt. '; .V.. . "Men anil Women" at liiiiltn. "Men add, .Women," featuring- nit-Hard Dlx, Nell Httliipton, C'lnlro Adnmfl and Hubert Kdesin'n.i 1. at the Hialto theater today to take tho place of tho J Tint Mix picture, "Hide iit 'the. Pur ple Raffe," which will lie shown ln'tw. I . Tho story centers around thret per sonsa bank ,cashler, hiH. wife and nn .assistant .cashier., The latter uses i bunk securities , to.' play the market .and,! .. nieetlnB jvlth- .success, lavishes BlflH upon the pretty wife of his su perior. The husband succumbs to the sliRRestloii of a. broker to follow the example nf his rival and make money throunh the use of the bank's bonds. The market collapses, the broker com mits suicide and the bank cashier Is ruined. There's a surprise climax. Only few days left speclnl electric I rniiKe offer; get yuur's now! 119 I our ! Chance -.' "-' WHY PAY RENT? Five-room hou&e. ' With bath, screen porch. Partly furnished. Good location.'' 1 1 Six "blocks Worn Medford hotel. On paved street. ' ' ' ' All assessments paid. Nice lawn. Fruit trees.' ' S Small garden spot. Property Will 11 Per Cent As ; i Investment A Rents for $35 month; . Owner left city. Wants sell at once. ' Will pay you to investi gate, either as" home or in vestment; : -'V.-' ""' '' . "- ' i 7T;';:''i;-;o's''.' ' ' "' 'Address J. F. R.,'care Mail Tribune,' and representative will call on you." v- ' . fcAHKERSHIH XZyJll Special Prices On AUTO TENTS . Med. Tent & Awning . Works Opposite 3. ft Depot i iPhon'a 14S-J , : . 29x4.40 . -. Balloons $15.95 Phipps Auto Park Service Riverside at Jackson Street' J4i r JOE CUi.rt Atn Li ID . ,.(.-., -, i , , Ktfr fh fouiwy you lo lor a pteuv i quia wt rot. The Hjll Men 1 ewmtu jhS wkIumimm the Vr; 'A' ptoe you out clt aVeal HOMB. Am' idMMplterf bf unuMUd' ctuuw ael oucnlon.., FOVELL St s QnjHim. 3AM nUNCIS Tho, , satisfaction you receive from partak ing of a delicious des sert Is like the after glow of a happy day. Ask your dealer for Yuni-Yum" orf Nutri tious Ice Cream, ' .-. ' 4 ,v.f : Jatckson Coontj Creamery Alt (H'4'ne51 U i M A : ML
