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DREDGING IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
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This past sensor, ilreilging was revived
in Southern Oregon, after a lajise of sev
j etal years, anil alter several previous at-
tempts and failures, ns the decaying
I | hulks of stranded "gold ships” on South
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ern Oregon streams will prove. It was
I : known at the beginning that the bars
I ! ami river beds of this district carried
I gold, but the methods used at first were
.7 I ' not of the kind that warranted success.
I | The dredging diggings of the Southern
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URES COUGHS, COLDS, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, I ¡Oregon fields are det p, and a machine
WHOOPING COUGH. SORE THROAT, HOARSENESS, I I mutt lx- built to Koop possibly forty five,
LOSS OF VOICE, LOdSENS THE PHLEGM AND EASES I fifty or even seventy feet. Also, there
jjt.- I 1 are heavy boulders, and the difficulties
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these present must l>e met and overcome
to insure success.
ple dumping facilities. The entire craft
is ojwrated and controlled by one man
stationed in the "pilot house' ’ over look
ing the machine.
As before stated, there is a field for
dredging operations in Southern Oregon
But the field offers success only to the
right kind of jieople with the right kind
of machine. Dredgers that will wash Ihe
gravel of the California and other west
ern fields, would not work at all in Ore
gon, for reasons already stated, (hue
under way, dredging is no more expen
sive here than in any other section of
the west. With two big power dams on
Rogue river, power is transmitted by
electric wire to any section of the south
ern Oregon district, arid supplied mon-
cheaply than can lie secured by steam
The Foots Cree k machine first derixtd
its jrower from two l<)0 horsepowt r
(■oilers, and while there is an abundance
of fir and pir.e tit»ter < n the property <-f
the company to supply fuel for all time,
they find electric power in tn the C< n
dor di tn ninth iheajer ar.d of much hrs
trouble.
On many tributaries of the Rogue and
Applegate rivers, and of the Illinois, as
well as on these streams themselves,
there is considerable (hedging ground, a
great jurt of which will undoubtedly l>e
I I worked within the next few )rar», as
I several companies are planning to launch
machines. One has lieeu in operation
for several months on Foots Creek, and
I has paid h mdsomcly from the beginning.
I Another is to lie placed <>n Willow Creek,
A recent dispatch from Medford states
I near Jacksonville and another on the
that
the fiatteriig showing made by le
I Illinois near Waldo.
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retort» of ore» fr< tn the cinnal i r
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The Foot-» Cietk dredger is owned and
mines
of the Meadow« quicksilver dir-
-operated bv the Champlin coni|>any,
experienced jwople in the dredging bus trict, of Jackson County, near Trail, I a*
iness, as they have Ix-en ojarating two caused a revival of intrrc»t in the min
machines near Bannock, Montana, for ing of mercury in this section. Highly
several years. This machine WR» bllilt l>ound» of mercury to the ton la product d
ut a total cost of about fl 10,000. The by the properties of the Rogue Riur
comjMiiy owns some IJtXX) acres of Quicksilver Mining Company, the shait-
ground on Foots Creek, a large part of ¡holders of which are Medford mtn.
' The ore reduces easily and is uniform in
whice is available for dredging.
1 value. This mine ha« j roduced consul
The hull of fbe Champlin dredger
113 feet long and is of the standard pat arable quicksilver in recent years, but its
tern. An eighty-foot digging beam or : development has been slow, greater cap
ladder constitutes the frame for the chain ital being needed to o|en it tip and ude-
of forty two eight cubic foot buckets quately equip it. A small plant is | lac
and tlieir alternating links. Power is ed, for development purpores mainly.
, supplied by electricity from the power The retort installed has a capacity of
. daiu of the Condor company, ut Gold 1400 pounds of ore ] er e'ay. The mine
Ray, and is transmitted into a lifting is opened to a depth of nearly 2U) feet,
power on the chaining and buckets of and the v< in shows up well throughout.
There are a half-score of other cinna
80,OM) pounds. This allows a maximum
bar
mints in the Meadows district, all of
capacity for the machine of 4,500 yards,
¡daily, with an easy average of 2,500 which are receiving attention, anti all
\ ards. Another bad feature of Southern carry values in mercury, with also a fair
Oregon dredging ground is the tightness showing in gold and silver. A nvmltr
, of the gravel, as it clings together as are opened to a depth of 150 and 200feet,
i solidly as if cemented. This requires a with veins varying in width from ten in
great amount of water and ceaseless agi ches to three and four feet. The iinm
i tation to perfect the sejxiration of the her of excellent prospects in the district
makes the Meadows one of promise as a
, particles and free the gold.
future
producer of mercury.
The Foots creek machine overcomes
l<irqc Per Cent of Mercury.
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this difficulty by first giving the gravel a
thorough shaking up by a ten foot sheer
drop into the hopper from the buckets
The gravel is then received into a revolv
ing grizzly. This grizzly has five inch
perforations and is supplied with a num
tier of water jets to give additional water.
The boulders slide over the grizzly and
drop off the side of the boat. The re-
mainder of the material passes through
the funnel-shaped bottom of the case sur-
rounding the grizzly to a shoot sluice
j that leads to a second receptacle or sump.
This short sluice >s provided with Hun
garian riffles, and here at least seventy-
| five per cent of the gold particles are
I caught.
From the sump the sand and gravel
| are elevated by a centrifugal sand pump
I to the head of the 120 foot sluice-flume,
■ which is also provided with Hungarian
riffles. The flume has a drop from end
to end of eight feet, and is supported by
i a pontoon, and with only a four foot
dump above the water level. But this
| dump is fully 240 feet from the digger
Watches of the best standard makes
for sale now at almost cost. Inquire of
J. W. Hickel.
Those big, juicy oranges come from
Learned’s where a big shipment has just
l<e« n retrieved.
Hickel, the Jacksonville jeweler, has
some fine Waltham and Elgin watches,
warranted for 21) years, and full gold i ascs
that lie will sell at a close margin of pro-
Nunan—Taylor Company have a new
invoice of trunks, grips, valices and
telescopes and persons fitting out for a
journey will find it profitable to buy of
this firm.
Presiding Elder M. C. Wire will be
here March, 21, 22, 23 and have part in
the Revival
Services.
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Second Quar-
terly Conference will be held af l the
Church on March 22, at 7:.'«) p. m. All
interested please take notice.
The Sentinel desires to give its sub-
scribers the news from all parts of tlie
county hence we want a good, live, cor-
respondent at all the leading postoffices
in the county where there is no paper
published. Send in the news and you
and with the swing allowed, affords am
will tie treated right.
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