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JACKSONVILLE 1 Vol. I SENTINEL JwcKaonville, Jackion County, Oregon. Friday, May 22, 1903 No. 2 will lie no liklihood of danger from fire MAY BE A SECOND ANACONDA. from that cause. When the plaining mill i* put in oper Work Brinq rushed I pon the Iowa I umber ation only dressed lumber will la* ship|ied Appleqatr Copper District Promise* Io fqual Montano** Great Copper Mme*. (ompunv's Ptainina Mill More Improve and it is expected that in addition to —Jacksonville to Be the Shippinq and supplying the local trade, not less than Stylish Hats in ments Made at Sawmill up the Canvon. two car load* will lie shipped each day Iradinq Point for the Copper Mine*. all designs and I to Council Bluffs, Iowa where it will lie r sold through President Hafer's lumber Work upon the big plaining mill is be shapes to meet Of the p>ro pects of the now famous ing pu*hed with the utmost npred by yards in that city. This yard is one of Blue Ledge copper mines on the Apple the requirements President C. Hafer. All the men are be- the largest in the Middle West and has a gate and of the development work now cujuu-ity of 6,000.00i> feet. Mr. Hafer ,j.ing employed that can be used to an ad- and the fancy of being made by Patsy Clark and his syn- Z vantage ami it is expected to have the states that such is the demand for the dicate of Spxikane coppx-r miners the the most particu ' plant in otieratiou within the next 10 highgriule lumber that the mill* here Spokane Spokesman Review has the fol Uays. which will make it only four weeks turn out that he can market at a good lowing to say: lar purchaser at hoin the day that work was !« kuu upon price every car of lumla-r that he can se “Unless the bottom drojM out of the the foundation to the day when the thir cure here. In addition to handling mine, the Blue ledge is one of the teen different machines, with which it is their own output the Iowa Lumber greatest properties in the country,” said tx-ing tilled up will be started up andem- j Company will also handle all the lumber Patrick Clark yesterday. Mr. Clark and plovment to the 30 additional men to that they can buy from the other mill» of | his pmrtner, B. C. Kingsbury, have re Jacksonville's already large jsiy roll. I this comity. turned from a visit to the copper wonder Jacksonville, Oregon Monday morning Foreman J. U. Willeke | The Company had their mill shut down in Siskiyou county, California, five miles with Ins force of carpenter* completed last week while making some improve : south of the Oregon line, which they the tai lory building being just a week i ments which will increase its capacity. have bonded, through Dr. J. F. Reddy, “The lay of the country is admirably and a day in doing their work. The | A larger and stronger carriage was put in for a sum said to lie ¿ViO.UOO. adapted to the economic mining. Wood building, which is 127 feet long ami 36 and a lath saw is also being installed. “So far as it is developed, it has the 1 feet wide with la hxit sheds along each The disposal of the saw dust has been most ore in sight tor a prospect at the and water are there in abundance, and side, is tar letter constructed than is the quite a hindrance ami a large brick pit same stage that I ever saw in my life. the ground is so steep that it is possible average mill building and is so solidly has been constructed that burns all the A drift has been run for 125 feet from to reach a depth of 2,00) feet by drilling put up that it will never get rickety ami dust from the mill. The mill now is in the point where the ore body was found, a tunnel of moderate length. With long get the machinery out of order and its first-class order and from this on it is ex and for the whole distance the tunnel is tunnels it is possible to get a depth of construction is a credit to G. L. Scher- i pected to push the output to close to in clean chalcopryite ore, with not a sin perhaps 3,000 feet. PISHING WORK WITH 50 MEN. merhurn, who had the contract for its | three-quarter* of a million feet per month. gle bit of waste as large as a pea to be The inauguration of this big industry found for the whole distance. erection. "We have until December next to The Monday Mr. Ia-w Wentworth, an ex by the Iowa Lumber Comjiany ha* been cleanness of the ore is one of its most make our first payment under our bond, pert machinist who came out from Omaha a large factor in bringing to Jacksonville extraordinary characteristics. In appear- and we are pushing work with a crew of with President Haler, who assisted him a prosperity like it had in days gone by ance it much resembles the War 1-Lagle about 50 men. They have started a tun in Chicago in selecting the machinery, ami the citizens of this place appreciat and the Le Roi, such as was shipped out nel lower down the hill. I have arrang which is all of the latest aii’i lest make», ing this fact have done all within their of Rossland in the early days of the ed with the Coyle's Diamond Drill Com with a number of helper* began putting power to assist the company in making camp. pany of Spokane to do from 2,000 to tip the shafting ami pulleys from which their venture a success. The feeling of i 3,000 feet of diamond drilling, and the MARVELOUSLY CLEAN ORE. the various machines will lie driven. co operation is fully reciprocated by the | “Crosscuts have shown that the ore drillers will get their outfits on the One 3', inch line shaft will lie extruded Iowa Lu mix-r Company and President' body is 20 feet wide, and on the foot ground about the first of the month. the entire length ui the building and Hafer desires to express his appreciaticn ; wall side there is a horse seven or eight “It is a $2,000,000 proposition to upon it will be attached the pulleys to that his com|>any fe<-l to the citizena of' feet wide, beyond which there is another chase the property, carry on deve which the machines will lx; belted. The Jacksonville for their many acts of good high grade ore shoot from three to four ment and put it to a productive stage, pulleys are all the beat make of wood will and generosity. feet wide, which runs from 12 to 15 pier for it will lie necessary to build a rail split pulleys. The line shaft is hung by cent in coppier. That would ordinarily road 40 miles in length to carry out the Dales to Remember. heavy iron hangers each fitted with lie considered a fine showing in itself, ores to connect with the Southern Pa spiecial oil Ixixes l<< prevent oil from drip Saturday, May 23—Regular meeting for but it is entirely outclassed by the main cific at Jacksonville, Oregon, and will be ping on the floor. All of the machinery May at Medford of the Rogue River showing in the tunnel. The big ore necessary to erect a smelter to treat the will lx- belted direct to this line shaft Ixxly, 20 feet wide, and, so far as proven. output of the mine. The ore is com Fruitgrowers Union. thus doing away with the maze of lick Saturday, May 23—Regular meeting in 125 feet long, averages from 4 to 5 pier paratively low grade, and must be hand ing and pulleys that are found in many Medford of Jackson County Dairy cent coppx-r, and from $4 to $5 in gold. led in the most economical manner pos mills Estimating copper at 12 cents a pound, sible. If the property continues to show- men* Association. The boiler and engine room is built at I Saturday, May 23—Republican grand which is considerably below its real up under development as it is showing the west cud of the main building. Chil rally at Wilson’s opera house, Med value, the ore is easily worth $15 a ton as now, it will easily supply ore for a 500 ders Bros, who bad the job of setting the ton smelter. But all of these calcula ford. Address by Hon. Geo. C. Brow it lies in the mine. boiler < ompleted their work Wednesday nell. “The showing underground, however, tions are dependent upon the chance evening am) abetter built furnace is not Saturday, May 2:’,—Republican rally at is not the «inly surprising thing about the that the ore holds out at depth. Frank to be found in a mill in Oregon. The Ashland addressed by Senator C. W. piroperty. The le«lge has been staked for ly, I believe that it will, but its per main walls enclosing the boiler are built the length of Hi claims, and has traces manence is the thing that we are now Fulton. of stone, while the furnace as well as the Saturday, May 23—Socialists picnic at strong and vigorous over the mountain trying to prove.” entire space back of the furnace is well Phoenix. Addresses by T. E. Latimer for four miles. The outcrop is from 100 lined with firebrick. The Ixiiler rests of Portland, and other speakers. The Quaker Doctors, who have been to 200 feet wide, and in places the vein is u|x>n sujqxirts made ut railroad iron set Thursday, May 2B—Democratic rally at eroded below the level of the walls, holding street shows in Jacksonville for upon end on topi of which are heavy iron Gold Hill, Hun. A. E. Reamesspeaker. which are of schist. The lode stands up the last ten days, went to Medford Sun pilates and upxm these plates are iron rol- Thursday, May 2M—Entertainment un firm ami strong at an angle of about 60 day morning. They expect to remain in ley* which take the weight of the boiler der the auspices of the Jacksonville degrees from the horizontal. that city for five or six weeks. from the flanges. These rollers under High School at the U. S. Hall. the boiler flanges are for the piurpxisc j Friday, May 2D—Grand Ik-mocratic rally of allowing for the movement of the j at Medford. Addresses by Hon. A. E. boiler as it expands and contracts in being I Realties and Chairman Sam White. I heated up> ami cools off, thus preventing Friday, May 2D—Commencement exer this boiler movement from cracking the i cises of Jacksonville High School at walls of the furnace ami endangering the j U. S. Hall. building by fire. The engine will lx- set , June 1—Election in First district. upxm a heavy concrete lied, thus giving it Friday, June 5.—Commencement exer a rigid setting so essential to the perfect cises of Central Point High School at working of that machine. The engine is Brick hall. now being set up ami adjusted by E. A. June 17—Thirty-first annual reunion of I.anglcy, who will lie the engineer for the Pioneer Association at Portland. factory ami so careful ami thorough is Mr. Langley in his work that there is June 17—20—W. O. W. Street Fair and Beautiful designs in ceiling, side and border Carnival. Grants Pass. every certainty that the engine will, when wall paper the steam is turned on, start up as smooth Proqres* on hlamuth River R. R. ly as a new clock. A gravity system of water works will The first regular train on the new go in at once to provide water for the! Klamath River Railroad started from Floor Oil Cloth Velvet Ixiiler and for fire protecrion. A large , Lairds, a station on the Southern Pacific, Japanese Matting, • Roxbury reservoir will be built upxm the hill back at alxiut 3 o’clock p. ill. last Thursday of the factory ami water will lie pipx-d to | and made the run to the temporary Nottingham Lace Tapestry, it from a spiring on Hoffman's place. terminus, a point two miles east of Curtains, All Wool 3 ply From the reservoir the water will be Pokegama, in about two hours. The brought to the mill and the lumber yard. ! distance is 30 miles and considering the Window Blinds, Hemp Carpetings, Fire plugs will be put in about the mill ' fact, that there are two switch-backs and All Wool Rugs. Linoleums, and the yard to give hose connections for that a tiart of the newly laid track is not fire protection ami a perforated piipie will ; vet ballasted, the run was very good. run along the ridge of the roof on the Passenger coaches for the new road have We cut, sew and lay our carpets mill building and when the water is not yet arrived, though expected every turned into it the entire roof can be day. Passengers who were on the flooded. In addition to this gravity sys- ‘ trip Thursday rode on a flat car, and Buyers can he assured that the stock is entirely new and tern which will have a head of over 100 . being accustomed only to stages in that desirable. Prices always the very lowest. feet thus giving a good pressure, n pow district they thought the flat car as much erful steam pump) will lie installed for superior to a stage as is a Pullman emergency cares. Thankful for past favors; soliciting your patronage. sleepier to a flat car. A crew of men The entire mill yard, which is over an are still pushing the track on toward lie arc respectfully, acre in extent, is on a gravel liar formed Klamath Falls, and they are also build hr tailings from the gold mines upjack- ing a branch road to the northward s£n creek and it makes a yard that will tapping the timber licit in that direction. l> thoroughly drained an<i will be free f om mud or dust. The entire yard is be Wanted, board and lodging with a g’nK by a ing enclosed with a high picket fence to private family by a gentlemen. Address, town. keep out trampis and boys so that there Boarder, care of Sentinel. JA<KMMVIIIL'S ILMUIK HANI Fine Millinery.... * Miss Hoover’s Parlors... New House Furnishings NUNAN 9 Jacksonville
