JACKSONVILLE
Vol. 2
SENTINEL
Jacksonville. Jackson County, Oregon, Friday, September 30, 1904«
No. 20
I their district had made both among the
er interest in Portland than was ever
most thrifty and prosperous in the
known before in Southern Oregon mines
. state. Jacksonville has every natural ad-
and that capital can lie readily had for
! vantage and is backed by a district that
any good showing property, this mining
has
a
moré
varied
and
richer
mineral
re
Board ol trade Meet last Monday
Colonel Robert Miller. Who Formerly district now being looked upon as one of
source
than
has
any
other
section
of
I vcning Io Make Arrangements
Resided in Jacksonville. Tells the safest for investment, on the Pacific
I Oregon and when this mineral wealth is
lor Mineral Exhibit at Lewis & fully devehqied the town will take on
of Conditions in Portland and Coast.
( lark Exposition In 1905.
Gives Words of Encouragement.
Pleased With the Country
new life and growth and lie one of the
most thriving towns in the state. To
VALUABLE POINTERS AKE GIVEN bring to pass this desirable eml capital OTHER BIES 01 INTERESTING NEWS Capt. C. W. Anderson, a miner whose
I must lie induced to come here and one
headquarters are in San Francisce, has
! of the la-st methods of calling the utten-
been in Jacksonville this week while
At the request or D. H. Wevnnt, of
Colonel Robert A. Miller arrived in
I lion of capitalists to the profitable invest-
looking over the mineral resources of
Portland, representing the Lewis & Clark
I mints that the mines of Southern Ore Jacksonville Monday to spend a week this district. Capt. Anderson is a min
Kx|x>sitloil, a special meeting of the
with his mother Mrs. J. N. T. Miller and
gon offer is to have a complete exhibit
ing man of years of experience and has
Jacksonville laiard of trade was hel«l
his
sister Mrs. E. S. Beach. Colonel
of its mineral products at the la-wis and
handled mining property in all the
Monday evening for the purpose of con
Miller is now located in Portland where
Clark Exposition, where they will lie
Western states and for the last three
sidering the advisability <»f making up an ,
i he has offices in the Commercial block,
seen by hundreds of mining men who will
years he has been operating in Alaska.
exhibit of the mineral products ol this
i where he will be glad to meet his South-
visit the great exposition.
Hearing a great deal in regard to the
section for the Portland exposition <>t
Dr. J. F. Reddy strongly advocated ■ ern Oregon friends. He had a fine law mining possiblities of Southern Oregon
1005. Mr. Weyant addressed the meet- I
the exhibit and was confident that no practice in Oregon City, much of which he came here to investigate and if he is
lug stating the object of bls work and
district in Oregon could make a more he still retains and to which he is adding satisfied he will transfer his interests in
that he was visiting nil the mining dis
> a profitable clientele among the business
varied and complete display of minerals
this district and take up his residence in
tricts of Oregon to secure their co-opera-1
than could Jacksonville an«l the oppor men of Portland, and in land law busi- Jacksonville. Capt. Anderson says that
tion in making the mineral exhibit for
! ness, his long experience in the U. S.
tunity should be utilized to tile greatest
Southern Oregon is receiving much at
tile state at the la-wis & Clark fair one i
land office at Oregon City giving him a
extent, for, as the Fair management was
tention from mining men all over the
of the most complete ever had al an ex- !
thorough knowledge of that branch of
making the mineral display a leading
country and he expects within another
|M>sition and that this was certain to l»e
! law.
feature of the Exposition, there would lie
year there will be a great influx of min
luxotuplished he •.•.■as positive, for Oregon
Colonel Miller was born and raised in
attracted to it all the big mining men of
ers and of capital to this district and
has * yiyied wealth of mineral produc
Jacksonville and he has considerable
the country ami the section making the
Southern Oregon will come to the front
tions not excelled bv any other state of
property interests in this vicinity, a part
beat display and the most reliable infor
as one of the leading mining districts of
the Union ami he found 11^-greatest wil-1
of which is 160 acres of mineral land
mation would attract the most attentiou
the United States.
lingness on the part of mining men and
which adjoins the Opp »ract on which is
from prospective investors and conse
Lusim ss men of all parts of the state to
located the Opp mine where a 20 stamp
quently would profit the most by this
assist in the work. Hr stated the plan
New Road Machine at Work
mill is now being erected. One object
method of advertising which the Doctor
of the fair management was for each
‘ of the Colonel’s trip to Jacksonville is to
felt would la? the best for the money
locality to ap|a>int a committee to secure
i investigate mining conditions here with
Juilge Dunn made a trip Monday to
| investe«! that could be made by Jackson
a complete set of samples of mineral pro
a view of developing his property, which where Commissioner Patterson is at
ville. The Doctor spoke of the benefit
ducts of the locality and prepare them
Contains several fine ledges that give work with a force of men on the Ash
that the mineral display made by
for shipment. The trans|>ortution com
promise of proving to be rich in mineral land—Talent road to see how the s.eam
Spokane had been to that city, and
panies would take them free of charge
wealth. He has every faith in Southern road roller is working, which recently
which had been a most inqxirtant factor
to Portland where they would be taken
Oregon
as the coming great mining dis- arrived 1 from Buffalo New York and
in raising that place from a small trading
to the Mim s buihliiig on the exposition
trict
of
the
Pacific Coast and is confident which Mr. Patterson is using for the first
|M>int of a tew thousand inhabitants to a
grounds ami placed in the exhibit. The
that the time is near at hand when there time. Judge Dunn is greatly pleased
city of 65,000 and to l«e in the mining
Fair management would ex|a-ct t ach dis
will be hundreds of quartz mills at work with the work done by the steam roller
world, the Denver of the West.
trict making an exhibit to have a man
on the ledges that contain millions of and he states that Commissioner Patter
On motion that n committee lie ap-
tons of ore rich in gold and other metals. son is now building some macadamized
present to explain to visitors the fads
(Continued on page three.)
i Colonel Miller states that there is a great-
concerning the mineral productions and
■ road that will be permanent and a credit
the jHissibilities of investment that are to
to the county. Commissioner is also
l*e had hi this section, and also to hand
doing some work on a section of sticky
out such printed matter as they desired
road on the Eagle Mill—Antelope road
to distribute.
that has been nearly impassable each
Capt. C. W. Anderson, of San Francis
winter. The settlers along that road
co, being in Jacksonville, was invited to
are hauling the rock free of charge
attend the meeting am! make an address.
there being 16 teams at work, the county
The Captain in his remarks staled that
grading the road and supplying the
Southern Oregon, after having been
crushed rock and operating the steam
shunned for years by mining capitalists
| roller. From one of the worst roads in
was now securing much attention at their
Jackson county this will now be one of
hands and that no district in the United
the best and at no great burden of cost
States was more talked of than Southern
to either the settlers or the county.
Has Arrived
Oregon at the present time and he pre
and Is Open,
dicted that this district was about to enter
Ready
For
Busy in the Waldo District
on an era of prosperity not excelleil by
Inspection,
any other section of the country.
Everything is reported to be going
Colonel R. A. Miller, on invitation,
with a rush in the Waldo district. A
addressed the meeting, making a talk
small army of men are busy getting out
along practical lines that, if heeded, will
wood for which they are getting JI per
make Jacksonville one of the most pro»
tier. Teamsters are getting $4.00 per
gi'ssive towns in the state. Colonel
day and common laborers from $2.00 up.
Miller was born and raise<l in Jackson
The Takilma smelter is being operated
ville and was a resident of the town un
to its full capacity, and from 16 to 20
til eleven years ago when he wasappoint-
To Call and
four-horse teams are kept busy hauling
e 1 register of the United States land offi
out coke from this place and hauling in
Inspect
It
Be
ce at Oregon City, and at present he is
big loads of copper matte to be shipped
fore Buying
residing in Portland where he is practic
north. One car load has been shipped
Your Winter
ing law. He said that even years ago
during the past week and several more
Jacksonville was liberal in helping on
Suppli e s
are waiting at the smelter, E. W. Wal-
public enterprises, ami put money, time
ter is now superintending the operation
after time, into ventures that promised
of the plant, Albert I. Goodell having
well for the prosperity of the town, but
resigned to take a position with the
repeated failures had “well nigh’’ dis
LeRoi smelter at Northport, Wash.
Soliciting
Your
Valued
Patronage
and
couraged them. Hut other towns had
—
Oregon Mining Journal.
Guaranteeing Prices Always the Low
had similar experiences, but had not |
est,
Truly Yours,
relaxed their efforts and eventually hail •
Supt. P. H. Daily is home from The
won out, as for instance Grants Pass
Dalles where he has been taking a course
which twenty years ago did not have the
of treatment under Dr. J. F. Reuter of
mining business ami prospects that Jack
that city, with the result that his health
JACKSONVILLE, ORE.
sonville lmd, yet by persistent advertis
is very much improved and he is able to
ing and by confidence in their town and
attend to his office duties in good shape.
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