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THE MINING JOURNAL April 15 1929

OREGON COPPER GETS ITS OWN POSTOFFICE
The new post office established at the Mother Lode camp of the Oregon Copper Company, near Baker, Oregon has been named Arthur, in honor of John Arthur, founder and first president of the organization. George B. McQuaid has been named postmaster.
There are 116 mine employees in the Oregon Copper camp, which has a population of 189, and several ranches in the vicinity will be served by the post office in addition to the mine camp.

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THE MINING JOURNAL

OREGON
A recent strike made in the Continental mine, near Myrtle Creek, Oregon, is said to show values as high as $327 per ton in gold and silver. By weight, these two metals exist in about the same amounts, but this high grade will not prevail throughout the mine. It is understood that a shipment is being prepared for consignment to the Tacoma smelter.
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P. B. Wickham of Grants Pass, Oregon, has taken a lease with option to purchase the Ashland and Shorty Hope mines, near Ashland, Oregon, from E. D. Briggs, owner. A general survey is to be made at once and the property placed in shape for systematic development and mining. The principal problem will be draining the main shaft, which holds about 500 feet of water.
The Edwards Mining Company, near Grants Pass, Oregon, has been remodeling its flotation mill and plans putting in an additional flotation unit, according to General Manager D. Potter. New stopes have been opened up and a shaft is to be sunk to provide a new haulage way.
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The Whited Mining Company, W. C. Fellows, manager, Baker, Oregon, plans the early construction of a 100-ton mill at its property, near Unity. The management has set up a new camp and in mine development is running a 1,200-foot crosscut. A 500-horsepower air compressor has been installed. B. O. Kempfer has succeeded J. A. Willson as superintendent at the mine.
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Work has been resumed at the property of the Crown Mining and Milling Company at Scio, Oregon, where it was suspended in January, due to severe weather, according to General Manager -B. E. Peery. Some good showings of gold, silver and copper have been opened in drifting on a southeast-northwest vein. Eighty feet to the south another vein has been opened and drifted on a distance of about 165 feet. It is probable that these veins will intersect, about 60 to 70 feet farther on. Drifting is to be done on both showings.
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James P. Noonan and S. E. Heberling of Central Point, Oregon, will start about April 1 to complete the tunnel in the Red Ribbon group of gold claims, near Gold Hill, to intersect an oreshoot at greater depth. This tunnel has already been driven 345 feet. A 25-foot tunnel has been driven in the Union claim and a 45-foot tunnel has been made in the Eureka property. Some time ago the operators built a trail to the mine about one and one-half miles, installed a Fairbanks-Morse compressor and a building to cover the same.
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K. Dean Butler of the Robertson Gold Mine, Inc, has placed 18 men at work at his property in the Galice district in Oregon. A road is to be built to the mine so that heavy machinery can be taken in next spring. Some of the recent finds in the mine have carried particularly high values and have attracted considerable attention. Mr. Butler makes his headquarters at Grants Pass, Oregon.
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The Rialto Mining Company at Blue River, Oregon, expects to spend about $50,000 in mine development and in building a mill at its property, according to C. H. Gruning, Sr., general manager of the company. The No. 1 tunnel has been driven 700 feet to ore located in the No. 2 tunnel and which assays $7, $46 and $187 to the ton. The ore in the No. 1 tunnel is manganese and assays from $164 to $400 per ton. F. W. Gruning is secretary and treasurer and A. L. Gruning is mill superintendent.
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The Cornucopia Mines Company at Cornucopia, Oregon, intends to drive a lower tunnel to cut unexplored veins, according to Robert W. Betts, general manager for the organization.
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It is proposed to drive the lower tunnel in the property of the Twin Lodes Mining Company at Clatskanie, Oregon, to cut the ore body at a depth of 400 feet according to Manager C. R. Evenson. This body of ore has already been opened to a depth of 160 feet. The directors of the organization are C. B. Ferris, B. Austin, P. Bee-son, P. Bunts and Mr. Evenson.
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Zane Grey, noted western author, is said to be planning the development of the mining claim on his property on the Rogue River in Oregon, according to B. B. Irving, United States mineral surveyor, Roseburg. The property was worked several years ago and can be reached from West Fork, Douglas County. A domestic water system is to be put in and about 20 cabins built.
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The Patterson Exploration Company of Toronto, Canada, has taken over La Bellevue mine on the Greenhorn Mountains and is placing the mine in condition for early spring operation, according to It. B. McGinnis, western manager for the Patterson people. The old mill at the mine is considered out of date and it is said that a new mill and machinery will be installed. Canadian capital is financing the work.
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ASBESTOS IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON

By A. E. Kellogg.
Following the war requests of the manufacturers addressed to the Oregon bureau of mines for asbestos properties aroused holders of asbestos deposits in the Gold Hill district to activity in renewing work at abandoned deposits in which, before the war, they saw possibilities. The Gold Hill deposits are said to be the most important in the region.

Asbestos is found on Upper Evans Creek in the Umpqua Mountains in the Gold Hill district and other points in Jackson county, also in the Galice district in Josephine County. It occurs in serpentine areas in close proximity to diabase. Amphibole asbestos in the Gold Hill region has been exploited, while the chrysotile exists, but has been lightly reported.

Notwithstanding these known occurrences, the state bureau of mines, during its existence, now defunct, was not aware that a single asbestos property in the Gold Hill district had been sufficiently developed that the bureau could recommend for examination by a prospective operator. It is now believed that the increasing uses for asbestos, together with favorable prices, which prevail at the present time, warrant development of some of the southwestern Oregon deposits.

Samples of the local deposits have been submitted and stood the usual test as to fire-proof-ness, ample in length of textile, but the staple lacks the elasticity and flexibility when it comes to spinning qualities, which the Canadian and other foreign deposits possess.

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THE MINING JOURNAL for APRIL 15, 1929

OREGON

Arrangements are being made to continue the 60-foot crosscut tunnel in the Alta Vista claims, near Galice, Oregon, according to L. S. Hansen, who is the sole owner of the property. This tunnel will cut several ledges of ore, which have been traced on the surface. Mr. Hansen is financing the work himself and during the last 23 months he has built a two-room house, woodshed, blacksmith shop, etc., and has graded 2,000 feet of trail.
Any machinery that is taken to the property will have to be packed in on mule-back, as the mine is about 10 miles from any road. Three other claims will probably be added to the property this summer.

The Bonanza Quicksilver Mining Company plans the early erection of a 5 x 72-foot rotary furnace, according to Manager J. W. Wenzel of Sutherlin, Oregon. Tunnel No. 9 has recently encountered the vein at a distance of 25 feet from its portal. This is the main working tunnel for the south end of the property. An electric transmission line crosses the property about 500 feet south of the No. 6 tunnel, but it is said that the power company prefers extending a line from the Sutherlin substation instead of tapping the line near the property.
The new line will cost approximately $3,500. Water is available at the mine nine months out of the year and during the remaining three months will have to be pumped into tanks at an elevation of 100 feet to insure a gravity flow. Fuel oil for the furnace can be delivered at the mine at not more than 5½ cents a gallon.

It is understood that the entire assets of the Cornucopia Mines Company in Baker County, Oregon, have been taken over by American and Canadian mining men, headed by B. B. McGinnis. Mr. McGinnis’ home is at Berkeley, California, but at present he is on a business trip to British Columbia. This is a gold proposition, the property being located about 10 miles north of Halfway, and although idle for some time was formerly under the management of Robert. M. Betts. The new owners formerly operated mines in Ontario, Canada, and it is said that a development program involving in the neighborhood of $300,000 will be carried out.

It is understood that the Record Mining Company has contracted with the Southwestern Engineering Corporation for the design and equipment of a 100-ton flotation plant to be constructed at Unity in Baker County, Oregon. Work will be started immediately and it is planned to have the mill ready for operation by May 15.
The mine run is a partially oxidized sulphide with values in gold and copper and a considerable tonnage of mill feed is on the dump awaiting treatment.

The Monarch Mining and Milling Company at Oregon City, Oregon, has been made defendant in a suit for foreclosure of a mortgage for $6,859.80.

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THE MINING JOURNAL for JUNE 30, 1929

OREGON

The Oregon Copper Company, P. W. Racey, general manager, Baker, Oregon, is sinking the Balm Creek shaft from the 600 to the 1,000-foot level, and is drifting from its 500 level to the Poorman shaft, 1,920 feet farther east. The drift has been completed more than 1,500 feet. The Poorman shaft, also being sunk deeper, has been opened rather extensively on the 150 and 300 levels. A force averaging 125 men is provided with regular employment.
Some of the most recent improvements made by the Oregon Copper include: the installation of a series of model camp buildings to accommodate 100 men and a 1,400-foot electrically operated compressor. Power is supplied by a new line from Baker.
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The Columbia Mine on Grave Creek, near Grants Pass, Oregon, has been taken over by a new company, known as the Bullion Mountain, Inc. Twenty men are putting in a ditch and dam to give ample water with a 650-foot fall. The Bullion people have also taken over 70 per cent
of the holdings of the Oregon Metals Corporation, A. W. Yount, manager, Grants Pass, and George Bouton of Victoria, is president of the Bullion company.
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Through the persistent efforts of D. H. Ferry manager of the Rogue River Gold Company, there will be no more mud deposited into the Rogue River from the dredge, which is being operated by the company on Foote Creek. From October to December 10, last year, the river was kept clean by means of settling basins, but these have filled and other means were necessary. Several devices are combined in the new system, including the disposition of the mud and clay from the dredge, back into the tailings, instead of running it into the pond, and the building of a large basin below the dredge, which will chicken catch

any overflow and filter the mud.

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THE MINING JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 30 1929

OREGON

The Oregon Copper Company, John Arthur, manager, Baker, Oregon, has purchased a second pump, which is being installed at the Poorman Shaft. It has a capacity of 600 gallons daily and will be used to un-water this shaft, which is now 800 feet deep and is encountering considerable water. The other pump is operating at the fifth level of the Balm Creek shaft.
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Pat Jennings and his son, George, have purchased the Crystal Mine in the Bohemia District, Lane County, Oregon, from George McQueen, and have organized the Lead Crystal Mining Company. A crew has been engaged to begin development on a 2,000-foot tunnel and the work is expected to start soon.
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The Millionaire Gold Mine, four miles east of Gold Hill, Oregon, which has been closed down due to litigation for a number of years, and sold last year by the court to the lienholders, with M. S. Johnson of Gold Hill at the head, has been sold to Alexander Moe and associates of Los Angeles, California. Engineer Knotts, R. F. D., Central Point, Oregon, is in charge, and is un-watering the 400-foot working shaft to the 200-foot level. This property is equipped with electrically driven machinery, including two 1,500-pound stamp mills. A new type mill will be installed when the mine is in readiness. It will be manufactured by Moe, featuring a stamp mill and oil flotation. The ore bodies are large and of low-grade. The new owner announced that he will spend a large sum in developing the mine.
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The county and the Diversified Mines, Inc., Cottage Grove, Oregon, Howard W. Squires, chief engineer, are making arrangements for building three-quarters of a mile, of road in the Bohemia District, in Oregon, which will save a 34-mile travel. The cost of construction will be met on a 50-50 basis. The road is to connect the Brice Creek Road and the Sharps Creek Road. P. M. Morse, county engineer, is making a survey and estimating the cost.
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Thomas A. Sweeney of Portland, Oregon, hydraulic contractor, has been awarded the contract for the construction and installation of a 600-horsepower power plant, dams, and canals, at the Blue Ledge Copper Mine, near Copper, California. The cost is said to be approximately $100,000. The Consolidated Copper Company is operating the mine, and maintains headquarters at Medford, Oregon. George F. Hughes is local manager.
The road from the mine to Medford, the shipping point, and which is 45 miles distant, is being repaired at an expense of $9,000, to resume shipping copper ore to the Tacoma smelter. Plans are to build a 100-ton reduction plant at the mine, and a power plant for its operation. Initial shipments will be from ore mined, and placed on the dump that runs less than 15 per cent copper. A crew of 12 men has been employed for some time.
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It is understood that a new ledge of ore has been cut in the Randall Group mining claims in the Mormon Basin in Oregon, operated under lease by G. F. Bodfish of Rogue River. Development work on this and other properties is progressing favorably and indicates that the Mormon Basin is coming back into prominence.

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CONSOLIDATED COPPER HAS ACQUIRED BLUE LEDGE MINE

Consummation of the sale of the Blue Ledge copper mine, 45 miles from Medford, Oregon, has resulted in the organization of the Consolidated Copper Company, which will reopen and operate the property. The new concern is made up of Eastern, and middle Western investors, with George F. Hughes, local manager, Liberty Building, Medford, Oregon. While the Blue Ledge is four miles south of the Oregon-California state line, in Siskiyou County, California, the outlet to shipping is through the Oregon country.

The property was formerly owned by the American Smelting and Refining Company, which acquired the property late in 1928, from the Mexican Smelting and Refining Company, a subsidiary of the Compañia Metalúrgica Mexicana. Dr. J. F. Reddy of Medford, representing a syndicate who made the recent deal involving nearly $750,000, took an option on the property from the late owners about the first of the year.

A Los Angeles group headed by J. B. Roof and B. F. Miller, Jr., were bidding on the property for several months and it had been reported that they had exercised their option, but recent developments indicate that they have pooled their interests with the eastern and middle western investors. The Blue Ledge was a heavy shipper of copper ore to the American Smelting and Refining Company’s smelter at Tacoma during the war period, and continued until the total suspension of the copper industry in 1920. It has been closed ever since.

The new owners have incorporated a subsidiary Oregon company, the Consolidated Light and Power Company, to supply the mine with electric lights and power. Waters of Elliott Creek and the middle fork of the Applegate River, in California, and Carberry Creek, in Oregon, will be utilized to develop the power. Siskiyou county in California, Jackson County in Oregon, and the national forest service are spending approximately $30,000 in rebuilding the road from the mine to the shipping point at Medford.

Many new hotels and office buildings are being equipped not only with brass piping, but copper radiators as well.

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DIVERSIFIED MINES ACQUIRES ITS FIFTH PROPERTY

The most recent acquisition of the Diversified Mines Company, Inc., headed by E. Walter Mitchell, 74 Trinity Place, New York City, is the Bohemia Consolidated Mining Company’s property in the Bohemia District in Oregon; Howard W. Squires, treasurer and general manager for the Bohemia Consolidated is consulting engineer for the Diversified organization and is establishing his office in the First National Bank Building at Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Attention will be centered on the Champion mine during this fall and winter. Immediately after perfecting the organization, a sawmill was built on Champion Creek and timber is being sawn for use in the tunnels and in buildings. A new building is being erected to house blacksmith equipment, a compressor and Diesel engine. The compressor will furnish air to continue the No. 12 tunnel, which is the lowest in the property and, according to Mr. Squires, drills will be working shortly after October 1. The No. 12 crosscut is in 500 feet and in another 450 feet is expected to tap the Champion vein at a vertical depth of 350 feet below the Champion vein in the No. 9 tunnel.

In the spring, the management plans to install electric power and to build a selective flotation plant. Some development will be made of the Musick, the Helena and Sunset groups, which are among the recent acquisitions in the Bohemia district.

Diversified Mines has taken over other properties in the United States and in Mexico. They are the Otero Mining Company at Alamogordo, New Mexico; the American group of mines at Hachita, New Mexico; the New Dominion Copper Company at Globe, Arizona, and the Alamo Silver Mining Company in the Alamo district, Sonora, Mexico.

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All the blasting caps used in America until 1877 were imported from Europe.

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THE MINING JOURNAL OCTOBER 15 1929

OREGON

Ernest Stoddard, of Baker, has already started work, under contract, for the Crown Mining and Milling Company at Scio, Oregon, in constructing a bunkhouse, that can accommodate 30 men, a cook house and a mine office. Other structures, including a blacksmith shop, compressor room, and central station, for heating all of the buildings with steam, will be built later, according to J. A. Naud of Montreal, Canada, vice-president and managing director of the company. A contract has been entered into with the Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company for 150 horsepower of electric energy with the privilege of increasing to 500-horsepower when necessary. The light and power company will soon start the construction of 200 feet of line, necessary to connect its main line with the portal of the main tunnel in the mine.
R. E. Peery is mine manager.
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It is understood that the War Eagle Mine in the Meadows District, near Gold Hill, Oregon, is being cleaned up, under the direction of George Schmacher of Medford, Oregon. The Chicago Trust Company recently acquired the property by mortgage foreclosure proceedings.
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The Oregon Exploration Company, William Cavanagh, president, 531 Railway Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon, has appointed a committee to estimate the money needed to develop its property, near Riddle, to the point where the work can be financed through the shipments of ore. F. Reed McBride of Portland is one of the shareholders. He recently visited the mine accompanied by a Spokane engineer.
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The Hydraulic Dredging and Construction Company, Harry Y. Anderson, president and general manager, Walla Walla, Washington, has shipped an air shovel to its property, near Sumpter, Oregon, for dredging purposes. It can dig about 3,600 cubic yards of gravel a day. The boat on which it will be installed is finished and a 200-horsepower Diesel engine has been installed to generate power to operate the shovel. Hydraulic Dredge and Construction owns 520 acres at Sumpter, and has an option on 400 acres in the vicinity.
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The Preston Peak Copper Mine, lying just over the California line and accessible only through Waldo, Oregon, 20 miles from the mine, has been sold to Mark Kilhiam of Santa Barbara, William H. Thompson of Pasadena, and Edgar Wallace of Los Angeles, all California mine operators. Twenty years ago the mine was a heavy producer, but has been idle since, and owned by a New York estate. Sixty miles to shipping has proved prohibitive, but the recent completion of the Redwood Highway within 20 miles of the property, and modern trucking facilities, have made reopening possible. The new owners will reopen the mine at once and ship ore to the Tacoma smelter. Waters Creek, 15 miles out from Grants Pass, Oregon, is the nearest shipping point.
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Four suits have been filed against the Wearea Mining Corporation and C. M. Huddle, one of the largest stockholders and former manager of the Almeda Mine, near Grants Pass, Oregon, to restrain operations on the Riverside Placer Extension Claim, and the Fraser Placer Claim. The Wearea Company recently announced the reopening of the Almeda Mine, which has been closed since 1916.
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RECORD MINING CO.’S MILL MACHINERY IS BEING ADJUSTED
The 100-ton mill at Unity, Oregon, has been turned over to the Record Mining Company for adjustment and a crew under the management of W. C. Fellows is checking over the machinery.
In milling practice, the ore is dumped into a hopper, which sends it into a crusher, where the ore is crushed to one-inch pieces. It is then conveyed to a second crusher, where its size is reduced by half and passes over a rubber belt to the ball mill and to the flotation tanks. The concentrates are taken to a dryer and sacking room for shipment.
Power for milling is furnished by a Diesel engine. New bunkhouses and a cook house have been erected and all buildings, including the mill, have been placed in reinforced concrete, which is set on a solid rock foundation.

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THE MINING JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER 30 1929

OREGON

A permit has been granted to the Lucky Boy Mining Company to sell 25,000 shares of its stock at $1 par value. Funds will be used in equipping the mine and bringing it into production. The officers of the company are: W. N. Long, president; J. S. Miller, vice-president and engineer in charge; C. G. Larsen, secretary and treasurer. Headquarters are in the Tiffany Building, Eugene, Oregon.
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Two carloads of machinery, including a 120-horsepower Diesel engine and an air compressor, have arrived at the Reeves Mine, in the Silver Peak district, near Riddle, Oregon. Lotz and Larson own the mine and have made several shipments of ore, carrying silver and gold values.
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H. C. Wilmot and associates of Vancouver, British Columbia, have purchased the Bonanza quicksilver mine, east of Sutherlin, Oregon. The sum of $200,000, is said to have changed hands in the deal. The same interests are said to have taken an option on the Shirley Ranch of 117 acres, adjoining the Bonanza property on the north. Tentative plans are to install a furnace of about 100 tons capacity and some other equipment.
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Col. Frank M. Leland has been purchasing machinery in San Francisco for the Lone Star Mine in Star Gulch, about five miles from Grants Pass, Oregon, where tests have been made of the gravel during the last six months and average $1.25 per yard. Richard M. Reeves is in charge at the mine and as soon as there is enough water, mining will be started.
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The Oregon Gold Mines, Ltd., W. C. Fellows, manager, Baker, Oregon, has recovered two gold bricks, worth $950. Ore is being concentrated in the mill to a value of $200 per ton. The third vein opened in the Banner Mine, is about five feet wide, and carries around $5 per ton. A 35-ton test mill is being set up at the Snow Creek Mine and a camp is being built to accommodate 25 men. Other mines under the management of Oregon Gold Mines, Ltd., are the Windsor, Psyche, and The Big Johnnie.

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for NOVEMBER 30, 1929

OREGON

The Discon Gold Mining Company, A. D. Coulter, president, American Bank Building, Seattle, Washington, has opened rich ore, 420 feet below the surface of the Sylvanite Mine, near Gold Hill, Oregon. The strike was made in sinking a winze on a payshoot from the Cox and Lyman tunnel. Three shifts are employed: one in taking out high-grade ore, and the other two in driving the tunnel. George L. Halt is superintendent at Gold Hill. Water is available for milling from the Rouge River, there is sufficient power and good transportation facilities.
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Important surface discoveries are said to have been made by the Conner Creek Extension Mining Company at Rome, Oregon. Development is directed by B. Van Zeipel of Portland.
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John Sawbridge, 116 East A Street, Yakima, Washington, is said to have purchased the Gold Hill Mine, three miles southwest of Durkee, Oregon. Modern equipment is to be installed at an early date.
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The Empire Gold Dredging and Mining Company, A. D. Coulter, president, 611 American Bank Building, Seattle, Washington, is operating its dredge, three eight-hour shifts daily, and is handling about 8,000 yards of gravel daily at a cost of 5 ½ cents a yard. The dredge was rebuilt on the John Day River in Grant County, Oregon, at a cost of approximately $32,000, and is of the Bucyrus type, electrically equipped. It has 77 buckets of six-cubic foot capacity, and can excavate to a depth of 80 feet. The construction was effected through the efforts of R. C. Reese, superintendent, and Horace Johnson, dredgemaster, both heavy owners in the corporation.
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