| Show MINES ABOUT GRANTS PASS courier grants pass oregon james W neill of pasadena california who is the head of a successful syndicate operating a gold dredge on merced river has succeeded in securing a favorable option on a large tract of dredging ground on grave creek near the columbia mine and on monday deput he put a crew of experienced miners to work sinking shafts and if this work verifies the preliminary report made on the property by C L mangum of grants pass steam core drills will be at once put into commission boring holes on all parts of tle the ground and if the results are such as to warrant it a big dredge costing from to will be constructed ted and put into operation as soon as possible J K kendrick of california who spent several days here week if s just cam completed arrangements with local parties who represent a boston firm by which fifteen hundred acres acres of dredging ground situated on Plea pleasant sanf creek seventeen miles northeast from this city will be thoroughly tested and if the results prove satisfactory is two or more big gold dredges will be built and put into operation next season A small bu bucket i ceet dredge was installed stal ledon on this ground some time ago but it was entirely too frail and light to accomplish coin com its purpose the equipment of this property will involve an outlay ot of and a total investment of about R bordier of paris franceo france is now on the famous carnous bill nye mine situated seventeen miles southeasterly from grants pass where he is guying hs personal attention loTt to the further development of this property for the french exploration company capt C henry thompson of los angeles with his consulting engineer is due to arrive in this city toight ton for the purpose of commencing active operations on a large group of copper claims on which he holds options in the waldo mining district james E hyslop and 11 1 1 al beckman mining engineers and mine operators who are largely interested in min ing in the republic of mexico are stopping at the hotel josephine Josephf ne and are here jor for the purpose purpose of investigating the mineral resources of southern oregon and northern california among the many mining men who are in this part of the country looking over the mineral and mining districts in addition to those above mentioned are J A simpson salem oregon W B pickrell spokane H M parks and sidney W french of corvallis prof A N winchell and L E reber of the university of wisconsin H al lawrie of the state mining bureau thomas as S burley tacoma wm win H hamilton san jose J C crooks and E S porter oakland ralph clarke spokane E H delray hammonton Ham monton Calf california tornia W P crane oakland IV J gerrish portland J T smith juneau alaska W M brewster seattle J R lipps lovelock nev R E doan of los angeles california phil E lawrence of reno and many others of equal note |
