Show OREGON sumpter american during the past few weeks the results accomplished at the red boy mine has been most gratifying to the management and the district in general as well the mill is running night and day with five stamps dropping five more stamps will be placed in commission as soon as repairs for the banners arrive and the machines are put in condition for work in the new shaft the station is being cut having ill reached the point of the first level at that point the ore is six feet wide and of a milling grade medford tribune honore palmer has purchased the group of claims owned by the medford copper company in the blue ledge district giving in payment a three year bond for he has also agreed to do a considerable amount of development work the medford copper company is composed for r the most part of local people and the group of claims that it has owned is said aid to be one of the finest in the blue ledge country A considerable amount of work has been done on the claims the prospects being of the best sumpter american harry wilson and G R who are working the phoenix property in the greenhorn district are meeting with very good success in their work at the mine A short time ago they took a lease on the phoenix mine and it is under this contract that they are now working since starting operations they have been taking out cut ore with the purpose of milling the same they now have something over sixty tons of good milling grade ready for the mill and will start treating same in a few days grants pass outlook believing that the hills south of silverton contain a rich vein of coal several farmers have organized the silverton mining company and will sink a drill next week with a view of locating the vein the company has leased 1200 acres of land for a term of twenty years and prospecting is now in operation under the supervision of chief engineer I 1 berry who established the scotts mills M ills mine |