| Show MINING IN LE GRANDE DISTRICT old ore oregon gon section to be developed he ait oit captain A AT paul an old time salt th aker and brother of professor paul of this it ity passed through salt lake last week in n his way to europe early in 1859 cap i am a in paul drove a bull team over the plains nd since 1863 has been devoting himself to ining bining in various parts of the west at st in the le grande district of oregon he tc as found something that looks unusually to him and in support of this belief e exhibited in the review office some samples les of ore that would be hard to beat mr air paul is interested in the aurelia lining company operating several proper les lies in the le grande section on this perty property ro a stron strong t vein shows a continuity if over 1800 feet and on this ledge consid rable development work has been done A remarkable remarkable emar kable feature of this vein is that while only a few inches in width on the surface t has opened to four and five feet between vails alls at a foot depth on the 4 an the foot level is a six inch streak jilian ahat runs as high as 1500 in silver to the on curing occurring Oc 1 1 in the talc quartz gangue of ein matter are bunches of the same rock tv hile the whole vein carries splendid milli ng va values aes ues four mi miles es from born the e aurelia ure la roup a fifty ton mill will soon be in opera ion on and this will be a great help to the company mp n in n treating its low grade product captain paul does not claim that the sun aises aises and sets on his property but he be alieves ieves that he has a good prospect for makl ang ng a mine his present trip is a combination of business and pleasure and while inroad he will take steps to fully finance I 1 lis is proposition li in talking over the conditions that had beld fjield the le grande district back in the ining fining line mr air paul said that for raising ed apples and other agricultural products he people there be beat but mining was out of their line quartz mining is comparatively new in that section and the property op erty holders are for the most part poor anen i en who only do enough assessment work 10 hold their cl claims ainis machinery for pumping t and heavy mining are needed and more I 1 capital capital fa pital for development work mr paul fays ays that there are many splendid opportunities et tuni ties for mining enterprises and many good prospects could be had for a song the district lis brict has many good placer fields and also some fine gold silver and copper propositions sit ions we expect to see much renewed activity in the old district the coming year |
