Show OREGON grants pass courier lon martin of pickett creek was in town on tuesday and made an interesting talk on the wonderful developments going on in his locality he believes that pickett creek will be one of the best mining camps within a few years he is developing a property there and he is encouraged with the prospects he has driven a tunnel in the mountain side following a cross lead when the regular lead is reached he will follow that and by this means reach a much greater depth in the mountain it is largely copper with some gold and he hopes within a reasonable time to uncover a considerable amount of paying ore it is true that pickett creek is being much talked of and it is not impossible that the camp will turn out as well as mr martin thinks sumpter american while in the city wednesday A J dickison of granite signed the papers whereby james H fox foie of seattle takes over the glade creek placers on north fork of the john day for an eastern syndicate no information has had been given out of the purchase price of the property or the plans of operating them the glade creek placers have been operated by mr dickison for ten years though with water and equipment he has at the mine he has been able to pipe but twenty to forty days a season the work has been profitable and proved the glade bar to be rish the property comprises acres and the expenditure of a few thousand dollars will put water from north fork un it enabling the operation of the mine from early spring till late in the fall |