Show OREGON grants pass courle courier r W J mankin was in the city saturday from his mine the grub diggins at althouse and brought with him several handsome nuggets secured in the cleanup clean up mr mankin tell us the nuggets in his possession represented a value of 92 one piece alone being worth sumpter american the man of war property in the greenhorn district is being worked by frank pierce and reports from greenhorn state he has been taking out and has a quantity of ore on the dump that is rich in free gold he is now preparing to mill the ore with every prospect of a profitable cleanup the man of wor property is southwest of greenhorn and is generally looked upon as a valuable property sumpter american since the dredge at gold center was first installed it has been realized by captain wetherell that there was not sufficient power in the engine and boiler on the boat to get the most efficient work from it but he did not desire to go to the further expense of increasing the power till til he had proven to his satisfaction the practicability of doing so this he has done and returned yesterday from portland where he had purchased a bo boiler ller and engine which has been shipped to sumpter and will be installed on the boat at once the operation of the dredge has proven that the gold center gravel can be profitably washed in this manner and with the increased power the capacity of the tha dredge will be greatly increased |