Show WILL EQUIP PLACER PROPERTY special correspondence spokane wash dec 24 W J harris a well known mining man and capitalist of spokane returned this week from quartz creek near orofino idaho where he has been for several days looking after his interests in that district mr harris owns acres of virgin placer ground on quartz creek and its tributaries tributa ries and is planning to build a dredge to work the property the ground was located by mr harris in 1899 since which time he has expended 20 prospecting it sinking pits and drilling to bedrock the pay dirt averaging from six to fourteen feet in depth it is reported that the whole gulch is mineralized carrying values in fine gold of 15 cents per cubic yard that will run fully 1650 per ounce the engineers estimate indicates there are cubic yards of earth and at the conservative figure of 10 cents per yard the ground is expected to yield mr harris says he will build a dredge to cost about with a capacity of 0 2500 cubic yards every twenty four hours and it is estimated that the expense will not exceed 3 cents per yard the dredge will be operated by electric power the current to be generated by a steam plant located on the ground conditions for operations are ide ideal al there being an abundance of water plenty of fine timber a sawmill already in operation and the ground easily worked mr harris expects to have the plant in operation by august 1 1915 A company will be incorporated under the name of the quartz creek placer mines quartz creek is thirty miles east of orofino and in the old pierce mining district which already has a record of over in gold production |