Show OREGON oliver E connor jr manager at the golden chariot property near sumpter reports that the property has been and is to be prospected from the level with a diamond core drill the vein eln is ten feet wide on this level and values are 75 per cent free milling the cornucopia mines company operating at cornucopia under the management of robert M betts has just let a contract to E 0 hendrix for development work on the gus rogers claims of the company this is promising ground showing values in gold and copper the present contract calls for 1500 worth of work A test run of fifty tons of tungsten ore from the cliff mine located near baker has been put through the virtue mill at that place with satisfactory results the ore was milled as a test of its concentrating qualities and a second run is to be made later the cliff is owned by IV E king I ing and is under the management of K 0 mcewan this is the first tungsten ore ever experimented with in the district the american zinc lead Si Sm elting company of boston lias has bonded the eureka excelsior properties at bourne and will proceed at once with a thorough examination the shaft is to be and the property sampled carload shipments will be made for the purpose of determining exact values and methods of treatment the mine has been idle for a long time but is stated to have been a big producer in the past it is owned by jonathan bourne the california manganese company which has seven or eight camps of men at work in the hills of josephine county has about 1000 tons of chromic iron ore ready for shipment and has started it to market using kerby as a common center ore bins have been built there and auto trucks are employed to carry the ore to the railroad it is expected that the output for josephine josephie county this year will equal the entire production for the united states during 1915 when the total was tons valued at the product is used in the manufacture of many of the higher grades of steel |