Show OREGON nels ogilvie who has been sinking a shaft on the property of george dewitt near galena has suspended operations there under orders from the owner mr dewitt has leased a chrome producer on the south fork of the john day river and is planning active development superintendent harry sordy of the oregon chrome mine located near galice reports that improvements to the road to the property are being pushed from both ends and rapidly nearing completion the cam company has a big tonnage of commercial ore ready for shipment and conditions at the property are looking exceedingly promising the briggs creek district located awen ty three miles from the waters creek terminal of the california oregon coa coast st railroad now has a pr producer of chrome ore the property is operated by a portland company and is under the management of R A spencer road building is now under way with the present shipping being done on pack animals for a distance of eight miles manager A C hoffman of the del norte claim owners association has returned from an extended trip to chicago where he went on company business it is expected that mining operations will be resu resumed nied immediately on the corporations holdings located near waldo the group consists of fifty nine claims and is said to be a promising property the del norte company purchased the waldo townsite early in the year A dispatch from prairie city states that arthur has purchased the interest of arthur ray in a new chrome location on baldy mountain in the indian creek section at a price of 2500 R C reese and john howell have purchased the interest of john phipps another of the locators at a stated price of 2000 jess mcmurdo another of the original owners will hold his interest and help develop the property development work is expected to commence at once |