Show southwestern OREGON MINING NEWS by george W both placer and operating quartz properties are marking time awaiting for the rainy season to furnish water for operation as is also engineer dailey on the driving ahead of the ion long tunnes of the mount reuben mine where water is utilized for power for running compressors rainy season is is now about due and soon work will be on in full swing at the monthly meeting of the mining bureau a committee was appointed to arrange for a mineral exhibit at the northwest mining convention at spokane now in session sion and it is expected that the exhibit will be accompanied by a full sized delegation R C dempster of the federal dredging company Compa who has been drilling the pleasant creek valley during the past three months was a visitor at grants pass a few days ago V f L U stenger owner of the lucky mine on oil the pacific highway near canyonville Cany onville is now in ill telluride ore and smith emery of san francisco have given assay returns on oil a general sample of if ounces per ton aft ap ac rumors are rife of two big consolidations now under consideration in tile the grants pass district details are lack ing but there appears to be considerable grounds for th the 6 reports A F lange and son PI S langa of salem oregon have taken over the red boy mine on tile the divide divid e between sardine and water creek in the gold hill district and are now engaged in further development work A F lange lande is an old time alaska man iia having ving spent many years in the nome country lee scroggins of hornbrook california californi was a visitor at bureau heard quarters recently william liley a mining man f from ro m south africa is spending some time investigating the in mineral resources rc es of southwestern oregon |