Show SOUTHERN OREGON MINING NEWS special correspondence grants pass ore jan 27 the old opp mines consisting of both quartz and placer claims located near the pioneer town of jacksonville have been purchased sed by a company of eastern capitalists the consideration is the deal has just been closed walter de varila of this city being the reporting and examining mining engineer in the deal these old mines as placers were worked over fifty years ago and were a part of the first gold diggings of the state they were worked out or at least worked as completely as the crude methods of the early days would allow several years ago but since that time the quartz ledges on the hills above had been explored and the source of the great quantity of placer gold that is found in ie diggings below has been uncovered the veins are found to be true fissures and carry high values in both free gold and sulphur ets the mines are well opened up and a vast body of ore is uncovered it is the intention of the new company to put in a forty stamp mill so soon as they have developed the mines sufficiently to warrant it the branch railroad that runs into jacksonville from the main line of the southern pacific will be extended out to the mine and can be built directly to the mill these mines anen fully developed and equipped will become one of the greatest producing properties in the state the teamsters employed have just completed the dorkof work of hauling in the new machinery for the greenback mine of the grave greek creek district from the railroad a distance of eight miles all told ninety tons of new machinery has been hauled out to the greenback and the greater part has been installed an entirely new fifteen stamp mill has been built which with the fifteen stamps already at work will make a battery of thirty stamps it was the intention of the greenback company at first to reduce the old mill from fifteen to five stamps when the new mill was but they have recently decided to let the old mill pound on as it has been doing successfully for the past two years the new mill is situated farther down the hill and will be able to take dare care of the lower levels of the mine without the labor and expense of hoisting the greenback mine is opened to a depth of feet and has over 1000 worth of ore blocked out above this level the veins are from three to five feet in width and carry values of from 18 to 35 per ton 75 per cent of which is free C C higgins a mining man of salt lake city has secured a bond for a consideration on the baby baba mineana mine and at present has a crew of men at work giving the baby a thorough and systematic develop ment the baby like many otiler good quartz pro properties in this section of the state has ha siong long needed capital and enterprise se and now that it has these in the person and representation resen tation of mr higgins I its complete success is assured the baby is one of the few quartz properties known anywhere that can boast of paying for its own develop development nent several years ago a two stamp mill was i t erected upon it and has bee been n quite quit e steadily at work the baues obtained from the rock removed in the process of running the tunnels and sinking the shafts throng through the agency of this little mill have not only 6 paid for the development but has also paid tor for the mill and all other machinery installed the baby is ope opened by three levels two direct tunnels and a blind or lower one by these and the shaft sunk from the third or lower level the mine is well opened up and the ledges shown to good advantage the richest ore has been struck on the blind and in the main ledge tapped by the shaft sunk from the lower level the ore of the loy L oy is remarkably rich being mainly free much of it gives returns of per ton the hydraulic placer mines of the southern oregon districts are all enjoying the best run this season they have ever known before clue aue to the almost unbroken rains and the good snowfall in the mountains the output of placer gold from this section bids fair to be a record breaker one new placer mine of importance has been recently added to southern Or egons list at least ic c can be well called a nv mine as it is an old one so completely ie formed and repaired that it could not now be recognized as the same property this is the old booth desera mine on jump off joe creek they athey were purchased several weeks ago by tom dark clark a brother of senator dark clark of montana mr dark clark put in ill longer and better ditches repaired the flumes blumes increased the water supply and pressure put in new piping installed an electric light plant for night work and transformed the mines generally he is now operating two big giants night and day and is moving a vast amount of dirt in spite of the fact that he got to work late he will get in a run of several months and enjoy a good cleanup clean up before the dry season arrives the st helens galice mining company which operates placer mines on galice creek has just declared its regular monthly dividend of one half cent per share the december cleanup clean up of these mines was a big one |