Show interesting NEWS FROM OREGON cleLl correspondence grants pass ore oct 10 the big power dam of the condor water power company across rogue river at tolo will be fully completed in about two weeks then will begin the installation of machinery ore carrying values of over 1000 a ton is being taken from the foot level of the kremer palmer mine on mount reuben A 10 stamp mill is operated the benton mine on mount reuben is being rapidly developed its owners have in view the installation of a 30 or 40 stamp mill next year F 11 osgood a seattle railroad and mining ng man has been here of late inspecting his extensive placer mining interests in southern josephine county the osgood placers will begin their third years work this winter they are being shaped for a bigger business than ever the waratah mineral company a department of the company of philadelphia is installing a platinum mining plant at the royal group placer mines of galice creek district the plant will be capable of handling many hundred tons of platinum concentrates each season the old channel hydraulic placer ermines mines of galice district which have been operated by the old channel mining company for a number of years will be operated from henceforth by J R harvey superintendent of the mines the name of the placers has been changed from old channel to royal group this name is given them from the fact of their producing all of the metals of the royal group in both the free and concentrate state the big horse power boiler recently hauled out to the granite hill mines on louse creek has been set up and is now supplying power to the five stamp mill and the new hoists and compressors one air drill is being operated in the new vertical double compartment shaft that is being run down to the lower levels levels and a number of others are at work in the stopa and iq drifts the big boiler will also supply power for the new 10 stamp mill that is being built an all assay office completely equipped is one of the new features of these mines the granite hill properties are fast forging to the front under the enterprising management of W J morphy president and general manager of the american gold fields company who a few months ago became the owner of the mines the dutch johnnie hydraulic placer mine on rogue river below grants pass which has been in litigation for a number of years has finally been cleared of all entanglement by the courts and is now the property of W H flannagan FIan nagan of this city who will operate it this winter mr flannagan FIan nagan has a number of men at work getting the piping and flumes blumes in shape for business and one or two giants will be set to work with the arrival of water the diggings of this old mine are very rich the banks lie from 60 to 85 feet in depth and carry gold from the grass roots to the bedrock there is water enough to keep the giants busy eight or nine months in the year the yellow horn mine located near the mining camp of placer on grave creek was recently bonded of H H conger by R E brom the consideration was mr brom has been developing the yellow horn for some time and is highly pleased with results obtained the mine is located on the opposite oppose te side of the divide from the famous greenback and is no doubt a part of the same mineral zone as the general character of the ore and of the country rock is the same the people who are developing the yellow horn are men of means and enterprise and are determined to work the property to its fullest capacity once it is properly opened up there is a six foot ledge edge of ore that gives returns of from 30 up into the hundreds a ton there are a number of others quartz properties around placer that are showing up well with development and the little mining town is one of the thriftiest thrift iest camps in southern oregon the big I 1 columbia hydraulic mine is located directly in the town an important mining sale was made here recently in the transfer of the mountainview Mountain view copper companas comp anys copper mines of the waldo district to the vulcan copper company of san francisco the consideration of the sale is the mines were formerly owned by S A vance the mountainview Mountain view copper mines are among the best developed copper properties of the waldo district they were known as the sowell mines for a number of years being the property of sowell bros brog and it was they who developed them they have since been equipped with a 30 ton vulcan smelter and other machinery for the treatment of copper ore there are several hundred feet of tunnels and drifts the ore body opened up is a splendid one the ledges being wide and the quartz a high grade bronze A B cousin manager of the galice consolidated soli dated placer mines on galice has a crew of twenty men at work operating a small saw mill and getting these properties ready to begin an early seasons work these diggings will be operated on twice as large a scale as formerly from this winter forward the quartz discovery recently made by mattison mitchell on galice is assuming immense proportions with development the lucky prospectors have christened their find the flying dutchman and they have discovered it to possess a tw foot ledge traceable on the surface for a distance of or more feet with values that run from 40 to a ton DENNIS H STOVALL |