Show 0 IN CANYON CA YON CREEK E DISTRICT special correspondence 0 grants pass ore jan K 8 another rich strike has been made in the tellurium mines of canyon creek district southern josephine county A few weeks ago a number of claims located on canyon creek were purchased by J monroe layman manager of the comstock mining milling company mr layman outfitted a number of men and set them to work developing the claims one of his men came into grant pass a few days ago bringing a quantity of samples and a story of a fabulous strike in the canyon creek district he said they went down but twenty five feet on one of the cla claims t ims when they uncovered a vein carrying very high values in tellurium and free gold the rock is shot thickly with yellow metal and tellurium the claims purchased by mr layman of the comstock company will be thoroughly developed and in the meantime kauffman perkins luce who also have claims in the district are developing and operating and have already brought several loads of rich rock into the pass shipping it to the smelter others are outfitting outwitting out fitting and making ready to go into the district and prospect this more recent strike has given added impetus to the excitement formerly created and all available claims will be taken up the district districts is located twelve miles south of the old mining town of kerby from which place the district is reached by pack trail the waldo smelting smelling Sm elting mining company has elected the following officers for the coming year chas L tutt of colorado springs president and general manager K R babbitt of denver vice president spencer Pen penrose rosey of colorado springs secretary directors chosen were chas L tutt K R babbitt J A hull of san francisco C M mcneill of new york and J OB gunn and colonel T W M draper of san francisco the extensive copper coppe r properties of the waldo smelting smelling Sm elting mining company are located in thib the waldo district of southern josephine county and are among the best if not the best developed develop ed copper mines in oregon they would heave have been thrown into active oM operations p rations long ago had transportation arta facilities been such as to warrant it but the mines are located forty miles from grants pass the nearest railway point and the mountain roads make empra impracticable C t able the hauling of coke and the hauling out of the company is largely matte by team interested in the newly surveyed california railroad which will run oregon ofelon coast to F eurea durea cal through grants pass pasi f from born district and di directly rectY past the the W waldo aldo waldo smelting smelling Sm elting mining mines gr 0 the tb company kompany in the event of this road being built which is assured this coming summer the mines of the waldo smelting smelling Sm elting mining company will at once begin active opera eions they will build a small smelter t this h Is summer anyway and operate the mines on as extensive a scale as circumstances will allow the greenback gold mining company whose celebrated property the greenback of josephine county is among the richest mines of the coast has elected the following officers william H brevoort of new york president eben smith of denver vice president carey cagey W thompson formerly of greenback superintendent and manager the year just closed has been a very successful one for the greenback as it has been equipped with nearly double the plant that its owners originally thought possible it now operates two mills one of 40 and the other ot of 10 stamps together with a ton daily capacity cyanide plant the mine is opened to a depth of over 1000 feet and has at least tons of ore blocked out orethal ore that averages 16 a ton A good strike has been made at the old bone of contention mine of the williams creek district the bone of contention has in former years been true to its name but more re recently dently it has been undergoing a systematic development with good results an eight stamp mill has been placed at the bone of contention and the whole property is being well opened up and overhauled by forbes mcclung montana mining men who have ful confidence in iff the bone ofton yet becoming a prominent southern oregon mine jack layton a veteran southern oregon placer miner is getting his hydraulic properties of the williams district in shape to begin the springs piping mr layton has an exceptionally good water 9 supply for his s placers so good indeed that he finds it profitable to lease his rights out to other miners during the winter months and operating his own during the dry season when all other placers are idle the diggings biggings of the layton placers carry flattering values in coarse gold the giants are operated under a foot head the go golden iden drift mining company has suspended work 0 on n their big power dam across rogue river near grants pass for the winter and will install pumps and turbines next spring two c carloads of machinery have been received here this past week f for or the granite I jill hill mines of the louse creek district of the american these mines are the properties gold fields company the new ma chinery is composed of the big drums and cables boiler engine etc of the new 8 hoist that wil take the place of the older and smaller one DENNIS H |