Show lei im IN lei to to lei lot lei IN IN IN IN lei 1 total me lei tell WILL HARNESS THE ROGUE RIVER specia correspondence the mining review 9 I 1 WI of mimi wa of WI lot M ma of of 01 IN grants pass ore june 26 after this summer the old rogue a boiling frothing river that cuts directly through the heart of the southern oregon mining li strict will be harnessed or at least in part mining men and irrigating companies are beginning to realize the power and worth of a stream that flows over miners inches of water at its lowest stage the condor water power company of new york a close corporation of which dr C R ray a prominent southern oregon mining man is manager is putting in a large power dam across above this city the company begun the dam last summer but were obliged to cease operations when winter and floods arrived they have now resumed work with a vim and ana will have the enterprise completed by the close of the summer over men are now at work and so busy has the scene of operations become that it is a thriving little town and has been christened golden ray aside from diverting a large canal of water tor for irrigating arid lands some horsepower will be generated by the turbines that will be installed this power will be largely used for coir mining purposes farther on down the river and nearer this city is the dry diggings and here again a busy scene is found here the golden drift mining company of chicago is putting in a big power dam across the rogue this dam is larger than that being constructed ted by the condor water power company its immediate purpose will be to pump water to the giants of the golden drift mining company in their placer mines of the dry diggings by this method they hope to keep four or five giants at work night and day all the time and not be obliged to suffer the embarrassment of waiting five or six months for the to supply water which seems altogether unnecessary when it is considered that the rogue flows directly past their diggings it was this fact that suggested suggest bd the idea of using some of the wasting energy of the powerful stream the company will also operate two or more irrigating ditches and work great good for the and farmers of this section of the state power will be also supplied surrounding mines and factories in this city W H brevoort of new york president of the greenback gold mining company owner of the rich and noted greenback mine of grave creek has lately made a trip of inspection to his property giving orders as to the installation of the recently purchased machinery the st helens galice mining company and the galice hydraulic mining company of galice which own and operate adjoining placer claims on galice creek are each installing or rather constructing a huge storage reservoir by which they hope to keep their giants at work all summer at least in the day time the st helens galice is still at work the galice hydraulic mining company has a saw mill at work cutting lumber for new and larger flumes blumes the old channel mines of galice owned by the old channel mining company of chicago is making its final cleanup clean up As the company has had a long run and moved a vast amount of dirt it expects a good cleanup one giant will be operated in these placers all summer the bannock gold dredging company of bannock mont has purchased extensive placer claims on foots creek and will operate one or more of its dredges upon them the placer fields of foots creek are very rich but cannot cannot be worked by the ordinary hydraulic mining method A dredger it is believed will solve the problem A machine will be brought in and set up at an early date A company of english capitalists has purchased the barnett placers of western josephine county in the illinois district and will try its luck at surface mining in southern oregon they will make a new mine of the barnett the ditches will be enlarged and lengthened and the water supply greatly increased in fact the mine will be put in shape to do a large business A company of seattle men has purchased four placer claims on california bar illinois district and will improve and equip them with a large hydraulic mining plant these placers have been worked in a desultory way for many years past and have produced as high as a day by the ground sluice plan the new mine will be ready for work by the beginning of the next hydraulic mining season DENNIS H STOVALL |