Show mine and mill f operation io in southern Sout bern bero oregon grants pass ore april 11 manager campbell of the campbell hydraulic placer elevator company of san francisco was here this past week and made an inspection of the placer mines of the galice consolidated company which company will install a tubular on its lower diggings in the near future the purpose of the elevator will be to make available a large area of channel that cannot be reached by present methods colonel J S crawford of philadelphia has returned to grants pass after an absence of several months in the east and has resumed the management of the cleopatra group of copper mines in del norte county cat cal colonel crawford will make his headquarters in grants pass and will push the development of his properties with all speed he will receive the assistance ol of eastern capital in the development of the cleopatra the sidney and ohio claims of the group are being opened up and it is upon these that special attention will be tent centered ered an initial run of the new mill of the mckinley mine of shelly creek district was made this past week and the first brick secured the mckinley is under the management of colonel T W draper of san francisco colonel draper assumed charge of the mckinley a little over one year ago and since that time has given the property a thorough development removed a large amount of ore and placed a five stamp mill and plant the mill is ope operated abed by a pelton wheel deriving its water vater supply by flume from sucker creek the mckinley vein averages fifteen inches and the ore gives returns of 25 a ton george bowers who has been opening up a cinnabar prospect in the meadows district has struck a fine body of ore that yields flattering returns to assays essays and tests and on account of the extent of the mineral minera I 1 he is negotiating with a manufacturing concern coni for the installation of a retorting and reduction plant for extracting the quicksilver from the cinnabar the bowers property is opened to a depth of feet the vein at this depth shows a width of fo ty five feet between walls with a dip to the east of 60 degrees the west wall is serpentine while the east wall is sandstone and lime there are several very promising cinnabar prospects in the meadows district some of which are well cevelo developed ped and from which considerable quicksilver has been taken in making tests A good deposit of asbestos has been struck on Starve out creek of the cow can yon yen district and is being developed by curtis brothers samples of asbestos from the deposit depolt have been tested and prove of good quality the texture and fibre fabre being all that could be desired the property will be well developed and operated on an extensive scale if results continue to be satisfactory for a number of years it has been known that asbestos occurred in the southern oregon mineral belt float and small deposits of I 1 the mineral having been found in the southern and western portion of josephine county but not till this recent discovery has it t been thought probable that it occurs i in commercial quantity the monumental mine of shelley creek has been under development for over a year past by the waldo smelting smelling Sm elting mining company under the management of col D W draper the monumental has made an excellent showing the ore body has proved a vast one and the values in free gold and concentrates are strong and regular throughout the body of quartz col T W draper now announces that his company has decided to purchase the monumental the first payment was made in march practically closing the deal the consideration is not given out A mill and reduction plant will be placed this summer the ore of the monumental is smelting smelling sm elting free milling and concentrating and for this reason and that of the extent of the ore bady a large plant will be necessary work has begun in real earnest in the construction of the new smelter for the waldo copper mines at takilma Ta kilma it is evident that the takilma smelting smelling Sm elting company which is behind the project means business albert I 1 goodell who has been put in charge of the work of erecting the smelter and who will superintend its operation has assumed his duties mr goodell was in charge of a large british columbia smelter up to the time he accepted the position offered by the takilma smelting smelling Sm elting company the work of putting up the buildings will proceed without delay the main smelter building will be feet fifty teams will be employed hauling material and machinery from grants pass to takilma Ta kilma machinery is expected to arrive by the first of may and the plant will be in ope operation rahon by the middle of summer or by the first of september at latest tutt penrose and mcneil colorado mining men who have made a success of every enterprise fostered by them are at the head of the ta kilma smelting smelling Sm elting company it was these men who gave to colorado the united states reduction refining company and which in turn has placed some six or more smelters shelters sm elters and reduction plants in the silver state they are also at the head of the utah copper Coff company iVany w alch has just completed arld and set in operation a mill in Bilig bingham hara canyon utah it will be an easy task for them to build at takilma Ta kilma josephine county Or egons best and largest smelter DENNIS H STOVALL |