Show OREGON 1 craite gem one of the late improvements put in at the monumental by manager allen alien is a telephone line from the hoist station in the mine to the mill grants pass mining journal W J wlmer r general manager of df the deep gravel mining company of waldo brought in a short time ago a good sized partial cleanup sumpter miner A reduction plant at the overland mine will be aree erected ted next spring work will begin as soon as the weather permits M B D dain bain general manager of the overland who returned this week from an extended eastern trip in the interest of his company visited the mine wednesday to inspect the work accomplished during his absence he returned to sumpter yesterday he found that during the tha last two months the miners at the overland under the foremanship of frank mccarvel have accomplished rapid work in hi extending drifts and opening ore reserves grants pass mining journal on monday of this week a carload of machinery arrived here for the grants pass iron and steel works consisting of a machine that can handle iron up to 36 inches wide and 12 inches thick and to any length and a turning lathe with a 16 foot bed able to handle probably the largest shafting that is likely to be required dorany for any machine in this section another machine was a drill press in the shipment was a 5 ton cupola for the foundry which with the 21 ton now in use will give the foundry good equipment for casting almost anything grants pass courier another thompson creek claim that is being developed is that belonging to G H john whitehead and hammon fisher and is located on spring gulch two miles from applegate the ore taken out is quite rich in free gold and for some time past the owners have operated an by horsepower that being a slow expensive od and having a water power in the gulch that is available for most of the time during the wet season they are now at work building a water wheel and flume and expect to have it in operation in a short time this ledge is near the old wells pocket from which was taken over some years ago and it too gives indication of being a rich producer of the yellow metal grants pass mining journal A B cousin manager of the galice consolidated mines company and his superintendent ed F terry were up from their property last saturday mr cousin says he has just re turned from the east and has been spending a few days at the mines he reports they have three faints at work and plenty of water glendale news work is progressing rapidly on the martha property on which the greenback company recently took a bond the completion of the new compressor plant put renewed life into the mine by means of powder drills it is the expectation of manager R N bishop to open the property with great dispatch the showing in the main shoot is very encouraging when the ore body already indicated has been docked clocked out a small mill could be put in commission with assurance of continuous work we understand der stand it is the intention of the company to erect a 40 stamp mill on the martha property the coming summer sumpter miner judge newbury is in receipt of advices advises from mormon basin stating that 20 inches of immensely rich ore has been struck in the tarbell group adjoining the morning star of which judge newbury is manager the tarbell is owned by tarbell of rye valley and reynolds and gorman of baker city it was recently under bond to a new york and philadelphia syndicate but the property reverted to the original owners after the syndicates representative had lost the vein on the marseilles another abutting property a big body of cyaniding cyan iding ore has been opened by J D voss good ore is showing in the morning star |