Show WOMEN MINERS IN SOUTHERN OREGON special correspondence grants pass ore may 10 the gold fields of the southern oregon mineral zone appear to be particularly attractive to women at least this section has its share oi of women miners and there is no gainsaying gain saying tat it has bas profited thereby A visitor to the forest queen hydraulic mine near grants pass will find a handsome woman busily engaged about the diggings operating a giant retorting gold or even bucking the boulders on the bedrock this woman is mrs eisenbacher bacher but she was formerly miss pipes and was one of the st stunning sadie girls with the popular anna held company in the little duchess last year mrs eisenbacher bacher quit the stage and became a full partner with her fath er and brother in the operation of the for est quen mine with a woman always about to assist the season has been a successful one at the tae forest queen t though I 1 had become fascinated with the life behind the footlights said mrs eisenbacher bacher to a mining review correspondent dent 1 I am equally so with the life of a A I 1 gold df digger ger in southern oregon there are few spots anywhere prettier than that where the forest queen is located mrs eisenbacher bacher being a sadie girl is of course handsome she would have this season been a la mode girl in the same popular company but she was induced by aher F her father ho is a prominent colorado and i idaho miner to give up the stage and ii live ive a 1 life of greater ease and freedom in the southern oregon mountains the mining review correspondent also carne came unexpectedly upon another woman miner a woman piper if you please in a southern oregon mine she is mrs M E moore A and this lady like the other mentioned is a full partner in a placer mine mrs moore is a piper an expert piper not the kind hind the scotch highlanders High landers know so much about but a hydraulic mining piper the operator of a hydraulic giant every day ahlis woman is at her post beside the giant long before the sun is up and she remains rein ains thare throughout the shift none know better than she how best to swerve the big bi nozzle to drive an avalanche of boulders down the gulch ahead of the giants stream scattering them like a handful of bullets shot from a catapult or how to bring that long and deep growl to the monster as it cuts and gnaws deep at the base of the towering red clay bank till a great slab of a thousand tons topples and falls with a crash from the mountainside mrs moore has been a partner of her husband in the mining business for nearly twenty years she has followed the trails through tho the mining regions of colorado 1 montana arizona california and oregon prospecting pocket hunting digging always on the lookout for a coor color a strike a bonanza she has traveled hundreds of miles on pack pony and burro through the snow and over burning sands those twenty years spent altogether out of doors have been days of perfect health for her yes said she mining is the life for me I 1 love it I 1 love the freedom of the mountains and the ozone of the pines there is no other life like it none as enjoyable for me at least MINING NOTES H E booth a pickett picket creek miner and rancher recently uncovered a pocket vein on his claim from which he removed over 1200 the vein gives indications of being a permanent proposition and will be thoroughly developed ve aped by mr booth the thirty ton cyanide plant purchased for the oro fino mine of the jump off joe district has arrived and will be hauled out to the mine as soon as the roads allow this plant was formerly in use at the parnell mine near kalama washington the new ten stamp mill of the granite hill mines will be ready for its maiden run in a few days the present battery is one of but ten stamps the mill house and general equipment will accommodate a battery of thirty or cr forty stamps manager W J morphy of the american gold fields company owner of the granite hill mines will arrive from chicago in a few days to inspect the property of his company the yank group of quartz mines on rogue iver of the galice district has been sold by W P cope to seattle people for a consideration of there are acres embraced by the yank group holdings and they include both quartz and p placer ace acer r diggings the latter iatter being equipped with a good hydraulic plant the quartz mine is well developed md is located directly on the famous famo us big yank ledge and adjoins the allen alien mine which was recently purchased by duluth mining men for DENNIS ia H STOVALL |