Show X sc 9 ENLARGING THE GREENBACK MILL AILL X I 1 x c x r 9 9 SPECIAL correspondence X J ii grants pass ore sept 10 because of the enormous ore body uncovered and the e rich showing being made by the claims recently acquired by the company the greenback mining company is preparing to add dd thirty stamps to the battery of the i yer mill the addition will be made as y ss as the power wire line now being a from rora the power enterprise of the conjor company at gold ray is completed by y which ch the power supply for the green back to properties will be changed from steam electricity with the addition of the thirty arty PS there will be sixty stamps at work rk on the goo foot level where thirty te are the theve now employed empI oyed this in addition to tell n at work oak on the will give a total A battery of the p seventy stamps this will make greenback Ireen back not lot plant ant one of the largest if 0 the e largest I 1 in oregon gon as a ton cy V plant p I 1 is 8 also t my h installed ed on the prop beside asides the two mills when the change is made and all the new equipment placed that the greenback company has under way the mine will have a treating capacity of tons daily the martha mine adjoining the greenback which was acquired about a year ago is making a splendid showing a crew of fifty men being constantly employed in its development the martha is destined to become a larger and richer mine than the greenback and the operation of the two by the same people will make greenback camp a mining camp of importance for years to come the almeda and rand mining companies the properties of which are located on the big yank lode but on opposite banks of the rogue have been consolidated the ore of each property is practically the same and will require the same method of treatment and ae the stockholders of each have concluded that it is best for all concerned to effect a consolidation hence forth the company operating the two mines will be known as the almeda consolidated soli dated mining company with john wickham president and 0 M crouch manager each of these mines has over 1000 feet of development work done with several thousand tons of ore uncovered and on the dump one smelter for the treatment of the ores of the two mines will be built on the almeda the new wagon road giving a shorter and more direct route from the mine to the railroad will soon be completed from the almeda to leland on the main line of the southern pacific the ledge of both the almeda and rand is feet wide and carries 4 values in copper and gold with also a slight showing of silver A five stamp mill and equipment has been received here and is now on its way to the gold pick mine of sucker creek district this is the first modern stamp mill to be installed on sucker creek and the placing of a mill in the district within a year from the time of the original briggs strike is considered a good record for the district the gold pick has a ledge of remarkable richness the values being carried principally in free gold the new mill will be at work by the close of summer there are a number of other properties in the district that are in line for mills and will place equipment early next year manager ed staples of the briggs has been at the th e mine for the past month making an inspection of the property and laying plans fo for r the winters work all of the claim holders of the district are carrying in supplies and making ready for winter superintendent wickersham or of the granite hill has the cement foundation down and the timbers raised for the additional ten stamps that are to be placed in the granite hill mill the new equipment including both the additional stamps and the electric pumps will be placed and at work before the close of summer i two carloads of machinery have been bee n received and are now on their way to th the e dredger of abble abbie champlin on foots creek the machinery is principally electric appliances to take the place of the old steam apparatus and to conform to the change from steam power to electricity the power line has already been strung from the condor companas comp anys power dam at gold ray to the dredger ninety pounds of pure gold were shipped from here this week the seasons cleanup clean up for the deep gravel placer mines of waldo I 1 district in spite of the light rainfall these old placer diggings 0 made their usual fabulous showing the output for the four months run exchanging for coin of the realm to the amount of As only a few men were required to operate the mines and the other items of expense were comparatively low the margin of profit ad allowed the company was large an and big dividends are re realized I 1 |