Show I 1 W SALE OF GOLDEN STANDARD MINE I 1 X X X X W i SPECIAL correspondence X 9 X 0 o a a grants pass ore oct 10 the pickett creek mining district on rogue river a few miles below grants pass is enjoying a boom through the recent sale of the golden standard mine the property was purchased of henry booth by haviland metzger of toledo ohio and the consideration is the mine is to be deeply developed by the new owners and put in shape for extensive operation it is an immense gold and copper proposition and has been a regular shipper to the smelter but it is the inte intention nelon of haviland metzger to install a large reduction plant at the mine m ne haviland metzger are experienced copper miners having interests in arizona new mexico and montana mines development done by henry booth on the golden standard proves the proposition to be one of the biggest of its kind in this section of the state the ledge is from four to seven feet wide and carries values in copper and gold to the amount of 12 and 18 a ton and haviland will place a crew and begin the development of the mine at once manager W J morphy of the american gold fields company has been here for the past ten lays days making t an inspection of his companas comp anys property the granite hill mines of louse creek in company with his consulting engineer john ross jr of sutter creek cal A result of the investigation is the beginning of preparations for operating the granite hill on a much larger scale A contract has been made with the condon water power company by which horsepower will be supplied over the aluminum wire line of the condor company from gold ray an entire change will be made in the power supply and electricity substituted for steam A branch line will be run from the wire already strung to greenback poles are now being set and the new power will be conveyed to granite hill camp within a few days mr morphy has purchased electrical equipment including two mammoth pumps two compressors of seven drill capacity each motors transformers and all necessary apparatus for making the change from steam to electricity the largest of the two pumps will be set on the foot level of the mine where an immense station has been cut for it and the sump of gallons capacity scooped out As the entire flow of water comes from levels above the the whole mine can be drained from this sump and the pump with its capacity of gallons an hour can easily care for it tiie the ten stamps recently installed are now at work giving a total battery of twenty stamps for the new mill and the present showing of the mine warrants the announcement by q q J W 43 the management that twenty more stamps will be placed by may 1 of next year the maid of the mist mine on thompson creek was purchased a few days ago by wright hawkins of colorado tor for a consideration of if I f AT white the original owner of the mine has had the maid of the mist under development for the past two years and under his labors the property has made a fine showing returns of from 40 to a ton have been received on shipments of ore and assay returns of from 60 to 1000 a ton have been received on much of the ore chunks glittering with wire and flake gold have been brought in here from strikes in the property the new owners have placed a force and gone to work with a vim on the mine they expect to have it in shape for a small mill by next spring with the near approach of winter and its rain and water supply owners of placer mines are getting their diggings ready for piping it has been a long iong dry summer and the surface miners have had ample time to get their properties in shape for work ditches have been cleared and enlarged t new pipe lines laid and flumes blumes rebuilt two new hydraulic mines have been developed and equipped this summer in southern oregon and an d will begin business this winter all of the old properties will operate again e some of them on a bigger scale than ever the galice consolidated will have its big bedrock flume down and ready for the washing in of pay dirt the columbia will operate four giants instead of two and the royal group will have three monitors under a gravity head of feet tearing down the red clay gravel of the rich gulch diggings this property will also save considerable platinum this winter by the system of undercurrents under currents installed the deep gravel mines of waldo will be operated on a bigger scale than any past season and the success met in the saving of platinum values this past year has led manager wimer to make preparations for saving all this rare metal in the deep gravel in the future the golden drift mining company now operating two giants in the dry diggings will have its power dam enlarged and turbines and pumps installed to operate two more oren allen alien a representative of san francisco capital this week secured a purchasing bond on the gold note extension claims of grave creek near greenback the consideration is and by the terms ot of contract worth of development york work is to be done each month mr allen alien lir h placed a crew and will open up the erty DENNIS H STOVALL |