Show GAUGE GALICE CREEK GOLD MINES SPECIAL correspondence grants pass ore dec 18 for fifty years galice district has been a aromi prominent nent placer gold producer but not until recent seasons has any attempt been made to locate quartz ledges the excellent returns received on quartz veins opened up has caused much quartz activity in that district and this year a half score properties are under development the golden wedge tunnel is now in over feet and some 1200 feet of underground work has been done the ledge is four feet wide and the values run about 50 per cent free A small mill is operated and over worth of ore has been crushed during the development of the mine it is now the property of maryland people george W kirkley being manager mr kirkley is now at the mine superintend ing operations the management contemplates the driving in of a long tunnel at the base of the hill below the old workings and placing a large mill the black jack group of 0 galice district is being developed by robert jackson owner this group has produced some phenomenally no rich ore and more than has been taken from the ledge in recent years mr jackson with one assistant has taken out as much as and per day on the jackson crushing the ore in a hand mortar the gold removed thus far has more than paid the cost of development the rand and almeda properties which are located about three miles down galice and on opposite sides of rogue river are at present idle awaiting the settlement of difficulties that have arisen in the consolidation of the two properties both companies are employing a few men witting cutting timber and building roads a highway with an easy grade being under construction construct don from the almeda mine to leland the nearest railway point this road will shorten the distance from the mine to the railroad and obviate the crossing of rogue river as is done now by going into the camp from merlin I 1 A rich surface find was made this past week in the gold hill district by the uncovering of a pocket ledge the strike was made on an extension of the A alice lice and roaring gimlet claims two men prospecting on the claims found the treasure and took out over in a couple of days shipping the gold to the refinery through the gold hill bank the gold hill district and especially ally that about the roaring gimlet mine has long been noted for its surface diggings the roaring gimlet has produced several rich strikes the bunches yielding from to each and it is still a mere prospect with a single inclined shaft in the same district the famous and original gold hill pocket was discovered during the latter part of the sixties this find yielded the three men who found it over within a few short weeks A large cyanide plant and mill is being placed on the monumental mine of shelly creek the plant will have a total treating capacity of tons daily the new machinery is now being set up and will be ready to begin work by early spring the natural water power near the will be used in operating the mill and plant the monumental is the property of the waldo smelting smelling Sm elting and Re refining finin company of san francisco under the management of col T W draper the property has made an excellent showing during the past year its development has been very rapid the ledge is from seven to eight feet wide and is composed of friable quartz carrying constant values in free gold copper and silver are also carried in considerable quantities the property is opened by tunnel and shaft to a depth of feet it is located well up on the siskiyou you but is easily accessible at all seasons development operations have been resumed on the properties of the rogue river quicksilver mining company and on other cinnabar claims of elk creek district upper rogue river rich strikes have recently been made on the mammoth claim owned by hamilton jackson and also on the properties of the rogue river company the owners of the mammoth have been quietly at work for several months and have run several hundred feet of tunnel opening up three separate and distinct ledges of high grade cinnabar it is the belief of the management that all three ledges will unite on the deeper levels A crusher and retort are in place on the properties of the rogue river company and considerable quicksilver has been reduced from the ore but the plant is used principally for experimental and testing purposes and to assist in the general development of the mines |