Show OREGON glendale news the nicholas brothers have done considerable work on their placer mine on union creek below west fork ditches for conducting the water have been made for miles piping placed etc S R miller who has charge of the shively mine which is also operated by the nicholas boys has received orders to increase his force of men by about a dozen more and the shively will be worked to the fullest extent myrtle creek mail at a meeting of the stockholders of the little chieftain mining company last saturday evening the option of held by the hamilton brothers was accepted and the business oi of the company was closed up and the corporation dissolved glendale news G gilbertson has bought from R A jones the old isabell mine on cow crek a mile north of reuben also dam and flume mr gilbertson expects to erect a IG 16 foot dam on the property next summer brownsville Browns ville times W W and elbert robe E V maddox and george bonney owners of the everlasting jack mine on the Cala pooai side of the blue river mining district came out friday to spend the holidays at home they brought with them a sack of gold the result of a very satisfactory to ry clean up from a two stamp prospect mill with which they have been making a test of the ores in the everlasting jack after the holidays they will return tb the another tunnel on a lower mine and run level striking the ore body at a much greater depth and if the bre ore on this level proves as good as that above arrangements will be made at once for the installation of a suitable mill on the property grants pass courier the homestake Home stake mine near woodville of which frank trowbridge is superintendent is now to become one of the leading producing mines of southern oregon the mine is equipped with a five stamp mill operated from time heretofore by a gasoline engine electric power has now been put in and it is expected to start the mill by the new power with the first of the year the electric current is to be supplied by the condor company by a branch line from the gold ray grants pass main line eight men are now employed at the homestake Home stake in carrying on development work and this force will be increased in the near future when the mine is in full operation as it will be both day clay and night baker city inland miner on his return from the indiana mine a few days since general manager messenger reported that he had broken into a new ore body that carries higher copper values than any rock before found in the mine on the 3 00 foot level the crosscut from the shaft encountered the ledge for which they were driving at that point the vein proved to be forty feet wide drifting has been in progress for a week through this high grade ore which six feet wide and solid mr kessener Mes sener had not received his assay returns when spoken to by a miner representative but no assay was needed to see that the rock carries big values this is merely another confirmation of the claim that the indiana is one of the great copper propositions of the world A reduction plant would seem to be the next number on the program |