Show OREGON grants pass mining journal M F guyer was wag in from greenback thursday and friday 1 at t which place he has been at work erecting buildings and enlarging a mill for greenback G M co they are now at work on building about a mile of tramway from the martha mine to the greenback mill sumpter american cap ailene case left saturday afternoon for spokane to confer with hendryx and hanauer regarding the taber fraction mine following the conference he went to denver to give personal attention to tests on shipments from the mine fo 0 o the leading metallurgical lurg ical works of that city and before returning will purchase the needed ma chinery for the improved mill of increased capacity sumpter american H H ames general manager of the morning mine passed through thursday en route to baker city for a few days business visit he stated the drift on the parallel vein was continuing to open up fine milling ore and the mill handling about twenty five tons daily it was not decided yet just when a crosscut would be made from the parallel to the main vein but the work would be taken up this season after the present drift had reached beneath the rich ore shoot in the upper workings gold hill news it is currently reported on the streets that J J houck who is working the ross lode on blackwell hill has opened out a fine body of ore and is now drifting from the bottom of the shaft on a four or five foot ore streak which will run from 20 to 60 per ton this property has produced very high grade ore in the past and there is no reason to doubt the statements made of the recent strike this strike illustrates what can be done on many an abandoned prospect now lying idle die in this vicinity ashland tribune recent work on the properties of the cyanide gold mining company three miles northwest of ashland have disclosed a new extensive deposit of marine cemented gravel the gravel has the appearance of being one time an ocean bed onto which for ages the gold held in solution in the sea water has been caused to by some chemical or electrical effect besides the fine flour gold this gravel contal contains ns large quantities of black sand which runs high in platinum values and magnetic iron ore used for making fine steel tools and instruments grants pass courier E E R dixon and george hall have bought the challenge mine located at provolt on maple gulch better known as kiesling gulch from sharp bros who recently moved to grants pass and purchased a 60 acre farm one mile east of that place the new owners are installing a new steam five stamp mill and the machinery is being hauled out to the mine from the pass as fast as the roads will permit if the mine runs into base ore which it is apt to do a cyanide plant will be installed which will enable them to handle candle the ore very easily applegate has always been to the front in placer m mines I 1 nes and we hope it will soon be to the front in quartz mines |