Show OREGON grants pass mining journal W J morphy general manager of the granite hill mine arrived from chicago today and has gone out to the property to look after the work in progress there he hopes to have the mine back on its former gait of production in the near future grants pass mining journal R N bishop formerly connected with the greenback mines left here this friday morning for the south we understand that both the Greenb greenback acX and the martha mines have been leased out the greenback to mr mclean formerly connected with the mine near yreka areka the martha has been leased to blalock and howe of golden granite gem E G stevenson who owns the claim at the old town of robinsonville has made what is really the most sensational strike of rich free gold ore for a number of years the ore is thoroughly oxidized and entirely free pan tests shows a string of gold in the pan that will cause a seasoned prospector to open his eyes picked assays essays as high as 1200 to the ton have been made from ore taken from the vein already he has about eighty tons of ore in the bin that he has sloped from the vein and will mill at the virginia mill about a quarter of a mile from the mine in taking out this ore the ledge was opened up to a depth of 30 feet from which point drifts run both ways on the ledge and the vein scoped out to the surface the ledge is about two feet wide with a tendency to widen as depth it attained in the bottom of the shaft it has a width of 30 inches with the values still holding good the drift to the north was driven 35 feet and to the south 45 feet the faces of both drifts are still in the same ame rich ore as that in the ore bin the ledge stands almost vertical and all indications point to the strike being a most important one when the mill run is com the vein will be thoroughly developed i 1 L I 1 I 1 |