Show OREGON granite gen we are reliably informed that the alamo mine will be reopened shortly also that operations will be started soon at the ora fino all reports from the alamo district indicate a very prosperous summer for that locality granite gem the raise in the ajax vein at the magnolia has veen been completed besides giving free circulation of air in the underground workings the raise has opened up tip a large body of exceptionally good ore the ten stamps at the mill are now in commission and the returns are said to be proving very satisfactory grants pass mining journal last saturday john hall fall of our city brought in samples of rich ore from his new discovery on his hall group of mines on jordan gulch near placer mr hall has five claims on his group which he has been developing for the past four or flye five years and from which he had already found some good ore but this last strike is ahead of them all grants pass mining journal W stewart and wm bates two mining men from myrtle creek were in town wednesday and thursday mr stewart is manager of the continental G M co near myrtle creek in conversation with him hesayo he says his company has twenty men at work and they are now putting in a tenton ten ton cyanide tank this company has a 50 ton roller mill upon the property granite gem ni berkeley informs us that he has leased the buffalo mine mina to W W elmer and mr both of whom are prominent pro mient in mining circles of sumpter these gentlemen will operate the mines for a year handling the ores on a royalty it has been decided to concentrate the ore before shipping to smelter and this summer will see a concentrating plant installed at the property the plans for the new plant have not been definite decided on as yet sumpter american free gold taken from the AI Al is the latest news from fred mcdonald and john buchanan who are driving the work at this valuable property the AI Al is located just this side of the present need and is in a district that has long been recognized as being extreme extremely ly rich the ledge just struck was an unknown quantity till it was uncovered by a blast several days clays ago the pay ore is about six inches in width and a sample prospectors pan yielded about sixty cents it seems to be the opinion of those who have seen the new strike that the boys operating the property ought to make a handsome cleanup clean up sumpter american the del delta mining property located near comer and owned by johnson dros bros of john day has come into prominence this week on account of the recent rich strike made by the lessee frank peoples in the breast of a foot tunnel mr peoples blew out or ore ethe the sight of which would make the grim visage of the prospector slip into a broad smile of satisfaction glittering gold freely scat throughout its quartz formation formati has impelled mr peoples to make the preliminary arrangements for the construction of an and now before many days he will be extracting the un coined twenties from his recent strike baker city herald As soon as feet of lumber can be obtained from the powell mill the 20 stamp mill recently installed at the rainbow group of quartz mines in III rye valley by the commercial mining company om will be completed according to the statement of W E king general manager and superintendent of the property mr and mrs king returned to this city this morn ing from a weeks visit in salt lake city and other utah points when the new stamp mill is completed the mines will be operated to their full capacity in utah everything is booming mr king says and in salt la lake e city especially there is great activity and lots of money now while in utah mr king visited the silver king mine and says that it is a wonderful property |