Show american alean goldfields Gold fields company COURIER GRANTS PASS OREGON it is most gratifying news to the people of grants pass and particularly those interested te in mining in josephine county that the american gold fields company will soon resume operation on its big granite hill mines of louse greek creek district the information comes from the headquarters of the company at chicago that the difficulties which caused an unfortunate entanglement of the financial affairs of the company at a critical moment have been cleared and that things will soon be humming again out at the camp by issuing first mortgage Z bonds for which the stockholders are liberally subscribing sufficient funds have been secured to pay off all indebtedness debt edness and place the affairs of the company on a sound footing the suspension of mining and milling on the granite hill over a year ago came about through no fault of the mine itself it was caused by a combination of circumstances that the wisest could not foresee the prime cause being the sudden flooding of the property when a subterranean reservoir was struck the watering unwavering un of the mine and the subsequent adjusting of the machinery required considerable time just previous to the striking of the flood the ore body had attained both a wide and a most staple character and the returns through the medium of the 20 stamp mill were such as to bring thy the brightest gleams of hope and assurance of prosperity to the owners and these hopes were never lost the management did not give up A number of the leading men of the company among them being mr morphy the manager came to the rescue in order to tide the company over the financial difficulties mr morphy gave liberally of his private funds and backed his faith and confidence by turning over valuable re real al estate and other property the company has not allowed al things to run down oat at the mine granite hill is far from being an abandoned camp camm superintendent charley morphy and foreman thomas witha with a crew of several experienced mining men have been constantly at the mine and both the underground der ground works and the splendid equipment have been kept in working condition the water problem is solved and the mine is today in better condition than ever before developed to a depth of feet with nearly two miles of underground work with a vast body of stable ore exposed equipped with the finest hoisting plant in the state with a twenty stamp mill and complete auxiliary six table fru vanner concentrating plant and an electric power plant supplied with energy over the allu minum lines of the condor company the granite hill certainly does not look like a worked out pinched out abandoned proposition it is anything but this the ledge is from six to twelve feet wide with ore that does not run up into the hundreds but which is certain in its values of from 7 to 10 with portions on the hanging wall that carries 20 to 30 it is friable quartz milling easily and assuring an absolute margin when mined in quantity the awen ty stamp mill can handle from seventy five to eighty tons daily during two shifts and the immense quantity of ore available by overhand sloping as well as the convenience of arrangement of the equipment allows the mining and handling of the ore at a small cost per ton besides the granite hill claim proper there are more than half a score of other ledges on the companas comp anys holdings some aie of which notably the red jacket terry and ida which have been developed to a depth of over feet the holdings cover more mole than 1000 acres on the two forks of louse creek there is a vast acreage of rich placer ground equipped with ditch and pipe and the whole is covered with magnificent ent fir and pine timber the company owns and operates its own sawmill andaas and has built a prosperous mining town on its holdings there is a postoffice post office store and telephone with daily mail and stage from grants pass now that operations are to resume the camp will become more lively and active b in 6 Z ILIA 14 F A A hoist at jacket mine of the american goldfields Gold fields co granite hill mill of the american goldfields Gold fields co |