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Show part of it and the most expensive to build comes near the end, but it is thought the road will not cost to exceed $1500. Some of the miners are working on the further end of the road. PORTLAND'S SMELTER started up again after an enforced idleness of some time through litigation. It is located lo-cated at Linnton, just below Portland, and is now being run by a recognized company. The 6melter was blown in last week and is making a successful run, using thirty tons of ore and turning out senen tousof bullion a day. The company ha 1000 tons ef ore on hand and & further supply contracted for, and expects to keep the works running continuously. con-tinuously. A car load of ore it to be sent to Denver from Baker City that came out of what is regarded as the richest chute ever discovered discov-ered in the Quartzburg district, in Grant county. It is reported that the Kay Digger gold mine, owned by Uolcomb it Fuller, located in the eastern part of Union county, has been bonded to a Chicago companv for $20,000. The Weatherby placers, on Chicken creek, that have been worked for over twenty years, cleaned up $10,000 some time ago and the final one this season is anticipated to add $13,000 more gold. The placers are easily worked by a force of half a dozen men. A big strike is reported in the Monument mine, in the Granite district, Baker county. coun-ty. In running a crosscut tunnel a three-foot vein of ruby silver was tapped at a depth of 1300 feet. This mine has a mill on the ground and will begin crushing at once. OREGON'S OUTLOOK, A proposition has been made by & New York syndicate to purchase the interests of the Virtue Mining and Milling company iu Baker countv. aud proceed with operations where the latter company left off. The company want to start up the mine at once, I so as to get under way before winter set3 in. Dr. Meseroll will either accept the proposition proposi-tion or proceed with the work himself within a short time. TLACERS IN EASTERN OREGON have turned out very well this season. The final cleaa-up on the Klopp & BaUley placers, pla-cers, on the North fork of the John Day, is now being made aud big results are counted on. The Crane Creek diggings have also turned out handsomely. r THE COLORADO MINE, situated a few miles from Prairie City, is making a 6plcndid showing, and the five-stamp five-stamp mill is kept constantly at work on a good grade of ore. Arrangements are being made to ship a carload of concentrates either to Tacoma or Denver. These concentrates concen-trates assay as high as $1800 a ton, and will average $1000 a ton. This ore goes about $10 a ton in free gold. There is reason to believe that a Montana company will TAKE HOLD Ot THE CABELL MINE, or Bellevoe, as it is sometimes called, in Grant county. J. H. Parker and other owners own-ers of the property have taken steps to have it patented. That is regarded as a" confirmation confirma-tion of the rumor that the pending negotiations negotia-tions have been or are likely to be brought to a successful issue in a short while. The Bellevue is a big silver proposition and has been worked for nearly fifteen years, a large amount of Baker City capital having been spent on its development. A new Tremaine or prospector's stamp mill is about ready to start up on the Hurdy Gurdy mine, in Baker county. Work on the mine of late has put it in such shape that the indications are flattering. ROAD TO BLUE RIVER MINES is beinjj pushed ahead rapidly. The worst |