Josephine-Jackson County OR Archives News.....Miningon Bowling creek March 9, 1857
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Sally Yarbrough http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003707 August 31, 2008, 1:04 pm

Crescent City Herald March 9, 1857
From the Crescent City Herald: 
Sucker Creek March 9, 1857
Editors Herald:- Sir; Having been a resident of this creek since August last, I 
will give you a plain statement of facts in regard to the mines. There are 
miners on the main creek for about five miles below the fork; on Bowling Creek 
or the right hand fork, four miles; on the left hand fork which is about ten 
miles long, they are mining about six miles.
Owing to the very hard winter we had, but very little work has been done, but 
very soon the dust will begin to roll out. The big strike on the right hand 
fork has caused some excitment and the claims are held at large prices.. there 
are six or eight tunnels running into the hills near the strike claim, some of 
them prospect well. On the right hand fork, from the fork up the miners are 
doing well. Marshall & Co. are making from ten to twenty dollars a day to the 
hand. All of the miners that have their claim opened are making large wages.
We have quite a city here---three stores, one saloon, one boarding house, one 
restaurant, a blacksmith shop, a beef stall, and to crown it all we are going 
to have a cobbler shop.
your truly, Pick Handle

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/josephine/newspapers/miningon350gnw.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/

File size: 1.8 Kb