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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGONTHXJRSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910. 3 1 i A 4 MINING A NEGLECTED RESOURCE (Iii'iiIchI IU'niiiiito Throughout ,Min NVkJitU'iI itt HnulhiTii Oregon In .Mlnciiil WVitllh ,IntlMiii County IImh I'kkIiiihI In Hid I 'a I .NViirly Ono llmiilri'il .Million Hollar In (fold mill HIIII Huinun Huh JiinI llfi'ii HitiiUIumI. Tim gnmliml resource of koiiIIioiii Oivgnti Ih Hh mineral wealth. Jiu;l min enmity Iihk produced Imlwunn 70,000,000 anil .fl()0(0lll),000 in gold inuru wealth llian uy, of "II "Hn"' resources, and thoy lutvo hardly Horalithud llio formation mid luivo ilot ynl Hlurlml lit mini). The mining eon ilitioiiH ol' southern Oregon itro dif ferent from nioMt uotintrioh I It it t luivu produuml hh imiuh gold r.i; it hi. Tito iiioiintuhiH aro liuavily timbered mid llio uutlro I'oriiiiitlon in covered from six IiicIiom to inmiy foot with solid. Bo tliu foimiitloii is not vIh ililn without a L'roat mnoiint of work, All tho stream IioiIm aro full of pfucer gold mid this section has prodncud many million dotlarH mid in Htlll pro. diioiug; Colled n VmUH Country. Thin country haw tho rojmlatioii of being a )okut country, and not a rc liahlo country in which to niiuo. Thin Im due to tho following fnclM. W'UW ,all tho iitromntf havo placor gold tlu surface formations hi most places aro sedimentary mid full of rich MriiiKoro of gold. Thin in no allur ing to tho prpHpoctor that ho cannot resist tliu tomtation of doing mont of his prospecting on Uicko milium instead of looking for tho minora) formation firnt and tho gold after. Any man that has made forma tions a Htudy knowN that gold doc not coiao in ormanonl hodioK ex rent in pormnuout formations The crupiivoi rocks aru the only rocks that carry gold in tit primary state UnlitNH eruptive formatioiiH exist ii contact or uiidvrlyliig tho Hudimen tary rooks thoy imiii have no goh values an thoy aro Hlniply liorrowci! from tho eruptive, (lold is not like silver, lend or copper, ns it comhinoH tu naturo with nothing lint tellurium Gold appears in naturo hut in two form, free gold mid tclliirtdc. bill phido of gold Ih an inioBHibility chloride of gold ih theoretical. All Ohio With Tellurium. It in tho opinion of good authority that all gold originally wan in tho form of tellurium. I lout volntizlng very readily thus rolonHing tho gold Tho tolluridim never occur in iiiiiii- tity except in the cruptivo, dcap Heated rook, (lold in tliono rock, in a free statu on tho surface. nsmiine the form of telluridoH at grout dupth The free gold only occiim on or nenr tho uurfuct wlmru volcanic limit lata volutlzud or ornmon duo'to tho o.ty gen of uir or watur mid uoids. havo deaompotiod the (ollurmiii, Hum Imt- iug tho gold in ii free wtnte ' If nil gold comes from tolluridc mid tho tolluWdo'n homo in tho ortip tivn woks, how do tho placor gold and rich uli-inger ocour in cdiinu tary rooks t Kelltiif utary Kock. All tun sedimentary rook ur made up of pnrtiehm of eruptive rook, assimilated hy water iilnl immt ovurluy uruptivo rock. Mont of tho sedimentary rocks of tin section aro of an old ago and alter their do MiHition huvu hoou subjected to groat volcanic disturbances, which havo hrokon and Rifted them nnd taotii morphoHcd them. Tio uudorlying rookH havo hoon Hiihjooted to nddit iomil eruplioiiK mid action. This notion hulow Iiiih forced current after current of mineral houriug gnuo to tho surface; not only tho Miirfnce of tho eruptive iooIck hut through the ovorlying Hedimontnry rooks. Those miuural gnson and water hoiug Iiohv ily chargod with hllicatoH and tellur ium havo procipilated mid dopoHitcd in the Hedimontnry iouL'h in forme of Htringerx and nun Hz full of gold. In tho Hoft Hlate mid hcIiIhIh thot fonualionH lining Holt, mo Hithjoot to oroaion and ns thoy wear away and nro carried down to the gulehc carry with Hhiiii tho Kohl thoy contain. The gold on account of itn high hiecilie gravity rooIn tho hottom, tho Ioonoi and lightor rocks wiiHhiug on mid on to tho ocoan. So year after yonr thl proccHH Iiiih gone on for thoiiHnnd ot ycarH and tho mountaluH wo now poo WQi-o porhapa hundrpd,H of foot higher, thiu placor gold hoiug tho concentration of inilliniiH of (ouh, Origin of Pocket fluid. Those aro tho conditioiiH (hut worg found when mining bogitti. Tho stroam hodn and tho gulchoH woro all full of grovol and wubIi from two or throo foot to many foot in thiokuoHH, nil of thin wash having gold in it from n fow cents por yard to ninny dollnrs. Tho old pi'onpaoor hogan to, wnqh 'tho rich placor with pr.n and rookor, .thou hydrnulio nnd drodgos. Thus tho ovolulion of placor mining. Mon oamo out proHpoot for tho Houroo of this gold, knowing that it cr.mo out of tho ground Homowhoro; thlH hoc tion now hufl what r called pocket huntorn. Tho Hodimentary fonnntioiiH of thin country oro full of ntri.igors of qunrtr. Romo of theso nro marvol oimly rich in gold. Thoso lay in littlo kidnoyH in tho rook mid aro known iih pookotti. Thoy Room to hnvo Htoppod iholr lino of ronnoning which Iiiih hoon BEES CLOSE SCHOOL AND ROUT OFFICIALS MKIIC'KI), (al , April 7. Hell.g-i-cnl hct'M not onlv cloned a mcIiwI at iiiikuHldc, 10 mile I'toiu here, in the loolhillN, hut Nout mo vera I wUt to hod, beuiduM nearly Htlnging u horno tu death. f.. t..ii.. a n.u.i 1. 1 ...w.vi... right mo lor, hut (hoy havo not gone , f , f , lWimJ)lJ(lt hy luv enough. '.. .. ... .. .. i '.i...,.i ThiirMday, and whilo thoy wcro innido n Hwnnn of bcoH nettled on tho horNO. !P00n SEAMSTRESSES 1 MONEY IN CIRCULATION I REMEMBERED IN VILLI IS $3,13073,01 1 r far onougl IimiU for l.'iiiplloii ItockM. Mont of the mining Iiiih hoon done in llio culluioutury formation and has roHtil'tod uh it only could. Like tho placor when thoy havo elonnod up tho lied rock thoy havo It all, and look for u iuw place. Bo are tho pookotH in tho Hedimontnry formation. Whon thoy have worked thorn out thoy nro nil uono, uh tho trail that IcadH to tho nourco from which thoy cann out wiih only gnH, or wator, and tloca not have a mark or hlazo hy which It can ho followed down to tho oruptivo rookH holow, out of which thin mnall amount Ih only n xatnplo of tho bod ioH below. ' Tho Hcdimcnlilry fonnalioim in iiiomI of plucoH appear to bo broken or Iooro, Hhowiug that it !h not far to tho cruptivo formnlioiiH below. Bomo Mm. Conway, who with othorH tuhIi cd out to fight tho hoes, won badly Htung. Tho boos finnlly nettled on a tall polo nonr tho HchoolhotiHc. A Bchool director nnd u' profcHHional boo handlor tried to remove them, but merely Hiifforcd HtingH for their ef fort fi. Meanwhile tho boon ntill clung to tho polo and tho pupiln went on a vacation. i TAFT AFRAID TO MIX IN H00SIER POLITICS WASHINGTON, I). C, April 7. President Tuft lmn cancelled IiIh en- gngcmct.t to Kpcalc In IndmnnpoliB of tho eruptive or igneotiH fonualionH in May. It wnH Hinted at tho White hiicIi iih dioryle, rhyoluto,, porphcry, niiderHylc, trachyte and granite up pear itt many placoo hero. Iiok Into Contact!. Tlumo nro tht formntiouB in which to look for tho permanent ore hndicH. CoutactH occurring with any of Uickc nro recognized uh firHt-claH. TIichc rockn arc harder and nro not Minmcd with little HtringerH of (jiiartz like the Hedimentary rock, mid where they do appear thoy do not offer tho induce ment to the novice that the hiiiiiII, ricli MringorK in the xcdimoiitury formation do. Had thoy not been neglected, but followed to a great depth, thirt country would have n different ntnmliug in tho mining world nnd thin country would have been enriched many millions of dol taro. TliiH in one of tho richest placer ifoldtt in America. It linn been work ed for over CO ycarw for placer and lias produced untold millioiiH. .Mining Only Started. In reality tho placor mining ha only started, uh uiomL of tho gold produced ho far has been on ground moht acee.ihihlo . Thin country of fers great iuduccmentH to big com panion thai will build big ditchcrt for hydraulic) mid for largo dredging plant. It is evident to any thinking man that Mimethiug Iiuh been wrong! in the uurtr. 'mining hetelul'orc done. CajUoriiia had the huiiiu place: field'!, but thoy found the great j motlmr lode that uuU that country and it ban prudncod it hundred o'i million. Why Iiiim not tho tiiv of tho oro placers boon found? We wiow it o.iU. It in bvonimu moMt ol the mining Iiiih hoou done in the wrong fonnntioiiH nnd only hhullow, irregular working Iihvo beun dime. .No Itcal .Milling, l'rnctically no mininir has ever baou dune in thin country. Twenty to fifty-lout holus ih not mining; it only scratching. Hie working that have been utarted along the right linen have not been uoutiuued deeii enough to determine about them. This country affordrt tho groatiMi field for quartr. mining in tho United StatoK. Tho houa-e of all thone tda- oeiH nhoiild Jio found and will be found. When it iw, Colorado's or Nevada' oxcitomont will bo nothing to compare with it, if surface con-" ditioiiH can'' bo relied ukmi. The ipiartz mlnoH will produce many t mie ns much gold ui did the placoiv, u properly worked, yonthern Oregon in Hoheduled for (lie no.vt big mining boom. I( in attraetiuir tho attention of big mining men at tho prohcnt lime. House today thnt tho president would find it impossible to visit tho Hoosier capital as ho had planned, when ho makes his noxt weHtern f rip. His decision is believed here to be the result of a determination to leave! tho troubled political situation in In diana alone, following the stato Ite publican convention ycHtcrdav which wan controlled hy llio iiiHiirgcntH and which indorsed Ins administration at the mime time calling for a revision ( of the tariff bill and plcdgiugg sup-1 port to Senator llovcridgo and com mending him for bis action in con-. grcsH. Ileveridgo voted againHt the) I'ayne-Aldrieh meaHiire. The tax Htatemcnt of Umatilla county' for 1000 almost reaches the half-million mark. The county has no bonded indebtedness. NHW VOllK jrll 7.- Poor warn ntruHiwB In illy of J.'ew York nro ?20,00t) rjc!iur aH tlio reault of a tlncliilon rendered In tho mipromo court by Jtmtlco Ulancbard. The mofif y will come from the es- Into of Henry Howard Paul, an Kng- llsh actor and playwright, who died In 100n, at the ago of 80, leaving an American and an Englliili will. HnrrlKoa U-oy I-Msko and Henry Ty roll, his two executor hero, wore directed to distribute $40,000 In tho Union Trust company among clinrl tlos "that assist 'poor needlewom en." Under tho English will $250,000 was distributed, but Mrs. Isabella M. Mxnloy of Brooklyn, a sister of the actor, Btied to havo tho American will declared Invalid as too Indefinite. An onon-rivor nnd frcieht rate convention will bo held at Albany on April 14. It will be largely attended. Work will soon be betrim on !io nsw federal building at Pendleton, which will cost $50,00" ! L J 1- - WAHHINOTtA, April 7. A good many people in Hie United Htnle , were fooled on April J, when they awoke to find thnt they had not I $34.87, the circulation of money per I capita, according to tho books of the j treasury dopartrnont. Tho circula- tion per capita on April 1 was the Hnrnc as on the first day of Mnr'-h and just two cents per person more than it wns u yeor ago when, ac cording to the treasury figures, the money in circulation, if evenly dS- rided, would hnvo given each man, : woman nd child $34.87. The total amount of nionoy in circulation on 'the first day of April was .$3,138,- 273,811. I How Are These For Bargains Medford, Oregon: This certifies that we have sold Hall's Toxas Won der for tho cure of all kidney, blad der and rheumatic tronblcs for ten years, and hnvo never nnd a com plaint. It gives quick and permanent relief. Sixty days' treatment in eneh bottle. Medford Pharmacy. tf 5-room house on Cottage avenue, East Sido, lots 100 xl20 $i6oo 1 lot on Grape street, East Side, lot 50x120 $400 2 lots on Palm street, 3 blocks from now depot, 56 124, oach $460 1 lots on Hamilton street, 2 blocks from new depot, 56x124, each $600 2 lots on Fourth street, 2 blocks off Oakdale, 56x 100, each $650 Fine residence lots in Crescent subdivision, close in, Call and look over our list in fruit land. They are some of the best in the valley. Wright's Money Makers 10 ncrcs of tho finest building sitcH, inngnificent viow of Medfoid and vnlloy, Handy soil; for fivo dnys at a bargain price. 83 1-3 acres, 3' miles out, in fine locality, 20 acres penrw, npplen, about 5 years old, some choico apri cots in full bearing, GO acres under cultivation, half under ditch; a money-maker at $17fi per acre, lib oral terms. 7-rooin bungalow, 1001105 foot lot, ftno oak shade trees, woll locat ed and excellent homo investment; $2350, .easy terms. fl-room liouso, 2 lots, closo t Main, fi blocks from city pnrk; $3000. Fine corner lot on Newtown, 5flx 1C0, comeiit wnlk; for quick snlc. Tij;, iUJJU ensti, tmtance io per month. Thrco nice lots on 14th nenr New town, 50x1 12 V; $400 ench, $125 cash, balance $10 per month. Choico lots in nil parts of city. LET ME SHOW YOU1. J.BruceWrightS Co. 132 WEST MAIN. PHONE 2691. COLORED MAN TO TRY FOR A LEGATION POST WASHINGTON, April 7,--nci.Ja-i inln Uiiudy, a notirn of Clnclnniftl, I who paused tho statu department ex amination for tho consular service, lias slKiiiried Uh wllllniinoss to ac-l eopt the secretaryship of n diplomatic! post and will rocolvo an appointment In easo ho passes tho examination for that service. Tlio faot that Dundy' Is willing to nccopt an appointment as a secretary of logntloti 'solves a problem which would hnvo cmiHod tho atato depart moat somo embar rassment, ns tlioro nro very fow places u tlio consular sorvlco to which a man ot his rnco could bo properly uppolutod. WARRANT IS ISSUED FOR PROMOTER HOUSTON KLAMATH FAM.S, Or., April 7. Krnnk II. Houston, tho man who promoted tho Hot Springs Hotol com pany with hlmsolf no. president, to oxplott tho nsttirnl baths near Klam ath Falls, Is to bo arroatod on a for- gory chartfo, a wan ant hwvlng boon Issnod yostordny aftornoon. Hous ton plannod a big rosort at tho but springs and his company wm capi talized at $100,000, It Ih chargod that ho forged a draft on a bank In I.oxlngton, Ky securing $0000 from tho American Hank & Trust company of this city on tho strongth of it, MITCHELL & BOEIK WAGON MAKERS We niako a specialty of rubber fire work aiul or chard hnnjf'WP and spray tanks, call at Merriman's Shop Riverside Avenue Every Thursday Night At Smith's Hall on Grape and Sixth, and every second and fourth Monday in tho month. Six lesson card for $5 or $1 lesson. Learn to wnltr. Privnto lesson by appointment, Loarn to dance and be cnieefiib PROF AND MRS. JEROME, 12.4 South Central Ave. RINGS ALL SIZES AND PRICES AT MARTIN J. REDDY The Jeweler NEAR THE P0ST0FFICE. V SISKIYOU REALTY CO. ROOM 22, JACKSON COUNTY BANK BLDG. PHONE 3311. MORTGAGE. LOANS Money on hand to loan cn r.cal Estate. City and County Warrants bought. Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds Furn ished. Fire Insurance. JAMES CAMPBELL hone Main .'KXtl. 'Jt)H KruitsrroiTiTfl' Hunk Building J. E. ENYART, President JOHN S OHTH. i .-'. 1 A. PERRY, Vice-Preside.it. W. B. JACKSON, Ass't Cashl THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS .. SI&.WC Safety boxet for rent. A general Banking Business transacted. We solicit your patronaye. Here Are Some Fine Business Chances BLACKSMITH SHOP, doing good business. GENTS' CLOTniXG STORE; good lease aud snap at priee asked. OTHER OPENINGS we do not care to advertise. CHOICE BUSINESS LOTS FOR SALE AT $S7.00 PER FRONT FOOT. Rogue River Land Co. 11 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE RESOLVED Ths best resolution for you to make is to come to ns for your next suit, if you want something out of the ordinary. We do the best work and charge the lowest prices. W. W. EIFEUT THE PKOOKKSSrVX TA2XOX An Easy Way to Get Breakfast Just a few General Electric Utewils will en able any housewife to stay in bed another half hour in the morning. Put cereal in the cooker and coffee in the percolator the night before. In the morning turn the switch, electricity will get, breakfast ready provided your houta h wired for electric light. Let us tell you all the particulars? Rogue River Eleciric Company ns .IV I 7 JPIWPIPWMM , W B ijBp $150 AN ACRE 270 acres, foothill lnnd, about 6 miles from Med ford; there nro nbout 85 acres on this place now planted to fruit, which includes about 26 acres in bearing. The bearing varieties are Newtown and Spitzenberg apples and Cornice pears. There are 25 acres of Newtowna in their second year with peach fillers and about G acres of Newtowns just planted; also, 20 acres of Jonathans and 10 acres of Bartlett and Anjou pears just planted About 200 acres of first-class, fruit land on the pluco. Ther &xti many springs on tho place and considerable water could be do- veloped for irrigation; two houses, good barn uud other buildiugs, Would subdivide nicely. Easy terras. $2500 Sixty acres, 6 miles from Medford, about 15 ceres cleared -and partly planted; small buildings. $250 AN ACRE 70 acres, about 4 miles from Medford, freo soil; 25 acres planted to newtowu and bpitzengertr apples, mostly 3 years old; in addition, about 25 acres under cultivation, balance easily cleared; good new G-rootn plastered house, new barn; also set of oiu uuuuings. vuta ue suduivhioU uito two or three tracts nieoly. easy terms. $5500 Six miles from ITodford, good now buildings, about 8 acres planted to Newtowns, Spitzenborgs and penrs, 1 and 2 years old nbout 7 noros additional cleared, bnlanoe not hard clearing; good team, wngon and machinery gow wltn no Place, This Is a 40 nero tract. $15,000 A first-class fruit and alfolfa ranch, 185 acres, 5V- miles from rnilwny station, praotienlly all bottom land, 140 acres now undor cultivation, water right with place; fair houso, two barns, schoolhouso on the pluco, for $15,000, whioh is only $81 an acre; innnA - i. ?u i. it . . ... .... ruuu 1-nsii wm uHncue, nnu eaey terms cau do una on tuo uulance, this is a fine chance to get n first-class truct of low-priced land for development purposes. We don't think this will last long, and if you nro interested, come in and seo us about it. $12,525 Eloven acres in Cornice poars, 10 years old; D acres in Bart lett nnd Ahjou penrs, 1 to 3 years old; close in; good soil; terms, i $12,000 Eloven ncres in Cornice nnd Rose pears, 14 years old; these trees are in full bcariug nnd will pay a good income on the price ftBked. ljJtSSv vVji.vC w His $15,000 Twenty acres, fine now modern bungalow, buildings easily worth $4000; about 13 acres of apples in full bearing; trees are 10 years old; balance planted to apples 2 years old; good soil; sightly location; closo to market; nn assured income from tho boginning; a fine homo. $150 to $200 PER ACRE Stewart acre tracts; 2 milea from Medford; tracts are from 10 to 25 nores in size; fine building spots on all; can all bo irrigated; cheapest tracts in Meaford neighborhood; tuy terms. $300 PER ACRE Finest 5 and 10 aero orchard and garden traots in tho valley; easy terms. Bt23t!kl"- sftirtfw . .jiJt W. T. YORK & CO.