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PAGE TWELVE "TT MEDFOTO MAni TRTBUNE. TrEDT70nD. OKECIOX, SATUTCDAV. .TAXTJA'RY G. 1012, MEDFORD SHOULD MNN DISTRICT MORI: ADVERTISE THIS EXTENSIVELY WRITER POINTS OUT FACT THAT GREAT RESOURCE NEGLECTED Capital for Development is Sole Need of Southern Oregon If She Would Become a Great Center of Mining Activities. There is a now spirit nlivo nmong tho. minim; men of southern Orepm wliioh breathes nn inspiration to greater achievements tluui this re gion has ever known. The nwnkenini; on nil sides is much in evidence. The equipment for the quarts mines of the Middle Fork of the Apple gate; the instillation of several miles of hydraulic pipe nt the Steamboat placers; the proposed highline ditch of tho Sterling company; the numer ous and steadily increasing number of enrs of high grade ores from the quartz mines, notably that of the Sterling quartz mine, the returns from which were very gratifying to the owners; the opening of the new assay office, with its increased fa cilities, at tho comer of Sixth and Fir street, together with manv addi tions to present equipment of other mines all bespeak an active and en ergetic campaign of development along the mines of southern Oregon during the year. Mining is no longer n gamble. It is an honorable and legitimate busi ness venture, and from it have grown some of the largest dividend paying enterprises of the present day. True, there have been frauds and failures in mining, but the same may be truth fully said rtf real estate, railroad, insurance, banks' and other branches of business. The mineral resources in the terri tory tributary to the city of Mcd ford are exceptionally meritorious, in fnct they almost challenge the belief of the uninformed, but when they re ceive the publicity to which they are justly entitled, they will be the mean of attracting hundreds of thousands of dollars, now lying idle waiting an opportunity for profitable investment promising ouick returns, then a great j and important indict vv will he de veloped in the mountains surround ing1 this Harden of Kden. ' The product of the .silver mines f the state of Nevada saed tho credit of the nation in Til. Without the metals from the mines we could not have -the powerful ma chinery that marks the progress of tho world today; the surgeon could not perform lifcsaviug operations; the housewife would mend vou socks if you had any with' a needle made from the quill of a porcupine. Wen? it not for the mine to pro duce the material for making the coolcstove we would have had to cook our Xew War's meal oer an open Are and instead of Using beautiful sil ver and steel cutlerv at the table the lingers would have to sirffiee. There would not have been any ex cursion to sunny California last week' if the mines had not furnished the materials for supplying the motive power, track and equipment. The very money that has made it possible for man to bring the beau tiful orchards of the Rogue Hivor valley to the present high state of perfection and made the real estate men rich came from the mines. This would be n mighty poor orehnnl country if the mines did not supply the material for the making of necessary implements for their cultivation; instead of riding in au tomobiles, we would now be knocking the "sticky" from our heels. It is needless to cite more examples. The products of the mines are to be seen on every hand, on land, on sea, even used to navigate the air. For years past the Medford people, most of them nt least, have over looked one of their greatest assets, the mineral resources. The settlers have been too busy in successfully growing fruits and agricultural prod ucts that have attained a world-wide fame. At the present time tho industry's most crying need is capital for de velopment purposes. Don't entice prospectors from afar to this dis trict; there are at present enough here; they are good ones too, but, a n rule, the prospector is not a man with a bank account. In fnct, the majority arc men of smnll means who are struggling alone trying 10 mnke a living from their claims bv the sweat of their brow. They know that the mineral wealth is here. The writer has often met them far out on the desert sands and listened to their iiiteivsling talcs of the hidden wealth of southern Oregon. Many of these men had found promising prospects, but for the lack of funds with which to prosecute the work of develop ment thev wore compelled to aban don them and seek newer Holds in the intennmintaiu region where it was more probable thev could inter est capital in new llehU, thus getting quicker action than they could in Oi-egon, where fanning and fruit growing was the chief industry. Here in the mljaeont territory is undeveloped but rich placer ground; one of the best and most inviting Holds for the successful operation of gold dredgers, uhii a large scale, the like of which is nowhere else to be found in tho states. Hero is a vast deposit of coal, which is known to extend to the Pacillc ocean on the west and to llornbrook. on the Kala math river in California, on the south. There are nmguitlceut fields for tho operation of powerful hy draulic giants, on ground that is yet virgin. The same mav bo said for the successful prosecution of quart mining, as little or no deep mining has been done on the ledges in the immediate vicinity, and it is a known fact that the values invariably in eivaso as depth is attained. In the neighboring mountains are large de posits of copper that could be profit -ably shipped to the smelter, if the money were forthcoming with which to build necessary wagon roads to the railroad for its transportation. Not alone copper, but here is iron galore, undeveloped, but much in evidence. Again one finds marble, the quality of which is equal to the product of that of the (Jreen Mountain state. Besides these there an1 numerous other minerals, ami yet others, now unknown, will, undoubtedly he dis covered. All of the materials for the manufacture of Portland cement are to be found, almost within the city limits, in unlimited quantities, while, but 20 miles or so away are some very promising indications of oil, not to mention the excellent quality of various kinds of building stone and large beds of clay. This is not ncv4 to many of tho residents of Medford. For years they have known that these resources existed in this vicinity, but their time has been too much taken up with the growing of the big red and yellow apples; the Hose and Cornice pears as well as the luscious peach, to think of the mineral as an asset. The citizens of Medford are honest, conservative and progressive all well-to-do. Most of them own their own homes and have an income suf ficiently large to insure them from want, therefore they are not inclined to "tnke chances" with an industry with which the most of them are un- familinr. This is commcudublo in u way, yet there is another class of oitifons to he found the world over; thoy. loo, are nice; thoy mv honest and royal good fellows, generous and enterprising us well and make splen did neighbors. It is to this class of men in whoso veins flow the blood of speculation, that the mining in dustry throughout the world owes its present nnignitiido. These men have money that they are anxious to invest in milling ventures and if the condi tions am proporb brought to their notice, and they are convinced that thev are to have an even break for their money they are satisfied to lake tho chances. If you wanted lo purchase some high class poultry it is but natural that you would peruse tho columns of some reliable journal devoted to that industry. If von dostiy informa tion on fruit growing in Oregon you read "Hotter Fruit," don't yottf .ow, if you want to iutcicst tho mining in vestor, why not keep your wares---activities, mineral resources, their de velopment, shipments of ores, etc., in the milling journals and the local paper, sli that those who read may know. Don't hide vour light under a bushel. " I have before me several of the leading mining publications of the United States and under the caption "Oregon" one finds that Maker City and Sumpter are active mining camps. In one of these journals six lines of a single column summed up the min ing situation in the neighborhood u( Grants Pass, while in none of them could I find any mention of of the balance of southern Oregon, although the mining sections of the northern portion of our sister state received considerable mention. The lack i.f this character of publicity is deplor able and has a strong tendency to create the impression abroad that i:i this section of the state there is "nothing doing" in a mining way. Metltord is altogether too modest when it comes to giving publicity to its vast and varied mineral resources. Foster this industry which as yet is in its infancy; give it your moral support, if not jour financial sup port. Talk about it. Don't think that your salubrious climate, your very productive soil, immense water jtower and modern city are the only assets that you have. Far greater than all combined is the untold mineral wealth in your mountains and gulches, in the low lying foothills; yes, Mime of these rich channels of gold bearing gravel and ledges of quartz even now lie under snino of jio finest orchards !u the world. C W. PATTKKSO.V. G sue (? Willi POULTRY Mrs. Wilcox of Talilo Rock Points Out Fact That No Trap Nest Is Needed In Oregon to Srctiro Win ter Egos. H is along about llii season of tho year when hen eggs are woith .'ill cents u dozen that pretty ueailv everybody who has not their atten tion riveted on citv election, bond is sues or presidential candidates, arc lifitring on how thev can plant a half dozen or more hens in their mii.iII I hack yards and make those same hens supply tho family laidor, not only with eggs, but otherwise provide means of sustenance. t'ndor date of January !, 11)1 J,' Mrs. Wilcox of Arrow Head ranch, Table Hock, Ore, writes a little egg i story which will make Mail Tribune renders more anxious than over to plant a few chickcury at their back I doors. Under tho caption, "No Trap Nest Needed here," Mrs. Wilcox snvs: ' "Last April or May wo started j with a few eggs to gel tho pure White Wyandotte chicks; succeeded in getting seven pullets out of the hatch. They begun laying in Sep. toiubcr. One is now setting and will bring off a brood January 7. From the remaining six on January ii I brought in six eggs. 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