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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1904)
tiff r- i i r.ovn VV n'r Mining industry in its INFANCY Tho Lew la and Clark commission' r have compiled a hook entitled, "They. Mineral Resources of Oregon" Wy J. ir. Fisk, for general circulation, tt contains 40 pages and Is brimful Ct Interesting facts concerning the mines of Oregon. An artlclo on "Ore goo, the Sportsman's Paradise" by A. E. Oebhart Is also bound In the book and Is very Interesting. It Is profuse Sy Illustrate 1 with half tone cuts of ocraes around the mines and game vJcwb. SUUo Printer Whitney has Just Is aueii CO.0OO copies of the book. Wo quota a portion of the mining article tut Jbllews: "Bat the general mineral and gold traducing district Is to be found In the Cftcc&do rango of mountains, and yet, Obr all tlio numerous mining camp JTootmI horo, It has hardly been pros Sorted, Hundreds of thousands of swatw havo never had a pick stuck In- . fcft tho ground or hardly been visited Xdy a whlto man. The scenory and beauties of tho Cascade mountains surpass my power oT dlscrlptlon, with their numorouB "waterfalls, their Ideal summor resorts, roltlt their flowing thermal springs; tie cavos of Bouthorn Oregon oxtond- njr Tpr mlloB underground, with their atactlto and stalagmites: Crater Saiuj, majestic Mount. Hood and Mount JMtorson; tho gorgoa of tho Snako and tho Columbia rlvor canyons, tho for mats, streams, and meadows. Tho writer has seen many of the beauties ftuid wonders of tho werld: tho towor '1ng penks of tho Andes, tho burning 3Uauna loo, tho avalanchos of tho iATrtlo, tho heights of tho Dosphorus, nnd tho Golden Horn; tho vino-clad vastlos on tho hlllii of tho Ithlno; the bay-of Naples with Its villas; but 110110 of thoso aro moro royal than the Cas cxtdo mountains, Geology. Tho geology of Oregon Is Interesting uid unique, although a Unltod States wrvoy has Jjcon mado of but a small portion of It, oxtondlng ovor tho Sump tor and Dohomla mining districts, and Hbey aro not as full and complete as "hey should be. Cortalnly no placo In tho world affords so great an oppor 'tuhtty for geological research as thoso Cascade mountains. On tho Llttlo North Fork tho strata will bo found well dollnoatod uiwn tho mountain wldoB, which woro onco tho floors of undent oceans. These strata stretch out Into tho vista of unrecorded his lory beyond tho tuflittto abyss of time. Wh on tho wost shore lino of tho txmllnent lay enst of what Is now Known a tho Cascade mountains, and nearly all of what Is Oregon and Washington woro submerged, tno mud Tints that afterwards became tho auri ferous shale of tho presonl Cascades, accumulated Uku tho ocean bottom to a great depth. In process of time the Cascade region and its wosterly lying foothills began io omergo from tho ocean, and so slowly that for cen turion It rvmalnod comparatively low nnd flat. Paring this period tho IMIo ono river were born nnd tholr erosion commenced. With their mauy uraucho and rainlllcatlons they pro wonted much the nppearonee of a wide nproad oak whoio branches trnvorscd a. region so broad and flat that In pur aulng tholr devious course they doubled on thoimolvwi und ran for long dlstanuo In various directions, moanderlng slowly through the great qhnmplatii, forming Islands, aldo-ohan-nul butyous, deltas, and lagoons on tholr long Journey to tho ocean. Thus la was thuUho lluvlatltu system which o piuslw the unvaut and scientists of the proaunt day to dtclphi was plotted out, Thoso rtvors entered up xm tho work of orodlng chtwuioU for thmusolvtM. Tho wnturaheds tributary to them vro wxhuwlve. covering all of Knt orn Orogon ami mot of tho country now drained liy tho Columbia and Wll lamutto. rtvors. (IrudtmUy. us the country crust con tinued to bo torowl up and the grade hecniuu tepor aud ii, the cur rent a nocilratkHl. and lh urolv poww atigtimmid. while tot lncrwu od depth ultKt tondwd to siralgitUM Uw channel of thMe river, causing them to fonwko portion of their for. inw WXn ut HHk more dirwH rome to the sut Thw itw?iiti Mrm n not utUy U staling but and trmwporHns lwwor, twt all tk uktrial w4 lw rwit. no old ImvIhk bwu eJvH.'lk from It primary suuruolhe depth ot the arth Tkr a noi of tt, no alnuil IwyIih; jt bivju croatU to Mprclftt IW uiauy um. Tho Inhabi tant of oir gjobo don to and far ftilo tho CfMoilo ao got along vry we41 without ly Ts Iehthyowuru, tho tafsatborlUHi, anil tho aauluao 4hal nailowvd In the acquatlc a ? j. . v - e were a non-coramorolal and a non hoarding disposition. However, a no tableovcnt was about to happen in the progress of things terrestrial. Man was soon to appear on the scene of action, and nature, anticipating the necessities and desires of this animal, made preparations for bringing up a portion of the auriferous metal from tho molten Interior of the earth and placing It within, his reach. To this end she managed a little before his advent, geologically speaking, to 'in ject Inot tho slates and sclsts, already tilted up, numerous gold-bearing quartz veins, Impregnating them more or loss with tho royal metal from the hydrothermal rocks. The Neocene RIVers of Oregon. Tho geological observer cannot fall to notice that tho boldbearing gravel of tho Neocono rivers of Orogon, Washington, and Idaho, with their watersheds, formed a mountain rango as distinct as thoso of today, and that jt8 nrst summit in general coincided I with tho corresponding modern divide, which observation proves that tho grado of tho romalnlng Neocene grav- 0i channels are, to a certain extent, dotormlnoil by the direction In which they flowed. Tho slopes of tho Cas- cades, as well as tho Dlue mountain, i,avo been considerably Increased 8inCo tho time when the Neocene rivers flowod ovor tho surface. It seems probable, from tho study of the grado curvos and tho remains of tho channels, that tho surfaco of tho mountains has boon deformed during tho uplifts, the most notablo deforma tions having been caused by the sub sidence of portions of the great val loys adjacent to tho olumbla and Wll lamotto rivers, Theso ancient gold-bearing river channols, which are mostly burled In a mass of debris of volcanic mate rial, are not only peculiar to Oregon, but to nllfornla nB woll. A largo part of tho Bluo mountains and tho east ern slope of tho ascades- are capped with masses of volcanic material un der which aro burlod thoso old chan nols. Tho experienced miner can do tormfno at onco channolwa3hed gold of thoso rivers from that which has uuon mucu lator eroded from tho quartx volns and jwrphyry rocks. Tho gold Is rough and craggy, and bears no resomblanco to tho smooth and flaky appearanco of tho formor, and as tho toiHigrnphy of Oregon has been nearly In Its prosont form for tho last two geological periods, what wo call tho burlod are dead rivers, aro tho gulches aud canyons of tho prosont Cascndo mountains which woro sealed up about tho closo of tho Pliocene epoch of tho Tertiary period. This Is notably tho cnao oast of tho CascaJo mountain!, nnd Inong tho John Day and Dos Chutes rivers, which have been much distorted, nnd during the uplift loft many of those burled branchoj on tho summit of tho llluo mountains. Tho rlvora, when onco changed, had to gathor tholr waters togothor again, aud In the hundreds of thousands of yonrs that havo olnpsed thoso streums have eroded their now channols some plnees to the extent of thousands of feet. Gold Mining. Following tho discovery of gold on tho Pacific coast, and tho Immigra tion of 1S1U nnd 1860 to California, led to tho onrly advent of placer min ing on Klamath and Hoguo rivers, In Southurn Orogon, It watt prosecuted with groat onorgy nnd vigor for many yoara, or as late as 1SG0, when subsequent prospecting of tho moro northorn part of Orogon and Idaho, then Washington terri tory, led to many discoveries of placer gold, which w8 mined In the well known camps of Oro Kino. Florence, and Hlk City. In Washington territory, and In linker and Orant countlM iii llutern Oregon. All of this hat since wM(kl into history. As those camp became almost exhausted, tho want of transportation canted the mining In dustry to kg Tor a number of years, Ut slnre the advent of tho ralkxxij reat attention tins been )mld to qiwrts mining, worklne over na fouu4 whew these cnmjw drew their Mnnly of wokl. lhu the nuriKse of w tmitet le to can the nttentkin to Ue HHntev wlmAty as It sxWa to- It la a wel-knowH fact that the rltv of IVirtiand. which Iwa n muHitaUon of m.OW. owe U oriKtw and prosper- t uie eany mining Ih the state a4 to4y t being larely malntalnei y me more recent qusrt jatnlng, hleh every year seems to open up now source of weakh in tho groat and undeveloped Casoade mountains, which extend throus the whole lonuth ot the Kate, and, after a lapio ot 60 )vara. the many tfcxirauMc mines In tho thon and B part ot the DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEM, tate aro not yet showing any dlminu- Hnn In their DroJuctloa of the precious metals. Quartz and Placer Mining, Tho development now going on In tho different quartz mining districts of our state surpasses anything here tofore known. These districts are now found to bo rich in a vast quantity of mineral wealth of great variety, and a large amount of eastern capital Is Invested In tho quartz mines of Bluo Itlver, Gold Hill, In Josephine county, Bohemia District, In Lane county, and tho Santlanv District In Llnn county. Each1 of these districts have very largo and entenslve mlne3 with about 50 quartz mills In opera tion. The following is a Hat of some of the producing mines In Southern Oregen: AJax, Cramer and Palmer, Oopehr, Vulcan, Yellow Horn, Eureka, Rising Stai Mountain Lion, Braden, Bill Nye, Golden Wedge, Golden Standard, Hemmesloy Mine, Mule Mine, Oregon Belle, Mayflower, Greenback, Granite Hill, Shorty Hope, Copper Stain, Wiymor, Old Channel, Gallce Consoli dated, Sterling. Lucky Boy, Oregon So curity, Black Butte Quicksilver MIno, Almeda, Le Roy, Millionaire, Baby Mine, Williamsburg, Uncle Sam, Great Northern, Blue River, Gold MIno, Gold Hill, Nickel Mine, Chro mato of Iron MIno, Poor Man's Mine, Treasury MIno, and Badgor Mine. In tho eastern part of the state, In Malheur, Grant, Baker, and Union counties, some of the greatest mlne3 aro located, and hero, also, much eastern capital Is Invested. There are a largo number of quartz mills, be sides a great deal of placor mining. Tho following Is- a partial list of some of the producing mines of this sec sec teon: Alamo, Balsley Elkhorn, Belcher. Big Four, Bluo Bird, Chloride, Copperopo 11s, Couger, Cracker Jack, Cracker Oregon, Crackor Summit, Del Monte, Dlxlo Meadows, Emma, Eureka and Excelsior, Flagstnff, Golden Wizard, Gold Hill, Gold Ridge. Great North orn. Highland, I. X. I, Jay Gould, La Bcllovuo, Magnolia, Maid of Erin, Mammoth, Maxwell, May Queen, Mid way, Monumental, Octo, Ohio, Oregon Monarch, Oro, Owl and Elephant, Se curity, Snow Creek, Standard Consoli dated Undo Dan, Whlto Swan, Yan kee Boy. I will not nttompt to descrlbo any particular mine In detail, as I have but a llmltod space, but sufficient to say, that nt ono time, they were all prospects tho same as thousands of others ato today. Gold ha3 novcr been found In a pure Btato, but nlwnys alloyed with silver. Sllvor has never beon found absolutely pure, but always alloyed moro or loss with gold. Several metals resemble bold, but gold resembles no metal, nnd tho only metal of a yollow color. Tho purest gold ovor found In tho Unltod States, to my knowledge was found In Montana, .980 fine. Orogon gold averages .820 line. Gold dust found In tho Cascades, es pecially tho western slope and on Snake rlvor, has evidently been eroded from tho iorphtTy, or allied rocks, which was the first How or tho Cas cades mountains about tho close of the erotaceouH period. Everywhere wo And this charncter of rock It contains traces of gold, and In places runs up to several dollaru per ton. This rock may bo proporly cnlled tho acid lava. Tho erosion of this character of rock Is ovldontiy what has set the freo tho vory fine flour gold dust which Is found quite abundantly nlong tho bars of Snako rlvor. On those bare, and In wrao places 2000 feet above tho rlvor, this flour gold Is mined to a considerable extent and saved by bolng washod ovor burlap tables It Is so lino that It takes 50 colors to nwke a cent In ono pan of dirt. In some places tho bars of tho rivers aro replenished by tho spring froshots. I know of ono bar In particular which has been wanhotl ovor every year after tho spring freshot. producing as much gold tho last year as It did the first. Tho work has been done ovor and ovor by the Chinese who make from one to three dollars per day per ronn by rookor. The gold Is aetoclatod with tho btaok Iron sands which comprises about two per cent of tho sand wash ed. This black mud Is largely com IhwmmI of chromate of iron. and. In other place, of magnetic Iron nnd earlKMWte or Iron. The some charac ter of sand at the mouth of the Col. mnbla ami Ynqnlna river It not worth moro than ten cent per ton lu gold, whleh goee to haw that this must have been transported from the far Interior by the river. Much of the anl on the wean beach near Yaqulna Nay le a brownish rod. lustre vitreous, Inclining to retlnon. and Is doubtless monatHe. which k abundant In somo part of the state. In the old town of Florence. Idaho, monailte Is quite ox tontlve In tho gold washings, but ha more of a ytflowltta to a rosinc-ua ap pearance, and I very heavy, it was used by the minors la arty days to OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 1, ... -. U J.IDt rtf Hiflt adulterate tne line gum "-; camp, whicn was simimi .u w.. tho gold. The black sand found on the ocean beach near the mouth of Rogue river, or Gold Beach, Is almost wholly titan lto of Iron, and Is not attracted by the magnet. It Is quite heavy, and the gold being so much finer, makes it ex tremely difficult to separate, and many machines have been Invented for this purpose, but all have failed to make a complete and profitable separation. The annual production of gold In this state at the present time Is not less than six million dollars, a part of which might bo attributed to tho pla cer mines In operation, whereas tho government only gives credit for about one million eight hundred thousand. The renewed activity In tho search for and development of theso sources of wealth Is duo to many causes. It Is apparent that under the present economic conditions, that though all other products may fall In price from overproduction, the production of gold cannot be overdone. Tho low prfco of labor, the extension of steam trans portation, and the highly Improved methods of production and treatment of ores, aro Important factors In the development of the mining Industry. When Kustall first announced his process of treating base ores by the chlodlnatlon method, about 30 years ago, It was claimed that tho ores must be worth at least $25 per ton to mako this process profitable. This method has now been Improved upon so that today base ores worth not moro than five dollars per ton can bo worked to advantage. Many of the quartz mills running on free milling ore twenty-five or thir ty years ago, estimated their loss to bo ?10 per ton, whereas the loss today on free milling ore need not be over sixty cents per ton. Base ores running two dollars in gold, ten per cent In copper, three or four ounces In silver, and two or three per cent In lead are abundant In the Cascade range. While this section, particularly on tho Santlam river and Its branches, has long been known as a great min eral region, until recently the broken and mountainous condition of tho coun try, and an absence of trails sultablo even for a pack animal, havo pre cluded the possibility of a thorough examination by mining men. In tho past years many attempts havo been mado to reduce the ores by different methods, but, owing to the fact that tho work was undertaken by Inex perienced operators, it has, In everj Instance proved a failure. During the past five years, however, a moro thorough examination has been prose cuted with renewed energy and vigor, In consequence of Which larrn rinnnsltn of what may be called low grade con - centratlng orea havo been revealed, fn ninny of the claims much iith grade oro has also been found, demon strntlng boyond a doubt that this sec " I tlon Is destined to become one of the grentost mineral producing sections of tho state of Oregon, since added to Its vast productiveness, no better location and facilities for the transiw tatlon and reduction of ores could bo desired. In my Judgment none of those veins are contact volns. They appear to be onclosed In porphyry rocks, and are more In tho nature of segregation of ore bodies of largo dimensions'; and yet In their courso and strike thoy havo the appearance of flssuro volns. As to tholr size and dimensions, a conclusion can bo only speculative boyond sight. Tholr continuity scorns perfect In crossing tho crooks and country all In one dirootlon, nnd I can not doubt their permanency at groat depth. Thoro aro three kinds of mlnoral volns veins of segregation, veins of Infiltration and great flssuro volns. Of thojo three, one graduates Into Vnn other In such manner that It is often llfllcult to distinguish the dlfforn,. but for all practical purposes i shall icannot onl bo sent free from different call thorn segregated veins. The ore!,n8tUuUon8 but to 'he homes of Is chalcoclte. with occasional bunches chll(lron- Supt. Geo. H. Jonos of the of bornlto. carrying silver and gold. B,at0 lns'"te for tho blind Is verv . mi toiitou wny this soetfon of. the coHintry should not produce lmn.t. red . of tons of concentrated ore per ilnv v-nt), t(n ..... ... .. ....,,. ..w.... t yar jUni lnB atar. otto and 1U trlbutailes are too numer OU8 falls of the various streams or theel,J,Sm a"ry Band will again fountain emptrtnr in-n h .m.... . uent the clrtwns of sntom .... io inonuon. There are BuraclenL'n- T "u De "morrow night not onfc- for tranKrting lumber hv flume, but to furnish, when harnessed all tho oleotrio power of tho stato! The whole of the Cascade mountains is thickly covered with timber of great variety, which Is unsurpassed in any part of tho world. The lumbering ot this section forma the principal bus4 nesa of the OorvalKa & Eastern rail road. Tho abundance of this Umhar gatly faetHlate the development ot the mining Industry, which in many other states is retarded by its absence. a an musirnuon of tho value of the low grado ore previously referred to I might mention tho Almeda company which has a ledge of tats character .... rMt- wide, and with over re hundred fVet of backings .bowing more than ono million tons of ore In eight, at an average value of $12 pe S; metal, A smelter Is 1. iproceu of erection on this mine, which is ly one of the many now being open ed up. The Connor Creek mine and :he Virtue mine of Eastern Oregon have been steady producers for tne past thirty years. The mining Interests ot Oregon aro now beginning to grow, and will con tinue to grow until the mining Indus try will be of paramount importance In this state. Labor Notes. It Is reported that the striking gar ment workers In New York have so crippled the manufacturers that sev eral of them are seeking a settlement with their employes on the "union shop" basis. Tho London, England, cab strike has ended In a succes for the men, subject to a final arrangement of terms. The real grievance Is the ex cessive number of cabs In the street. Officials have completed a settle ment of hours and wages with the telegraph operators of the system, and a new schedule has been signed. Boot and shoe workers, of Petalu na, Cal,, have formed a union. There Is a strike for the freo Sun day at the Wisconsin paper mill. The strike of the diamond cutters at Antwerp has ended, after a six months strucsle. The men have agreed to accept the terms suggested by M. Terivagno, the union deputy. Boston, Mass., union lathers have gone on strike against tho open shop. At a meeting held at Dusseldorf, the Union of German Iron and Steel Makers resolved to form an employers union. About 500 union painters of Boston are at work, after a strike of several months to obtain higher wages. In tho majority of cases the men have been given the ?3 a day for which they asked. All the collieries In the anthracite region which have been shut down since July 1 have resumed operations. Northcumberland, Eng., miners, at their annual council meeting, decided to apply to the coal owner for 2d. a ton extra for the night shift hewers, as their task Is more ardous than day work. Directors of various bridge build ing works In Motherwell, In Scotland, havo given notice of a reduction of 5 per cont In day wages and 10 per cent. on piece rates of the Iron workers. Tho men threaten to resist the reduc tion by a strike. Several thousand are concerned. Terrence Powderly may again be the head of the Knights of Labor. It Is understood he will accept. If unanl- mOUSly elccted- I " '. Emerson Keeps Up His Lick According to the following dispatch from Hoqulam. Wash.. Emerson, the hl RnR'nn l,i(cler. Is moie than hold ing his own "Hoqulam'B players knocked Cei tralla's pennant aspirations In the head today, when they defeated the Midgets by a score of 3 to 2. Emer son, who pitched for Hoqulam. was the star of the day. and he made the hit In tho eighth which scored for the winning run. Emerson allowed only four hits, these being in the seventh Inning, when Contralla got her two runs, and he was given perfect sup port, only four Midgets reaching first base. "In the seventh Inning ho struck out tho best two mon, and all three men who faced him In the eighth." Free Malls for the Blind. Under an act of congress, that goes Into offect today, tho transmission of books for tho blind. In packages under ton pounds, will bo permitted through tho malls. This makes all the llbrar los In tho United States aceMihi . i tho blind children of Orecon nnrt i,. ... w,"vu u,ur mis system of franking printed matter for the blind. Welcome News f; V R,V,"B tW band concerts. son avenue, and the B.t ' . 0. usuw. ja t . d- evening. Auguet Bih. at Marlon lure.bothbegl8nBgat8o.e,o;kr.,0n Delegates Appointed. Much Cheaper. GUEST LEFT QUICK Eugene Visitor Turns up fi ing and suicide Is Feared HiUgeuc, .uj. i. icui, uijamry SUM rounds the disappearance of Tom Jfc- -. ... 1 nni ....- Coy, recently, a guest ot tho Grotyj hotel. In company with- a friend, Job,! weicn, me missing uiuu arrived tiyi other day from Grants Pass. Thei took rooms at tho hotel, and were evi dently on some business mission. Fri day at tho lunch hour Welch enters the dining room, leaving his friend, who was too 111 to eat, sitting on i bench In front of the hostelry. When Welch had finished his meal he sought McCoy, but that party had disappeared absolutely, and a diligent search hu failed to reveal his whereabouts It Is not believed that McCoy has met with foul play, although he had t considerable amount of money on his personi The missing man has suffered for years with acute gastric trouble, and It Is not unlikely that he might I have concluded to end It all. At anj : rate there Is a great deal of specula tion as to the reasons which prompted him to disappear so suddenly. The police have his description, and are aiding In the search. Welch and McCoy have been asso ciated for years, and tho former had no Intimation that his friend Intended to leave in a manner so abrupt and mys terious. S. W. MInturn, of Elkhorn, is down from his position at the state univer sity at Eugene, to spend a few weeks In the mountains of Marlon county. He Is noted for being ono of the most skillful troutflshermen In tho state. Gone to Chicago and New York Who's Gone? S: FRIEDMAN HMIHHWPJM For What Purpose? Watch the Papers In the meantime hl3 business will be In the charge of Anderson and Martin. If you see tho prices on clothing, hats, gents' furnishing goods and notions, you will find that the business will not diminish You will got bargains at 149 State street. Wall Paper 9 - Latest designs in stock, J and good work guaran- teed. We have the small J store and small prices J I" . B l. l. Lemmon ... ...... e c:3 uoercy ac. Phone 2475 aill ;;ni 1 1 hi i iiiiiihiiih ! '. Hot weather meals, cool ; ; :; weather meals, every- '-' thing appettemer and : : fresh. White House Restaurant t George Bros. Props. I '" iimiiuin MMW Open for I Business the star Bottling Works, coi J nor of Broadway nnd Market streets, North Salem, are now S ready to All all orders on short J notice, la the lino ot soft drinks. All kinds ot sodaa at 75o per S case. Quart goods at $1.50 per f dozen. Quality guaranteed Special Hate to Dealer. 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