REGIONAL Government ship left alone while going south GOLD BEACH (AP) - The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior left Oregon Monday af ter leading local fishermen in three days of demonstrations to disrupt government-sponsored exploration for offshore gold and strategic metals Left alone by environmental ists and fishermen, the 143-foot research ship Aloha went south toward Brookings and contin ued to map placer deposits of mineral-rich black sands in a joint project sponsored by the state of Oregon and the U.S. Department of Interior. The 181-foot Rainbow War rior, flagship of the environ mental group Greenpeace, left Gold Beach about 10 a.m. for San Francisco, where it was to show off ocean drift nets cap tured during unrelated confron tations in the Pacific, said Greenpeace spokeswoman Cyn thia Rust Carol Alexander, ocean etiol ogy campaigner for Green peace. said she was staying be hind in Oregon a couple of days to continue working with local opponents of offshore mining. ''There have been many areas of contention between Green peace and the fishing commu nity in the past." she said. "However, ultimately we have the same goal, which is the health of the oceans and the marine environment." Environmentalists and fisher men fear the exploration will lead to offshore mining that will devastate local fisheries. "I think we rallied the fisher men together and I think that the fishermen will be success ful in the future in getting themselves organized and get ting themselves together to stop this type of thing," Diana Desnoyers said from on board the Rainbow Warrior Desnoyers. 30. was one of 13 people arrested Sunday as fish ermen on two dozen fishing boats and Greenpeace activists harassed the Aloha Desnoyers boarded the Aloha and climbed a large A-frame structure on the stern, where she chained herself. The Coast Guard also seized three Green peace motorized rafts and the fishing boat Top Gun out of Port Orford. The seven Greenpeace activ ists and six people from fishing boats were released from the Curry County Jail early Mon day. There was no immediate word on future court appear ances. The Aloha went on with its work Monday escorted by the 213-foot Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet out of Eureka, Calif., and at least two surf rescue boats. Chief Petty Officer John Keis said. "It’s pretty peaceful out there this morning," he said. The ship embarked Friday for a two-week cruise off the south ern Oregon Coast to assess the commercial value of black sands that have washed out of the Klamath Mountains over millennia into the Pacific Ocean. I*reliminary work has identified gold, chromite, titan ium and other metals in the sands. The demonstrations disrupt ed some of tho Aloha's work, hut didn't significantly delay it. said Dennis Olmstead. a pe troleum engineer for the Ore gon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. The state agency is part of the Placer Minerals Technical Task Force, which sponsored the two-week research voyage. Alexander said the demon strations Friday through Sun day prevented the Aloha from following its published plans to put out an array of listening equipment to do seismic tests. The seismic tests map the loca tions of black sand deposits on the ocean floor so that 20-foot core samples (an be taken. "They are three days behind schedule." she said, referring to a research schedule filed with the U.S. Department of In terior. "My understanding is they were able to get some grab samples." aooooooooooooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooo< Beginning Korean