PORT ORFORD NEWS Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 1, 1927. Mining News of the Curry- Coos Empire ru sh w hich is ex pected to be th e 000, as co m p ared w ith a p rev io u s g re a te s t in h isto ry w ill o ccu r h ig h record o f JS 27.860.00o Slated High F rid a y when th e G ra sfo n te in The fig u re s a re given as fol- fa rm , w h ere _ p recio u _ s ____________ ato n es : low s: w ere re c e n tly d isco v ered , is o p -i G old ,..... ....... $35,749,000 ened fo r cla im -sta k in g . . S liv er _ 13,618,000 G O LD P A X F A C T S IX C U R R Y m in es of C u rry c o u n ty w ill som e It is e stim a te d th a t b etw een N ickel ___ 2 14,401.000 d ay y ield re tu rn s to develop o th ­ 20,000 an d 30,000 ru n n e rs w ill C opper 19.270.000 Mr. E d ito r: race, an d , as th e choice claim s ! L ead e r p o ssib ilities w ith in easy reach 22.911,000 1 n ote in a re c e n t e d itio n of o f C u rry ’s people. a re believ ed to be re la tiv e ly few Z inc 10.845,000 th e P o rt O rfo rd N ews m in in g in n u m b e r, th e re a re b o u n d to | O th e r m etals 3.087,000 new s of Coos a n d C u rry coun-1 , Mr. / E d ito T t, ’ th e Gold P an facts be m an y d is a p p o in tm e n ts.— O re C oal j .v . . . ’ to u n of C u rry h av e cau sed me to 58,164.000 t i . “,h . t brlng8 “ > '» !' ml»«» d ream a d ream of d ev elo p m en t. g o n ian . A sbestos ..... 9,777.000 to w T itl a b o u t hc “ ? \ W‘8h aS th e Pa rticle8 o ' «»Id an d o th e r N a tu ra l Gas 7.841,000 R IG G O LD M IN E R E V IV E D co u n ty in 1893 armed’ w ltt“ " - m e ta ’8 h “ V® *®d 8‘®P8 tO de G ypsum ___ 2,530,000 G ra n ts P ass. O r., F eb. 2 3 ,— ----- - p o sits of m a te ria ls h id d en in th e P e tro le u m 1.335,000 , P* s J “ “ tU e k " OWl‘ f00th1118 t b a ‘ s Pea k th o se p o . •R esum ption of full p ro d u ctio n of S alt 1.450,000 ¡ "2 1,908.000 nans 7 8®Veral ««Id stb llitle s, th o u g h th e re have been w h at w as fo rm e rly one o f O re- O th e r n o n -m etals p an s in p a n n in g o u t ju s t a few m an y fa i| ure8 to b rln g th em ln(o g o n ’s g re a te s t gold m in es, th e B ric k s and o th e r clay M u r r y ° c o u n mt r R pO88ibillti- use yet. The m a te ria ls a re h ere G reen b ack , n e a r P la c e r on G rave p ro d u cts 13.200,000 creek , h as been an n o u n ced fo r , L im e 11,000,000 r ‘“ ' — of P e w - , 0“ th e n e a r fu tu re by L. E. K lu m p h , ! sto n e , sand, g rav el 4,000.000 W ork on th e ro ad ,o people of th?s , w ‘’ k “ “ W ork ; plenty of tlmber t 0 bulld ' ow ner. vnM 7 co u n ty . W e have a c re a g e to p ro d u ce, and a clim ate th e m in e a lre a d y Is u n d e r way ! T o tal $242,886,000 n U re J rt ? g Q uantlt,e8 bo tb *D ideal. In my m in d 's eye ru n s a J. W. W enzel of V irg in ia City. ! fe r H e re r *? a 'edg® d re a m Of tb e fu ,u r e f° r C u rry Nev., is in c h a rg e o f o p e ratio n s. SPECIMEN O F ORE H e h as had m in in g ex p erien ce in h , a “ Dd 80m ® ° f co u n 'y m an y In d u s tria l G eorge C u rry , w ho know s his la n d p < depo8ii’ of black P lan ts, m ines w ith th e row s of N ev ad a fo r 26 y ears an d is back ed by ex p erien ce an d c a p ita l to I S ” 7 2 r ™ n.,y f r ° m ®T®ry a n g le D a lla d iu m ^ a n d ifS zn p la t,n u m ’ -'a m p s c ru s h in g ro ck to lib e ra te d1“ “ a “ d irrid iu m o f any th e vaIue8 d red g e8 w o rk in g Ihe place th e G reen b ack on Its for- 2 thJ m in l" f ea2n e ’ b ro u g h t 10 p lace a lo n g th e co ast, a n d som e stre a m s , h y d ra u lic p la n ts w ork- m e r sta tu s , w hen it p ro d u ced In th ® NeW8, ° ffice F rld a y " Kener- ,500,000 T excess o o f f $ $ 3 3,500,000. T h h re re e e new new ? U8 “ “ P1® of a su lp h id e ore he ra n g e r a re earT cht da t dCUit C° a8t ing ° D p U c e r d epo8it9. sm e lte rs excees Despite evasive denials, report is t? « .n a d re d g in g p ro p e r- e x tr a c tin g th e v alu es from th e vein s h av e been o p en ed .— O re­ found In the Elk river district, w hich, he says, assay s well In « y re n , that | ud„ E H Cary h, ad * J u 11 und ev elo p ed y et, al-1 b a se r ores, a n d th ro u g h th e g onian. O S. Steel, plans to retire ia * . . « gold, th e led g e b eing u p w ard s of m " v h, hnh, L L a r ly„ . m i“ e; 8 > pkp of i, a n th e re a p p e a rs a April sad that former governor STATE SCHOOL LANDS AND 30 fppt in w id,h m an y th o u s a n d s o f d o lla rs in lan d sc a p e p ic tu re of m an y beau Nathan Miller of New York (above) gold from th e beds of th e u p ­ tifu l hom es in th e little valley s MINERAL RIGHTS is k> lake I sm place at $2U0.00U a year. CANADIAN COK E p e r p o rtio n s of th ese stre a m s : n e stlin g alo n g th e c o ast lino th a t 4 bill c o n fe rrin g s ta te an d te r - , also front bench claim s a lo n g th e a ffo rd room fo r m an y th o u sa n d s rito ria l title to m in eral d e p o sits 1 a n co u v er, B. C.— C oke pro- b a n k s of th e se stre a m s. I have of p eo p le m o re th a n now live in in lan d s g ra n te d by th e U n ited I (,uction fig u re s fo r th e province Collega a-la-Spud S ta te s to aid p ublic schools w as , f" rn ,8 h 8°m e s t a r tlin g c o n tra sts, fo u n d in my w a n d e rin g s w ith th e C u rry county. ap p ro v ed by th e S en ate la te in Tn 1919 ,h p o u tp u t was 91.138 fa ith fu l oid gold pan th a t in W h at we need m ost is th e in- J a n u a ry , 1927. an d h a s been i lon g torl f ’ from w hich th e re w as m an y places g re a t d re d g e s a re | itial e ffo rt of th e people now sig n ed now plow ing up th e beds by P re s id e n t C oolidge. a g ra d u a l d e c lin e to 30,615 in s tre a m s -h a t do n o t c a rry ' v a b i “®re b rin * to th e h elp of T he bill p ro v id es th a t all p rio r ' 9 -^- T hen in 1 925 th e re w as ues as ric h as do -om e of o u r T * f r °n> th e o u t- g ra n ts to th e s ta te s by C o n g ress ,n o re th a n a d o u b lin g up to 75,- riv e r beds h e re in C u rrv c o u n ty , 7 ,„ e8t' , b a >a r *e r P ^ o l l fo r th e b e n e fit of p ublic schools 185 ,ot18- w hich w as again n e a rly yet th ey a re p ay in g d iv id en d s io , '" ,h e co u n ty by d ev elo p in g o u r a re ex ten d e d to em b race m in e ra l d o u b led in 1926 to 112.186 to n s th e ow ners. Som e of th e w ork n a tu r a l re so u rc e s as th e m ines of as well as n o n -m in e ra l sectio n s l,lp valup of th e g en eral m in in g B ritish C olum bia in g s of th e e a rly m in e rs a re rich C u rry a re b u t sc ra tc h e d on th e T h e hill in q u estio n cle a rs up a *n8 $1.5 9 4 .3 8 7 . and stone, ce- m a k in g o u r m in in g p o ssib ilitie s I 2 , h <,,“ r ? ? ° 8 M n in g as80cl_ L ead 0.074 nound. m en t, etc.. $44.905,886. a tio n will be held on S a tu rd a y , Zinc o f m ore valu e. 0.066 pound M arch 12. a t tw o o ’clock in th e 0 565 ounce. T he m essage of th e ta ith f u l old a fte rn o o n in th e W oodm en h a ll S ilver A t B. H. 8. A n tim o n y ......... 0.145 pound. Gold P an h as been to me, th o u g h in P o rt O rfo rd . P ro fe s s o r— Can you give me B ism u th __ ____ .... $2.70 lb. an ex am p le of w asted en erg y ? w ritte n in m in u te p a rtic le s of T h e o u tlo o k fo r m in in g is e s­ Irid iu m ______ $115 ounce. gold an d o th e r m etals, w ith h e re F re s h m a n — Yes. s ir: T elling a and th e re a fair-sized n u g g e t to I “ a n ^ ^ l e ^ h t S P a lla d iu m .......... $58 ounce. h a ir-ra is in g s to ry to a b a ld -h e a d ­ $107 ounce. ed m an. c lin ch th e a rg u m e n t, th a t C u rry a tte n d th is m e e tin g an d a ss ist P l a t i n u m ... ........ Q u ick silv er, $102 fo r 75-lh. flask t o “ h e r own 7 m C° m e ‘ n ' makln K the year ' s aptl ^ " P8 a 8 to h e r own G old P an facts larg e as possible. W HAT MINING M EANS TO velonm nt’ n* * t0 ic d u s trla l d e " B rin g y o u r m in in g frie n d s an d ( W estern W orld i CANADA Miss Garnet Holman of Mt. Ayr, v e lo p m e n t; th e m ines o f t h e . a tte n d . P rin c ip a ls an d coaches of th e It., has worked her way through A cco rd in g to th e D om inion bu- w orld m ak e it p ossible to reach ; • * * . h igh schools of Coos co u n ty m et re a u o f s ta tis tic s th e m in e ra l . gh. 8cl10018 Simpson (la ) college by peeling po­ in to the depths of th e e a rth to DIAMOND RUSH E X P E C T E D p ro d u ctio n of C an ad a fo r 1926 ■ “ L i f 1® e ° ? n tJ c o u rt h ° U8e a t Co- tatoes in a dorm itory, "2,000 bushels yield to m an his d aily n eed s an d P o tc h e fstro o m . T ra n sv a a l So i, j , q u ille S a tu rd a y m o rn in g and it of them in 4 years,” she says When reco rd . was decided to d ra w up , he foQt. p le a s u re s, an d as s u re as fa te th e i A frica. Feb. 2 3 .— A d iam o n d e sta b lish e d a new h ig h she leaves in June a gold potato is to w ith a to ta l v alu e of $242,886,-< b all sch ed u le fo r next fall on he awarded her by th« school. S a tu rd a y . M arch 5. T he B andon and R. L. K eatley , p re s e n t te s t­ high school w as a w a rd e d the e r fo r th e asso ciatio n , w as signed ch am p io n sh ip d e b a te tro p h y . up fo r a n o th e r y e a r in th a t ca­ p acity an d th e re m a in d e r of th e session was occupied w ith ro u ­ tin e business. T hose Dreaent (W e s te rn W o rld ) w ere N. C. J a m iso n of th e O. A T he in itia l m e etin g of new ly C. exten sio n d e p a rtm e n t. H. B elec ted d ire c to rs of th e C oquille H ess. C. G asner, E a rl C ross, A. V alley Cow T e stin g asso ciatio n B K ay, P. F. B a rtle tt, Jo e Scol- w as h eld a t C oquille recen tly , a rl and R. L. K eatley. 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