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Mining News of the Curry-
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WORTH REPEATING
LOCALS
B e rt L ynch sp e n t th e w eek in
P o rt O rfo rd from his m in e on
the E lk river.
W. C. P u rd in of th e E lk d is­
tr ic t w as in tow n F rid a y on m i­
n in g m a tte rs.
Ja m e s S u tto n le ft la s t
week
fo r th e In m a n m in es
on
th e
Sixes.
H. W. Foster of (Portland is a
visitor at the Inman mines.
W ork on th e E lk tr a il is p ro ­
g re ssin g u n d e r th e m a n a g e m e n t
o f Oeo. F . S p ark s. T h is tr a il is
b eing b u ilt on a 50-50 b asis by
th e m in e rs and th e fo re st s e rv ­
ice.
Geo. W. A xtell, an E lk riv e r
m in er, a rriv e d a t P o rt O rfo rd 31
y ears ago la s t S unday, an d 30
y ears ago la s t S u n d ay s ta r te d
w ork on h is claim on th e E lk
river.
(F ro m th e S e a ttle J o u r n a l of
C o m m erce).
S om e tim e ag o
a s ta te m e n t
w as p u b lish e d , n o t as a guess
b u t a s a m a tte r o f ta c t, th a t ore
blo ck ed o u t in th e C o eu r d'A l-
en es w as w o rth $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 and
t h a t lead , s ilv e r and zinc sh ip ­
m e n ts from th a t d is tric t a m o u n t
to $ 2 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 m o n th ly .
In th e
B a k e r, O regon, sectio n , co p p er is
to carry th e reg io n f a r on th e
w ay to p ro sp e rity .
In so u th e rn
O reg o n th e halcyon d ay s o f fab ­
u lo u s gold fin d s seem to be re ­
tu r n in g ,
an d
th r o u g h o u t
th e
(M ontana c o u n try , Id a h o , O regon,
W ash in g to n ,
B ritish
C olum bia
a n d A lask a th e re ru n s th e s p irit
t h a t p o rte n d s b e tte r th in g s for
th e m in in g in d u s try . T h e field s
h av e been p ro v ed tim e a n d again .
Black Gold In Eden
X X X
METAL MARKET
By M arcelle R eb er.
By E & M. J.
(A ll rig h ts re s e rv e d ).
New Y ork, N. Y., A pril 16, 1927.
C opper $0.1277 pound.
P A R T V.
T in, $0.669 pound.
She ran to th e telep h o n e, a
L ead, $0.072 pound.
p riv a te lin e
betw een
P a ra d ise
Zinc, $0.064 pound.
a n d E d en , a n d ran g .
“ A m an
S ilver, $0.5625 ounce.
h as fallen dow n th e Devil S tairs.
A ntim ony, $0.128 pound.
T ell D onald to g et a m an and
(B ism uth, $2.20 pound.
ru n th e re w ith f ir s t
a id
an d
Irid iu m . $115 ounce.
b rin g him to my house. Q uick.
P a lla d iu m , $59 ounce.
M ary .”
(P latinum . $104 ounce.
‘‘T ak e a
m an
Into
E d e n ,”
Q u ick silv er,
$122 fo r
75-lb.
la u g h e d M ary. “ A lrig h t!"
flask.
“ T h is is no la u g h in g
m a tte r.
X X X
M aybe th e p o o r m an is d y in g
MIXING MEANS HOPE
o r d e a d .” R ose N ell h u n g up th e
(F ro m th e M ackay M in er)
re c eiv er an d ra n to th e
Devil
A m azing p ro g ress
h as
been S ta ir.
m ade in chem ical an d
m echan­
T h e re b efo re h e r lay a m an.
ical tr e a tm e n t of ores, so th a t m o tio n less. W as he d e a d ? Blood
ores once re g a rd e d a s expensive w as oozing o u t an d m a ttin g his
w aste a r e to d ay p ro d u c in g good th ic k gold h a ir.
R ose
N ell’s
v a lu e s; an d ca p ita l is av a ila b le h e a r t b eg an p o u n d in g
in
her
in in c re a sin g a m o u n ts fo r new b re a s t. S h e rem e m b e re d
every
v e n tu re s.
lin e of th a t p ro s tra te form and
W h a t th e m in e r p ro d u ces
is cu rv e of th e g o ld -cro w n ed head.
“ T h a c k e ry !” c ried R ose Nell,
new an d clean an d h elp fu l.
It
is n o t a sp e c u la tiv e tra d e , w ith an d raised h is h ead , p illo w in g it
He
was
a lu ck less victim a t th e
o th e r a g a in s t h e r h e a rt.
O so
fain tly .
end; bu t a
p o sitiv e,
v a lu ab le b re a th in g , b u t,
c o n trib u tio n to th e w o rld ’s sav ­ W ould D onald n ev er, n e v er get
ings. In every w ay th e m in e r is h e re , she cried . “ Ah, th e re they
a b u sin ess a ss e t to any co m m u n ­ com e n e w .”
“ Bad w o u n d ,”
said
D onald,
ity.
M ines m ak e th e b est pos­
sible n o n -co m p etitiv e local m a r­ ‘‘W e’ll h av e to ta k e him to th e
G en tly
th ey
k e ts fo r fa rm a n d ra n g e p ro d ­ h o u se a t o n ce.”
u n co n scio u s
m an
ucts. T hey b re a th e co u rag e and rem oved th e
e n te rp ris e and vision as does no an d ap p lied firs t aid. R ose Nell
o th e r in v e s tm e n t o r in d u s try h a d telep h o n ed to T h e R eeches
fo r D octor P a rk e r, w ho, on th s
know n to m an .— (Mining T ru th .
Y
x
Y
X
second call, said he w as on his
w ay th e re .
R ose N ell could n o t re m a in in
th e room . She did n o t w an t him
to know h e r— n o t th e n
She left
D onald w ith him , w aitin g u n til
th e d o c to r a rriv e d .
D onald n o ticed an o b je c t w hich
h ad fa lle n from th e u n co n scio u s
m a n 's co at p o c k e t; it w as a pic­
tu re .
H e pick ed it up an d
a
p an g stab b ed th ro u g h his h e a rt
an d a fa in t cry escaped his lips.
In a w ell-know n h a n d w ritin g he
read ‘T o m y d a rlin g T h a c k e ry
w ith love e v e r an d e v e r
fro m
h is little E lin o r.”
He d ro p p ed
th e p ic tu re as th o u g h it w ere a
red h o t th in g an d w en t to th e
u n co n scio u s m a n ’s sid e an d sto o d
lo o k in g dow n a t th e s till w h ite
face.
T h e re w as so m e th in g in ten se
an d m ag n etic in th a t gaze. T he
u n co n scio u s m an fa in tly s tirre d ,
th e n open ed h is eyes, sm iled , a n d
th e n sa n k in to o blivion ag ain .
“ I t ’s a lr ig h t, old c h a p ,” said
D onald a b ig lu m p com ing in
h is th r o a t.
“ I w ish you w ould
sta y h ere in stead of h ik in g back
I to S h ad o w L a n d .”
“ How is h e ? ” ask ed M ary, tip -
to in g to th e bed.
“ I fe a r in a bad co n d itio n ,”
sa d ly rep lied D onald.
“ A lm ost serv es him rig h t for
try in g to clim b dow n th e Devi!
S ta ir,” said M ary.
“.Men a re
j su ch v en tu re so m e an im als. Rose
N ell is a c tin g
te rrib ly
q u eer,
j I’ve n e v e r seen a n y th in g up set
h e r so b ad ly a s th is a c c id en t. I
w o n d er w h at tim e
th e
d o cto r
w ill g et h e re ? ”
“ In a b o u t th re e h o u rs , if he
s ta r te d w hen h is o ffice g irl s a id .”
To th e w aitin g m an an d w om ­
an th e h o u rs d ra g g e d
by
on
w ings of lead. At last th e d o c­
to r a rriv e d .
Rose N ell s ta rtle d M ary and
D onald by a p p e a rin g in a w hite
w ig an d b lue g lasses, d ressed in
an o ld -fash io n ed gow n. To th e ir
frig h te n e d look she
w h isp ered ,
“ He m u st not know m e.”
D onald clin ch ed h is
h a n d s—
h is s is te r loved th is m an and he
loved th e w om an he loved.
“ E lin o r! E lin o r ! ” cried T h a c k ­
ery , an d san k back in to Shadow
L and.
B ro th e r an d s is te r looked
at
each o th e r and Rose Nell ru sh ed
from th e room .
•
The
d o c tq r ex am in ed
th e
w ound an d his body in g en eral.
’’W ell, w hat is th e
v e rd ict,
d o c to r ? ” an x io u sly a sk e d
D on­
ald , “ w ill he pu ll th r o u g h ? ”
“ I t ’s a s tiff c u t, a lr ig h t! b u t
th a t is n o t th e real cau se o f his
p ro lo n g ed s tu p o r.
T he fact
is
he is s u ffe rin g a bad case of car- he ask ed .
d ress an d 111 fittin g clo th es failed dow n on th e fla t.
A m an a n d
’T h e lady is my s is te r ,” r e ­ to conceal.
d ia c a m o u ria .”
She w as tr u e blue, a w om an g o t o u t of the p la n s .
“ Is t h r ' a d isease o r a sym p­ plied D onald.
an d a s b rav e as they m ake them .
“C an you d ire c t us to P a ra d is e
of
the j m in e ? ” a s k e d th e y o u n g a v ia to r,
“S he is n o t a n e ld e rly la d y ,” W h en th e ra ttle s n a k e ,
to m ? ” a sk e d D onald.
“ A d is e a se .” p ro m p tly replied sn ap p ed M ary.
d e a d ly so g e r v a rie ty , had b itte n acaetin g F ra n k . “ W e w ish to go
th e d o cto r. “ T h e c h a p is h e a rt I " P a r d o n m e, d e a r la d y ,” said th e b la c k s m ith ’s little g irl, she th e r e w ith o u t one m o m e n t's d e­
an d so u l sick , d isa p p o in te d <n a th e d o cto r, bow ing. “ I sh o u ld did n o t w ait a m o m en t b u t began la y .”
su c k in g th e
poison
fro m
the
g re a t lo ve; h e ’s th e one-w om an hav e said c h a rm in g .”
“ O please show us the way o r
“ E lin o r ! ” c ried T h a c k e r y . w ound in th e so ft little leg, sav ­
k in d of a ch ap w ho n ev er, never
lead
us th e re a t on ce,” cried th e
T h e re sh e goes o u t
fo rg e ts ; a m ost in te re s tin g case. a ro u s in g to r a m o m en t, “ y o u ’ll in g its life.
young lady.
Do h u rry .
I am
You see th a t he does not respond a lw a y s love m e ? ” and a g a in he to th e fla ts ; now is my c h a n c e ,"
w ild w ith a n x ie ty .”
th o u g h t F ra n k .
H e soon o v e r­
to m ed ical scien ce an d m ay not slip p ed back in to S hadow l a n d
“C e rta in ly , w e’ll co n d u c t you
— Ju st p ass o n .”
P o o r R ose N ell!
How
h e r to o k her.
“ You
a re
co rre c t,
doctor. h e a rt h u r t!
“ Nice young m o rn in g
fo r a to th e P a ra d is e m ine a t o n ce,”
said F ra n k .
D onald g ro a n e d aloud.
W hile you w ere o u t he
called
w alk, m ay 1 acco m p an y y o u ? ”
i T hey s ta r te d o u t on a b ris k
“ T h a c k e ry ," cried R ose N ell. a sk e d F ra n k .
fo r h e r,” said D onald.
“ Do you know th e lady and “ T h a c k e ry , O my
love, oom e j
“ I ’m g o in g to s e t o u t som e pace and w ere soon a t P a ra d is e ,
, b u t found no o ne th e re .
w h ere sh e is ?
If you do, send back, com e b a c k .”
w a te r cress ro o ts, com e a lo n g If
“ T hey m u s t be up a t E d e n .”
A gain he ra llie d an d
opened 1 you w ant to ,” rep lied Ju n e .
fo r h e r to com e a s fa s t as an a ir ­
said J u n e , “ le t us go
on
up
p lan e can b rin g h e r; it is a m a t­ h is eyes.
I
b o o k h e re , J u n e I'm a plain th e r e ."
te r of life o r d e a th w ith him ”
“ I th o u g h t R ose N ell, my d a r ­
“ I ’ll send fo r h e r a t
o n ce,” ling, called m e,” he rep lied , and m an a n d s h o rt of speech. T h e re 's
T hey w ere soon a t E den. T h e
cried D onald, and ru sh e d o u t a n d ag a in w as lap sin g back in to the no use b e a tin g a b o u t th e bush. young lad y push ed th em
a sid e
I
love
you
an
d
w
a
n
t
you
to
on to P a ra d ise w here he could d a rk .
and ran in to th e house.
m
a
rry
me.
W
ill
y
o
u
?
”
'A m ost in te re s tin g ca se ,” said
g e t th e m ain tele p h o n e line to
“ O w here Is he, w here is h e .”
T he w a te r cress ro o ts fell u n ­ she cried, a lm o st w rin g in g
reach W e ste rn U nion office
at th e d o cto r, lo o k in g a t Mary.
her
g ro u n d .
“ You h a n d s an d Ig n o rin g everyone.
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“ T h a c k e ry , R ose N ell c alls you; heed ed to th e
T h e Beeches.
sh e love m e, a th in , raw -b o n ed , la n k ,
" E lin o r ! " cried T h a c k e r y ,
Rose N ell w as h a ste n in g back, com e back to R ose N ell,”
a w k w a rd m o u n ta in e e r ? " sh e a s k ­ “ d e a r little s is te r, h e re I a m ,”
as th o u g h m a g n e tic a lly
d raw n , cried.
A gain T h a c k e ry opened his ed.
and be h eld o u t h is a rm s bo h e r.
to th e devil s ta ir.
She looked
“ You a re th e b est an d d e a re s t
“O, T h a c k e ry d a rlin g . O d e a r ,”
up a t th e steep rim vf th e rock eyes an d gazed a t h e r face, and
g irl on e a rth .
T ell m e, Ju n e , and E lin o r ra n to him .
an d th e w orn ste p s w hich had c lu tc h e d a t h e r han d s.
“ T ak e o ff th o se h o rrid glasses w ill you tr y to 'o v e m e ? ” p le a d ­
A t t h a t m o m en t D onald sto o d
been c u t o u t of .h e solid rock
and ed F ra n k .
in th e doorw ay.
y e a rs an d y e a rs ago, sh e su p ­ an d w h ite w ig in s ta n tly ,”
T w o big te a rs w ere ro llin g h er
posed, by an e n te rp ris in g p ro s­ M ary sn a tc h e d th e m from her.
“ W h ere is he, m y love,
my
ro g u ish poor d y in g love, my d a rlin g D on­
“ R ose N e ll!” cried T h a c k e ry , ch eek s, a n d th e u su a l
p ecto r. T h en she n oticed a fla re
had a ld ? ” sh e cried.
of w h ite, looked lik e a piece of “ R ose N ell, my d a rlin g , m y w ife tw in k le in th e b lu e eye«
F ra n k U pton w as all
“ !x>ok b ehind you. d e a r,” said
p a p e r stu c k on th e th o rn y leaves to b e,” a n d folded his lo st love v an ish ed .
m an - -a re a l h e -m a n — an d cam e T h ack ery , very m uch s u rp ris e d .
o f a sm a ll sc ru b o ak bush. She to h is h e a rt.
“ T h is is no place fo r a d o cto r. tr u e to th e m a rk in a h e -m a n ’s
d rew n e a re r and looked a t
it
“ D o n ald ,”
cried
E lin o r.
I
S he
h ad
m isju d g ed th o u g h t y«u w ere dying, O D on­
closely and saw th a t h e r nam e You n e e 4 a m in is te r of th e g o s­ co u n try .
H e loved h e r, th e h e a rt a ld ,” an d she cru m p led in a f a in t
“ Y oung him .
w as sig n ed on th e bo tto m o f th e p e l,” said th e d o cto r.
page. S he m an ag ed to get it ex­ lady, you have saved th is m a n ’s a n d soul o f h e r, as h a rd as she in h e r lo v e r’s arm s.
from
I w ish you both
m any h ad trie d to d isg u ise It
tr a c te d from th e th o rn y fin g ers life.
“ D ear me, d e a r m e !” ex cla im ­
y e a rs o f h ap p in ess to g e th e r. I ’m him .
w hich held it a n d read :
ed D octor P a rk e r , com ing In a t
“ I love you, d e a r F ra n k , a n d th a t m in u te, lay in g his
fis h in g
“ D ear Mr. B a rto n :
“ I c a n n o t a lonely m a n ,” he confided to
“ May w ill be y o u r w ife, if you w ant tack le dow n a n d g e ttin g o u t h is
m eet you in th e palm g ard en to ­ M ary o u t on th e porch.
m edicine case, c a re fu lly se le c tin g
n ig h t.
I c a n n o t m a rry you;
I I com e to see you, Just y o u ? ” he m e ,” sh e said ,
" W a n t y o u !” he cried , “ w ant a vial. " H e re , hold th is to h e r
love a n o th e r.
We m ust n ev er ask ed .
More th a n an y o n e o r a n y ­ nose fo r a m o m e n t— Ah! T h a t’«
“ T he fish in g Is sp len d id , the you!
m eet ag ain .
R ose N ell D arcy .”
by th in g in my life .” A nd h e c a u g h t fine. Now th a t e v e ry th in g Is a l­
It w as (Mona S ta n v ille ’s h a n d ­ ste e lh e a d s a re ru n n in g a n d
w ritin g . S he recalled how Mona th e la s t of th e w eek th e royal h e r in his a rm s an d p la n te d th e rig h t, a re you re a d y fo r th e flsh -
ev e r
put ir g trip , Miss M ary ?” ask ed th e
be com ing
up­ firs t k iss th a t m an
h ad h u n g a ro u n d an d was w ith C hinooks w ill
H e r g olden h a ir fell to d o cto r.
T h a c k e ry th a t fa ta l n ig h t w hen s tre a m from th e sea and th e c u t­ th erS .
p le n tifu l o n e side of h e r sh ap ely head and
“ All re a d y to go,” said M ary,
he had looked into h e - eyes in th r o a t tr o u t a re re a l
co o l scorn. “ H ang E lin o r,” cried o v er in C ed ar creek . M aybe we she took th e h a te fu l p in s from it, looking re a l s m a rt in th e la te s t
R ose N ell. "T h a c k e ry sh all h e a r can lu re som e of them o u t of le ttin g it fa ll in a w aving m ass m ake of chic fittin g togs.
her
“ O, is n ’t th is
a
w o n d e rfu l
from my ow n lips th a t I did not th e w a te r in to th e fry in g p a n ,” dow n h e r back an d o v er
sh o u ld e rs.
p la c e !” Hald E lin o r.
w ri’p ‘ b a t c ru e l
le tte r .”
She lau g h e d M ary.
“ J u n e ,” cried F ra n k ,
“ You
“ F in e!
You a re a w om an a f ­
" I t o u g h t to be, it is E d e n ,”
ran back to th e house.
" Y e s," sh e h e ard D octor P a r­ te r my own h e a r t ,” cried th e d o c ­ a re th e loveliest g irl I ’ve e v e r said T h ack ery .
W hy do you w ear y o u r
“ Yes, b u t a g o ld less E den a n d
k e r say, “ He is h e a rtb ro k e n and to r, th en b lu sh e d to th e ro o ts of seen.
h is h a ir a t th e s tu p id b lu n d e r h a ir so h ig h an d so ti g h t? ”
a go Id less P a ra d is e ,” said Don­
does n o t c a re to liv e .”
" I ’ve only w orn U th a t way ald. sadly.
h u rrie d
Rose N ell u tte re d a
scream he h ad m ad e an d he
‘ W h a t!’’ said T h a c k e ry , “ g o ld -
an d ru sh ed p a st th em and fallin g dow n th e step« an d called back, sin ce you cam e. R ose N ell D ar­
you less? I sh o u ld say n o t!
The
on h e r k n ees by T h a c k e ry 's side, " I ’ll be b a rk up th e riv e r next cy a n d 1 o v e rh e a rd w hat
said to M r. 'B arto n and we d e ­ s tre a m Is fu ll of gold, black g o ld ,
g a th e r in g his head to h e r b re a s t, F rid a y , ta c k le and a ll.”
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cided th a t we w ould com e up to m illio n s In It.”
sh e b egan
c a llin g
h is
nam e.
F ra n k U pton could not
h elp y o u r id ea of a m o u n ta in e e r g ir l.”
“ Black gold In
E d e n !”
ex­
“ T h a c k e ry , m y love, com e back
h im self.
H e had fallen in love
“ You a re a
little
ro g u e ,” claim ed D onald an d Rose N ell.
to me, O T h a c k e ry !”
“ T hen m y claim s a r e
in d e e d
T he d c o to r gave
D onald
a w ith J u n e H an ley , tig h t, k n o tte d lau g h e d F ra n k .
h a ir an d o ld -fa sh io n e d d re ss and
T h ey w ere s ta rtle d
by
th e P a ra d is e fo r— "
s ta rtle d look.
T h e re w as a
ro u g h ish w h irrin g noise of an a irp la n e . It
“ U s,” said E lin o r.
“ W ho is th e e ld e rly lady and all.
T he E nd.
w hy is sh e a c tin g so q u e e rly ? ” c h a rm w hich th e im p o ssib le h a ir w as fly in g low an d going to taxi
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The Lake View Tracts
All within Five Minutes’ Walk of Garrison lake, offering
Boating, Trout Fishing, Duck Hunting and Bathing; also adja­
cent to Agate Beach.
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Just off the Roosevelt Highway.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
$2.00 12 Months
$1.00 6 Months
l/ocated between Port Orford and Garrison lake. Ample
reservation assuring good wide roads.
These tracts are ideal as summer home sites or permanent
residences and can be either bought o\cright or obtained on
long-term leases.
PORT ORFORD NEWS,
PORT ORFORD. OREGON.
Enclosed find $ ______ for
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Make your arrangements with us -for building that cot­
tage now.
subscription to the NEWS.
Name ________
Address
Date
Write or Wire
Fort Orford Commercial Company
Port Orford, Oregon