Port Orford news., May 10, 1927, Page 3, Image 3

* Mining News o f the Curry-
Coos Emp ire
deals with th e rom antic ra th e r $25,065,012. according to re
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than the practical side, but th at ? f r ? u / U.r,n.l,8he.<1
t h e . produ<’er8 d»ys >n town fro m e the"** In m ln
is only n atu ral.
to the United States bureau of
Because of the publicity th a t mines, d ep a rtm en t of commerce. mines on the Sixes, and reports
attach ed to Weepah, alm ost any These figures show a decrease of th a t the rep airs on the big pipe
m ineral discovery now adays can less than l per cent in quantity line are com pleted and the saw
mill ready to sta rt.
Test of Ore Is the Assav rided, no doubt, and m ight lose get a m inute on the telegraph and
of 4 per cent in value from . c - A. Gray of th e Madden mine
P ortland, May 5 .(To the Edi­ my Job if th ere were someone wiree. and a few inches of news the figures for 1925.
states visited P o rt O rford Friday
to r .) — T he proof of th e pudding to fire me. But it is true.
space— often on page one. The showing the largest o The
u tp u t in
la in the baking T hat is exactly
Of course, it's got to be tem ­ daily new spapers have handled 1926 were as follows Michigan,
w hat the proapectore did
with pered im agination— modified by the Oregon tin excitem ent, the
2.260,320 tons, valued a t $7,- County Clerk’s Filings
th e ir rock in Josephine county, courage, good sense knowledge, gold rushes at Republic and
594,41$; New York, 2,001.680
April 25 to May 3
near G rants Paas
Thia stim u ­ and experience and with the ab il­ Sprague River, the ore strik es in
tons, valued at $6,564.829, Ohio,
lated them to aend to the bureau ity to balance all the factors en­ a num ber of northw est operating
Chas. Wilson to N athan G rant,
1.164.400 tons, valued at $3,209,-
of mines of M innesota some ore tering.
And optim ism — th a t is mines, in a m anner th a t could 473; Kansas. 729 880 tons, val­ bill of sale, cattle.
to be assayed
It showed $55 an o th er needed qualification. It not have been hoped for a year
Chas. W ilson to C urry County
ued at $2.741,534, and Louisiana
a ton in Un.
Bank, m ortgage real estate.
is the pessim ist who m ust put a ago.
502.400 tons, valued at $2,457,-
A few years ago, w hile I was foot rule on ore, enough to pay
M. N. H am ilton, beekeeper's
W eepah bears th e earm ark s of 875.
license.
en route to Casper, Wyo., sever­ back the buying price, who nev­ a "m an u factu red boom ," to the
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al geologists were being called in e r recom m ends an y thing
Maude Ragon to Chas. Dodson,
He is extent th a t the space given to It
METAL MARKET
for explanations as to why a cer­ frightfully costly to his princi­ was out of all proportion to the
lot in L akeport (d eed ).
By E 4 M. J.
tain wild cat d istric t brought in pals, because they lose every actu al im portance of the nra d ’3-
Lawrence Suckau to C. T. and
New York. N Y . April 30. 1927 W. 8. O uerin, deed.
0 an oil well when th a t d istric t had chance he gets his eye on. He covered.
But the new spapers
'Copper,
0.128
pound.
been condem ned by them . They is the chap who figures th a t most have learned by experience th at
R J. Spoerl to N W Perkins.
Tin. 0.645 pound.
deed.
decided the quickest and safest prospects fall,
and
th a t
the having "m ad e” a news subject
Lead, 0.069 pound.
way out of this dilem m a and to chances are ten to one in his they can ’t unm ake it. T heir read ­
U nited States to John Bales,
Zinc, 0.06 pound.
save th e ir own faces
was to favor if he Just n atu ra lly tu rn s ers w on’t let them
! patent.
United S tates to H eirs
Silver,
0.55
7-8
ounce.
leave th e ir geological
report down everything; th a t th is a tti­
' of C. A. Bales, patent. United
'Antimony, 0.145 pound.
T he new spapers "m ad e” the
« a n d as originally m ade; they all tude will make him a rep u tatio n
S tates to Absalam Bales, patent.
Bismuth, $2.20 pound
agreed to say, "th e oil is there, as a careful and conservative reputation of Roosevelt, of Billy
Bessie L eutw yler to Silver
Sunday,
of
Babe
IRuth,
of
Bryan
Iridium
,
$112.00
ounce.
b u t it should not be th e re ."
Mist Mining Location
man. As a m a tte r of fact, he is and L aE oilette and many a less­
P
alladium
,
$58.00
ounce.
The proof of an oil stru c tu re n eith er conservative nor carefu l;
Bessie L eutw yler to Silver
‘P latin u m , $98.00 ounce.
is th e drill. T he proof of the he is simply scared and sta g n a t­ er man. They have created the
Mist, proof of labor.
Q
uicksilver,
$125.00
for
a
75-
legend
of
Calvin
Coolidge
as
a
ore is the assay. It appears th a t ed and asleep in fancied security.
Chas. Wilson to N athan G rant
"strong, silen t m an ” in the pound flask
deed.
the tin ore of G ranta Pass is grei-
Some of our big m ining o rg an ­ W hite House.
W
henever
they
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sen— a rock of the gran ite fam ­ izations bemoan the fact th a t out
(Christiana From m
to Chas.
Ixical Mining News
ily, having a crystalline, g ran u ­ of so many thousand prospects have popularized an Individual
Wilson, satisfaction of mortgage.
they
have
been
unable
to
ignore
George Sparks of th e Elk Horn
la r texture and chiefly m ade up exam ined by th e ir scouts only
J M B aker to Chas. W ilson,
W ednesday
and satisfaction of m ortgage
of q uartz and mica, according to one or two get by as mines. T h at the public dem and for news about m ine spent
him.
T hursday in P o rt Orford, rep o rt­
inform ation.
Its relation
to even one or two do get to the
C H Pearse* to Chas Wilson,
So w ith an industry.
W hat­ ing th at the work on the new
g ran ite is such as to lead lithol­ finals is the wonder, in the lig h t
ever W eepah may produce in trail up the m iddle Elk was pro- satisfaction of m ortgage.
ogists to believe th a t it is an a l­ of the know ledge and experience
Marvin H arris vs. ____
S tate Acci-
gold, it has produced a public gressing satisfacto rily with the dent
tered form of th a t rock, in which of the average scout.
commission, com plaint,
dem and for news of m ining— a lim ited am ount of help available.
the feldspar has been replaced
R. H. Moore & Co. vs. R A.
T here is a common and perni­ dem and which keen news editors T h is trail is being financed on Handley, com plaint
by q uartz a t the sam e tim e th a t
on
the
press
associations
and
the
cious
e
rro
r
in
the
a
ttitu
d
e
to­
various accessory m inerals, very
50-50 basis by the m iners of
C. L. Berry to Bank of Ban­
ch a racteristic of the greisen. have ward scouting, which I th in k is large dailies have recognized, the d istrict, who subscribed la- don, ch attel m ortgage,
made th e ir a/ppearance.
These reflected in resu lts— instead of and which they are now duty bor in paym ent of th eir portion
(Brookings S tate bank to Ed
, accessory m inerals are topaz, flu­ com paratively inexperienced men, bound to satisfy.— M ining T ruth. and the fo restry service.
The Ransom , satisfaction
of m ort-
those
selected
for
such
Jobs
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federal money is not to be avail- Rage.
orspar, rutile, tourm aline and
others, and especially casslterite ought to be am ong ‘he most ex­ Mining Company
able until the local men have
Sam uel F o ster to Bank of Ita-
(oxide of tin ) , which is alm ost perienced and best, not only from
Papers Filed com pleted th e ir p a rt of the con- ly, m ortgage,
the
technical
view
point
b
ut
as
Invariably found associated with
F. C. C arp en ter to C. M Lew-
The Johnson M ountain Mining tract, th erefo re It is squarely up
I business men also.
th is rock.
com pany filed articles of incor­ to those who subscribed to this is, quit-claim deed for mining
Mining sense, to which Mr. poration w ith the county clerk work to com plete th eir subscrip- property,
Greisen is a ch aracteristic rock
of the E rzgebirge, Germ any, and Cragoe refers, or m ining know l­ last Saturday.
The concern is tione during May and June. Mr.
of its tin m ines. Some people edge and m oral courage, as Mr capitalized at $300,000 and offi­ Sparks is urging the subscribers
Mrs. A lta Larson has retu rn ed
say it is all in the nam e— b u t in Em m ens puts it, and tem pered cers said th ere was no stock for to rep o rt for work as prom ptly to her home in P ort Orford
im
agination
and
optim
ism,
as
I
this p articu la r instance the pros­
sale. W illiam Mason, C. P. Eeas- as possible, o r to arran g e a time
pector has proved th a t it is all in m ake bold to say, all are neces­ ley and E. A. McDuffee are the when they will report, in order
Interesting Facts
the assay.— J. T. A lexander.— O r­ sa ry to the man who would rec­ incorporators. The property ow n­ th a t the construction may not be
C alum et & Hecla Mining Co.
ommend a prospect in the hope ed by the incorporation is in delayed by reason of lack of a s­
egonian.
rep o rts an operating income of
th a t it m ight reasonably devel­ n o rth ern C urry county, and situ ­ sistance.
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24,095,929 for 1926, compared
op into a mine.
B
ert
Lynch
was
in
from
his
ated
on
Johnson
creek
and
west
Imagination for the
with
$2.720,316 in 1925.
D uluth, Minn.
mine
on
the
E
lk
riv
er
T
hursday
of Johnson m ountain.
H ead­
Mining Scout
M iami Copper’s 1926 net i n - )
— W esterner.
and
reported
th
a
t
he
had
en
­
q
u
arte
rs
of
the
concern
is
given
iFrom E. & M. J,
countered the pay streak in the come was $1,138,079 compared I
"WHAT THK PUBLIC WANTS" ‘‘S ’ ° Wer8’
The E ditor;
with $1,121,158 for 1925.
channel.
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S ir— W hen, to w hat Mr Cra-
Daily new spapers th ro u g h o u t
U. S. Sm elting ft R efining com ­
SALT PRODUCTION IN 102»
A,
K
Peck
of
the
E
ngineering
goe and Mr. Em m ens have’ said, the country have in recent
T he salt produced for sale or & Metals Co. stopped in ‘P ort Or­ pany sowed profits of $4,039,-
I add th a t one of the m ost nec­ m onths adopted a tone much
164 a fte r depletion, depreciation
essary and valuable a ttrib u te s of more friendly to the m ining in­ use by operators of salt mines, ford last week on his way south and taxes, for 1926.
wells and ponds in the United and reported th a t the equipm ent
a m ining engineer is im agina­ dustry. It is tru e th a t much of
K ennecott Copper corporation
tion, I will be criticized and de­ the m atter they have published 1 States In 1926 am ounted to 7,- at the O phir plant was to be dis­ had a net Income before deple­
321,600 sh o rt tons, valued
at m antled
tion for 1926 of $26,069,293, and
afte r paying $17.898,691 divi­
dends, passed $8,170.592 to su r­
plus.
Utah Copper had a net income
$13.809, 310 afte r deprecia­
tion. Income »ax and o th er ch arg ­
es, for 1926
The per ton cost
of operation was 0.901, and the
per pound cost of producing cop­
per was 0.0794
N ational Lead earned net $9 -
004,566 In 1926
Nevada Consolidated Copper’s
consolidated income
for
1926
was $33,008,684, w ith a net p ro '
« Of $6.832.396
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