Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, August 25, 1931.
PORT ORFORD NEWS
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PORT ORFORD’S
N a tu r a l D e e p
W a te r H a rb o r
-THE K E Y -
To The Full Development Of The
MID - PACIFIC COAST EMPIRE
IN
Depth of Water from 30 to 42 Feet.
No Dredging.
No Sunken Rocks
No Pilot Service
Protected on West, Northwest, East and
Southeast from Storms of Summer.
Requires Umited Protection from South
and Southwest Storms of Winter.
OREGON
Fact No. 15.—GOLD MINING
Gold was discovered in Southwestern Oregon in
1852 in Josephine and Jackson counties. While there
are no reliable statistics for the early days of mining
in the region, due to the fact that the gold was shipped
to California and that State received credit for a large
portion of the production, it is conservatively esti­
mated that the Southwestern portion of Oregon has
produced upwards of $60,000,000 of this precious met­
al—largely from the placer deposits. Many “strikes”
of almost pure gold in places have been made, the
famous Gold Hill enrichment yielded, according to the
best source of information, around $700,000 in almost
pure gold. I^ack of cheap transportation retarded the
development of the lode mines, except as to these en­
richments, as the “average run” of the ores would not
stand the long haul to the existing smelters, located
several hundred miles distant; hence, mining has
marked time throughout the region awaiting a solu­
tion of the transportation problem.
The development of a nearby tidewater outlet for
the region through the improvement of the natural
deep water harbor at Port Orford will insure cheap
transportation from the interior which will permit of
the profitable marketing of the “average” ores of the
region, and when that is accomplished the mining in­
dustry of Southwestern Oregon will come into its ow n.
The Port Orford Chamber of Commerce is preparing
its case for the resumption of the hearing of the Port
Orford harbor matter before the Board of Engineers,
Washington.
Practically Free from the Prevailing Fogs
of the Pacific Coast.
Vessels May Enter or Leave Under Any
Weather Condition.
Repeatedly Selected by Board of Army En­
gineers as Harbor of Refuge for Pa­
cific Coast.
All Year Round Harbor for Deep Sea Fish­
ing.
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STRATEGICAL GATEWAY’
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NATURALLY RICH EMPIRE
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IMPROVEMENT AS A
HARBOR OF REFUGE
9300-Ton Vessel Loading in Port Orford Harbor.
Fort Orford Chamber of Commerce
PORT ORFORD. OREGON
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