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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1908)
STAYTON M A IL SUPPLEM ENT the chief mining companies of the •oltool of mines, »ud for the past aix Will Promote Salamt Interests. district. The United States govern or eight years, we believe, with the Th * payrolls of mine« and smaller |>orf»iice to the projet t iu hand were ment has appropriated 9230 for pow Guggenheim interests iu both ths amounting to hundredsof dollars every der, as the road laada into a govern United States and South Afrioa. Ha brought out. day. ahould aud would be spent very It seems that all of the three min ment reserve. Marion county haa ap haa lataly resigned th* mine auperin- largely here. Salem banks, Salam GREAT MINERAL WEALTH ing companies which have contracted propriated several thousand dollar» tendency of ths great Bradau mine iu merchants, Salam real aetata and «vary The Salem Statesman of Tueaday to deliver ore to thn proposed smelter in all (or the bridge«; contract» have Chile, aud, on a recant trip to Port j line of businaas hare will reap dlraotly hi*» the following article concerning are having very fair »ucee«» in selling beeu drawn up between the mining land, heard of and became Interested tha benefit of this expenditure. He informed your the Sentient mine» on the Little stock to tiie people of Salem aud to companies which insure the co.nple- in thia district. Finally, in closing this somewhat North Fork. I t will 1« aeen th»t otliars. Their officer« feel encouraged tion of this probably by Deoember IS committee that th* ore of ths Br»d*n extended report, prepared as it is at by boat clear Salem ia enthusiastic iu ita becking so much so that they believe that, R* far as Horn creek, at whioh point mine, which ship* ! tha expanse of considerable trouble the Gug of the niinee, ami wide awake aa to with the moral »up|a>rt of this com- the nearest of these tuinas is looated. around Cap* Horu to and time to your committee, we wish smeller at Baltimore, their importance in the upbuildiug of muniiy. they can dispose of enough,1 From that point to the smaller site genheim 1 to urge on every citisen of Salem the averages 93.50 per ton. And he gives Salem and the Sanliam district. on a pore investment basis, to insure [about one and a half m ils»] expense» wisdom for his own sake, of supporting bis opinion that there will b* no diffi Every alatemeut made by (he Salem the erection of tiie smelter, and that of building will fall upon the remain- till» project by participating in the board of trade concerning the bene- next spring. There will then l>e no ing three minee alone. From the culty whatever iu these three mines of direct profits we believe will be made the Sautiam district sorting out and question about the rapid development end of the preeent wagon road to the ticial results to 8alem, applies with j by the mines as wall as indirectly con even stronger force to Stay ton, which of the district. And the stock of these smelter eite and on up to the camp delivering to the smeller easily over tributing to aacura this prosperity fur would be benefit ted to a much greater mioiug companies, now being »old at of the Quid Creek mines where your 100 tons per day of ore running 922 our community. extent than Salem or any other point. 10 to IS cents a share, in order to committee wae entertained, we "h it par ton and up in gold, tilver aud cup- Nothing will so greatly attract the When tlie road ia ttniahed and work raise the money to insure the erection the tra il" and arrived for «upper par. attention of paopla all ovar the weal on the amelter begin», the »tuck of the of the smelter, will when it is in oper about 7 o'clock. and increase our population mors than Ths Smelter Site. three minee having contract» with ation and their ore lieing delivered and Our Investifattof«. opening up this Urge mining diatriot. the Smelting Company for the re worked, readily sell at five to ten Ths smelter will be built at the We will thus show that Marion coun A ll next day. Friday was apenl in duction of their ore», will go up to times the present prices, for the very janotion of gold creek and tbe Little ty is rich, not only in agricultural many time* their preeent value, mak good reason Unit it will be worth that exam ining the ledges, tunnels, cross- North Fork of the Sanliam river, near products, in Ita grains, iu fruiu and cut», water power, timber and all the ing tiieee atocka not only a »plendid much more. tbs bottom of ths ridge* iu whiuh all iu hop«, but that in this Urritory la The stockholders of these mining facilities for mining belonging to tbe investment hat, from a speculative three of thaa* mine» lia. A ll or* will to be found also iu abundance those view point one of the beat opportuni companies who have risked their own three mining oompauiee who alone be de’ ivered by gravity alone a te coat. precious and those valuable minerals ties ever offered Staytou people. The money in quite large quantities in do- have oontracte with the emeller Go W is estimated, of only a few cent* par on who«« supply all financial pros ing the work that haa so far beao ao- . inpany, namely. The Electric Mining Statesmen eaye: ton. when the serial tramways have perity mutt unlimately depend. The meetiug of the committee of cmnplished, do not feel like putting Company, the Freeland Consolidated been built. Respectfully submitted, the Salem board of trade appointed a the proposition on a begging batie. I Mining Company aud the Oold Creak F J Rioe, Chairman. F J Lafty. abort time ago to devise measure» for T h »y waut to aell their stock on a Mining & M illing Company, named The Greet Need of the District here in the order in which they are Harman W Barr. ^ basis of a good investment proposition at*is’ in g in the »ecuring ol a amelter The one great fact that impressed to be found ascending the creek from for any oua who haa money to invest. in the Santiam diatrict was held last your committee (above everything ex I t is to b e hoped, however, that iu junction with the river. evening at rooms of the board, to hear cept the immense ledges, the large ■AT I WEALTH IB V. every business men and property hold the report of the suh-committee. Power Plants. bodies of ore, the timber and the Chief Statistician e f Csnsua >| There wae a good attendance of the er ot Salem will give the men who ere Two dams for power plants are now water power) la the lack of money ap W rits« on “ Th* Assam committee and the report of the sub selling tiie »tuck respectful hearings. It in highly important for the gu<ai f being built which will readily supply parent everywhere. W e understand United States." committee was received with euthuai- that 975,QUO ha* been spent iu the Tbe nation's wealth Is not of Salem that they should succeed— »11 the power needed at the th a»m and satisfaction. diatrict in peat years, but it has been hands of a few, according to I After discussion, August Huckestein that they ahould secure, soon, enough mines and from which the smelter spent chietly (and wisely, we believe) I’owsra, chief »tatlsticlae of thej money ou stock sales to insure tbe company will purchase its power for presented the following resolutions in bureau at Waahlngtoe. in showing up what was there in the electricity, hoisting, e’ c. regard to the report, and they were smelter. Writing on "The Aaaeta of tha| In fact, every Salem booster ahould go The water power ia abundant, more way of mioeral wealth. A vast pro Rtataa” In tbe September at adopted: to work and help in tiie stock »ales, than could be required for yeara to portion of thia amount has gone in the American Journal af Resolutions of Committee. Do not wait for a representative of the come by the district, and can be util- the exceedingly high transportation sued recently from th« University of “ Whereas, I t is the sense of this companies to call on you. Whatever ixed at very moderate expenao on ac- over mountain trail» and this has been Chicago prsaa. Mr Powara baa tbe fol lowing to say of tha concentratlo« of committee that the opening up of the you can spare in helping along the count of the rapid fall of the stream the one fact in the past whioh haa ren wealth In America: Sanliam mining district will be of in project you ahould subscribe voluntar- 'and tiie narrowness of the caoyon, dered the district nou profitable. " I f we atart with the vales of farms calculable benefit to the city of Salem ily. There is nothing at this time which necessitates only short dams, and other homsa which are known t« Transportation Practically and to Marion county as a whole, and that will contribute more to the fame be owned by mea of small possessions, Extent of Claims. tbe saving» bank deposits and other will provide many opportunities for and the lasting prosperity of Salem The three companies, together, hold Settled. known txwasMinaa of thoaa of mouara inouarat« aa or profitable investment for our citizens, than the securing of thia smelter in j n thirty-two mining claims 600 means, and then add th* lowest/popular lowsat/pnpul The wagon road aoon to be finished be it resolved, the Santiam district. feet by 1500 feet each, a total of 640 estimates of tha pa »lo a » |»f O' will largely reduce these charges. The "First— That we accept in full the millionaire«, w* have an aggr* at* far The following ia the report of the acres all yery heavily tim be red (prob- report of the sub-committee on inves Sub committee that was appointed to ab|y 50,000,000 would be the cruiser's smelter will buy tbe ores at its bins In excess of tbe census apprfa aal ef when delivered and therefore tbe national wealth, and the u-luslou tigation and heartily endorse ita re go and make the investigation at tbe report ) under such clrcumetaaea la frftalatlbl* transportation problem will not affect commendation that the board of trade mirt are Enormous Ledges. these mines nearly ao greatly in tbe either that the ceasua eatlm lend every possible aid and assistance ridiculously small or th« ir satl- The Committee’s Report There are estimated to be some 16 future. in raising the one hundred thousand mate« of tha wealth of our ml lonalre« or 20 great ledgea carrying copper, dollars necessary to put the mines in are greatly exaggerated. To the committee ot the Salem board $100,000 Needed. "Tbe writer does sot (hid ■y first class producing shape. ol Trade Appointed to Investigate the gold and silver in this Sautiam diatrict W e believe that it will take probably 4»no» that would justify el ier er th« The main ones of these (perhaps tan "Second— That whereas neither the Mines and Smelter Project. 9100,000 to put the mioea of thia dis statement that our national t^alth 1« or twelve) run through the property smelter company nor the three mining Gentlemen: We, your sub-comm grossly understated ar that ou coni|»aiiie« ask anything in the way of ittee, after a thorough examination of of one or more of the three companies. trict in first class shape to produce alras own ao large a share of tha and market the great value« there. bonus or subsidy, but desire simply at this Santiam Gold Creek district and The ledgea in some case« are miles aa to leave tha great majority this time the authoritative approval of an exhaustive investigation of all busi in extent and the outcrops we ex Much more could be spent very profit property,^,. the honesty and reliability of this en ness matters connected with the pro amined ahow on the surface from ten ably in building concentrating plants, OOCXBAH OB TAXI. terprise, feeling sure that the propo posed erection thereof a 100-ton cus feet to aa much as aixty feet in width. etc. W e understand the geologists and sition can stand on iteowu merits, and tom amelter, respectfully submit to Our Recommendations. Thera la a remarkable ni» nlra- that the desireahility of investment in you the following facta and conclus mining engineer» who have examined tty of opinion of Judge T1 ft I d these properties for the amelter com Your committee believes that, the mines themselves will provide the ions arrived at by us: all partis« and In all ssd funds necessary at present: Men pay tribut* to his r«j prk- Tbe comittee, consisting of the three pany and for others report that the whereaa outaide interests are risking a able ability «ven where p a « rpol- "B e it resolved, That we heartily members whose names are signed formation here is not broken up, but similar amount in building a smelter ltlca may axart auch an 1 Juanea congratulate the raining companies hereto, left Salem Wedneaday evening, is all in "place", thus insuring a con with their own money, it certainly is as to demand the aepoiJug of upon tiiit independaut stand, so differ September 23, and arrived at Gates tinuous supply of ore for generation* sound business for the board of trade the rival presidential ca Jldata’e ent from the usual course in such case, (the railroad station nearest the mi to come, so far as the universal ex to devise piana and take some practical canse. As an Illustratali w. but we earnestly urge upon every busi- nes) at 12:30 Thursday. From Gate* perience of the past copper mines can step* to raise at once the funds neces Bourke Cockran In ea ln#rview at Boston tb* other day sJu : nese man in this county the necessity we drove, by mean« of “ Jim " Church tell. sary to insure the opening of thia truly “ Tea, I shall support Br?gi> ; ha for the good of the entire community and bis mules, to the present end of remarkable copper district for the Tunnels. Is tbe best candidats the Ctano- as well aa for his own sake to give this the wagon road, some twelve miles, ar Some 2600 feet and more of tunnel« benefit of Salem and the entire county crata could put up. Taft, project his careful attention, aod above riving at that point about 3:30 p. m. have been run at different levels, chief of Marion. And we so recommend to aver, la the greatest and beat all, his financial support. ly for the purpose of simply exposing your committee. qualified nomine« ever offered In Good Mountain Road. “ Third— That we return our thanks any republic la the world. He Is the rich deposit in these various ledges a greater man than Rooaavalt, and appreciation toaaid sub-committee Thia we coniider an unusually good in order that mining experts might b* County’s Wealth Would Increase. and when surrounded by the for tiie time and trouble spent in tiieir mountain road. Tho diatrict has lev able to see, when they finally cams to W e oalculate that with the improve same environments that made ezaminatioD aod in preparing their ied a 10 mill special tax and the road the mine just the character ot each Roosevelt great will prova a big- ments that will oome following the exhaustive report. is being graveled and otherwise im ledge. ger man. Taft Is a wonderful ad- bailding of the smelter, the asaeeeed "Fourth — W e recommend that this proved. Two of the bridges for which mlnlstrator, .the greatest th* Values and Extant Increasa valuation of the district will be over a committee be continued at a comm- the county lies appropriated funds are country has ever aeen, and to a million dollars, which of course means wonderful worker." With Depth. ittee on ways and mean* to devise »irexdy built and two more are under more revenue to tbe county. plans to aesiel in raising fundi in case way, each being 43-foot «pen. A large The ledges of the dietriot seem In D e a s e e r a tle I s M s s l i l w s r . it ahould develop that more direct aid force of men is uow engaged finishing The Democratic leaders have been all case* to widen with depth, the walls Electric Railway. should he given these mines. the road toward the smelter site and of the veins being farther apart tlia for year« making loud declarations “ Fifth—-Be it further resolved, that an excellent donkey engine ia in use. W e feel that the opening up of the against corporatlona and trust* and lower down they can be seen. The as the report of said sub-committee and a W e found also that tbe road crew say report from the present tunnels minee, the operations of the amelter, railroads and have, nevertheless. In stituted no legislativa steps In all this copy of thaae resolutions be transmit lias a very complete camping outfit (opened up aa they are at different backed by the great quantity of fine time for the purpose of restraining ted to the Salem board of trade and and all necessary tools. A remat kable levels) show« greater values aa o n e | ripe timbei that ia up there in the abuses. They are bow Indignant that kept on file in ita record«, and further, piece of work has just been completed: goverment reserve, will insure a daily I the Republican party, In carrying out descend*. that the same be published iu the 600 feet of dangerous rock work tonnage of freight so large that at no the promisee of Its own platform. Is Comparison With Other Property. daily papers of this city." distant day the Salem Stayton-Meha- putting Into practice tbe principle« arouod Powder Point, extremely well Your committee met while on the ma electric line will be built and thus which th«y, with a enpetb aelf-compla done, whioh took seven men fifty-three Discussion Was GaneraL trip, Guy M Vail, mining and civil Salem will secure a vaat amount of cency, claim ara really covered by a days to complete. Democratic patent.— Hon. Wm. H. Taft, There was a general discussion, lar- engineer, a graduate of the Colorado { business in all lindt. . This rood ia being built by four of at Oreen*boro, North Carolina. COMMITTEE SUBMITS FAVORABLE REPORT