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Tbaiidonb Snap, x 0 s ft. H0 tf -V '8 iyitfcv e" &1& ff. y-f; "1 . ' 4 FI3HIN0 ON UPPER, DESCHUTES S V E-Fj o o o r - bear Camp Ko&eburt v. Southprn Oregon , ? S?W . IT'X JV3 ( 5? . 7. near "Pendleton? Ore v y ombmed Harveiier Pendleton Ore 2 .4 Donkeu at Work. Hauling Logs Crater Lake Lumber (o CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK. M OUN'T MAZAMA. on the sum mit of the Cascade mountains of southern Oregon, in whose ancient volcanic crater Crater Lake rests, and the surround ing territory of scenic grandeur, have been made a national park by an act of congress. This new playground of Uncle Sam's, with its 249 square miles of area, of mountain peaks, lofty crags, deep canyons, beds of lava, plateaus of grassy fields, deep forests ot hemlock and pjnc, and a thousand rippling streams, bids fair to become as famous and as popular as Yellowstone or Yosemitc. It is yearly visited by tourists from all parts of the world, but on account of the distance and more comfortable means of transportation the number is small compared with what it must inevitably be when the Medford & Crater Lake railroad is completed. During the glacial period Crater lake did not exist. What is now the majestic sheet of water was once illed with a towering peak, the great st peak of all the mountain range, many times greater tlran oven ShaMa or Hood. This old volcano regularly erupted its fire, lava and a-lies upon the surrounding territory; but. like a spendthrift, he wasted his substance and became a liolh.w, a mere shell rf a mountain. The fire of youth died away, and afterward came the chill of old age. On the fatal day, described by Indian legends as the day on which the "Bridge of the 'Gods" fell in. the old hollow ni.uin tain, with a thundering ro;ir ami a crash that shook the world and up turned half a continent, exploded and dropped within itself It was one of the greatest tragedies earth has ever known. With completion old Mazama. the ancient volcano, uu longer looked down upon the Mir rounding peaks of the Cascades. Nothing remains but the has,-, which forms the rim of Crater lake. How this wal half filled with water, and remains so year after year, century after century, with no apparent out let or inlet, is a mystery beyond man's solution. Crater lake is oval in shape, ix miles long and four miles wide. The 22 miles of shore line are sheer prec ipices towering from 1.000 to 2,000 feet above the surface of the water. These surrounding precipices, though only ragged portions of the old time base, are mountains in themselves, some of them having elevations of over 9,000 feet above the sea. At only one point- can the water be reached; this is at Eagle Rock, where Castle Crag, the wagon road leads up to the brink Cliff. Saddle If" 'ill! THE DALLES yOFiE . PAC TO fZY DISTRICT. J tornadoes, Oregon presents an ideal field for the pursuit of agriculture, horticulture and stock raising Crop failures arc unknown in this state. Countless waterfalls, precipitous mountain streams, matchless forests, and developing coal fields vouchsafe cheap motive power. From the falls at Oregon City, 12 miles above Port land, on the Willamette river, there comes sufficient energy to light the streets, propel the street cars, and move the wheels of most of the mills and factories of Portland. Ir. Oregon there is yet one-sixth of the standing timber of the United States. Power is cheap in Portland. Raw material is cheap in Portland. The climatic conditions are ideal in Port land. Portland's transportation facil ities are not equaled by those of any .other city on the Tacific coast. I hese facts are the reasons for Portland's ability to successfully compete v ith the older manufacturing centers ot the cast. 4M4tHlfcti 11 !. - "ff- g-- 4 "4 ORE 60N LUMBER COM PAN Y-rlU S AT DEE , OR. . . IRON ORES IN OREGON. h'ew states in the union contain more iron ores than Oregon, but not withstanding this, little effort has been known to exist. The large quan tity that is yearly consumed in build ing houses, bridges, etc., and the high prices paid for it, are due to the fact that Oregon's supply has been im nrted from distant sources, subject to heavy freight and other charges, CINNABAR IN CROOK COUNTY. On Lookout mountain, about 2tf miles east of Prineville, rich finds m cinnabar have I en made, samples of the ore running as high as $227 in quicksilver. The ledges from which these samples were taken show a width of from H to 40 feet. Numer ous claims have been located in the vicinity of the discovery claim, and a company said to have plenty of capital has been organized to develop covered with perpetual snow, and in the cool shades of the hemlock for ests, great banks of snow remain the entire summer, making it a most de lightful camping place. The water of the lake is cold and pure and sweet. The entire park is one great solitude, reigned over by the wild things of the mountains. Standing anywhere on the caldron's rim and gazing dow n upon the dec p blue surface, or looking out across the miles ami miles of mountains, one sees no life save that of the wild, and hears no sound save the dishing of the waxes against the rock or the vhispirs of the wind through the hemlocks Once in a while a snow white pelican flies slowly along the lake's border, then settles on the blue surface, far out. . mere speck. Two and one half miles from Eagle Rock, though it seems but a stone's llir.nc lo otli' w lio statute .'Mid look's acn iss which rises to a above -the water, ard island is a smaller crater, fi name and, phantom-like, disappears foreign when ii wed from changing positions and lights from the shore. Mediord is the nearest railroad point to Crater lake national pai . and it is from here that tourists i.d campers prepare for the journey and stall on the interesting trip. The road lolhiws Rogue river, through a land of scenic grandeur. The river torrent at every point, with and waterfalls. Mills Palls, balls and the Natural Bridge ed en route, and the way o through the center of the1 Cascade of upper Rogue forest re serve, the greatest forest of sugar pine in the world, and which is itself a natural park and is under the guard ing hand ot I'ncle Sam's vigilant rangers during the summer months. The distance from Medford to the lake is S5 miles, and as ideal camp ing places with splendid hunting is a w 1 1 c.i s cade Blanket an- pas !e:,,K :d s cone-shaped Wizard island, grounds are everywhere, the journey pleasure and tin- helght 111 the t I S4s t.-et ,p of Wiz- dcprcssioii, in' with sin ,w , but which was, no doubt, the last smok ing chimney of the great volcano. There are a number of snow capped peaks- in Crater lake national Park, among them being Mount Scott and Mount Thielson, the latter an al most inaccessible peak of flinty rocks and known as "the Lightning Rod of the Cascades." Nearer, and around the lake, are I.lao Roc k, The Pali- . sades, Round Top, Sentinel Rock. Eagle Rock, Red Cloud Mountain and Duttoii s one ot extreme ndmg delight. A MANUFACTURING CENTER. Pe.rtlaner is not due supremacy present proud position lone tei her commercial eir financial strength. market.-. The output of Portland's mills, founelries and fac tories finds a market ne it alone along the Pacific coast, but in a large meas ure is brought into competition with the products ed" the lemg-cstablisheel manufacturing centers ef the virld. Portland lumber, for instance, finels its w-'- noi only to all parts of the I'niteel Slates, shipments even going as far as the Atlantic seaboard, but also mto Ninth America. Atnca, the Philippines and the tlu- old wori-i. Portland s tlour is as well known in the ports eif the orient as at home. Portland-made furniture is rapidly invading the territory long claimed and held as forbidde-n grenmel by the great furniture facteines of Michigan and eithers ef the eastern furniture manufacturing centers. Portland-made art glass is honored by orders fmm far-off New England, The nroducts of Portlanel's packing ho ises aid in ke-e-ping semi and body toge-ther in bleak Alaska. These arc but instances of the range taken by the products of Portland s manufac turing plants. As much coulel be said of many either lines ed manufactures. Aside from the excellent trairspeir- MINING IN OREGON. According to the United States geological survey bureau there are 2,170 mines of different kinds in the state uneler development, the great est number of which are gold ami copper, while in seme portieins of the state deposits of some kinds of min erals arc found which do not exist elsewhere in the United States. Ne table among these latter are the e. -bait mines eif Grant county, said to have been the only discovery of this valuable mineral found in the coun try. The principal mining counties in the order of the number of miners ct.iploycd are: Haker. Josephine. compelling dealers to keep a large and the ore bodies. Crook county corn graded stock on hand. The cost eif prises a vast area of territory which iron in erecting fire-proof buildings; jlas l)een practically untouched by the the demand for mills, water and gas prospector's pick. An occasional piece pipes, and feir railroads, is increasing of f I. .at showing the yellow metal year by year, keeping pace with the will be brought in from the summer cxpansiein eif the several branches of range by some observant shcep- thc industry, until the requirements herder, but these finds arc rarely will be so great that the raw material traced up, as the seasoned prospector scattered so abundantly throughout has maele few incursions into these the state is hound to be utilized. v.ountains. Many rich finds will yet The consumption of pig iron in t,e maele in that region of the Blue Oregon during the past year has mountains, and it may be that a new been nearly 10,000 tons, and the price Eldorado is awaiting the reward of about $30 per ton; of the other kinds some searcher of hidden wealth. three times as much. A company was formed in 1866 at Oswego, seven BORAX. miles above Portland, and has been ' conducted with varied success ever Large deposits e.f borax of soda are since, smelting pig iron, iron pipe, fenind in the marsh lauds of Harney etc. Up to this date it has produced county, covering an. extent of 10,000 some 200,000 tons and is now manu- acres. The product is shipped to facturing iron pipe. On Scappoose V inncmucca. Nevada, a distance ot , , i liUllillllK H"H Pacific pe.rts of Jackson, (.rant. Lane, Uougias ana . f p 150 mjiCS- This seida borate is cov land, a large bed of iron is known to erect with a layer ot salt six inches exist, which is said to' be about 200 thick. It is composed of sodium car feet thick. Near Columbia City iron bonate, sodium sulphate and sodium ore of a good quality is found. It is chloride, ahmg with the borax. Dur about 30 feet thick, with shell marie ing the hot weather in summer the overlaying it and coal of great thick- material is shoveled up, dissolved in ness beneath it. No attempt has ever boiling water and sulphic acid is add becn made to determine the quart- ed. The solution is then decanted anel tity eir quality of either, though there boracic acid precipitated from the seems to be a promising outlook for liquid. About 20 per cent of the raw material is borax, and the yield about Coos. Other counties have extensive mining interests, already of some magnitude, which will continue to grow. At present there arc about 3.370 miners in the state who draw an average wage of $3 per day. Esti mating that they work on an average two-thirds of the time, the amount paid them annually in wages is $2, 022,000. January 10. 1907. the direc tor of the mint at Washington made devdopmcnt. a preliminary estimate of the gold 400 tons annually. A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY. Portland is one of the cities of op portunity that the west is offering to residents of the older eastern com- havc played no unim m her prosperity and of the rfm, whence a winding trail Cliff has been cut down the lake's edge. Just under Ihitton Cliff, and not The lake's surface is 6,239 feet above far from the shore, is a craggy little ica leyel, and the water has a depth islet known as the Phantom Snip, of from 2,000 to 6.000 feet. All of Its rugged hull, with rocks' towering -Manufact ure-s portant part growth. It would be strange, in eleid, if Portland, with her money power and transportation facilities, should not make material preigress along manufacturing lines. All the elements essential to successful man ufacturing, with the possible excep tion of population, favor this rity and silver production of the United MINING States during 1906. Oregon is cred- ited with $1,369,900 in gold and in Eastern Oregon probably ha the silver, fine ounces, 100,000. Oregon richest gold mines in the world. With estimates of t h gold yield last year the increase of every 100 feet in place it at 158,000 ounces, valued at depth on some property is an increase munities as a field for business oppor- tation facilities with which Portland $2,640,000. Senithern Oregon placer f 30 per cent in yield, according to tunities and enterprises. It is one of is favored and her expanding markets mines are estimated to have yielded Professor Lindgren of the United the healthiest cities in the world. Its there are. many other favorable in a half century $32,000,000. States geological survey. These val- situation is beautiful as .well as ad- ues- will continue to a depth beyond vanta'geous and it is growing faster which they cannot be mined at a than any other western city. enter into Portland's a manufacturing city. agencies that advantages as First and foremost among these must be meld ioiieel an abundance of raw material tributary. Cheap motive PETROLEUM NEAR SEASIDE.. nrofit with anv of the nresent mcth-V Four miles south of Seaside there ()(ls He believes the deposits extend The prune. growing industry in Ore have been discovered indications of downward 5.000 feet. Nearly everv eon is of large importance. No other power is another important factor, oil in the mountains adjacent , to Elk Oregon county contains some sort of fruit brings as much money int,o Ore- creek. Samples ot nick nave neen mjnerai The annual product of Ore- gon. Large orchards: in the Willam brought in that are strongly impreg- KO1 mme!i js estimated to be over ette valley produce prunes ..that can- A company is oeing $10,000,000. All the leading minerals not be excelled by any other state are to be found in Oregon. and the crop never fails. while favorable climatic conditions must come in fer a share of credit. also Everything that can neissiblv nated with oil Hut eve n the limitations imposed be grown in the temperate zone organized to prospect the find upon manufactures by the local irtar- grows here te perfection, and at the ket. elue- to the absence ef a large minimum cost eif production. With peculation, are more than compen- no extremes of heat or Thirty acres of 9-year-old orchard Street railways in Portland employ Portland has a free public library cold, no in the Heod River section netted its nearly 1,700 persons, who earn $1,- with several branches, containing 50,- jtbe peak surrounding the lake arc like the masts of a ship, suggest the sated for by the constantly widening drouths, no hail storms, cyclones or owner last season $598.50 per acre. 200,000 annually. 000 volumes.
