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THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 31, 1923 TOE OnEG0NlSTATESlIAN, SALE!!, OREGON We WiB L'LING' SALEM DI Give; Cii Birr - ' I "7 ' VWMtJ " "J Orerca. oted to SHoving Salem Dioct People A irts and Opportunities of Their Ovn Country and Its Cities' and Towns. , At all times to ax: afny pcsibla way tta c oment of th frcit oerry laTistries In tl' j ley. Quality Fruits, ' r . Proper; growing, ; , - it . hi . - Proper, packing, i -. v. Intelligent selling, . Courieousv treatment, Community serrice, The Surest Way to Get More and Larger Industries la to Support Thoce'You Have The Way tcBuild Up Your Home Town Is to Patronize Your Home People II -II- '.- i ' i -.;.. MtfM 1 1 V . . - II :. I. : - STRI.C - - : - , Si 1 i 1 i: j Are the steps to business 1 succesv DEHYDRATED and "CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES hOregoh Products King's Food Products Company ! !""., Salem Portland The Dalles - ... - Oregon . , , Sellinn Salem District is a continuation of the Salem Slogan and Pep and Progress Campaign - . ! This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has ; been made possible by the advertisements placed on these f pages by our public spirited business men iron whose untiring efforts havie builded our present recognized prospenty and who are ever striving for greater and yet greater progress as the years gbTby. ' i J 3 Tfbj gutter Tritb Stomach Trouble when CL!rcpract!3 , Hemora the Caose Q Yccr Hedlh Dss&u Ttca . Yc for an appointment ' Drs. SCOTT c SCOFIELD P. 0. C. Ciixcpr(rtor Ray LAboratory 414 to 419 17. - Hoars 10 to 12 an. and 2 to c r-- :?s :GH:cnAStoh:Co.' t Manufacturer -of ' Dependable Brand - Xime-fiolphar. Solution -Tne brand yoa can depend oa for purity and test '. Prices upon -application . Factory near corner of Sumaer and . Mill St. Salem, Oregon , -' v ' The oldest Association in the Nor Unrest. Secretary and Hauffcer ; High SU. Oregon' JIELSON BROS. ' Wnn Air1 PunicP. plmmbtnj betting tnd het meUl work, tin and ctt1 ronfiag. graarU lob- - biog in tia ftnd gahrkaixad iro ' i work. , . ! - S:S Ciainakat Et . Piono 1006 DIXIE DnZAD ; Dixie Ihdlh Bread A"!i Your Grocer - zjs Rid 2 lis Conrenlent f x i Comfortable j ' -Safe, and i . i Economical too ..-. Ticket SaTe Time ' Sold In strips of 5 for 3 be - ... i i - ,v t Th ttleimtt ha ba aapplr inr th wct of tho enitirai Job printing trada ' Proof poaitive w arc prtatara . nf worth b4 marit. ' Modra eqnipmpnt aad idea ara tha ai tkat gai by. ?U3IS3G ' c::.:?aity -; ' ra m mm m,d : : SEI1PPJi:B ORE AT LaTZ-LARSErJ CAlViP Two lien Who Havefersevercd and Planned and Plugged and Dreamed and Worked With Their Tired Brains and Their Bare Hands for Ihe Goal That Is How Not Only in Sight, But in Process of Realization Starting . ;the Golden Stream That ; Will Swell With the Years jr Indefinitely ;-. II. II. Lotz, president of tbe Lotz-Lar3en Mining company, was in Salem on Tuesday, o "highway from Portland to tbe mines, after a business visit in tne metropllia Where Mrs. Lotz and their children are spending the school yearNThey will go to the mines In June. Mr. Lotx reports that work Is progressing favorably; Jn ' their camp. They will be shipping ore aa soon as the roads, dry, np, .The reader will get a better idea of their progree; .their - machinery and equipment, and their methods of treating their ore, from a read ing of -the well written communi cation of Mr. Lots in this issue. a , They Ilave Persevered Mr. Lotz and A. C. Larsen, the man who is associated with him in the operations on. th6 f Little North. Fork of ; the Santiam at the mouth of Gold creek, have cer tainly shown their faithjby their works. They are Jboth high class men and gentle mellrirsen Is a man of education and reflne- jment, and Mr. Lotz is aji eminent mining engineer, a graduate of the (best schools both scholastic and ihard knocks and he. keeps ' abreast of the latest things In all the minine world, which is con- SCREEIi DOORS Wire Screen, Screen Hard ware, Screen : Enamel . and paints will . brighten up and preserve your old screens. ; Falls City-Salem Lxnlicr Co. : r 349 So. 12th St. . - '" , . ? Phone 813 ' .. A. B. Kelsay, Mgr. stantly In search of and finding new ways to get the. precious and useful metals from their hidden places in the rocks. ; ' ' : He is a graduate of the Butte school of Mines; has had 20 years of practical mining experience; is tha. irian who first discovered cop per on the Parrott Flats at Butte, which have since produced proba bly more copper than the original highlands, and he has had the ex perience of being froze out" ;of a copper property which is reported to have since paid $22, 000,000 in dividends.' Mr. Lots la a regis tered mining engineer under the" Oregon laws. Both Mr. Lotz and Mr.- Larsen have for seven .long years stuck together and worked together worked with their bare hands at every manual . task' ef which there are so many about a developing mine. They have plan ned together and kept on the Job. through, all the seasons; meeting discouragements and sharing the responsibilities of mistakes togeth er but each time; and alway coming back and coming up smil ing: with the ultimate goal con stantly In sight though seeming distant of ten that goal the mak ing of a paying, mine in a pros perous - camp; pouring untold wealth for generations into the lap of the valley and the channels of trade of the cities which their properties8 overlook, ; up there In the shadows of Mt. Jefferson, some seven miles as the crow flies from the .backbone of the Cas cades. ' l' No Ignis Fatnus But the light of day dawns with only one large fly in the oint ment. That is the need of a road. tnat may .be used the year tnru from Elkhorn , to the railroad at Lyons the part that la a Marion : i: - -, .rz . . .ra. EL QIASTAEI aoraniGCO. ' 303 Stale St. . , i - Blen's and Young Men's Clothing and Fanushings Uw my stair.' It pays r Buy the Oregon ' . Made rurnaees J XL W. R0SEB1UUGH CO. Foundry and Machine Shop 1 17tb & Oak Sts., Salem, Or. Phone S 86 SALEU IR0I2 V70RKS . Eat'abliabad' 180 ' Founders, Machinists and . Blacksmiths 'Cornar Tpod4 .ka su. Mann far turart I tba tehaad pomp for trnra. . aad ather w pnnoae. Correapondeoc aolie itd. Irriira'ion infermatioa aap lied. Makeri of : 8alem tra Work a Draff Sawa. ' - i""- Wa Ara Out After Twa Millions We ara now pajriajr oTer three qtiartera of minis doll ara year to tha dairy man of taia taction for milk.- "Marion Bctter'f la tho Boat Batter i - for Cow and Better Oewi is the crying seed MARION CREAT.IERY c PRODUCE CO. Salem, Ore. . Prne 2 183 HOTEL BLIGH 10O rxm of Solid Comfort A Ucrr.z Avsay Frci I Salem Carpel Chnb and Fluff Rcj IYcr! Rag and fluff rugs;-woven any sizes -without seams. New mattresses made to -order. Old mattresses remade. Feathers renovated. I buy all kinds of old carpets for fluff rugs.. . Oito F. Zwiclicr, Prep. Fbone 1154 13 V and Wilbur Street public road. Above 'Elkhorn -the miners have hewed their own road out of the side of thW mountain a solid rock , road that. will bear heavy loads every day la the year. These men have now-proved that they have been following" no Ignis fatuus.' They have developed and efjuipped - a real mine,. It Is no willrp-the-wisp of the feverish im agination of the writers of . min ing literature indited -mainly to influence the sales of stock. They are now" ready to mine, treat and ship ore. They will be engaged lu this business from, now on; " or from a few days hence' onward, indefinitely, and ' Increasingly, when the' county road is dry but they, need a rock road over that stretch; and they should have it Marion county ought to provide it. Again;- this Is no Jack-o'-lantern imagining of the brain tricked by the eye. That la a real mining district, and capable of vast ; de velopment. ; Jhe metals, are there in millions piled on millions ' of value; and it . would be good bus iness for 'Marion county to rocX that stretch of Toad; it is due to the men who have shown the warld the way to a vast store of wealth; that is now ready to pour Out its constant and ever swell ing golden stream -with a few thousand tons of rock onV a pro-, perly drained stretch . of county road the chief remaining obstacle to certain - well considered and planned and manifest progress. - '"J" An Interview - - In talking with a Statesman re porter in Salem on Tuesday, Mr. Lots . gave substantially the. fol lowing Information concerning the operations at the - Lotz-Larsen mines: r--r'' l--A"- The expression "good mines a.m not found in places fit for habita tion, and in places easily accessi ble," is not always true. Among the many that could toe. placed In this group, that are easily reached close to civilization, is that of the Lotx-Larsen ; Mining .'Co. 1 This property consists of 34 claims, ly ing in range 4 and 5 East Town 8South.VWllIamette Meridian, ir the Lester Mining district, on thr Little North Fork of the Santlam river, Marion county, state of Ore gon, 52 miles south and east of Salem; 22 . miles ' from, Lyons where it is reached bylhe! C. & E and Is accessible by a good noun tain road with a practical water crade the entire distance. . ; The mines i takes Its'" present name from the men who are now at Its head, and who have devoted their entire time and money to bring it to Its present stage of productiveness! However, they are not the original discoverers. This property,' in the early, days, produced $16,000 in gold dust, and these present veins, or faults, were discovered : by these early- minert who discovered that it was a base ore,- and, for "that reason, it war passed tip. It has been 'held and relocated at different times by different prospectors, until it bar fallen Into the hands of the pres ent owners. .The men who first discovered this copper ore did not feel elated; i they were disgusted and left the camp. However, have distressed somewhat j from what I started out; to say.; , f V Agreeable Place to Live . We have an agreeable-place in which to live. The L-L M. Co'r property is situated on : aa . ele vation of 1900 feet at the inouth of Gold creek where It copflezet with the 'Little North, Fork pt the Santiam .river. It is situated on the western slope ofthe Cascade mountains, a spur running at right angles from the main mountain range. The air is balmy, and It i tempered 'by the sweet mening pine, .which - is invigorating: ; and very healthful. A good deal of snow falls on the grounLjin win ter, but seldom lies there, and the cold is never" excessive. The drinking water is the finest in the world; , comes bubbling out of the ground from springs, a sparkling. refreshing drink. The mountains are rugged and percipttmjs. , The f ide hills are covered with s vir gin growth of pine, cedar, hem THE FAITH OF flTJ EXPERT IN THE FUTURE GREAT SANTIAM DISTRICT ii: Words of the Consulting Mining Engineer of the Bureau of Mines and GeoJogy, State of Oregon, in a Letter Written to The Statesman He Says He Has Great Faith i - (About two years ago, on Feb. 28-, 1921.' A. M. Swartley.t con sulting ; mining engineer of the Bureau, of Mines ; and: Geology, State of Oregon, in response to an inquiry, .wrote the following to The Statesman, and this letter is incorporated - In this number, to make more ftfli the r,ecord of facts proving thatiwSaLem has at her front dpor ', a great undeveloped mining region- add 'with the' hope that copies of this paper may come to the notice of some, of the men in the mining world able and anx ious to do the things which Mr. Swartley says ought to be done. ollowlng is . the language of the. letted) V 'i p;;' 'i Xr,':t' The metal mining resources of Marlon county include : the North Santlam or Elkhorn district and the properties on the headwaters of the Molalla river .1; The ore bo dies are "of the same type and pri son as the other districts' on the west side, of the Cascade range. which extend from the. Ogle moun tain : mine on the north through the North Santlam district. yuarttville. Blue River. Bohemia lock-and larch.- The district be-. ing part of tne original Santlam forest reserve, has been a great fishing district, but being so eas ily reached by auto, has been fish ed put. Some wild game abounds; there being grouse, deer, elk, bob cats, wild cats, martin, mink and a few timber wolves. i No doubt j this : history of this camp will be similar to all. other sections. The linen who have done most of the 'hard work today are minor owners of this proposition, A. C. Larsen and H. H. Lotz, the original owners, , have divided their interests to secure finance to develop .the property,, until today they only control the work at: the mine, . but , do not control the stock. They have associated with them a number of stockholders, who are goo.d sound business men. Among them; T. R. Ratcllffe, Bert and RowellJ; Frank, . N. A. , Heck man, J.' A. Lathrop, W. M. La Force, and others. 1 ' Real Accomplishments The road la'a .mountain road, and, when it Is dry. Is very good. There are a few sharp pitches, but -oming to the mine the most of It Is a water grade.,' The company today, has installed water ' power, has constructed and nearly ready to run a 50-ton concentrating mill Here the ore Is t( be brought from the mine to the mill, by one way cable. The bucket will have i capacity of 500 pounds; will work on a one-inch cable, and will be handled by 4 inch cable come back line, f The power for running the same will be & 6 h. p. motor. At the mill, the ore will pass over a sorting table, then ! through a Downie crusher, where It will be crushed i to ! 1 i lnch stze r Here it will pass on to 14 rolls, where it will be crushed to 4 Inch sizef then it is carried by an elevator back to the top of mill, whereat passes through a trommel or classifier; . the oversize going back to -the i rolls it or re-grinding, and the other passing through the Jiggs, and on over the tables. La ter, we expect to put In flotation. as our 'Pre is amendable to flota tion.; "It is expected we will ba able to put five tone of raw ore into one ton of concentrate. This has been the laboratory test. VWe further expect to be able to hand pick and 'sort at least three to five tons a day. ahat can be ship ped without milling. (Continued on page 1) and other districts in .Douglas county, v The rocks In these dis tricts tire almost entirely Cascades andesites and tuffs which : make up a large part of the Cascade range. The ore deposits are in Hilicified and mineralized fracture zones cutting through these ande- sitift laves and toffs. . The veins generally dip steeply and the frac ture zones are frequently of great length. The- ore bodies vary from one to many feet in width. The principal minerals " are: pyrite (iron sulphide) , " chalcopyrlte (copper and iron sulphide), sphal erite (zinc sulphide), and galena (lead sulphide). . These sulphides usually contain considerable gold and .silver. At varying" depths from .the surface weathering has broken down and dissolved the sulphide minerals, leaving ( most of the gold and a large part of the silver in the oxidized ore." r( s' The mills ; erected In the past in these Cascade districts have been stamp mi)ls with amalgamat ing plates upon - which 50 to 60 per cent of the gold in the ore was collected. ' Some of these mills also had a few concentrating tables which . Tecornreda "portion of the sulphides in the ore after It had passed over the; plates. At comparative shallow depths in these mines the sulphide zone wai reached. The gold in the sul phide ores did not amalgamate as well as in the oxidized ores above. The recovery per ton in practical ly all of these properties dropped below the cost of mining and mill ing and consequently , these plants were forced to close. The above is essentially the history of all of the : operating mines in these districts : The metallurgy, or mill ing methods of the time when this occurred -had not advanced suffi ciently to successfully treat theso complex ores,' which almost In variably occurred immediately be low the oxidized zone. Great ad vancement in the art of handling complex ores has taken place since that time. The diflculty largely lies in the fact that smelting re quirements are entirely different for zinc than for lead" or copper. ana lead smelting is also some what different than eopper smelt ing. - We must send our zinc ores or concentrates to a zinc treat ment plant, and we also have lead smelting plants and copper smelt ing plants.. i V: v. ' . '1: 7 Tho Present Problem , - The problem; then, at the mine where we have these mixtures of Bulphids is to separate zinc suf" phides, copper sulphides, and lead sulphides, each--from th oiner. inis cannot be suc cessfully accomplished , upon the old style of concentrating table The method, which has come Into. use In the, last few years amM which la being Improved from dav to day Is : that of flotation, an the special application of flota tion to the separation of sulphides from each other Is called prefer ential f flotation. . The product from this process are then In marketable form. , Another method which is belnr applied at or near mines. In- som cases by,, the - mining companies themselves, is that of roasting. leaching, and electrolytic recovery of the metals. This has been de veloped especially In the recovery of zinc. W, is evident, from the above bare outline that a greet problem tor most of these mines is the ore of metallurgy, or treatment. Has Faith for Fntnro a have a great" faith iu these districts in the Cascades, provid ing strong. Individual companies can be Induced to take over' some of the best properties and develop the ore bodfW'and the processes in a throughgoing, competent sort ; of way. This Bureau. has tried to Induce some of the com panies, which are handling i suc cessfully similar: ores elsewhere, to enter Oregon and lead the way. It has ibeen under consideration by some of them, but the shortage of labor, the high cost of mater ials, and the great uncertainty of commercial conditions in the met al mining industry, which has pre vailed up to the present time, has prevented us from engaging their interest. WE HOPE THAT WITH; IN THE NEXT YEAR' OR TWO mis may o& aone. , With this end in view, it "is our purpose next spring to make a fairly COMPLETE INVESTIGA TION OF THE NORTH SANTIAM and other ore deposits in the en deslte. to publish a special r- Dort upon them In - order that authoritative: information may be presented to. those who have the capital and the ability tor do thl work successfully, end also for ther Interest' and ;; information Jof those who have spent their money and efforts in developing these districts. LOTZ-LARS EN MINING PROPERTIES IN GOOD SHAPE, AFTER 7 YEARS (Continued from page 1). . years of hell, will not succeed but lie them down to die. - This la our exact position on the Santlam. The Breed That Succeeds We are of this breed that you cannot stop, and if we are com pelled to even educate and build new psychology here in Salem and vicinity, we will do so. We will build a psychology of future hope tand enjoyment In our ac hievement. No longer will you cry "don't mine," but the cry will be "mine." And produce greater mines and greater mining enterprises, and pur property will hefp make your property; our business will ?help make your money; our money will flow through your, channels of trade, and will be as a new oil to your present machinery,. Dol lars will come for taxes . and dol lars will come for new enterprises and new industries. New faces will come and will -add to your happy community. Very truly yours, . ."v 'V . . .H.H..LOTZ. May 29, 1923. SILVER KING CC. . LOST , The Slogan editor 1.; I " hand copy for a c ; 1 scription of the Silver I" mining property, v.itli t to illustrate it At t! 3 ' moment, last niht, it found that this eery ! been- misphced. 11.! : .' Very much resTetteJ, 1 cannot be helped. Tl. copy and these cuts v,ill r ; pear in The Statesman gan pages of next Thur: day. , - ' ' " SLOGAN EDIT0?.. WEI iEKOEli; 3 mo, k t. Just-a; Couple, of .Poultry Pointers and One on Phnt v ing of Potatoes Potatoes for the late plant!--are best If kept In a cool ilace. spread out as. thin as possible to avoid evcessive-sprouting. A crr avoid excessive sprouting. A cc--proper method of handling pota toes before they sprout. If thr : are sprouted badly a half tour treatment Is sufficient. O. A. C. experiment station. Cockerels caponized thl3 racntb, and next should make profitatli birds for the holiday market! next winter, if grown properly. A cap onlring set will cost from XZ.'Z to J7.50, and may be bouLt frc any poultry supply house cr t! larger feed and seed stores.- C. experiment station. HARD ON LUNGS A story is told of a well-known Edinburgh organist who was con ducting his choir practice, the an them, under treatment beinsr "As Pants the Hart. The choristers seemed rather short of breath and consequently did ; not sustain .the notes long enough., ' .; ' At last, when he could stand it no longer, the organist tailed out: Stop, stop, ; gentlemen. Your pants are far too short."-ChIca- go Tribune. . '-- , A jla'rge; number of hens v : be culled out-and sold for t ' use In the next, month cr t Many successful breeders " ; of these cull hens to r. . ; and their towh trade thrc t "want ad" columns ot tttir : newspapers -O. A. C. ct::' service. LEGAL BLAiL ' v One hundred and fifteen dii: -ent forms, including: Costrart c ' Sale, Road Notice, Will Fcr: , Assignment of Mortgage, Heri tage forms. Quit Claim Deeds, di stract Jorms,- Bill of Sale, Eu: ing Contract, Promissory N:'. Installment Notes, General Lea Power of Attorney, Prune Eocl i and Pads. Scale Receipts, etc. These forms are carefully rr -pared for the Courts and Trivet i use. Prices range from 2 cerrts tj 12 centa'aplece end the t: books from 25 to 50 cents. , Printed and for sale tr Statesman Publishing Co., C uregon at business olf ice, rr: floor. tl. JJ( v i a t n 0)1 1 ; i . SIZES vr v-lC , 1 1 V AND DK1CK. Salem: Brick and Tile Co. , , Salem, Oresrcn