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SALEM, OREGON, TIIURSDAY. MORNING; I.IAV 31, 1923'
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This F;cp:;ty U Backed By Representatives of a Breed
; of r.Tcn Who Will fiot Stop or Be Discouraged; the Kind
" ct;;.:n Wbo Pioneer in Great Enterprises and in the
; , End Prevail Over. Dif f icuSties.and Discouragements-r-r
; nccdyf liow'for Actuall Utnlng7 Milling and Shipping
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Editors Statesman: " ' : -. ";" -::-V"; -: 'y--! L ; : ty y '' l- y
Surely I appreciate your request for aT short statement in k review
cf the mining conditions and their present status on the Little North
Fork of , the Santiam riverIocated In the Lester mining district,
vwuutjr ,oi luanon, siate or uregon,
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II: IL Lctz, LL.E. and IL E.
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can rie, ior ii seiuom aoes
oyer me .misiates .tnat.yoa nave
stepping stone on which you may
zut.ure. 5. we can , never , gain anythlhg by knocking what has been
aoner oui can cniy progress by ;
os aaeaa ana areaming oi
.ho future. - j . .
I in no way care about the
water-that-has long sines run
down the river; that 1 1 cannot
Utilize but today we must look
ahead, expectantly desirous of
concLuering the waters that are
to come.'
; t" Takes Ti-ainwoik to Wta
Arain,-1 desire to thank you.?
Ur. -Editor, for your many past
courtesies; and briienyvill say "
ttat with a hearty orraalzatioa
f clear-headed business cien,
Ueh as yourself, that ' the tnin
iag industry lying at -Salem's
L-ackdoor cannot and; will not
renaia us ieveloped. It not
only demand3 admittance. Into
yoar busiaesa channeU, but you
raust bs so educated as to wel-'
coin& it. Ii Is an obvious fact
that the, efforts of the individ
ual canr accomplish very little f
in any enterprise of such mag
nitude as we have-here if
requires teamwork to win. and
his on one hand requires men' that know. and live mines and' min
tral3, and on the other hand an
to will give the'nan or men in
...ccept hl3 or their orders and who
as narmony Is concerned regarding: the organization, to carry out
arrcj Ulilz Ncrth
ntc-th ef tl.2 tr.r.r.;L '
ccessfully his or their' plans .to completion,- thereby not only - en
ciiastheraselves,, but giving a. growing. and, lasting enterprise to
e community. Tt!3 not only means , reward for, me, but succesg
r you and yours as well, i v;
. A Lon.!r, Hard I'i.-ht
I know tiat ever
you can
ncmher you have
; : ca told of
j wonderful riches of the' little
rta Fork of the Cantian, and
t ybm hare failed to tee any ot
s wealth brought home;, No won
r you often tear the remark',
I!ark? Twain's dentition of
-e, , "A. hnli in the ground
by a llar.i This definitiohr
zood may time3, 1 true;, but
fsr gl.i 1 to -say that' men who
1 devote their le t efforts and
.unstiitlEsly of their means
'ivclop a young mine, tio net
:V9 as.II.'rk Twain did. In
- sensq bf the word, today
s have a . young; and growing
on the little Korth Fork of
C mtiam. We have tried In
r rtst efforts, in every legiti
'3 way, not tp spoil the scenery
thi Lea ;tlful part of thermoun
-a; not to favor any jspeplal
v -with c-niploynient, cor. has it
cin our jTiniary, rarroselto ob-
i cross sections c! the earth
ii elucidation fc! !y cf geologl,
I problems, so - that wo coulJ
--verse Intelligently, on ,.forna.;
" i.: Our plan" has been -neither
' --; ncr" altruinic, , hTt, la
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but will say that It was with
ereat ana nroiouna sense oi re-
sponsibillty and many mistlv
Ings that I have-accepted' your
InTitation to grtre1 a few 'facts
of the actual conditions as they
now exist in our locality.
I ... To-begin with will sUte Ahat
our" efforts hare1 been- 'more
than met by your own 'efforts
lnt our behalf to establish- and
leaye .behind u4 a monoment
of . achievement In the way of
a successful - enter arise that
will be of a lasting benefit to
the Willamette Talley. We,
that is; my partner,-Al C. Lar-
sen and myself, have been ac
; tlvely engaged In the develop
( ment "of mining properties - In
1 your county for the past seven
years, and . you have- always
; given .us your, loyal support and
hearty - cooperation. . I barely
; state these facts, not, that J de-
' " sire to go back over the past
J years, carrying a codgel of con
tempt- over our past failures
and successes, nor' would I "if
ii eeum. stnue at wht" you
any gooa to joos back and worry
made in the past, as It 1 0017 a
figure a 4asis to work- for the
A. C. lursen
organization of i hard-headed t men
charge their respect and who will
will ever be on the alert in so far
Fcrk of the .Sntiam. at; the'
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matrix Within the earth's crust in
gnr own d,lstrlct. t .' ;
But, to have reached the stage
where we now. are," no one knows
our many troubles that' we have,
had to . overcome, -and ..how " hard
tie obstacles we have had' to sur
mounts for this is a camp of basic
ores, and it has only been, a few
years ago that even the brightest
engineer iooked with, universal dis
repute on the oxidized sillcious
ores of copper. It, meant starva
tion to the pioneers in; the first
porp hyry copper ores. . In t fact,
tho ore zones were often referred
to as copper stained rock, and
were of necessity excluded from
the ore reserve, as being of. no
value. This is the footing on which
we were placed, and-the conditions
w wero up against when we be
gan tho development In; this dis
trict., .
A IJttle SIdo History .
DIverKing a minute, I want to
recite for your perusal the history
of Atacama desert or Cnue. wnere
deposits similar to the onesJwe
have here lay untouchedTforyearrf.
Recently, these holding were ac
quired by the Anaconda company,
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to mlles fron-water; thousands
of miles from supplies, and this a
body of "copper ore barely running
per.cent-yet their "story of suc
cesses makes our work right here
ai the back 7 door of ' Salem, seem
very smalL' . However, with all
this, we. must have, the hearty o
operatlon' of the community; . of
ybur. county,' youfl state and 'your
government. We must have their
financial aid in the- construction
bf roads, and supplying-transportation,
to achieve our end,' but if
the- Anaconda : company - working
under, all- these ; disadvantages
succeeded, and ;baYe enriched the
world by, mUllonst- we- know, and
feel that : we will win :, ., -:
Honest - efforts always succeed.
ahd; you have to admit that .all
business,: life , lives off the basic
producer. Of,-these, there" are
only- two; that standi out pre-eml-nently--the
farmer, and the miner.
Shut - down all -, basic j production
fori six, months -and you ; would
throttle all businesses; tear down
civilization, and starve oat; hu
manity, West Still -Veiy Yoanjf
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Here' In the' west 'all business
Is still In its Infancy. I know you
say yau are oldr but" you-have not
as yet-reached your stage' or knee
pants'; You are only on the" out
MAP VIEW OF.'TOE DISTRICT 'AND'OE TIIE LOTZ-LARSEN. CLARIS'
side of your boyhood .days. Your
real basic production both as to
farms and"- minerals in- the-' Wil
lamette -valley has hardly1 started.
Whether yotr realize It or not yon
are n vine r ere of ar gteat indus
trial development' that wilt carry
you beyond your wildest"' dreams.
Tbe electrical wave Is on,- and
ours Is the second state is the
unioa In hydro power. There' has
been v estimated- that we have in
out adjacent ' terrltdrjr- here! two
million f eight ' hundred ' thousand
horse power of undeveloped water
power, and1 theWillantte valley,
without its askings lsi In the-center,-
and will enjoy the f rnits, of
this- development.- -: -v y
Work j of .Seven Years
' However lt didfnot start ths
with' the idea: of talking; anything
but: minesandr -minlHs-,. t and, as
before said, my partner, and my-r
self have, been 'in your section for
about , seven . years, and you, yron
der, what we have done. Briefly,
will say, as the crow. flies, we are
located 8oath of Portland. 48
miles, and eastof Salem 42. miles,
being only,. 54 Smiles Jrrom Salem
by, auto road, yr Twenty-two miles
of this . is up . in mountain road,
passable most of .. the, year; .very
good in the summer, and, rich in
diversified scenery as any 22 miles
on earth; and where tou-will see
as tnoehvcopper ore ln sight as I
was able to see on my first trip
into Botte city a few years back
when I-'was- compelled3" to -walk
from' Silver Bov into campr On
top of the many disadvantages: of
that camp-1' where UJ. timber was
scarce,- water power was lacking,
ahd where it was extremely: cold
in' winter,' we have an abundance
of timber plenty of undeveloped
water' power1,- and an Ideal winter
climate. With a very little aid on
Our public roads, we could handle
ore successfully at! all! seasons" of
the yean Farther, we needequi-
table freight ratesf For instance,
let me cite yon as an' illustration
as it stands' today, it would cost
$1300 alone on a car of ore from
Lyons to Kellogg Idaho. To Ti
coma, we have been - treated-very
fairly.-' We have a rate of $2.26
a1 ton' from1 ; Lyons to - Tacoma.
However, the first car of ore ost
us $12 a" ton. This we have been
able through' the kindness of the
working force of the Southern Pa
cific to get reduced to itspresent
state. Our freight haul today to
the railroad stands us $10 g. ton.
v"lth" a properly drained roadbed,
well graveled, this could be cut to
$3 per ton, and this will. come, .j
, On our grounds you will find
well equipped bunk houses with
running water in them: small
machine" shop., -blacksmith 1 shop,
new mill completed, machinery la
stalled, and) in- a comparatively
short time all this will .be running
either by water, power. or electric
ity. We control 24 claims, about
6S0 acres,- and- hold options on
abont 4 0 more. We have close to
5000' feet of underground . work
Ings, all adit work, and 60 pei
cent of it being in, pay ore. This
we .have been able, to do from
very small start,". , ,
r , Actual, Bfinlng and Milling
We have installed an overhead
cableway from1 the mine" to - the
mill to; convey.the ore. In' the
next : few days we will have'our
compressor installed at the mine,
and will be mining and milling
ore. Now as to' the ore itself, will
state - that it Is not -high, grade,
bht a big deposit of -porphyrllitlc
pre running between 3 and 4 per
cent copper, carrying about $5? a
ton In precious metal, viz., gold
and silver. The ? formation, a
question - with the geologists, has
all the appearance ot being a
sheer zone or vein,- varying Is
width from' 16 to 54 feet, where
it has been developed so far. The
ore chutes run in length from 160
feet to 540 feet. We have- oar
main adit in the hilt now, about
940 feet, where we have acquired
depth of about'. 4 0 0 - feet. , In
doing this work we ; have taken
out over $100,000 worth of mine
ral, that has been' put on the
damp, which we have been un
able, to' save- on, account of in
adequate dump ground. : Thir ore
would not have , been lost : if we
had had ' public roads over .Which
we could have, transported our
product.- The last two years have
seen a marked improvement in
mis condition atone. Seven miles
ot this road we have, had to keep
up ourselves,- as it lies in. the for
est reserve. In . the, seven ; years
the r government-; has1 contributed
for 8 work on this seven miles of
road the sum of $500 We have
spent on road work alone to date
$lli000,-and it still needs more.
f ! Speak for Themselves '
The' mine and the .work speak
for themselves, as lt Is only about
four hours' drive from Salem,
whero you can come and see with
your own eyes. I , shall speak no
more of them. We have 60 tons
of J hand-picked ore on' the dump
thai will be hauled out as soon as
the - weather' cohdlticms -will - per
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l ; f , 6mae Conclusions ,
Again, thanking; . you for your
valuable space, with. a. few brief
statements I will draw to a close.
Let me 'say, I am one of a people
of 100,)00,000; the most resource
ful and enterprising people on
top of God's green earth, where
wo:know every man cannot; be a
producer, but where every man, is
a consumer, more or less, and we
hare been taoght a high standard
of living; accustomed to the good
things ' of ; life. As a nation: we
have ' been - taught, to enjoy good
healthful food, latest- styles of
clothes, and plenty of healthful
recreation. . ,You. ask who taught
these fallacies that man la put onJ
earth' to - do without? 4 Surely not
the . men who . pioneer; and who
believe, that : it ; is . a , high and
worthy, motive to achieve, in such
a way as to be ' able to satisfy
themselves.. Yott hear from a great
many sources 1 today that there Is
a buyers'' strike n on; sugar.
Nothing Is more", foreign", to the
average citizen, for if they fall to
buy sugar it Is -bcause sugar" Is
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Zerolene' oris are' made from selected V't:".:ra IL;
thenic Crude, which repeated tests have
an oil having; greater fcrawllns" quailties, greater aJL!.3-
siveneas, ana greater sUhU-ty than oils made frca ctL
crudes.' Keac tig ctr Jiiiricited wiiS Zervlsra wi
tut about 5 Jtss gs6lis9 bec&usa it is ccztizzz:
- better lubricated ; .
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oils: we,have: tested or. been able to prc--ce. C.
lubricttei with Zerolene rua iroa 25 to S079 fzrtl
Det ore valve-cleaning and
are necessary. '
Insist on Zerolene even
standard
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VATGLF0?, THE
PAGE of 'BARGA!T!G
which will appear in The Statesman
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FRIDAY UORIJING
Thia is The Statesman's Third Page of
, - Friday Bargains
Just the very thing you have been wanting may be th-ra
at a real saving something for every men-iter cf
family WATCH FOR IT
The Oregon Zlalzzi
Friday
Out of reason, and for no a; pares t
cause unless ' that ft is la ' th9
hands of the thieving speculator,
who is strictly' a non-producer, or,
on; the otherhand, they do Eot
hate the means to purchase with.
In this case I am inclined to thin!c
itils the lormer. ' ; f
Good Times Ahead
. During the WorlJ war wo heard
a ; great economist cry, produce,
and more production, and yet for
two years past all production (I
mean of mine and farm products)
was -cut to the minimum. Basic
production was at Its low ctb,
and that coming on top of four
years - of : actual - destructive war,
the greatest of all history. It we3
at a time when every factory mn
nmgat top speed for years, ccull
not have replaced all the W;t3
wrought for years to - come, z.z 1
to have kept them, going would
have demanded every ounce cf
physical force the.basic prodnccr
could have exerted before t!:y
could have -supplied tiie dol :t.
However, as I said before, t a
cannot bring back, the water tLa':
has gone by; we must watch f tr
and. use the, freshet ttzt I - i
comej therein sTiInj t: :..
beautiful, promise. We cz
nor Would we if we cor!, r
economical laws, w : , c
hare. been- fixed; -and TL:. 2 l:i l.L.
working of the: rislrr tMi cf t"
past years of nn-prc ivizilzi l: -
ply makes the Insai'i".!: c ; :
of tomorrow, not cn'7 1 ; r ; l :
home, but in the rebui: llz ,.r c ! t:
devastated fields v of the xviili: : . ::. 3
abroad.- The incoriss 'tils c 1
new basic production, t.-LI, cj it
always has done, res.cr3 tti f.I
sense, of , confidence. "TLij ra : :
and stabilizes prices as a hes.: : :
lotion' that will stir to Ufa fc.y
channel of , progress. That re takes
have been mada wa til 1 : : .
and they have worked havoc t
all. However, men ctill as vr
move about, still walki, or ri l
ing In autos; still seek sleep, rti '
find time for pleasure, etill love,
still fight, still have desires 1
ambitions, still labor and epend,
and yon cannot hold then tic'.;.
You cannot. tell me that the t ;
force that conquered the Tllrl:: -burg
line, that smiled tire .-:
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