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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2D, 1924
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POWER OFJKESSED WATER 10 AIR
They Have Connected JJp With the; Everlasting Energy of
, ' ' White Coal to Drive Air Compressor and Machine Drills
Have Steel Tracks and Steel Cars and All the Facili-
ties for Economical Mining and Milling of Their Rich
Ores Pictures Show the Scheme of Operations
The Silver Kins mines are lo
cated on the western slope of the
Cascade mountains, in Marion
county, Oregon, in what Is known
as the Elkhorn country,, near the
Tieadwaters of the Little North
.For of the Santlam river, and
about 24 miles northwest from the
summit of Alt. Jefferson, at an
elevation yf about 300O feet.
(Photo No. 1 shows .view of Hen
Mne mountain, arrow pointing to
Location of Silver King mines.).
' Until recent years this region
Tias keen very difficult of access.
being very rough and mountainous
M?nd : coyered with 4 heavy timber
and underbrush with poor and un
certain mountain trails which ren
dered the ore deposits inaccess
ible ito any but those-. who would
travel .on .foot, .through thickets
and over steep declivities. Under
f bese f conditions, the opening up
and development of these mines
has -been slow and difficult.
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Good Roads Now
Now, however, through the co
- operation of Marlon county, the
local road district, through . the
; miners of the, Elkhorn country, a
ioad has. been opened up and built
long the Little North Fork of the
Santiam, from tMehama to this
nining district, which has been
gradually Improved, until it is now
pne of the best mountain roads in
the. state of Oregon, suitable for
jf rucks or automobiles to operate
upon,- and over which supplies ana
machinery, are transported to the
Silver King and other mining pro
perties and prospects In this dIs-
tr let, which will soon become one
of Oregon's best known ; mining
districts. This road winds through
; a scenic country, on an easy grade,
'and is fn itself a sample of engin
eering skill, and reachest the rail
road at Lyons. Oregon, a distance
pf 17 miles from the Silver King
mines. ' This road - has 'made j It
possible to open up and operate
the mines of this district. .
f :" " The Kinds of Ore
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fv Thames are unaitereo, primary sm-
phides, the ore minerals 'being ar
gentite, galena, sphalerite, poly
feasite and pyrite, and are what are
commonly known as SilveXt-Jead,
inc ores, carrying values In' gold,
liver, lead, zinc, the lead and tine
dominating in quantity,: and' silver
and gold in value. - The principal
ore body, so far developed at these
mines, occurs in a large, well de
fined ore bearing fissure vein
yknown as the "Queen vein, and
tills a fissure formed by movement
aloag & shearing sone, and Is par
alleled by an intrusive dike of
feldspar porphry, which has play
id an Important part in the genius
of these ores.
i I - The Queen "Vein ' i
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f The "Queen vein" strikes jaortji
west and southeast," and - dips
about 65 degrees southwest, and is
fexposed by the Cannon of Henline
creek, which cuts through it at
pearly tight angles at an eleva
tion, of 'about 3000-Yeeton Hen
line mountain. - At this point ibe
ore bodies of the oneen vein have
been opened up. and developed for
k distance of about "400 feet by
tunnels along the rein, and by
finking shafts from itnnneHs s
deep as can be sunk- by use ; of
sand pumps, and this prospect
Vork discloses an ore body from
four to 20 feet in width and over
i00 feet in length, the entire dis
tance thus, exposed, and surface
jPtospects show - that . the - Queen
'vein extends for more than a mile
i cross ; Henline : mountain and to
n known depths, which together
with the primary character of the
sulphide -ores of ' this . vein, , Indi
cates the probability of an almost
flnexhaustlble body of ore. ' Hen-
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line creek1 has cut a deep canon
far into this mountain, nearly at
right angles to the strike of the
queen vein, and reaching to with
in about 1000 feet of the Queen
vein. j
Going in lOOO Feet
From the .bead of this canon a"
cross cut j tunnel is being driven,
which will cut the Queen vein at
a distance of about 1000 feet from
the porfalof the tunnel, and at a
depth, on j this vein, of over 800
feet below the p. per prospect tun
nels, and $ will make possible .the
mining and extraction of the ore
of the Queen vein, on a large scale,
at a very low cost. (Photo No. 3
shows Queen vein at upper pros
pect tunnels, and photo No. 4
shows power plant and portal -of
main tunnel, and proto No. 5
shows face; of main tunnel now
over 600 .feet deep and within
about 300 feet of where it will cut
the Queen vein.) T yThls tunnel has
now : been driven over 600 feet,
and should reach the Queen vein
in a little more than 300 feet from'
the present ' face of the tunnel.
r. Using Water Power 1
For the purpose of driving this
cross cut tunnel to tap the ore bod
ies of the Queen vein, at a great
depth, as well as to mill and con
centrate the ores, a power plant
has been constructed near the por
tal of this tunnel at the head of
this canon, - which develops 200
horsepower on 150 feet head of
water On; a Pelton wheel. This
plant was constructed at a cost of
about $12,000, and it will furnish
sufficient -power to operate mine
and mill, j . , )
The mine has been equipped
with air compressor and machine
drills, and ' with steel railroad
tracks and steel ore cars the forces
are now well equipped for carry
ing von - the work of driving this
tunnel through to and developing
the ore bodies of the Queen vein, ,
at a great depth. ' . ;
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No. 3 East prospect tunnel on Queen vein, rIiowIiik about 2 feot vile unci shoarln; zone about 150
feet -wfclo.
ores; especially the "flotation me
thod of concentration." which
saves the sulphide ore minerals
and discards all of the rock, and
Which makes nearly complete re
covery of all values, has been per
fected, and is now in practical op
eration In treating the silver-lead-
zinc' ores Of the Coour D'Alene
mines .In. Idahot . and other ores
similar to thOBe of the Silver King.
These ores have been tested -in the;
flotation method of concentration
which shows a recovery of from 95
to 99 of all values; and this me
thod, of concentration will be adop
ted in the treating of the i Silver
King ores. :
j Will Be Big Mine j
"With! ores of the character and
value of the ores of this mine, well
adapted to modern methods of re
duction and concentration, and the
natural advantage existing here
for economical mining on a large
scale, and with air and water pro
perly harnessed by the power plant
situated at the month of the tun
nel, to furnish power for mining
and milling operations, there ap
pears noi good ; reason why this
should not soon "be one of the big
gest producing and best paying sil-
ver-zine-lead mines of the west.
The managers could ship ore
now from the upper prospect tun
nels, but they prefer to properly
develop their mine and install re
duction works before attempting
production. f ;
f ; Other Equipment
.v-; Permits Gravity System.,
This tunnel will drain the mine,
allow extraction of the ores,
through this tunnel (thus-eliminating
hoisting and pumping equip
ment, which is both expensive to
buy and to operate), and permit
the gravity system of mining, the
most economical known, and deliv
ery of the ore at the mill, at the
mouth of the tunnel in large quan
tities at a small cost. . -r
Blch j Values There ;
Assays of the ores of the Queen
vein, taken in the course of devel
opment work on the upper pros
pect tunnels, shows values rang
ing from $5 to $1000 per ton,
and an average value of about $20
per ton. ;;!...- I' -
The owners estimate that when
the tunnel is completed and con
centrator Installed and operated
by their power plant,' it will not ex
ceed the cost of $4 per ton to
mine and concentrate the ores of
this mine.
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; : : Probably, More Riches
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A number-of open ,' cuts and
shafts have disclosed the exis
tence of 'several other ore bodies
on this property, which,' however.
are not as well developed as the
ore above described, and their ex
tent and value are as yet undeter
mined, ; j j - r
Great New Discoveries
snver-lead-zinc-sulphide . ores
were formerly : very hard to treat,
and, under the old methods used,
but a small per cent of the values
were . recovered; but .In recent
years .great discoveries have, been
made, and : entirely 'new and scien
tific methods - of . treating v such
In addition to the power! plant
air compresser, machine drills and
4 steel railroad racks' Jaad, carev
these mines are equipped with a
first class blacksmith. and machine
shop, and their camp facilities
consist of a' large and substantial
combined cook and bank 'house,
which is rwell equipped with
stoves, ranges, cooking ' utensil
and dining dishes, also beds and
Quarters sufficient " to 5 accommo
date a rew. of about 15 men.
(Photo No. 2 shows camp and
cook house.)
Yon Are Invited
These mines are now easily "ac
cessible by automobile and may
be reached in a lew hours drive
from Salem, Oregon, over ; the
paved highway passing- through
Tarner, Sublimity and Stayton, to
Mehama, and from Mehama over
the Elkhorn road, for, a-distance
of 17 miles along the banks and
canons of the Little North Fork of
the Santiam. being a total dis
tance of about 45 miles from sai-
em. This Elkhorn mountain road
is now one. of the best mountain
roads in the state of Oregon, and
In some respects the scenic beauty
of the drive from Mehama to the
mines over this .mountain road
rivals that of the famous Colum
bla; highway. -;-.: :r, '. f
The managers of the Silver King
property invite the people of Sal
em and Marion ; county to drive
over and view the scenic beauty of
the Elkhorn road and to go and
visit and inspect their! mines, and
see the mineral ' wealth' of their
own -.mountains now' 'in process of
development.
r The Silver King; Mining com
pany is incorporated - under the
laws 'of! the state of Oregon. .Its
officers are: President, J- J; Lang-
mack, Portland,' Oregon: Vice pres-
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to. l. 'Tlew cntcriaj dltrlct, 'frowln Evana and IT enline mountains.
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Arrow points - to ' location of
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No. 4. Silver King power plant.
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No. S. Machine drills in face at main tunnel.
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ident, E. E. Williams. Albany. Ore-
gon; secretary-treasurer, Wm.
Risley, Albany Oregon; and
board of seven directors, i
HURRY UP LETTER
HP SPRAYING
Oregon Agricultural College
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uives inTormanon inai
Is Very Timely
l (C. J. Mcintosh, of the depart
ment of industrial journalism of
te Oregon Agricultural college,
sends this note with the special
article by Gladys C. Jer-
dine below: "The success of Ore-
gon's hop crop this year depends
largely ; on . effective control of
aphlds hence it is urgent that
the Information contained in the
enclosed article should be in the
hands of the growers immediately.
We are hoping it may be possible
to publish it this week. Due to
the death of. the chief entomolo
gist of the experiment station, it
was virtually impossible j to get
this material out sooner.")
By GLADYS C. JARD1NE
Hop growers In Oregon lost
thousands of dollars in 1923 from
ravages of the hop aphis,' all be
cause quassia chips were not on
the market, according' to informa
tion received by Don C. Mote, en
tomologist of the experimnt sta
tion. ; ; ..- i
The customary, remedy for the
aphis or louse that inf ests the hop
has been for many years In fact
ever since the importation of the
roots from Europe a brew made
from ; steeping quassia chips in
boiling water. The bitter liquid
so obtained was then used as a
spray,' and with considerable suc
cess, i For some reason the supply
of quassia chips, which are ob
tained from a tropical tree grown
chieriy in Jamaica, was not sufficient-
to supply, the Oregon hop
growers last year.
In 'the dilemma, many turned
to . commercial insecticides, and
particularly to nicotine sulphate
or "'black leaf 40," which depend
for their efficacyupon actual con
tact with the louse. For, that
reason, with varying methods and
numbers' of application, the results
obtained were far lrom uniform or
satisfactory.. f ' i
While, the Oregon experiment
station has as yet made no study
of hop aphids, the federal depart
ment of agriculture conducted ex
periments with nicotine sulphate
and other insecticides on the Pa
cific coast some years ago From
the results then obtained Mr.
Mote suggests that when nicotine
sulphate is used the ; proportion
should be one part of nicotine sul
phate to 2000 parts of water.
Federal experiments . also showed
effective -control with- whale oil
soap solution in the ' ratio gf 4
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I have run my II J
1 Six Studebaker ovc r
12, 00 pt mil ea on
Arist6M6lor Oil ejr
clusively. The en
gine lias never been
taken flown and the
sparlc plugs havo
never been suffix
cienily fouled to re
quire cleaning,"
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Mdgetllte mills
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How to enjoy them
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THOUGH all motor, oils dejx)sita carbonaceous resi
due, ' there is a vital difference 'i in ! the kind and
quantity which various oils leave in the motor.
That from many oils .becomes hard ajnd flinty. - It
' accumulates rapidly and must be removed every 2000
" to 4000 miles. This may require' a rribtor "lay-up
every two or three months. V ;
In addition, the presence of this hard "carbon" even
in small quantities is a constant cause ot trouble.
t It becomes incandescent, pre-igniting the gas and thus causes
"knocking." ' . ; . . . .
f It lodges tinder valves and prevents tigh seating which dlssl-
pates the power. .... ' " ,' i
. It attaches to spark plugs, short circuits the spark and causes
"missing." : ; . :
And its.flint-Iike character makes it an abrasive which constantly
threatens to score cylinders. j
But these "carbon" troubles can hi efcmiriated by a careful
selection of your motor oil.
j For Aristo Motor Oil deposits an entirely different kind of
: residue. -.
It is soft and fluffy, most of it blowing out wtn the exhaust.
It accumulates not more than a quarter as fast aa the flinty
"carbon."...:
Being softer than the metals in your motor it ran not scratch them.
Because it does not lodge under valves,- it docs not cause power '
leaks. It rarely fouls spark plugs. . ; ;
Thus you see why you an have si "carbon"-free motor
A for thousands of extra miles by merely selecting the riht
Rubricating oil. - ' .. ' . 4 . ' j .
Drain your crank case, fill with Aristo, and
use it unmixed with any other kind cf oil.
You save the cost of "carbon" removal,
you . enjoy the more constant use of your car
and you prevent the danger to vour motor
which always accompanies, the hard, flinty,
abrasive kind of "carbon." ; . . .
Try this plan now.' And enjoy the freedom
t from "carborr". troubles which thousands of
motorists attest. ... .
For sale at all first-class garages and ser
'. vice stations.
Avoid Motor Oils
containing paraffin or asphalt
or any other non-lubricating
substance. Aristo Motor Oil
is refined by the most ad
vanced processes designed to
eliminate everything in the
crude which has no lubri
cating value.
ion j uHUonmamr
ofCaUIiirnia - "
pounds of soap to 100 gallons of
nicotine sulphate solution, as well
as with other more expensive in
secticides. The aphis, almost always pres
ent in some numbers, becomes the
greatest menace to the hops early
In June, especially during a wet
season. Managers of hop yards
are no preparing spray equip
ment and materials.
The government crop estimates
give, the Oregon hop crop in 1923
a value of $1,440,000 at the rate
of 20 cents a pound. Twelve thou
sand acres fare v planted to hops
in the state, Oregon and Cali
fornia now having. 'virtually a
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monopoly of hop. growing in the
United States.
Hops isr the field crop ninth in
value in Oregon.
Boys and Girls Club Work
l Shown on Silver Screen
SILVERTON, Ore.,) May 26.
(Special to The Statesman.) A
group of very enthusiastic boys
and girls and a few parents gath
ered at the. Commercial . club
rooms Thursday night for the pur
pose ot seeing the motion pictures
shown by C M. McAllister, field
man of the Union stock yards at
Portland. The pictures wcra
taken out of boys' eni z'.x ' club
work in Minnesota and were ex
ceptionally interesting, holi'aj.
the, attention of the youngsters
throughout the showing. Mr. Mc
Allister was at - Silverton under
auspices of the Coolldge and T.Ic
Clalne Boys' and Girls' club.
. ".I suppose you are getting a
good ; Tee, doctor, for attending
the Smith boy! Ills father's
rich."
"Well, yes. Why?"
. t "Well, I hope you won't forget
that my little Sam threw the brick
that hit him."
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JTo. a Camp at Silver Kins Mine, t
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