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Oregon's State Wide Booster Newspaper
ISSUED TWICE-A-W
' Tuesday and Friday.
V SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM; OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1925
SECOND SECTION SIX PAGES
THE AWAKENING OF OREGON ALL
NEEDED FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL PROGR
TWICE-A-WEEK STATEsSlAN
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The history of the discovery of
sold in Oregon 'Is nearly ; parallel
to the. story of the mad rush to
California in 49. Both teem with
Interest, and are wild narratives
of excited men, nerved . with but
one ambition that of finding the
royal metal.;
la 1894 the vast country lying
between the Siskiyous j and the
Calapooia Hills was comparatively
unknown to j white man. Along
the solitary trail that led Into the
Interior of Oregon from California
a lonely traveling train now and
then made its weary way, or a
solitary hunter or trapper jour
neyed either to or from Vancouver
In search of furs. Bands of In
dians, with their wigwam s camps,
were scattered here and there
along the banks of the Rogue, the
. Illinois and the Applegatei Great
herds of deer and elk browsed
and fed In the tall grass of the
' hills and valleys. . At night the
gray wolf prowled and the ever
hungry coyote awoke the echos of
, the sleeping i mountains with his
doleful yapping cries. ' V
The panorama suddenly cbang-
, ed. One day It became? , noised,
about the California mining camps
that "rich digging's" had been
found over the divide in the Ore-
, gon country. A rumor In those
days was equivalent to an alarm,
a command, j Within twenty-four
hours 600 men were on their way
to the new Eldorado. They swarm
ed over the crags of the Siskiyoust
in , one long j;and unbroken file.
Coming down! the north slope the
Jiving stream! broke and scattered
Into all parts of the .Rogue Rivel
Valley. The wild news, distorted,
exaggerated, carried on the swift
flying wings of the "wireless tele
graph" of those days, reached the
Willamette valley settlements to
the north, and the immigrants
there dVopped their newly acquir
ed farms and rushed southward,
eager to share in the riches of the
Oregon bonanza.-- . ..... 5
The First1 Gold Discovery i
The first discovery of gold in
Oregon was made on Josephine
Creek, wWen jiis ; now located ' In
the western! part of Josephine
county,. nd which ,was named in
honor of Josephine ;. Rawlins a
young girl who ?ame with her
father Into the Oregon diggings
during the early days. The first
discovery was; made May 2. 1851.
Gold was next found on Canyon
Creek, near Josephine Creek, both
of which are tributary to the Il
linois River. The third discovery
: was made at :Waldo, also on the
Illinois, which was called the "sail
or diggings, from the fact of the
discovery having been made by a
band of sailors who heard of the
rich gold fields in the Oregon
country and deserted their ship at
Crescent Cityi and crossed the
mountains into the "new fields to
return later loaded with treasure.
The gold seekers swarmed every
creek and gulch In Southern Ore
gon, and the gravel of each and
all were found to be rich with the
yellow metal.; With rocker and
pan millions were cradled from
the auriferous; an$ shallow bars.
The Winter of 1853
. The palmy days in Oregon were
' not voi of hardships. Far from
it. During the winter of 1855 a
continuous snow fell over South
ern Oregon. For four weeks the
frozen fleece fell, and at "the end
of this time there came a freeze,
and the whole region lay burled
beneath an icy mantle for two
long months.. All travel was im
peded Trails were blocked and
packers and trains locked in an
ice-bound grip.- Supplies from
Scottsburg, the Willamette Valley
and Yreka were' snowbound all
along the trails. The grub kits of
the many miners on the creeks
and gulches and In the camps, got
low. Those Indeed were cold and
hungry days for the pioneer seek
ers for treasure In the Oregon El
dorado. Gold there was in plenty,
OREGON'S PRAYER
(With Apologies) j
Thou knowest Lord, I've been a paL i
To myialjhful friend. Agriculture ("Al")
And the tourist bunch, who westward bent,
Came to me, across.a continent
I've boosted caves, and woods, and roads.
And clubs, and fairs and fish and toads,
I've boosted every gol dam thing, -
That lives on top of the ground, by jing;
But now oh Lord, I need a plan,
To enhance the lot of my mining clan.
These mining men have faithful been, j
To an industry that's free from gin,
They've kept alive the smouldering spark,
Of life, in their little mining barque ; : . , :
They've worked alone as miners will
..Who know their stuff, and felt nd ill : t.f h -
Of me, bat: if You'll bicl my hand,- ;
"I'll Izzzlzl:? l::jh this ininirj.fcnd. u ;
' -V.":V tj. ... . ;
Hie . Pioneer Days of S:atfcrn Oregca
but it could, not buy that '.which
could not be had. Floor sold for
$75 a sack,; and finally gave out
at this price; beans, the miner's
never-failing friends, could not be
.had at $25 a pound; and salt was
exchanged for Us weight in gold,
i But by and by the warm sun of
springtime peeped j through' the
clouds, and gladly was hailed the
day when the last
splotches of
white disappeared
Many miners
had died of starvation and 1 ex
posure, ' while scattered every-,
where over the valleys of the
Rogue and the Illinois were the
carcasses of hundreds of horses
and mules. J ;
Indian Troubles
Following closely upon the hard
ships of that bleak winter came
the outbreaks of the Indians. An
gered by the Invasion of ' the
whites on their, sacred territory,
and driven farther and farther
back" : from ' their ; accnstomed
haunts, the red men at last burst
Into open f evolt, and from 185$
to the summer of 1SS6, were the
continual terror of ihe Whites. It
would require a volume to enu
merate, the hundreds of battles
that were fought between the
whites and the red men during
the war of 1853-54; and of 1855
'54. During these wars scores of
brave whites lost their lives, and
a still greater number of savages
were sent over the Great Divide
to their Happy Hunting Grounds;
It was largely the white man's
fault for trading the red man guns
and ammunition for gold. Within
a year's time after the invasion of
the pale faces the Indians had
thrown away their bows, and ar
rows and armed themselves wits
guns and pistols, and all knew how
to use them. Suffice it to
that during July, 1865, peace was
declared, -and the red man sur
rendered forever all his rights and
claims to the Southern Oregon
country. t ;
The Decline
The days of gold - continued In
Southern Oregon throughout the
'50s; by that , time j , the surface
diggings were pretty well skimmed
over, the rocker and shovel , had
done their work, and the nervous
mass of gold-hunters was ready
to move on to a new Eldorado,
The reports of rich strikes in the
Frazer River country sounded the
alarm and in a few weeks the
once thickly-populated and seeth
ing camps of the Southern Oregon
country, along the Illinois, .Galice
Creek and the Applegate, were
deserted. Furniture, camp fix
ture, abandoned saloons and
dancehalls, which had been scenes
of hleh revelry night and day.
were abandoned, lefe- to the rats
and the decay, and to the China
men. The i Chinamen, following
up the "Melican man" here, Just
as they did In California, swarm
ed into the; deserted camps and
swept the bedrock clean of every
yellow particle. : ;
j Karly Day Mining Method
The miners of the early period
confined their labors entirely to
the creek beds and low bars. The
high banks and deep old channels
that had been worked most pn
fitably by the pipe and giant, were
beyond the reach, pf the early day
miner and his crude; Implements.
The pioneer wanted j only the
free gold, and he wanted this aS
close to the surface as possible,
and as closely bunched as an ever
kind nature would bunch it. The
rocker, and the long-tom and the
Hungarian sluice were the device
of the first I Oregon gold-diggers.
The first named consisted of a
piece of "tom"iron extended from
the lower end of a cluice box and
so perforated as to permit the gold
when the gravel was stirred with
a shovel, to drop through the in
terstices below, r The Hungarian
sluice was nearly the same a
those used by the miners of today,
the difference being in this,, that
the riffles ran parallel instead of
cross wise. As early as 1853
quicksilver came to be used as an
amalgam and valuable assistant in
catching and holding the gold, i
J The early miners discovered ex
cellent quartz prospects, but wise
ly or (unwisely) Ignored them.
Jn this regard only the much
sought and oftfound gold pockets
were desired. These could be
emptied at once, and represented
instant wealth. To work a quartz
mine required time, patience and
much hard labor. From this it
can be readily understood why
southern Oregon lay dormant for
so long a time. It was not , till
recent years that the fact became
known that southern Oregon la a
rich quartz mining section, ' Its
pocket-hole reputation extended
far and wide to the detriment of
the district, and nearly a half
century v-' u required for' the cap
italist to ascertain that the "coy-
ote-dlgaingV of the pocket hunt
er, shallow as they were, are sure
Indlcatfons of more deeply burled
treasure, beyond the shovel hand
le'a length for that was his limit
ation. ;
Kottthern Oregon As A Hydraulic
; ? Region. ' .
This section was and is partic
ularly adapted to placer gold min
ing. Every stream and gulch con
tfnued gold. Even in the valleys,
where the soil was rich, there was
gold and the farmer and the miner
worked side by side. Owing to
the abundance of the auriferious
gold deposits, the many streams,
the mild winters, the heavy rains,
the non-restricting mining laws,
Southern Oregon, and especially
that portion of it covered by the
country of Josephine was a great
hydraulic placer region. Beds of
ancient channels were found along
(Continued oa pK 5)
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Even the Jackknives of the
Country Account tor a
Vast Total of Metal
The Engineering and Mining
Journal, of San Francisco, in Its
cur ret number, t has under the
heading. "Jackknives and Copt
per," has the following: j
Several years ago an office
systematically cruised
the . editorial offices of the Mcr
Graw-Hill establishment In New
York in search of a "regular"
jackknlfe with which to cut a
heavv Diece of cardboard. The
search was unavailing, until one
nf the assistant editors of the
Mining Journal-Press was found
who was' able to produce the need
ed article. ;This incident Is of
interest in showing the inroads of
civilization upon the knif e-carry-
ine nroDensltes of the male. Nev
ertheless a large proportion of
men manage to carry pocket kniv
es as an essential part of their
nersohal eaulpment. We are ; In
formed by the Copper and Brass
Research Association that J 0,0 00,-
000 nocket knives are presumed
to be in Bervlce at any given time.
What is more to the point as far
as the mining industry Is con
cerned is : the fact that the SO.-
000.000 People so equipped are
lugging around in their Jeans at
least 1,000,000 lb. of brass in ad
dition to the steel. Pocket kniv
es and safety pins consume in ex
cess of 6,000,000 lb. of copper
and its alloys annually. This Is a
small fraction of the copper pro
duction, but It Is one of the many
rivulets of copper that drain out
copper "mines." -' , 1 !
Not so very long ago, bronze
and copper insect-screen - was
hard to ret. Hardware retailers
would search around and perhaps
unearth a modest roll of the stun
If the customer was Insistent
pnnnrh. Now. however, retail
hardware dealers brazenly carry It
out in the front aisle of their
stores, and 8.000. 000 lb. of cop
per Is consumed In the manufac
ture' of" bronze and Insectscreeii
cloth, the-demand for which-now
amounts to 55,000,000 sq. ft, per
year. - ,
Automobiles accounted for 165,
000.000 lb .of copper and its al
loys in 1924. Cane-sugar product
tlon In North and South America
requires 26.000.000 lb. of copper
tubing yearly: beet-eugar produc
tion in the United States and
Canada accounts for 2.500,000 lb..
and su ear refinery and miscel
laneous demands necessitate -; 7,-.
140,000, or a, total of 35,140,000
lb. of copper Tor the sugar Indus
try., ' .-, -, - ,
Under the stimulus of the appli
cation of sound marketing prin
ciples, the market, for .domestic
cerTser has ? been widened and
promises- to . ciiatoiavana .x;as.a i
pnDDUD r
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UUIILIII
OREGON'S
By W.
Industrial Editor.
In my opinion southern
opportunities especially
minerals.
so
I know of no other section of the country with greater
undeveloped mines and; mineral resources or with greater
possibilities of development
gon.' '-: Vv
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And I say this after hiving spent practically a year and
a half studying conditions
ments of the Southwestern
meet in convention session next -Monday. The Southwest
ern Oregon Mining Bureau is awake. It is doing things,
because there are things, to
tune with tfce spirit of the
that has-been needed for lo
ress under way in Oregon
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Oregon mining is being developed along modern lines by
this body of men ; the locality In Which they are striving
is rich and fertile in metalic and non-metalic ores, some
seventy-five different minerals, there in marketable quan
tities; water, transportation, power and communication.
Southern Oregon is endowed by the Almighty with an in
imitable climate, conducive to consistent production; fer
tile soils ; ..; paved highways ; solid financial institutions ;
good newspapers ; fine educational institutions ; churches ;
clubs ; parks ; scenery ; fishing streams and game.
Above all southern Oregon has a conservative citizen
ship ingrained with American i ideals, and NOW, imbued
with the spirit and determination to work together for the
good of the state, to place
gon in the front rank of prosperous mining communities.
It is the spirit of progress, of unity of action and pur
pose, this new vision of, southern Oregon's possibilities,
this determination while building the new, to hold fast to
all of the old that is good--that is the Southwestern Ore
gon Mining Bureau's promise its guarantee for the fu-
Yes, Oregon, mining is coming into its own. The new
spirit will sweep all before it, and The Statesman offers
its cooperation at all times and in all things, to help this
Southwestern Oregon Mining Bureau and the people of
southern Oregon to carry on.
Miners Convention Program
Second Annual Meeting of the South
western Oregon Mining Bureau, j at
Riverside Wrki Grants Pass, be
finning at 2 o'clock p. m , June 1,
1925.
Mosic
Meeting called to order by F. S. Woo-
din, president.
. Regular order ot business.
Flection of officer for ensning year.
Iastallation of officers for ensuing year.
Music ,
Address Hon. Willis C. Hawley,
tnember ot eongress.
Music
Addrext Clias. E. Newton, Dean School
Of Mines. O. A. C
Mnsie
Address Hon. E. W. Millar, State
Senator.
Vosie j '
Address -Mr. O. N. Rusk.
Assembly in a body will visit te newly
created recovery plant ef the Metal Ex
traction Co., just to the east of the park
grounds, by invitation of the management,
J. M. Worton, president. ; '
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OREGON 'STATESMAN
NEW SPIRIT
H. GREENE
Semi - Weekly Statesman.
Oregon is a land of wonderful
in the matter of mines and
in this line, than southern Ore
-
. - -
there and watching the move
Oregon Mining Bureau, who
do with down there. It is in
new Oregon. And, that is all
these many years to get prog
mining. , ,
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Oregon as well as southern Ore
: 1 , ,
Following this the meeting will be re
assembled at the ork grounds, where
game and sports of an 'entertaining na
ture will enliven the hoar. Suitabe prises
will be awarded the winners in
Foot races, other races, tug-o'vwar,
pitching horse shoes, etc.
Open to nil entrants.
Dismiss for the evening eats.
The concluding event ek the day will
be dancing at the fair grounds pavilion
from 8:30 to 11:30 p. m., the famous
Southern Oregoniana furnishing the nrosic.
The prisea for the winners of the sport
events have been furnished by the follow
ing Grants Pass firms:
E. Q. Holms n, Doyles, Peerless Cloth
ing Co., B b B Variety Store, Cramer
Bros., Golden Rule,: Clauss Schmiddt,
Grants Pass Electrie Co., Jims Toggery,
Horning' Shack, Rogue River Hardware
C F. T. Co, Cave Sl:op, City Market
Basket Grocery (Med ford Cigar Co.) and
Mocha Caye. : f
In behalf of the Bnreaa we naost kind
ly acknowledge theso courtesies.
Committee D. L.j, CUBBERLY.
E. W. MILLER,
T. F. McNAMARA,
L. U. STEXGEB,
E. G. TROWBRIDGE.
BASIC INDUSTRIES IN
: NATION ARE UNCHANGED
AGGREGATE PAYROLLS SHOW
ING SLIGHT. DECREASE:
Automobile Production Reaches
High Mark In April Federal
Board Finds
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26.
Production in basic Industries
throughout-the United States con
tinued virtually at the same level
in March and April and In early
May, the federal reserve hoard
said tonight in Its monthly busi
ness summary, although the ag
gregate payroll showed a slight
decline. j
;. While there was recorded in
the period covered by the survey
a generally higher level of com
modity distribution, the board ob
served sharp decline in wholesale
prices.
The output ot the basic indus
tries showed decreases in iron and
steel, flour and copper, but a not
able increase was reported In mill
consumption of cotton and in the
production ot newsprint and pe
troleum. Automobile production hit Its
highest mark In April, the sum
mary revealed, and tire produc
tion continued at the extraordin
ary high rate established 1 in
March. :
Wholesale trade was smaller In
all lines except hardware, the sur
vey disclosed, but there were In
dications that the May level
would be higher than either March
or April. Compared with a year
ago sales of groceries and shoes
were less, but sales of meats,, dry
goods and drugs were greater.
' Wholesale stocks of shoes,
groceries and hardware were re
ported at the beginning . of May
to be smaller than a month pre
vious, by dry goods stocks were
larger:
PLiS COMPLETED
: FOR MOII0I11AL DAY
Cemeteries Visited in Morn
ing before Parade; Haw- :
ley Main Speaker I i ;
WATER RITES PLANNED
Water Kite WW lie Held; Patri.
otic Addresses Will He Blade
at All City Scboola on !
-. Coming Friday j
Various patriotic orsanlzations
of the city win assemble at the
Marion square for the Memorial
Day. parade, which has been ar
ranged by the local post of the
GAR, while other exercises will be
held throughout the day, accord
ing to the report made by the
committee in charge.
In the forenoon the GAR will
visit the different cemeteries of
the city' in cars furnished by the
Sons of , Veterans. , At 10:15
o'clock members of Sedgwick Post
GAR, will hold memorial services
In the City View cemetery, under
the direction "of Comrade J. J.
Newmeyer, commander. ! H
Services for the sailor dead will
be held by the Women's Relief
Corps at 1 o'clock from the center
of the Marlon-Polk county bridge,
where flowers will be cast nnoa
the waters of the Willamette to be
borne out to the sea. in honor of
those who lost their lives at sea
in service of the nation. .'. -t.l
The grand parade starts from
Marlon square, where military,
patriotic, fraternal and civic or
ganizations are to meet. Col. Carle
Abrams as grand marshal. . The
American ' Legion will have their
bugle corps on hand to give -pep
and precision to the znarchlner.
The GAR will ride at the head of
the parade.
' Memorial Day exercises will be
gin at the Armory at 3 o'clock
folio win g the parade. An in terest
ing program has been arranged, by
Sedgwick Post: assisted by . the
Daughters of Veterans. Congress
man W. C .Hawley has been se
sured as the orator of the day.
fr Different schools of the city are
to be visltei Friday with' some of
the GAR "men doing double, duty
at speaking. because there arcr sol
enough speakers left', in the post
to go around. The American Le
gion is : furnishing ; transportatloa
and escort for the occasion.' i ;
- Daring the afternoon the Sena
tors and the Port ot Portland ball
players will meet at Oxford field.
That history repeats itself. This
is . proven .not only In the recur
rence of events in nature, but al3o
in the events directly "associated
with tun-at i:re. -
LOTZ-UUSEIIlflSTOBESIIIPPIL'fi
COIEtpTES.BJMniEIllOFJi::;
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Then Will. Begin a Period When the Operations Will Co
More Than Self Supporting; With a Great Future zz
Milling and Transportation Facilities Are Mada r..cro
and More Extensive and Economical, as They Surely
Will Be Salem Like Spokane
The Lotz-Larsen Mining com
pany is the most active and most
extensive of the miSing I concerns
of Marlon county.. - j ; ".
- The mines of this company are
located 52 miles east of Salem,
on the Little North Fork of the
Sahtiam river. : There ' are SQ
claims, thirteen miles of water
rights on the Little Fork, with
eleven hydro electric power sites;
with plenty of timber for all op
erations. ..." ,
There is a mile of underground
workings, with seven. well defined
ledges, on the property. There
are 2000 feet of underground
workings on the "Minnie E" ledge.
wnieh has been traced on the sur
face for 9000 feet.
The mine is fully equipped with
air drills, rails and cars, a large
air compressor, and an aerial
tramway connecting the mine with
the concentrating plant. ,
The Concentrating Plant
The concentrating plant is ful
ly equipped'wlth jaw ;crushers,
roller mills, ball mills, classifiers.
concentrating tables, and Ziegler
flotation, with all elevators and
aundries installed. ! I
The hydro electric slant Is In
stalled and in operation to furnish
power. j . ,
There are eight houses, dining
hall, office building blacksmith
shop, all completely lighted with
electricity, with running mount
ain water piped through all
houses.
jFull Operation Soon
The mine will be in full o Dera
tion in thirty days, concentrating
tor shipment "to the smeller. It
will average ten tons of concentra
tes per day, with a potential net
value of $80 per ton.
The general average of values
THE SILVEil fflS MIS EQUIPPED
FOR
EFFICIENT II Mil HIE HEP
m
EBOFIIISSEOITEIBPO'IO
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They Are Fortunately Situated to Do Deep Development
f. II mm ssssb stssss, . 1
worK weeaea to rrove meir property, and to Carry Cn
Efficiently in the Later Operations Silver King's Sue
cessfu! Operation as a Ueep and Permanent f'ir.o
Will Mean Much to Salem
The Silver Icing Mines are sit
uated about 47 miles i easterly
from Salem, on the western slope
of the Cascade range, in the Elk
horn county, near the headwaters
of the Little North Fork of the
Santlam river. Transportation to
the railroad at Lyons, Oregon, a
distance of IS mines, is furnished
by a highway suitable for auto
trucks, constructed in recent years
along the valley and canons of
the Little North Fork of the San
tlam river to these mines.
The ores and veins of these
mines as shown in eroppings and
surface workings have heretofore
been described4 in considerable de
tail, in the annual review of the
mining industry of the Salem dis
trict by The Statesman the an
nual Slogan issue; but, briefly
stated, the ores occnr in nearly
vertical tissnre ; veins, and are
what are commonly known as silver-lead-zinc.
sulDhide ores, car
rying values In gold, silver, lead
HELLO! MINERS
Lei's Have Your Convention in Salcra fcr 1023
i Salem sends greetings to the Southwestern Orescn !.Iir.
ing Bureau : ,
- Salem invites the mining men of ; southern Ore jen t -
meet in YOUR CAPITAL next year Salem wants t a co
operate. Salem has that new spirit of working tc :t!:: r
fof the good of the state in general r.r.d the Ilinisj indus
try in particular
Salem wants to. get better acquainted with the IIir.tr.-.
in Southern Oregon Salem wants to cement the r. crtli
with the south in friendly' cooperation Salem'3 cocr:r"
tion coupled with your energy, and pregressivenczs' v. I I
bear fruit . , : ,
In the name of the NEW OREG02? SPIRIT, :
be your relentless ally for a bi--cr and better ftt:;
more progressive era of mining development ; a I;; r :
better prosperity from the standpoint of a bettcr"i:r.J:;'
standing among ourselves. ' . ' ;
Let Salem be your host next year.
(Signed)-FRED-A. ;ERIXON, Indutrld EIr: :1 r,
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of the ore per ton as mined ia:
Corper, 4.28 per cent; gold, $2.40
per ton; silver, ?.C5 ounces p?c
ton, or $16.85 per ton; with about
2,000,000 tons blocked out.
Knsy Times Ahead
The Lotz-Larsen camp will be a
very busy place this summer. It
will employ 25 men by June 20,
and be shipping concentrates.
The operations me under the
management of Chief Engineer ,
K. H. -Lotz, General Manager A. .
W. Constants, and Superintendent
A. C. Larsen. It is predicied by
an enthusiastic friend that thetio
men will do for Salem what th
Couer d'Alenes dil for Spokane;
that within tour years there w'.ll
be 3000 men working in the dis
trict and. Salem . is the gateway.
Looking to Future
The Lotz-Larsen camp is 2?
miles from the railroad, at Lyons.
It is predicted that, as soon as the
mine can show tonnage, a railroad
will be built or extended into tta
camp. There is an easy grade up
the " canyon of the Little North
Fork to a- point within seven,
miles of. the Lotz-Larsen mine.
An aerial tramway for this seven
miles is . feasible, and would bo
economical of construction. S3
a large mill may be located seven
miles away, joining with, the rail
road. Such a mill might do gona
custom work for other mining
properties in that district. There
are a number of such properties
their owners believing they aro .
rich in possibilities. .
But the operations will be In
creased even with the necessity of
making the . 23 mile haul ot tha
concentrates. There will be ef
forts to reduce the cost of hauling
tb the minimum, and there If
every indication 'of a ''prof Jtablt
(Continqft en pig 5)
and zinc, the silver dominating In
value In this mine.
Extensive Improvements
Within-. the last few years tha
Silver King Mining company has
done a large amount cf work in
opening up and developing thesa
mines. A hydro power plant,
which, developes 200 horse power
on 150 foot head of water, has
been constructed at a cost of
$12,000. The mine is equipped
with modern machine drills, air
compressors, blacksmith Bhop, ma-,
chine shop, steel railroad track3
and ore cars. First class bunk
and cook house furnish accomoda
tions for the miners.
Extensive Ore Bodies
The most important 2 eve la
ment haa , been done on the era
body of the "Queen" vein, wfcich.
outcrop on the side of HesllE-j
mountain at n elevation of about
3000 feet. At this point the oro
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