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THE aiOllNlNG HEUAIJ): TUESDAY. JAXUARY 1. 18si
PUR MINES.
Something About the Mineral Re
sources of Linn County.
ALIAULE COAL lEPOIT MHM
A Coapany Organized to Develop tt Ceal
K;ct Sear Lebacon An Analysis
cf the Coal.
iMrina the past year n;ore a?!en
t:on has been Iirectel to tin- le
.lopment of the mineral resources
ot t!iis portion of Oregon than sver
iorc. eoinpanv c insist ing of
lieu. I, A. P.. Woo.1
P. I. Honlev aic I
ha-t h'-en r-
Messrs. W. F
in. A. Uho.l.-s,
ity,
OREGON 'KIIT.
If WorfI-w Itlr tamr Hiorotighly
a nil fully l-crvel.
Wriitf n for the vt i-ars Huhlp
Oregon, especially wet-tern Ore
gon, has established the reputation
of being the most productive fruit
region of the worM. Its equable
climate, moist atmosphere, and
freedom lrom cyclonic storms,
' miikes it perfectly jossibletoestab
! lish and retain tins reputation,
i Small fruits and berries of all de
scriptions flourish remarkably in
! .estern Oregon; peaches and
grapes do fairly well, hut apples,
i pears, plums and ctierries are the
: won. lei of every stranger who be
j liolds for the first time in thvir
'luxuriant prime. Our eh mate does
' not repine the long term of years
I that almost every other country
. ails ior to bring the trees into bear-
WE DEAL ON THE SQUARE.
i
AND OUR CUSTOMERS CATCH THE BARGAINS.
oth.-rs of this
ga:u.el t. worK a g ii Hearing !I1;r jur comparatively speaking
i.uartz le-L'e. situated m-ar the j twy bear almost from the year o:
suinii'it of tile Cascade mountains. j transplanting, and one of the cares
(' nridtrable work has already been 0f the painstaking and successful
l.mear.d the company propose to j orchardist is to nievent overbear-
:laimen.Ti:eti.allv d ii.i;; j,,.,
T e fame of Oregon prunes In. s
gone wide spread over the land.
The t. 1'aul J'iuiietr-Pnxoi No-
work theclaimen.Tiieti.allv d ii.i;;
!.e next seam. Several capita!-.
:-t f,f Portland have enlisted their j
influence in "the development oi '.his
?elge. from which some fine
iijiens have been taken out.
lie comnanv is sanguine of
ces.
Tiie Caj ital MiuinirCo. of Salem
l.r.s also been tVmie'l to work some
of the gold quartz unites on the
Santia:n,and have flattering reports
from th? assays made.
Several other gentlemen of Al-i.an--,
anior.z them II. Kenton .
Kobt. F.rown.f . K. F.ro-.vnell.F.. M.
Huston, M. Cowan, and others,
along the
promising
pec- vember 2 ith cotitained a tour col
ami uu.jj article on the fruit industry in
!K" , Oregon. In regard to Oregon
' prunes the writer savs: "One fact
' (tuite noticeable in the present
operations of orchardists is the ten-
have, taken up ledges
Santiam, v. hich show
results.
A company in I'.iownsvrtie, with ;
(i--o. A. I'ysoii at the head, lias
been engaged during the past sea-;
son in developing a valuable gold ;
discovery on the t'alatiooia. .More j
work has been done on these mines ;
than on any of the others, ami '
gjld has been found in paying
c.uantitias in a decomposed quart.. 1
A road has been made to the mines i
and tunnels of considerable magni- i
iutle run in with satisfactorv re-1
sV.ts. ' ;
Aside from the iroM mines galena
of the finest quality is found at '
many places along ttie tributaries
of the Santiam, which, in many
instances, is intermingled with '
silver. Heretofore only prelimi
nary prospecting has. as a rule,
been done by miners in these re
gions, but recently more thorough
work has been undertaken, which
promises to lead to a more com
plete development of the mineral
resonre. soft his portion of thestate.
NEW OKI. IIKVKIOI-'MENT.
Wm. II. Watkins, F.x-Oov. L. F.
dtney to make prunes their chief
crop." It is believed that Oregon
prunes are the best the world pro
duces. They are altogether beyond
comparison with the lluropean
product, and even California does
n it claim to be able to grow as
good prunes as Oregon. They
bring much the highest price in
the market."
The remarks of the l'ion, , VY-.s.
are unvarnished truths, for all over
this part of the State the planting
of prune orchards has become a
leading industry, some orchardists
putting out as high as thirty or forty
acres. A. 15. Custer, adjacent to the
city of Albany, has a huge aiea
planted and tlie trees are thriving
wonderfully.
Mr. James Roberts, near Vhedd,
'has planted ouite extensively this
I fall in prunes, and Mr. Iaw, near j
Peoria, has upwards of thirty acres
' in the same fruit. These are only a
few among hundreds w ho are eiu
: barking in the cultivation of this
'. most excellent fruit, that grows and
j matures with such perfection and
: certainty in this locality in our
; great state of Oregon, that its culti
' vation affords a perfectly sale and
growing industry to embark in. So
. great was the demand for prune
trees for planting during the last I
season that the matured stock of
i evei v nurserv in tlie State was ex-
WE DO NOT "An
T
I
THE EARTH,
CONRAD MEY
ER
FROI'RIETOB OK TH K-
OLD AND RELIABLE STAR BAKERY.
A full stock of staple groceries, fine
glassware and crockery kept con-
NOR DO WE USE ANY BAITS TO CATCH CUSTOMERS, j Stailtly Oil hand .
r tram
UfcLA .
hausted and many had to oeler
Orover and others have recently ; I't'ui
conui.enced developing valnahk
-oai deposits on the Sav.tiam.
T:ie site of the claim is eignt
mi.es east of Lebanon. It is thus
V . miles from the narrow gauge,
t'-fi mih's from the Oregon Cali
foinia and twelve miles from the
Or'g':: l'acitie railroads. If cn
taitit'.4' acres, and was boaght
on Nivember - last, f.r by it
pi-eAeii: oAiieis, Mes-.r. rover,
Smith, Hawkins ami Wiitki.U.
There are three strata of tiie ca!
'posit. Tise upper one crops out
io the creek which runs through
the la'li:, v. tier- it -shoW a tl.i. k-ue.-
ol eig'ileell inches. Some -M )
feet ba from the bank a shaft
lias been run down, revealing a
vein with a thickness of seven feet.
This stratum is composed of a lino
glistening funnel coal, which is
readily inflammable and burns
wi1: a tierce iieat. The assay
upon it was as follows :
r V1 ""'"'
Volatile ami O'liiiiustiiiie matter.. 2:. l'
Kit-1 tarboti 41.411
A-h ....
Siilhur
g lor a year.
flic Willamette valley, in tne
heart of whi. n is situated the live
citv of Albany, is fhe most pecu
liarly adapted fruit growing part of
the State, and our vicinity is fast
devel ping into a center for its
growth- and siiipm n.
Mr. A. boss, of the I'epot
!I te!,a few years ago purchased
.en .teres of land for $li0 per acre,
afterward adding two acres more at
the same price. He put the land
in the finest con.Iit'jn possible, nii
"lerdrai.iing and fertilizing it and
planted to other fruit trees. This
la-: summer he was offered several
more thousand doilars for the land
BUT MARK OUR WORDS :
cp
nded .hundreds, j
Fresh Baked Bread Every Day, Cakes, Pies, Etc.
an
than he had e
but would not sell, knowing when
he has a good tiling and concluding
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IO IIOIO Oil LO U. . V SO Vt-11
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v vi iai.1 .v i.-j i.n. . -. . . : . 1 1
under t!i- sun oilers the intelligent any ho'tisc 111 tilt' W ill Uiuntt'
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rt.i.najc.u. w.v. '-' vin monev on evt-rv i oi ars
ta:
FORTMILLER&IRYING
fancy
icaieuo O.C1..J..O.S. . - y n montiy (n wrY (
res as dx-s thislocahty at present. I J ' J
groceries du apor tlian j
Valley, and will save,
worth you. Imy. j
i:.r.o
1.4S
Winlrr holrra.
A f-pocies of bov-i-l complaint
known u "winter cholera," appeared
in Kevcral cities in the Northwest hist
winter and is likely to lie more gen-
i-rul this feason. lliamtjcriain s
TotuI !.Wi
. i t i ......... ......
vjnv uumueu i-.o . j . ,. ........... ..,, i,;.,.,, - v...,..lv
gave of coke0 The coke was I 't'niC
composed ot .S..0 carbon and '1..0 ; poshity Mason.
HSU, UlClUOillg suipuur ai.'i . iiuw
of phosphorus. The large jiercent-
age of water shown is explained
by the fact that the specimens
taken for assay were from the bed
of the stream.
A short distance below the first
stratum the second appears, and
consists of alternate layers of coal
and shale, those of the latter being I
greatly thinner than those of tlie J
coal. !
After drilling through sixty-four !
feet of sandstone the third stratum :
i reached and is sixteen feet in i
thickness, being solid coal. The
second and third strata are alike
in'' quality, being of a fine lignite j
dejiosit of excellent burning prop
ertit-s.
Or. the property in which he is
interested five shafts, which are
tnree in'chen in diameter, have
Wen sunk. At one point, a depth
of 140 feet was attained. In the
bottom ot this a seam of tine lig
nte coal, sixteen fet wide, was
found. In the middle, of the shaft,
half-way up the mountain, six and
a half ieet ol coal was lounu. in t
the middle shaft a seam six and a
hall" feet wide was fount I. As depth
is attained the coal is drier and of
better quality than that iouni
nearer the surface.
Tiie intention is to have a line
,built from the narrow gauge road,
which is but six and a half miles
from the mine. There is no bridg
ing to be done and the country is
level. If the company owning the
narrow gauge does not build this
extension so as to secure the trade
the gentlemen ow:;ing the coal
mine will do the work.
On the other side of the moun
tain from where Mr. Watkin's
mine is- located coal has been found
and two half sections have been
taken up At a point eighteen
miles further east, on the Santiam.
another coal discovery has been
made. In fact the whole country
in that section is a good field for
the coal-prospector.
Our cuKtomcra never have the blues,
be.ausc we give them such good bar
gains. W. . Head.
A new invoice of
at Ktad'b.
British trimming?
BROWN ELdId & STANARD.
SPRINGFIELD SAWMILL
A. W II KKLKK, Sl'KlNGFIELD, PROPRIETOR.
SPKIXGFIKLI OREGON
JSfAlbany yard and office on Kailroad, between 4th and 5th streetsJ
A Wheeler, Albany Manager,
'lavin" kmber not excelled in quality, md facilities not surpassed forthe
.prompt and satisfactory tilling or orders. I rcsnectfullv solicit a J.
trade. ' ' " ,
G. W
SMITH
ISUCCESSOR TO W. H. M FARLAND-
DEALKRS IN FINE-
FURNITURE!
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TI LARGEST USE (IF STOVE IK TUB
VALLEY
11
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Clia:iierlain's Kje arid Skin O'mt-iit.-ttt
is niKuualcti for old clir'.na-
.. ... I ... ft n t.i.l-lii-l
.iiri-s. .lan v c-a.-i-s nac im.u i
euiitlv cured by it. Fur MtU- by
tiiaV V x:.i-oil.
llaii -yeast at'Lrow ni-ll iV Stai-ardV
j
CO
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All the MnstDesir:ille flakes r.f Cookinjr Stoves awl Ranges, and Heating
Stoves, Kitchen Utensils ind ilimsVholjJ'iirniturti Kept Constantly in stock.
The Largest Line of Furniture in the Valley !
FROMAN'S BLOCK
ALBANY, OR
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