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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.
VOL. XX. NO. 36
SOME FACTS ABOUT UNE COUNTY AND
MINES ANO MINING IN
COTTAGE GROVE, ITS SECONO CITY
SOUTHERN FANE
GREAT LUMBER INDUSTRY
Lane County Heads the List of Oregon Counties in The Varied Natural Resources and Numerous Important Industries of the The Bohemia Gold Mines and the Blackbutte
the Amount of Standing Merchantable
County— Picturesque and Favored Location of Cqttage
nabar Mines-— Their Extent, Mineral
Grove and its Heathful Surroundings.
Formation and Favored Location
Timber— Thirty Billion Feet.
T ak en in connection w ith the of which m ust pass through the
m any industries surrounding C ot­ gale-w ay at Cottage Grove, which
tage Grove, nam ely, agricultural, is located in the southern part of
dairying, fruit, hops, poultry, and Lane county.
T his m eans the em ployment of
stock raising, the one th a t ran k s
first, though yet in its infancy, is hundreds of men at good wages;
the tim ber and lum ber industries. the building of more railroads and
Being situated as it is on the heavier equipm ent; the installing
Coast Fork branch of th e Wil- of logging m achinery of the very
lam ette river and lying to the heaviest and most modern type;
south of the fam ous Bohemia gold 1 larger mills and finest equipm ents
m ines; located on the m ain line of and labor-saving devices for the
th e Southern l’acific railroad and rapid handling of their output and
at the junction of the Oregon and a payroll th a t represents within it-
Southeastern railroad, penetrating self a snug sum equivalent to the
large bodies of the finest tim ber in entire wealth of an ordinary city,
the world, lies C ottage Grove,
T he tw enty-one mills tributary to
Oregon, form ing the nucleus of a Cottage Grove employ, approx
lum bering
and m anufacturing imately speaking, 1,600 men, and
center of w hich any town so the an n u al out put of them am ount
situated, could feel justly proud, j to 150,000,000 feet, which figured
Of the 05 different species of out upon the basis of #12.(X) per
trees and shrubs said to be found thousands, total up the m agnificent
in the forests of Oregon, the fo l-1 sum of $1,800,000.00 per year,
low ing are found in this section of
T he average acre will cut 35,000
the country: Yellow, red, and : feet, while some tracts on the coast
silver fir, or better know n as w hite , in the west end of the county have
fir; ash, maple, tnadrone, c h in -; been located th a t would cut 05,000
quapiti, dogwood, oak, yew, alder, I feet per acre for entire sections,
red and white cedar, balm or
T he sm aller class of tim ber not
cotton-wood, hem lock and pine.
j suitable for m illing is diverted in-
Of the different varieties above to other channels, such as piling,
m entioned both as to quantity, ship spars and yard arras. S hip­
value and durability, the fir family builders have long ago become
predom inates, often attaining the convinced of the superior quality
height of 300 feet, possessing of Oregon fir over all com petitors,
the strength of oak and by actual so th a t today m asts th a t are
tests, 2 X tim es greater than N orth­ garnered from the forests of O re­
ern or Eastern pine, they can gon can be found on alm ost every
rightly be styled the m ouarchs of craft th a t ploughs the seas, both
at home and abroad.
th e forest.
H em lock and w hite fir are
T he lan d on which these m ag ­
largely used in the m anufacture of nificent forest abound is to a very
berry crates and apple boxes, the large extent rich alluvial soil,
superior feat ures they possess over w hich will render good returns for
other woods, being lightness, all things consigned to its keeping.
strength and freeness from pitch So where once stood the sturdy
and odors th a t would enter into, oak, the tow ering pine, the stately
and thus destroy to a great extent, hem lock and the m assive fir, where
once could lie heard the shrill
the true flavors of the fruit.
T he w hite fir also finds another blast of the donkey engine as it
ready m arket along w ith th e halm, labored to supply the mill with th e
and is used extensively in the giants in the rough, there to be
created into the finished product
m an ufacture of paper excelsior.
O ak, maple, and ash being used of commerce, can now be seen the
iu the m anufacture of furnitures, w aving grain and the ripening
finds a ready m arket and com ­ fruit and heard the tin k lin g of
cow bells and the bleating of
m ands top notch prices.
Lane county, according to a c ­ sheep, and last, b ut not least, the
cu rate cruisings and estim ates m erry whistle of the light-hearted
m ade, has over 30,000,000,(XX) feet boy, for this is the way the logged-
of stan d in g tim ber, 6,000,000,000 off tracts are being utilized.
Fifth srreet and River street
w hich were graded and graveled
this fall are conspicuous for their
excellent condition and fine ap­
pearance over th e rem aining u n ­
improved streets ju st now.
O rchard
plan tin g hereabouts
goes m errily on. Cottage Grove
apples and pears will have the
Hood River reputation in a few
years and will lie shipped out in
carload lots.
There is great satisfaction in know­
ing that when you buy
G RO CERIES
You are getting New, Fresh Stock
of the best standard brands.
IN SHOES
W e can fit any foot and give you
Style, comfort and durability.
PEARCE .BROTHERS.
Phone Main 643— Our own Delivery.
In n atu ral advantages Lane au d Puget Sound districts, nor the
county, Oregon, stan d s w ithout a occasional droughts of California.
peer am ong the
counties of
Cottage Grove and Vicinity.
any state on the great Pacific
Cottage Grove is situated at the
slope. Its area of about 7000
square miles now contains a pop­ head of the productive W illam ette
ulation of about 30,000 while 100,- valley, where the Coast Fork and
000 more people can here m ake Row river forks of the W illam ette
good homes and find a safe m eans river meet. It is 144 miles south of
of livelihood and com fort in the Portland on the Southern Pacific
development of its great n atu ral railroad line and is the term inus
resources and varied industries. of the Oregon & Southeastern
For fruitgrow ing, the n atu ral railroad, running from th is city 20
adaptability of Lane county soil miles into the Bohemia m ining
and clim ate is annually dem on­ cam p and traversing a great tim ­
strated iu the choicest products of | ber belt in which several saw mills
all the leading varieties of fruits, are iu operation, an d twenty one of
berries, and vegetables. In live­ these sawm ills, large an d small
stock, wool and moliair, dairying are located and operated trib u tary
au d poultry-raising a sure and to Cottage Grove. T his city is
generous rew ard aw aits the efforts second iu size iu Lane county, Iiu-
of those who engage in these lines gene the county seat, being the
of industry, as well as to growers metropolis of the county. Cottage
of wheat, oats, barley,
corn, G rove is inhabited by 2,500 of the
buildiugs, a new opera house, new
residences, streets graded an d im ­
proved, residences and law ns beau
tified and better k ep t up, new bus
iness being started an d the health
ful condition of the business of
the city m akes us feel glad ihat
we are living ill C ottage Grove.
T h e Sunset M agazine recently
sa id : ‘ ‘T here are m any growing
cities between San Francisco and
Portland, Oregon, aud they are all
vieing with each other in their ef­
forts to become attractive to the
homeseeker. T h is is as it should
be, aud yet the traveler will note a
vast difference between the place?
in so far as clim ate an d n atu ral re­
sources are concerned. O ne of
the most picturesque and prosper­
ous cities along the line of travel
between San F'raucisco and Port­
land is the city of Cottage Grove,
Oregon.
As one notes the approach from
P artial V ie w o f th e B oh em ia Gold M ines.
alfalfa, vetch, tim othy aud m any best and most progressive people the south after tipping over the
other varieties of grains and on earth, and they are beginning m ountain, things tak e on a differ­
grasses. Hop-growers secure large to boost in earnest for the growth ent dress T h rift is iu evidence
yields of th e best quality and aud advancem ent of C ottage Grove on either side of the railroad here
vegetables of all k in d s thrive and the development of th e w ealth and the tiller of the soil has lie-
ab u n d an tly . T h e m arked eq u a­ of u atu ral resources trib u tary there­ come a fixture au d the sturdy folk
bility of the clim ate and the to.
have certainly solved the bread
charm ing diversity of scenery | Bounded as we are by the best and
butter
problem. Timber!
have caused this region to become i ag ricu ltu ral country in the world, Well, there are great (in the full
while to the south an d east is great sense of greatness) forests of it
a Mecca for home seekers.
L ane county is bounded by the tim ber belts, the Black Butte aud at th is tim e some 21 sawmills
summ it of the Cascade m ountains quicksilver mines, and Bohemia are active in their work of evolut-
on the east and by the Pacific gold mines, and the fact th a t this iug the same about Cottage Grove.
oceau on the west, an d nearly the is the gatew ay through w hich the T h e city in itself has m ade step­
entire county is draiued by the products of these great industries ping stones out of obstacles.
W illam ette river and its tributaries, m ust pass, we have a right to feel Every industry has lieeu fostered
aud the Siuslaw on the western enthusiastic regarding th e future with care and all m aim er of enter­
of Cottage Grove.
prises are springing up an d th riv ­
slope.
In keeping with the spirit which ing iu this place. Schools and
In standing m erchantable tim ber
this county ran k s first in the state, is pervading the entire state of churches exist and are in a h ealth­
with th irty billion feet, being of
ful condition, all in keeping with
H. 0. THOMPSON
their aim s in this life .”
several varieties and the best
quality.
Gold, silver, copper,
A nent our schools, we are es-
cinnabar, lead, coal, iron, lim e­
lieciallv proud. Two large, h an d ­
stone, building stone aud other of
some buildings, equipped with all
n a tu re ’s m ineral products are
the latest apparatus, capable of
found in paying quantities iu this
accom m odating 800 pupils of
county, and the m ining industry is
w hich 608 were iu attendance the
steadily increasing. Several m ines
past year. They are presided over
are already regular producers and
| by a city su|ieriutendeiit and
dividend payers, and m any o th ers
■twelve assistants. T he course of
are being developed in the Bohemia
study comprises the usual eight
and Blue river m ining districts.
grades, as prescribed by the state,
Eighteen miles south of C ottage
an d a four years H igh school
Grove is situated th e fam ous Black
course, graduates from which are
Butte quicksitver m ines with its
adm itted to the S tate U niversity
thousand? of feet of tunnels,
without further exam ination, which
smelter, in fact one of the most
certainly speaks well for our
complete and largest quicksilver
schools.
m ining p lan ts on the Pacific
< >ur churches, of which we have
six, are well attended, aud have
coast.
Clim atic conditions here are
neat and commodious edifices and
President ol Commercial Club.
ideal. Droughts, blizzards and
p asto r’s residences.
Tw enty fraternal an d beneficiary
cyclones are u n k n o w n . We have Oregon aud iu fact, the whole
no long cold w inters nor hot dry northw est. Cottage G rove is e x ­ organizations have subordinate
summers. H ere heat and moisture p anding every day. O ne would lodges iu the city, au d all are in a
scarcely recognize th e town of a
are as evenly blended as iu any year ago and the town of today. flourishing condition.
place to lie found on the coast, New life, activity an d anim ation
O ur two banks, the First N a­
and flowers, both domestic and prevail and m any and su b stan tial tional and the Bank of Cottage
wild, bloom in the open air during are the im provem ents m ade in th at Grove, are both solid financial in ­
stitutions: rapidly growing, as
nearly eveey m onth in the year. short time, and twice as m any are each succeeding statem ent shows.
W e do not have th e excessive being planned and in course of
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rain s of the lower C olum bia river construction. New b rick store
Is situated 32 miles east of C ot­
tage Grove, which is J44 miles
south of I’ortland iu Lane ebunty,
at an elevation of 3(KX) to 6<XXl
feet. T h e (). & S. K. railroad is
in operation 2(1 miles from Cottage
Grove and is soon to lie extended.
T here are two good wagon roads
into the district.
T he country rock is andesite,
m uch broken by eruptives aud de
composed, diorites and porphyries
are much in evidence, while eros­
ion has played an im portant part
in the topography of the country
and exposing the iron-stained
quart iu the veins, which have
usually an east aud west trend
with a dip to the south of about
sixty degrees. O xidation extends
down in places about 350 feet
where the sulphide zone is eti
countered. T h e free ores are gold
and silver, $6 to $12 per ton and up
to exceptional values, with veins 2
to 20 feet wide and in places
wider. T h e sulphide zone has
been but little developed as freight
an d treatm ent played an im port­
an t part. T he ores are gold, sil­
ver, lead, copper (ch alco p y rite)
and in places some zinc, the cop­
per and lead earryiug each good
values with m any earm arks th a t
m ake a great camp.
T he district is well watered and
electrical power can lie obtained
near by. It also contains the
finest of tim ber so th at the great
expense of lum bering could not lie
less in any camp, this with its
close proxim ity to the W illamette
valley insure its produce at low
costs com bined with the large
stock of m erchandise of all kinds
C ottage G rove m ake with its
onderful m ineral showing and
various factors a cam p worthy of
investigation.
Several large reduction plants
have been put in readiness for op­
eration in this cam p, one by the
W est Coast Mining Co , another
by F. J. H ard on his valuable
properties, aud a third is lieing in ­
stalled by the Mayflower people.
Regarding the great m ining in ­
dustry of the country President
elect T aft had the following to say
recently liefore the m ining con­
gress:
I am glad of an opportunity
to express my interest in the im ­
p o rtan t work which the American
m ining congress is doing iu behalf
of the m ining industry an d I de­
sire to encourage and cooperate in
this work iu every possible way.
' T he m ining industry of this
country, w hich is second only to
the ag ricu ltu ral in its contribution
to th e national wealth, which fur­
nishes more than 66 per cent of
the total freight traffic of the coun*
try, and which furnishes more
th an a million men in its difficult
and dangerous tasks, deserves all
the assistance which this govern­
ment can render it.
“ No country is so rich iu these
resources w hich m ake for great
and iiennaneut wealth as is the
United States: b ut this condition
of affairs has helped develop a n a­
tional habit of waste iu the use of
our forests, our soils, our m inerals
aud other resources. Fortunately,
however, the public conscience of
the country is aw akening to both
the loss of life and waste of m a­
terials in all of our industries and
we m ust see to it that the P "'u*-
uient is guided wisely and carried
forward to success.
Black Butte District.
T here is one m ining district in
Lane county th a t produces only
one m ineral. T h at is the Black
Butte quicksilver district. T he
district is located in the southern
part of the county, 16 miles from
Cottage Grove. It is four miles by
two in extent, all of which is rich
in the ore. A new reduction plant
has ju st been p ut in operation. A
force of 40 men is em ployed.
Twelve thousand feet of tunnels
have been opened. T he mill is
located at the base of a 1700-foot
hill, so all the ore can be handled
by a gravity system. T o show
the m agnitude of this great deposit
of ore, it need only lie said that
tile out crop on the summ it of
Black Butte shows for a continu­
ous distance of 75(X) feet and that
the main fissure is 4(X) feet wide
aud th at this entire width is quick­
silver bearing. Openings on these
veins have been m ade at 1300 and
1600 feet lielow the sum m it of the
m ountain. From these figures it
is evident it will require the work
of m any generations to exhaust
the supply.
T he Black Butte district is ad­
m irably located for economic m in­
ing. An am ple supply of water,
abundance of water power, u n ­
lim ited tim ber and soft rock, are
factors th at reduce the cost of
w orking.
As illustrating this point, pub­
lished rejxirts give the average cost
of quicksilver ore mined in Cali­
fornia at $3 to $4.80 per ton, while
the average cost of production at
Black Butte has been $1.40 per
ton.
Xmas Greeting
Men’s Fine Suits and Over­
coats
Ladies’ Furs and Shoes
A T C O ST
W. H. ABRAMS, Assignee.
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