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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1926)
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN 7 / M IN IN G NEW S h , \ ---- Â •1 Reports and News of Activities and Conditions of the il Mining District of West Coast. PERMANENCY OF MINING probably keep the placer miners con tinuously at work. Permanency o f mining needs to be «tressed by the industry’s spokes The last issue of the Developer, a men and supporters if the prevailing misconceptions so common among magazine devoted to the mining in dustry, countains several articles re- the public are to be dispelled. The average mine lasts longer gardin gthe mines in this secitno, as than the average mercantile business. well as a very conservative aritcle According to Shaw’s Management from the pen o f George Schumacher Service the new store opened in this of Medford on the black sands of the country starts with a little more district. There are several copies of than seven years o f life before it and the magazine at bureau headquarters every class o f mercantile business has. an average o f failures running Dean Charles E. Newton of the higher than 60 per cent. school o f mines at Corvallis, and The oldest company or business Willia W. Elmer, president of the corporation in the world bears the Oregon mine survey, a mining en name o f Stora Kopparbergs Bergs- gineer o f note, of Portland, spent lags Anthiscebolag and this year it last Saturday in the Pass on mutters celebrates its 700th anniversary. relating to the business o f the survey For 700 years this company has op erated the famous Falun mine in Apparently there is to be a real Sweden without any change inown revival of the interest in tin as a ership. In these 700 years the product of this district. Several as mine has yielded over a ton of gold, says have been secured from out 15 tons o f silver and about 600,000 side assayers, which lead to the con tons o f copper. Now it produces clusion that there is tin here in pay SO,000 tons o f iron pyrites every ing quantities. The collapse o f the year former tin boom here has made most The Rio Tinto mine in Spain, has of the consertives skeptical. Bpt if been productive since the days of it shall prove to be the case that the Roman Empire. tin ores have been developed, it will Mexico and South America o n - go far to disprove the oft heard tain a score o f mines that have been statement that the Grants Pass miner operated fo r centuries. are prone to kid themselves. The Homestead mine in South Da kota has paid monthly dividends Messrs. Diehl and Henderson, re aince 1879, except for brief periods o f suspension caused by fire and cent purchasers o f the Banfield mine in Douglas county were recent visit strikes. Goldfield, Nevada, is a compara ors, and were much interested in the tively new camp; yet the mines there mineral district. have already existed for more than twice the average life of a mercan Work at the North Pole has pro tile establishments.— Mining Topics. ceeded with unusual dispatch under the direction o f E. R. Copeland, who is in charge. We are advised that the sound of dropping stamps was heard MINING NEWS a day or so ago. | Edited by the Southwestern Ore It is reported on good authority gon Mining Bureau. that the War Eagle at Gold Hill has » ------------------------------------------- f t Several mines, among them the Mt been sold to a large corporation, and Reuben, Western Metals and the that active work is about to start on North Pole, have shut down for the that property under the engineer di holidays, the period o f shut down rection of Henry M. Parks, formerly varying fro mthree days to two the director o f the Oregon bureau weeks. The abundance of water will of mines. t O - News Notes From State Market Agent ! © - By C. E. Spenes Egg Associations lncronsing. Since 1913 there has been a re markable growth in co-operative egg associations in this country. They are in 18 states, embracing about 70 as sociations, with about 60,000 mem bers. Forty-eight associations handled 2,666,516 cases o f eggs last year at 126,629,218, and it is expected that 1926 will show a large increase over these figures. Look Oat for tko PsddUrs. Any number of Portland families have been defrauded by buying boot leg potatoes to house-to-house ped dlers. The sacks have a few good po tatoes on the top and the rest un graded and in many casese are blight ed and rotten. The law requires that sacks shall be stenciled with the grower’s name and the grade of the stock. The state market agent has prosecuted many peddlers and has cases now pending. The housewives should insist on lawful sacks. Carl Vroomaa’s Plan. Carl V room an, formr assistant sec- retar y of agriculture, in a recent speech in Washington said that un less some means is brought about to guarantee fair financial returns to the farms, the younger generation will disappear from agriculture. His plan la a non-partisan political mer ger o f all o f the existing farm or ganisations to force legislation to give farming the same guarantee that railroads and other public utilities Mr. Vrooman quoted figures from the department o f agriculture showing the “ colossal proportion of the agricultural catastrophe.” In 1920 the total value o f the farmers’ products shrunk over $3,000,000,- 000; in 1921 nearly $8,000,000,000; and in 1923 over $5,000,000,000 be low the 1919 level or a total shrink age of $24,000,000,000. The installation o f the steam shovel on the Oscar creek placer mine has been completed. The pres ent name o f the mine is the Board Shanty and it promises to open a new era in placer mining here. There are several rich spots where there is plenty o f water for bywash, but not enough for both that and cut ting, ahd this method has apparently solved the problem. Oscar creek is one of the richest placers in the dis trict, and the proposition will un doubtedly pay from the start. The next meeting o f the bureau will be held on the 31st o f December The change in date o f this particular meeting was made necessary from the fact that the regular meeting falls on New Years. Col. H. R. Rice o f Contact, Nev., is in the Pass for a stay during which he plans to look over the mining possibilities here. Mr. J. R. Weaver o f Portland, o f the Board Shanty, is also making a stay here. G. A. Russell is getting the Jones placer on Saxe creek ready for pip ing. This placer has been worked for many years, and from the looks o f the coarse gold brought in by Mr. Russell, is good for many years more. Evans creek has been neglect ed this year, in comparison with the other placer creeks o f the county, and this is probably but the start o f operations there. The giants at work have been increased to over fifty at this friting. The Wickstroms is reported as working. WERE not P h one s a t isfied u n l e s s 474- you arc 6 2 4 RIVERSIDE ST - DAMON CAFE MEALS—CONFECTIONARY—FOUNTAIN Ice Cream, or Hot Dnnks Popular eating place of Central Point DAMON CAFE Buy Good W ood The Central Point Wood Yard is lo cated next to the postoffice, is equipped with all kinds of good fuel Give us a trial Sweet, T asty Meats THE CHOICE OF THE LAND— ALWAYS FRESH AND TENDER The organization o f the Oregon Chemical company, the incorporators o f which are George Schumacker, Walter Robinson, long associated with the Blue Ledge, and E. N. Caylord, all o f Medford, may very well open a new industry in this lo cality. The company has the backing o f careful proving out o f all the pro moters claim for it, does not make any attempt to sell stock by so-called booster talk, and appears to have ex cellent opportunities for making money for the stockholders and for the district. “Quality and Service”—Our Motto Central Point Meat Market Animal « and lmeet» Prepare for Winte • ▲ata, bees, wasps, flies and many •Char Insects protect themselves dur ing the winter by securing food sup plies and constructing retreats. The wonderful work done by anta, bees, wasps, spiders, butterflies and worms has bean studied by many nat uralists and researches have been Get the License Number. charmingly described by Lubbock. State Market Agent Spence ad Fibre, Maeterilrck and other able vises those who buy potatoes from writer*. The underground apartments peddlers to dump the saks and note and terraced bornea of the ante, their the quality before paying for them domestic life, social organisation and thoughtfulness, are among the great or to get the car number. Arrests wonders o f nature. have lately been made by the market Thsae extraordinarily intelligent la- agent where families have been secta not only store sway an abun cheated by inferior stock by the dance of food for winter, but also they housewife making a record o f the provide aphides to be milked and they car number. Every arrest so far cultivate fungi gardens and manufac made by the market agent has result tura many food substances while pass tag the winter mouths underground. ed in conviction. Oenius, Individuality and temper ---------- * ---------- «m int In animals enable them to solve Hot air never filled a pay envelope all the problema o f winter which they may at nay time encounter. These vary la Individuals o f the asme apé eles. 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