MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
OREGONTHXJRSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910.
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MINING A NEGLECTED RESOURCE
(Iii'iiIchI IU'niiiiito Throughout ,Min NVkJitU'iI itt HnulhiTii Oregon In
.Mlnciiil WVitllh ,IntlMiii County IImh I'kkIiiihI In Hid I 'a I .NViirly
Ono llmiilri'il .Million Hollar In (fold mill HIIII Huinun Huh JiinI
llfi'ii HitiiUIumI.
Tim gnmliml resource of koiiIIioiii
Oivgnti Ih Hh mineral wealth. Jiu;l
min enmity Iihk produced Imlwunn
70,000,000 anil .fl()0(0lll),000 in gold
inuru wealth llian uy, of "II "Hn"'
resources, and thoy lutvo hardly
Horalithud llio formation mid luivo ilot
ynl Hlurlml lit mini). The mining eon
ilitioiiH ol' southern Oregon itro dif
ferent from nioMt uotintrioh I It it t luivu
produuml hh imiuh gold r.i; it hi.
Tito iiioiintuhiH aro liuavily timbered
mid llio uutlro I'oriiiiitlon in covered
from six IiicIiom to inmiy foot with
solid. Bo tliu foimiitloii is not vIh
ililn without a L'roat mnoiint of work,
All tho stream IioiIm aro full of pfucer
gold mid this section has prodncud
many million dotlarH mid in Htlll pro.
diioiug;
Colled n VmUH Country.
Thin country haw tho rojmlatioii of
being a )okut country, and not a rc
liahlo country in which to niiuo. Thin
Im due to tho following fnclM. W'UW
,all tho iitromntf havo placor gold tlu
surface formations hi most places
aro sedimentary mid full of rich
MriiiKoro of gold. Thin in no allur
ing to tho prpHpoctor that ho cannot
resist tliu tomtation of doing mont
of his prospecting on Uicko milium
instead of looking for tho minora)
formation firnt and tho gold after.
Any man that has made forma
tions a Htudy knowN that gold doc
not coiao in ormanonl hodioK ex
rent in pormnuout formations The
crupiivoi rocks aru the only rocks
that carry gold in tit primary state
UnlitNH eruptive formatioiiH exist ii
contact or uiidvrlyliig tho Hudimen
tary rooks thoy imiii have no goh
values an thoy aro Hlniply liorrowci!
from tho eruptive, (lold is not like
silver, lend or copper, ns it comhinoH
tu naturo with nothing lint tellurium
Gold appears in naturo hut in two
form, free gold mid tclliirtdc. bill
phido of gold Ih an inioBHibility
chloride of gold ih theoretical.
All Ohio With Tellurium.
It in tho opinion of good authority
that all gold originally wan in tho
form of tellurium. I lout volntizlng
very readily thus rolonHing tho gold
Tho tolluridim never occur in iiiiiii-
tity except in the cruptivo, dcap
Heated rook, (lold in tliono rock, in
a free statu on tho surface. nsmiine
the form of telluridoH at grout dupth
The free gold only occiim on or nenr
tho uurfuct wlmru volcanic limit lata
volutlzud or ornmon duo'to tho o.ty
gen of uir or watur mid uoids. havo
deaompotiod the (ollurmiii, Hum Imt-
iug tho gold in ii free wtnte '
If nil gold comes from tolluridc
mid tho tolluWdo'n homo in tho ortip
tivn woks, how do tho placor gold
and rich uli-inger ocour in cdiinu
tary rooks t
Kelltiif utary Kock.
All tun sedimentary rook ur
made up of pnrtiehm of eruptive
rook, assimilated hy water iilnl immt
ovurluy uruptivo rock. Mont of tho
sedimentary rocks of tin section
aro of an old ago and alter their do
MiHition huvu hoou subjected to groat
volcanic disturbances, which havo
hrokon and Rifted them nnd taotii
morphoHcd them. Tio uudorlying
rookH havo hoon Hiihjooted to nddit
iomil eruplioiiK mid action. This
notion hulow Iiiih forced current after
current of mineral houriug gnuo to
tho surface; not only tho Miirfnce of
tho eruptive iooIck hut through the
ovorlying Hedimontnry rooks. Those
miuural gnson and water hoiug Iiohv
ily chargod with hllicatoH and tellur
ium havo procipilated mid dopoHitcd
in the Hedimontnry iouL'h in forme of
Htringerx and nun Hz full of gold.
In tho Hoft Hlate mid hcIiIhIh thot
fonualionH lining Holt, mo Hithjoot to
oroaion and ns thoy wear away and
nro carried down to the gulehc carry
with Hhiiii tho Kohl thoy contain. The
gold on account of itn high hiecilie
gravity rooIn tho hottom, tho Ioonoi
and lightor rocks wiiHhiug on mid on
to tho ocoan. So year after yonr thl
proccHH Iiiih gone on for thoiiHnnd
ot ycarH and tho mountaluH wo now
poo WQi-o porhapa hundrpd,H of foot
higher, thiu placor gold hoiug tho
concentration of inilliniiH of (ouh,
Origin of Pocket fluid.
Those aro tho conditioiiH (hut worg
found when mining bogitti. Tho
stroam hodn and tho gulchoH woro all
full of grovol and wubIi from two or
throo foot to many foot in thiokuoHH,
nil of thin wash having gold in it
from n fow cents por yard to ninny
dollnrs. Tho old pi'onpaoor hogan
to, wnqh 'tho rich placor with pr.n and
rookor, .thou hydrnulio nnd drodgos.
Thus tho ovolulion of placor mining.
Mon oamo out proHpoot for tho Houroo
of this gold, knowing that it cr.mo out
of tho ground Homowhoro; thlH hoc
tion now hufl what r called pocket
huntorn.
Tho Hodimentary fonnntioiiH of thin
country oro full of ntri.igors of
qunrtr. Romo of theso nro marvol
oimly rich in gold. Thoso lay in littlo
kidnoyH in tho rook mid aro known iih
pookotti. Thoy Room to hnvo Htoppod
iholr lino of ronnoning which Iiiih hoon
BEES CLOSE SCHOOL
AND ROUT OFFICIALS
MKIIC'KI), (al , April 7. Hell.g-i-cnl
hct'M not onlv cloned a mcIiwI at
iiiikuHldc, 10 mile I'toiu here, in the
loolhillN, hut Nout mo vera I wUt to
hod, beuiduM nearly Htlnging u horno
tu death.
f.. t..ii.. a n.u.i 1. 1 ...w.vi...
right mo lor, hut (hoy havo not gone , f , f , lWimJ)lJ(lt hy
luv enough. '.. .. ... .. .. i '.i...,.i
ThiirMday, and whilo thoy wcro innido
n Hwnnn of bcoH nettled on tho horNO.
!P00n SEAMSTRESSES 1 MONEY IN CIRCULATION
I REMEMBERED IN VILLI IS $3,13073,01 1
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far onougl
IimiU for l.'iiiplloii ItockM.
Mont of the mining Iiiih hoon done
in llio culluioutury formation and has
roHtil'tod uh it only could. Like tho
placor when thoy havo elonnod up tho
lied rock thoy havo It all, and look
for u iuw place. Bo are tho pookotH
in tho Hedimontnry formation. Whon
thoy have worked thorn out thoy nro
nil uono, uh tho trail that IcadH to tho
nourco from which thoy cann out wiih
only gnH, or wator, and tloca not have
a mark or hlazo hy which It can ho
followed down to tho oruptivo rookH
holow, out of which thin mnall
amount Ih only n xatnplo of tho bod
ioH below. '
Tho Hcdimcnlilry fonnalioim in
iiiomI of plucoH appear to bo broken
or Iooro, Hhowiug that it !h not far to
tho cruptivo formnlioiiH below. Bomo
Mm. Conway, who with othorH tuhIi
cd out to fight tho hoes, won badly
Htung.
Tho boos finnlly nettled on a tall
polo nonr tho HchoolhotiHc. A Bchool
director nnd u' profcHHional boo
handlor tried to remove them, but
merely Hiifforcd HtingH for their ef
fort fi.
Meanwhile tho boon ntill clung to
tho polo and tho pupiln went on a
vacation.
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TAFT AFRAID TO MIX
IN H00SIER POLITICS
WASHINGTON, I). C, April 7.
President Tuft lmn cancelled IiIh en-
gngcmct.t to Kpcalc In IndmnnpoliB
of tho eruptive or igneotiH fonualionH in May. It wnH Hinted at tho White
hiicIi iih dioryle, rhyoluto,, porphcry,
niiderHylc, trachyte and granite up
pear itt many placoo hero.
Iiok Into Contact!.
Tlumo nro tht formntiouB in which
to look for tho permanent ore hndicH.
CoutactH occurring with any of Uickc
nro recognized uh firHt-claH. TIichc
rockn arc harder and nro not Minmcd
with little HtringerH of (jiiartz like the
Hedimentary rock, mid where they do
appear thoy do not offer tho induce
ment to the novice that the hiiiiiII,
ricli MringorK in the xcdimoiitury
formation do. Had thoy not been
neglected, but followed to a great
depth, thirt country would have n
different ntnmliug in tho mining
world nnd thin country would have
been enriched many millions of dol
taro. TliiH in one of tho richest placer
ifoldtt in America. It linn been work
ed for over CO ycarw for placer and
lias produced untold millioiiH.
.Mining Only Started.
In reality tho placor mining ha
only started, uh uiomL of tho gold
produced ho far has been on ground
moht acee.ihihlo . Thin country of
fers great iuduccmentH to big com
panion thai will build big ditchcrt for
hydraulic) mid for largo dredging
plant. It is evident to any thinking
man that Mimethiug Iiuh been wrong!
in the uurtr. 'mining hetelul'orc done.
CajUoriiia had the huiiiu place:
field'!, but thoy found the great j
motlmr lode that uuU that country
and it ban prudncod it hundred o'i
million. Why Iiiim not tho tiiv
of tho oro placers boon found? We
wiow it o.iU. It in bvonimu moMt ol
the mining Iiiih hoou done in the
wrong fonnntioiiH nnd only hhullow,
irregular working Iihvo beun dime.
.No Itcal .Milling,
l'rnctically no mininir has ever
baou dune in thin country. Twenty
to fifty-lout holus ih not mining; it
only scratching. Hie working
that have been utarted along the right
linen have not been uoutiuued deeii
enough to determine about them.
This country affordrt tho groatiMi
field for quartr. mining in tho United
StatoK. Tho houa-e of all thone tda-
oeiH nhoiild Jio found and will be
found. When it iw, Colorado's or
Nevada' oxcitomont will bo nothing
to compare with it, if surface con-"
ditioiiH can'' bo relied ukmi. The
ipiartz mlnoH will produce many t mie
ns much gold ui did the placoiv, u
properly worked, yonthern Oregon
in Hoheduled for (lie no.vt big mining
boom. I( in attraetiuir tho attention
of big mining men at tho prohcnt
lime.
House today thnt tho president would
find it impossible to visit tho Hoosier
capital as ho had planned, when ho
makes his noxt weHtern f rip.
His decision is believed here to be
the result of a determination to leave!
tho troubled political situation in In
diana alone, following the stato Ite
publican convention ycHtcrdav which
wan controlled hy llio iiiHiirgcntH and
which indorsed Ins administration at
the mime time calling for a revision (
of the tariff bill and plcdgiugg sup-1
port to Senator llovcridgo and com
mending him for bis action in con-.
grcsH. Ileveridgo voted againHt the)
I'ayne-Aldrieh meaHiire.
The tax Htatemcnt of Umatilla
county' for 1000 almost reaches the
half-million mark. The county has
no bonded indebtedness.
NHW VOllK jrll 7.- Poor warn
ntruHiwB In illy of J.'ew York nro
?20,00t) rjc!iur aH tlio reault of a
tlncliilon rendered In tho mipromo
court by Jtmtlco Ulancbard.
The mofif y will come from the es-
Into of Henry Howard Paul, an Kng-
llsh actor and playwright, who died
In 100n, at the ago of 80, leaving
an American and an Englliili will.
HnrrlKoa U-oy I-Msko and Henry Ty
roll, his two executor hero, wore
directed to distribute $40,000 In tho
Union Trust company among clinrl
tlos "that assist 'poor needlewom
en." Under tho English will $250,000
was distributed, but Mrs. Isabella M.
Mxnloy of Brooklyn, a sister of the
actor, Btied to havo tho American will
declared Invalid as too Indefinite.
An onon-rivor nnd frcieht rate
convention will bo held at Albany on
April 14. It will be largely attended.
Work will soon be betrim on !io
nsw federal building at Pendleton,
which will cost $50,00"
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WAHHINOTtA, April 7. A good
many people in Hie United Htnle
, were fooled on April J, when they
awoke to find thnt they had not
I $34.87, the circulation of money per
I capita, according to tho books of the
j treasury dopartrnont. Tho circula-
tion per capita on April 1 was the
Hnrnc as on the first day of Mnr'-h
and just two cents per person more
than it wns u yeor ago when, ac
cording to the treasury figures, the
money in circulation, if evenly dS-
rided, would hnvo given each man,
: woman nd child $34.87. The total
amount of nionoy in circulation on
'the first day of April was .$3,138,-
273,811.
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How Are These
For Bargains
Medford, Oregon: This certifies
that we have sold Hall's Toxas Won
der for tho cure of all kidney, blad
der and rheumatic tronblcs for ten
years, and hnvo never nnd a com
plaint. It gives quick and permanent
relief. Sixty days' treatment in eneh
bottle. Medford Pharmacy. tf
5-room house on Cottage avenue, East Sido, lots 100
xl20 $i6oo
1 lot on Grape street, East Side, lot 50x120 $400
2 lots on Palm street, 3 blocks from now depot, 56
124, oach $460
1 lots on Hamilton street, 2 blocks from new depot,
56x124, each $600
2 lots on Fourth street, 2 blocks off Oakdale, 56x
100, each $650
Fine residence lots in Crescent subdivision, close in,
Call and look over our list in fruit land. They are
some of the best in the valley.
Wright's
Money
Makers
10 ncrcs of tho finest building
sitcH, inngnificent viow of Medfoid
and vnlloy, Handy soil; for fivo dnys
at a bargain price.
83 1-3 acres, 3' miles out, in fine
locality, 20 acres penrw, npplen,
about 5 years old, some choico apri
cots in full bearing, GO acres under
cultivation, half under ditch; a
money-maker at $17fi per acre, lib
oral terms.
7-rooin bungalow, 1001105 foot
lot, ftno oak shade trees, woll locat
ed and excellent homo investment;
$2350, .easy terms.
fl-room liouso, 2 lots, closo t
Main, fi blocks from city pnrk;
$3000.
Fine corner lot on Newtown, 5flx
1C0, comeiit wnlk; for quick snlc.
Tij;, iUJJU ensti, tmtance io per
month.
Thrco nice lots on 14th nenr New
town, 50x1 12 V; $400 ench, $125
cash, balance $10 per month.
Choico lots in nil parts of city.
LET ME SHOW YOU1.
J.BruceWrightS Co.
132 WEST MAIN. PHONE 2691.
COLORED MAN TO TRY
FOR A LEGATION POST
WASHINGTON, April 7,--nci.Ja-i
inln Uiiudy, a notirn of Clnclnniftl, I
who paused tho statu department ex
amination for tho consular service,
lias slKiiiried Uh wllllniinoss to ac-l
eopt the secretaryship of n diplomatic!
post and will rocolvo an appointment
In easo ho passes tho examination for
that service. Tlio faot that Dundy'
Is willing to nccopt an appointment
as a secretary of logntloti 'solves a
problem which would hnvo cmiHod
tho atato depart moat somo embar
rassment, ns tlioro nro very fow places
u tlio consular sorvlco to which a
man ot his rnco could bo properly
uppolutod.
WARRANT IS ISSUED
FOR PROMOTER HOUSTON
KLAMATH FAM.S, Or., April 7.
Krnnk II. Houston, tho man who
promoted tho Hot Springs Hotol com
pany with hlmsolf no. president, to
oxplott tho nsttirnl baths near Klam
ath Falls, Is to bo arroatod on a for-
gory chartfo, a wan ant hwvlng boon
Issnod yostordny aftornoon. Hous
ton plannod a big rosort at tho but
springs and his company wm capi
talized at $100,000, It Ih chargod
that ho forged a draft on a bank In
I.oxlngton, Ky securing $0000 from
tho American Hank & Trust company
of this city on tho strongth of it,
MITCHELL
& BOEIK
WAGON MAKERS
We niako a specialty of
rubber fire work aiul or
chard hnnjf'WP and
spray tanks, call at
Merriman's Shop
Riverside Avenue
Every Thursday
Night
At Smith's Hall on Grape and
Sixth, and every second and
fourth Monday in tho month. Six
lesson card for $5 or $1 lesson.
Learn to wnltr. Privnto lesson by
appointment, Loarn to dance
and be cnieefiib
PROF AND MRS. JEROME,
12.4 South Central Ave.
RINGS
ALL SIZES AND
PRICES AT
MARTIN J. REDDY
The Jeweler
NEAR THE P0ST0FFICE. V
SISKIYOU REALTY CO.
ROOM 22, JACKSON COUNTY BANK BLDG.
PHONE 3311.
MORTGAGE. LOANS
Money on hand to loan cn r.cal Estate. City and County
Warrants bought. Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds Furn
ished. Fire Insurance.
JAMES CAMPBELL
hone Main .'KXtl.
'Jt)H KruitsrroiTiTfl' Hunk Building
J. E. ENYART, President
JOHN S OHTH. i .-'.
1 A. PERRY, Vice-Preside.it.
W. B. JACKSON, Ass't Cashl
THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL $50,000
SURPLUS .. SI&.WC
Safety boxet for rent. A general Banking Business transacted.
We solicit your patronaye.
Here Are Some Fine
Business Chances
BLACKSMITH SHOP, doing good business.
GENTS' CLOTniXG STORE; good lease aud snap
at priee asked.
OTHER OPENINGS we do not care to advertise.
CHOICE BUSINESS LOTS FOR SALE AT $S7.00
PER FRONT FOOT.
Rogue River Land Co.
11 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE
RESOLVED
Ths best resolution for you
to make is to come to ns for
your next suit, if you want
something out of the ordinary.
We do the best work and charge
the lowest prices.
W. W. EIFEUT
THE PKOOKKSSrVX TA2XOX
An Easy Way to Get Breakfast
Just a few General Electric Utewils will en
able any housewife to stay in bed another half
hour in the morning. Put cereal in the cooker
and coffee in the percolator the night before.
In the morning turn the switch, electricity will
get, breakfast ready provided your houta h
wired for electric light.
Let us tell you all the particulars?
Rogue River Eleciric Company
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$150 AN ACRE 270 acres, foothill lnnd, about 6 miles from Med
ford; there nro nbout 85 acres on this place now planted to fruit,
which includes about 26 acres in bearing. The bearing varieties
are Newtown and Spitzenberg apples and Cornice pears. There
are 25 acres of Newtowna in their second year with peach fillers
and about G acres of Newtowns just planted; also, 20 acres of
Jonathans and 10 acres of Bartlett and Anjou pears just planted
About 200 acres of first-class, fruit land on the pluco. Ther &xti
many springs on tho place and considerable water could be do-
veloped for irrigation; two houses, good barn uud other buildiugs,
Would subdivide nicely. Easy terras.
$2500 Sixty acres, 6 miles from Medford, about 15 ceres cleared -and
partly planted; small buildings.
$250 AN ACRE 70 acres, about 4 miles from Medford, freo soil; 25
acres planted to newtowu and bpitzengertr apples, mostly 3 years
old; in addition, about 25 acres under cultivation, balance easily
cleared; good new G-rootn plastered house, new barn; also set of
oiu uuuuings. vuta ue suduivhioU uito two or three tracts nieoly.
easy terms.
$5500 Six miles from ITodford, good now buildings, about 8 acres
planted to Newtowns, Spitzenborgs and penrs, 1 and 2 years old
nbout 7 noros additional cleared, bnlanoe not hard clearing; good
team, wngon and machinery gow wltn no Place, This Is a 40
nero tract.
$15,000 A first-class fruit and alfolfa ranch, 185 acres, 5V- miles
from rnilwny station, praotienlly all bottom land, 140 acres now
undor cultivation, water right with place; fair houso, two barns,
schoolhouso on the pluco, for $15,000, whioh is only $81 an acre;
innnA - i. ?u i. it . . ... ....
ruuu 1-nsii wm uHncue, nnu eaey terms cau do una on tuo uulance,
this is a fine chance to get n first-class truct of low-priced land
for development purposes. We don't think this will last long, and
if you nro interested, come in and seo us about it.
$12,525 Eloven acres in Cornice poars, 10 years old; D acres in Bart
lett nnd Ahjou penrs, 1 to 3 years old; close in; good soil; terms, i
$12,000 Eloven ncres in Cornice nnd Rose pears, 14 years old; these
trees are in full bcariug nnd will pay a good income on the price
ftBked. ljJtSSv vVji.vC w His
$15,000 Twenty acres, fine now modern bungalow, buildings easily
worth $4000; about 13 acres of apples in full bearing; trees are 10
years old; balance planted to apples 2 years old; good soil; sightly
location; closo to market; nn assured income from tho boginning; a
fine homo.
$150 to $200 PER ACRE Stewart acre tracts; 2 milea from Medford;
tracts are from 10 to 25 nores in size; fine building spots on all;
can all bo irrigated; cheapest tracts in Meaford neighborhood; tuy
terms.
$300 PER ACRE Finest 5 and 10 aero orchard and garden traots in
tho valley; easy terms. Bt23t!kl"- sftirtfw . .jiJt
W. T. YORK & CO.