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MEDFOTO MAni TRTBUNE. TrEDT70nD. OKECIOX, SATUTCDAV. .TAXTJA'RY G. 1012,
MEDFORD
SHOULD
MNN
DISTRICT MORI:
ADVERTISE THIS
EXTENSIVELY
WRITER POINTS OUT
FACT THAT GREAT
RESOURCE NEGLECTED
Capital for Development is Sole Need
of Southern Oregon If She Would
Become a Great Center of Mining
Activities.
There is a now spirit nlivo nmong
tho. minim; men of southern Orepm
wliioh breathes nn inspiration to
greater achievements tluui this re
gion has ever known. The nwnkenini;
on nil sides is much in evidence.
The equipment for the quarts mines
of the Middle Fork of the Apple
gate; the instillation of several miles
of hydraulic pipe nt the Steamboat
placers; the proposed highline ditch
of tho Sterling company; the numer
ous and steadily increasing number
of enrs of high grade ores from the
quartz mines, notably that of the
Sterling quartz mine, the returns
from which were very gratifying to
the owners; the opening of the new
assay office, with its increased fa
cilities, at tho comer of Sixth and
Fir street, together with manv addi
tions to present equipment of other
mines all bespeak an active and en
ergetic campaign of development
along the mines of southern Oregon
during the year.
Mining is no longer n gamble. It
is an honorable and legitimate busi
ness venture, and from it have grown
some of the largest dividend paying
enterprises of the present day. True,
there have been frauds and failures
in mining, but the same may be truth
fully said rtf real estate, railroad,
insurance, banks' and other branches
of business.
The mineral resources in the terri
tory tributary to the city of Mcd
ford are exceptionally meritorious, in
fnct they almost challenge the belief
of the uninformed, but when they re
ceive the publicity to which they are
justly entitled, they will be the mean
of attracting hundreds of thousands
of dollars, now lying idle waiting an
opportunity for profitable investment
promising ouick returns, then a great j
and important indict vv will he de
veloped in the mountains surround
ing1 this Harden of Kden. '
The product of the .silver mines f
the state of Nevada saed tho credit
of the nation in Til.
Without the metals from the mines
we could not have -the powerful ma
chinery that marks the progress of
tho world today; the surgeon could
not perform lifcsaviug operations; the
housewife would mend vou socks if
you had any with' a needle made
from the quill of a porcupine.
Wen? it not for the mine to pro
duce the material for making the
coolcstove we would have had to cook
our Xew War's meal oer an open Are
and instead of Using beautiful sil
ver and steel cutlerv at the table the
lingers would have to sirffiee.
There would not have been any ex
cursion to sunny California last week'
if the mines had not furnished the
materials for supplying the motive
power, track and equipment.
The very money that has made it
possible for man to bring the beau
tiful orchards of the Rogue Hivor
valley to the present high state of
perfection and made the real estate
men rich came from the mines.
This would be n mighty poor
orehnnl country if the mines did not
supply the material for the making
of necessary implements for their
cultivation; instead of riding in au
tomobiles, we would now be knocking
the "sticky" from our heels. It is
needless to cite more examples. The
products of the mines are to be seen
on every hand, on land, on sea, even
used to navigate the air.
For years past the Medford people,
most of them nt least, have over
looked one of their greatest assets,
the mineral resources. The settlers
have been too busy in successfully
growing fruits and agricultural prod
ucts that have attained a world-wide
fame.
At the present time tho industry's
most crying need is capital for de
velopment purposes. Don't entice
prospectors from afar to this dis
trict; there are at present enough
here; they are good ones too, but, a
n rule, the prospector is not a man
with a bank account. In fnct, the
majority arc men of smnll means
who are struggling alone trying 10
mnke a living from their claims bv
the sweat of their brow. They know
that the mineral wealth is here. The
writer has often met them far out on
the desert sands and listened to their
iiiteivsling talcs of the hidden wealth
of southern Oregon. Many of these
men had found promising prospects,
but for the lack of funds with which
to prosecute the work of develop
ment thev wore compelled to aban
don them and seek newer Holds in
the intennmintaiu region where it
was more probable thev could inter
est capital in new llehU, thus getting
quicker action than they could in
Oi-egon, where fanning and fruit
growing was the chief industry.
Here in the mljaeont territory is
undeveloped but rich placer ground;
one of the best and most inviting
Holds for the successful operation of
gold dredgers, uhii a large scale, the
like of which is nowhere else to be
found in tho states. Hero is a vast
deposit of coal, which is known to
extend to the Pacillc ocean on the
west and to llornbrook. on the Kala
math river in California, on the
south. There are nmguitlceut fields
for tho operation of powerful hy
draulic giants, on ground that is yet
virgin. The same mav bo said for
the successful prosecution of quart
mining, as little or no deep mining
has been done on the ledges in the
immediate vicinity, and it is a known
fact that the values invariably in
eivaso as depth is attained. In the
neighboring mountains are large de
posits of copper that could be profit -ably
shipped to the smelter, if the
money were forthcoming with which
to build necessary wagon roads to the
railroad for its transportation. Not
alone copper, but here is iron galore,
undeveloped, but much in evidence.
Again one finds marble, the quality
of which is equal to the product of
that of the (Jreen Mountain state.
Besides these there an1 numerous
other minerals, ami yet others, now
unknown, will, undoubtedly he dis
covered. All of the materials for the
manufacture of Portland cement are
to be found, almost within the city
limits, in unlimited quantities, while,
but 20 miles or so away are some
very promising indications of oil, not
to mention the excellent quality of
various kinds of building stone and
large beds of clay.
This is not ncv4 to many of tho
residents of Medford. For years
they have known that these resources
existed in this vicinity, but their time
has been too much taken up with the
growing of the big red and yellow
apples; the Hose and Cornice pears
as well as the luscious peach, to think
of the mineral as an asset.
The citizens of Medford are honest,
conservative and progressive all
well-to-do. Most of them own their
own homes and have an income suf
ficiently large to insure them from
want, therefore they are not inclined
to "tnke chances" with an industry
with which the most of them are un-
familinr. This is commcudublo in u
way, yet there is another class of
oitifons to he found the world over;
thoy. loo, are nice; thoy mv honest
and royal good fellows, generous and
enterprising us well and make splen
did neighbors. It is to this class of
men in whoso veins flow the blood
of speculation, that the mining in
dustry throughout the world owes its
present nnignitiido. These men have
money that they are anxious to invest
in milling ventures and if the condi
tions am proporb brought to their
notice, and they are convinced that
thev are to have an even break for
their money they are satisfied to lake
tho chances.
If you wanted lo purchase some
high class poultry it is but natural
that you would peruse tho columns
of some reliable journal devoted to
that industry. If von dostiy informa
tion on fruit growing in Oregon you
read "Hotter Fruit," don't yottf .ow,
if you want to iutcicst tho mining in
vestor, why not keep your wares---activities,
mineral resources, their de
velopment, shipments of ores, etc., in
the milling journals and the local
paper, sli that those who read may
know. Don't hide vour light under
a bushel. "
I have before me several of the
leading mining publications of the
United States and under the caption
"Oregon" one finds that Maker City
and Sumpter are active mining camps.
In one of these journals six lines of
a single column summed up the min
ing situation in the neighborhood u(
Grants Pass, while in none of them
could I find any mention of of the
balance of southern Oregon, although
the mining sections of the northern
portion of our sister state received
considerable mention. The lack i.f
this character of publicity is deplor
able and has a strong tendency to
create the impression abroad that i:i
this section of the state there is
"nothing doing" in a mining way.
Metltord is altogether too modest
when it comes to giving publicity to
its vast and varied mineral resources.
Foster this industry which as yet
is in its infancy; give it your moral
support, if not jour financial sup
port. Talk about it.
Don't think that your salubrious
climate, your very productive soil,
immense water jtower and modern
city are the only assets that you
have. Far greater than all combined
is the untold mineral wealth in your
mountains and gulches, in the low
lying foothills; yes, Mime of these
rich channels of gold bearing gravel
and ledges of quartz even now lie
under snino of jio finest orchards !u
the world. C W. PATTKKSO.V.
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POULTRY
Mrs. Wilcox of Talilo Rock Points
Out Fact That No Trap Nest Is
Needed In Oregon to Srctiro Win
ter Egos.
H is along about llii season of
tho year when hen eggs are woith .'ill
cents u dozen that pretty ueailv
everybody who has not their atten
tion riveted on citv election, bond is
sues or presidential candidates, arc
lifitring on how thev can plant a half
dozen or more hens in their mii.iII I
hack yards and make those same
hens supply tho family laidor, not
only with eggs, but otherwise provide
means of sustenance.
t'ndor date of January !, 11)1 J,'
Mrs. Wilcox of Arrow Head ranch,
Table Hock, Ore, writes a little egg i
story which will make Mail Tribune
renders more anxious than over to
plant a few chickcury at their back I
doors. Under tho caption, "No Trap
Nest Needed here," Mrs. Wilcox snvs: '
"Last April or May wo started j
with a few eggs to gel tho pure
White Wyandotte chicks; succeeded
in getting seven pullets out of the
hatch. They begun laying in Sep.
toiubcr. One is now setting and will
bring off a brood January 7. From
the remaining six on January ii I
brought in six eggs. We have no
other hens on the place. Now, who
says Oregon is not tin ideal place
for winter hen oireT"
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