Medford mail tribune., November 13, 1925, Image 11

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GOLD Hli' MINE
ES MINERS
OOI.D ITI1VL. Nov, 12. (Rporlnl.)
That he driving of the KOO.foot
tunnel on the Kelmar-Vuupe t mine at
(iuld Hill 1h one of the lurK ioinli.s
assets of Juekaon county, 1h evidenced
ly the 'recent striking of an 8 -font
vt'in. which Dr. llernchfl C. Purker,
KhoIokIhI and mine expert now in the
district, and mining men locally, an
nounce that It In of far morn import'
nee than the rich at tike made in the
Greenback mine In the (.rant Tons
distrh't. Thin importance is duo to
the nizeof the vein and the rich news
of the ore In "Ki'antlte," the new metal
recently diHeovered by T)r. Parker in
the local mines, which carry gold
values.
Dr. Parker ha been In the Onld
and OrantH Pass district the pant
Heverul weeks, and hna aid: "I hnve
made most careful examination of the
geology of this district nnd many of
the mines and have found great bodies
of copper ore which may be directly
smelted, associated with great values
of gold and platinum, but especially
rich ore which is usually known ns
nrseno pyrlte." He further said. "This
ore I. believe to be a pyrlte carrying
Die telurlde gold, nnd ft Is usually as
sociated with chlorite rather than
iuart. An enormously rich deposit
of this ore has recently been found
in the Cireenhack mine, which has
shown nctunl smelting values of $1400
to $3700 a ton in gold. While this ore
has been reported ns n tellurlde, it
actually nppears to he terruride car
ried by the white sulphide of iron
known ns nrseno pyrlte. Ores of this
nature, in which the flold Hill nnd
Grants Pass district seem to nbount.
T have name "prnjillte, after the
town of Grants Pass."
Dr. Parker further said: "When the
depoHits of this ore have been devel
oped. It is almost a . oertanty that
' It will mean a yield of many millions
' In gold, with a proper smelting or
chloi'inntion process. This ore Is well
distributed in extensive veins, which
will go to great depths, with occa
sional rich ore .hootH running thou
sands of dollars in gold to the ton."
The Kelmnr-Vanpet mine property
consists of nn 0-acre tract of patent
ed land, adjoining the city limes of
Gold Hill on the north and extends
fro mnear the water's edge of Rogue
river to the summit of the high moun
tain back of Gold Hill. The Kelmar
Vanpet company also hold nn addi
tional three mining claims adjoining
the patent land on the north which Is
cut by the vein system extending
through the main property north -south.
The original plans of the project
commenced last May on the property
was for a tunnel 830 feet to crosscut
nn Iron and nickel vein at G3S feet on
the tunnel; a copper vein 60 feet be
yond; and a telluride gold vein at 830
feet on the tunnel.
The tunnel was fortunately start
ed in to the mountain on nn east-west
fault vein, probably an, cxtensiun of a
vein extending from the Gold Hill
i pocket strike on the opposite side of
Kogue river, which at 300 feet in on
the tunnel developed Into a five foot
vein with good values. The portal of
the tunnel Is near the water's ede of
Itogue river and adjoining the Gold
Hill-Sams Valley highway. '
The tunnel Is now driven 425 feet
nnd at a depth of 325 feet from the
surface. The first strike on the tun
nel several hundred feet from the
portal crosscut nn eight foot vein, nnd
following that three 24 Inch veins
have been crosscut. In 2!t0 feet on
the tunnel a five foot vein was cross
cut. All the ores of these several
veins nre of the same nature nnd
classed In the telluride rank nnd run
in values from $9 to $2G per ton in
gold.
The recent strike of on eight foot
vein In tit 420 feet on the tunnel Is the
most important strike yet made at the
mine. It Is a calcite vein and gives
a gold vnlue of $51 per ton. average
ight feet ncros sthe face of the vein.
The values all come from the "grfin
tlte" contents of the vein filling In the
for mof cubes and flakes of the metal.
The hanging wall Is of a dloritic form
ation, while the foot wall is limestone.
Jt is npparent that the last 225 fet of
the tunnel has been Tnascuttfng nil
W)
25 Ounces
It .
5 cents
r over
S5
YEARS,
uxtt'HHivu dike ot vry hard diko of
altered dtorite, but up of blocky
masses, cut with small seams, made
up of telluride, quartz, quartzlte.
limeAtnne. tale and other vein filler,
which gives evidence of a value of at
least from $3 ro $: In gold, computing
the entire mass. All the veins cross
cut range nearly north-south and dip
east, except the last strike, in which
this vein stands nearly upright.
The Kelmar-Vanpef mine Is shunt
ed in that large orn of southwestern
Oregon and northwestern California,
which has been by the 1. S. geological
department designated ns nn Island in
the ocean during the cretaceous times,
long before the Cascade mountains
roue above the surface of the water,
fix. by Wlnchell termed the "great
Siskiyou huthollth." It Is, perhnps one
of the oldest pieces of terra flrma on
the western continent, and compares
favorably In age with the Alps moun
tains in Hurope. The major part of
this mass is granite, or granitic In
in character, accompanied with other
intrusive Igneous rocks, such as dior
ite. porphy and other Intrusions of an
cient origin; such Intrusions having
lifted from the depth of the ocean the
sediments that had settled there.
These elevations have In places
reached an altitude, in somb places of
even to eight thousand feet. The
sediments thus lifted were changed
from their original character, to va
rious angles of Incllnatiou, accommo
dating easy erosion. Hence we find
now only fragments of these early sed
iments at the tops of the higher eleva
tions, such as limestone, often meta
morphosed into marble. These sedi
ments were originally very deep nnd
erosion carried them away: some back
to the ocean, while others were depos
ited in the valleys as they have been
formed. ' 1
No plans have been yet announced
for equipment to mill or smelt the ore
on the property, but a meeting of the
lornl and non-resident owners of the
mine property wns held In Gold Hill
during the first of the week nnd a
proposition was made to the Kelmar
Vanpet company by the Sunset Smelt
ing company, who proposes to erect :
the smelter at Gold IJ 111. to assist in ,
financing the smelter project nnd ,
handle the whole output of the Kel-
mar-Vnnpet mine which has a present I
outlook of possible capacity of 1 00 j
tons of ore per day, with present do-.
velopment. But little of the Kelmnr
Vanpet ore will require, smelting, yet
with its limestone contents. It is an
ideal fluxing ore and will be requlned
in smelting the refractory ore In the
Gold Hill district.
The Kelmar-Vanpet mine ts owne-1
by the Kelmar-Vanpet Mining com
pany, Is a closed corporation. Is man
aged by A. K. Kellogg and W. V. Mar
tineau, local members of the com
pany, while the balance of the inter
ests are held by a smalt body of Ver
nonit, Oregon, business men.
Mr. and Mrs. John 8. Uohannon of
Independence, Oregon, were here dur
ing the week visiting relatives in Gold
Hill. The visitors are making their
annual trip to the south for the win
ter, and will extend their winter out
ing from Loh Angeles to Florida. In
early summer they will continue their
motor trip to the Atlantic coast and
return through the northern states.
While at Kos Angeles they will visit a
daughter, nnd their nephew. Merle
Hohanuon Kellogg, formerly of Gold
Hill now residing ut Wilmington out
from" Los' Angeles. ' Mr. Bohannon,
his father nnd two. brothers were old
time residents of the Gold Hill district
residing ftt the old town of Darda
nelles opposite the present site of
Gold .Hill, the father being a lessee
and operator of the Hraden mine at
Gold Hill in the early 'SO'h. The Bu
hannons while In the vnjley visited
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Barneburg of
Medford.
Rev. and Mrs. I. F, Belknap, of
Medford, were here lost Sunday visit
ing the Kelloggs and attending the
local M. 10. church In Gold Hill. Rev.
Belknap, former pastor of the M. K.
church at Medford. Gold Hill, and
presiding elder of the M. K. church
conference has retired from the con
ference due to long service and nge,
and are now living at their home
place on Bear creek near the Fair
grounds at Medford. -They have a 40
acre trnet of bearing pear orchard
and report a very satisfactory crop
this season. The reverend announced
while here that he would preach the
morning service at the local M. K.
church on Sunday, the 22nd day of
November.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Riggs of Ash
land were here during the week seek
ing for n new home site In the Gold
Mill district. These people came from
southern Cullfoi nla last year and
settled In Ashland, but on account of
poor health he is looking for a small
mountain home in the close by hills
or mountain streams. They were long
time residents of southern California
iind ure very much taken up with the
Rogue River valley for health, cli
mate and the natural advantages In
this region.
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HIE RIPPLES
Mr. nnd Mrs. F. K. Walil of Medford
nnd Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Matthews nnd
Miss Daphne Matthews of Foots Creek
(rove to Innyonvllle Sunday and
visited Miss Muriel Matthews, who Is
tencliini; sihool near Cnnyonvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Moss. Mrs. Has-
mer and Mrs. Geoi'gle Kettle of Foots
Creek attended church services In
Grants Pnss Sunday.
J. H. Hutler, George Alden. I.. t.
Pickett and Mr. Cornwall were down
to the clubhouse Sunday looking over
the work that had been done on the
clubhouse.
Miss Muriel Matthews, who Is teach
ing near Canyonvllle. sint the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. V. Mutthewa.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Shaffer, and Miss
Florence Shaffer of llnndon called
Saturday evening at the MattheWB
home.
Mr. nnd Mrs. C. M. Thonfhs of Med
ford called at the home of Mrs. Abble
Chnmplln Sunday afternoon.
The regular business meeting or tne
Riverside Community club will be on
Sunday afternoon, November 15. All
members urged to be present
Mrs. Ilontrlce Jones, Mrs. Georgia
Kettle, Mrs. Maude Champlln and
Kmmctl Cust weo MeiM'ord visitors
Tuesday.
Mia. Richard Miiunsiey anu mrs.
Kminntt Cust of the Kl Oro ranch were
shopping la Medford Saturday. ,
P
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ANNOUNCING the OPENING
IGALOW9
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A Store for Men and Boys
Saturday, Nov. 14th
You are cordially invited to call
and see our new store at
402 E. Main St.
Opposite Busy Corner Motor Co.
QUALITY GOODS FOR LESS
life
Why not let km fight it out
in the old pipe bowl ?
If you want , to see how Rough
Cut tobacco stacks up against
Granulated, then your old pipe
bowl's the proper place to stage
the battle . . . Just match a bowl of
Granulated up against a bowl of
Rough Cut ; ..You'll see Rough
Cut's cooler under fire, lasts
longer and is much smoother
going . . -Yes sir, once you've seen
Rough Cut in action you'll back
Granger for-the rest of your life.'
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There's a definite reason
for that Rough Cut
Granulated tobaccos burn fast and
hot because they're cut fine. But
Granger burns slow and cool, be
cause it's cut coarse. It just natu
rally makes the coolest, smoothes
smoking you ever experienced.
ttecrrr & Mtim Toiac Co.
ann 1
mi 1
1 Mrw 1
Medford Glass Co.
1 Automobile Glass and Mirrors mads
to order. We call for your sash and
replace broken windows.
111 . Bsrtlstt.
CLEANZRI
PLEATZBf
DYZB8
HATTER.
Phone 14.
Phon 144
23 N. fir It.
Pnrlcpd in hravv fnif
instead of tlns-hcnce 10
Our paint stleketh ,
closer thin
brother.
All ot life's lessons
'are not learned In
school. The lesson ot
paint's protection
comes from ' experi
ence. We know that
paint Is the best pro
tective policy. Why
do we put It off?
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WSJ.
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orld
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