Vernonia eagle., September 25, 1925, Image 1

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ntered M neooad-claM aalter August 4, 1912. at the post office at Veraonia. Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879
VERNONIA, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25,1925
Volume 4 Number 7
KELMAR- VANPET MINE
HAS RICH COLO VEIN
NEW EXPLOSIVE
HOLD MEETING HEADY EOR FARBERS
permanent walls, yet cutting into the
walls the dike still shows good values
independent of the vein systems.
No attempt has been made to de­
velop or prospect these bodies of ore
beyon<j tbe limits of the tunnel, ex
cept the last mentioned yein which
has been open eight feet from the
face of the tunnel in each wing. The
ore in this vein showing >10 per ton
in value on the tunnel contact and
$16 per ton in eight feet fully demon
■trates that the east-west vein run­
ning with the tunnel is not salting
the crosscut veins, but on the con­
trary is fed by these veins.
The site of the Kelmar-Vanpet
mine is a part of the old Siskiyou
Island uplift, and like the old Sho­
shone Island uplift in the eastern
part of Oregon, were the first land
to bo forced up out of the ocean on
thia continent, and these granite
mountains compare favorably in age
with the Alps, and Ural mountains
on the other continent. The old ser­
pentine formations extending
through the old island uplift ex­
tending thru southwestern Oregon
The original plans of the project
from Nevada is the source of the
waa for a tunnel of 830 feet te cross
platinum in thia region. This serpen­
cut an Iron and nickel vein st 638
tine in the Ural mountains in Rus­
feet on the tunnel; a copper voin 60
sia, the great platinum deposits of
feet beyond; and a telluride gold
that region. The next ninety feet
vein at the 830 feet on the tunnel
on the tunhel of the mine will
The tunnel was fortunately the serpentinediorite contact in
itarted into the mountain on an east Kelmar-Vanpet property and the
west vein, probably an extension of owners expect to find some of the
a vein extending from the Gold Hill real values of the mine at this con­
pocket strike on the opposite side of tact of the two formations, which
Rogue river, which at 300 feet in is ideal formations for teUuride ores
the tunnel developed into a vein of in Colorado, Arizona and other
five foot in width in ore which runs southwestern states.
|12 per ten in gold.
The tunnel will be run the full
The tunnel is now driven 820 feet 800 feet before an attempt will be
ai.d at a depth of over 300 feet from made to develop the ore uncovered,
the surface. The first strike on Uta and at such tim^equipment will be
tunnel crosscut an 8-(oot vein of $16 installed on the mine *to mill at
in told per ten, and following that least 100 tons of ore per day, and
three' 24-in. veins have been mosscut apparently the oil flotation process
that run from *12 te $28 per ten in will be utilised in reducing the ores
gold. In 290 feet on the tunnel a 5- The property will be close at hand
foot gold bearing vein was crosscut to the Sunset Smelting Company’s
which runs about $10 per ten. Twen­ plant at Gold Hill to supply an idot
ty (get beyond is the moat important copper and iron fluxing ore in re­
■trike yet made in the mine, which ducing other refractory ore in the
crosscut a five-foot vein of black tel­ district. These ores compare very
luride gold bearing ore running from favorably with the Blue Ledge and
$10 per ton at the face of the tunnel Queen of Bronze copper ores of
to $16 per ton in 8 feet from the southern Oregon, which are essen­
tunnel.
tial to the Puget Sound smelters in
It la apparent the last 100 feet fluxing with the Alaskan copper
of the tunnel has been crosscutting ores.
an extensive dike of altered diorite
The recent opening of a large
made up of blocky mate cut with body of ore at the local cement
■mall seams black telluride quarts, ’ plant’s quarry, an extension of the
quartzite, talc and other vein filler, Kelmar-Vanpet system of veins on
*• °PPO,ite *id’ ot the mountain
at least $10 in gold alone computing the recent finding of the ore bodies
the entire mpsa. The eaat-weat vein qX the original Gold Hill pocket by
and all the other veins croaacutted tia' Kay people of Medford after a
are all of the same chararter in diligent search of sixty-five years,
composition and from the same and other developments in the dis­
source. These vein all carry water trict mining investments are look­
which gives evidence of their per­ ing up and the Kelmar-Vanpet shares
manent character, and are intrusion have jumped from the original par
in the massive dike above mentioned value of $1 per share to $10
and other formation*« cut by the share with none offered by the hold­
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tunnel,, and have well defined and ers for sale,
Several Vernonia men are inter­
ested in mining development near
Gold HUI, Oregon. We understand
that the company, mostly local men
own their property and expect good
returns from their investment. At
a recent meeting, we hear, some
new board members were appointed
to fUl vacancies and a more busi­
ness management arranged for,with
plans to finish the work as soon as
possible. To better describe condi­
tions of the mining district we
quote the following article from
last weeks Medford Mail-Tribune:
That the opening of the 800-foot
tunnel on the Kelmar-Vanpet mine
into the mountain opposite the orig­
inal Gold Hill pocket mountain, aud
adjoining the city limits of Gold HiU
on the north, is one of the large min­
ing assets of Jackson county, and a
success far above the expectatoni of
the promoters of the project, is evi­
denced by the large bodies of base
ore bearing gold, silver, nickle, cop­
per and iron already crosscut by the
tunnel.
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ST. HELENS %
W. C. T. U.
HAS ELECTION
Several Birthday Parties
Civet by Venoiia People
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Asplund had
1 • very pleasant surprise Monday, it
being Mrs. Asplund’s birthday.when
a number of relatives from Portland
The regular meeting of the St.
camo out, bringing well filled bask­
Helens W. Q T. U., waa held on ets and • big birthday cake. Those
15.
Th# fol­
present from Portland were Mr.
louring officers wore elected. Mrs. and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. O’Malley
Effie WUaon. president; Mrs. ,P< ¿X
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and daughter, lira. Curtis, Dorothy
Adams, recording secretary, I __ *dnd • -baby BiUy Simpson, Mr».
Albert Burcham, corresponding sec­ Stockwell and Mrs. Vanderpool.
retary; Mrs. Ina Thompson, teeas-
urer.
«•veral of bar school friends
lssson topic waa,
ir boya aysuiged • surprise party last Sun­
ria the nations ai
Thto day for MI m Beatrice Veal at her
given by Mrs. Gr
hosse. Mias Veal waa fourteen years
old that day anJ th* young people
With
the party were get slow
world youth
of that fact. Each
ia attendance brought a pres­
played and a sup-
ail reported a very
year
County Members Gather Cost of Powder Considere T
Very Small
for Conference
A meeting waa held in the county
courthouse, September 18.
Repre­
sentatives from the various farm or­
ganizations of the county, also
from the St. Helens Chamber of
Commerce, met to discuss the ques­
tion of holding a county economic
conference. The value and benefit1
f such a conference waa ably pre-
sen ted by F. L. Ballard of O. A. C.J
County Agent Leader. Those pre­
benefits that*
sent realizing the
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would come to our county through
such a conference unanimously
votel to undertake this work and
Warren M. Young, pomona master,
was selected as general chairman
and,Mrs. M. J. Mills secretary. •
It was voted that the chairman,
secretary and County Agent Nelson
appoint the chairmen of the various
committees that will work for the
snccess of this conference.
The
following chairmen were selected:
Dairying, L. G. Smith, Scappoose;
poultry, Mrs. Walter Kellar, Rainier
farm crops, A. L. Morris, Warren;
horticulture, James A. Bacon, War­
ren; beekeeping, K. D. Baker, Goble
stock raising, A. H. Tarbell, War­
ren, sub-chairman under stock rais­
ing; sheep, Ruddy Anliker, Goble;
goats. Dr. Lane, Scappoose, logged I
off land problems, Orris Kellar,
Rainier; rodent control, Da« Free­
man, Warren.
This conference will be held in
Rainier sometime in the early part
of December, date to be announced
later. The Oregon Agriculture col­
lege will give us the services of an
expert for two weeks in gathering
data for the various group.
,It is to be hoped that all parts
of the county will give the assis­
tance necessary to make this con­
ference a success. Fifteen counties
in this statt have held there confer­
ences in the last two years and they
all unite in expressing, satisfaction
with the benefits derived states
Mrs. Maud J. Mills secretary.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Milla of Long
Beach, California, have been visit-
ing their son, E. E. Mills ar. 3 other
relatives for a few days and have
returned home via Portland, where
they will look after business.
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Vernonia to Play
St. Helen* Sat.
Saturday will witness the first
foot ball game of the season for
Vernonia. The St. Helens first and
second teams are coming over. Two
games will be played.
The first
starting at 1:30. Turn out and see
the high school boys play. Encourage
them at this first game. The base-
»'•'II grour.-’n wHl be used.
Paul Robinson, Editor and Owner
BIG CAMPAIGN CLOSES
ATEIGHT SATURDAY
Seven weeks of hard labor and than enough, than to lose by a hun­
Farmers have an opportunity
anxiety
culminate in the closing dred thousand,representing the votes
again this fall and winter to get a
scehe
Saturday'^iight
at 8 o’clock,at on a mere handful of subscriptions.
cheap explosive for land clearing
The sealed ballot box now reposes
through the state college extension which time The Vernonia Eagle’s
in the vaults of the Bank of Ver
service.
Oregon has been allotted big subscription drive and the auto­
nonia of this city, where it will re­
1,100,000 pounds of the new ex­ mobile prize campaign comes to in
main until the closing hour. All the
plosive, known as pyrotol, prepared official close, .and thé most success-1
campaign collections secured during
by the federal bureau of public ful candidates will claim the mag-1 this week will be placed in envelopes
roads.
Any amount up to 1000 nificent awards. hemUd. by the. .Over­
pounds may be obtained in 50 pound land "6” Sedan car, 1.925 -model, and deposited in the ballot box. En­
velopes for ’ this purpose may be
lots.
worth $1095.
secured at the Eagle office.
Most of the materials in pyrotol
Success in an affair of. this kind
All subscriptions deposited in the
were made available free through depends upon keen .judgment and sealed ballot box must be accompan­
act of congress. The cost for guard-J immediate action. Through all his­ ied by cash, money order or certified
ing, collecting, grinding, mixing, tory people possessing the faculty of check for the full ambunt to cover.
and putting in cartridges, and for knowing a good thing when' they Personal cheeks up to the amount of
the niateral not furnished by the see it, and grasping it- at . the right $10 are acceptable, providing no
government—cartridges, boxing, dis moment, have .won, while those un­ two checks are signed by the same
tribution costs, etc.,—-is $6.60 per decided and afraid stand back and party.
All votes and subscriptions
100 pounds, plus freight from Du-’ talk about what they iqight have must be in the sealed ballot box on
• I done. Candidates should not flatter or before the closing hour of 8
pont; Wash.
Pyrotol la approximately the same themselves' in' thinking they already o’clock Saturday night September
strength as sodatol or 40 per cent have enough votes to win. The last; 26th.
Out of town candidates
dynamite pound for pound.
The published
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sticks are slightly lighter, running this issue, is no criterion to go by bank in person to deposit their final
nearer 160 sticks to the 50 pound for more than one candidate start­ collections or post the same from
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box. This explosive can be used in ed out early this week with a firm their home towns in good time to
exactly the same way and for the resolve to double this figure, and if; reach this office before
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„ 8 o’clock
same purpose as commercial stump- we are any judge of character, thei Saturday night, and it is advisable
ing powder. ♦ It is safe to handle,1 winners *"*•!
.. . same . be mailed
.. . under
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total ««•;'>
will reach the high. that
special
providing ordinary care is used,and inarlt
inark. - -
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¡delivery stamp.
will not cause headaches or other! The wise candidate win-not take'
If there is anything that is not
_1__ __ of * 1 losing
» _ the prize'quit»
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• . clear
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ill effects. It w sufficiently water a —
single chance
—ASK
QUESTIONS.
resistant to be used in wet holes.butj they most desire. It would be better
■ The
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' “ 8 o ’ ’clock
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box closes at
it should be stored in a dry place. to win by a million votes more Saturday night with the bank.
It is set off readily by the regular =====...
number 6 blasting cap. Caps will be
supplied at the rate of one cap to
STANDING OF CANDIDATES
two pounds of pyrotol.
Sufficient
caps are on hand to last approxi­
612,720
mately the remainder of 1925, but MRS. E. E. GRAHAM
when the present stock is used no THELMA OLSEN .x...
612,480
V
more will be available.
The caps will be boxed in quan­ MRS. ALICE BURCH
611,790
tities of 25 and 50 to supply, pur­
611,510
chasers of 50 and 100 pounds of WINIFRED MECKL1N
powder.
Shipments will be made
from the storage magazine. Unless
special instructions are received
from the buyer, caps will be shipped
. Af<1 jx Jim
to arrive shortly before the pyrotol Lit Cl UI n ICC s S
shipments«
Pyrotol can be shipped only in j
carlots. County agents, and in some
cases banks, will pool orders for car
The Clatskanie Woman’s Temper­
shipments.
Inquiries may be ad­ ance Union met Thursday afternoon
dressed to county agents or to the and elected the following 'officers:
Appointment of Walter Carl of
O. A. C. Extension Service, Corvallis Mrs. Henry Kratz, president, Mrs. Birkenfeld, and G. W. Mills of Ver­
Inda Kelty, vice president; Mrs. nonia, as crop observers in Colum­
Lillie Tichenor, secretary and Mrs. bia county -for the Sears-Roebuck
Agricultural. Foundation Index, is
Maud Graham, treasurer.
A membership drive proceeding announced from Chicago by P. V.
the meeting obtained 27 new paid Ewing, director' of research for the
foundation and editor of the Index.
up members.
V. Smith and bride arrived in
A beautiful picture of Francis E. They will form a link in the natiqn-
Vernonia Wednesday evening. Mr. Willard has been purchased and will wide. chain of county agricultural
■Smith went to England i fe v months presented to the high school on observers elected because of their
first-hand knowledge of farming
ago and during his six weeks .stay Francis Willard day,
conditions and their ability to ob­
there was married to :he lady he met
Mrs. Wilson, president of the St. serve these and intelligently inter­
during the late war. The American
Heelns Union, was present and pre­ pret them.
Legion boys gave them a great send
sented the county institute plan.
off this week. The Eagle joins with
The Index, to which the observers
It was voted by Clatskanie to unite
the many in wishing for Mr. and
from
this county will contribute, is
Mrs. Smith, a hapny I :es journey with St. Helens and Vernonia . in a compilation of the monthly re­
v. ia peace and prosoentv 3 plenty holding a county institute, and the port* of 3,650 observers in every
date of Tuesday, October 6th was
selected, the place to be the Con­ •ection of the country, and this
gregational church''at St. Helens. number is being added to steadily.
All the observers are practical, think
Every member of the W. C. T. U. ing, farm-minded men, each chosen
is urged to attend. Lunch will be because of the opportunities he has
served at noon in the church social
to observe the neels of agriculture
hill and evening entertainment also
in his own locality and for his
provided for the visiting members.
ability to apply economic principles
The program wilt be announced to current farm problems.
As a
as soon as asrainged.
group, they represent a cross sec­
The Clatskanie union has been tion of the thoughts that the man
having a state public library for in the furrow is thinking and their
several years but the need of more joint analysis of existing agricultur-
books and a separate room has be­ > al conditions, as expressed in the
come a real necessity. A committee Index, is considered a forward step
was appointed to confer with the In helping agricultural help itself.
business men and other organiza-
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lions as to methods of financing
The
American
Legion members
this worth while project.
1
turned
out
in
.
force
Wednesday
Delegates were also elects te.-at­
night
to
capture
Comrad
Smith and
tend the state convenio« to be held
at Hool River, beginning October 20 lead him to the A. L. hall, where he
was compelled to help in celebrating
and continuing for three days.
liis recent wedding and Yeturn from
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''•-^Correspondent
England.
Across ths seas seven
years
ago,
Mr.
Smith entered into
Mr. and'Mrs. Chas. T.
have
bben in Portland . thia- week . with the engagement with one of Eng­
their aon'fl'homaa, who" they fool; J ob land’s daughters, and this week the
medical attention.
"Tommy” ,*ock couple came t* Vernonia from that
of the week,’ country, where he went to claim his
imonip- seV in, . bride.- • •
to Mr., and
Mn. White.
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Clatskanie W.C.T.U. NAMED AS
feitui vilumi«
,
for Coming Year ÿ OBSERVERS
FOR COUNTY
English Bride and
Groom Arrive
Red
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