nA1LY 0AITA JOUKN'AL, BALKM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1008
"iOT
WESTERN
DEVELOPMENT
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ORftttN
iNTIAM MINES
HAVE MILLIONS
ORE IN SI6HT
aclerislic Letter From Old Mining Han Who
Has Just Visited the Gold Creek Region
. on E1lnr .Tourn- now nenrlv ilnno. Hnn mnro 1m hi
n IIDl. ov .. f -w ...., w...v mw
remember ut this somewhat Tincup, will about finish the bridge
j promising Tim Journal 10 uuuaing necessary ror .tue roaa. At
a; Impressions of the minos present owing to tho weather, the
ilttle North Fork of tho San- road gang is laid off, but tho chnr-
knniit I visit them. I maao acier 01 tno ground is such that
..... otlrm Miron Wiokft
to tnau i. -
1 1 little tnniy, win urn you
Lt of tho trip and tho mlnea
Stajton In company wun
Lesley, (proprietor of tho
i hotel, and not tho newspapor
' left Stayton Oct. 9 going by
, Gates, and .thenco to tho end
i road by team, navigating
(lvo miles of trail with tho
rather lengthy pair of logs,
only ones I had. Tho rolld
ales Is four miles on n rathor
rldne. to Elkhorn, but tho
! good, much of it being of tlio
by brand. Up through tho
he road Is good, ana tni in
tUy Ime of tho three or four
built last summer by 'tho min-
tnpanlei on Gold Crcok. A
idso completed by tho county
one of tho tributaries of tho
North Fork, shows that tho
fang Is doing good work, and
Idge, or rnthor two bridges,
across Stack creek, nro
the completion or tno road in tho
spring will require but a couple of
months
Otto llnnson and a half dozen of
Staytonltes had loft Stayton tho
morning wo did, and wo caught up
with them on tho trail Ixut left them
when wo reached tho Freoland mine,
thoy going on to tho Gold creek
boarding house Wo woro a little
lato but the boys turned us looso at
a kottlo of beans that would havo
mndo a. lloston man's heart glad,
for thoy were good as well ns filling.
Soon after suppor It was discovered
that tho roof of ono of tho buildings
was on firo, acd after tho blazo had
boon extinguished, Hugh Frceland
insisted that thoro was nothing too
good for visitors ovon to making a
bouflrn of tho houses. Tho next
morning wo mado tho round of the
mines, putting In tho entlro day at
It, nnl seeing for ourBOlves tho vast
ninount of work thnt has boon dono,
and also somo of tho finest bodies of
copper ore, that I, at least, have
ever seen.
What strikes a" mining man first
In visiting this section, Is tho sud
den changing in the charactor of
the formation, or rnthor its condi
tion as the dlstriot Is approached
Up to within a couple of miles of
tho mouth of Gold Creek, tho coun
try Is broken and displaced, but at
"Tincup" the change is apparent.
From about th'at point, on, and up
Gold Creek ns fas as 1 went, tho
country rock is "In place," nnd it is
Ideal as vein having formation. Tho
lied rock Is principally porphyry and
phonollte, with massivo IntruBlvo
dykes of diorlte. Tho veins nro true
fissures, running in a' northeasterly
tunnols on ono of its ledges, ono
about 125 Tfect abovo tho other, and
each about 400 feet long. Those
tunnols followa tho ledgo and are In
ore all tho way. Tho oro zono Is, as
at tho Gold Creek about CO foot
wldo, and tho pay streak fr.om, 11
to 14' foot. Three foot of this is
hlgh-grado and clean, and can be
sont directly to tho smeltor; tho bal
anco of the lodgo is a concentrating
proposition, but will run abovo $20
per ton. ' Thoro is In Bight In tho
Fceoland mlno, aT a consorvnti'vo es
timate, not less than 7G.Q00' tons of
oro. This Is cut mifdor by tho tun
nels, and Is ready for stoplng. " Tho
lowest ns.njc, on this are taken,
from the upper tunnol average $22,
COOS COUNTY A
GARDEN SPOT
OE OREGON
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Writes Entertainly of a Trip to Coos
County in the Woodburn Independent
nnd southeasterly direction, and ap- while thoso from the lowo rtunnol, Oregon is certainly a great stato
parontly dip towards a Common con- 125 to 150 foot deeper, averago $38 with vast and varied rosources, and
tor, thoro being seven immense, woll- per ton. The shelter company, how- let mo paronthetlcally roraark right
defined ledges. On these, tho Gold over, to bo well within tho limits, o- hero that Woodburn as a city and
Crek company hns 17 claims, tho tlmntes the oro at tho lowor figure, tho Wlllainotto valley as a aoctlon
Freeland, 11, and tho Electric, G. Thjs would givo in tho Freoland Is not In a secondary column.
There has been an Immense amount mlno, nlone more than $1,500,000 A Btnooth sea and'easy bars woro
of work done, nnd tho show nc of worth of nrn in nioht.
Myrtlo Point, 9 mlloa up tho Co
qulllo river from Goqullle, Ia aa
othor point of Interest, a ride on the
Btenmor or train to which Is a mem
orable trip. Myrtle jolnt Is 'a sub
stantial looking town nnd full of pro
grossivo pooplo. Spaco will not per-
As tho Gold oncountorod on our trip on tho City mlt of n detailed description of thU
ores Is ono that if It was in Nevada, Crook has even a larger tonnage ex- of "Panama from Portland to Coos beautiful ride by steamer .through a
would start a boom that mako tho posed, and tho Electric hns cut and Bay, but tho heavy swells mado the, rich country hold back by lack of
Rawhide rush look Hko a China (i oponing up an olghf-foot voin'of boat, with little frolght cargo, rock , transportation facilities to the out-
uinerni mo ores in an mo mines, H crh crade oro. a eonsorvnt vo est- and roll, yet llio writor onjoyou ii.siuc.
Is practically tho samo, chnlcopyrlto mato, would ploco tho ores in tho and was not soaslck.
and a psoudomorph, or practically dlstirlct, AMtKADr UNDER OUT North Bend was tho flrBt harbor
altered chalcopyrlto, which Is bor.n- Af) RKADV FOR HTOI'ING AT reached, and shortly aftor, threo
ito In the making. Tho ores espo- WELL A110VK $B,000,000 IN VAL- miles distant, camo Marshflold, tho
dally of tho Gold Crook and Elcc
trie nro bright and vory showy,
whllo the Frceland aro moro do
composed and duller to look fupon
but n delight to tho experienced
minor.
The Gold Creek company haB done
tho most work, having a smnl'
sawmill, and an electric plant, fur
nishing power for Its drills nnd Ito
lighting plant. If has between 1200
nnd 1500 feet of tunnol on Its dif
ferent ledges, nnd hns bogun work
on a cross cut tunnol which will out
Ovo ledges at right nnglcs, nnd nil
within a dlBtanco of 1000 foot.
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:'msmm: m t msr
Vl$. motropollB and prlncpal trading
When t n homo In mind Aha lioint or lio region. uoui towns
Tho Coos Bay region hasa great
futuro ahead of It and development
will startlo ovon tho most sanguine
thqro now with what the country
roally contains. Thero are tast bod
ies of timber, coal everywhere of a
those mines nro only nt tho begin- havo a look of prosperity and give. medium quality, mostly pockets.iW
nlng of tholr development, ono can ovldonce of progross and onorgotlc somo In clearly defined veins, yet la
figure for ono'a solf, tho vast possl-lcplrlt, and in tlmo thoro will bo a somo caflea oven these are broken.
bllitlo of tho district, and tho Im
meiiBc values It must produco whon
thoroughly opened. Tho tunnols al
ready cut tho oro at a dopth of 400
feet, and that the mines will go dcop
or deeper than tho Ingonrulty of man
enn follow 'them Is assured,
Thoro Is an abundnnco of timber,
that on tho mining ground alone,
bolng estimated by export tlmboi
mon, ns not loss than 50,000,000
feet. Thoro Is good fall to tho
crooks and sufficient water to fur
nlh power both for nil mining pur
poses, nnd for tho smolter.
Tnkcn nil In nil, It Is undonbtodlv
tho host mining district yet dlscov
orod In Oregon, and ono that gives
promlso of rnnklug with Hutto or
Joromo.
T might add that thoro Is an Im
monso body of splendid timber ex
tending elenr across tho Cascndo,
and this with tho tonimgn the mines
will furnish, will compol tho build
ing of an oloctrlc road Into tho dis
trict In tho vory near futuro. it
will provo ono of tho great factors
In tho development of Snlum, nnd
will put life Into tho wholo Snntlam
roglon; nnd, Indeed, lt Influence
will bo felt by tho wholo Wlllum
otto valloy. I havo been around the
mines tho grontor part of ray Ufa.
liuvo Been tho growth of many min
ing cninpu, and am far from vision
ary, and I wonild hcmTtato about plac
ing an estimate on tho nltlmato
production of the 8nntlam mines
lint 1 bo thought a dreamer; but
niyomj who vlBlts tho mines tf tho
Mttlo North ForTt of the Bantlnin,
who 'soeB and reaTlzos tholr rlchnosa
nnd "extent, will find, as I do, some
dlflrculty In rofralnlng from plnrlng
their values within tho rnngx of ho
HeL Tho mlnrja aro thero, the vnl
liod aro thoro, 7md with this tartlng
of tho smelter, tho whole mining
world will sit up and tako notlco
J. II. CRADLEHATJOTI.
Ciriftli) (II III III VI It IV H1U1W T UW .w...w V..wwu - , -.- ...w-r .-
.grand Jubilation ovor a (union of the I Ranchera aro eagaged principally
two munlclpnlltloB. Thoy, cQinblnod, 'dairying. Tho people, are Jiut
SATS SALEM IS
a swrrr toiv.v
lw
awakening to now llfo and the pos-
Blbllltloa of thtrt region. A . coast
road would in enn millions to this
Bcotlon, nnd a dooper harbor Is
nnothor rcqulslto for a realization
of- hopoB. Vessels ply from Coos
liny to 8nn Francisco ahd PortlaaJ,
and it Is tho expectation that there
will soon bo other than coast trade
and n regular lino of foreign veeU
will como horo for lumber and other '
products. Ban Francisco 'gets raont
of tho trudo of this Bcction chlofly on
account of tho producla being .sim
ilar to thoso of Portland, yet Port
land Is mlsBlng much that 'Frisco
BOcuroB. Tho cllmnto la somewhat
similar to tho Wlllainotto valley
with tho oxroption of a little, more
rain, wnrmor In tho wlnlor and cool
er In summer. A coming grent In-
dirtry Is tho mnuufactrtrlng of fur
niture from myrtlo, a beautiful wood
that Is found In abundnnco only la
the. Coos region. Tho pieces of fur
nlturo mndo from this wood, In mis
sion Btylo, aro vory handBomo and
much admired. I saw ono sot or
six pleroB mado for $75 that Ih worth
fully $300. It Ib hard wood and ro
Homblcs lignum vita.
A visit to Coos Bay nnd Intorlor
points la really worth whllo, a good
outHig nnd educational. It opens
ouch oyca to tho great and wondorful
resources of tho Stato of Orogoa,
tho progress being mado In the way
of development, and tho slownoss of
r !1(.... In tttnVlnir nn nfforL to da-
i ui imiiiu i..... , ..---- ---
will retain tho nnmo of tho metropo
lis of this Bcotlon, provided tho
building of now rnllroads docs not
conflict with plans nnd mar what
looks liko n vory bright futuro.
From prcsont Indications Mnrsh
field, 5,000 population, l and will
continue to bo tho metropolis of tho
Coob Bay country. With tho ex
ception of somo old Minors who do
not wish to see anybody como In,
tho cltlzons aro progressive and lib
eral fh promoting tho town's Inter
ests, Much work" la bolng Uono on
tho Btreeta. Tho Smith Bawmlll Is
ono of tho boat cqulppod In tho
world nnd a Bight worth seolng.
North Bend hns n hotter, harbor and
Is a hotter location for n town, it
bltlH fnlr to bo n formldnblo rlvnl
of Mnraliflold but tho two towns will
ovuntunlly bo together.
Coqulllo, tho county Boat gf Coos,
Is 18 mlloa from Mnraliflold, In the
Intorlor, resting on tho Coqulllo riv
er. It Is connected with Mnrshllold
by rail and Bandon and Myrtlo Point
by tho Coqulllo stream. Coqullla
hns abonit 1400 population, Is grow
ing, Inhabited by Boemlngly content
ed nnd Boctnblo people. It hns n fine
court hoiiBu for thlj part of tho
country. ud on account of tho geo
graphical location will probably bo
tho iurmanont capital notwithstand
ing tho nsplrntlons of other commun
ities, although thoro Is no nppnront
activity In this respect, but nono
Knows what tho future has In ntoro.
Dnndon, tho aeaBldo roHort, Ih u . rlvo bonoflt from tho oponing of audi
go-nhoad town of 2600 boiiIs. It I a roglon, It nlBO makoa ono feel
reached by tutnmer from Coqulllo
and Ib 2C intlos from tho Inttor. Tho
ridu down llio rlvor Is a beautiful
ono, paBuiig dennu growthH of tlm
bor, dairy rnuchas, wnwinllls, --coal
nilnt'B, mttlu and BTicop rnnclicB, rich
In vBgourtlon and evorywhoro thd
beautiful myrtle tree.
that thoro'a noplnco like homo.
DEDICATION .
(Coutlnuod from Page 2.)
j The olectiio Htreot car 'gnng, con
lUlHtluir of 12 mon nnd fnromnn. om
Jt Is a.n Jtsolntiid country, but ono' .. ...........
Old Dutch Dunkards
A couple of Washington coun
ty, Pennsylvaniaris, who have
ad used HICKORY BARK COUGH REMEDY for seventy years, and reared
piirC lirC Sale by a dealers everywhere lIl'V VliriS
K
No Alcohol Nor Alkaloids-
M. C. Moti, who was one df tho
pioneer ulckolonion Bfarters Ih this
city, npd who recently roturnod from
the ISaat, Is ono of Snlem'u greatOAt
eiitlruBlnsts nnd boosters. "When
Mott roturned from the Kkit lie ro-
portal that ho had seen no plucoj
equnl to Salem as u city for good In
veatmont In his entire trip acrouu
the continent. lie was In this city
again hist Thursday, and now nfldrf,
aftor nn almost minute Inspection of
Washington, that there la no town
on tho Pacific coast any better. If as
good, to invest in as Salem. Mr.
Mott and his wife aro staying up
In a Ilttle town In Washington with
friends, pending tho opportunity to
get a good investment In the show
line in this city. Mr. Mod's ideas
of Salem are very valuable to off-act
the work of knockers outalde of this
city, who eay Salem fs alow. Mr.
Mott, aa theater man, la a pretty
good Judge of a city's speed and he
aupearn to Nad no fault with tho
pace uf the Capital City.
i
vory busy at work touring up the o'd,
track and laying thu now,
T. M. Ilurr, of Halom, spent thlh
afternoon here. ,
whuro tho Oregouinn inukoii an easy
living, the passing of a small 8(011111
or, stopping at every landing for
mtuunniriiMi frfwtit ntnl irnnm I
lots of flHh In tho Coqulllo rlvor. ln-;8llIoHi woro reKUtoroU t Ul0 ,(o.
eluding wlmon and salmon trout. ' m)fl0 tm
In tho hllla that shadow tho stream. T0 no , ,ho 0 ,
aro , wrne deer and elk, bear, cougar for Oo,obor a , 0iU)lHctj oW n
and other big game. of ao -
One can enthuao over Bandog I September , and 50 per ent ovoMhat
would he an Ideal seaaldo rosort;... . ' ..... ' . ., ..
j in iiinv juur, inu naiiiu lliuuur,' UlllH
woro U not for tho prevailing wind,
showing thnt Albany lu on Dig move
Stat peaatar Uveey of Mary
laaa, aays e4ucatlag the aegroea la
folly that it saakM erimlaala f
then as has bee prevea at th Tua-I
kog UalrenHty.
but this BTiould bo no drawback tojn, tU wnjj04
thoso seeking diversion and. health. Tho Albany collego frtbnll tonti.
and It certainly Is not retarding the u working hard, and expert to mko
progress of the town, which Is going 8howlng next Tuusda when iVy
ahead by leaps and hounds. The w,, mwti for Ulo 80Con, Imu lh,
people thero are standing a unit willumutCo team on tho looal ho' J.
huh more ib iouk 01 aojiQiiy anil
pormanency that enhances Its value
In tho eyes of the prospective In
vestor. It has several Industries.
and one of the 'finest as well as the
moat Intereitlng beaches on the
coast, far surpassing Newport or
8caalqe In points of interest. The
rocks depict faces of a moak, the
praying nua, crouching Mob, mon
key, hen and chicks, iphlax, differ
ed profiles of facef, whlf there, are
caves, agates, atarfMi aa4 taf at
tractlfe featare. There ara sf !
did c4P gr&aads aad VM rert Is
'atrlMd hy BMiy frai tlw' hiw
ir. t Is realh' a better wlater thaa
mmmt re9rt.
Tho boys have been pruc'lclng faith
fully under thu splendid couching
of Coach Luck ,nnd art In good shape
Last night, In u practice muio, thoy
run tho score up to 3 1-0 Ir, .'0 min
utes of fast pluyJng with (ho strong
local high school I'luui, which fcavo
them good practlco la acrlramage
work, etc. Tfaey will u roudv for
the Methodists and will de,e(e the
non-conference chatnploiuhlp.
The family ef B. W. Carey, a farm
er, llvlag aar Ml Iak, Maaltefca,
coaalstlag 4 klsalfr wM-a4-ve
chltdrM, wore krad la a firk which
1 yesterday destroyed tawlr kow.