Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-08-21
GOLD.

In Otdef TO increase the value OF The
shining dress which they have wrung
from the teeming millions of our labor
ing people; are seeking by legislative
enactments to make gold the single
standard of values, to the exclusion of
the other precious metals; it behooves
us in this sparsely settled mineral re-
gion Of Oregon to seek the best methods
of obtaining the shining treasure which
lies hidden beneath almost every foot
o. our virgin SOL. Recent discoveries
are making of rich deposits of this pre-
cious metal In almost every section of /
the state and it only requires skill and
industry to open up here in Douglas
county some of the richest mines the
world has ever seen developed.
The productions Of gold was puzzle
to the Alchemists of old and they found
it beyond the power of all science to
produce or manufacture the precious
stuff. Yet in those days it was ,accu-
mulated and priced by the ancients
and used as standard of values from
the barbarians of the frozen north to
the sunny Archipelago of ancient
Greece. From the coral sands of India
to the most distant islands of the sea
where ever governments were institut-
ed amongst men. From the craggy
shores where piratical crews lurked in
all their fastness to the guided cities
of ancient Rome it was sought after
and priced by the ch ldren of men
Neither history nor mythology goes
back of the time when gold was used
by mankind as standard of CONNER
cial values. Yet it's production or
growth has ever remained mystery.
It was once popular idea amongst
the nations of antiquity that in the
frozen regions of the north Old Pluto
poured out great streams of goll from
his internal regions which they popular
ly supposed to be deep down beneath
the surface of the earth. This myth
illogical notion appears to be shared in
by some of our geologlsts and scientists
of the present age, who claim that the
gold which we find scattered over many
portions of this coast was broken of
from some imaginary ledge at tht
North Pole or picked up in some mys
terious way by the mighty glacier:
which they claim at one time crept ovel
the entire slope from the region Of tht
north, and in its course, ground up ant
departed the shining dust III It's onwart
march. In point of reason and ply
losophy the ancients Undoubtedly have
the best theory. Research and experl
ence Lave demonstrated that gold grows
FROM its component elements and take;
On its form and existence from It's
mother quartz, and that it is by action
of the elements fire and water that il
becomes detached and scattered through
out the soil and gravel where the ex
perienced miner readily detects its pres
ence. Its presence in the quartz rock
is in mnny cases less easily detected
and with more dihculty obtained an6
when combined with the baser metal.
which is usually the case in this section
proves refractory beyond the skill O
our miners to overcome And for thi
reason the great belt Of mineral bearin.
quartz which passes through our entir,
county lies uRdeveloped and PRACTICAL,
tlnexplored. That many of these quart
veins are rich in the precious metals il
requires but little skill to deterniu
but to devise some cheap and eficien
method of separating and saving til,
kOlu lIOlA bIlC OdSi; tuGbt1S Nitu WHICH L
is found united has proved the grea
stumbling block to those who have at
tempted to work these ores, and prov
ing expensive trials has limitel the ex
periments to but few attempts to reduc,
these ores AMI we may say that th,
entire quartz iel / for $50 miles in cx-
tent is almost entirely unexplored.
The gravels of these creeks and
rivers where these veins intersect then
for many miles are rich in gold Herr
at least is one of the most inviting feld
for scientific experiments ever Offered
to the minerologist and chemist, ant
will prove fortune to him who invent
a cheap and efficient method of work
Ing these refractory ores.
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The extra session has received
back-set in Judge Wehsters decision
that the Ready liquor law is constitu
tional and effective The whole issue
is now hrouobf down tn +ha anato,