Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-11-13
COPPER ELEoTRUM ORES.

Col. ]. S. Crawford, who is at
present in this city and owner of the
celebrated Cleopatra Copper claims of
Del Norte county, Cal, is one of the
leading geologists of the coast He
also belongs to a group of prominent
pioneers who blazed the Western
trails, and most of whom have gone
to claim their Great Reward.
]. S. Crawford was born in Edin-
borough, Scotland, over 20 years ago.
In 1887, when but small lad, he
came with his parents to Philadel-
phia, where the family remained and
where young Crawford received his
education. He graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania and SER
we'd time with the English Engineers
at the close of the war.
When interviewed by Courier
representative and asked concerning
his war record, the Colonels eyes
sparkled with pleasure at the thought.
He has record of which he may
well feel proud. 81 could spend days
doing nothing but telling my exper-
fences as a soldier and scout" said he,
but l don't want to weary you with
that. have fought in 90 battles and
been in l0l skirmishes and carry a
number of bullet scars as mumento
and reminder of those days ON the
Western border. | have fought and
worked with Buffalo Billn Cody
Bill Hickock, and Bill Ingram |
was with Pollard in the cleaning out
Of the North Park Divide, up in
Dakota. l have mined in all of the
principal districts from the Great
Lakes to central Old Mexico and all
of the camps of the Western states
Col. Crawford is member of the
Geological Survey at Washington
and of the North England Fede ra-
tion of Newcastle On Tyne He was
ordered by the late President McKin-
ley to go to the Philippines and make
geological Investigations for the Sur
vey at Washington, but could not ac-
cept the trust because of his age.
Col. Crawford was the discovcror
and is the manager Of the Cleopatra
group of copper electrum claims in
the Diamond creek district of Del
Norte county, Cal, which are attract
ing widespread attention. 1t is re-
garding this discovery that Col. Craw-
ford delights to talk, it being the re-
suit Of many years hard work, close
observation and deep study.
II have made the forces of cleo
tricity and magnetic currents my
study since the work of blazing trails
and fighting Indians ended. Copper
electrum as defined by Dana, and for
which | have been searching many
years, / have found in quantity in
Del Norte county, California. This
metal, or combination of metals, is an
alloy of copper, gold, silver, zinc and
iron. These electrum ores are found
running along qualifications of ashes
tos and following the course of the
Great Copper Pole which extends
from Mt Shasta to Northern Alaska.
In Northern California, where these
qualifications are most prominent, be-
ing nearer the surface, they have un-
til recently been known as volcanic
eruptions This / do not find to be
the case. Their appearance in this
regard is due to the radiations of
electric currents along the Great
Copper Pole, which has resulted in
the total loss of all lead, next the
loss OF metallic iron--or nearly so as
the remaining values of this are never
more than per cent-leaving copper
as a base and gold and silver as AN al
10y.
Veins Of copper electrum ores
find to begin in Del Norto county
Cal they follow the course Of the
Great Copper Pole, due north into
Josephine and Curry counties of
Southern Oregon, continuing in this
course TO the gold fields Of Alaska
Farther north we find the base metal
10 be a low grade gold with an alloy
Of copper, silver and zinc, the forma.
tion Of the gold being affected more
or less by the principal alloys
Going still farther north to the dol
tas Of Alaska and in tho Russian Is
lBnds, which were at one time range
Of volcanic mountains, the gold finds
are to be cast up in the shape Of
chlorides and are washed up on the
beaches and changed in shape aud
form by the action Of the sea. In
Russian Siberia the same conditions
exist.
In these last mentioned districts
of the far north, beyond the extension
of the Great Copper Pole, the condi.
tions fonnd are volcanic. Those Of
Northern California and Southern
Oregon have been called such but
they are not. / find nothing Of
volcanic nature in them, but do
find distinct runs brought about by
electric fusion powers and changed
from one condition TO another form.
ing deposits known a. electrum
Electrum is a dull rcd, tough, ductile
metal. II is malleable and susceptible
Of remarkably fine finish. It can
be cut easily with chisel, but it
will not break. Eloctrum will be
useful in the arts for many things bnt
its principal use will be found in
clectrotyping. Il is far better than
the mechanically made metals being
used for this purpose, as elcctfum IL
mixed by nature and is therefore por.
feet II Il worth from 81, 200 10 81.
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