Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-10-20
IRON ORE IN THE WEST
rNod'ctton that the Pacific co... u,;u
oeve'op Second Pittsburo.

Ior'iahd, Oct. 1.-THE discovery ~
Nasi deposits of iron ore of the erost
hature on the Pacific coast ana ,,,i.,,;
Siior' distance of Portland. has
4" sensation among mining mon
IL David I. Day. chief of the min
ing DIVISION Of the United States ao
'okicai survey told in hriar NOV.
through The Telegram of the ,ar,,.,
ousN rich deposits of magnetic tho.
! ne SAID rivalled the ore frop, ,,
inc famous Norway iron and s,a., ,-.
.''ue when the Importance of this
,''iu u the coast and especially to Port
,a''o' was suggested. DR.. Day repeatea
hi' statements. and gave addit;ono,
'a''s or character calculated to cause
prolouhd sensation wherever ar.
kathered men interested in tho stao,
ana iron industry
Al mat is needed to make Port
.''u the fittsburg of the west" said
Ut Day, and to establish at do,or
points on the Pacific coast iron inars
'r'es mat Will rival those of the east-
erh states is the application of can
i'al and enterprise in the treat,par.
OF The raw material that lies in limit.
less quantities at hundred n,.o.s
along the shores Of Oregon. wasb,ne-
ton and California"
This remarkable announcement, fol
lowing the story on the subject IN VOC
terday's Telegram is the result Of the
Investigations that were quietly nush-
ed during the past few months nv Dr
Day and his associates who b,ya
treated variety of black sands taken
from pays, river beds and other places
inland and along the coast. The re-
suits of their experiments in the ex
traction of gold from certain OF these
sands have been made known. The dis
coVery of the highest grade and the
most valuable iron known to the world
and that in almost inexhaustible
quahtities-is the latest development.
At the mouth Of the Columbia river
DR.. Day and his associates have dis
covered deposits whose extent is hard
ly calculable of the finest magnetic,
or magnetic iron, known in the world,
and the Doctors modest statement Is
that this discovery rivals in importance
the richest strike of iron in the Lake
Superior region. DR. Day saws:
his Is the same sort of ore as that
from which the famous Norway iron
and steel--With which the world as vet
mas nothing else To COMPARES made.
In Norway and Germany iron manu-
facturers have for years been working
a nd
ducts that are the despair of the other
iron producers of the world.
Further, the deposit we found at
the mouth of the Columbia is only one
OF 800 or more along the coast. There
Is abundant reason for the belief that
there are similar beds of magnetic at
the mouths of all the streams empty
ing into the Pacific in the northwest.
Magnetic, as is well known. is the
richest of all iron ores The deposits
we have found are far superior to those
Of the Lake Superior region, and they
are In every way equal to the ores Of
Norway from which the world renown-
ed Norway iron and steel are made
:. DR.. Day made the sensational an
houhtcIIchl lldl trOlN Ton OF Inc
black sand which ne had treated 6s3
pounds of iron were secured. A car
load of the black sand. he found was
one third pure magnetic
For months DR.. Day has been con-
WINGED that deposits OF this sort would
be found along the Pacific coast, but 1t
was not until recently that the exis-
tence of the material in commercial
quantities was positively made known.
Then the chief of the mining division
OF the United States geological survey
act about getting the services OF the
best known electric smebermen avail
able for experiments in the reduction |
OF the ores.
(. C. E Wilson, a man of national fame |
in this line of work was engaged. and
he and Or. Day last week built and put !,
into operation a small electric smeit- /
ing plant The results given were
those OF the frst trial run of the |
smelter.
You people OF the northwest" said
Or Day today deserve the appella-
ttcr OF barbartans until you make your
own iron and steel As long ~ you