The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-08-13


fully worded. He may be MINING ex-
pert at the very apex of the profession
out reports were not in the curri.
culum OF the college from which he
graduated. He is prime on abuse, and
throughout the documeno he labors on
the principle that his employers want
ed 1t bad, and there is no end of evi-
oence that he earned his stipend. He
gives long list of assays. They are
tough, and enough to throw down any
alleged mine. He searched industrj-
ously to find rock that would not carry
values, but it is difficult to pick out
even country rock ON Palmer noun
tain, where there is sign of mineral
without getting some returns from an
assay. He did pretty well, however
and his samples ran from trace to
only few dollars. If one entertained
doubt as to the object of George Hen
cry when he ''experted" the tunnel,
condemned the Copper World and the
whole mountain, that doubt is removed
when the list of assays is examined.
One assay gave value of over Sic, and
he apologies to his employers for hav-
ing accidently knocked of sample
that contained tri1e of mineral But
this is not set down for the purpose of
awakening false hopes among stock
holders. There is no use going behind
the returns. The experts have passed
judgment, and the writer for one is
willing to accept the verdict. The
proposition will certainly be consider
ed worthless from now henceforth. On
ly Il rich strike could restore conf
dence, and according to the experts
that is impossible.
One Julihan, 33d degree expert,
follows George Henry. Jufihan has
intelligence, and he sets down some
observations that are hard to answer.
The explanations can only be made by
the former manager, and if he does
not elect to come to the rescue the re-
port must be accepted and the reason
ings and. deductions hold good. Juli-
han came in with his mind already
made up, and probably nothing would
have changed it. In one respect he
takes his cue from George Henry, and
out Herod's Herod when it comes to
raw denunciation. Julihan is singul
arly deficient in experience when he
throws uphis hands in holy horror be-
cause mining prospect happens to
be f1owery and overdrawn. After he
has been in. the business longer.hs will
probably learn that mining prOspec-
tus does not adhere as closely to the
truth as Sunday school lesson. Still
another feature of the Julihan report
to tax the risibles is his reference to
one Browne, a mining expert not in
fnenced by prejudice who reported ia
vorably on the tunnel property several
years ago. With great JUNCTION he
picks Brownies report to pieces, critl-
cising fellow worker in the same
vineyard in very ungentlemanly man
ner. In brief insert in the pamphlet
Browne pronounces Julihan liar or
makes an Inference to that effect, and
there are great many who are IN
clined to believe that Brownie. old
boy, did not miss the head of the nail
very far. Generally when thieves fall
out just men get their dues, but the
same happy result is not liable to oc-
cur in the case of experts falling out.
More confidence might be placed In
Julihan's report if, in his eagerness to
throw discredit on the whole country,
he had not gone beyond the limit OF
the tunnel and made such palpable
misstatement relative to the Copper
World Elk. That has cast suspicion on
the entire report among men fanlllar
with the mineral showingS on the low
er workings OF the Extension. Juiihan
was too eager to find flaws, and instead
of dignified, scientific, analyetlcai
report upon mining property his pro-
0uCtlOn SINKS 10 tne leNcl vi &" 'S"iAA -
ous diatribe, that should have no IN
Auence among intelligent mining men
But this is not set down to awaken any
false hopes among the stockholders.
The comments herein set down are not
those of an expert" but simply
hrief reference to report that might
not carry much weight among mining
mon hut would strike CONSERVATION
among eastern investors.
There is an appendix to the report
nv the present manager, that bears
about the same relation to the docu-
ment so far as usefulness is concerned
as the variform appendix to the human
beinp. The most charitable way to
look at it is that it was not written ior
the public eye.
Since the above paragraph was "ri',
ron authentic word has been received
that the expert report was lsSueu III
n,mphlet form against the vigorous
nrotest of the present manager at
,oomis, and that his wishes were "
rored and his confidence abused oy the
use of both his name as director en-