The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-03-05
BACK FROM THE EAST
Monroe Harnan Expects to In
stall a Treatment Plant
at the Rnby Mine.
TO BEA COLONIZATION SYSTEM
1t Means a Paying Nine at Last
For This Upper Country
After Long Waiting.

Monroe Harman, manager of the
Ruby mine, one of the most thorough
y developed and promising properties
in the Similkameen valley on this side
of the international line, situated on
the northeast slope of Mount Chopaca.
directly on the railroad and only
short distance west of Oroville, re-
turned last week from an extended
visit to his old home in Ohio. Mr..
Harman made a combination pleasure
and business trip, and it goes without
the saying that he reaped full meas
ure of the former, and found time to
transact good deal of the latter.
Mr.. Harman has been at the head of
the Ruby, camped Immediately upon
the ground, for number of years, and
has given freely both of his means and
his best energies in the effort to make
a producing mine. Under his manage
ment a vast amount of underground
work has been accomplished, and
comp ehensive system of tunnels,
shafts, drifts and uprises has exposed
a vast quantity of ore, the chief values
therein being silver. Some of this ore
carries ruby, brittle and other charac-
terS of the richer formation of siver,
running into high values, but the vast
bulk of the product is of such grade
that the best results can only be OBJ
tanned by treatment Immediately at
the mine. Considerable of the high
grade ore has been shipped at differ
ent periods in the past, but producing,
transportation and treatment charges
have been 50 high is to cut deeply into
the returns, and the company wisely
decided that it was throwing good
money away to continue the system.
1t has long been the aim of the stock
holders, and the one great ambition of
the manager, to secure and install
treatment plant to handle the output
sight, with indisputable evidence of its
continuation in the workings, is so
great that profitable income is as
sured whenever local treatment is pos
sible. one of the objects of Mr.. Har-
| mans mission east was to personally
witness the operation Of n w method
Of chlorinatiOn, in con junction with cleo
trical treatment. A 50 hour test run
was made, and while some difficulty
was experienced with the elecric fea
ture that prevented more extended
| test, the result in the saving of the
values of the ore treated was 50 salts
factory that Mr.. Harman feels conf
dent that the system, when the defects
that interferred with extended opera
been looking for to make the Ruby
producer of riches in bulk metal. Just
when plant can be installed is not
known, but Mr.. Harman hopes to have
one working out the values in the
Ruby ore during the coming summer.
If this expectation is realized those
who have supplied the sinews for car
rying out the work SO far done on the
Ruby can figure on returns upon their
investment they have so Ions, and not
very patiently, waited for,
From party who met Mr.. Harman
upon his return it is learned that the
gentleman is not only hopeful of an
early consummation of long deferred
hopes as relating to the mine he is in
terested in, but he has a very optomis-
tic opinion of the future of Oroville.
| He overheard much favorable mention
of the place during his travels, and
/ expressed himself as confident that the
town is sure of enjoying a rapid and
substantial growth. If our informant
did not slip cog on a cypher or two,
Mr.. Harman is quoted as having eX-
pressed the belief that Oroville would
grow to be city of 20, 600 inhabitants
within the next five years. We would
not be at all surprised if he hit the
mark. but most of us will be satisfied
with half the number in that length OF