The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-08-06
ORE THAT CARRIES VALUE
A Car Load Shipment to a
Smelter Gives Most En-
couraging Returns.
COPPER WORLO EXTENSION
Produces the Ore and the Company
Is to Inaugurate Exten-
sive Developments.

sive Developments.
Some weeks ago car load of ore
from the Copper World Extension was
shipped from this station to the smelt-
er for the purpose of thorough test,
the only real method of determining
the actual value of mineral bearing
ores, especially that of Il sulphide char
actcr. The sample assay that so many
prospectors and operators depend upon
to support claims of high grade ore in
properties they may be exploiting, is
misleading and of doubtful utility in
determining the actual and true value
of any deposit in the concrete. The
party at interest is too apt to select
only the choicest and best looking sam
plies to submit for assay. Some may do
this intentionally, yet the most honest
lect the poorest ore for the purpose.
On the other hand the sO-called expert
goes to the other extreme, and becomes
SO cold-blooded in his sampling that it
must be Il property OF exceptional
merit that would give any returns on
such method of testing. Hence the
: TO- in, Mt i
ties, is the fareSt, truest and most
satisfactory and convincing that can
be made. In times past sample assays
without numIer have been made on
Copper Would Extension ores, and
when made from selections by parties
at interest the returns have been very
hattering and encouraging, and even
when made by the most eXacting en-
pert the values obtained have been
what would be considered exceptional
" good in any mining district where
copper is the basic value in the ore.
To remove all doubts the Copper World
Extension people determined to send IA
car load of this ore to the smelter for
a test run. The experiment cost mon
ey, as rough road had to be con-
structed some distance just for the sin
gle purpose, requiring considerable OF
wagon haul to reach the railroad.
The test was not made with the eX-
pectation of any large returns OF
beneficial nature, simply and wholly
for the purpose of aScertaining II the
ore contained sufficient metal to justify
further operations. 1t was impossible
to learn at this end the result of the
run. and inquiry was made to head
quarters. 1t is confessed that the re-
quest for information was made with
considerable apprehension as the an
swer, for it was known that much Of
the shipment was ore taken at random
from the dump, which is made up OF
| the same ingredients common to such
accommodations, which is. principally
waste. ". 4. Snow, of Columbus,
Onio, an old friend of the writer, who
is largely interested i'll the Copper
| WOrll Extension, was addressed upon
the subject. and in due time the fol-
lowing very cheering reply was re-
cciyed;
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July "a 1909.
| FRANK NJ. DALLAM,
OroyilIe, Wash.
DEAR SIR:
The report from the smelter IS re-
ccived and it is a fine one. We ieel
rood. and we intend to make the COP
Der World Extension the largest mine
| in Okanogan county.
Yours very truly.
". \. SNOW.
While no word is said as to actual
value of the ore the tone OF the letter
is convincing proof that to all readers
that the returns surpassed the eXpec-
tations of the stockholders, and were
of a nature to encourage and justify
immediate and extensive operations
TO the people residing in the country
about the mine more lnsplrltlng news
could not come al time when theI
are greatly in need of encouragement
All who are familiar with the property
and the nature of deposits opened VI
therein have long felt that in the Cop
ner World Extension was the making
of a mine. if a mine could be made II
this upper country and while procra'
tination in opening up the claims ha'
been discouraging confidence III Tue
merits of the holdings has never taI
tered. 1t IS fit time that this EVIL
dence of mineral value has been us