The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-04-09
AN OKAN0CAN BOOSTER
Col. A. M. Dewey Promoting
two Important Enterprises
For This County.
ONE AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD
And the Other Large Copper
Nine With a Most
Excellent Showing.

:
stopped over in Oroville last Friday
night, on his way to the Q. S. mine,
situated on Blue lake, an equal dis
trnce between Loomis and Conccnully
Col. Dewey is the promoter of two en-
terprises that will tend very material
ly, when CARED out as at present con-
templated, to the rapid growth in
population and the more speedy devel-
opment of the dormant resources of
Okauogan county. One of them, which
in its completion and operation is real
ly the most important public utility
that has yet been suggested end set on
foot in this upper country, is the con-
struction of An electric railroad from
point on the Great Northern, few
miles west of Nighthawk, down thro'
the hill country to Brewster, touching
Loomis, Riverside, Omak, Okanogan
and probably Conconully. This has
been a pet scheme of the gentleman
for the past two years, and he reports
that at last he sees his way clear for
accomplishing the object he has SO
long striven for. At one time there
was a disposition to belittle the efforts
of Col. Dewey, but he has shown such
a doughty front, has worked SO hard in
the face of discouragment, has kept up
such supurb courage that at last the
scotfer has been forced to admire the
unwavering pertinacious energy of the,
man, and if not to actually praise, to
give him full measure of credit for the
efforts put forth. Among those who
admire man who will SurmOunt all
obstacles, who will not admit of defeat,
who will go on and win out against
every impeachment, Col. Dewey's ad-
mirable struggle is fully appreciated,
and they will rejoice with him when
he is at last able to see his plans con-
summated. The colonel is full-hedged
optomist, and the word "quit" is not
to be found in his lexicon.
Col. Dewey stated while here that
the prospects for raising the necessary
funds for the construction of the road
were very hattering. Sufficient cash
is on hand to grade the first twenty
miles of the road, but the directors of
the company are insistent upon waiting
until all the money required to com
plete the line is raised before any con-
struction commences. Two .represen-
tatives of the company are negotiating
the sale of bonds in London, and a
cable from that city last week stated
that the negotiations had resulted sue
cessfully, 1t is expected that work
will commence within 60 days.
The other enterprise that Col. Dewey
is interested in is the Q. S. mine. Suf-
ficient work has been done on the
property to show that there are large
bodies of copper ore on the claims.
This has been exposed for many feet
by deep workings. The company has
experienced some troubles, which
seems to he the history of about all
mining propositions up this way, and
reorganization became necessary. All
the legal requirements have been met
to perfect this reorganization, and Col.
Dewey was up at this time to make
arrangements to resume development
at the mine. He informed the writer
that $4,000 were in sight to carry out
the plan of driving main working
tunnel near the base of the mountain
to reach the ore deposits at great depth,
and that he will now bend every ener-
gy toward making the .. S. a producer.
The revival of operations at that point
will give employment to large force
of men, and encourage the renewal of
work on other holdings in the neigh
borhood. Among those who are posted
as regards the mineral showings there
on, it is felt that the carrying out of
the plans in contemplation can only
result happily, as the @. S. certainly
has the indications to justify extensive
exploitation.