The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-06-17
|Y|NG into THE EARTH
Diamond Drill Used for Pros
pecting at the Detroit
Oroville Property.

1t the invitation of that courteous
hospitable old veteran, Capt. N. B.
sey, superintendent of the prop
y, reporter visited the Oroville-
roit mine Saturday, spending sew
hours upon the claims, watching
interesting process of diamond
ling, and viewing the general form
bn of the country and the showings
/ encouraged the extensive work
badly carried on upon the property.
Without going into detailed narra-
Of the discovery, formation and
)loitation of the Oroville-Detroit
be holdings, it may be said that
ptain Kelsey, who is holding large
erest in the company. located the
und, carried on prospecting to q
nt that demonstrated the great
rit of the claims, and was eventual
Instrumental in organizing the Oro-
e-Detroit Exploration company. It
not necessary to resort to any fairy
fy in bringing to the attention of
b of means this most excellent group
claims. The ore deposits exposed,
b the uniform values carried, were
at appealed to the investor, and the
quency and extent of the leads held
almost certain promise that un-
thorough system Of development
business-like management pro
eing mine would in time follow.
yhow, that is the way it looked to
)se invited to investigate, and they
Re SO we'll pleased that they have
need spending money, both in fur
r. investigation and in patenting
claims.
rhe Oroville-Detroit group is located
the northern slope Of Kruger noun
b, about five miles from Oroville,
only a short distance from the in
national line. Indeed, the boundary
passes over this elevation. Crop
gs-have' heen discovered from near
foot to the summit af the mountain.
7eEa is noss ~ ..,sy I. oAas ~ !, ~ ;
ty upon this ragged elevation, but
been found all over the mountain.
kr the Oroville- Detroit mine are the
den Chariot, Forty-ninth Parallel,
X, and numerous other well known
perties. The claims of the Oroville-
troit are so situated as to be easily
essible by wagon, and can be worked
good advantage at minimum cost
extracting and handling the ores.
|ptain Kelsey has done much work
the way of prospecting shafts, tun-
is and cuts, and wherever he has
Ade Investigations he has been re.
Brded with mineral exposures. The
ptain's theory is that the entire
fmation is so impregnated with gold
b copper values that the rock can
quarried and treated, either by
hcentration or smelling, at profit.
was largely to establish this assump-
bn that the diamond drill was en-
Dyed for deep investigation. Last
ar the drill was tried, and another
ntract was made this spring to con-
bue the researches by that means. 1t
IN be said that so far as the work has
togressed the results have been emf
>ntly satisfactory to the company,
ID establish the fact that mineral is
BETTY generally difused throughout
be ground upon which the drills have
Zen employed. The drilling contract
|as finished Monday, the operators
the number of feet they
|ere engaged to sink. Captain Kel'
by expects that further drilling will
3 done at other points upon the prop
Fly, as we'll as sinking to greater
epths on the holes already bored.
Diamond drilling, to locate ore bodies
b prospect mineral bearing ground, is
|ecoming more popular from year tc
ear, and there are numerous organ.
led companies in the west engaged In
he business. o. L. knight Il Co., oi
sossland, is the firm that held the
ontract at the Oroville-Detroit mine,
This company has twelve drilling out
its, and the demand for such services
re so great that every outfit is In
with accumulating orders
The drill on Kruger mountain Is ir
harge Of Otby McKinzie, who Is g
member of the company, and Johr
the diamond setter. Both
gentlemen are experts in their lines
md were kind and courteous in ex
ending any information desired. Ths
lrill at the Oroville-Detroit was oper
ted by steam power, and the process
S simple enough when once seen ant
The machine that oper
ties the drill is very much like tina
which pushes Burleigh drill into thu
'ock. Cast iron tubing, similar to al
ordinary iron water pipe, varying II
diameter according to the size Of thu
lole desired, is fitted with a small