Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-11-03
SAMPLING WORKS
ARE CERTAINTY
COMMERCIAL CLUB UNDER
TAKES TO PROVIDE SITE.
FREE POWER FOR YEAR
A. j. McCorkle, Head Of the Enter.
prise Is Now on Trip to
Mining Camps.

APublicity given the Josephine
county mining fields during the past
summer is beginning to bear rich
fruit.
At a meeting of the trustees OF
the Commercial club Saturday at
ternoon, A. ]. McCorkle, of Libby
Montana, who seeks to erect an ore
sampling plant in Grants Pass, was
given the right hand of fellowship
the plan endorsed and committee
named to confer with Mr.. McCorkle
and seek site near the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks, the site to be
donated,
The committee named to look up
the site and care for preliminary
matters so far as the Commercial
club is concerned Is composed OF
G. w. Donnell o. s. Blanchard and
H. G. Kinney.
The Rogue River Electric COM
pany has a standing offer to supply
power free for one year to any new
enterprise which consumes power,
and the proposed plant will take ad-
vantage of this offer.
Mr.. McCorkle stated that site
with 200 feet frontage to the rail-
road and $50 feet depth was the
required dimensions for the plant,
This will enable room for a building
OF sufficient size to house crusher
machinery, concentrating tables, au-
tomato ore sampler, assay office,
business office and minor features.
The space of $50 by 200 will also
allow space for teams to turn.
To representative OF The
Courier, Mr.. McCorkle said: II am
pleased that the trustees OF the com.
merclal club were so frank and bus
inesslike In dealing with the matter.
Establishing an ore purchasing
and ore sampling plant In Grants
Pass will be OF far reaching i'm
portance to the mining industry
commerce and agriculture, because II
means that Josephine county mining
men and prospectors will now be
able to develop their properties
which will rebound to all business
life In every town in the county and
to every farmer, for II means pay
rolls and demand for food products
"The mining industry in Josephine
county has suffered because the
small mine owner could not sell his
ore; he could not ship small amounts
and pay the high rates for less thar
carloads. Now he can sell to US his
ore, no matter how small a batch
he brings He can dump only SIC
worth in our plant and get hli
money.
There are many prospects IN
the county which have from one tC
many tons Of ore on the dumps. Thii
ore will soon be invited TO get tC
the sampler and the cash paid rol
II. And this means that MANI
mines will be opened and continue
at work. Sell a little ore now ther
more next time, still more next tim,
until the owner has developed hli
property to the point where he car
open stope--then he has fail
sailing.
"As soon as the tonnage In tn,
county iB sufficient | will propos'
to the miners OF the county that the!
assemble their ores at various point
anu VIII tbluDllhN lldtllon AItHlc
gather up all Of the ore and brlnl
1t In under steam TO the plant here
This will add another impetus to IN,
industry
There is another thing ! want /,
say, and that is this: Later. wh0l
we find a man with a meritoriou
mining property and he Is not able I,
equip II with a concentrator, VIII
we can give him a financial llft. al,
him TO put In machinery and bu!
his concentrate.
From the small beginning 70
the miners the industry will grow