The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-08-16
RENEWED MINING ACTIVITIES,

Indications are that after a long
season of inactivity, the mining indus
try of this county is about to undergo
an awakening.
For twenty years, or more, the min
eral indications of OkanOgan county
have attracted that pioneer of all min
ing interests, the prospector and on
the heels of the prospector has fol-
lowed the investor, operator and pro-
moter.
Too often the latter holds ques-
tionable position in the districts where
mining is carried on. There are pro-
mOters and promoters Some cOnfine
their promotions to properties that
really show evidence of merit, but too
often he is ready to take hold of any
kind of old prospect hole, organize a
company, issue stock, get busy find
ing market for the printed sheets of
paper, carefully looking out that he
| gets a substantial rake off, and suf-
lering no qualms of conscience if the
alleged mine he floats never gets fur
ther along than the organization
| There have been cases of that kind in
this county as there have been every
where that mineral has been discov-
cred. Like the poor, the unscrupu
| lous, we have with us always and the
greatest precaution will not prevent
the fraudulent promoter getting in his
| work
However, this is depressing. 1t was
the intention at starting on this screed
| to emphasize the fact that resumed in
terest in mining is notable in this up
| per country, and this paper notes the
fact with great deal of satisfaction.
| Already there has been much money
| put in the ground in this county in the
attempt to make mines, but great
deal more money that should have
been put underground has been wasted
on the surface, or even before it
reached the surface where mining
| claims for which the money was raised
| to develop were located. 1t is this il
| legitimate perverSion of funds that ac-
count for number of meritOriOuS
claims in this county being today in a
backward stage of development, and
it is devotely hoped that in renewing
activities in these mines those who are
supplying the sinews will strictly de-
mand that the money be used to the
| best advantage in pushing legitimate
mining, and see that the demand is
complied with. Mining work should
be placed in competent hands, and
| those selected to disburse company
| funds should be selected for their
| known probity while possessing at
| least a smattering knowledge of min
| ing
1t seems unavoidable that in cOun-
| try where there are so many mineral
| Indications as there are in OkanOgan
| county, that paying mine, or num-
| Der of them, can not be opened up un-
| der proper supervision, and the pro-
| cess of mining that is carried on in
| those districts where mining has been
and is today, paying large profits to the
| individuals and companies engaged III
| that industry. 1t may be just possible
| that they are labCring under a delu
sion, but many men well versed in
| mining knowledge who have acquired
| years of practical experience, have
| time and again reported favorable up
| on mineral holdings in north Okanog
an county, and without reservation
| have declared it to be their opinion,
| that producers would follow deep and
systematic exploration.
Within the past two weeks this pa
| per has mentioned The resumption of
work on two old and we'll known
properties, The Dividend. north of Oro-
! Vile, and the Golden Zone, west OF
| OrCville. While this work has been
| inaugurated. investigation has been
| going on steadily on the old Prize
mine, now known as the Phoenix. Last
week Ed. Klob, of Fon du Lac, Wis,
| who with a number of associates are
interested in the Ellemeham mine,
near Nighthawk, was in town with a
companion, and while here they put in
much time at the mine. They go home
with the intention of recommending
sinking 400 feet on their ore body. A
tunnel on the Ellemeham has cut an
enormous ledge. The ore at present
| is low grade, but it is believed that
with depth this ore will improve. If
it should increase only a few dollars
in value to the ton, with the size of the
ledge, the Ellemeham property would
| prove a wonderful source of revenue
| to the owners. Mr.. Klob is a clean cut
business man, who insists that what
money is raised shall go into actual
development. He is not a beneficiary
from the sale of stock as is too often
the case. He is simply an interested
stockholder. determined that the in
terests of himself and associates shall
be protected. In all probability before
winter, work will commence on the
Ellemeham group of claims on a large
scale and will be continued for long
period of time.
Besides the instances of unusual ac-
tivity here noted. letter recently re-
ceived from the east states that it is
| the intention this fall to begin work
again on the old Triune group. near
Golden, from which in years past was
taken some of the richest free gold
quartz ever found in this part of the
west. Every one of the properties
mentioned have exceptionally fine sur
face showings, and more or less work
has been done on them over a long
series of years.
1t is not anticipating too much to eX-
pect that with deep workings some of
these claims, and possibly all of them,
] will nNnntuallN M Aalln nal,ino nlinns