The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-08-30

pliShcd. ana the advantages IL pTolliiS
cs to be to every claim owner in the
district and the town itself, Mr.. iiar-
per is entitled to the gratitude of eV-
cry resident Of that part OF Ferry
county He has accomplished his OBJ
ject in the face of many drawbacks
and diSCouragemcntS, and the man
who would not wish him continued
and unlimited success i'll perlectins
his enterprise can only be envious and
unappreCiative. The presence OF this
mil, permits the profitable working OF
leads carrying values TOO low to pay
for shipping to a smelter. and as pros
peCting has demonstrated that there
are numerous properties within a ra-
dius of a few miles where bodies OF
this low grade ore of greater or less
extent have been opened up. and by
the cyanide treatment can be made tC
pay, IN the course of time a large force
Of miners should be at work on prop
critics long idle and that never would
be operated again were it not for the
presence OF this treatment plant.
The ore about Republic is not con
fined to the lower grades by any means
Tor very high grade ore has been
| mined and shipped out OF that camp il
! the past. While we We're in the CAM
ore was being taken from the Sur
| prise mine, at the 200 foot level, that
averaged better than 500 to the ton
| 1t was shipped to the smelter al
Grand Forks. Indeed the claim own
ers at Republic as yet do not really
! know what they have in the way Of
mineral, as few of the mines are be-
| Vond the prospecting stages. The
| gratcst depth so far reached Is on The
Surprise, and that is only 700 feet
| There is every reason to believe thai
with greater depth better quantity O.
ore will be encountered. and dee,
| mining is whaL is needed to establish
the true value and extent Of the min
eral deposits
Yet with two cyanide mills running
| and Il large force of miners at work /;
| lack of enthusiasm over the prospects
! is noticeable among the people. il
was lillicult to discover exactly tn
reason for this evidence OF apathy
= Everybody feels confident that miner
al in abundance exists in the ground
! We did not hear a single doubt eX
| pressed upon this score. but ther,
seems TO be an under current of sus.
! picion that the management of SON,
of the properties is not what ii SHOULD
be. and fear prevails that through
carclessness or incOmpetcncy another
suspension of operations may occur
in which event the camp would Sus
/ lain Il back set from which it WoHlt
not recover in years. No specific
names were mentioned. or charges
{ made, but that such Il feeling pre-
walls is patent to any stranger who
may remain in town for a few days
and drop in converse with the inhabi
| tants AS there seems to be no rca
grounds for this feeling, we believe
that all doubts will be early dissipat.
| ed. confidence restored on Il perma.
nent basis and the town take on AZ
appearance of life and progress X
4 stranger after visiting the mills an(
mines and sizing up the situation Their,
seems to be no good reason why Re
public should not become a large. i'm
portant and thriving place.
There are some features that de
tract from the appearance OF the town
and leave a bad impression on the Wis
itor. On the main street there are ;
number of vacant buildings, some OF
considerable size, that have fallen in
to decay and ruin II is strange how
an unoccupied building viii deterio-
rate and disintregratc in Republ,
one can see ugly examples of this Fact
fire is considered misfortune to
any town, and yet there are places in
| Republic where fire might he looked
upon ms a blessing. There is a mel
Oncholy sample among others. of this
dccreptitudc following neglect of q
building in the old town of Republic
the locality where the first settlement
was made. This particular structure
will he remembered by those who had
To get up at the unearthly hour OF
three in the morning in the old DAYS
to take the stage To Chcsaw of LOOMS
The stage at that time stopped at this