The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-07-18
A|GN GRADE GOLD ORE
soxr VERY RICH SPECIMENS OF
FREE GOLD FROM THE
GOLDEN ZONE
ANIME THAT IS ALREADY MADE
rehabilitation Of an Old Property
Ater an Idleness Of
Many Years

rs Campbell, manager OF the "p,u
1oro mine walked into the ia
su su..a Office Monday with specimen
asMnt of the kind of solre OF the ore
~" hoe been taking out OF the level he
Is working and running tnlousn ,ns
mill that threw thrills ci surprise ana
suhdued excitement into me ehtire
f,rce. Each individual member OF the
soroo has seen equally as rich, il not
.;ohor mart; extracted from CLAIMS
IN This uppcr country, so the 7leht
nos not novelty. However. on every
occasion whel looking al such rlch
ore in the past the same surprise mas
baen experienced, producing feellns
,bot II such valuable ore can be found
IN the country in small lots somewhere
slathers of wealth is surely hidden in
tho hills. stored away in the matr1X
sunplied by nature, to be found some
dav greatly to the material benefit OF
those so fortunate as to make the
discovery. The chunk of quartz with
which Mr.. Campbell dazzled the print
ers was peppered all over with par
ticleA of free gold, plainly visible to
the eve without the aid of a glass.
The dull yellow stuff stuck out in
knobs or was imbedded in the rock,
and there was enough of 1t to give
ihe specimen considerable value in
dollars and cents. 1t was good to
look at, and made one feel that he
wanted to strike out and go to mining
ON his own hook. 1t was conspicuous
" visible evidence of the presence OF
the precious metal in the country, and
would indicate that a mine that could
produce even small quantity OF such
rock has promise of paying hand
some return to the operators.
1t Is not intended however to con-
vey the impression that there Is any
vast deposit OF this native gold bear
Ing quartz. Such rich ore does not
exist in vast deposits, or no vast de-
posits of any such ore has ever been
discovered, at least not in any fire.
auency Mr.. Campbell does not eX-
pect any extensive shoot of this char
acter. What satisfies mining man
Is a fairly large sized ledge. in place,
continuous, nicely placed between
we'll defined walls that carries n uni
form rcdium, or i.'w, grade 're That
means rermanency and permanent re-
turns in values. These rich shoots
are frequently encountered i'll gold
bearing quartz Veins. They Llay be
OF limited extent carrying onl.j few
hundred dollars or they may he ex-
tensive. md turn out thousands These
ri Ia spots are generally designated
as pockets" an. where the bIlk Of
The values in claim depends upon
pockets" of limited extent the eX-
perienced mine operator generally
lights shy of them.
Mr. Campbell displayed no sign of
agitation over this strike. 1t is an
experience that he has had before in
other mining districts. They may oc-
cur In any quartz ledge where the
chief values run tC gold He does
not anticipate any extended free gold
shoot, and is making no calculations
on that possibility. He is only look
Ing for fair average run of value
through the vein he is working. and
Will be satisfied with that. The val
ues have held out well SO far as the
work has progressed. While he does
not expect a great deal of free gold
IN the ledge, he is not wasting any
ftgrets that he happened to strike
That Kind of ore in the workings. 1T
IS not ii source of disappointment Mr..
oailipDelI Is human, and no human
engaged In mining Is going over the
ore cars and dump throwing away
lfee gold specimens that may conc
out OF the shaft or tunnel as the case
may be. Those who want to see min
ng develop into success in this
country VIII be we'll pleased if "pock-
els OF this kind of ore would fire.
Iuehtiy show up in the Golden Zone
,edge, and 1t is hardly believed that
nose directly interested in the mine
wouid register any objection if such
discoveries should be made. as work
progressed.