The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-08-15
WEALTH OF THE HILLS
Activity In An Industry That
Is Certain to Make the
County Famous
OLD MINES BEING RE0PENEO
And Mech Eneoosaging Results
Follow a Systematic System
Of Development

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The writer has spent quite a num-
ber of years in northern Okanogan
county, originally attracted ly indi.
cations that mining properties would
early reach the producing stage and
has seen the prospects alternately
brighten and darkon, unit, the in
dustry seemed to 90 entirely under
an eclipse. In all those long years
however. even at the brightest per-
iods, he never saw the prospects for
paying mines 20 promising a. at the
present time, the result Of q renewal
OF interest In Okan0yan holdings, and
the application Of an improved system
Of working, a system based upon bus
mess principles and backed by men
who really know the business through
a knowled~~ acquired by long practi-
cal experience In helds where men
mined right and made mining pay.
In the years when failure was per-
sistently and constantly following eff
fort, such effort as It was, we have
never lost faith In the mineral wealth
OF the country. although hope of liv-
ing to see a producing mine was at
zero, for many mile stones marking
the road OF life have been passed since
we set out on this earthly pilgrimage,
and there are few ahead to be reached
ere the curtain Is ring down. Hence
the chance Of seeing that hope real
lied was very uncertain under the
circumstances surrounding both ex-
istence and the plan of procedure in
working such claims as presented a
possibility OF returns.
OF late that hope has revived in
deed. Very much revived. and the pros
poets OF seeing the ole lreams come
true seeP AhsC spss Ia the GOOD.
AFTER . Suspensl63 or active mining
operations extending over three or
four years recently there has come
q qutckening In mining circles, a fresh
and encouraging interest In Okan0g-
an holdings, and what has been ac-
complished In the explorations of old
claims. some OF them long aband-
oned, 10 pregnant with results. The
ore exposures that rewarded investi-
CATION are not on new and untried
ground. In every instance where
good ore has responded to Develop
ment II has been In old workings.
That ore has always been there.
Former operators either did not know
how to find II, or were side tracked
by chilled feet before reaching the
deposits. Or II may have been the
application OF new methods backed
by determination and enthusiasm that
has not become moribund through pro-
tracted effort and successive failures
that resulted In success. but. any,
how. let II be what II may, the fact
remains that later day mining oper-
ations have been far more successful
IN the discovery OF ore than efforts
along the same lines In the past, and
those who have gone into mining In
this locality are well satisfied with
the showings so far made.
This brief summarizing OF the mast
and reference to failure strewn thi ,k,y
over the hills OF Okanogan, brings us
back to the recent strikes in neighbor-
Ing claims, the reports Of which led
to this Introductory. Without clash
Ing of cymbals. which generally pre-
| ceeds the starting OF mine work where
the public Is to be worked as well
as the surface of the earth. the Grace
Development company. owners OF the
erstwhile ancient and deserted Golden
Zone, located few miles west of
the management OF Il. s. Campbell
and opened up extensive ore deposits
The striking Of ore of value In the
old Zone was no surprise to those
acquainted with its history. Ore of
promise was taken out OF the mine
in early days, but the former owners
| hesitated and quit just at point
where they should have forged ahead
Had they done so the Zone would
probably have been a shipper long
ago. On top OF what had already
been brought to light In the way OF
mineral by the present operators u
ledge OF white quartz has been re.
Gently cut that contains much free
gold Mention has been made OF this
strike In these columns. and the onl,
addition to be offered at this time is
that the ledge is still holding out
and gold can readily be seen with the
eye in the quartz that is being mined
This lead Is strong stringer in con,
junction with the ledge from which
choice quality of ore has hereto
fore been taken, and contributes gen
erously to running up the average
output.
On top Of the Zone find comes wore
| tnat tne WOrkmen at the y. X. mins
have exposed a very strong ledge o.
chalcopyrite ore that runs up to tn,
neighborhood Of 20 per cent in copper
This ledge, at the point where worl
Is In progress, is from six to eight fee
wide. and the entire width heavil,
impregnated with mineral. One en-
thusiast declares 1t to be mineral i'm
pregnated with slight infusion O
quartz. and from the samples on ex
hibition that individual is not far ou
Of the way. The ore Is certainly OF
character to gladden. the eye OF
mining man, and especially a min
ing man who might have an interes
in the hole from which the sample
were extracted. The admixture O
copper and iron makes the ore @
great weight, and the simple process
J of handling Is evidence Of tbc