The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-09-12
One of the Oldest and Best
Known Holdings in This
Part of the County
G.S.JENM|NGs THE PURCHASER
And He Expects to Start Develop.
ment on a Large Scale
Late This Fall

A deal that bids fair to have about
as much bearing upon the revival.
revivifying and permanent promotion
of the mining interests of northern
OkanOgan as any transaction in which
there has been a transfer of claims
with the object of extensive develop
ment was consummated Saturday
when c. S. Jennings closed a trade
with John Wentworth, of LOomis, for
the Lone Pine group. This is not a
bonding proposition, nor a sale based
upon the contingency of research, but
a bona fide sale of all right, title and
interest in the old and widely known
Lone Pine from Mr.. Wentworth to Mr..
Jennings.
This is a fortunate deal for Mr..
Wentworth from the fact that while
the claims have every evidence of be-
ing worth more than is to be paid for
them, Mr.. Wentworth is in no position
to carry on development to such a
stage as to determine their true value
1t is exceedingly fortunate for the min
ing interests of this locality, for the
Lone Pine has fallen into the hands
of man in position to carry out an
extensive system of exploration and
who will start the work of investiga-
tion in the near future, and every
movement of this kind is bound to
reawaken interest in this district.
The Lone Pine Is located along the
south slope and near the summit Of
that ridge of high hills the southeast
termination of which is the rocky bluff
overshadowing Oroville to the west,
and follows the irregular contour of
the Similkameen river westward and
nOrthward. and at point between
Oroville and Nighthawk. The Lone
Pine group is no new discovery. The
ground was located and relocated years
ago. finally falling into the hands
of John M. Wentworth, of Loomis, who
has regularly and consistently per-
formed the annual assessment work on
the property for so long time that
he can hardly remember the date Of
beginning Without capital Mr.. Went
worth has been compelled to depend
largely upon his own labor in the
process of prospecting, and naturally
he has reached no great depth. The
workings are largely confined to the
surface and are in the nature of pits,
shallow shafts. open cuts and short
tunnels. The ground has been pretty
thoroughly gophered over, and almost
everywhere on the claims where a
hole has been sunk ore has been en-
countered, and the ore found has been
of an exceptionally choice quality.
The whole hills side seems to be un-
derlaid with blanket of mineral bear
ing ore, of unknown depth. some of
the assays running high in gold and
copper. MIR. Wentworth did the best
he could in his efforts to open up the
leads with the meagre means at his
disposal, and what he has accomplish
ed makes It possible for mining man
to form some idea of the nature and
extent OF the deposits. Mr.. Wentworth
has had experience in mining running
back many years and extending over
large portion of the Pacific coast
and 1t was on the strength of the
knowledge so acquired that he con-
tinued to hang on to the Lone Pine
"All things come to he who waits. y
Mr. Wentworth has been a tenacious
waiter. and at last he Is to secure some
returns for his consistency and per-
tinacity.
C. 8. Jennings, the new owner OF the
Lone Pine. is no novice in this game
of mining. II years of application tt
the one object of actual mining fits
a man for risking money on his owr
Judgment in selecting a mining prop
erty in which to invest Mr.. Jennings
is certainly fitted to take the risk
He took his degrees in mining on the
Comstock when mining was in full
bloom on old Mount Davidson. ant
since the days when Nevada silver
piled up fortunes for lucky holders o
Comstock feet and shares to the pres
ent time he has been ranging thu
mountains, working and handling min
ing claims, experiencing the ups ant
downs that are inevitably connected
with that industry. Mr.. Jennings wal
among the early fortune hunters lure'
to the north by the Occur d'Alen'
strike. in the early sos. and the writ
er met him in those days. when botl
were in the buoyancy Of early man
hood. Mr.. Jennings has of late beel