The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-07-18
RESUSC|TATE THE RUBY
MONROE HARMAN GONE EAST TO
CONFERE WITH THE
STOCKHOLDERS
NINE THAT sH0uLD|BE WORKED
Has More Development and Better
Showing Than Any Other
Property In the County

Monroe Harman, manager of the
Ruby mine, left for Columbus and
Mansfield, Ohio, Tuesday expecting
to be absent for some two months
He will meet with and urge upon the
stockholders of the Ruby mine the
necessity of taking some action to-
ward installing a plant for the treat
ment of the ore on the dumps and
blocked out in the several under
ground workings of the mine. Un-
fortunately through encouragement
or loss of confidence, the company
halted in the process of making mine
just at time when a mine was fairly
made. The Ruby is one of the old
holdings of the Similkameen valley,
located on the north slope of ChOpaka
mountain. 1t has been under the
charge and personal supervision of
Monroe Harman for years, and there
is no mining property in this upper
country that is not an actual producer
upon which so much development
has been performed. Moreover, this
work has been performed systematic
ally and with excellent judgment.
Every step that Mr.. Harman has
taken in the way Of exploitation has
been carefully considered with the
single aim of making it count in ad-
ding value to the property, by elmer
exposing ore surface, or preparing to
carry on the work of extraction at a
minimum cost of handling when the
time came for removing ore either
for treatment or shipment Mr.. Har-
man has been personally interested
in securing the best results as both
his time and money have been in
vested in the proposition with the one
object of ultimate returns, SO thai
there has not been the extravaganza
and waste as has been too often the
case in mining operations in this
county. He has satisfactorily demon
strated that the ore is present in
quantities and of an average value
sufficient to justify some means OF
treatment, and the mine has reached
stage when further underground
work is almost useless expense in
time and money, for sufficient ore is
in sight to keep plant running for
years. MIR. Harman has reached a
point where he feels that something
must be done, and his mission east
is for the purpose of inducing his as
sociates to do it.
To the stockholders who are inter-
ested in securing some returns upon
their investment it may be said that
what has been accomplished in re-
sponse to effort by other operators in
the immediate vicinity of the Ruby
should be an incentive for them to
make extra efforts to place the Ruby
in the producing class. In juxtaposi-
tion to the Ruby is the Golden Zone.
1T is on the same mountain side. with
in the same mineral zone, with only
a short distance separating the side
lines of the two properties. The Zone
was practically abandoned for years.
Today it is in operation with a con-
centratiOn mill in conjunction. and the
result of the product is most en-
cOuraging. The same showing can be
expected to follow mill runs on the
Ruby ore, for an infinite number of
assays are evidence that the values
are in the ore. So far as the ground
has been explored it cannot be said
that the Ruby is better property
than the Zone but it is just as good
from all indications, and what has fol-
| lowed business like methods OF pro-
cedure at the Zone can be expected
to follow continuation of Mr. Har-
mans systm of operation on the Ruby.