The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-09-04
VERY MUCH DISAPPOINTED.
Failure to Carry Out q Pet Mining
Enterprise.

]. S. Templin, Of Los Angeles, stop
ped in Oroville last Thursday night
on his way to the outside after a visit
OF some two weekN at Loomis. Mr.
Templin was not in the best of humor,
and left the county pretty thoroughly
disgusted. According to his story he
surely had good reason for feeling
grouchy, and besides his mental dis
turbance he was suffering severely
from persistent attack of rheuma-
tism. Mr.. Templin had had a pet
scheme go all awry, and consequently
felt very much aggrieved. Mr.. Templin
is passed the allotted age of three score
and ten, and the SHOWS of many win
ters upon his beard and hair give him
quite a patriarchal appearance. Much
of his life has been devoted to mining,
successful mining. He has operated
in the various mining districts of the
coast where that industry has been
made t. pay, and has been SO fortunate
in the ventures that he has the conf
dence and backing Of men of large
means who have accumulated fortunes
in The mining game. According to Mr..
Tenplin he can command uGlimited
capital to open up an operate pr. pe--
ties that have passed the crucial test
of his examination and judgmea.
For a number of years Mr.. Templin
has had covetous eyes upon Palmer
mountain claims, especially the we'll
known Copper World group. He ap-
peared in Loomis some seven or eight
years ago, made an exhaustive exam
ination of the Copper World and
thorough test of the ores coming there
from, and at that time made an effort
tc secure an option upon the property.
Tor reason; growing OFT Of the cxtct
ing cupidity of one of the
owners Mr.. Templin's negotia-
tons failed just when an UNDER
standing had been reached. He drop
ped the proposition at the time, yet the
desire to secure the holding remained
with him and he never lost sight of
the mine. After SO long suspension
Of active operations he at last thought
the time ripe for renewing advances
to take over the claims. and some time
ago reopened correspondence upon the
subject He felt that there was the
making of a great mine in the Copper
World if he could only get hold Of 1t
and reach the ore bodies at depth.
A few months ago Mr.. Templin again
appeared at Loomis and reopened ne
gotiations for the Copper World and
adjacent claims. He conceived the
idea of extending the Palmer mountain
tunnel, already into the mountain over
a mile, until it encountered the lodges
on the Copper World, and thought he
had contract closed for that prop
erty. If this plan could be adopted
the Copper World ore would be cut
at a depth of 1000 or 5000 feet. Mr..
Templin had carried on extensive cor
respondence with all the owners at in
terest, and thought he had reached a
mutually satisfactory understanding
and agreement. So confident was he
that he could close the deal and !nang-
urate the great work, for 1t would have
been one of the most important min
ing ventures ever set on foot in the
county, that he declares that he
had pledged and put up for operating
expenses $3.50 900, and was ready to
commence actual work Immediately.
He arrived here some two or three
weeks ago, full of hope and expecta-
ton, and went on to Loomis to make
final arrangements. But his plans
failed to materialize, and he was
doomed to another disappointment.
He AYERS that one Of the parties to
the deal went straight back upon his
agreement and that it was impossible
to carry out the project. He claims
that had the deal gone through as he
anticipated he would have had $50
men working on Palmer mountain by
the first of January. He was express
ing keen disappointment as he board
ed the train to depart, and declared
he was through with any further ne
gotiations for the property.