The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-06-12
A PROPOSITION THAT MEETS THE HEARTY EN-
D0RSEMENT Of ALL CLASSES
In 1t the Public Recognizes Potent Factor In Mine Develop
ment, and Vigorous Influence in the
Upbulding of Orovile

combinations wanted can usually be
made up.
And sampling works is not by any
means a charity institution, or one
dependent upon contributions to keep
in operation. 1t can be made a prof
liable investment to the company be-
hind the enterprise. While a strong
contributory influence in encourag-
ing mine operations, in itself it is a
source of handsome income when
successfully operated. A charge is
made for sampling, a Legitimate tax on
the miner, and far less than the one
he would have to meet in paying for
long hauls to smelter. The great
advantage is in the speedy transac-
ton and immediate settlement, almost
at the mouth of the tunnel or shaft.
Furthermore the money paid out to
the sampling works remains in the
district very largely.
The equipment of the plant W .
consist of rock breakers, crushers, or
rolls, and automatic samplers. There
is not a great deal of it in the way of
machinery, but it is such machinery
as does it's work well and thoroughly
In conjunction with the works there
will be we'll furnished laboratory
oh wi hn Tod h1y
electricity furnished by the local
power plant The company will be
ofiicered by residents of the town, or
district, and the superintendent will
be a man thoroughly versed, trained
and experienced in the business.
The progress of organization and
action will be watched with keen in
terest, as nothing has ever been
sprung upon the community that has
ore. Many of these are near Oroville,
met with such spontaneous endorse
ment. In sampling works the citizens
see a real and substantial aid to men
who are striving to develop the min
eral resources of the country and
men worth having identified with any
community. For mining is a big
mans work, big men of brain and
Drawn. They are the kind of men
who do things, and after they tear in
to the earth and accomplish what they
undertake they keep on doing things
with the treasure they have wrested
from the rocky storehouses of nature.
When such men become interested in
town that town feels the impulse of
their strong personality. May the
sampling works materialize, and
those who profit through that medium
lend their aid, as they will, in build
ing up a larger and greater Oroville
The following expressions of en-
dorsement of the suggested sampling
works are from men in every business
line, including miners, prospectors
and mine owners. In asking for opin-
ions upon the subject it was not neces-
sary to go into explanations, or prompt
the person approached. The project
appeals to everybody who gives it a
moments thought. 1t is recognized
that works of this kind would be mu-
tually advantageous, and the Influence
would be felt by farmer, merchant,
professional man, workingman, as we'll
as the miner engaged in actual mining,
and the prospector who searches the
hills for the hidden treasure. The
community is unanimous in it's atti-
tude toward this proposition, or at
least if any there be who are opposed
they failed to so express themselves
in pretty general interview. 1t is
generally felt that if the plans will
only materialize an institution of the
kind would prove an element of great
benefit to Oroville, making it the Nee
ca for every claim owner in the sur
rounding country upon whose property
is to be found ore worth taking out
and delivering.
Monroe Hartman: "In regard to the
establishment of sampling works at
this place, l want to say just one
thing and that is, it will mean more to
the mining interests Of this section
than any thing that has yet been in
itiated, it will mean to the small pros
pector just what an elevator means to
the grain raiser, an immediate market
for his ores in small way, from which
he can get returns quickly that will
give the money to go on opening up his
prospect. In my judgment it will be a
great stimulant to what we are all
looking forward to, the opening up OF
our mineral resources. Let the agita-
ton to this end go on"
&C. Tilley: Nothing could enhance
the welfare of the different mining
sections surrounding Oroville, than the
installation of sampling works at this
place. Many prospectors and miners
individually and collectively would gel