The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-11-13
WONDERFUL RICH GOLD STRIKE
Ore Recently Encountered In Tunnel No. D. On The
Golden King Mine. Near Orovi1e, That Assays
Over Eight Hundred Dollars to the Ton

Much interest was aroused 3nd nc
little excitement created Monday when
j. w. Douglas gave out the news of a
very rich strike in tunnel No. 2, on
The Golden King mine, a property To-
Gated some six miles west of Oroville,
or the north side of the Similkameen
river. AS evidence that the strike was
authentic and genuine Mr. Douglas
had an assay certificate giving the
result of an assay of the ore, and it
shows a value of $S05.30, all in gold!
This ore, as stated above, was taken
from tunnel No. 2, on The Golden King
mine. 1t was not an assay from a
picked specimen, but from uniform
sample Clipped from across the face
| of four-foot vein. The sample was
simply Clipped off for assay, as is
customary in all mining, for the pur-
pose of keeping check Oh the general
run of the ledge, by j. c. Fisher, who
has charge of the work, and the re-
turn was as much of a surprise to him
and Mr.. Douglas as to the general
public. The average value of the ore
in the ledge since work commenced
has run strong. There had been no
perceptible change in the nature of
the ore, and what was being extracted
was going over the dump. Now that
the values prove to be so high, more
care will be taken to save the ledge
matter for future reference. The
strike is one of the most remarkable
that has ever been made in this part
OF the country. Frequently rich free
gold specimens have been FOUND, ana
stringers have been discovered that
gave assays running high in the hun
dreds, but here is a ledge four feet
wide that returns value of $500 to
the ton from a cold blooded sample
across the face.
When one comes to think of the past
this strike should not be a surprise.
AS mention was made at length in this
paper a few weeks ago an immense
amount of placer gold taken from the
bars and banks of the Similkameen
river fifty years ago just at this point,
much of it from the land now embrac-
ed in the Golden King claims. That
placer gold came from the immediate
vicinity where it was found, and from
this strike it is evident that much of
the precious metal came from the
ledges on The Golden King.
So much interest was created here
that a considerable amount of stock
in the company was sold to local resi-
dents and transient visitors. The
company was not organized as a stock
jobbing proposition, but some stock
has to be sold to provide working
capital. If anything like the present
values hold out it is not likely that
the company will let go of much of the
stock.
The claims constituting The Golden
King mine were taken over by J. w.
company organized by them about a
month ago. Work was begun at once
upon the ledge in the old tunnel No.
2, which had been started by the for
mer owners. At the very start the ore
assayed in the neighborhood of $50,
which in itself is an attractive show
ing to mining man, and it was the
returns from the assays that enduced
Messrs Douglas and Fisher to be-
come interested. The operators pro-
pose to continue development work,
and if the extent and qualify of the
ore justifies a mill will be installed
| by spring. From this last assay it
looks as though the mill was justified
and would materalize at the time
stated.