The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-01-01
RICH IN VARIED RESOURCES
DISTRICT SURROUNDING ORC.
VILE HAS POTENTIAL
WEALTH
Fertile Soil and Quantities OF Min.
eral Bearing Ore Tributary
to This Place

Aho olauie, the permanent wealth of
this part Of the county rests in it's
fruit, vegetable, hay and grain lands.
The soil will be a never-failing source
OF returns in the way of products of
commercial value in the raw, or indis-
pensible in putting weight on stock.
insuring an unfailing income. Yet
quicker returns, so long as the de-
posits hold out, and the greatest
source Of revenue in the future is 60
ing TO be from the mineral wealth
stored away in the nearby hills. This
makes up combination of resources.
mineral and the fruits OF the earth,
that is going to play an important part
il making this section of the state
prosperous. and especially SO to those
VINO take an active part in the de-
velopment of these resources. The
value of the soil as a source of pro-
duction has been established beyond
question. There Is no discount upon
its capability or capacity. The fertil-
ity of the land is not a matter to be
decided by future investigation and
experiment. That is settled here and
now for all time. 1t is otherwise with
the precious metal resources. That
ledges, veins, leads, dykes and de-
posits exist is known from surface
prospecting and research. mineral has
been found in very many places here
abouts in the various forms in which
nature has deposited it in the rocks,
and the variety includes the various
metals known to commerce, such as
gold, silver, copper, tungsten, anti
mony, lead, etc. But as stated above,
so far as actual mining is concerned
investigation has gone but slightly
below the surface, although here and
there shafts have been sunk 100 or
200 feet, and in some instances tun-
nels have cut out mineral bearing
ledges at depth Of several hundred
feet. Still as compared with the ex-
tent and character of underground
workings in districts where mining
has been conducted at a profit, the
work so far accomplished around here
is cnly IN a preliminary stage 1t can
be truthfully said in this connection
that wherever any depth has been at
tanned the quantity of ore continues
and even improves, and nowhere is
there any indication of decrease in
value. In the matter of mining in the
immediate vicinity of OrOville 1t must
be said that the real extent and value
of this resource, so attractive and
encouraging near the surface Of the
ground, is yet to be determined by
more extensive and thorough explora-
ton, a problem to be solved in the fu-
ture. A not distant future, either, as
operators are at last adopting sys-
tenn of mining that will sottlc for once
and for all whether mineral is pres
ent in paying quantities. That it is
that mineral and it's conversion into
marketable shape will act like mir
acle in the growth and upbuilding of
this part of the state.
Oroville is most fortunately situated
in it's relation to large extent of this
mineral bearing territory Not to re-
fer to the claims, prospects and par
TALLY developed mines several miles
away, yet directly tributary to the
town, we need only mention the south
slope of Kruger mountain and the
north slope of Ellemeham mountain,
separated by the Similkameen river,
close to the western edge of town, to
indicate a mineral bearing area suf-
ficient to build up and support very
large city. Within radius of few
miles are such well known properties
as the Rich Bar, Golden King, Sterl-
ing, Lone Pine, Caaba, Owasco, the
C. p. House holdings besides num-
erous others. 1t has been demonstrat-
ed beyond the shadow of doubt that
the claims named have pay ore, and
pay ore in large quantities. Recently
an assay on ore taken from DR..
Houses property gave a return of 40
per cent in copper. This is one of the
most recent strikes in this neighbor
hood. The location is an old one, but
the high grade copper ore las only
lately been encountered. Samples of
ore from these several properties
mentioned are on exhibition about
town. They are not selected samples
for exhibition purposes, merely the
general run of ore being extracted. In
any country under the sun where min