Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-31
Oregon Continues to Win at
Panama Pacific Exposition
Capital Jnrnal Special sorvice,)

OItSOu bullulnS, Ianaula-lNclilc EN-
position, July 3l.-Oregon exhibits
continue to win prizes. This time it is
the much coveted gold medal for the
best collective exhibit of mineral re-
sources, six silver medals for individual
exhibits and four bronze medals. Con.
sidering the fact that Oregon provided
q n fund of but $4,000 for this work,
that as a matter of necessity the ex.
hibit was installed so late that the or
! iginal jury OF awards mad finished its
work, and that no winnings were anti
cipated, this capture of the grand prize
comes almost in the nature of miracle.
However, when the exhibit had been
set up in anything but its perfection of
today, the exposition people were ask
ed If they could not do something. 1t
being urged that the awards had not
been announced, the officials agreed
that they would send n subcommittee
over to the mining building and size
Iup tine situation. This committee found
such complete and altogether salts.
factory collective exhibit that in all
fairness they could not ignore it, and
IN the final test Oregon won the big
prize. That more individual prizes were
not landed was due wholly to the lack
of time for satisfactory preparation.
The Oregon mining exhibit occupies
a space 5OXlO0 Plate glass floor cases
filled with specimens are around the
outside, and relief map of Oregon,
SxlO feet, occupies the center. The
latter is the work of Professor II. NJ.
Parks and Professor Solon Shedd, who
were awarded silver medals for this
fine piece of work Besides the show
case exhibits OF precious metals, the ex-
hibit consistd of large pieces Of repre-
sentative quartz specimens from the
different mining sections, together with
granite and marble, coal, stone. and
moving pictures of mines and mining
in Oregon Coal from the Beaver Hin
mine in Coos county, fine big blocks,
IS there, a black marble table from the
Wallowa marble district, native cop
per specimens from the famous Waldo
district of southern Oregon, high.grede
gold specimens from the Columbia and
North Pole mines of eastern Oregon
and is ounces of platinum from the
Logan river placer mines in Josephine
cOunty-tne largest individual plati
mum producer in the world-bring many
questions. The Josephine County bank
has pretty collection Of gold nuggets
and Mrs. A. b, Cornell, of Grants Pass
has beautiful showing of necklace and
earrings made from nuggets. The Bel
mont mine in the Greenhorn distric
shows crystallzed gold, and the North
western Granite company, of Baker
has a large slab and cubes Of fine build
ing granite. A $500 gold nugget foun,
at the Buck Gulch placcrs, Grant coun
ty, is a sight for weary eyes, the 20
nnce daily output of Powder Rive
Dredging company at Sumpter look,
, mighty fine worked into words, Mad,
in Or gOn, - and = Pine creek boulder
weighing about 200 pounds and valued
at $500 by tine finder, Table Reed, an
i pcals to many. Rhodonite, in handsome
ly polished and mounted neck chains
brooches and scarf pins, is the offering
of Mrs. h. NJ. Wheeler. of Grants Pass
The Cornucopa Mines company of New
York, and tho Baker Mines company
allied concerns producing about S25,00t
n month each, have large special ex
hibit of normal end high.grade ores
Z copper mat and The chemicals used il
, extracting guld. The Rainbow col,
, mines Of Baker, producing about S3j.
, 600 month, sn0wr some superb speci
mems, and there are some good sample
from the Bohemia district in Ian,
, county.
Among the stones is that from IN,
once famous PiUccr quarry at Toledo
and great effort ic being made to re
viye the stone industry at Toledo. Tai
d stone is in many of California and Ore
70 gon skyscrapers. Some stone from
: quarry at Monroe, Benton cWnty. d
= shown. Coal from a new discovery g
T. Squaw Creek Coos county, attracts OF
= tentl0n. There ere two veins on thi
y property and 10 feet in thickness
and good exhibits are made by VI. Z
. Anderson, 0f Grants Pass who is man
. sger The Williams Creek, Joscphinl
county, marble shows 20 advantage.
y According to Fral Mells In charg
j. nere, there is tremendous opportunit,
I in Oregon for the Investment Of capita
D with every prospect Of satisfactory re
turn. In gold production the stat
! brings forth about Sl,G00,0O0 will
G scarcely more than a half dozen pro
j. dueers but there are fully 100 nov
70 making mines making suffieicn
showing 10 warrant the confidence o
= very large production II the enpitn
b was but available for development. il
o southern Oregon the Waldo copper di.
{ trict promises great things, as a rail
road is now being built into the eamr
q The Reddy and Grinnell holdings 4
2 ] s0uthprn OrpgOu are now uuder eYaui
q nation by responsible mining men
Among the big properties awaiting re
Z opening In eastern Oregon are tae Bais
p lcy.Elk Horn, Eureka. Exeelsior. aud m
e Red Boy Bonanza. The Oregon bureal
. Of mines and geology. under whose di
e rection the winning exhibit hsfe
e made, is bending every proper eff0r
:. 20 direct the public o attention 10 th
q many sections Of Oregon whore ther
4 is undeyelgied natural resource Of tb
! character vt forth 10 the exhibit Ther
is toHstan; inquiry az the Oregon build
ing about Oregon mining po.sibilitie
T. and thtc booth is visited daily hy man
Z hundreds u b. cOnceicd by other "a
q hib'tors iu the great mining palace tha
:, Oregon Z exhibit Of gold specimens
!. unquesiionably the best 90 the floos
4 Now that the exhibit floats the big uai
: pie banner giving the official notie
q of the capture Of the grand prize 10
Oregon showing looks particularly goo
10 Orcgonians.
Oregon CHRIS and Boys Honored
4 The Oregon building T. the eeuie
=, for much Eueeiai actiyity these daVi