The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-14
MORE CHOICE ORE.


ChaS. Kline, who is about as famll-
with the various mining properties
altered over the north part of the
)unty as any man in the country, was
town Saturday with a large chunk
sulphide ore that made those at all
terested in mines and mining set up
Id take notice. 1t was as fine looking
bncentrating ore as has been seen in
lis place for a long time. The big
becimen was thoroughly mineralized,
hd it's weight indicated the presence
mineral in good quantities. The
(riking Of this ore so soon after the
be strike on the Ivanhoe, and in the
bme locality, by y-the-way, creates
lore OF sensation than if it were a
ere isolated case Of new find.
The cutting of this ledge Is an illus
eation of the irony of fate, the uncer-
4inty that is always connected with
lining operations. MIR. Kline is doing
be assessment work for residents of
Danville, West Virginia. Those people
cQuired what is known as the Chas.
Bernard group. The claims are located
IN the summit of Palmer mountain,
Contiguous to and in the same mineral
one with the Copper World, Copper
World Extension, Judge group, Pima
He, Ivanhoe and other claims with less
|bcal reputation. The claims were orig
|hally located many years ago by Chas.
Eerhard, now prosperous resident of
ronasket and proprietor of the Hotel
he Bonaparte. If any man ever earned
D reward for earnest perseverance
Ind gruelling hard work, he was this
bame Charlie Gerhard but it never
eame to him through mining. For
years he put up with all kinds of hard
bhips and privaticrs working those
claims, most of the time handling the
hammer and drill all by his lonesome.
Just so long as he could scrape togeth-
er enough to live on Mr.. Gerhard
worked his head off. When broke he
would go on the outside, rustic for
work, find job, and living with pain
full frugality save up a stake. AS soon
as he had accumulated enough to In.
sure grub supply for few months
back he would trail to his claims and
go to digging again. The claims are
pockmarked with prospect holes.
There is a shaft down to considerable
depth, and a tunnel in some distance.
Mr.. Gerhard got ore that carried high
values, but was never able to pick up
the ledge in place. At last becoming
and getting along in
years, too, with rather a gloomy out
look for the future, Mr.. Gerhard sold
his interests, realizing only some
$1,000, which did not reimburse him
for the money spent tc say nothing Of
his time. He quit rining as a snair
and delusion. and embarked in busi-
ness, making a success of his under
taking.
Now comes an important strike on
the very same ground that Mr.. Gerhard
over so long time. When
Mr. Kline worked his way through
deep snow to the claims, preparatory
to doing the annual assessment, he
found that in order to be at all COM
Portable it was necessary to get in
out of the weather. Usually annual
representation work is done by goug
ing out open cuts, as that is the cas-
lest way of getting over the amount of
work required by law. In this instance
an open cut would have had to COM
mence at the bottom of a heavy bank
of snow, so Mr. Kline decided to do the
work in the old tunnel. Hence the
strike was very much in the nature of
an accident. The very first round of
holes in the old tunnel opened up a
two foot vein of solid sulphide ore,
with several inches of tale on each
side of the ledge Just think of it. The
old owner quit with what looks like
fortune within reach of a few more
hours work. That thing has happened
in mining districts before, but is none
the less remarkable on that account.
Mr. Kline will finish the assessment
by following the ledge he has discov-
cred. The sample of ore that he had
In the office has been forwarded to
the owners fthe claim at Danville,
W. Va, and it is not at all improbable
that upon receiving Mr.. Kline's report
and the specimen, the West Virginia
people will decide upon doing extens-
i've development. The strike would JUS