The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10

for Oroville Copper Company, Decem.
Der 26. 191s:-Copper. per cent 22h
value SIP: silver. 6.5 ounces, $3.50;
gold, .O5 ounces, $1.O3; total $1l9.53!
Now, what do You think of that
While the document groil which
the above record Of values is a trans
cript reads, made for Crovi,le Cop
Per Co.," that statement us son.cwha.
misleading, as the assay was not ma.ie
by direction OF any one connected
With the Orovil,e Copper company
The assay came about AZ this wise
H. d. James took a sample of ore
from the breast of the tunnel with him
TO Spokane. 1t was not selected
sample simply q chunk knocked of
the ledge as evpos ed in the faoe of
the drift. He was showing the ore n
4 gentleman vino assisted in bulLing
the electric power line from the mine
10 the plant OF tie Okanogan Valley
rower companv, 1T the falls of the
S.milkameen rive-. That gentleman
is now employed in the c. u. Fassett
Co.'S assay Office and ore testing
works. He asked Mr. James for a
| piece of the ore and had 1t assayed
upon his own responsibility simply to
! satisfy his curiosity. He was happily
surprised at the result so was Mr.
James, and so, we may add, are all
OF US living in the neighborhood of
the mine, for, make it producer, that
mine is going to be an important fac
tor in making Oroville an attractive
place to live in. Furthermore, it can
be said that absolute dependence can
be placed in the correctness of the
| assay certificate. for the firm OF c.
NJ. Fassett Co. has made reputation
for accuracy. and the signature of that
/ firm carries conviction among mining
men in this upper country when at
tached to an assay certificate.
To the old timers in this locality,
who have hoped for so many years to
see q producing mine evolved from
the world of mineral indications in
this neighbOrhoOd this assay brings
great cheer at the beginning of a new
year as it gives bright promise of
an early realization Of that hope which
has been so often dashed by passed
failures. Especially is it cheering to
those familiar with this particular
property. its record m the past AMI
the surprising showings that have fol-
lowed exploration under the present
MANAGEMENT. Not onl, does the large
ore occurrence. with ~ accompany
ing high values. insure the making Of
producing and paying mine out of
the claims Of the Oroville Copper
, company. but It encourages further
investigation on the part of the own
ers Of the 49th Parallel, the Golden
Chariot. and other partially developed
properties in the same mineral zone
and in close juxtaposition to a holding
from which ore carrying such high
values is being extracted.
It was in only a recent issue that
the Gazette mentioned that the ore
from which this assay was made had
| been struck in the tunnel at the Oro-
Vile Copper company's mine, and
while personal inspection corroborat-
ed the information we had received
from the manager relative to the
strike, We had little idea that the ore
was Of the character it proved to be
under test, although it was easy to
see that the quartz was highly miner
allied. This paper was modest in
the statements made in the write up
at the time, as thwarted expectations
| based on outward and visible signs
in the past has taught us to lean to-
any mining proposition. Now, how
ever, in the face of the evidence, the
prospects for the consummation of a
long cherished hope, that of the maxi
ing OF paying mine, seems to be
nearer realization than at any time
during the past twenty years Not
alone does that hope rest upon the
] assay, and the appearance of the ledge
"a fortnight ago, but it is strengthened
by the improved appearance in the
face of the tunnel since our visit of
inspection.
At present writing the ore lenses
have increased in number, are very
]
carry even better values than the
sample from which the assay quoted
was made. although that value is good
enough without any additional in.
crease. As the workmen progress to.
ward the bottom of the shaft, which
follows the ledge down. the vain
strengthens and more pronounced
mineral indications are present. II
was from the shaft that shipments
were made last year, and If the guam,
tity and quality of the ore corresponds
in the tunnel with that in the bottom
OF the shaft the Oroville Copper com.
pany has solved the problem of {
steady producing and paying mine ir
northern Okanogan county.
It may not be out of place to reitel
ate the statement that this propert,
is located on what is known as Krug
ler mountain. only some four or foul
and half miles north of Oroville OF
an air line, and directly joining thu
international boundary line. It ha.
most excellent neighbors as this par
ticular group of claims is surrounde,
by other groups upon which mucl
lwork has been done in years past
and in every single instance excellen
bodies of ore have been uncovered
The situation and surroundings ar
most favorable, and such results a
have followed systematic operation
In the Oroville Copper Company
mine were to be expected, and n
doubt would be duplicated If the sam
method Of mining were to be carrie
out on adjoining properties.
Superintendent Gormley, in charg
J at the mine. Is seriously handicappe
J at the present time, for after putin
in a power line with the aim of run