Show OREGON the buckeye mining smelting smelling Sm elting company plans operating in a small way at its property on slate creek out from grants pass the work this winter will probably be limited to tunneling J M james and R R hyatt are on the ground for the company W T estep of medford has opened a promising showing of coal about five miles northeast of that place the vein is about four and a halt half feet wide with two small partings of shale leaving probably three and a half feet thickness of first class coal development is being pushed and two faces have been opened giving the mine a preliminary production capacity of from ten to fifteen tons H K miller of leland offers proof that the old placer ground around that place con contains platinum values as well as gold ho he recently sent a small quantity of material from an old icebox to td baker company newark new jersey and has received the following letter in reply we are enclosing herewith a check for representing the value of your shipment of crude platinum we have placed a value of per ounce on your material which contained per cent platinum and per cent bosini osini iridium payment for the former being at the rate of per troy ounce and for the latter per ounce E B W allen alien of grants pass has received a letter from the war industries board explaining pla ining the present uses of chrome ore the production of which has become an important industry in southern oregon the letter says in part the chief use of chrome ore is in the making of refract ories in the form of a clay or in the form of a chrome brick second and possibly a larger use today is in the manufacture of ferro chrome the is reduced in an electric furnace with iron until it forms an allow of iron and chromium the chrome ore is also treated chemically and is made into bi of soda which is used in tanning dying and in making yellow and green paint |