Show GONS LATEST GOLD RUSH WAS STARTED BY FAKE ASSAYING truth had mother another gold rush last week relates mining f S pa kokane there there was a real rush although were resha t any gold d within a few days more than 1500 claims cascades staked out 0 near ear mcken mckenzie zie pass on the east slope of the safer 0 almost A overnight an embryo city called noon if th theoni eUni allt sprang it tup lup near windy point between sisters and and a dozen carpenters got double wages for leaving their jobs in bend or bedford to toss the busin business ess section of the bloomcamp boo boom mcamp camp into shape then dean newton of the oregon school of mines at corvallis issued the flat statement that there is no gold in this material and was a stillborn city an assayer from southwestern oregon is blamed for the latest mining fake and a salem report says that state authorities are studying the statutes to learn whether there is a 1 law under which the victimizing of prospectors by false assays essays may be prosecuted for several years oregon ha has s been a hotbed of this style of fraud and thousands of dollars have been spent either in attempts to develop properties without a trace of metallic value or in other ventures traceable to the deliberately faked booms 1 L L Nob thought he saw in the basalt around black crater a shining substance sub tance which resembled gold he sent it to an assayer and sure enough back came blittle a little phial containing tiny yellow specks which the assayer assured were free milling gold that was sufficient to start a stampede from bend when announced he had found gold in them mountings I 1 that took his discovery seriously there can be no doubt he spent all his available c caesh arsh in buying location notices and in the flush of what looked like prosperity lie he proceeded to locate a number of claims which he said would be turned over to the american legion for the benefit of disabled members in oregon most of the ore in which gold was reported by the sayer assayer as who started the rush when examined by reputable mineralogists was described as hyper seane andesite which can be found in enormous quantities in all parts of the cascades among the metal mineral content was found silica iron oxide aluminum oxide calcium oxide magnesium oxide but no gold |