Show OREGON COPPER ORE herald baker city oregon copper is king ore as rich as any ever taken from a copper mine in the united states is now being inspected by crowds of people in the office of the north american mining co company in the citizens national bank building the ore was sent in yesterday west erday afternoon by the foreman of the north american mine in the Bur Burkemo burkemont kemont nf district to D W C nelson while there is nothing phenomenal or ovit out of the ordinary about this ore it being bein merely good rich copper ore which can le worked with a mill its chief distinction ies CIEs in the fact that it clearly demonstrates the continuous and rich character of the eastern astern oregon copper belt the for formation mailon character of the ore its value and quantity ity show that the eastern oregon copper belt is equal to any in the united states in every particular this ore from the nonh nora american was taken from the bottom of 0 the shaft seven by eleven feet at a depal of feet the walls of the shaft on all sides cut through this deposit and its lateral extension is not known As the shaft s continued downward the ore grows better running fully ten per cent free copper which can be milled and which concentrates at a good percentage the character of the ore is the same as that of the famous michigan copper this eastern oregon copper belt on which the north american is located is very extensive and some of the other mines have already been developed and show that the deposit is extensive in the development develop metat of this belt with such mines as the north american in operation ties lies the future of the baker mining district that copper will in a very few years come to be king of this district is the belief of nearly all of the mining men who are acquainted with the country if baker city shows the proper encouragement in the developing of these copper mines it will become the butte of the coast the construction of the eagle valley railroad will mean not only for the copper belt but for baker city there is now a new interest aroused in this copper belt the extensive developments such as have been made by the north american demont sarte beyond a doubt the value of this ore and also that the formation is continuous with great depth while it has always been known that there were copper deposits throughout this district they had never been worked until within the past few years now the results are conclusive and the value extent and quality of ore can no longer be disputed this belt has a great future and it will be the making of a great city as gre great greatus atas as butte |