A legend from The Daily Morning Astorian, Sept. 5, 1885, started with a Native American chief showing a “chunk of almost pure native silver” to Astoria settler Tom Jasper in 1830. Seeking the ...

Copper in its native state has been found in Watchung Mountain, Bound Brook, N. J., and a mine has been opened and 10,000 tons of low-grade ore have been heaped on a dump to await the completion ...