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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1899)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, September rj, 11899. Sumpter Mining District. v---v3 The name of Sumpter, which stands out boldly on the paf.es of history and nil war records, Is destined to become great In peace. This town is today attracting tlie attention it has so long waited for and which it so richly deserves. The wonderful developed and still Rioter un developed mineral resources of the great ore belt that courses from east to west is, when all the conditions that facilitate mining and the extraction of values are considered, is uncqtialed In the western domain. This 'great gold-bearing one Is made up In part of at least three parallel dykes of slate, with a general east and west trend, for at least forty miles or more, from the Haisley-tilkhoriiup to and proba bly beyond the base of the Greenhorn mountains. As we approach the Green horn mountains, the serpentine and old greenstone appear associated with the slate and porphyry, giving the formation most of the geological features that form the great mother lode of California, of which many believe It to be a part; yet there are one or two factors In which tills bell differs. First, the frequent Intrusion of porphyry dykes that occur plainly in the vicinity of the Ned Hoy and at Susan villr, cutting across the slate strata, but in 110 case effecting the surprising continuity of the ore-bearing leads. In the mother lode ore exists more In the form of shoots, often long distances apart, while here the all these streams, a number of which are worked. The gold in every one of these gulches came from the veins of quartz that traverse this dyke. On the south side of the Middle Fork there is another slate belt that has sup plied the placers of that slope with gold. Within the next year the whole scope of country lying between the granite belt be yond the Red Boy and Dixie mountains will beprospectedand mines opened upas good as any yet found by returning Klon- dykers,that the coast papers turned away from the great wealth and boundless op portunities of this section. It Is now apparent that nearly, If not all, the concentrates are susceptible to cyanide or clorluatlon, thus keeping that much more wealth within the dis trict. All of the Cougar ore will be treated by cyanide. Eighty-three per cent of tlie gold values of the Red Hoy concentrates can be saved by tills process. I here is timber for miles on all sides. Every camp and mine, except one, Is ac cessible by good roads with a buggy; good water everywhere, and telephone service to all camps and most of the mines. Every requisite factor for great mines and a big camp Is here. The writer predicted not long ago that 1,000 stamp would be crushing ore within a few years. This year, up to date, cruslilugcapaclty equal to loostampshave been adJed, or are being completed. The veins are comparatively continuous, and In the Granite district, near the Ned Hoy, the existence of the leads have been actu ally proven fur a distance of nearly two miles on their strike, and it Is not at all Improbable that gold mines will be opened on this dyke up to and east of Granite. Kiel 1 stringers and pockets of gold quart, are often found In the porphyry, but the big ore bodies are in the slate, these porphyry dykes being evidently a secondary or later formation than the slates, having been formed more recently than the leads as well. These parallel gold-bearing dykes, to Illustrate, will be designated the north, middle and south dvkes, and as yet it is difficult to tell which of these will prove the most pro-1 ductlve. Tlie north dyke certainly extends for at I least thirty miles, witli an occasional ' tault within half a mile of the granite for the entire distance. On this dyke are located the Haisley-Elkhoru and its extensions, the North I'ole, E. A !:., Columbia, Golconda, Hunker Hill, Ibex, Mammoth, .Magnolia, Cougar, May Queeu and Red Hoy. Nine of these can be called developed, producing mines, and at least four of them dividend payers. A tew miles further south Is the middle dvke, upon which are locateJ the Wale Imperial, Little Giant and Yellowstone mines. The placer gold taken from Ne vada, Quart, Spring and Ruby creeks were all fed from the leads In this dyke, as were the placers near Sumpter sup plied by the big mines of Cracker creek. This gulch has produced untold wealth and Is still a heavy producer of gold dust. On the south dyke the Houana is the great center of operations, yet there are other mines like the Richmond and more that show every Indication of becoming the equal of the best. 1 he Cooper group, at the head of Vincent creek, only seven miles to the west, possesses all the marks of a big mine. On the extreme west comes the Hadger, at Susanville, foity miles distant, producing ore that it costs f 500 per carload to ship and treat and still nets a good profit. This great slate belt has hardly been scratched, so far as development goes. Elk, Elg Boulder, Beaver, Granite Boulder, Little Boulder, -'Indies and Vincent creeks all head in, jbelt. There is gold In steady monthly output has had Its effect on, the outside financial world on both sides of the water; thousands of the de sired capital Is here and more will come. Within a year new towns will spring up at Susanville and Granite. Botli arc sur rounded by good mines. Spokane capital Is now lutererted In and around Sumpter and a whole lot of people arc glad of It. The brains and money of Spokane will develop hundreds of mines and make this one of the best towns on the coast. Ev ery mining man and investor who enters this field sees this at once and Is not afraid to say so to the other fellow. In spite of the Indifference of a greater por tion of the press of this state and against the wishes of a few bears, Sump ter A'lll, Inside of two years, have 4,000 peopie aim re ine oesi mining camp on the coast. The era of deep sinking has begun. Every foot gained In depth only adds faitli to the value and permanencv of these leads. In proportion as this fact Is established, millions will roll Into this section for development, and the name of Sumpter will be known from one end of the continent to the other. John i;. Li-land. Should be Eailly Sit jfkj. On the over-crowded logging train en route from Baker to this city one day last week was an Individual with "tenderfoot" written In large letters all over his person and bearing. Me was ubiquitous, loqua cious; was of the celluloid color dude varie ty and persistently tried to tell the unin terested and unsympathetic passengers all about hlmsilf. Finally lie appro.icheJ a gentleman with this evidently Intended as merely an opening remark: "If I Can lind a place out this way to suit me, I am going to locate her and send for my family." "Where are you from," asked the man to whom this Information was Impres sively imparted. "Ncbrasky, near Grand Island." "Well, say, my friend, you just drop off this train anywhere along here, and if you are a man who can appreciate a good thing, by comparison, when you sec It, you will be tickled to death, and hasten to the nearest telegraph station and wire for the dear ones at home to tike the next overland for this paradise in comparison with Nebraska, of course." Then the auspiciously begun conversa tion suddenly terminated. Basche Hardware Co. Successors to W! R. HAWLEY. Sumpter, Oregon. General Dealers in. Shelf And Heavy Hardware Iron Steel Pipe Mining And Machinery Agents For.. 'Hercules' Powder Fuse And Caps.... C C. Batchi ...Manager... '''V' Phil V. 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