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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1904)
EASTERN INVESTORS IN COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT t f j j MILL PRACTICE IN BLACK HILLS MIGHT WORK HERE FIRST NEttS OF . COLORADO GOLD "1 read hii interesting article in hii eastern technical journal thu other (Jay on milling practice In trio Hlaok II II tu " -in Id mi old stamp . jy til tiiiin UiIh morning to u group of mining men who hud gathered iiroiiml tint radiator in a local hotul lobby to oiiHH and dlHisiiHH lliu weather and yearn for either an out-and-out hiiow Htorm or huiihIiIiio. "Thin hotwlxl and hoohuno biiHl iiohh givoH inn an actio," grumbled an oporator who Ih waiting for good hiiow roadH to fraiiHport a big lot of iiiinliiK machinery into thu sunt horn hlllH. "And," continued tho (irHt Hpuakur, "1 hereby venture tho tHHiirtton that tho liinovatloiiH do Hcrlhud in tho artiolo mentioned will, within a vory fow yearn lui adoptod whorovor wot crushing Ih practiced. 1 bollovo tho scheme will work HiicooHstully on Sumpter district oruH. "Thu Hlaok IIIIIh mill roforroil to crushes with forty stamps a dally average of 1 HO toiiH of hIIIoIouh oruH of low grade. Cyanide Holiition is fod into tho mortaiH iiiHtoad of wator, hh Ih tho practice horo. Tho old Hlaok IIIIIh practice was to pass tho pulp direct to oyanido tankH, until ouo day an oxporiuioiital Hiipnrliitondoul paiinod tho tailings troui IiIh Hand viIh and found froo ooarrio. TIiIh liold. both lino and dlmmvory illHprovod two popular fallaolen: That Hlaok IIIIIh hIIMoiih ores can led no froo gold, and that oyanido would dlsHolvo tho motal whou iu an ahHolutoly froo statu. Thiiru wan a wliolo lot of reason fur tho bollor that thoro whh no rroo gold iu lllaok IIIIIh, pro., Ud-whs, of Htamp ml 1 Ih with amalgamating platoH havo provou absolute fallurori iu that camp, and all tho mines up thoro havo boon forced to adopt dlreut oyanldlng without attomptiiiK amalgamation at any stage of tho game. Until tho boforo moutiouod iixperlmoutally-luollued superintend out, wIioho iihiiio whh Htoolo, pHUUt'd tilri HMttd vat tailings and discovered tree Mold, it was supposed that direct oyanldlng whh a siiooosh. ".Steele began figuring on tho propoHltlou, and aftor many export moiits, evolved tho following pro cesh: Amalgam plates wore attached to tho batteries, tho oyanido Holutiou fod into tho moitarn was reduced to a strength of .', por cent, and, aftor passing ovor tho plutoi, wan ralHod to ttio UHiial practice strength an tho pulp wan pumped Into tho tlrnt tank. At first, a til m gathered ovor tho quick, which necessitated redressing every six hoiirri. J'hla whh obviated by i:ohhIiik to teori lime Into tho mor tart, that olomout being atldod lator at tho spitz kat'.ou. "Tho process workod out admlr ttbly. Froo Kold Ih bolng almost about a million, completely saved ou tho platen and ' ineudous profit. tho remaining viiIuoh are ovontually precipitated in the zinc boxon. Tho total saving is butter than niuoty llvo por aunt. "Von know, Htamp mill mon J"for a long time cousldorod'oyauido ajbug- a-boo whou connected with amalgam nlatoH. It was believed to be the Hurt of Htulf that would everlastingly ruin tho plated copper by direct chemical atlaok. The fallacy of thiu iu proven by tho foot that the Hlaok IIIIIh Hiiperutendeut, iu assaying HamploH from IiIh I no boxes, found not even a traci of ooppur. This iu tiioo of the fact that the pulp when it Htruok tho platoH whh mixed with a fairly strong solution of oyanido- -I.. 'I per ton. "I would like to hoo th Ih prouoHH appllod, for iiiHtauue to La Hellevuo, California, Cougar, or Magnolia oreH. 1 bollovo It would work." 6ILKEY & KERSHAW POUNDING OUT GOLD Tom Moffat and A. turned Saturday from W. Kills o- the Cilkoy & Kershaw mine in the (ireeuhoriiH, whore a tbroo-Htanip Tromaine mill Ih poundiuu out Kold from oro ou uurriiiK in the form of a llineupar iu a tlftoon-fuot ledo. Free Kold Ih vIhIIiIo in tho oro to the naked oyo. A depth of twenty feet Iihh been attained ou tho ore body. Another lodtfo ou the property, twenty feet wido, oarrioH IiIkIi tree gold valuea in live quartz. Tho visit of MoBsra. Motfat ami Kllla wan for tho purpoira of lookiiiK over the mill aud HUKKeat Iiik ImprovementH. it ia uuderatood that Mr. FIIIh Ih noKotiatitiK for the purohaue of thu mine, aud that peud Iuk a consummation of the doal he will taku charito of the mill. The in I no Huh a short dlutauoe from the MorniiiK. MINING NOTES. Tho HiO-foot Hhaft at the Cold HiK, near Suaanvllle, Ih atill in ore. DriftliiK and atopliiK will beiu at tho 'J00 foot level. A Htreak of nuphlde ore aayinn (51. hau boon found ou the hatiKiUK wall of tho Oriole, near SuHauville, under bond to lleatou vV llatikell. "1 am HollltiKHtouk," bashfully murmured the town jotdier, "in a oompauy organized to maiiuafoture Kold from yellow carrots. There's million iu it. A barrel of carrots uosta 1. A barrel of Kold la worth Think of the tre- An artiolo printed reuently iu the KauHaa City Journal given an iuter eHtiug account of the early days of tint paper and, incidentally, of tho Pike'a Peak region. Colonel K. T. Van Horn, one of the early owners of the paper, Iihh written tho article, iu which ho tells many incidents of the oalrv days aud the opeulug of the Colorado gold region. Colonel Van Horn bougut the Journal iu 1885 for 82f)U, when it was but teu mouths old. It was then known as the FntorpriHo aud was a four-age weekly, live coIuuiiih to the pago. It was In UiIh paper that Colonel Van Horn printed the llrst newspaper article ever published concerning gold iu Colorado, aud it alone of the newspapers weut of tho Mississippi, or anywhere else, kept it up aguinst tho ildioule of the pro&s until tho emigrants begau to buy outlls to oroBH the plains. Iu his article Colonel Van Horn says: It may bo as well here to reproduce the first newspaper article ever pub llshed, as it gives tho Hist facts ever publicly kuowu about gold iu Colorado. It was styled "Cold at Pike's Peak" because that was the oue popularly kuowu topographical feature ot tho ltooky mountain region. Cherry creek, the site of Donvor, whore gold was found, was thou au unknown locality except to trappers aud fur tradors, aud ou reading the article it will be noticed it says "gold iu Kansas territory," for there was thou no Colorado and Cherry creek was iu Kansas. The fact, is tho exodus, stimulated by tho gold articles iu the Journal, wheie, for throe mouths or more, they were oxclsuivo, was tho inspiration ot the wonderful development of that won derful state. Hut here is the artiolo; of course the heading was of the customary display type of such startling announcements, but is here reproduced iu the ordinary dress of quotation. Hut it is there, aud every word of it: From the Kansas City Journal, August 2ti, 1858. The new Eldorado gold in Kausas territory I I I The Pike's Peak mines First arrival of gold dust iu Kausas City ! ! ! The miues fully opeued t I ! We were surprised this morning to meet Monsieur Hnrdeau and com pauy, old mountain traders, just iu from Pike's Peak. Thy came fur outfits, tools, otc, for working the newly discovered gold miues on Cherry oreek, a tributary of the South Platte. They briug several ouuces of gold dug up by the trappers of that region, which iu fineness equals the choicest of California specimens. Mr. Johu Cautrell, au old citizen of Westport, ha three ouuces which he dug with a hatchet in Cherry creek aud washed out with a frying pan. Mousieur ftiobard, au old Freuob trapper, has several ouuces of the precious dust, which he dug with an axe. Mosuieur Hoesinuette has several J rich 8peumions. The party coudsts of nine men, nil of them old mountaineers, who havo spent their lives iu the mountains. Mousieur Dordeau baa not beeu in the states for nine years uutil the present time. We have refrained from giving too great oredeuco to these gold dis coveries until assured of their truth, but it would bo unjust to the country to longer withhold the facte, of which there cau be uo longer doubt. Kansas City is alive with excite ment and parties are already pre paring for the diggings. The locality of the mines. lu order to givo a correct idea of the locality of those miues, wo will state that they are ou Cherry creek, oue of tho most southern branches of the South Platte, iu tho couter of the boBt hunting grouuds of the Rocky mouutaus. Came exists iu great abundance and plenty of timber, water aud grass. They are in lati tude tbitry-uine degrees, and doubtless extend to all the streams of that region. The waters of the Arkansas and the south fork of the Platte rise together about the same parallel, and do doubt all partatke of the same auriferous character. The Route to the Miues. The best route for immigration is by the great Sauta Fe road to Council Grove, Waluut oreek or the crossing of the Arkansas, by Heale, Fremont, aud (Juuuisou's route to the Huerfano, thence following the Arkansas river, which will lead them into the heart of the mining region. Outfits cau bo procured either at St. Louis, Indepeudouce, Kausas City or WoHtnort, aud the best natural road in the world for two thirds of the distance. We will give more details tomorrow, as we are compelled to go to press with only a synopsis of the intelligence we have. Path to Gold Leads to Grave. As "the path to glory leads but to the grave," so does the road to gold ofteu present a way lined with the whiteued wrecks of the argonaut aud their animals. The story comes through the public priut of the terrible sufferings last summer of somo prospectors, who during the warm mouths braved the very breath of hell iu their attemptsjto reach the place of the reoeut diooveries of gold in the heart of the famous Death valley district. The claims are ap propriately located on Furuace creek. It is said that the ledge is over twenty feet wide aud assays $100 to the tou. Warning was seut out to the inexperienced aud unseasoned agauist making the trip, but never theless mauy veutured during the hut mouths aud their bleaohed bones now help to mark tho fateful roads that lead towards the gold. Mining World. A pipe Hue to carry compressed air from ths Badger mine to the Beli of the Woods, across the gulch, has beeu completed aud uiaobiue drills are iu operation.