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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1905)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January i8,i9u$ TO ARRANGE PERMANENT ORE EXHIBIT IN SUMPTER A permanent oru ox hi hi t In Sump tor Ih planned by I ho Sumpter dls triot brunch of tho Shite Minors' association. Secretary Anthony Mnhr Ih working on tho scheme, with ovary chance (if huocohh. "It Ih Tory remarkable," suld Mr. Mohr to it representative of Tho Minor liiHt evening, "(hut Similiter did not Iomk ago J tjut m1 I a mineral ex hibit hero. This town is, tho center of tho richest wold mini ok region in tho north wi'Ht. it Ih tho only atrietly mining (own in Oregon. Tho iiiiokiiono of tho city 'm proHpority OOllHlstS Of itH OOlltigllUllH lllillOH. Ill Ih therefore 11 miittor of wonderment that no move Iiiih hilhorto hoon niiiilo to oxliiliit In itn nttrmitlvo oro dls- ilny, tho wealth of (IiIh region," Secretary Mohr Ih preparing tn petition tho common cnuoll of Hump tor for financial nld in placing (ho liroposed oio oxhihit. In oonvorHii (ion with iiioiiiIioih of (ho council Mr. Mohr hint dimiovorod (hid n mujority fHvor tho pliin of tho oity donating h building for tho purpuHO uiimod. Tho old ViiiHon oIIIooh, oppoHlto Tho Minor, hHH lioou anggoHted iih ii suit able location. With a fnw Hllght ultorHtioiiH Hiid intorlor improve montH thlH etruoturo could ho miido to liouan hii attrautivo oxhihit. Itontal In moroly nomlual. Tho direct benefit accruing to tho city from such an oxhihit of tho mlnoriil resources of tliin camp would uiiiko (ho propoHition of muiilolpiil aid a priilltahln iim'stmotit, Secretary Mohr'H plan in dotall Ih to imiuodiatoly commence tho tiolli o tiou of an olahoralo oxhihit, to ho oliiHHillod Ity Hiih districts, hiioIi iih Hook Crook, HiiiHlny JOIkhoru, Cracker Crook, Cable Cove, Lake Crook, Uriqiite, Hod Hoy, (irooulioru, Hnnau.a, HiihiuivIIIo, OjuArt.hurg, Hi Dorado, Prairie City, John Day, Canyon, Malheur, Mormon liaHiu, Hyo Valloy, Iturut Hivor, oto. "1 do not favor a specimen tl Ih play," aaya want in oro Mr. Mohr. "What we big iitackM of it ore hh ' it nomoit from tho Ntopos and not inlluitoHimal ohunkH of exceptionally rich rock, selected from pouketa and isolated kidney For iliHtauoo, what would lio mine convincing than CRANE FLAT ARE SOLD (lurch A HurbiiU'o'H Crane Flat places luivo passed into tlio hands of a joint at tick company, culled .the WeMorn Mining aud Develop ment company. Tho transfer of these holdings, v tiioti cover ground in ieotloiiH 10 and 11, in township aoutli, range !lf ly east, wan effected iHHt week through tho (IIIiik the (Jiaut county recorder of wltti docdn to the properly donor I bed by Frederick The Wenteru Mining aud Develop Diirbidge ot al to the compauy The meut company in a clone uirporaiou, MKIregate ooiiHlderation vvhh ?(ir,0l)0. componed of Spokane men, at the The property iu being equipped head of whom ia A. iiuroh, who with n tuauimoth gold dredge, catabe npeut the late summer iu Sumpter, of handling 'J. 000 cubic yards of Hiipeiiuteudiug the trans-shipment of enrth per day. The ground' iu kuowu tthe dredge machinery. a HOO-pnuud pyramid of K. & E. and Columhla, and North Pole ore tho sumo Htu(F that goo under tho HtumpH aud comes out ultimately in gold hul lion bars? "it'H till wnll enotiKli to exhibit a cabinet full of gold nuggets aud phonolitio quartz and ohunkH of wire gold and tellurium aud native copper. Hut (ho Htulf which repro HontH tho uurivallcd mineral rich noBH of thin 'legion milling oro, concentrating ore, smelting ore that's what wo want. "I beliove that every mine operator In tho camp, fiom Cornu copia to Canyon City, will heartily co-operato with uh in collecting such an oxhiit. Arrangement could mi douiitodly he uindo with (ho variniiH shipping mines herealuiulH for uh to select two or three hundred pound i of their oro from the hi iih at the Sumpter Hiuoltor. "Of courrin, Home person should be In coiiHtant charge of tho exhibit Homeono with a though knowledge of tho whole ounp and a man with no axo to grind In tho way of favoriliHiu to any one suh-distrio'.. However, thiH matter can rom-ilii in aboyauco until after ttio open i tut f tho LowIh and Clark fair, wliou we hupo to ar range plain for bringing a tew score fair vIhIIoth to thin camp on tours of inflection. Our mineral exhibit could thou he made houd quarters for thiiHo viHitorH aud Hiiitablo ecooiuoda- tioiiH can later be arranged for their eutertaiumout. " Mr. Mohr poiutH out that while nearly every mining mini who makeB Sumpter IiIh homo and headquarters piiHHDHHiH a private mineral collec tion, yet there Ih no general exhibit in town, tho private collections being drawn from paiticuliir dhtriotH it Ih not Impossible that Uibho private Hpoclmeu cahluotH can be con solidated and placed in tho general exhibit, with proper labelH attached. At the next regular meetlug ot the .council Mr. Mohr will oltloially nub- tult tho proportion to the muuicipal otlloers. There Ih every reiiHon to beliove that tho council will display a liberal anirlt. PLACERS FOR $65,000 to bo exceptionally rich, the pay being well dintrlbuted aud the aurif orotiH gravel exteudiug to a outsider able depth. Kxcuvatlon of a lake iu which to Moat the big dredge wan completed last fall and the pouderoiiH machinery wan delivered early oil the ground. The coming of winter forced a huh- 'pension ot operation which will be rotiumed in the early spring. Si Alt SHOULD MAKE A FINE ORE EXHIBI The state commlfniou for tho Lewis and Clark fair has ,uobduled a meet ing at Portland on Janutay 14. The matter of arranging for an elaboarte oro exhibit at tho exponitiou will be diflciiHHed. The president of the com mission has invited Prof. il. II. Nicholson, of Sumpter, to be present at the meetiuK. Prof. Nioholson re cently appeared before the commir. sion aud urged upon that body the necessity of a creditable ore oxbibit from Oregon mining campB. He was told that the stato's appropriation for the fair has been exhausted, bjit that the commission would favor any plan to raise additional funds for the pur poao named. The suggestion was made that tho various mining coun ties Hakor, Grant, Malheur and Union in eaBtoru Qregou, aud Jack son, JoBephiue, Coos, Curry, Colum bia, Douglas aud Lane, iu tho Houthoru part of the atate, be asked for approprlatiouH. Prof. Nioholsou assured tho commission of tho wil liugncHS of the mining mou of tho Sumpter district to co-oporste, aud will make an especial effort to be present at tho commission meeting ru the 1 4 tli to fui t her press the project on behalf of this section. "Many dotal Ih must te bo utteduod to," saya Prof. Nicholson, "in the way of securing special freight rates on heavy shipments of ore specimens. Also it vyill be necessary for the state to ahare the oxpenso of haullug tho exhibita frcm isolated parts nf the camp to the nearest railway. All this work would require the uudlvid ed sorvicoB of at hast oue mau, aud of course no oue in this camp can afford to devote hiniBelf to the work for nothing. 1 think tho Sumpter branch of tho Stnto Minora' associa tion should take some action in tho matter of urging favorable aotiou by tho commission." DISCOVERY OE 60LD UN THE BLACK HILLS The discovery of gold iu tho lilaok HIIIh is popularly attributed to H. N. Ross, ouo of Custer'H scouts. The Uosb lind was ou French creek iu the Houthern Ulaok II 1 1 la and waB made In 1871. In 1 87(5 one ot the most, apoctacular "rushos" of modern MmcB took place Across plains i ii f oh ted by Sioux braves the miner and prospector hurried to tho now Kldoiado. While thero can be no doubt that the immediate cause of the rush was the Kohh discovery, yet the existence of gold iu the lilaok HIIIh was knowu with accuracy before 1874. Iu Hobs llrowue's work ou tho miuoral re sources of the United States, 1808, wo find the following aiguillcaut HtateuientH aud extraordinary proph preph ecy: "They are closely related to the Missouri aud Yellowstone mines of Montana, aud have been ascertain ed by the exploratintiB of Lieuc. (5. K. Warner iu 1847 aud of Capt. F. W. Heyuolds in 1857 aud 18(50, under direction of the United States topographical ottlce, to be rich iu gold aud silver, us well as coal, iron, copper aud pine forests. "The area occupied by the Hlack Hilh, as deliueated ou a map which accompanied Lieutenant Warren'H report, ii 00,000 quare miles, or about the surface of Connecticut. The whole geological range of rocks, from the grauite aud metamorphosed azoio to the cretaceous formations of the surrounding plains, are devel oped by the upheavals of the moun tain mass. Thus at the junction of siluriau rooks, gold becomes acces sible, V7bile the carboniferous strata bring coal measures within reach. "With the pacification of the Sioux Indians and the establishment of emigrant roads, this district of Dakota would doubtless be the scene of a great mining excitement, as the gold fields of the Black Hills is an-ces-dhle at a distance of 120 mile3 from tho Missouri river." Mining Reporter. PAY SHOOT ENTERED AT LITTLE CRACKER General Manager Don WHIard, of the Little Cracker Gold Mining and Milling compauy, went up to the property yesterday afternoon, and roturuod iu the evening. The trip was mado In response to a telephone moasHgo from Superintendent Ed Uutze, Jr., who announced that Tunnel No. 2, had entered the vein aud that the ore was good ouough to ship. In aouverhiition with a re porter for The Miner this morning, Manager Willard corroborated the roport of the sin eriutendeut. "Tuunol No. 2 is a crosscut started a fow weeks ago for prospecting pur poses to tost tho continuity of the pay shoot, which sbuwn ou the upper level. The vein is 42 feet wide ou the surface aud the pay iu No. 1 tuuuol occurs in a twelve foot streak, uot all of which ia shipping ore, but the full twelve feet cau be concen trated on the ground aud sent to the Sumpter smelter at a fair profit. The rich oro Hob along the hauglug wall iu an 18-iuoh stroak. "Work ou the main crosscut tunnel lower down, whiob ia now in a triflo over 200 feet, aud which is calculat ed to catch the veiu on another hun dred feet, is being rushed by con tract. Tho preseut conttact will oxpire this week judging from the rate of progress uow boiug mado and 1 will promptly reuow it." FKANK BAILLIt OPENS THAT CELEBRATED BULLION GRIP Frank Hailllo, general manager of the Columbia, passed through town today ou oue of his freqneut trips to Hakor City. He bad with him that familiar, well worn grip with the rope handle, in which he has carried to the First National bank of Hiker Hurely oue. probably two, throo milliou dollars bullion. Whilo talking to ou the depot platform, he foot ou that grip always, possibly iu gold u frioud kept oue aud both eyes most of the time. He wiib iu a genial mood aud wheu a Miner, mau demauded to kuow the amouut of the last cleauup, he said: "Feel it and guess." It didn't weigh an ouuco over six i-ouuds. Then to ahow what a good fellow he Ib, Mauager Haillie begau to un lock aud opeu that grip, around which so much mystery aud curiosity oliugs. The orowd closed iu, auxoius to see a gold brick from the Colum bia, something never before put ou exbibitiou, Bomethiug guarded as sacredly from public gaze as the favorite iumate of a Turkish harum. Tho iutricate fasteuiugs finally parted, the grip opeued and there Jay two demijohns empty, containing uot eveu a drop of booze with which to wash down that joke.