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f- -. .- - - , THE SUNDAY OREQONIAN, PORTE&ND- 1900. f - 5 AND PLACERS OF MIXING PROGRESS IN 5"1C HOBTHWEST STATES. Dvertes and Development In the Marions .Districts Great Increase ot Eastern Oregon Mine. CITT March 80. The time Is k-.r In the past when the old settler jera of this place could name every Eastern Oregon and tell now Lrk bad been dons and how much ren from each. Experiment and bent had centered around half a d mines for nearly as many years. Ilr history came within the knowl- If alL But to this as to everything ae has broucht great changes, and e test or tne pioneers nnas nis ration circumscribed. Rapid prog- been made In the last half-year Istlng properties. These tests have fraught with far-reaching results. i have not only proved the value of fcrtles on which they were made, but r.y other claims known to be on the Tcaa ledges have been riven a market value. It may not be unwise for pros pector as" "well as purchaser to hear a word of caution at this point: Don't take too much for granted; too much contl dence Is as bad as too little neither gets the" best results. Perhaps along no one line has the past opened up greater possibilities than in cop per in Eastern Oregon. Gold being the -. money metal, and the one that can bi , sold everywhere, at any time, and In - any quantity, great or small. Is the one .aought by all people: but copper Is Just as sure sale when found In quantities thai Justify handling. Recent Investiga tions show clearly that copper does exist In such quantities over a large area In Oregon, and Idaho. Recent discoveries of copper north of Baker City and near Sumpter has established a chain of cop per locations extending IS miles. By reference to any recent mining map one 'can get a good Idea of this copper zone by drawing a line from Seven Devils past Cornucopia, Sanger, Haines, Sumpter, Comer, Prairie City and Canyon City. Re cent discoveries north of Baker City and near Eumpter forged the last links in this jcbaln. -, As yet but very little definite Informa tion about the last discoveries Is obtain able, but the percentage Is good In cop per, with some gold. The opinion has not yet become current, but it nevertheless seems probable, that the copper zone runs .from southwest to to northeast, and the gold zone from northwest to southeast, crossing each other near Sumpter, where the gold comes to the surface. The frequent bonding of mining proper ties by Canadian. New England and Portland capital Indicates the widespread Interest of the people In the mineral re sources of this state. The following Is a partial list of properties prominently men tioned the last week: A group of six claims in Cable Cove bonded to Mitchell & War- nded some months ago !ond and $10,000 was of temporary with pltal when the Boer to be developed this "'ssMbbP.' Preparations are be ttor made fot deep' r Iking. The bonding of'fankee Boy. In the Quartzberg district, near Prairie City, 'for $200,000, emphasizes the, good reports com- . ing from that section this spring. This property Is under bond to J. W. Helsner, of .Baker City, who expresses himself as favorably Impressed with the entire dis custnet JM2. ren, k QMmmWmWm. Baker City, refused a laHulaskl group claims in-B .trlct, for which It is V on Clear Creek Is re- poaB rry rich copper ore on .iiUgB The report Is that m9Xm9Xm9f per cent copper and trict In which this property is located. It is reported that the Mastiff Mining Company will begin shipping soon from the Mastiff mine, which Is producing somo very rich ore and is on a large vein. Seattle people are not all going to Nome, as' it seems, from the fact that some of them have Invested In a group of claims )n Sumpter district lately. It Is given jvX 'as their Intention to develop their , new property Immediately and thorough . ly. having become convinced by Investi gation that this district is safer than the far north for Investment. -Pocahontas Gulch, called by some Poor- man's Gulch, because no capitalists are yet interested there. Is attracting much attention. Machinery has been ordered '" for a ten-stamp custom mill, which Is to be placed at the head of the gulch. This gulch Is Just across the hills from Sump ter, and Is the natural connecting link between the Sumpter and the Balsley-Elk-horn districts. This gulch has been work- fc ed'for thirty years for placer gold, and ' some.of the mines have been gophered out by pocket hunters till they are now In bad shape. This Is to be overcome this year, and much sxstematlc work will be ac- -compllshed. ONE YEAR AT BUFFALO HUMP. Unit a Million Dollars Said to Have Been Expended There. "It Is not unreasonable to say that at least $300,000 has been expended In the Buffalo Hump district within the first year of Its dIsco'ery, says a correspond ent of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Some of this money has been furnished by leading Spokane operators and some of It by Chicago. New York and Boston peo ple, and recently a rong Minneapolis crowd has got hold of a number of proper ties. The district proper Is not over a r mile In length and half a mile wide, and within that area not less than seven well denned leads have already been opened .rp- One great drawback In the district has been the Immense amount of water en countered within a few feet of the surface, and development work has been compara tively slow and will c-ontlnue to be slow until a number of pumping and hoisting plants now being negotiated for are erect ed and In working order. The Eoston-Buffalo-Idaho Company has recently added half a million shares to Its treasury stock. It was formerly Incorpo rated for 1.000.000 shares. It is now In a position to say that It has at least one fully developed mine which could ship ore tomorrow if desirable. The property re ferred to is thet. Louis, which was re cently acquired by the company at a cost of about J30.000, and today Is actually "worth double that sum In cash. The ore body has been followed and thoroughly exploited to such an extent that there Is now In sight a pay chute at least 200 feet long. 3H to 5 feet wide, of an average value of P3 or ISO per ton In gold and ac cording to the most careful tests is a most excellent concentrating ore and can be reduced to about 10 tons In one. which makes It an excellent shipping ore even at the present remarkanly high freight tariff. The Mother Lode No. 2. also owned by this corrpany. Is developed by a 70-foot shaft or. the lead and discloses a solid - vein the full width of the bottom of the - shaft, which will average S90 to 1100 per ton In gold. Superintendent James P. Turner and Wayland H. Young, consult ing engineer, are now m Boston In con- euniiion wun me airectors. ana it is nro- jo set asiae in the treasury 1100,000 .purpose or erecting Hoisting works rouEniy aeveioping me property iv. j iie hiuck si mis corporation l 30 cents per share, cash, with Lmarket In Boston. Some of the Br mn in !Yt tt. i.n.. ... .... w.rf . l04tC Bers. This company has had about x worn in w inter, ana win in- ce immediately upon the re- urner. 4 ny hava a full force of men at work on the Vesuvius group, and three shafts sunk on the ore body; one 12 foot, one 29 foot ond the third 30 foot, and all of them in ore. A crosscut from the bottom of the last one disclosed a vein 264 feet wide, which averaged $35 per ton in gold, and It is claimed to be al most free milling. This firm has been hav ing a number of surveys made for pat cnt; In fact. Is applying for patents for all Its properties in the Buffalo Hump district. These surveys have disclosed the fact of a large amount of vacant ground, and 18 new claims have been lo cated by them since January 1 last. The Big Buffalo tunnel, now In over 100 feet. Is keeping up Its lick and ad vancing at the rate of about two feet per day, notwithstanding the fact that the rock Is hard. In the face of the tunnel the formation seems to be getting softer, and better progress will probably be made In future. Three shifts are) at work, and the machine drills and air compressor, which ore In a warehouse In Spokane, will be shipped Into the district at once. It Is confidently believed that within the next 35 or 40 feet at the out side the first lead will be cut at a depth of nearly 1200 feet below the apex. This Is the Cliff vein, from which a number of fine assays have been had on the sur facean average of probably Jlfl per ton In gold. This Is said to be the nearest to free-milling ore In the district, ncno In tho camp being literally free milling. The Cliff ore will concentrate about 11 tons to L Negotiations are again pending for the Big Buffalo group by Chicago people, and It Is currently reported that Charles Sweeny has been offered 3150,000 for his grub-stake Interest, which he purchase from Rice, Sherman and others. Frank McGrane, one of the owners of the Big Buffalo group, has a power of attorney from all of the Interested parties except the Sweeny crowd, and as Mr. McGrane Is a very active man. It Is probable that some kind of a deal will be entered Into before long. "When the property was ex amined several months since and after the last work was done by experts from the De Lamar Mines Company. It wns reported that the main working shaft had attained a depth of 90 feet, with drifts run each way from the bottom, north and south, the latter C3 feet and the for mer TO feet long, and the ore body had been crosscut from the face of each. It was said that average samples taken from all the workings showed $15 90 per ton In gold, with five or six feet on the fcot waU. which would average nearly $101 per ton In gold. Frank Reed, a Grangevllla assaycT, took 250 samples from the sur face from claims all over the district and got an average return of $26 70 per ton In gold. FOB. PYRITIC SMELTI5G. Opinion of a German Scientist In Eastern Oregon. BAKER CITY. Or.. March 30. A good A.l .rnt.Mit ! fejtfnf. thnwn hv the min ing men of Eastern Oregon regarding the smelting of the ores of this country. Many miners look upon the building of a smel ter In Portland as being of immense ad vantage to this district. Tons of low grade ore can thus be shipped to the Port land smelter and treated at a profit, which would otherwise He on the dump value less. Dr. Maxim Schumann, a German scientist, who has been here for seveal months testing the pyrltlc ores of Eastern Oregon. In an Interview on the subject today, said: There Is no doubt In my mind that only hot blast can do good work on these ores, as the amount of sulphur In some Is over 40 per cent and even more, even If It Increases the cost of the smelting plant. A similar establishment Is gen erally spoken of In every new mlnirc district, and the lack of activity of older regions Is often out to the account of the absence of n reduction plant. The causes were that In the first case the develcp ment work does not warrant a smelter as jet. and, secondarily, mt smelting ores are not m sufficient quantity. Supply Is the soill of the smelter, fuel Its stlmu'a tlve nutrition and cheap transportation and favorable topographical location H ultimate, vitality. "The running of a pyrltlc smelter re quires a good, practical metallurgist, as the determination of the amounts ot fuel. 1 ..-i.- nn ..lac nf fluxes needed for the best results and the blowing In of the furnace are very skillful matters. In operating a Loder blast furnace, for In stance, the first work to do Is the laylrg of a gradually sloping coat of clay from the metal towards the slag discharges, opening In the bottom of said furnace. This clay coating will be allowed to dry thor oughly. Having, then, everything stalled with such fluxes, fuel and ores at hand as are desired to use, a fire Is built on the clay bottom with chips of wood, and a slight blast turned on, gradually Ailing to half Its capacity the furnace with char coal or coke. When white heat Is reached, the ore, fluxes and coal are put in In reg ular alternate order and by layers. After an hour's run the slag discharge may be tapped. It Is to be recommended to tap often for slag or matte. In case of freez ing Indications, tho blast, fluxes and fuel should be Increased, with much discern ment, however. A greater heating sur face at the tuyeres and a slight down ward Inclination of the blast holes In the Jacket will obviate partly tho freezing danger. It Is advantageous to mix dif ferent ores at "hand, in regular propor tions, so as to obtain an easy fusing slag. "Smelting mill concentrates requires a higher blast than smelting lump ore. also coarser charcoal and coarser fluxes should be used. Unclean slag should be used over again, acting In the second smelting as a flux and giving a higher grade of product. "Great care should be taken In the mat ter of the water Jacket, as serious acci dents by explosion are on record. The water should never be permitted to run low. "Charcoal Is hardly to be recommended for pyrltlc smelting. It will not stand the weight of overlying "ore and fluxes. Fine coke Is also to be rejected. But the main success of a Loder hot blast lies especially in the correct composition In the smelting charge, and no other but a competent man can determine that com position." MIXES OF BOISE BASIS. Much Activity Manifest and Results Satisfactory. Two placer claims. John Leary's at Placervllle. and Ashby Turner's at Idaho City, are piping, writes a correspondent of the Boise Statesman. All the others are getting ready, and. as there is now. sufficient water, many giants will be at work within the next week. One of the War Eagle Company's ditches Is carry ing the water and a large crew of men ara at work cleaning out the other. These ditches carry over 4000 Inches of water. -The Buffalo mill Is hearing completion and will "be ready to commence crushing In about two weeks. Several miners are at work and a large amount of high- grade gold ore is out. There Is no doubt that the property will return handsome dividends from the start. Two men from Miller Mountain, the first to come from that, district since the early part of the Winter, say that ev ery day's work done during the Winter has Increased the value of the property. The JefTerson has proved a very large mine of good grade ore. So far not a barren spot has been found In it. The crosscut from the Illinois shaft has cut the ledge, which Is 30 feet wide. As the contractor. William GIbbs, Is under lnsiructlones. "I am unaole at present to give the grade of ore. Major Fred B, Reed's company has 900 acres of placer ground on Gold Hill, n. few miles south of Banner, on which work will commence as soon as supplies can be taken over the road. The gravel Is from 40 to SO feel deep, and contains a great deal of black sand that is rich In gold. The company will enlarge the Invincible ditch, which takes water from Crooked River, and prepare for saving the black sand as well as the free gold. It now seems pretty well assured that a dredging company will take hold ot 1000 acres of placer ground on Crooked River, owned by Hons. James H. Hawley and Womans Three Dags ot Destiny. THE day when the girl becomes a woman; the day when the wife becomes a mother; the day when the change of life begins; those are womans' three days of destiny. At each of these periods of functional change the balance of health, both of mind and body, is disturbed. There may be only weakness and nervousness, or there may be hysteria, depression and dementia, horror of mind and anguish of body. No argument is necessary to prove that woman needs to exercise the greatest care of her womanly health during these periods of functional change in order to save herself from the serious results which so often follow. There is a medicine for woman designed to help her in these critical periods. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has helped and healed thousands of sick' and suffering women. It is not a cure-all. It is prepared specially for woman's peculiar ailments and acts with wonderful healing power upon the delicate female organs. It regulates the periods, heals inflammation and ulceration, cures female weakness, and invigorates the entire womanly organism. It makes the baby's advent practically painless, and gives abundant vitality to nursing mothers. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a scientifically prepared medicine, and within, the scope of its purpose it is without a rival in the lasting benefits it confers upon weak and sickly women. There are many medicines offered for women's use which seem helpful because they relieve pain and stimulate the body. But their effects Partial view ol tho Invalids' Hotel and Dr. R. V. Pierce. A Maiden's Suffering. "It gives me much pleasure," writes Hiss Ella Sapp, of Jamestown, Gnil ford Co., N. C, "to thank Dr. Pierce for the great good received from the nse of his Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery.' I had suffered for three years or more at monthly periods. It seemed as though I would die with pain in my back and stomach. I could not stand at all without fainting ; had given tip all hope of ever being cured, when one of my friends insisted upon my trying Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. With but little faith I tried it, and before I had taken half a bottle I felt better, had better appetite aud slept better. Now I have Uikcn two bottles of ' Fa vorite Prescription and one of ' Golden Medical Discovery,' and am happy to say I am entirely cured, and all done in two months' time when all medicines had failed to do any good at all." A Mother's Pangs " I would like to express my gratitude to yon for the benefit I have received ' from your wonderful medicine 'Favorite Prescription,' " writes Mrs. H. C Anderson, of South Britain, New Haven Co., Conn. (Box 33). "During the first month of pregnane' I could not keep anytlung on my stomach. Was so sick that I had to go to bed and stay for weeks. I tried different doctors, but with litUe benefit. I read about many being helped by using your medi cine so I thought I would give it a 4 al. I began to take your Favorite A GREAT GIFT, dr.pierge's com Mm receipt of stamps to pages and over 700 illustrations and gives stamps (cost of mailing binding. Charles S. KIngsley, M. H. Kempner arid others. The ground Is good and very favorably situated for dredges. John McCarty Is extracting ore from the Columbia, a mile above Idaho City, on Blk Creek, which he will have re duced In the Buffalo mill The Pheasant group of quartz claims above Pioneer, under bond to the Wat Eaglo Company, are showing up splen didly. IX THE LAWTOX DISTIUCT. Termanent Rather Than Fabulous Values I'roKress on the Claim. LAWTON, Or., March 29. Wra. DeLapp, who has been for several months running & crosscut tunnel on his property on Spo kane Mountain, cut the vein a few days ago. The ledge shows up well, and though the assays arc low, Mr. DeLapp has no fears as to the value of hid property. Values expressed In big figures are not the rule in this district, but permanency Is characteristic and more Important. Own era of property refuse sanction to state ments of fabulous values. Mr. Godfrey, of the Red Boy, speaks very plainly on this subject. He says no reports can In jure the Red Boy. because It 1a an estab lished fact. But there are other proper ties that may como to the front by eluw and sure processes which will suffer from the effects of unscrupulous statements. The Wall Street, on Spokane Mountain, which Is under bond to Spokane people. Is making a good showing, a strike of much Importance having been made recently. Scott & Wagner are owners of another promising property on Spokane Mountain, on which development work la progressing, with all Indications promising. A three-foot ledge has been uncovered on the Julius Caesar, adjoining the town site of Lawton. The character of ore ap pears to be the same as in the Cougar. Every Indication points to this becoming a. mine. The Concord has proved to be a surprise. A report was published two weeks ago giving the width of the ledg as 12 feet. At the time the report was made the miners had broken Into what seemed one of the walls. This, however, proved erroneous, and the tunnel was driven through 30 feet of fine appearing ore, ey are now drift JNMggf Glliupae of a treatnieiit-rooin, in Invalids' Hotel ami Satirical Institute, sHowmj lilectrical, J- Hfw ( " vAiti Mechanical Massage, and other apparatus employed. IJ) JBkiM Surgical Institute. Buffalo, N. Y Chief Consulting Physician. with portrait ONLY) for the book bound in paper, or 31 stamps for durable cloth Address.- DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. ing on tho vein, and values show hgh enough to Justify the erection of ore bins. Four feet of the face ot the drift Is suffi ciently rich to pay to sack and ship, which they are preparing to do. This is a good milling ore. At the May Queen, all machinery is now In place, but on account of delay In arrival of piping and connections, the mill will not be running before about April 10. IDUIO S1ICA 3IIXCS. Force of 3Ien at Work In Valuable Troperty Near Moscow. Thirty men nre employed In the Musco vite mica mine, located on Mica mountain. 3 miles cast of Moscow. Five carloads of block mica are out ready to dress, and several carloads have been shipped out this season. Two hundred pounds of cut mica was shipped from tho Vollmer depot a few days ago. The Muscovite people have started on a SOVfoot tunnel. They have five already, ranging In depth from K to E0 feet. The product of this mine, tho principal one In tho Mica Mountain camp. Is considered valuable, as the mica cuts Into squares of large size and ot good quality. Tho waste Is ground up and shipped to the manufacturers of nxle grease. The quality owned by the Gold Creek Consolidated Improves In tho mine ns depth Is gained, nnd the supply In this mica district seems Inexhaustible. Development work Is also being done on the Silver White property. The Idaho Mica Mining Company Is nlso doing work. MOUNT BAKER MIXES. Improvements Golnjr Steadily For Trarfl Light Snowfall. Whatcom Reveille. English & Co. will have 230 men at work on the Post-Lambert ledges. In the Mount Baker country, by July 1, according to R. S. Lambert, of Bumas. A saw mill, quartz mill and tramway will be put In. The quartz mill will be located on Slllc'a Creek, lelow the mine, and. will receive tho quartz over the tramway. Mr. Lam bert says W. J. Conner, superintendent of the work. Is much Interested in see ing the Shuksan road built, and has written to Mm Inquiring about the out- are not permanent. When the power ol their opi ates and stimulants is exhausted. the old condition, returns and usually in aggravated form. 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Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. ot Prescription ' in November and I had a nice little baby girl in Febrtury fol lowing. My baby weighed over eight pounds. I was only in hard labor about one hour and got along nicelyduring confinement ; was up and dressed on the eighth day. I never had the doctor with me at all ; just the nurse and one or two friends. My friends thought that I was sick a very short time. I think Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is indeed a true ' mother's friend,' for it helped me wonderfully. It kept me from having a miscarriage. This makes mv second child ; with the first one I did not take ' Favorite Prescrip tion ' and I had a miscarriage. The little one lived just about two months and she was sick all the time. This last baby is as plump and healthy as any mother could wish. She is about three, weeks old now and is gaining in flesh every day." Change of Life Mrs. M. Barnes, of Balls Ferry, Shasta Co., Cal., writes: "My physician said I was suffering from the effects of ' change of life.' I had heart disease, womb trosble and rheumatism. My head was so dizzy I could hardly stand up. When I began Dr. Pierce's medicines I improved right along. I took seven or eight bottles of the 'FavorUe Prescription,' a teaspoonful three times a day, and the ' Pleasant Pellets' at night. I feel as well as I ever did. . I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce's medicines to suffering women. I think they are the best medicines in the world. I can't say enough in their praise. The ' Favorite Prescription ' cured me after I had been sick for two years so I was hardly able to be about." COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER Is sent FREE on pay expense of mailing ONLY It contains 1008 invaluable council to women look. Mr. Conner would prefer to bring In his supplies from the American side, In stead of by way of Chllllwack. Andrew Ecklur.d. who Is down from tho mine, says the tunnel In the Lone Jack Is In SO feet, and will cut the lead about SO feet further In. The tunnel Is on a 30-foot level. A queer Incident Is reported about one of the workmen. Some days ago a man named Haley went out to shovel the snow off one of the cabin roofs, and a slide came down the mountain and carried htm off. The other workmen supposed, of course. Haley was dead, but two days later he came tolling up the mountain side, unhurt. He had been carried down tho mountain nearly a mile, and had a j difficult time getting back over the slides 1 to the camp. The snow Is about 10 feet deep at tho ieage, wnicn is unusually light for this time of year. An open eeason Is prom ised. . Gold Near Falrhnven. Falrhaven Herald. A ripple of excitement passed over Fair haven Wcdnefday. W. H. Matson, an ex perienced prospector, came into town with ore rpcclmens, and the news of a gold and copper discovery within eight miles of Falrhaven. After talking the matter up he returned tho same day and Is now staking off claims. Mr. Matson has pros pected In Colorado, Nevada and Idaho three of the best mining countries, and says he knows what he Is doing, and that there Is not any reason why Washington should not develop Into as good a mining country as any of the three. The speci mens have not been assayed yet, and when they are mora definite news will bo given the public Gold on Falouae River. Colfax Gazette. On the headwaters of the North Pa louse John H. Taylor and C G. Taylor, of Farmlngton, three years ago discovered a ledge of gold, the feeder of the famous Hoodoo placer mines, which for over 4) years have been producing the yellow metal. The And was named the Mother Lode, and the quartz-bearing district In which It Ilea the Mascot. Quietly the two Send 21 one-cent brothers worked their property, and It was not until last year that others were at tracted to the region. Late In the season the great richness of the Taylors' dis covery was realized, and a rush which plastered the country for miles around re sulted. Late last season the Taylor boys set up a Knall two-stamp prospecting mill and worked It for a short time. Though with this only the free gold about one-fourth of the actual value of the rock could b saved, the results were wonderful. The owners would not give out actual results, but that they consider It a great bonanza Is shown In the fact that not one lota of the mine has ever been for sale. The free gold studs the rock, plainly visible In lumps to the naked eye. Ten Tliorouxhliretl Rams. Mora Leader. E. H. Dean passed through town Mon day with 10 thoroughbred rams, the prop erty of J. G. Edwards and Charles Cart wright, the present representatives of tho Baldwin Sheep & Land Company, cf Hay Creek. Tho sheep are on their way home from the woolgrowers' convention, at Boise. Idaho, where they claimed such attention from woolmen that Mr. Dean was compelled to remove them for rest from tho exhibition grounds to a private stable. Amongst this fine lot of sheep arc Bismarck, a splendid 2-year-old Im ported ramboulct. weight, 203 'pounds, sheared last year 33 pounds. Klondike, another fine upstanding ram of the same breed, weighs 233 pounds, and sheared !t pounds. Block is also a very nice sheep, of the Spanish Merino variety, and a heavy shearer. SUvercup, which for weight of fleece and pedigree, cannot b surpassed in the United States, is also a Spanish Merino, valued at S1000. This Is a magnificent sheep, and as for wool, there Is no going beyond his fleece for staple quality or weight, which was 45 pounds' of clean wool taken off last year. Next come three yearlings, which are very promising young sheep, with an av erage weight of ISO pounds. An extensive sheep-shearing plant (the first in the country) Is being put In place on Trout Creek by C. M. 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