OUR MINES.
Valuable Properties in the
Sparta District.
'RICH IN QUARTZ AND PLACER-
Output from tho Sanccr Mine Other
Fromlsing Prospects in Union
County.
Away back In the sixties but rw camps
on this canst produced more plnccr sold
than was washed from tho golden sands of
the gulches surrounding Sparta, and It is
an old timer and hear him rcUte the rich
finds matte on Maiden, Shanghai, Moultrie,
Copperhead. Town, Sawmill and other
gulches, where nuggets weighing ns much as
nine hundred dollars were picked up, end it
was not unusual to make four hundred dol
lors u dny by the me of the old-time rocker,
But old Time, 'tht mighty changer of all
things, litis not forgotten Sparta, uikI whilo
Kret has been -tho ehanso regarding tho
rlchncss-of the placer raincs, the indica
lions are now favorably for a bullion pn
(luctlon from tho quartz mines that, in
quantity, will fur excel tho output of gold
during any one year when the placer mines
were at their ibcst. Tho past season has
boon r.n eventful one In tho history of this V
old camp, and when we say tho placer'
output lms bon tho largest forovcral years
past we only-ttoto the facts and sound tho
key note of what Is to folio W' tho next sev
eral ywrs-to-oome.
Sftwmill -julch, vdilch lies lo! these
many 'years "been lanown lo be rich in
nlacor gold, has at last fallen into the
nands-of that mining prince, Cnpt. E. E
dough, -and by hie practical ability and
good, coinicon sense has demonstrated tho
fact, to the satisfaction of even tho old
fogieSi'that, with plenty of water, his tied
rock Jluma, constructed me past season
from the fulls on -Sawmill .gulch, will en
nblO'hliu to-fluccetj-jfully handle tho tailings
in working this rJch and extensive .fro
erty. oycnliireo inJles in length.
Tho Walla Wului Placer Mining Cam pa
ny, wltuK. II. lltjyer manager, own several
rich clttinic on Humboldt, JDcad Iloree and
otlicr gulclics liter tho old Gem mine, all
tributary to Suvmlll gulch, and through
a combination .arrangement with Cnpt.
dough, -owner of tho Sparta canal, Mr.
Uoyor will now be able to successfully
work these oxtciistvo diggings, as the water
after leaving Humboldt gulch in used
again by CaL Clouph and all debris is
carried without Interruption tluough the
Itcdrock -iltinio on Sawtulll gulch, thus en
ablfng liuth of theso rich, cntenslvo and
long-neglected . mines to bo Hticncssf ully
worked, and we expect to sco several liim-
lrud thousand dollars placed to tho credit
of thcse-eutcricisiug guatlcmcn the coming
heivson. While these two proportion named
ore tho. most extensive and pronilsiog of
anything. in our camp, there are many
ouier mines tan win oo worKea, anil as
long-as frc.o water lasts In the spring, will
pay tho omien Jrom live to fifteen dollars
a day.
tOOAKTZ MINKS,
During Uio .year 1K.U much permanent
development ?ork lias been. done, and
while it Is .u well-known fact that within
a radius d.' ithree miles, Hiking .Sparta as
Uie .canter, Uxirc are over one hundred
quartz lodgca, all carrying gold, we will
only lcribe a few of the most.promlsing
The Gold iUdf.o, owned by Capt. Clough
and 1 liasobe & Co., undoubtedly stands
nt the .bead of the list us not only the best
inino lMain, but it will comparts favoru-
bly with the best gukli initios in Eastern
Oregon. Ovurono thousand feet of devel
opment ork.UaB been donu on the Gold
Uldgo und.ut(tliu throe hundred foot level,
tho deepest .point reached on the ledge,
three foet otoro.is found that will yield
ten dollars Ju. freehold to tho ton, and an
equal amouut in tho sulphured, easily
saved by concentration. Tho Gold Hldgo
is now rtndy forn mill.
The J)t'l iJonto mine, upon which is
standing idle thu most extensive hoisting
plant in the county, has donu nothing for it
year, but with the roturn of spring we hope
to boo activo operations returned. Tho Oro
Dell, owned by a Chicago company, will bo
extensively worked during tho winter, and,
if the quantity of ore will justify, a ten
stamp mill, with ull modern improvements,
will bo placed on .the property, us tho
company has several well-known capital
his in Us organization. Tho Oro .Doll will,
undoubtedly prove u bullion producer ore
he close of 1 SVC,
Tho Little Pittsburg mine and mill Is
sjiow being Miccossful!.y operated by Mr.
John Thomas, who has proven himself ouo
of tho most competent r.s well ns economi
cal mining men in Eastern Oregon. Under
the management of Mr. Thomas the I.tttlo
U'ittsL'urrf will again jo-ovo paying iyopo
tsition. The Silver Quoen, owned by Dr
. ;Uewi;, la under acthe development and
several hundred toni of oro will be pluccd
cu the .dump ready for treatment In tho
xirly spring. The Gold Hill, the tlrst
mirth. Wtjiislon of the Gold Jtldge, owned
by itapeUe A Lewis. U a wry prumislng
misu) and -several tons of oro treated In tho
Clough jAnwtra during the summer gave
sattnlaotofjr results, and quite a jrooU many
tons re ii'mw ou the ore dump wady for
treatitut tie coming eaon.
The JJary , Ins worth group of inlues,
located u the lead of llattle Snake ulch
and owBodAiy .Cnpt. Clough, U now under
active derdojimeot and the owner tuprctj
to cut the wain iluJge with tho tunnel now
under couUrUQtlou ubout April I, iW,
,nd If thu wtite .wil justify, a mill will be
.built thereon, T,ho Cray Eagle and Union
.ifUnei, ownwl hy Clough and Herd, have
toa extensively Juvttfoped the past year
,aiid several tbouuind in of high grade
ore r now exyoMss1 ituhu wIium mitik to
A t liutiJLrt! (arA from (he hot
Mm t (UrJr nln hundrad tool Iuhhd),
TUt UiMftH (Uie and Wu tilimA, owul
4-y tVt(vrt MlHr ad loyti dvmocrai,
Vtl jit rc ut4vMilf Oie mail
kHtmUUm hMlMitltm lU MINI), mi wLyJl
tho owner a plethoric bank account, but
allow him a few hundred for Cleveland
nnd Kcform.
The Oliie Woodman groupc, owned by
the Thomas brothers, Is nicely situated
for mining, and where shafts have been
sunk, good veins arc exposed and the indi
cations are favorable for agoAl paying
property. The Red Elephant and l'ough
kecpsie, owned by Tug Wilson A Co. litis
made a splendid record tho past three
months and with tho completion ot their
double bed, nine-foot arastra, tho output
will rival the product of tho now famous
White Swan mine of Uaker county, The
Santn I'otre, It. E. Leo, Tom Paine, Free
Thinker and Rabbit's Foot arc all promis
ing prospects, and only need the touch of j
capital to make them good paying mines.
Since the death of that pioneer miner,
Capt. Milt White, the famous Dolly Varden
mine bun suspended operations, but during
the summer several carloads ot oro were
sent to I'ortland for reduction, and returns
show that tho oro paid over $100 a ton, af
ter deducting tho necessary expenses. The
Dolly Varden is a valuable proposition nnd
worthy tho attention of some wealthy syn
dlcao.
The mines ou J'atldy s creek and also ou
Paddy's Paradise, are being worked under
u lease, and as these mines in the past have
proven rich under the able management of
Davis A Dullols, they will certainly be
made to pay. Tho Sanger mines owned by
the C. T. Bradley Mining Co.. of Milwaukeo
Wisconsin, and so ably managed by W. J
Townley, the eilicient superintendent, is
now beating all past records as n bullion
producer. Or tho four hundred-foot level
tho ledge is nine feet thick, and has every
indication of growing larger, and richer,
as thoy go down. This mine has tho most
complete as well as the most powerful
machinery in Eastern Orcron, and the out
put in free gold reaches $12,000 every fifteen
days by the dropping of ten stamps, and the
value of tho sulphurets sacd by concentra
tion eqiiuls in value the free gold, making
tho output nearly $1,000 every twenty-four
hours, a record hard to beat anywhere in
the United States.
Several other valuable mines nra found
in the Immediate ncighboorhood of Sanger
and we are pleased to learn that several of
tho owners have pooled their interests, and
have completed arrangements for the eon
structlon of a ten-stamp Custom mill, ready
for operation not later than the IMth e-f
May, 1892.
Several promising properties have been
neglected In this report, but It has been our
honest intention to estimate values as wo
lind them, and not exaggerto, -is tho over
estimation of our mining industry has done
much to discourage and disgust capital,
and If the honest minors of Sparta today,
llko the noble Spartans of old, would rise in
their might and throttle and expose three
or four illegitimate, dishonest and swiiid
ling enterprises, it would do more to mis
tain honest and legitimate mining than
years of toll as wago workers.
Yours respectfully,
Two Mixers,
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