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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1900)
Wednesday, April 4, 1900 IO THE SUMPTER MINER. SOME ROCK IN THE GOLD. Wonderfully Rich Strike the American. In The latest and richest strike since the Golconda mine people startled the country last summer with a find of Rold quartz that would Rive Uo to the pound, being In some Instances more Rold than quart, was made durhiR the past week In the same Cracker Creek district, two miles north of Hourne, or nine miles distant from Sumpter. The fortunate, and It must be said, faithful owner.ls W. T. Kinsey, who located the property foutteen years ago and has never lost his faith In it for a day, until now he is in a fair way to realle his dream of fortune so Ioiir looked forward to. At the time mentioned, Kinsey lo cated twelve or fourteen claims, known as the Esmeralda uroup, on which lie has e.v pended some $22,000, mostly in prospect and development work, Including al one time a small cyanide plant and later a 5 stamp mill, which, owIiir principally to the fact that Its operators were inconipe tent, was declared a failure, was taken down and is now housed on the property, in fairly Reed order. Within the last few years Kinsey, be hiR unable to keep up his assessment work 011 so many claims, has remembered three or four of his friends by allowhiR them to relocate a part of his holdings, thus making them today like himself, pos sible millionaires. The claim upon which the rich strike lias been made Is the Amer ican, one of nine which he yet holds and upon which only a 24-foot tunnel had been driven last summer. At the time of the find, it seems, nego tiations were behiR opened with some parties to take a bond 011 the property, and Kinsey had sent our of the men inter ested with him to bring down samples from this particular claim, which necessi tated breaking down some fresli rock, and that Is where the occasion of this article comes In; for, of course, when the sam ples were brought out and the first glance taken at them the matter of a bond was off the same not having reached that staRe of completion where the owners were obliged to carry out their p.itt. About twenty-live pounds of ore was brought down and some of the samples seen by a MlNliK representative were e. actly like the rock from the (iolcond.i last summer, a unload of which was sent to San Francisco by Mr. English, creating much wonder and comment, there being nearly or quite half gold. It is claimed now the face of a 6-foot tunnel on the American claim ol Klnsey's property has the same ore as the iolcouda, and that a 1 i-liich streak on one side of the face Is all like the samples shown. Just what further plan of development will be adopted on the property has not yet been determined, but will be decided on at oiue and the readers ot Till- MlNliR will I kept Informed. The Cracker Creek district will be the scene of lively times this summer, and strikes of great Importance are likely to startle the mining world nt any time. Gold Cur for Pneumonia. W. T. Kinsey was sick at the hospital In Baker City, sulferlng with a severe at tack of pneumonia, when he heard of the rich strike that had been made In his American mine. That was about an hour before the train left for Sumpter. He had been waiting (or that event fourteen long years, and working for It. He was never so Impatient In his life before; he wanted to be convinced bv seeing with his own eyes that his long labors had finally been rewarded. He arose from that bed of ' sickness and came to Sumpter. He saw! the rich rock here, but that didn't satlsy him entirely; he wanted to see that it came from the tunnel which he had driven. Next day It was raining, and though he had been sick abed eighteen hours previous, he started on the nine mile trip, 9000 feet up the Blue mountain. He reached the property, saw where the quartz came from, that there was a lot more there and then he was a well man. He declares that he hasn't felt a moment of sickness or weak ness since. Men often risk their llvee for gold, and every day they sell their souls for it; but not often do they risk so much for mere occular demonstration that they are the possessors of the stuff. The re turns from an average sample sent to Portland for assay were received yester day. The rock carries $40,285 in free gold to the ton. Death of Mrs. H. B. Griffin. The Bast Oregonlan of Monday says of the funeral nt Pendleton of Mrs. II. H. Grlliin who died here Saturday of pneu-1 lunula, a lady highly esteemed by all who ' knew her: "At 2 o'clock this afternoon, J the funeral services over the remains of ' the late Mrs. II. H. Grlftin were conducted at the Church of the Redeemer by the 1 rector, Rev. W. li. Potwine. The usual services of the Protestant Episcopal church was read by the clergyman. Numerous friends of the family attended. ' The body of Mrs. Grlliin was brought to I Pendleton from Sumpter, where Mrs. I Grllfiu died Saturday night. Accompany-! Ing the remains, Mr. and Mrs. Prank B. I Clopton and Mr. II. B. Griffin, husband of the deceased, arrived this morning on the Overland. The body was laid to rest in the Olney cemetery." Batter Millinery. 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