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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1900)
Wednesday, April 18, 1900 THE SUMPTER MINER. t CABLE COVE DISTRICT. PROMISING SECTION OF THE SUMPTER MINERAL BELT. Situated .Near Thi Camp, But the Roadi Arc Bad Geological and Topographical Formation Something About the De veloped Mine There. A short section of the bomitary line be tween Baker and Grant counties follows a mountain ridge which divides North Powder, North Fork of John Day, Bull and Big Umber creeks from the head waters of Cracker, Fruit and Sliver creeks. From that dividing line the i... r n,,.. iii fi nnrthwesterlv direction. while the latter (low southeasterly. The ' worst drawback ., .!. 11..1.1 u.u-i rtmAt from 'could be made a amereni nuRcs uiyiuiiik ... .......-..., I Point, is managed by Thomas F. Barbee, I of Iowa, who has a strong company back ' of him. He worked several men last sea son and intends to erect a mill this spring. There are two claims known as the Summit and Butterfly, owned by a Salt , Lake company, upon which work was : done this winter, which will be continued I through the summer. As said before, the above ledges are particularized because of their greater de velopment. The country rock of thi dis trict is granite and gneiss. The ledges rim i1ttMit itrirtlt mil cntltll. trtMiif IllfJ !i IUM IllltlWl IIVMtll MUM J Ulll n little to the east and west. They form a junction with the E. & E. and Ibex lodes somewhere in the vicinity of the Ibex mine. The district has had but little said or written about it the past season, from the fact that prospectors were delayed getting in there last spring, on account of the roads, until they had become interested elsewhere. In fact, the roads are the the district has. It splendid road for little Cracker, Cracker from Fruit, and Fruit t '. '' ' - k ,..... from Sliver creeks, all take a northwest-, railroad at Sumpter. In the Eng erly course, until they unit, mil, Ih. hh pos .s ha wan wouW no be u.... i.i.. tiiifn ir.ivprM-H nimiiM " -..., . , - - ,--..-,, - me iiui ......... 1 government to build roads to any section easterly promising a prosperous future. The ex ample migiit re copied wun proni oy mis county an easterly and westerly course. On the southerly side of this 1 ..... 1..I1. rlilitf nrr fniinil the Rock 'u ,I.,M. the ereat ledges on which I country or by Baker county, even I" 1 .1.1..U a, V. North Pole. Co- i Hrlelly summing It up, It may '......' n..i, i", unUrr Hill. Hie Ibrx. f coiitideiice be snld that Cal -id numerous other" lodes, which consti-jvery promising section of the Sumpter .1IIU UUIIICIUUS mill, , .l..l.. I..I, ...! ..l, , ,,..., mnr. fl. tle what Is known as the Cracker weeK , -k - . --"--- " ICIIIIW1I lllilll II 1143 IICIllUIUIl with Cove Is a district. On the north side of this easterly and westerly ridge commences what Is known as Cable Cove district and, following over the ridge, it comes down into the Cove, surrounding the headwaters of Sil ver creek. The Cove proper Is about ten or twelve miles from Sumpter, In a north westerly direction, and about seven miles from Bourne. The road leading to it fol lows the Powder river up to Silver creek and follows that up to the Cove. It Is practically a level road the whole distance. Tin. r.nvp district was opened In by the Cable brothers, alter whom it was named, and It has been more or less worked ever since. There are In excess f 1 hundred locations, but most of them It will at no distant day become an important factor In the prosperity of the city of Sumpter. B. J. WATSON. Mining the Prince of All Induttrie. 1 Usually whenever a new factory or I shop or store or business office of any I kind Is opened, It means more competition, I a probable lessening of price, a threatened ! curtailment of profit to others already es J tabllshed in that line. Tls different with a mine. A new mine means more money; I more customers for the merchant, the 1880 manufacturer, the larmer tne rauroau; n means addition to the world's wealth, a creator of money and business, a liberal buyer of labor and material. There Is no rivalry in the sale of the product, 1 no throat cutting competition to secure The Literary Digest 1 .1.. 1. ..,1 ..c..miiit vi'iirlt done ilium n.it c uiiij ii., ...-..-..-.. . ..,,,,,.. M,,r iu .I,,,,. .. lnnllnn. Ihrin. Something like twenty Have Peen ...... y .-..-,-.,. pretty well opened. Only one stamp mill ) I he best producing mine may be dupll has been erected and that was on the Cal-, cated without antagonism from other mine Morula mine. The ore there is rebellious; ' owners. And the miner Is always a good or rather it is not easily worked by amal- cash customer, consuming .the .product ion gamatlon. The ore assays from sis to of every other Industry without competing J hundredand twenty dollars per Ion. The Mi any other P"Jr.--San Francisco ledge In the California is from one to three Mining and Scientific I ress feet in width and is generally high grade, " " as most ol the ores In the district are. The most prominent mine In the district, , because It lias been most extensively opened, is what is known as the Eagle , group, owned by .1. C Young and Salt Lake patties. The ore Is composed ol various metals gold, silver and lead pre dominating. All that has been worked has been shipped to Everett, Tacoma and other places lor reduction. It yields In gold from forty to one hundred dollars per ton, containing enough of the other metals i to largely pay for extraction. Mr. Young " and l:d Rawsou own what Is known as the Last Chance mine, it being the north ' extension of the Eagle group. It Is also shipping ore and is high grade that i which has been shipped yielding very sat isfactory returns. The Merculaueum is another location on ' the same lead. It was owned, by E. L. Manning and father, of San Francisco, but was bonded to other parties last fall. It bids fair to make a valuable mine. It is from eight to twelve feet in width. I On the claims know as the Black Dwarf and Sunset mines, it is Intended to do important development work this sea son, Including the erection of a power hoist. Another group, known Is the Crown J w J WrrMv i I'agr MuIMIrJ "All Iht Ptilodlcili In Ont" Tin' IlllUMtv Dull T li.it takrn llir hlghr! rank at a wrrklt rrvlr ol cutlrnl thought at lutitir jmJ nbnuj. In the rralmt nl lltrralurr. art, tcirncr. trillion, rlltlc,oclnloi:y, travrl, Jl cmcrv lulnr, ric. 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