Wednesday, October $, 1900
THE SUMPTER MINER.
MINING IN EARLY DAYS
Gold Output of Oregon and
Washington $8,000,000.
In the Oregon and Washington Ala
manac for the year 1863 appears the fol
'owing concerning the mining region of
Oregon and Washington at that time:
"The development of the mining re
sources of that portion of Oregon and
Washington situated east of the Cascade
range of mountains has led to the rapid
settlement of that region, and as many
persons will doubtless visit that region
during the present year, we deem it both
interesting and Important to Insert as
much information regarding the auriferous
region as can be condensed within a lim
ited spice.
"During the past two years, both rich
and extensive gold mines have been suc
cessfully worked along the banks of the
John Day and Powder rivers in the vicin
ity of Salmon river, the Nez Perces
county, the Bitter Root Valley, Oro Kino
and other sections of that locality. The cli
mate In the Powder river country Is much
more favorable for continuous mining
operations than any other portion of the
auriferous region, as miners can work in
the Powder river mines earlier in the
spring and later In the winter, than those
engaged in other localities. AslJe from
these advantages, the valleys of Powder
river and John Day river are being settled
by enterprising agriculturalists, who will
be able to supply the mining population of
that section with all the necessary edibles.
"We have no statistical information
upon which to base a safe calculation as
to the exact amount of gold extracted from
the mining regions of Oregon and Wash
ington during the past two years, but all
the knowledge we could procure upon this
important question has been condensed
Into the following figures: Up to Janu
ary, 1862, Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co.
shipped from their Portland office 5Q3,
535.50 In gold dust from the Salmon river
and other mines. Up to the same date,
20 leading mercantile houses of Portland
shipped $604,609.75. During the same
period, Mr. Agrell asayed, from May,
1861, to January, 1862, $95,567 making a
total of $1,293,800 tor that period. This
estimate does not include any amount of
gold dust which returning miners may
have carried out of the county, which
would swell the amount to about
$2,000,000.
, "During 1863, however, the mines In
Oregon and Washington began to be
developed, and the yield of gold was much
larger than during the preceding six
months. Last year Messrs. Wells, Fargo
& Co. alone shipped through their ex
press to San Francisco, nearly $4,000,000,
and It is safe to estimate the shipment
trom all other sources combined at an equal
amount."
Largot Siphon In the World.
A siphon whose diameter Is probably as
large as any In the world is located near
fcolse City, Idaho, and carries the water
of Sheep creek across the Boise river.
This 48-inch siphon Is Inverted; is 1700
feet long, maximum depression 350 feet;
cost $36,700 and took four months and 20
days to build. Owing to the topography
of the country everything used in its con
struction had first to be raised 700 feet and
then lowered 440 feet. The lightest piece
of material handled weighed 3100 pounds.
The whole force of water was turned on
into the siphon suddenly and at once, not
gradually, as is the usual custom. The
pipe line of the Spring Valley Hydraulic
Mining Co., at Cherokee, Cal., has an
approximate inner diameter of 30 inches,
discharging 52 cubic feet of water a sec
onJ. At its greatest depression the Cher
okee siphon sustain a depression of 887
feet 530 feet greater than at Boise City,
here the greatest pressure sustained In
its lower portion Is 167 pounds to the
square Inch. In the Boise City line there
never has been any tendency to move or
any leak, In spite of the pressure. To ad
mit of contraction and expansion without
any derangement In position, the engineer
invented expansion joints placed between
e:.ch two elbows, the average movement
during the course of construction of the
pipe line in all of these expansion joints
was seven-eighths of an inch between the
extremes of temperature of night and day.
The pipe being laid on the side of the hill,
part of it at an angle of 45 degrees, this
movement in the pipe line, if these expan
sion joints had not been used, would
either have deranged the position of the
pipe or strained its riveting. Mining Re
porter.
Rich Srikc in theFarly Hill.
A new strike has been made in the Far
ley Hills district about sixteen miles north
east of this city. The lucky man this
time Is G. C. McCarty, the discovery be
ing about a mile from the old McCntty
ranch. Mr. McCarty was In the city yes
terday having some samples tested. Of
course some of these were picked samples,
and ran as high as $400 in gold per ton.
"rick" says he has been looking for this
ledge for upwords of two years. He found
very rich float on the ground in iKoSand
has been prospecting for the ledge 'it odd
times ever since. He only found the ledge
a short time ago, and has done very little
development wotk on it so far. He cross
cut it showing It to be fully 12 feet wide,
and thinks from the assay returns that
several feet of it will pay to mill. Dem
ocrat. Jamet Ncwland Buyt Stag Line Stock.
James Newlands, who left Portland last
spring to accept the position of cashier in
one of Sumpter's banks, has been In the
city the past three weeks visiting bis fam
ily. He will return to Sumpter the latter
part of the week, taking his family with
him, and expects to make the new mining
town his future home. Shortly before
coming to Pun land Mr. Newlands re
signed his position in the bank to accept
the position of secretary of the Sumpter
St.iai At TrniKnorLitlnn fninn.'inv' riinnlnir
Mages and frright teams from Sumpter to
Houmr, Liranite, rrame uuy, canyon
City and the mines tributary. He has
purchased an Intesest in this company,
and in future will therefore be engaged
in transportation business. Telegram.
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