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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1900)
Wednesday, October 17, 190? THE SUMPTER MINER. -) i. MANY MILES OF COAL. Wagon Load Brought Here from John Day Valley. i Elmer E. Cleaver passed through town some days since on his way from Prairie City to Raker City, with a wagon load of coal, which he took from the surface ot outcropplngs on John Day river, six miles below Prairie. ' This is no new discovery; its e.lstence has been known for twenty or more years. No one lias paid any attention to it for the simple reason that it was not needed for furl, timber being plentiful, and there has been no transportation facilities. Now, however, that two or three rail roads are headed that way, these coal de posits will become very valuable. Mr. Cleaver says that the first outcrop pings occur where! this wagon load was secured, live or six miles below Prairie City, on the John Day river banks. l;rom that point for a 'distance of about thirty miles, the "blossom" can be found almost anywhere in the valley. To se cure this lot, he put on rubber boots, waded into the stream and knocked off the big obtruding (.hunks with a pick. One piece which lie had witli htm was as large as a two-foot cube. It is found in a sandstone fntmation, in layers live or' six feet thick, tilted at an angle of about thirty-five degrees, with sandstone between. The formation is said to be almost identical will) that of the great coal deposits at Rock Springs, Wyoming. The quality of tills surface coal is, of course, not the best. The transformation trom vegetable to mineral matter is not yet complete. Samples now In Till: MlNKK office show the grain of the wood very distinctly and en one piece the bark can be plainly distinguished. This, how ever, is generally the case with surface coal, the quality always improving witli depth. But even these half formed speci mens burn readily, give out much heat aiid leave but little ash. Some of ifwas sent to Pendleton and tested in a blacksmith" shop, with very satisfactory results, reports the Oast Ore gniiiau, of that place. I liecoat lias not yet been chemically analysed. Magnolia and Little Giant Credlton Paid. Charles Ralmforth, a member of the English syndicate owning the Little Giant and having a bond on the rich Magnolia mines at Granite, accompanied by their attorney, C. A. Johns, of Raker City, and P. Hnsihe have been in town several days for the purpose of effecting a settle ment with the Magnolia and Little Giant creditors. We are pleased to Mate that they succeeded, and last night paid off tile 80 or more creditors, in person or their agents the full amount of indebtedness. $2H,4oo at the rate of 500 on the dollar, and secured receipts in full. 1 his means the early resumption of work on both of these line properties, and as both are di rectly tributary to Granite, It means a great de.il to this camp, a several hundred men w ill be put to work at once at good wages. Granite Gem. History of Mining in Siberia. The working of Siberia gold mines dates tuck only to the middle of the eighteenth century, at which period tile first auriferous vein were discovered in the Urals and in the government of Arch angel. Gold was discovered In the Ural mountains in 1744. Several veins situ ated on the banks of the river Heregofka were worked with varying success from 18H0. In 1894 the output was 10.46 poods (70) pouud). In the southern. Urals.the first gold reef was discovered in 1799. The Kothkar reef yielded In 1894 about 85 poods (3,69 pounds). Towards the close of.the period 1870-1879, reels' were dis covered In the. government of Yenisei and the province of Transbaikalia. In ,1804- 9;, gold bearing strata were found in the district of Marunsk, in the government of Tomsk. In 1866, the Amur province was opened to private trade; twu years later,' mining was begun on the concessions be-, longing to the Upper Amur Mining com pany, in the basin of the Djalinda. At' the same period, explorations were set on' foot in the Maritime province, and In 1871 the first gold was taken from mines be longing to Mr. Yettikof, in the basin of the Amgoun. During the season of 1897, the Amgoun Mining company treated 10,834 cubic sageu's of gravel, from which ss poods of gold were extracted, giving an average of 7.82$ grains to a cubic meter. On the other hand, the Amur Mining company took out of their placers 20 '.i poods (734 pounds) showing an average of more than 17.06 grams to a cable meter. Exchange. BUNCH OF MINING ITEMS. Unusual Activity in all D'strlcti Surround ing Prairie City. While the town has been unusually quiet the past week, it Is learifd from what miners and prospectors who have come in trom both sides of the valley that the mountains are a scene of constant activity. Elmer Cleaver visited the Present Need tills week and says that work ig going 011 at that mine at a rapid rate. A 300 foot tunnel has been started directly above the arastra, and w lieu the tunnel Is driven that far it will tap the main ledge. It Is con tract svork and has been let to three prac tical miners. Other substantial improvements are be ing made at the Present Need camp, such as building bunk houses, sheds, eating house, etc., that gives employment to half a doen nr more men. The lumber for these improvements is being hauled from McKee & Troxel's mill. Marsh Howill and Ed Mclntyre were in town last Saturday and say that they are taking out as rich rock fr mi the Cougar group as ever was taken out of any mine in the Quartburg district, and that it is easy to abstract, only three shots being used during the week. All the other camps in tlie Quartzburg district are employing from two to six men constantly, and each say that the ore gets richer with depth. The tunnel on the Oregon Wonder is in over eighty feet, and a new character of ore has been struck. Instead of the s'tudstone formation that was first encoun tered a sort of pophyry is now in evidence. No assays Inve been made ol the pophyry formation, but every one that has seen it that is familiar with mining says it is very rich rock in fact much richer than the sandstone. J. Feree and his brother l:rank,who came from Sumpter yesterday morning, left this morning with pack-horses, grub and equipments, and will resume work 011 the Will Cleaver group. Prairie City Miner. Great Labor Saving Nachinc W. R. Johnson, agent for the Burgess improved steam washer, is working in the district with what is claimed to be the best and greatest labor saving machines for women ever invented. Ills testimonials are certainly of the very best and the ma chine is given a free, fair trial in every home where one can be appreciated. Six O'Clock Dinners. The Golden Eagle Hotel has inaugu rated the plan of eveniugdiunersaud mid day luncheons, which Idea is an acceptable one to the majority of those living at hotels. Lost. A brown overcoat, near Hanover on the Bourne road. Finder please leave at MINER office and get reward. 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