THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday. November 21, 1900
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SUSANVILLE DISTRICT.
Stands Second to None
Eastern Oregon.
in
Paul K. I'oiudexter, the well known
mine uprrnlnr, N hack from the Susan
vllle district, where lie spent ,i week In
gem mine, three claims, owned by W.
Bailey, of Canyon City, recently under
bond to John Leland, the well known ex
pert. A shaft down 50 feet has passed a
i) foot vein, with values ranging from $40
to J120. This is the only patented ground
in the district.
The Princess mine, owned by Smith
brothers, of hngland, w,is formerly owned
bv the father of the Gcisrr boys. The
loo-foot shaft exposes an eight-loot ledge,
ass iv lug 5io per ton.
The McHalev-Hinton croup of two
the Inteirst of eastern capital. Seen by a claims has two sh.ifts down loo and Go
MlNI.lt representative, he said Susan
vllle has a better surface showing than
jiny district tributary to Sumpter whii.li he
has visited, ranging from J 10 to $200 per
Ion.
I he formation, generally speaking, is
substantially the same as the far-famed
Itnnaiia and Itrd Hoy dlstrkts, slate and
porphyry. Two immense slate belts run
through the country about one-fourth of a
mile apart, with a strong porphyiy belt
(not dyke) lying between. On the ninth
the slate is bounded by qu irtlte, on the
south by a volcnnk formation, which on
the surface Is 11 substance similar to ce
ment gravel. I he character of the Mir
I, lie ore is absolutely tree milling, but
I'.mms rapidly base with depth. I'ractl
i.illy, the country as a whole, is a con
teutratlug and smelting proposition.
Development is being pushed energet
ically and trauxpnrtailon is slowly but
suiily creeping lint w.iy,whkh will mean
that Susanvilli- is to be listed with the
tamps ol the west as a gold producer.
I he Hadger Cold Mining and .Willing
1 ompany Is owned ty San Francisco cap
italists, headed by S. It. Hishop, the la-
feet, exposing n three-foot vein of splendid
concentrating ore.
The New Year group of two claims,
situated about 1100 feet from the Gam
mine, Is owned and operated by Edmund
sou iV Co., of Montana. In the face of
a 40 foot drift, the vein being two feet In
width, the ore assays f 10, 60 per cent be
ing flee milling. A crosscut tunnel has
been started to tap the main ledge 200
leet deep. Work is being pushed rapidly
and in a mining style.
'I he Oilole mine, owned by William
Cooper and under bond to Moyuahan &
Oglsby, the well known Mo'itaun mining
men, Is possmly attracting more attention
than any other property In the camp, ex
cepting the liadger. This quartz claim is
in slate and porphyry. The development
work consists of two drills, a thlrlvfoot
shaft and open cuts, which prospect (lie
vein its entire length of (lie claim. 'I he
ore body is sixteen feet In width, the pay
streak being about thirty indies wide near
the surface. Pan samples can be obtained
at any point on the ledge, prospecting
from three to thirty cents. The ore Is
fre milling, values ranging from 5)2 to
thorough mining men in the west. Sixty
men ate employed. I his group of claims,
ten In number, were loi.iteJ In the early
sixties, (patent applied lor) by Hughes -Mi'Ou.iilc,
who worked the ore in an old
arastra, which netted them handsome
prolits. 'I he development consists ol a
minis iniilli-mllliini.'iiie. as nieslJent. and ,.-. .... ,,... ri,,-.,i. ...,i. I. ,,! Ml
-.-- - - .- f 1. fill 11., I. yil'IIIA f,.M II HUM .all.
creek supply unlimited waters for mine
lonskleied one ol the most practical and jaj , purposes, and with a very little
expense water power is to be had.
Directly below the Oriole, Sloan &
Haskell took a (ortaue out ol Elk creek in
placer gold.
The Hlg Nugget group, of three claims,
Is owned by Haskell and associates. De
velopment consists ol a drift on a ledge
',fK-loot uosscut, whkli has cut two dis-, scvel, (tf WJ(.( valWit ,. Ufe t,ou.
Unit ledges about 400 leet deep. About ' ilMj c(.t ot 0pen c,ns prospect the ledge,
so leet mine will probably tap the Mc-1 Hie CliuiUmiui mine Is owned by
t.luade lode. I lilts eaJi way will btr tl1efclr.tI1.1m V lle.iton Hios., of Susanvllle.
piogram. I he uosscut will lie continued I h, property is developed with a shaft
in the Hadger vein, wlikli Is estimated to Seventy-live feet deep. T he vein is .six
lie within joo leet ot AUOu ide lode. I he iet vvjP( average values fto per ton, but
shall Is now down .-Ho leet. New ma- .sorted ore runs as lilgh as So.
ihliieivlsnownu Hie road, wiUi a capac-, rtle Wilson group, of two chims, is
lly siilficleul loin depth of 1500 leet. ' peued witli .1 253 foal drift 1111 the vein,
Shipping oie.ass.is lug f. -so per Ion, Is be- vUikhis m (eel wlJ-. vatus- fifi. A
shall is do .vn thirty (eel and work is be
ing tapidly pushed.
I he Admiral and St. I.awience groups
has a sixty-toot shaft, seventy-five feet of
drills on a three-foot ledge. It is owned
by John Shelby and l-'iank Cooper. Ore
lug hauled to the Sumpter Valley 10 id
lieie, theme to llieSelbVMiieller.it San
l-raiitisco. This pioperiy has paid ftom
ilie glass roots, Mr. Itoss iuloimed Mr.
I'oiudexter a leu il.is ago, that in exca
vating on the sulfate inenllv, a ein
eleven leet In width was tnund, assaying
5i 3 In lire .gold. Ibis alone would be
tailed a bou.'ina in any oilier i.unp.
About 1000 leet tiom the liadger shitt
house is the Stockton mine, uinsistlng ot
tluee il.ilms owned by Washington capi
talists, under the management of II.
Heated in an arasta last summer gave $21
per ton.
I he Monitor mine, owned by William
Cooper, under bond lo l;rank Cooper, has
120 teet ol dtllt, a to-tont shaft, 6-foot
vein, values JijS per (on.
"I could goou.it length and mention
Ames. I he property Is developed with a nrooeilies Hi it would Ivir rkM Invrstlira
zoo loot shall, with a station at the loo- Hon," s.nd Mr. I'oiudexter. " The Susan
loot level anddiills c.uli way. 1 lie ledge ville dMikt has oie.water and timber and
Is right toei wide with splendid alues in ,,lcjk, villUn the next vear lesults from
slate. 'I he company Is nw loiHdrilng ut sevlion that will astonish the world."
tlie advlsabllilv of installing a comblna-1
lion plant lor lediulngoies on the giouud.) Can't Haul Heavy Loads In Wagoni.
I'eu men are emplosed. ' David Itoss, uianager of the Hadger
Next comes the Mayllhwer group of mine, in the Susanvllle district, was in
two il.ilms, owned by Walla Walla pen- town Monday, on his way to (taker City.
pie, W. D. Sink-ox', manager. Seven , The object of this ttip Is to make arrange-
men are employed. I he cninentrates' ments with the Sumpter Valley railroad
Irom the bottom ot the 175-foot shall lun ' otkcials to haul a lot ot machinery for the
as high as f jooo per ton. mine over the summit to the end of its
'I he Otter Cold Mining and Milling) track. The roads are in tuch bad con-
company's group of seven claims is de dltionntpresenttlt.it the heavy inacliln-
vcloped by n jij-foot drift. The vein Is ery cannot be transported In wagons, and
thirty Inches wide, values running as the Sumpter Transportation company
high as thirty dollars In free gold. 1hii will not undertake to deliver it, As Mated
ptoperty us located eighteen years ago In TlIK MlNliR last week, a portion of
by John Cabel, who milled 22s tons of
ne, netting him too.ooo In cold cash.
Near the Otter group is located the
this machinery has already arrived here
A boiler and fixtures, weighing 20,000
pounds, are on a side track at this station.
WE HAVE
MOVED
After Long Delay, to Our
Old Location on
GRANITE STREET
and are now ready to serve our customers, old
and new, with the best grade of goods, both
Dry Goods and Groceries
and all Miners' Supplies at as low prices as
can be placed upon them at living profits.
We have special bargains to close out cer
tain lines to make room for others.
THE WONDER
GKO. W. WEIGAND,
I'KOI'KIKTOK.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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General Storage, Commission and Forwarding.
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