Wednesday, December 5, 1900
THE SUMPTER MINER
CABLE COVE DISTRICT.
New Companies Operating in
That Lively Camp.
In no district In eastern Oregon Is there
more mining activity than In the Cable
Cove. For months past there have been
frequent mentions in these colums of the
extensive operations at the Baby McKee,
under the able management ol Colonel
Grayson, representing a Cincinnati syn
dicate. Some weeks since VV. H. W. Hamilton
negotiated the sale to Boston capitalists
f the Gipsy Queen group, on the west
side of the divide, on which properly ac
tive operations are now in progress. Mr.
Hamilton is directing this work. He was
out to the mine last week, a few d.iys
after the main ledge had been cut, sixty
feet in. He brought to town samples of
the ore, which assayed 64.02, two ounces
of gold and the remainder in sliver. Mr.
Hamilton declares that he knows of a
no more promising proposition than the
Gipsy Queen.
This property was located last June by
Eugene Bartholf, an experienced miner
from Colorado. He says that at that
time all the western side of the range
was practically new ground. Some Inex
perienced prospectors had been there, for
he saw where they had been digging pot
holes In places, but the leads were
"blind" so were not discovered and no lo
cations were made. During the season
he located three groups of claims, the
Gipsy Queen, on the west side of Big
Limber creek; the Gipsy King, on the
ast bank of that stream, and the Evening
Star group, 1400 feet south of these. Last
week he sold the latter to local capitalists
and at the same time took a contract to
run a too foot tunnel, on which he Is now
at work.
The Gipsy .King will be incorporated
and worked by a company, Mr. Bartholf
retaining a large interest. The company
will be known as the Gipsy King Gold
Mines company, capitalized at f 1,000,000;
with 250,000 In treasury stock. The in
corporators are John l:. Aldeu, C. I
Brodleand G. II.Dedrlck.all well known
business men of Sumpter. Several other
residents of this camp are interested in
the lompany, which has perfect title to
three claims, the Gipsy King, the Orphan
Boy, located by Mr. Bartholl; the
Lela May, located by S. Harrison, and an
excellent water right.
The ledge on this property is the same
as that 011 the Gipsy Queen group; in
fact was first discovered on the King and
traced across the creek to the Queen.
One of the prospectors who had been
there before lug a ten-foot hole within
three feet of the vein, but failed to ill id It.
It has been stripped for 100 feet and ex
posed by a half dozen open cuts up to the
apex, a distance ot 3000 feet. It is a
strong, well defined ledge, five to six feet
in width. The ore is an irum pyrites, and
assays on the surface from f 14 to f4'Ji
principal value in gold, with considerable
silver, some lead and copper. It is thought
that its character will change to galena
with depth.
The company intends to begin actlv
work at an early day. The plan of de
velopment will be to drive a tunnel on the
ledge. A depth of 1 100 feet can be at
tained with a 1500-foot tunnel.
Fabulously Rich Strike in Malheur County
The Malheur country, which is the
southern extension of the Inland Empire of
the Golden West, is to the front with one
of the most remarkable gold strikes that
has been made In Eastern Oregon for
many years. It was made in the mine of
a couple of flock-masters who have fol
lowed gold mining as a side issue to sheep
and wool growing. They are the Ward
Brothers, whose flocks graze in Malheur
county, just over the line of baker
county. They located claims some time
ago and have dilligently prosecuted de
velopment, and are opening up a property
that has all the ear-marks of being a big
bonanza. It is a ledge containing quartz
which holds leaf and cube gold, besides
gold bearing mineral of a refractory na
ture. Any kind of an assay can be ob
tained, running way up into the tens of
thousands of dollars per ton. Pull partic
ulars are not obtainable at this writing, but
there is 110 doubt but that the report of the
strike is bnualide, for the information has
come in from different sources and spec
imens of ore, exceedingly rich in free gold,
are exhibited here in corroboration. There
is no excitement, apparently, in the
country wherethe strike was made, for the
simple reason that gold is not uncommon
there. The people are mostly engaged in
pastoral occupations and do not get the
gold fever very readily. Moreover, the
district is out of the general route of travel
and tlie news of its strikes does not
quickly find its way to the outside world.
The strike in the Sheepmen's mine, how
ever, will doutless cause an Influx of
prospectors to that country next spring.
There is too much snow now to permit of
successful prospecting. Baker City Cor
respondence In San Francisco Mining
Review.
Co-Operative Irrigation Scheme.
And now comes Eagle valley with a big
co-operative Irrigation scheme that bids
fair to bring a large tract of rich but arid
land under cultivation. Fifty farmers
have joined in the construction of what
Is known as the Fuller canal. Their plan
is to Irrigate the laud of those Interested
In the company. The ditch or canal will
be 14 miles in length when completed. It
takes the water from Eagle creek on the
south side and far enough up to cover the
low hills by the time it reaches the valley.
This land, .vheuever Irrigated, produces
fine orchards and alfalfa fields. It is es
timated that 10,000 inches of water can be
diverted from the creek without interfer
ing with the water rights now in force.
This ditch will reclaim a large tract of
land that is now useless except for pas
turage. When the farmers and stock
raiser:, see that it is to their advantage to
work hand in hand and on the co-opera
tive plan, and suit the atllon to the
thought, great things can be accomplished
In eastern Oregon valleys. Democrat.
Colonel Doniu Writing ol the Northwest.
In a letter to Till- MlNPH Colonel
Dnuau says, incidentally: "I have turned
In recently the manuscript of a revised
edition of my book 011 "Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho," that will be a loo
pager. And I am under contract to furn
ish copy tor two more, between now and
January 1 one on the mines and mining
of the Pacific Northwest, including Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and the
Britisli Columbian region; and the other
on Pacitic Northwest scenery mmintnlns,
rivers, glaciers, cataracts, rti. In the
same time limits, I have contracted to
grind out thirty newspaper and magaine
articles on these and kindred subjects."
Saw Mill Moved from McEwtn to Baker.
The large saw mill plant of Stoddard
Brothers that has been in operation near
McEwen for several years Is being re
moved to Baker City. A large part of
the machinery has arrived on the site just
west of the O. R. & N. depot and the new
machinery to be added will increase the
capacity of the mill to about 100,000 feet
of lumber per day, making the plant the
equal In output of any mill in this part of
the state. The location of the Stoddard
mill here means an Increase of Baker
City's payroll over I2000 per month and
will generally increase the Importance of
Baker City as a lumber shipping point.
Democrat.
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