Wednesday, January 16, 101
THE SUMPTER MINER
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GREAT IS CABLE COVE.
Expert Says It Is Most Promis
ing District in the State.
In my travels all over Oregon I have
at last come across a district that Inside of
two years will come forward so as to as
tonish mining men. I base my prediction
on the geology of the district, consisting
of gneiss and granite, belonging to the
Archean order, or primitive rocks. I have
seen the same in the Black Hawk mine,
near Central City, Colorado. As I
stated, the Cable Cove district is the
place I have seen signs of permanency,
also an Increase In values as depth is at
tained, and the veins also widen out.
There are a number of mines being
operated there now, notably, the Imperial,
Baby McKee, Last Chance, Gipsy
Queen and Gipsy King, Lucky Boy,
Monitor and Gray Eagle. A crosscut tun
nel Is being run on the California to inter
sect the vein, which will give a vertical
depth of 400 feet when the vein is reached.
I would also call attention to a section
northeasterly from Cable Cove, showing
a copper sulphide, merely prospects at
present. The altitude is 7000 feet by the
barometer, a good wagon road from this
place making it easy of access and while
there is a heavy fall of snow in winter,
yet work can go ahead without any in
terruption. The projected electric road will be ne
cessary to accomodate the transportation
of ores. Then I look for Sumpterto come
forward as a solid mining town.
Having been in most all the mining
camps of any note, I can see as a practical
mining man, that the camp has great
merit, though capital Is necessary here,
combined with intelligence in directing
operations. This summer will prove my
high opinion of Cable Cove district.
Properties situated in this district are
Ideal tunneling propositions and can be
mostly developed by tunnels, hence heavy
sinking machinery will not be necessary
for some time. The ores at present are
gold, silver and lead, but from past ex
perience I can safely state that with depth
there will be a tellurlde ore. I also be
lieve that inside of two years it will pro
duce more gold than any district I know
of in Oregon.
J. J. LIDDY, E. M.
to town. Last Friday week they stirted
again, intending to sled the supplies to 1
camp. After spending three hours and a
half going two miles from the Indian
Creek sawmill, their ten-footskees letting
them down to their knees In the light
snow, they concluded to return. The trip
back to the mill was made In fifteen min
utes. They will make their third start as
soon as the snow settles. Prairie City
Miner.
Good Ore in the Last Chance.
About four and a half miles south of
Canyon City, on Miller mountain, Is lo
cated the Last Chance group of quartz
claims, consiting of the Last Chance No.
1 and Last Chance No. 2, which are
among the most promising quartz proper
ties of this vicinity. This group was dis
covered several weeks ago.. but until late
ly little work has been done on it. With
development, however, it shows up well,
and there is no doubt but In the near fu
ture this group will be numbered with the
dividend payers of Grant county. The
ledge varies from three to six feet in
width and traverses the entire length of
both claims. Assays obtained from sam
ples taken from this ledge give returns of
from S30 to 8oo per ton and no doubt
picked samples would go up into the
thousands. The ore varies from a white
quartz, carrying free gold, to a brown
hematite, heavily charged with sulphates
and carrying the highest values. The
Last Chance No. 1 Is owned by K. A.
Hines, and the Last Chance No. 2 by W.
J. Silbbee, Hines and Powell. Grant
County News.
More Work and Leu Talk Than Ever.
I. J. Simmons, who Is pushing work on !
the Mining mine or as the owners speak 1
of the property, the M. & M. came down
the last day of the year on business and '
remained a couple of Jays. This Morning 1
mine is one of the two claims owned by
Ames & Simmons, sltuateJ at the head of ,
Big creek, about three miles from Robin
sonville. One claim, the Mark llanna,
has only had one assessment done on it;
but the Morning has been worked for two '
seasons and has a tunnel 130 feet long,
showing a Mrong ledge of free milling
ore. The location of the mine lb admi
rable, having plenty of wooJ, water and a
tine tunnel site. Mr. Simmons reports
that more work is being done nil through
these mountains, and less said about it
than ever before. Blue Mountain Eagle
correspondence from Susauville.
Stalled by Snow on Strawberry Butte.
Jay and Frank Ferree returned Mon
day after their second unsuccessful at
tempt to reach the Cleaver group, where
they expect to spend the remainder of the
winter driving the big tunnel which is In
tended to crosscut the entire mineral belt
of this great copper proposition. They
first started December 22 with twelve
pack horses loaded with supplies, but
were stalled by the deep snow on Straw
berry Butte, about a mile from their
cabin. Caching their outfit, they returned
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ABSTRACTS
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Mining Patents Obtained
Year of experience in Baker County Records.
No. 2104 Court Street, Maker City; Oregon.