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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1901)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 19. 1901 GIPSY KING A WINNER. Officers of the Company Vis it Property and Report At the request of liuuene Bartholf, president and general manager of the Gip sy KIiik Gold Mines company, Vice Pres ident Greenlee, Secretary Herlocker, 131 rector Hrodle and George Detrlc, one of the large stockholders, accompanied him to the mine Saturday, returning Sunday. Ills purpose In having them inspect the property at this time was to get their sanction of a slight change In the plan of development, which he thinks advisable at this time. When the tunnel was started, the Intention was to cut the ledge in shortest possible distance at the least cost. His plan now Is to change the course of the tunnel and cut the ledge at greater depth. Ills reason for this is two fold. The first and most important is that (lie trend of the ledge has been ascer tallied witli almost absolute accuracy, by means of shafts and open cuts, and its lo cation is known beyond any reasonable doubt. The second reason is that there Is ample money in the treasury to carry out thischauge of plan, so successful has been the work of promotion. The ad vantages to be derived from this policy of seeking greater depth Is obvious to all. It was at once recognized by the officers, who unhesitatingly advised its adoption. All expressed themselves enthusiastic ally regarding the outlook for the Gipsy King. The ledge has been stripped for 200 feet, showing It to be a true fissure vein, seven feet wide on the surface, with well defined walls, and carrying good val ues clear across, even on the surface. Dr. Greenlee said: "If the Gipsy King doesn't make a mine such as you read about, we might as well quit. I never saw a prospect be fore that assays f 36 across a seven-foot ledge, at the grass roots, with two feet of gouge going down witli the ledge, as it does in the King, but what made a divi dend payer. Another thing that makes me sure, is that where the sample was taken you cannot pan a color from the soil, showing that there is no placer gold working into It. Developing the King will be no experiment, for the ore will In all probability be the same all the way down, as it is what is known as a neutral oie. The company also owns the finest water power in the country and trees enough to tlnibrr the mine down to real hot weather." Mr. Hrodle expresses himself similarly. He thinks that a mistake was made originally in estimating the distance neces sary to drive the tunnel to cut the ledge. He says the tunnel work is the best lie saw In that district and that the King comes as near being a sure thing as any mine can be until the ore Is blocked out. Horses can now be taken into camp, though snow Is two teet deep In many places, liven where (lie snow has ills appeared, the grass has not had time to grow and there is no feed for stock. Davis reports the Blue Jacket as looking fine, and justifying the installation of a small plant at least. The Blue Jacket has been a regular shipper of very high grade ore. This material, of which there Is no lessening, will still be shipped to the refineries, but the new plant will be used to reduce the lower grade ore found in the mine. This will be brought up to from thirty to sixty per cent copper, and then shipped to the refineries. The consum mation of this project will mean, in the opinion of Mr. DjvIs, but another im provement in one of the greatest copper districts of the west. Boise Statesman. ST. JOE GOLD MINING CO. Cincinnati Money Goes Into McCully's Fork Properties. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the St. Joe Gold Mining company, cap italisation 51,000,000, par value one dol lar for each share. Organization has been effected with these efficers: President, Charles Wiedemann, of Cincinnati; vice president, Anthony Mnhr, of Sumpter; secretary and treasurer, Pabius C. Law son, of Cincinnati; directors, the above oflicers, Otto Herlocker and L. E. Royse. The company bought from F. It. Row lee, of this city, the Jack Pot group of three claims on McCully's fork, about four miles east of Sumpter, in the Bald Mountain and Mammoth district, directly In the same belt witli the Golconda, Co lumbia, I:. & li. and North Pole mines. The property adjoins (lie Sumpter Free Gold mine on the south and the Scott M. & M. property on the east, and Is said to have the finest cropping of anything In the camp. The vein Is anywhere from 25 to so feet wide and crops above the surface from 10 to 30 feet. The company also purchased from H. W. Miller the Chance claim, which is a direct extension of the Jack Pat ledge, on which a i2S-foot tunnel has been driven. The property is equipped with track, car, cabins, etc., and is being worked night and day by contract, Mr. Rowlee having the contract to run a soo-foot tun nel. The property is under the manage ment of Anthony Mohr, who, incidentally, promoted the deal. As soon us sufficient ore has been exposed to warrant the erec tion of a mill, it will be built. Dirt That Goes $27 a Cubic Yard. Engineer D. W. C. Nelson, who re turned yesterday from near Burns, reports a rich placer strike, the meager details of which were told him at Ontario, on his homeward journey. Mr. Nelson did not have time to visit the place where the strike was made. The ground lies in the Snake river bottom forty miles above On tario. The pay dirt runs from 9 to (27 to the cubU yard, and the ground has a depth of forty feet to bed rock. If the re port as given to Mr. Nelson Is anywhere near true, It Is a very . rich discovery. Democrat. SmtlUr for the Blue Jacket. The Blue Jacket Mining company In tends to install a 304011 smelter near Its property In the Seven Devils this season. Assistant Mining Congress Commission er Fred H. Davis, who returned from a visit totlie Seven Devils section, brought In the news. Manager Frank J. French, of the Blue Jacket, Informed Mr. Davis that this would be done. Mr. French is now In Portland, buying sinking machin ery, and as soon as this Is Installed the smelter Is to be erected. While Mr. French did not detail Hie full plans to Mr. Davis, he did state that the new project was certain. 'The smelter v III probably be erected on Indian creek, but a short distance from the Blue Jacket mine. Mr. Reduced Rata Are now in effect to Buffalo, New York. Do you expect to attend the Pan-American Exposition? 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