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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, July 31, 1901
GOLD FIELDS OF
EASTERN OREGON.
F.J. Hard's Good Story
Daily Mining; Record.
in
The Daily Mining Iteeonl, of Colorado
KjirinnH, ShhikmI an excellent Hjieciiil
Mining' CmigreM edition July U2, in
which Ih an article on thu "Undeveloped
Fieldn of KiiHtcm Oregon." Though it
wan nut finned, it miih evidently written
I iv I'. .1, Hard, of Portland, and in part
Ih iih folleun:
Your rorrfxMiii(lcnt junt returned
from a fori niuht'H Hojourn in ciiMlcrn
Oregon, The term em-tern Orcein hIk
nlllen that olio Iiiih liccn within 100 unleH
or hi of linker City and in Hiitinfiiutury to
tlio rcldciitw of Hit) Mute. If wo are talk
ing lo wheat anil grain men, they know
exactly whore uo have been; to Mock
men, tliey know where we have lieen,
aim ii mining ih tne Injiic ol cnnwrfn
tioii, eeione known that we lauded at
Maker City, via the fact train of the ().
It. N. railway and it in pretty certain
that ourdep.irtuie fiom that town uiih
over the Sampler Valley nanow gauge,
over wliieh the genial .In-imli Marlon
lioldx the rehiH and telln Conductor
It.iir.l to Heat the limn light.
Sumpter ih the lie city ahout tidily
iiiilexdUtiiut, where Ihe diftriliiitlnu Ih
done, and fumi whence the Alamo,
(raiiile, Mild iiniuulain. Cracker cree
and Cahle Coe district- are connected
vein giving good values in gold. Thu
I'ruHcnt Need claim, owned hy Mr. Mo
rey, of Portland, Iiiih Hhipied ore ami Ih
being developed in a Hyutemutio inannur.
Mnny other claiinH in thu district hIiow
Hiifllcicnt to warrant their nwncrH in de
veloping thu Quartburg dintriut.
Again panning down Dixie creek, turn
ing our hackH on thu lienutiful .John Day
valley, which wu could never leave weru
our object thu next grandest view in
tho world to that of the yellow metal,
returning to Suniptor only to ntnrt
again, tliiH time for tho lliild moiintnin
district, up McCully fork, where Mana
ger .MeLalluni Iiiih without doubt the
HiiKHithoHt running UO-stamp mill in the
district, H)iiniliiig away night and day
and producing u full trcanury for his
company, which promises to start imme
diately on u long working tunnel, gain
ing depth and giving them ore for yearn
to come. Next in the projierty of the
Iluroniaii Gold Mining company, owned
hy Portland people, a line group of five
claims with considerable development
work and a piomiiimit ledge carrying
gold, that can he cut on thu property at
great depth. Tlio claims are favorably
located, the Maid mountain on one side
and the well-known Ibex mine on the
other Hide, which ban largo ImhHch of
ore blocked out and some of it being ex
tremely rich and showing free gold in
large quantiticH. There in no
best, for they aro all good. The Itaisluy, '
the Virtue, Cable Cove, Mouana,
(Juaitzbiirg, Cracker Creels, (iranite,
Alamo, Maid Mountain and Cornucopia
districts, and the (ireeuhorn district.
.'where the Sunrise company, which
ow iih property joining thu Inter-Moun-
M. M. FLYNN
MEN'S TAILOR
A Line of Woolens and Spring Suitings
such as would be found In a large city.
Look for yourself. Work guaranteed
and prices right.
DON'T BE A JAY
and wear store clothe!
Granite Street. Next to
First Bank of Sumpter
Sumpter, Ore.
Golden Eagle Hotel
Rates $1.25 to $2.00 Per Day
T. T. DANILSON, PROPRIETOR
Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. SUAtPTER, OREGON
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by stage lines.
Three daH wete spent most agreeably
willi A. V. Dunn at (iinitbuig, wIiimi
stories of the pie-cut and p.ist weie of
the Mime sie; those of the past leing
e.irly days in Colorado and the laiuoiiH
Sail .Iiiiiii. .Many of the old. time fi lends
and acipiaiiitnncet weie talked of, and
tain, in being extensively winked by
Seymour I tell and associate-', of thu
Sumpter Klcctrie Light company. Talk
ahout what one has to say ahout tins A
eastern Oregon section in onu article j
you woiiiii nave 10 nuvoio all the col
uiiiiih of the Itcconl, ami then some
A. P. (JOSS, President
A. J. GOSS, Cashier
g Bank of Sumpter 3
Tfinjicti 1 Ceneril Banklnf Business
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
Drafts drawn on all parts of the world. Special attention to collections.
Safety Deposit boxes for rent.
SUMPTER, OREGON
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Kvcry indication points to rapid duvel-
thei nine m. of tlml ..r... m,,i. 'opment of this great district. Hotel
thrilling m counts of its enrlv develop. ' rvitTX "ll,w llll Hiaiitituro of the rep
incnt were well gone over, hiit as Mr. repiesentativeH of the largest milling
Dunn shown! these chiinkH of eold nod ' "' u,ul ''.' omipanies in the laud.
the plats of liinNunkoo I toy group, his
eyes glistened ami he said : "IVIIiivvh,
you cant heat that in Coloiado." Thin
Porfcet harmony existn between tho
mine owners, general good feeling be
tween those interested in thu various
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gioiin extend fiom bin cabin , 'H"tnctH, plenty oi work lornilg.MKi inin-.
the summit of Cougar rhino, eiulmieim? ! '" lm'"' LVorylnidy seoinn to lie doing
much of the western slope of the ridge,
which is all of IMHI feet above the creek.
On the east side, a little below the
summit, comiueiu'eH the property of the
Copperopolls company, extending to the
east fork of Dixie creek. This in a won
derful proposition, substantial buildings
are completed, the company has also
built a good wagon road ami have com
menced driving u large working tunnel,
which will given great depth, mid If
one-fourth of what in shown on the sur
face Is verilled iih to either (tiulity or
tpiautity, it will make 0110 of the largest
ore hodicH in thu northwest. No one
but our friend Dunn could tlml such
proerticH and ho says thanks to thu
downfall of silver, iih that in what drove
him from ids Colorado home.
Tho description of these eoper-gold
ore bodies are too large to bo told and
the present development reveals ho much
that one Iiiih to see it to believe it.
Close by these proertleH is thu Copier
King group, a most promising property
carrying large values in coper ami gold,
also cobalt in paying tpmutitlcH in being
mined by thin company. This company
Iiiih done much Intelligent development
work, Iiiih purcluiHed a smelter and in
arranging to erect it on the ground; Iiiih
a large force of wood cutter piling up
many cords a day, and they hujtu before
fall to 1ms treating their own ore. hi the
district in thu Cleveland group unit also
tho Willie Hoy claims, both promising
projiertieo. Tho Sherbundy group have
a flue copjior ledge and further up on
the ridge in the Cougar property, with a
well, ami best of all, blackmailers and
knockers seem to have taken up their
iiImmIu elsewhere.
Kustcrn Oregon will probably produce
between four and live million dollars
thin year, mid among the largest pro
ducers may lie named thu llnnaiua, Co
lumbia, North Pole, lied Moy, Itadgcr,
Gulcomla, Maid Mountain, Cougar, Mam
moth, Quelieu and Itaisley-Hlkhorn.
.evv mills ami various plants of ma
chinery aru coming in and an immense
amount of development work in nu thu
thu program. Here is u partial lint
which shows that there must be some
thing worth going after in thin country.
So far all intelligent extensive develop
ment ban met with success. Red Hoy
mine, sinking shaft LM00 feet; Itudgur
mine, sinking shaft tiOO feet ; ltonanzii
mine, sinking shaft (SOO feet; driving
1000 foot tunnel ; Callforniiwiilne.tloOfoot
tunnell; Columbia mine, ninking 400;
Cougar, tunnel 100; Don Juan mine,
tunnel SM0 leet ; Ciolden Kaglu, ninking
500 feet ; (lolcoudn, sinking -UX) feet ; Lit
tle (iiant, tunnel 1,800 feet; North Polo,
i.iuoieei; nam .Mountain, sinking 400
iwi niiii -iaiu toot tunnel; llurontan,
2000 fiMit tunnel ; Quebec, tunnel ltkOO
feet; Concord, 11100 foot tunnel; Strun
burg, 7:!0 foot tunnel; Diadem, 400 foot
tunnel; Imperial mine, 1500 foot tunnel ;
wrovvn rouu, nuu iooi tunnel ; 1 em pest
(WO foot tunnel; Copero oils, (KH) foot
uinnei ; nittutiani, iuuu loot tunnel ; Lib
erty Hell, 500 foot tunnel ; Inter-Mountain,
1000 foot tunnel ; Dixie Creek, 500
foot tunnel ; Yankee Hoy, 1000 foot tun
nel ; Leo, 450 foot tunnel ; Hex, 1050 foot
tunnel ; Constellation, 500 foot tunnel;
IH.Iulttt. Ollll tii ......nkl llunlM IflA
iuvmi; , mm iiiut ...iiiiui, ifwiihiii, iw
foot tunnel ; Astoria-Melbourne, 300 foot
tunnel ; Tillamook, 500 foot tunnel.
....The Elite Cigar Store....
L. HARRIS, Proprietor
Newly remodeled and refitted. Smokers'
resort". We are daily receiving fresh cigars
or tne leading brands,
stock.
No stale goods in
Healy Block.
Cor. Granite and Center Sts.
Eureka Feed & Livery Company
H. K. BROWN, Proprietor
Horses Boarded by the day or Month. First
class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our spec
ialty is the quick and safe delivery of freight
and passengers to any and all points.
HAY AND GRAIN FOR
THE
Sumpter Forwarding Co.
E. H. HORNER, Proprietor.
General Storage, Commission and Forwarding.
WHOLESALE HAY, FEED AND GRAIN
Warehouse and office, S. V. Track. SUMPTER, OREGON.
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