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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1902)
, VOL III. SUMPTER, OREGON, JUNE 18, 1902 NO. 41. BIG STRIKE IN THE VIRGINIA ANOTHER LEDGE DISCOVERED, TWENTY-FIVE FEET WIDE. Jasper Quartz Carrying Sylvanite Fint Found in Eastern Oregon If It I at Good at it Looks, It it the Richest Mine in the State Eastern Stockhold ers Visit Property. A. 1). Kmst, secretary of the North Pacific Mining company, of Seattle, ac companied by Dr. W. M. Patterson, tint president of the company ; S. S. Kldor, tliu treasurer, ami tienrgo II. Sherwood, 0110 of tlm trustees, ami his hoii, both residents: of Philadelphia ; II. V. Sehuitt gur, of Superior, Wisconsin, ami J. 0. Hpurr,apronilnt'iit contractor of Scuttle, nil heavy stockholders of tint coinpiiiiy, pniwd throuuli Sumpter hint week on tlifir way to the Virginia mine, at ltol Insonvlllo. Tliu company purchased thin property from Messrs. .Mitchell and lliltlor hint year ami has hecu steadily at work with a force of men since last August. The showing in good ami tliu present visit it- for I lie purine of exuiu iiiation anil making arrangements to put In a hliinip mill. None of tlm parties, ulthouiih heavily intvresftd, except Mr. F.rnst, hail ever seen the property. Messrs. Krnst ami Patterson drove down from the mini) ye-terdny, and the others rimiu ill from Whitney on the train, all leaving for the Sound in tliu afternoon. Tliu gentlemen am enthusiastic: over tliu Virginia. Ah stated iiImivc, their in tention wuh to nrrnnge for the early erection of a stump mill, iih they havu a giMid body of nro blocked out in tliu old workings; but another vein, of smelting ore, Iiiih been discovered on the proierty that may cuusu a change of plans. They are all excited over thin now find, and well they may bo, if it proven to lie us ginnl unit looks. Lastfnll whiluou atrip to tliu mimiMr. F.rnst knwkcd off u piece of rock from the side of a ravine, differ ing in appenrancu from any liefore found in eiiHlern Oregon. Ilu took it with him to Seattle and had it ussiiycd. I. carried high valueH. On thiH trip he had the ground exploited, and found there a strong vein with clearly defined wnlls, twenty-feet wide, solid qiinrt. from wall to wall. The gentlemen brought In witli tliem over a hundred pounds of this, rock. It in green in hue, bright green in place, iih smooth and flinty iih glnss in appear ance, carrying largo qunntitios of what lookn like HulpliurotH no far an crystuli.n tion 1h concerned, but iih white iih silver. Thin in thought to bo hylvauito and the rock was identified by local uxpertH iih jasper quartz, which in s aid to abound in the Cripple Crook dibtrict. Said Mr. Ernst to a Minkk man : "I inn almost al raid to hope that thiH new vein i'h iih rich iih tliu one nswiy In dicates. That nnuiple wan taken from near tliu hanging wall ami the Muff net richer in npiearnuce an the foot wall in approached; that in, the HiilpliuretH in cream1 in iiantity. I have sampled the entire U.Vfoot ledge and will havetheoro thoroughly tested. We haven't none in on it at all and I don't know what the ore we have will assay, so I don't care to make any delluite statements alxait this new find, further than if it Is as good iih the one one assay would indicate, we liav the bigucHt thing in eastern Ore gon, and that means, in the world." From another member of the party, an excited gentleman from tliu east, the writer learned that the assay referred to wuh I'D in gold. Mr. Krnst is more fa miliar witli Casein I e ores than with those of eastern Oregon and such values seem suspiciously high to linn If it is sylvan ito, which seems very probable, the rock shown here yesterday is worth close on to flOOQ a ton. Haul Good 26 Miles, 9 From Sumpter. J. A. Hilliker came in Sunday from hiri pro:rty on Hock creek, which is an extension of the North I'ole. Ho is pre paring to do a large amount of develop ment work there thiH m-iisoii and is now hauling in lumber for bunk, hoarding houses and shops, tools, powder, hard ware and groceries All of these good are bought in Maker City, except the lumber, which is purchased at Haines. Tliu mine is twenty-six miles from linker City, fourteen from Haines and only nine from Sampler. A wagon .road from Haines crosses the property, but it is impossible to get in supplies from Sumpter. Three or four miles of road would make that district tributary to this camp, bring it at least six miles nearer here than Haines and twenty nearer than linker i ity. Adjoining Mr. Ililliker's property, there is a stamp mill in 0R'ration, on tliu Hansen mine, just over the divide from the North I'ole. Another mill will be erected on a near by property in a fuw weeks and a great deal of development work is being done there this season. Tills trade in worth looking after. Develop'ng Olive Lake Water Power. Hurley Wood returned from Olive lake Monday afternoon, bringing back with him a big catch of trout, which he divid ed with his friends, according to Ids us ual liberal custom. He says that John Itiggs is in charge of lied Hoy improve ments at the lake, but that ho is as non communicative as others cnum-clcd with the company and he could learn uothiui.' dellnitu as to tliu mamigement's Inten tions, except what ho could see. There is considerable surveying being done and they are excavating for a dam, that, it is stated, will raise tliu lake thirty feet. It now covers IdO acres. Tliero is scarce ly a doubt hut what the work of devel oping the water power there has hecu commenced. Fresh vegetables at Tliu Market. UNWATERING THE FRIDAY Work Resumed on This Old Big Producer. Neil .1. Sorensen returned yesterday from the Friday mine. This is the lirst trip lie has made to the property since it was shut down nearly three years ago, and lie says lie felt as if lie were return ing home after a long uhcuco and was aualu in possession of his own. Mr. Sor ensen uianai!ed the mine when it was being worked and was a huge, steady shipper. He say's the cnplo of IVarl, the nearby campare delighted over tliu resumption of work at the Friday. liefore he left, Superintendent tirlf tith had started the pumps and tliu work of unwaterlng the mine bud been com menced. Knnugh water had been iiuiiuhmI out to permit an examination of the ujer workings, which revealed the gratifying fact that the timbers are all in good condition, no cave-in Iiiih or currcd mid sloping can bo done as soon as the water is out of tint way, which will be by .lull 1. Mr. Sorensen says that just before leaving, liu asked Superintendent (irif tith:. "On tliu square, what do you think of the proposition?" He received tills characteristic, conservative reply: "Well, I won't venture giving my per sonal opinion until I can get down to the bottom of tliu shaft and look around in the drifts. The people around hero say it is the best mine in the district, so I suppose it's all right." Otto llerlocker will go over and taken look at the layout after it is uuwutorcd and he linds time for the trip. Tliu lloise Capital News of recent date said: Neil . I. Sorensen, general mana ger of the Friday property in the I'earl district, which Iiiih been closed down for Home years, arrived from Sumpter, Ore gon, yesterday, and announces that ho is hero to begin operations to reopen the mine at once. Mr. Sorensen is accom panied by 1). M. (.irillitli, a prominent mine superintendent of the Oregon gold Holds, and he will have charge of the proerty. The mine is full of water, and piim ing operations to uiiwatcr tint properly will begin in a very few dayn. The shaft is down IIH) feet and drifts Isitli ways have been run on tiie SO and KJO foot levels. At tio SO, the ledge has been explored it (list, nice of M feet, Hllil at the Hit), '.'80 feet of wrk on the Icdg" has been accomplished. Manager Sor ensen is arranging for the opening of the proKTty on a big scale. The Friday was formerly one of the big producers of the district, hut owing to litigation it Iiiih remained idle for several yearn. Another Strike in Cracker Creek. I'M llntzu, Sr., in charge of tliu K. it K. mine, was in the city yesterday from Bourne. Ho Ih interested with Health' people in the .lust ice uroup, located near the hi milieu of the Cracker Creek dis trict. They are driving u nO-font cross cut tunnel on tlm property ami another of Kit) feet will bo contracted for soon. The showing is excellent. A rich strike was recently n.ado in that section, says Mr. Itutxe, by Messrs. Olson ami John son, who own the Little Tammany, Ituby and llluo llird claims, butwtcn the Tammany and Peer Lodge groups, which goes to prove that the entire mountain is mineralized, and good te sults are to bo expected almost any where thereabouts. Fourth of July Prises. At a meeting of the Fourth of .Inly celebration committee Monday evening it was decided to offer the following prices : First for double hand drilling contest, t:tlH). The (iolcontla prl.e of fltX) will he added to this, making the grand priro of ft(M) for thiH contest. Tliu second prize for double bund drilling will ih, flOO. In the single hand drilling con test the llrst prlr.0 will lie $75; added to this Hanker Hobbins' special pri.e of IMI, maklnu a total of Vi&, The llrst prize ill tliu log rolling contest, will be f 175; second, ffiO. Tutting contest prli will bo fo(). There will also he baseball nod other pr xch for sports mid feats of skill and strength. Ah yet little interest is being manifested in tliu voting contest, for CioddesH of I.llcrty, but this feature will warm up ami become exciting as the day approaches. Miss Cainplxill now leads. Another Case of "Fool for Luck." I-M I'arkM was in town yesterday from I'inu creek, where ho Is running a store. Ilu says large quantities of gold Ih being . taken from tliu placers there thin year, that dust Ih the medium of exchange and trov scales of .Mil are more needed than the modern cash register. He says tliero in a striking illustration in the district of tliu old saw, "a fool for luck." F.nrly in the spring a tenderfoot kid drifted into camp, found a rich streak of gravel tliu next day, bad a prospector iniiko out anil hIiow him how to post his loca tion notice, and has been panning out. four or live dollars a duy ever since hasn't even sense enough to work a rocker and a ground sluicing proiositioii is not in the reach of Ills imagination. Suit Azainit Cato Johns et al. .1. 11. Stoddard ami I'. Ilascho have tiled a suit iiL'iiliiHt C. J. Johns. F.d Turk and .lolin Austin, doing business, iih tho Austin Meat company, and A. II. Hunt ington, as sheriff of linker county. Tint suit is to recover payment on goods fur nished I ho defendants as nncrators of tliu time's I'eak (iold Mining company, Ltd., it lieing asked that tliu court re strain tlio sheriff from neiniittiliL' the defendants from coming into possession ot any money derived Irom the sale oi the property, which the plaintiffs will attach. Democrat. Tliu celebrated Gundo's "the beer of gissl cheer" alwayH on draught ut Dun- phy's The Club. J1 JftLAA a; w&wttirimrrmimflmwt