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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1902)
1 N Wednesday, August 6, 1902 THE SUMPTER MINER 'Tffffatemntmmmmmmrtrt ANOTHER BONANZA ON CRACKER CREEK Gleason and Doane Develop Develep ing: What Looks Like a World Beater. Indications (mint toward another great gold producer belli): ad(lel to the galaxy of bonanxas which have made the Cracker Greek district famous all over the world. With the aid of capital another North Pole or Golcondu will be developed within n few years. The name of this prus)iective fabul ously rich proerty is the Buckeye group, consisting of four claims. It is situated on Little Cracker creek, three miles above Hourne. There is an abundant supply of timber and water .and a natural location to favor its coa venient working. The group is owned by V. II. Gleason and J. X. Doane, of Sumpter, who are developing it. Mr. Oleason, who was in town yesterday, is very enthusiastic over the pros)ects that have developed so far. Three assays from near the surface, the returns of which he showed the writer, were $142, f 105 and f23, an .average of $1)0 per ton in gold and silver, principally the former. They nroMiow crosscutting the ledge and have but one wall as yet. Of this 00 nick they now have live feet ex posed. No great depth has yet been attained, the work being confined to tho surface and shafts. A piece of rock from the Ituckeye, Mr. Gleason said, could not be told from a piece of the $14,000 ore from the North Pole, and at the same leptlt there is every reason that the values in the newer property should be up in the thousands, as well as its neighbors. The ledge is exosed for a distance of 1200 feet, and free gold can be panned Anywhere on it. The owners do not vlai m to bo on either the North Polo or Columbia Ivdgu, but are content with knowing they have a good thing without ligtiriug out who else is located thereon. Future plans arc not yet decided iijioii, but in till probability some capitalist or syndicate that is on the lookout for u good thing, will accept the terms and scoop out several millions from his in vestment, thus attracting others to the unexcelled opiortuulties offered in the Sumpter district. Amy MctbxU Should be Changed. The latest mining man of any promi nence to suggest that the present meth ods in use by assurers should be changed is Ixjtiia Jaiiiu, Jr. In a recent com munication on tills subject, Mr. Janin said: "As time is money to a certain extent and short cuts in calculation are appreciated by chemists and assurers, why has not some one suggested u new ussay-tou for gold ores in which the milligrams of assay button or parted gold will represent $20 even er ton of ore, instead of $20.07. Dr. Chandler's assay-ton of LIMM grams has !m.cii a great convenience, yet the returns in ounces and decimals of an ounce in gold require calculations on the use of tables to reduce to terms of the almighty dol lars as did the old assay charges of 200, 300 or 400 grains. If we should use 30.143 grams of pulp, then each milli gram of gold would represent $20 worth of gold at $20.07 ier ounce, and the sub divisions of the balance beam could be read directly in dollars and cents. Frac tional assay tons could be made us usual. It is convenient to translate decimals of mi ounce into dollars by multiplying by two and moving the decimal ioiiit. Tho operation is simple and mental, but it involves an error of more than three per cent. As correctness can be secured with a saving of time there should lie no objection raised to this proposed assay ton in an age of exactness even in min ing. In Australia, where assays are still reported in ounces, jmnny weights and grains per ton of 2240 (winds, the writer had his assayers use a charge of 053.33 grains of pulp, when the resulting gold could tie read directly to pennyweights and divisions in grains, using a 1-10 grain rider. To silver ores the assay-ton of 30.143 grams is not so applicable, as an error of 1 cents er ounce or there abouts would be In vol veil. There are many localities, howevttr, where silver values are not, and need not, be taken into consideration. In these this assay ton would lie appreciated. If occasion ally silver need be estimated a division of the weight in ounces per ton by 1.03 would be accurate within a small degree and would afford an approximate com lensatiou for the absorption of cupel and slags in assaying low grade ores." Vbuon Makes Another Rich Strike. Manager W. L. Vinson came in from the Little Kmma mine yesterday and evidently had some good news up his sleeve. Mr. Vinson is very reticent and it is difficult to get information from him concerning properties of which he is in charge. Knough was learned, however, to show that a big strike lias been mado in the Little Kmma and that the ore is very rich. Mr. Vinson Hnally consented to exhibit an assay certificate made by Davey yesterday, giving re turns of $125 to the ton on the Little Kmma ore. The ore was taken from the lower tunnel, cutting a two-foot ledge, and it is safe to say that in the near future good things will be heard of the Little Kmma. It is understood that the pa streak is about eight inches wide. A few weeks ago average sum pies of the ore run $10 to $15 free milling. The value of the strike can be appreci ated. The lower tunnel is now in 500 feet, mostly in ledge matter. Democrat. Hydraulic Elevator on North Fork. K. K. Thornburg was in town Thurs day from his North Fork placers, lie re'torts that the new hydraulic elevator recently installed Is working to erlec tion. A crowd from Granite and Ijiw tou are going out to see it oierute Suiiduy. The elevator bundles boulders weighing more than 350 ounds as if they were smull pebbles. Mr. Thorn burg bus the best equipped placer prop erty in eastern Oregon. He ojsjrutcs three giants under 350-foot pressure. I-iiuton Stuudurd. Why Go Eatt Over thu siiii-liurned saire brush and alkali pluins when you may just as well take a delightful, cool anil comfortable ride through the heart of the Itocky mountains in view of the grandest scen ery on the American continent? This you can do by traveling on the Hio Grande system, the far fumed "Scenic Line of the World," the only transconti nental line passing through Salt hike City, Glcuwood Springs, I-cndvllle, Col orado Springs and Denver, en route to eastern (stints. Three dally express trains make close connections with nil trains east and west and afford u choice of five distinct routes of travel. The equipment of these trains Is the best, In cluding free reclining chair curs, stand ard and tourist sleeier, u erfwt dining car service, mid also crsoiially conduct ed excursion curs, each in charge of a couiieteut guide, whose business is to look after the comfort of his guests. No more pleasant and lnexeiisivc means of crossing the continent can be found than is provided by these excursions. For additional details address .1. D. Muns Held, general agent Hio Grande lines, No. 124 Third street, Portland, Ore. Shoes of till kinds at Neill Mercantile coniimuy'tt. T. G. Harrison, agent for Giant pow dercomimuy. Iave your order tor anything In the reading line with DeNeffe A Muzzy. Only the best brands ot liquors and cigars ut Diuiphy's "The Club." Something to depend umii Giant swder. ...J. W. C0WDEN... HAS A FINE LINE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF ALL THE MINES AND PROS PECTS IN THE SUMPTER GOLD FIELDS 222323222 MINE VIEWS ONLY Address .1. W. Cow den, Sumpter, Or. INCORPORATE UNDER 1RIZ0N1 uws. Most lllieml corMiratiou laws in the United States. No franchise tax or ex orbitant fees. Private proerty exempt from nil i'orMrute debts. Par value of stock made any amount. No limit on cu italixution. Stock is uou-assessable for any iurKise. Noiimouiit of stock required to Is' subscribed. No slate control. No state examination of books, legislature can't reMul your charter. Keep ofllce and do business anywhere. We attend to all husliiesp, pity till fees and charge you but $50.00 in any case. Write for iiooklet of CorK)ratiou I .uws ami other information. Address ARIZINI CORPORATION CHARTER CI., jfX10fXHV BLUE BIRD MINING COMPANY Capital $200,000 FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE MINES LOCATED IN GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, EASTERN ORftiON 50.000 SHARES OFFERED Write for specUl pile anj prospectui WHEELER & CO., iMkirs l BROADWAY. 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