VOL. IV.
GREAT IS THE
CRACKER-OREGON
ANOTHER FABULOUSLY RICH
ORB BODY POUND.
Three Feet of Rock That Assays SWe
Pay Ore Shoot 135 Pert In Length
Blind Ledge Fourteen Put Wide That
Carries High Grade SulphurcU Large
- Force at Work on Mill.
Yesterday afternoon General Manager
Everett Brown, of the Cracker-Oregon,
invited Dr. H. M. Moulton and a
Minimi representative out to inspect the
latest atrike in that now sensationally
rich property. Dr., Moulton wanted to
drive and Mr. Brown reluctantly- con
sented and that is when the trouble
commenced.
' About two miles of the Doctor's drlv
iug sufficed to jar tilings loose consider
ably. A mile further on the seat occu
pied by Mr. Brown broke away from its
moorings and dipped to the rear at an
angle of sixty degrees, its trend being
ever strong towards the off hind wheel.
On tho return trip Mr. Brown insisted on
walking from the Golconda to the main
road not because he waa in a hur-y,
but because he had a special purpose in
preferring to sleep last night in his hotel,
instead of on an empty stomach, beneath
the glittering stars. He also said some
thing about Dr. Moulton being better
equipped by nature for an aeronaut than
u dusty road navigator. After that tile
driver became cureless nnd missed many
of the boulders.
But all this hus nothing to do with the
case in hniiil !m another story, as Kie
ling delights to frequently regwat. Last
Thursday another chimney of marvel
ously rich (roe gold ore was encountered
in the CracKcr-Oregon, and to see where
it ciime from wus the object of this stren
uous trip.
To understand the maguitudc, the im
portance of the strike, it is necessary to
know the lay of the ground aud the plan
on which Suicriiiteiident Cable is oieu
iug up the mine. The lower, the work
ing tunnel is driven from the bluff, per
haM fifty feet above the creek, for about
150 feet through ground that is compar
atively level, gaining perhaps fifty feet
in depth. From that point on, the
surface of the hill grows steeper. The
tunnel is now in 400 feet, with a vertical
depth of 250 feet, and is gaining depth
foot for foot.
When in something over 100 feet, the
first ore was encountered. There a
blind ledge was cut, which is fourteen
feet across, carrying values in sulphijreU
that assay from flMr to $100. ' "At that
point the distance to the surface above
is scarcely thirty feet. No drifting has
h5eii done on this vein. It is not exact
ly it parallel with' the main ledge and
SUMPTER, OREGON,
there ia a possibility that the two may
intersect. It they do, there a bunch of
gold ore will be encountered that will
make the fabled pot of gold at the rain
bow's end look like a kettle of soldering
metal.
Sixty or seventy feet further in, the
main ledge waa encountered. There the
first free gold was found, and there waa
plenty of it, too. Its fabulous values
were commented on In Thk Minsk at
that time. The ore is identical in ap
pearance with that of the Golconda and
is equally rich as the best ever taken
from that mine. From this point on,
the tunnel is a drift on the ledge. Hav
ing gono through 100 feet of good ore,
another one of these chimneys of rich
ore was, as stated above, encountered
last Thursday. It carries values that,
when stated in dollars, causes the read
er'a latent skepticism to arouse itself
Into energetic life. The shoot is full
three feet wide. After the richest of it
waa removed, samples were taken from
every four Inches, assayed and gave re
turns of 19090.
The tunnel la about rive feet wide ami
along its sides good rock ia found every
where. Tho ledge has never been cross
cut and no one knows the extent of this
wonderful ore body, that has already
been proven a length of more than 125
feet. Superintendent Walker, of the
California, was there and had sampled
it from one end to the other. He de
clared to the writer that: "It's the big
gest thing in Oregon." Superintendent
Cable says he can, with pretent develop
ment, supply ten stamps with ore.
Another tunnel is being driven in on
the ledge, 100 feet vertically up the
mountain side, which is also in ore of
similar character. The two will lie
connected by an upraise, for ventilation
and tho convenient delivery of ore to
the mill.
Under the sueriiitfiidei)cy of John
Ijiidlow, a millman of ability and large
exiierience, thirty or forty men are at
work grading and framing timlicrs for
the mill, which will be ready for otern
tion within sixty days. In addition to
steam, water power will I hi titilircd,
From the K. &. K. mill a fall of eighty
feet is secured, which will generate from
.forty-five to ninety horse power, vary
ing with the seasons and the volume of
water.
Another Seattle Man Buys a Mine.
Mr. Carter, of Seattle, who arrived iu
Bumpter two weeks ago aud has been
out in the hills ever since, is reported to
have bought the Gold King group, near
the Porcupine, Cracker Creek district.
The details of the transaction have not
been learned. Mr. Carter is expected to
return to Bumpter today or tomorrow.
ark
on OfCfM King.
Frank Baldwin took out a force of men
this forenoon to begin work oh the Ore
gon King, just beyond the Golconda iu
the Cracker Creek district. -The tunnel
is now iu 900 feet ami is in solid ledge
matter, carrying good values. There' is
not a better showing, for the work done,
lu the district.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1902.
SOUTH POLE
CONSOLIDATED
Interesting Rumors Afloat About
That Big Deal.
During the past week all the deeds
nnd other documents covering the recent
big transaction involving the procrticH
on the extension of the North I'olc
ledge, have lieeu tiled with the recorder.
Tho records, abstracts of which are pub
lished on another page of Tiik Mixrh to
day, reveal little or nothing regarding
the details of the deal.
There itru, however, some interesting
and apparently well authenticated rum
ors current relative to the deal. It Mill
be seen that the North 1'olu people fi
nally secured the one-tiarter Interest of
Mrs. Kaull in tho Villard claim. Messrs.
Baring and Bobbins kept the wires hot
bidding against each other oil her hold
ing. It is known that J. II, Bobbins of
fered her $25,000, so it is u sure .thing
that she received more money, though
the recorded deed places the price at ten
dollars it ml other valuable considera
tions. I'eter Bitscho turned in his quarter in
terest in the same claim for $25,000, re
ceiving $5000 cash and the remainder iu
thirty days. Mr. Baring offered him
only $10,000 for it and Kmil Mclxcr,
manager of the North I'olu mine, was
very wrnthy laminae ho refused to ac
ivpt it, displaying his auger by notifying
the Basche Hardware coinpuuy here
that he would do no more business with
it. It ix stated that Alex.iuder Baring
ha offered Mr. Bobbins' company, the
South Pole Consolidated, $50,000 cash
for the siiiue, which was refused, and
that Mr. Baring has usked for thirty
days in which to consider the counter
proMiHitiou made by Mr. Bobbins, to
sell for $150,000.
Andrew Hansen sold his proxtrty for
$100,000, twenty per cent of which was
paid iu cash.
ALL MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Seattle Man Enthusiastic Over Cracker
Creek PropertUs.
W. Y. I.. Butherford, of Seattle, ar
rived in Bumpter last Friday and went
out to the Justice aud Tammany, ill the
Cracker Creek district, in which prop
erties he is interested, returning this
forenoon aud leaving for home this
afternoon. He says he is tatter pleased
with his investments here than ever
before, and has nothing iu eastern
Oregon which he wishes to sell. De
velopment work will be continued vigor
ously and indefinitely.
H.- mnxe, nr., who lias is-en in cuurge
of these properties, was iu town u day
or two since. He says that on the Jus
tice, at the bottom of a fifty foot shaft,
they have fifteen inches that goes $270
NO. i.
in gold er ton, and the remaining four
feet will go better than twenty dollars.
A force of live men are now running a
crosscut.
What is now known as the North
western, was formerly the Tammany,
before a controlling interest was pur
chased by an eastern syndicate, by
whom it was incorHratcd with the
Northwestern company, which hold
large mining interests in Washington
and other western states.
All these mines have gisal strong
ledges, which give satisfactory return
as to values from the grass roots. Tho
principal owners of the Justice and
Porcupine are Seattle people, headed by
Captain A. W. Anderson and W. Y. 1
Butherford. Mr. Untie owns a large
block of stock iu all these conianlea.
A. D. McQueen Back in Sumptcr.
Angus 1). McQueen, who operated in
Stimpter district mlne-i two or throe
years ago, lu partnership with Captain
Thompson, aud who still retains inter
ests here, has lieeu in town several daya
this week. Since leaving Sampler h
has made his headquarters in Portland,
but has put In moat of his time in
Alaska and South America. He said
ton Mi.nkh iiiiiii: ''This town and dis
trict now look good to everylmdy, but
no better than it did to me when I left
here two years ago. At that time it
was almost iuiM)ssihle to buy a property
here and I left the country. Condition
have changed for the Is'tter and I am
back again. The prosKclors have
learned, as they must iu every mining
region, that it is necessary to give the
prosM-ctlve buyers a chance, la-fore any
great amount of progress can Is made,
or they can do any business. That era
has arrived and the country will surely
liuike even urcatcr strides iu the future
than lu the past."
Wants to Buy a Mine.
('. M. McClurcu, of New Castle, Penn
sylvania, is in Stimpter, looking around
for n iniuiiig proMrty for himself and
associates. He was out here six weeks
into and was sulliciently favorably im
pressed with the country io iuiest some
money here for himself and fr'cnds. He
is negotiating for several properties uiuL
exavts to close a deal this week. Ho
will then make n hasty trip east and.
return to take charge of development
work. '
Bought a, Mill fnr the Friday.
Neil J, Soreusen writes Otto llcrlitcker
from Chicawo that he has iNiught a inilli
for the Friday, which will be shipicd at
an early day. The Friday now ha
large quantities, of high grade ore
blocked out, nnd dividends will be
earned us soon as this mill is in opera
tion. Before work was coiuinenced lliia
spring reirts of engineers were to the
effect that there was $00,000 in sight.
For the finest cigars, both Key West
ami domestic, the choicest confections,.
MM'ket knives, icecream, eider, tobacco
and stationery, go tirSturgill's, on Mill
street, near Granite.
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