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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1902)
THE SU.YIPTER MINER Wednesday October i. 1902 IO tf I ill SNAKE RIVER PLAINS. Geological Survey Report on That Interesting; Reg-ion. In litillctiu No. I1M, now in prtyp, United State icological Survey, Profex- Hor iHftlul C. KtlXXcll dlxcuxxex till) gcob ogy and tliu water rexonrceiiof thoHnaku river plain of pouthurn Idaho. The main objecta in view when the work wiih undertaken were to uncertain how fur thu geological conditiniiH, particularly Ix-ncath thu broad lava-floored plainx bordering Hnaku river, fuvor thu hope of obtaining Mowing water by ilrilliiiK wcIIh, hihI where tent wuIIh xhould Imi put down in order to determine thu cor rt'Ctni'MH of the iufcrcuccH Imxed on geo logical and olhur condltionx. Of thu L'A.OOO wiiura milcx of the region, alxuit I 'Mi m 1 11 11 ru mllex were examined, the main route lying eaiitward from near llnlmi ncroxx Klmore, l.lncoln and lllainu niiiuticx mid Into Itlngham county iin far iih lllackfnot. The Snake river pinion prexent a typii nil llliiHtration of an inxuhir or contl. nental climate, xueh iin In chnractcrixtiu of reglonx of mild relief, remote from the tcuiaring InHuenccx of thu ocean, and deprived of their rciiiixito nliurc of uioiNtiire liy the prexem-o of lofty nioun IniiiM In the path of thu prevailing windH. The rocky and thu lava-covered INirtioiiM of the plaitiH excepted, the will in a line, yollowiidi-whiU), hilt-like ma terial, largely a iIiihI dcoHit, Himilar to the celebrated Iocnh of China and to the dcMMlt bearing thu hiiiiiu name In thu MlHMkmlppl valley, uml of exceptional fertility if properly irrigated. Kor many lulled thu Snake river re ceivim no iHtreunlal tributaricN from thu iiiouiitaiiiM to thu north, hut many xpriugx, aggregating many thouxaud cubic fmit Mir xeeond, Hiur out through out thu year their waterx from tliu northern wall of thu Snake river can yon. The teniHtrature of thin xpring water hcciiih to xhow that it 1h xuppllcd by theHHbtcrraucanllowof"oxtrlvurx," which comedown from the mountaiiiH. The auioiiut of water mwtr available t along Snake river in practically uulimlt-, il, but in n yet uuutili.cd. Agriculture Ih deHtiideiit on irrigation, and thu moxt iiuMirtaut couimiiuitleH have grown up along irrigation caualx. Thu moxt valu able crop in bay, principally alfalfa. After a prolonged dixcuxxinii of the geological feature of the region, I'rofex cor ItllN'cll take up the xllhjcct of itn water xupply ami rcucheH the conchiKion that the prexcnl xurfacc water xupply in largely wanted, and that it in practicable to uxe for irrigation the entire xumiucr llow of all xtrcauH reacliiiig the Snake river plaiiiN. He thiukx that Murage rcxcivoir xhould be cxlahlixhcd, and drill hole xhould he put down for text lug arlcxian londitioux, every iWxiire t-prlng in xouthciu Idaho being a war rant that watei under picxiurc cxlxlx beneath the Mil face. lie iiImi thiukx1 that it in painfully uppaieiit that the contiol of the water Mipply, both for irrigntiou and for other uxex, and tliei H.lllitlirv illhlX'Ctiou of low llh and of ini-i lated hiuixex hhoiild he placed in the hand" of competent engineers ' Hrny County Diamond Fitldi. . It. S. Itiilhcrford and hiiih Iteu ami Adrian, who, with Itert Mumford, of the ('. It. A Q. It. It. company, base been piopecliug for lire clay in the vicinity of Crime creek, Harney county, returned Sunday and reMirl the dixcovcry of a ' diiiuioud mine. The formation i inot ly dvomMtiel 1 orphyiy. The rock Iih been Ihoronglily tctcd and found to 1111I11I0 tliiiinnndx. miiiiiIiIic. toiiiiz and i moouHtonen. They have one xapphiru in their ixixxexxion valued at f 100. Then gentlemen have located two xectlonx of land and will commence development work iih xoon iin the proper machinery can lie procured. Mr. Mumford left Wednesday for Jlcatriee, Nebraska, whetu he will organize a company with a capital xtoek of $.r,000,000 for thu pur I Mice of developing thu mine. Mr. Ruth erford expectM thu machinery to arrive here within the next thirty da) h. On tario will be made thu permanent head iiiarterx of the company. Ontario Dem ocrat. MORROW COUNTY COAL FIELDS. Their Dtvrioptncct Mum Much (or the Inland Empire An thurn ban been very little yet mid or published in regard to the Morrow county coal deHmltn, it in probable that only a very few citizen of the county realize thu extent of thin coal Held, or that thu diKcovery mcaiiH moru for llepp nur, Morrow county and thu Inland Em pire than thu dixcovury of gold. I)uvul opmuutH have broiightout great xurprixex for thu promoturM. Thu quality of the conl ix improvjng with depth, thu veins are broadening and thu coal ix a butter uradu than wiih over anticipated. One vein produced a very good quality of coking coal. TchIh have xliown that it ix a HiiHirlor quality of Hteani coal, and hoiiiu of thu coal in thought to bo an thracite. Mun of meanx have investigated thin coal Held and, it Ih xaid, have offered the promotera unlimited backing if they de nim it. Thu quantity and quality of coal la here, ami it in now thought by thorns who have Invcxtigatud and are in a IMixltiou to know, that the Morrow county dutoaitn will equal many of the great coal tleldx of thu eaxt. Development work la alow at Hrxt, aa only a fuw mun can work to advantage in a tunnel until xulliclent depth la at tained that levels are run. I). A. Her ren, one of thu promotura who ban charge of the work, ix puxbiiig the de velopment of tuiiiielx ax rapidly ax the condition will warrant. It ia prexumetl that the work of con Htructiug the railroad up Willow creek to the miiicri, the permanent xurvey of which hax already laeu completed, will be lNguu in thu near future, and by the Hrat of the coming year the Imxiexl hcciich will lie prexented that have ever liecu wltnexxed in Morrow county The coiicluxioiix herein xlateil are baxiil 011 the judgment of conl mine ex a'rtH of long experience, one of whom extiiualed a coal deposit oi L2.(HKI.(MXI tonx to the acre. Ileppuer Tiiuex. FRED G. LAWSON u Vpvn mil vwi Snptir, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER Wi Miki 1 Sinoiilty if Sippliis fir Minn. Niini's GilihritMl CiMii 6h4s imI i Fill LiM if firaiiriis Stnwfcirriit imI Yifitiblis Frisk Every lay. American Brewing and Crystal Ice Co. E. SIBER, Greneral Manager. Manufacturers of First Class Draught and Bottled Also Ice Made of Distilled. Water. BEER The most modern equipped plant in the state. All orders promptly attended to. Telephone, Main 15. BAKER CITY, OREGON. k4 A. P. 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