THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, October 8, 1902
III
MONTE CRISTO
AND GOLD BUG
Rapid Development of Rich
Properties on Greatest
Ledge Ever Found.
.1. A. llillilcur iHxci through town
Frlilay un mutt to IiIh mlncn on Hook
entile, t ! Monlii (Jrlcto unil (Sold Hug
group, owned liy the WcMti.rn Onion
Mining t'onipitiiy, of .MIi)m-joUh, of
which lici Ih Kunurul niiimtKiT. Thorns
proirtii'H ciiitHiHl of llvit full cIhIiiih, or
Pole, nml Mayor KnbtmiH, of Sumpter,
to buy thu ground Itetwuou that mine
ami the Monto Crlnto group. Tim latter
micrwdi'd, after bidding over $200,000,
planking ilown thu inonoy, Iihh organ
ImhI tin Smith I'olu company and lian
already Ixigtin work on a gigantic Hcale.
Mr. Ilillikcr, thuruforu, Iihh a llceiwe
to bt HiithuiiiaHtii! ovtir the probability
of making two great iiiinux of IiIm prop
urtitw, UHidt from thu Hliowing already
made there which en tluinlaHmlMnhared
by hiri HiiHriiitendeiit. So far aH the
toography of the ground In concur led,
be Iuim a better layout than either of the
other big compaiileri; with an excellent
water riglitaml utillxito Mituated between
thu two, rciiilcrlng cheap and convenient
delivery of ore; and hiMt, but not leant,
an liiexImiiMtihlu riiipply of tlmlxir.
Ah ginnl hulldiiig'4 hh are to lii found
7MK) feet of thu direct exit-union of thu
fauioiiH North Pole ledge, joining end to "' "' " eattern Oregon, bunk
end with thu South Pole company' H"l "'"ding Iioiihch, blackHinith and
irmiuiil. tlnilH'r iramlug rtliopH, have ik-cii com
Mr, llilliker had juitt fluiiilicil hauling
in IiIm HiippllcM for the winter, confuting
of II f teen toiiH of griN'erieM, hardware and
Hiwder. lie iHiught the griH'erieH at
JIiiImcn ami the other Hiipplici from P.
HmhcIih at llaker (,'ity. From the former
place to thu mine it Ih twelve or fourteen
iniloM, up hill every foot of the way;
from thu latter, it Ih twenty milcx, up
grade fully half the dixtnuce. Ity con
Htructlug three Milieu of road thiH rich
lixtrict could lit rcHchcil from Sumpter
in nine niileH, The prollt on the trade
which would IhiiN Ik Hcciired for two
tuoutliH would pay for the work.
Under the micriuleuduiicy of O, V.
l.lndley, a mining man of varied cxcri
mcu and exceptionally goiHl judgment,
IhiIIi of theMU groiipH are being oteiiel
up, by tunnel. The Monte Orinto group
Ilex on the opMHite xlde of the bill (nun
the North Pole ground, and at nlxmt tile
name elevation. HahulHou the South
Pole property, an ntatetl above. The
HaiiHcii mill, recently bought by the
South Pole company, along with the
three elalniH owned by Andrew lluuxcn,
in Nitiialed only about 100 feel from the
Monte OrlHtoV nide lint. The (iold Hug
Ih a couliiiuatiitii of thin panic ledge,
ltock creek iHtiug the dividing line, and
Ih Hituatcd on the opposite hillhide,
reaching the itumtiiit.
Two nli(lit of miiierM are al work on
each property, driving IiiiiiiiIh for the
ledge, both of which are now in over
100 feel, and the ledge may Ih cut any
day on either. They could have Itccu
driven in on the ledge, but Siicriutcml
ttul l.ludley thought IteM lo run thene
uliorl croHMCiilM, in order to get good
dumping facilitien and alo more depth
in a rdiortcr dintaiice.
Till i iliiiiuettioiiably one of the
g rent cut gohl hearing leilucHiin ihogliiUi.
Itegariliug it, Profeior l.indgreii, of the
United SUte Geological Survey, nay it
in the miMt clearly dcllued, Htrongent
and HrHiHteut in eastern Oregon and
that in xaying a whole lot, much more
than Ihe Miiiiformcd eau conceive of,
IjmI week' J. V. (Niwdeu wan over in
thai dintrict taking picture of Ihe ccu
fry, buildings, mill, etc., one of which
Ih a panoramic view of North Polo hill.
The camera wan tin the oppoite divide,
fully two iiiiIch diHtant, and even in the
phologiaph the ledge can be dintinctly
neeu and traced down the mountain Hide
throutib the South Pole claiuiH, into the
Monte l'riHln, where it in lost night of
a il dcHcemlH below the timber hue.
The coIiiiiiiih of Tux MiNKit have Ihvii
idled in recent week with account of
thu vant ipiaiitity of gold that ban Ik-en
taken from Ihe vein during the panl few
IiioiiIIih, the North Pole alone having a
record of a million and a half in four
iuouIIih, to nay nothing of the big clean
upH from Ihe l.'oluinhi.i and (iolcouda,
on ili wi'Hlcrly exteurtion. Header of
thin iaier will alno recall the colitcMt
royal belivii Alexander daring, the
London uiillioiiaiie owner of the North
plcted, and the mull employed then
will Ih comfortable all winter.
A civil engineer in now at work there, I
mirveying the grounil lor patent, wiilcii
will Ih- piiHheil through to erfection of
title an rapidly iih ollieial red tape will
Mruiit.
There Ih ncarcely a doubt hut what In
one year from date both thene g roll pit
will le big, prolilie producers SiiK)rin
tendent l.lndley lay he will have
enougli ore blocked out in nix moutliH to
jitHtify the erection of a mill. There in
every probability that thin ore will Ih '
eipially iih rich as that now being taken .
from the North Pole, which mill many
thouHainlH of dollar to the ton, for thu
itituatiou of the two prntertie in very
aimilar.
Mining Offer Greatut Inducements.
I), K. U'wIh, Salt Ijike City, npeakiug
to a representative of thu Inter Moun
tain at the Thornton hotel hint evening,
naiil: "No industry at the present day
offers so many inducements to invcntum
an iIoch (hat ussix-latcd with mining.
Nor Ih then a huslness enterprise ex
tant which provides anything like hh
heuy dividends us mining. A man can
work along all his lifetime on a salary
anil never accumulate very much ; but
there have tiecn instances in which a
little attention to mining bus made a
man rich. Where Ih the busine-s that
on the Investment of a few dollars will
yield big returns like milling? A few
dollars put into some properties have
Im-cii known to make men indcvcnduutly
wealthy. The late V. S. HI ration (enti
ties to thin fact. The stand Ih well taken
that it requires a mine In make a mine,
yet once the prollt stage Ih reached, div
idend come ipiickly ai.tl on a large
scale. Money derived from mining In
clean and not burdened with hardshipH
and strictures on the tollers, iih In the
general rule with oilier Industries, and
money ho earned affords pleasure alike
to employer and employe. The miner
glories in developing a rich pay chute of
ore and the higher thu returns extracted
from the mineral the more pride lie (celt
in his work. There are few kinds of
lalsir in which the men take iih much
satisfaction an the miner does. The
element of chance in mining Ih just suf-
llcient to make the work Interesting, and
while driving a tunnel or sinking a shaft
there is always the glorious uncertainty
of oH-ning up a rich vein." Unite Inter
Mountain.
"Now b the Appointed Time."
The O. It. k N. Co. has just issued a
handsomely illustrated pamphlet en
titled, "Oregon, Washington ami Idaho
and their resources." People In the east
are anxious for information iiIkiuI the
Pacitic northwest. If you will give the
(. !. k N. company agent at Itaker
City a list of names of eastern H-opK,
who are likely to he interested, the
booklet will Ik mailed free to such per
hoiis. Yours truly, A. I.. Craig, (iuneral
Passenger Agent.
J. G. Connell
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