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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1902)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, October 29, 1902 the Friday mino is located. The Payette valloy !h of man's handiwork. While the noil hikI water were there liefore t!io dvent of man, difitribiition and arrange muni did not permit of production. Now agriculture carpets the valley, making for mining the tuoHt advantageous of all nuitfhlxirs. From KmiiH'tt to the Friday Ih a dis tance of eight miles, well graded and of fering the fluent facilitieH for hauling. One of the most iiiiportantunterpriseH holdttt. But Hn Nothing to Say to of Idaho is taking shape on the Pnyettu The Public Big Electric Power Plant river, north of Pearl. That Ih the great BelneConstrucled-OreBodlei Increase' ol,',,tri',lr plant heing Stalled to , , ,. . ,,.., cupplv the Htreet carHof HoIho with elec- In Extent and Value, With Depth- ,,,;.',.,., Vf aH w,. M , ,,,, ,, Other Good Mine, in Friday District. titlt.r ,.,t,.rprlHeH within a radiuH of 1 thirty or forty miles. A great plant in heing erected. What effect it will have Neil. I. .Hohmim'ii, who in one of the on the the mining Industry cannot Ir largest individual stockholder in anil, I appreciated without a personal visit, FACTS ABOUT THE FRIDAY. MANAGER SORENSEN HARD PROP OSITION FOR REPORTERS. Furnishes Accurate Information to Stock- together with Otto llerlockcr, the "Co." of the linn, Ih Diniiicieriug the Friday, in the hardest propiihitiou that u news paper man ever tackled, lie hcliewsiu telling of the merit of the property thiough the medium of pairo advertise iiiciiIh. Ah soon as a tcportcr hegius to HHk iiicMti(iiiH, he uhxuuich a frifty atti tude and starts in on an elaborate scheme of explanation an to why he doesn't ean to talk ahout a mine in which ho in interested ; seemingly feat ing that homebody miglit think he wan C pi""? While I'earl in a liigh grade camp, from which rich ore has lceii mined, justify ing a haul to Koine, twenty-nix milen din taut, itn great fiitttie naturally dependn upon better operating facilities, which are rapidly taking form. The Checkmate wan for a periml tin utile producer, hut since thu Fridav ban begun to open even richer ore bodien and the Lincoln in making arraugemeutn for a great treating plant, the electiical and trannportatiou companien realize that a great future in mining in dawning. The , f --i ..,: Checkmate tizxlZ.: TOYOKC L(YS& . f.2 '-m. BJ alone out putn from . . - v.CSl? i noo i.. -. ..:..::..: fA f - f.w.ivu ii! r month. When it ' !E ''' -Mrf 4V III TTVHuTls LEDGE AND SHAFT OF THE FRIDAY. playing an unfair game, for the pursso of nlling Mock. If adroitly cross ticstioucd, ho will ad mit that the proerty looks good to him, that a mill in Mug erected, that "quite a bunch of men" in at work there, but when it comen to dates and details and deliuito declarations, he says that in a matter in w hich the public ban no inter est ami that stockholders can always get such information when desired. So it in that Tmk Minkk ban been forced to go to other noiirccn for these facts. One in impressed. with the reclamation work of man on an apparent waste of Nature, when riding from Hoise, the statu capital, to Kiumett, the terminus of thu railway approaching Pearl, where 1 Jt-Z "isil fr&&? In-gan .level- .x!;v VsSSSi " i' ' l . -r .i a" mere was a small string er vein on the surface to follow. This ban widened into a great ore Ixidy, from which ore to keep a mill in continuous operation is Mug mined, and has Im'cii mined for several years. On the Fri day the vein at the surface is wider by far, and for the depth attained shows great improvement in width ami values. The future of thin mini) alone seems sullicieul to make a big camp, and thu Friday in not the only rich property beingoKued there. Approaching Pearl, one in impres-ed with the health ful, growing condition (if the place. The Leviathan mill, regarded an the lower or tion of Pearl, in tbeoutpost. Pearl In by the Cluckmatu plant. There from thirty to forty men are always em ployed, and the citir.enn would an soon doubt the next rising of the sun an to iuestion the continuity of work on this proitcrty. The Checkmate slopes ore for thu full length of a claim, proving a shoot at least 1600 feet in length. The vein at the depth of MM feet is from eight to twelve feet in width. AUiut L000 feet distant from the Checkmate mill is the Friday, where greatest interest centers now, owing to the work of constructing a new- treating plant and thu extensive development outlined by thu management. Siicriu temlcnt (irillith, in charge of work, courteously shows the properly. Above the collar of the shaft there is anopeu trench along thu vein MX) feet in length, from which rich ore was tnkeu and ship- H'd to thu smelter In early days. Shi piug ore twenty-six miles by wagon and thence over a long rail line where rates are high, and Dually paying smelter charges, with a margin of profit for the owners, Indicates thu great valuen out cropping on thin projierty and proves the presence of a marvelous shoot. A tunnel has been driven from the level of the collar of the shaft, opening very rich ore. This was also shiped to the smelter by thu old exH'nsive meth od. The shaft, a diagram of which is herewith presented, a short distance be yond thin tunnel, is 1110 feot deep, with two levels. The one at eighty feet depth nliows a widening vein and better values, although the drifts did not reach the shoot opened in the tunnel. At 130 feet depth the drifts prove a still wider vein, with improvement in values over the 80 loot level. It Is here that work will be centered in the future. The manage ment contemplates extending all the diifts under tho tunnel and also in the other direction under the hill, where greater depth will be had and doubtless higher values. The Lincoln, said to be an extension of tho Friday, is now constructing a big cnncentratiiiL' nlaut. This lironerty is taking on u prosperous front, and will m a denirablu neighbor to tho rich mine owned by the Sumpter jieople. FRED G. LAWSON Opera House Block Phone 345 Sumpter, Oregon. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER We make a Specialty of Supplies for Miners. 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