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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1902)
V wmmmm. VOL. IV. SUMPTER. OREGON, DECEMBER 17, 190: NO. if. SALE OF THE FAMOUS OLD MAGNOLIA MINE E. Sanderson Smith and Associates the Purch asers No Cloud Now on the Title Three Shifts at Work in the Lower Level Ijist week wub completed the organiza tion of the Magnolia Consolidated Gold Milieu company, incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Ariiona, capital ized at $1,000,000. The directors are E. Sanderson Smith, K. 11. Miller, C. H. Chance and J. V. Con nulla"; ollleerx, , K, Sunders6n Smith, president and general manager; J. V. Connella, secretary, H. II. Miller, treasurer. C. II. Chance in attorney for the company. Thin in the results of more than nix mouths work on the part, principally, of Mr. Smith. Kvery representative of a syndicate who Iihh come to the gold tields of eastern Oregon during the pant two yearn to buy a mine ha had the Magnolia presented to him by a half doxen broken) who have, onu time and another, hud the property on their Hutu. The mine Iihh ever mood the closest ex amination, anil could have been Hold a dozen timex, hud the title lieen without a cloud. Hut when the prnxpective buyer started to examine the records he found Mich a complicated iiiuxh of legul en tanglements that he dropcd the pro jioxition ut once j declaring that life in too short to devote to the lank of clear, iug that title. Last spring, Mr. Smith leing in timately uciiiaiuted with both the mine and thuownern, undertook the work and his efforts have been crowned with com plete success. The Magnolia Consolidated (iold Mines compuny now bus a deed to the proper!). Competent uttorneyshavo passed uou the abstract mid declare that it ix without u tlaw. More than two yearn ago he excrtcd the mine for un F.nglish syudicuto and udvixed its pinvliuse; hut about that time the Hocr war disturbed the money market to such an extent that the Hale wax not consummated. So favorably impressed wuh ho with the property that he Iihh kept hix eve on it ever since, waited until the time wax rim ami secur ed it for himxelf ami axxociutex. This hux required intelligent, jiersixtent effort, inllnite patience and diplomacy ; but he Iiuh won a rich reward for hix laborx. All who know the Magnolia agree that it ix one of the very best, feiirext minex in eaxtem Oregon. It in opened up with about 1400 feet of workingx, tunnelx and upruiso. Three tunnela are driven on thu vein, the lower being over 700 feet in length, with a depth of nearly 400 feet. All are connected with upraise, which afford excellent ventilation, rendering un necessary expensive air pumps. There is blocked out about 00,000 worth of ore , according to Mr. Smith' report, in which the average value, estimated on a half hundred nxsuys from different points, in the workingx, Ih placed at (8.04. 11. L. McIjiIu, who erected the mill and wax HUperidtundciit during ita tlrxt sixty duya run, informs the writer that he hud two uxxuyH made daily of the pulp, after it hud passed over the plateH, tho average nxxay value being ( II Only 1.50 wax xaved on the plates, so the vulue of the ore wuh about (12.60 u ton, nil in gold. This rock wax sloped from the lower level. There ix now on thu ho vera I dumps IW00 tons of ore and ut the mill xeveral hundred Ioiih of valuable concoutrutcH. Thu ledge is from four to ten feet wide, thu width and values both inrreuxiug uniformly with depth. Since Mr. Smith has had mihxcss!oii of the property, another ledge hax Ih.ch discovered, which crosses the one already extensively developed ut an ungle of tibout forlydlve degrees. It has been uncovered by numerous open cuts and shaft and rich in free gold. A dozen assays gave uu ueruge value of (5H, several of which run high in thu hundreds. For u month past three shifts have been employed under Siieriiiteiideiit (iridium driving the lower tunnel ahead, the purpose being to reach the intersection of this cross vein uh soon as Misxible, for at that point it ix ulmoxt certain that a large body of very rich ore will 1m found, it being universally the caxu in that distrct that intersecting ledges enrich each other. Thu mine isequipcd with a complete modern ten-stump mill and four con centrators. No compuny in the state hus better bunk und boarding houses, burns, ollices und shos, the latter be ing supplied with tliu best of IooIh needed in mining, carpentering and blacksmithiug. There are also several ore curs and about 2000 feet of steel rails there. Between five and six hundred cords of wood are piled up con venient to thu mill. Covered tramuayx lead from the several tunnel mouths to the mill. The Magnolia group Ih situated in the (iranlte district four miles from that camp and twenty mites from Sumpter. It. consists tif seven claims, the Magnolia, Violet, Itoxe, A tins, Jupiter , Helena and Tacoma, und it water right. The com pany hax recently Isiuifht an excellent water power, that will oerute three timex the present number of stamps, thus reducing running expenses lo a miiilmuu. Thu former owners of the property ure Al .loues, .hiliu .lones, .1. II. Couiide, John Coyle and several peoplu who live in l.ivcrMol, Kuglaud. The latter acquired their interests by the erection of thu mill and making other improvements, costing in the aggregate mom than (00,000. This wuh done through the agency of W . I.. In son. All these gentlemen have acted In harmonious concert with Mr. Smith, and the new company which ho organiz ed has their hearty good will. Al Jones, especially, has done much to promote the deal. The price paid Is, of course, not made public ; but, to use a hackneyed expression, "it requires six llgnrcs to write the sum." Since the legal complications have been straightened out, a half dozen syndicates have tried to buy the pro- lerty, hut the new company will oerute the mine, knowing, beyond all doubt, that it will bo u proll table enterprise. The mill will bu started before spring arrives. ON THE 800 FOOT LEVEL. The Famous Bonanza Mine Will Again Become a Large Producer. It has long been an ohjii secret that the fumoiiH lloiiunza mine hud not been developed in proper shape by u former muiiugemcut. Heucu it la-camo neces sary Mime lime ago to close down the mill and develop thu mine on such lines uh would insure a steady output with plenty of ore in reserve. For Mime mouths this olicy hat la-eu carried out, and one week ago the vein was cut on the 800 fool level. This ore Is sly has been proven to lie eight feel wide, und is said to be higher in grade than any yet mined from this proeity. An experienced mining man who bus been in touch with thu improvements going on, and who Iiuh seen thu late strike, remurked recently thut for u long time this mine had licou worked on the ''hand to mouth" principle, hut now it was started right and would Iw kept hi. lie also stated that every available space ulsiut the mine was blocked with ore so that it would be ueccssarv to sturt the mill soon and from that time on the property would produce ( Itm.tXXI per mouth. For holiday candies, fruits, cigars or tobacco go to Stiirgillx. nuts, TELLURIDE OF GOLD. A Body Found Which Goes $1600 Per Ton. K. Hutc, of ll.ikcr City, suin'rlnlcnd ant of the Northwest Coal und Iron company's gold mine holdings in east ern Oregon, passed through Sumpter today on hix return to the sliivn town of linker county. For some lime the alsive mimed cor Kiratiiiu, whose headquarters are at KulanmrcHi, Michigan, have been run ning uu adit tunnel on the Colorado and Could and Curry, two locutlqiiH which they own mi thu great Mother lilo system, mid situated uIhiuI nine miles northwest of Sumpter. This tunnul, which is now in about 140 feet, is being driven by contract,; two shifts keeping continually at work.! A few days since the contractors notified Mr. Untie that they hud en countered some very, hard ground and could only advance iilmut live feet per week. To provu their statement, they for warded to Mr. Ilutze a sample of the material in which they were working. Mr. Ilutze's cx'ricuccd eye won de tected the fact that the sample wiim not barren rock, consequently he had it as sayed and loiiud it to 1st tcllurido of gold ore with a value of (IMK) per Ion. This is the same character of ore which is found at greater depth in (he North I'nle mine ami which averages (.'i.IKM) to thu ton in gold. The ledge on the Colorado soil -Could and Curry, from which this rich ore came, in at least fifty bet wide. It is thu intention of the company to crosscut it at as early a date as iMisxihlo and de termine its value. There are two veins on the property, one styled the east and the other thu west vein. This licit strike was made on the east vein, but Mr. Itule has al-' ways heretofore consiih-led the west vein as thu most aluable. However, Isith veins will U- thoroughly exploited as fust uh the owneis can complete ar rangements to have thu woik i-erfornicd. I'aleiits have been appliul fur for this properly, and the title will Is- perfected as soon us the llual papers are sent from thi! Mireor general's nllice. 'Hie extreme value of this ore was not only a surpiisu to the men who found it, hut to many others as well, hut rich strikes uie mi comnlou in thai section that no one need be surprised at any thing that may Ui unearthed irom this time on. ' In the Greenhorn Dittiict. Thu I'syche L'0-stamp mill , is about ready to commence operations. J, T. F.dcn, uu cxiieriiifcd mill limn, has gone out to taku charge, in (ho.sume uoighlsirhood, thu I'hocujx mill,,, with ten stamps and llryan roller niil( (wl,, soon Ih- in oieratmu. Lil w I