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VOL IV.
SUMPTER. OREGON, DECEMBER 24, 190.
NO. 16.
BOSTON-OREGON
MINING COMPANY
Baker City Syndicate Has Acquired Control
of 2200 Feet on the Great Mother
Lode The Alleghany Group
Twenty-two hundred feet of the grout
Cracker Creek Mother Ixsle in worth
anywhere from f 2,000,000 to .'00,000,000.
The holdings, therefore, of the Boston
Oregon Hold Mining company, tlio
newest corH)ratlon to outer thu lint of
Mother 'Iode bonanzas, are wurth.aoiue
where between seven ami eight figures,
because the Boston-Oregon company's
group of six claims on the Itnlnloy
Klkhorn inotintnin end of -the North
Pole's ledge, traversed for L'lIM) feet by
thin giant ledge, which iH eertuiidy the
biggest, widest , deepest and longest gold
lode that ever laid tint of doors.
The Boston-Oregon company in com
posed of li.iker City men, headed by
Charles 1'. Soderling, president and
treasurer of the Oregon Ore Ueduction
company, president and general man
ager of the lllue Mountain Iron Works,
and one of the most euergetie and sue
cessful young business men in the Queen
City. It was through Mr. Soderllng,
and his brother, II. W. Soderling, who
is metallurgist In ehargoof the Oregon
Ore Beduction eompany's linker City
plant, and also through Hon. V. II.
Gilbert, formerly owner of the Hluu
Mountain Iron Works, that the Boston
Oregon company was incorporated.
This little trio bought from C. II. Hall
his Alleghany group of claims on the
high divide between Cracker anil Itoek
Creoks, located on thu direct north
extension of thu North Pole mine, and
incororatcd the Boston-Oregon com
pany with the following staff of olllcers :
President, C. K. Sterling; Vice-President,
lion. W. II. (iilberl; Treasurer,
lion. W. K. tirace, representative for
Baker county in the .State legislature
and president of thu Citizens Hank of
Baker City: Treasurer, Col. F.mmctt
Callahan.
Directors C. F. Soderling, W. II.
Gilbert, W. K. Grace, P. Ilusche, of the
liasche Hardware company, of Uaker
City and Suinpter, and Harvey W.
Soderling.
Personally the Boston-Oregon com
pany is the strongest corvoration ever
organized in Oregon. In the matter of
mineral holdings it ranks with the
North Pole, the greatest gold mine in the
world; which U every day producing
ore worth from 15 to $00,000 per ton ;
with thu Columbia, which produces
! $80,IHM) to 1100,000 every month ; with
the (iolconda, thu famous mine which
from a HO-lmur mill run in the fall of
181H) cleaned up 112,000 in gold; with
the K. & K., the Mother Ixxlo pioneer,
.which duringthree yearn milled a total
of ftioo.ooo worth ol ore.
For seven years the Alleghany group
was controlled by C. 1). Hall, a oor
prosK'ctor, who labored in town In
summer uiiu suiik iiih earnings in inn
mine during winters, until ho succeeded
in expending $10,000 in driving two
tunnels, in making a series of open cuts
on the ledgu and in building cabins.
Ho drove, with much labor, a 100 foot
adit on the main ledge of the group and
from the face of the tunnel ho secured
assays ranging from fft.-IO up to $100.
He iiiailo no effort to determine thu
width of the main ledge further than to
run a Cl-foot crosscut which found no
sign of a second wall; but contented
himself with tracing its trend up over
the high summit of the Buislcy-F.lkhoru
range into that long string of producers
on thu Mother I.odo which have added
lustru to thu fame of Oregon as an un
paralleled mining Held. Then hediovu
a 00-foot tunnel an a II-foot parallel
ledge, which showed high values the
entire length of the adit ; and then ho
became discouraged. A r man can
not conveniently handle a big Mother
lode group. It requires money to erect
a mill, drive deep tunnels and block out
enough ore to feed a couple of do.eu of
hungry stamps. So Hull bolted his
cabin door and came down from thu
skyline hills in search of a buyer. He
met C. F. Soderling, and thu latters
little syndicate of associates, who snap
Kd up the Alleghany group on a short
time option, employed two eminent
Suinpter mining exjierls Prof. Smith
and A. It. Browne, to examine the prop
erty, and then waited for a ruxirt.
Within twenty-four hours after this
rejiort was submitted, Soderling and
his friends paid Hall the full figure of
his price, organized the Boston-Oregon
company, and is now in thulisUi to rival
thu balance of the bonanzas on the
Mother Lode. This quick action was
occasioned by the report of thu two
expert, who determined that the big
North Pole ledge runs through three of
the six claims in the Alleghany group
for a total distance of approximately
2'MO feet.
Untold millions in gold lie bcuc.ith
the ground on the Boston-Oiegon's
group. The lowest (and richest) wink
ings of the Columbia mine on the same
ledge are over 'JOOO feet lower than the
Alleghany outcrop. This menus that
there is reason for the In-lit f that the
thirteen feet of expired oie in the I1H
foot Alleghany tunnel runs L1HMI feet
tleep for a distance of L'lUK) feet in Bos
ton-Oregon territory. There are conse
quently in round uumbcis L',('iO0,HHt
cubic yards of ore in place within the
limits of the Boston-Oregon company's
holdings. Beckoning two tons per
yard, and even assuming an average
ore assay as low us $1J r ton, the
value of this ore Is found to Im $7N0,-
000,000. Deducting anywhere from
$'.'00,000,000 to $1100,000,000 for errors
in calculation, thu value of thu Boston
Oregon's ground is conservatively placed
at a aum utUcleut to reullxo thu dream
of a Midas.
The altitude of the Mother I .ode
within thu limits of thu Boston-Oregon
group is placed by United States geolo
gical survey mapH at 8200 feet. The
slopes on either side, into Cracker
Creek on the south and into Bock Creek
on the north, are exceptionally iibiupt,
lcrmilting of operation to great depth
by means of tunnels, the most econom
ical and satisfactory way in the world
to mine. It is the announced intention
of the new company to liegiu driving
lower down the mountain on the Bock
Creek side, and when proKr connec
tions are made, to begin the work of
blocking out ore for the big stump mill
to be erected in the spring. This will
add another producer to the aheady
long list of eastern Oregon bonanza
mines.
Shipment of Ore from Magnolia.
Saturday the Suinpter Transiorlallou
company hauled in 10,000 xmiiils of ore
from the Magnolia, which was shipped
tot'. F. and II. W. Soderling, at Baker
City. These gentlemen have some now
met hod of treating refractory ores, in
cluding thu roasting process, which they
wished to test on Magnolia rock. They
have offered to erect another plant on
thu proHrty, if this test run proves suc
cessful. Thu new eoiupauy now oMr
uting thu Magnolia, has, however, solved
thu problem of extracting values with
some slight additions to the present
mill. This live tons of ore was hauled
down by two four-horse teams. The
company will ship several hundred tons
of concentrates as soon as the smelter
here is read) to receive the consignment.
Took Over Old Company
The Oregon Trading company is the
titlu of u new cororation formed to take
over the business of the Suinpter For
warding company. J. T. Donnelly, of
thu First National bunk of Baker City,
Belu Kadish, Clark Snyde and II. C.
Bowers are among the persons who are
at the head of this enterprise.
AT THE GOLCONDA.
What Is Being Done at One of
the Great Mines.
The great (iolconda mine may be a
surprise to many, but not to the present
niuimgf incut, who had an intuitive
knowledge if what was liefore them
when they assumed control of the prop
erty. In the language of one of the
priucip.il owners, something new in the
way of iiutortaut strikes is Impelling
every day or two.
Yesteiduy news was telephoned down
from the mine that they were sacking
ore in the 100-foot level which assays
from $120 to $:ill5 Nr ton. They have
crosscut twelve feet through this Ixnly
ami have not yet reached thu other wall.
Thin same ahnot has been cut on the
300-loot level but up to thin writing the
width has not been determined. ' , , ,
The main tunnel is being driven toi.
wanl the big outcrop following a vein
from seven to twelve feet wide of clean
quartz which is line milling ore.
Heretofore ocratioiiH on this mine
have lieun greatly hampered hy adverse
circumstance, every thing under ground
Is'ing coujested on account of the hoist
ing capacity not being siillicieut.
A new hoist, capable of sinking to it
depth of 1200 feel is in transit ami it is
exHcted to arrive here any iray, when
it will ho immediately set up, thus re
lieving the crowded condition as it now
I'Nists.
Notwithstanding the hick of facilities,
greut improvements have Ihh'ii ami are
constantly Isiing made. On Monday
last connection hy upraise was complet
ed between levels two and one. Con
nections were made a week or more ago
between levels three and two, and quite
a while since from the first level to the
Mil face, (.udders have been placed in
all these upraises so that in case of acci
dent the mini on any level have an in
dependent means of reaching the sur
luce unit safety without having to de
pend on the main shaft us u means of
exit.
There can be no question but that the
(iolconda will rank among the biggest of
gold mines when the new hoist is in
oteratiou and the mine can lie worked
una scale commeiisurute with its ex
tent. tn
Pint National Bank.'
The First Bunk of Suinpter has re
ceived notice of its charter umnts-r, ui h
national institution, which is IUM7.
Soon after the first of the year, thosu
fortunate enough to handle money, may
sort out of their roll, notes Isaring the
signatures of J. II. Bobbins and B. II.
Miller, president ami cashier r'cHiectivo
ly, of the First National Bank of Simili
ter. , .
Giant Powder is thu .best by -test in
the world. T. O. Harrison agent.
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