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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1903)
m l p VOL IV. OREGON MINES EXPLORATION CO. CONCERN THAT HAS ACQUIRED THE SNOW CREEK MINES ON GREENHORNS. After Thorough Exploration and Complete Examination, New York People oi Wealth Purchaic Valuable Greenhorn Mine They Will Fully Develop the PropertyOvcr Half Million Dollar in Sight, Fred 1. Smith, manager of the Snow Creek minex in the Greenhorn, came in from that property yesterday, having pent several day giving directions as to the work now in progress there. When Mr. Smith was east a few weeks ago in consultation with the company, it was decided that he spend most of his time in managing operations at the mind. . The crosscut tunnel is now in a total length of (160 feet. An upraise has been made connecting witli a new shuft, which gives the workings all the air re quired. The making of this nir con nection has retard I'd development in other uirta of the mine. At prevent the face of the tunnel in '22b feet in depth 'from the surface. Recently the company which hus ac quired thin valuable property, has .been iucorjiorated. It is styled the Oregon Mines F.xploration company. Capitali sation 1,000,000, par value 1. The incorporutiou was crfected under the laws of Arizona. Principal olllce of the company at U.itli, Steuben county, New York. Koljert J. Davison is the presi dent, John II. Itowlby, vice-president, and Aaron G. I'ratt, secretary-treasurer. The two former officers reside tit Hath, N. Y., and .Mr. I'ratt ut UammoiidHport, N. Y. I'revioiis to incorK)ratiou, four indi viduals of the prevent company purch ased the mine and liave paid for its de velopment from that time up to the present. All developments prove that them has lieen very little change in the character of the urn from the surface downward ; it being almost entirely free milling. In fact the ore is considered to carry a higher per rentage of gold that is free, than any other mine iu eastern Oregon. A carload of this ore, from the seventy foot level, was shipped to the liaker City Sampling works last September, which gave returns of IIOO.HU ier ton, ! It is not the. intention of the company to ship the ore, but allow it to accumu late on the dump until such time as they decide to build a damp mill. This latter improvement, however, they have no dexire to hasten, us the com pany lutve ample meuus to thoroughly SUMPTER, OREGON, FEBRUARY 4. 190$. and systematically develop their mine, and they will equip it with a reduction works whenever they desire so to do. The width of the vein which the com pany have been exploring, is at least 105 feet between walls. In this dis tance, following the course of the tun nel, three, or more ore shoots, or chan nels, have been cut. These pay shoots lie from thirty to forty feet apart. Ah soon as (lossible the main tunnel will be extended 160 farther by contract, and a force of men will be put to work drift ing on and developing the ore channels now exponed in the tunnel already com pleted. Last December, A. II. Browne, min ing engineer, examined this properly and submitted a report, including among other facts, the quantity of ore in sight at that time. The gross tonnage he placed at :I0,&54 loirs, but to come within any possible variation, ho made a de duction and placed the quantity at 116,370 tons. Valuing this ore according to the average values on the lower level, the ore reserves above the lower tunnel were 1680,140. Since Mr. Browno's re port was handed in, the quantity of or in sight has been considerably aug mented. RESUME WORK ON THE CLIMAX. An Embryo Mine in the Vicinity of Granite. Work will soon be resumed on the Climax gronp three miles north of Granite owned by the F.asteru Oregon Gold Mining company of SMikanc. The property of this corioratiou was fully described in these tblunilis a sw weeks ago. Work has onlv lieen closed down about u month, pending the lett ing of a new contract. Mr. Wait Wade, of Granite, has re ceived instructions from the company to purchiiNu the necessary nir pipe and any machinery required to ventilate the crosmit tunnel now in .'(00 feet and which will have to be driven at least 1100 feet further before it strikes the main vein. This property has vast reserves of ore in the two upper tunnels. The com pany is well financed but they have little to nay to the public uhoul their affairs. When this lower tunnel reaches the vein, there is no question but that they will have one of the big mines of the country. Delegation Goet To SaUm. At an informal meeting of a few of the principal mining ncrators of the Snmpter district, held iu this City on lust Monday evening, it was decided to send a committee of three to Salem, whose duty it will be to scan all bills now before the legislative assembly and recoin mend such legislation as may be) deemed best for the mining industry in the state. The committee aptoiuted consists of X. C. Richards, K. J. Godfrey and D. L. Killen. These gentlemen left for the state Capital this afternoon. IS NOW A NEW CONSTELLATION MARYLAND COMPANY TAKES OVER CONTROL IN CABLE COVE PROPERTY. Cooitellation Consolidated Mining Com pany Acquire Constellation Group and Form a Strong Incorporation Under the Law of Oregon Development Will Continue Without Interruption WIU Sink on Ore Body. There has lieen a reorgnnixallnn of the Constellation mining company which owns a Cable Cove group, located about fourteen miles north of Similiter. This new incorporation, which has taken over the old concern, is styled the Con stellation Consolidated Mining com pany. It is incorHrated under the laws of Oregon with a capitalisation of 2,600, 000 shares having u par value of (1 each. For three months past, Mr. James Higgius, of Cambridge, Maryland, and who represents moueicd people of that state, has lieen directing additional de velopments on this priqwrty. The re sults have been so flattering that a new incor rat!on has been formed as uIsjvc set forth. Maryland capitalists own the control in the (MisoliiUleil ttntt"Miy, although some of the largest local stockholders re tain their interests. Among these are Mayor C. II. McCnlliM'h and banker A. I', (loss; Mr. Goss, in addition to his holdings in thu old company, has pur chased a large block of stock iu the new iucorsiratioii. For a long time the value of thu Con nidation group, which consists of ten mineral claims, has lieen known, and many metures have liven madu to the owners duri'ig the past year for the pro- lvrty, but those holding stwk ill the company prefcrcd not to part with their entire interests. Ijiht summer, a thirty day option was taken hi that a representative of the millionaire mine owner, Captain Del- amar. might make un examination. This gentleman failed to reach herein time on account of having pressing busi ness elsewhere, consequently the opinion lapsed and the directors, decid ing not to renew it, or doubtless long ere this a controlling interest in the property would have been in the jsisses- siou of that mining King. I'revioiis to Mr. Iliggins hcginuiiii! operations, a considerable amount of de velopment work had .been performed. Two shafts had been sunk and a tunnel ruu some distance. All of this exploita tion was in ore. Under Mr. Higuius direction, this tunnel has been extended 110 feet, still following the ore body. It NO. 22. is claimed by well posted mining men, that this ore shoot extends for a long distance iu the mountain beyond the present face of tint tunn-l. Three other ore shoots are known to exist on the proicrfy which have not vat lieen explored hi that their value Is known, The vein on which develop ment work has lieen carried on is from eittht to ten feet Iu width, the ore I sidy, or pay streak, rnicine fiom two at d one half to live feet in width. The v tin is a strong one and quite uniform; giving every evidence of being a true and last ing llssure. It is the Intention of the company to sink on the ore shoot now developed and block out immciiM reserves Is'fore they plan (or the enetloii of reduction works. The property is fully paid for and thu company is clear of debt and hss quite a development fund on hand, therefore they are iu no rush to place their ore on the market. These ores are of a concentrating nature assaying from $16 to ) per ton in gold. Judging fiom tests made on ores from the California mine, in that vicinity, the average of coneentrater of the Constallatlon ores will he Ave Inns Into one. AFFAIRS AT THE SMELTER. Thl Important Enterprise Will Soon be in Shape for Business. List Saturday theollice furniture and about all the archives of the Oregon Smelting mid Ilelluiiig coinuny were moved from their former quarters in Hotel Sumpter to the new ollice build-hig(4lit- -company at the wuaks Mow the city, where stiicrintcndont ami metallurgist Nee I and his stuff are now located. Dr. K. W. Mueller, the general man ager, has for the present taken ollice room with Mr. W. II. Ilepe, editor of the Kastcrii Oregon Gold Fields, iu the block occupied by the Killen, Warner, Stewart company, where lie will be found for some time in the future. At the works a full crew is kept busy puttiug the tlliii-hiug touches mi much of the work. The crushers iu the sampling mill haicall Im-cii placed in MiHltinu, and the hue shutting is rapidly Is'lug put iu place. A force ( masons are busily engaged building the brick work around the boiler. The handsome and commodious ollice hiiiluiug is all completed and, as stated alsive, occupied. Soon the l.ilsiratory will helu sliaM mi the coniany cau purchase and refine amalgam, gold ami silver bullion, etc. Sumpler's Public School. Tin. lust of this week will coin nil) to the tiflh mouth that the city schools have Imm'U ill session. At the Wnriimllur of the lei in 1110 schollars were in attend ance. Now the lolls sliov there are 2n pupils divided among the ililtercnl de partments, There urv llw teachers. besides the principal, I'rof. Yiater.