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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, February n, 190$
PACIFIC COAST
GOLD BELT.
Trend of Auriferous Veins
and Figures on Their
Production.
According to thu hunt iiiformcil mill
ing lltxl tcclllllcill lllillllH, HHVH 1111 cx-
:limiKi thu moxt important nolil licit In
North America in Unit Ktrcti'liin along
tliu I'liclllc count, that in throughout
clmraclfrizcil by free milling ijiiiirtx
oreH with mirifcroiiH HtilphiilfH, hut u
Ureal croHion Iihh taken phu-u since it
was formed.
Thu Hturling point of thu gold belt !h
in Lower Ciiiifornia, continiiiiiu through
Kan Dicu'o, l.o Aiiki'Ic ami Kuril
t'oiintiuri ii through thu central part of
California, where it Ih htvtloioil in I
great HtreiiKlh; then to northern Call-1
foruia, NoutliweHtern ami northeaHturn
Oregon, J
In thu latter Htatu, it !h inixlilleil hy
thuapiiearaiH'o of iimin hilvor-gold dc
ileHiritH anil veiiiM currying aurifuroiiH
MilphiileH without free gold. .Strong de
velopment Im again attaineil in thu
Cariboo ilintiiet, in central llritinli
Columbia, and it continueN through
Oniinei'ii, CiiHxinr and Atliu iliHtrictH to
thu Kliuiilikii region, and thuncu liend
ing wextwatd follnWH thu Yukon to thu
western end of thu continent at Nome
on the Seward peniiiNula.
Throughout thin utretcli of country
thu veiiiH are acconipauied hy develop
inentH of placerH which are character
istic of t hi- chiHH of gold veins. At
many places in California, iih well iin in
Oregon ami Alaska, thu veiiiH from
which thcHo placera were derived weru
liHupNiiutiug lii'cauHt thu primary do
KiHitHweru often cialtered rather Hum
concentrated.
California Iiiim yielde.l I.IIOO.OOO.IXH)
from thin belt, Oregon IWi.OOO.llOO,
JlritlHli Columbia and .Northwest t r-
ritory $ I Lt,tHX),tHK), Alaska :U ,000,000,
u total of over $1,100,000,000. During
WOO thu IhjU yielded 150,000,000, of
which one-half came from British
Columbia and thu Yukon.
Besides the I'ueillc gold holt, tlioru Is
n broad .one in thu central ami eastern
part of thu Cordillcrau region. Thin
broad zouu begins in Mexico, where thu
l'acitle states of Sonoru ami Sinaloa con
tain many veins ingranitcM ami crystal
lines. Soiuu of those in Sonoru aro con
sidored of thu same ago iih Cnliforuia
voiiiH. Similar deposits in old rockH
continue through thu southwestern part
of Arir.ona.
From thu time of discovery up to UKX)
thu United Slates have produced f.'.IUU),
000,000. Mexico at least 181,000,000,
and probably twIcouN much, ami British
nnd North America f I r.'.OOO.OOO, milk
lug u grand total of fl'.HSII.OOO.OOO.
inggold, silver, copper and lead.
Over $70,000 worth of ore has been
whipped from the opening made and
thu winzo mink below thu lower tunnel
level. Itcceiitly there has been several
expert examinations of the property,
but witli what intention, the public Is
not made aware.
C. Nibley, of Baker City, one of
the ownerH of the Suinpter Valley rail
way, nnd Jonathan Bourne, lawyer nnd
millionaire of Portland, have a lease
'and bond on thu group. Just what
they propone to do with Mich n showing
in at thin time unknown.
WILL BUILD HOIST IN THE SPRING
Campbell St Landreth
Standard Mine la Cable Cove Will Be
come One of the Producers.
John II. .ShaukH, principal owner of
I thu Standard, a high grade Cable Cove
I property, in in town. Thin claim be
I lougH to an incorporated company in
thu Htatu of Vanliington. It in thu
south exteution of thu Imperial nnd a
parallel vein to thu California.
There aru two veins on thu location
and two shafts; one tnirty-live nnd thu
other forty-live feet in depth. Moth of
these shnfts nru in oru which curry in
gold, silver, copper and lend, un aggre
gate value of over f 100 pur ton.
It i thu intention of thu company to
erect u hoist iih soon iih possible thu com
ing spring, when oru will bo extracted
for flipping. It 1h presumed that n
home market at thu Hinulting works in
Mimpter, ih nn incentive to turn com
pany thu hiiiiiu iih it Ih to many
othern.
WATCHMAKERS
AND JEWELERS
AVE CARRY A FULL LINE OP
WARE, JEWELRY, WATCHES,
ROGERS BROTHERS TRIPPLE
SILVERWARE. :;::::
SILVER
CLOCKS, PLATED
EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING
DONE ON SHORT NOTICE
CAMPBELL fie LANDRETH
GRANITE STREET
SUMFfER, OREGON
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OPERA HOUSE SALOON
SUMPTER BEER ON DRAUGHT
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
Dixie Meadows Development.
In thu Dixie MendowH Cold Mining
couipany'H report hint issue there ap
peared a tyiographical error. It Hhould
have read: "On level No. 2 the south
drift Iihh bemi extended ninety feet and
the north drift fifteen feet, milking a
total of 205 foot," whilo it rendH "mak
ing a totnl of lOfi feet." 105 feet has
been made since the last aiiuunl meet
ing, July 7, 1002, ami 100 feet had been
made prior to that time. Prairie City
Minor.
Agents for Matting
ly and Moore Whis
key a ao-year-old
whiskey as good as
Elixir of Life. All
whiskies are out of
bond and guaran
teed the genuine ar
ticle. Popular re-
sort for Commer
cial Travelers and
Miners.
SUMPTER,
OREGON
New Pump For the Wbcootla.
A largo pump, one of 200 gallon per
miiiutu capacity, Iihh been ordered for
the Wisconsin mines eight miles south
ofSumptor. This piece of machinery la
expected to arrive soon when work on
that property will bo resumed, it being
necessary to close down somo time since
on account of u heavy inllow of water.
IMPERIAL GROUP IN CABLE COVE
Men ol Meant Have a Low and Bend on
Big Showing.
Very little Iihh boon mild of late about
what Ih locally known iih thu Imperial
mine of the Cable Cove section, not
much over a dozen iiiIIcm north of
Suinpter. Thin group consists of
fourteen claims all of which belong to
the Kaglo Mining company.
This group lien nst of the California,
and is located on parallel veins to that
projierlv. Fully 2000 foot of tuuuU
have been driven and a tlfty foot winio
sunk developing thu ground up to its
present Dingo. Ouu shoot of ore has
been proven for 300 feet which aver
ages over 100 per ton. Thu values be-
MINING
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