Wednesday, March 4, 190?
THE SUMPTER MINER
GOLD DUST ON
THE SIDEWALK.
String of Colors Six Inches
Long; in Front of Hotel
Sumpter.
Ah every ono hero known, Kumpter is
built on a jjold bearing Rravel bar. It
ft thought to Iw even richer on thin,
than on tho other hIiIo o the river, where
A. W. KIIIh iiiiiI othcrn hnvu wiihIkm! out
many UiouhhikIh of ilollnrH of dual.
Hcurculy a well or a cellar Iiiih been ex
cavated within the city llinltn, in which
gold iiUKKutH were not found, and to find
Hold dtiHt in the t:roH of clomoMtlc fowln
excite no Hiirpinu. It in u hackneyed
local pliraHu that there Ih not a lot In
town that iIoch not contain much more
gold than enough to pay for it.
I.HMt week, however, the presence of
gold in the ground nil around uh whn
iniinlfented in a new and novel manner.
During the warm hours of tliu day, while
the hiiow wiih inciting, u little Mreiuii
ranaeroHH theHldtMilk in front of Ho
tel Sumpler, along the ragged edge of
ice, that acted at riffles. One of a party
of mining men Mauding there noticed
Home shilling particles and on exainina
tiou thnyweru found to he the object of
univernal deHlru of the human race At
one place there wiih a "Hiring of eolors"
nix inclicH in length.
Hut, n h no one could Hiiggewt a plan of
iucorHiration and realizing on the pro
poHltion, it had only a mnmcutur) in
tereHt for thene prouioterH.
and in that timo over 11500 feot'of
work hart Ikjcu done. This work has
Imjgm in erosHcuts and drifta on threo
levels. Tho llrst lovel developed the
ore body to a depth of 100 feet and
hIiowh i!0 feet of ore. Tho second
lovel cut tho load ut a depth of 1150 feet
and tho ore body wiib ilrlftod on COO
feet, and allowed by croHHcnta to have
an averago width of HO foot. Tho val
ues obtniuod avo an average milling
riiluo of 810 to tho ton. Tho third
level, which la tho main working
lovel, Ih 450 foot doopor than lovel
No. 2, and a dopth of 800 foot from
tho surface. At thla point tho lodgo
hIiowb to bo uh atrong aa on tho othor
lovols and tho oro carries tho values
that aro sure to make tho Alamo ouo
of tho Iwst properties hi the state.
Tho plans of tho company havo
boon to erect a 'JO-stamp mill during
the coming summer, but now tho
plans havo been changed and it is an
nounced that 10 stamps will lie put
in tho mill instead of 20. Tho de
velopment of tho largo oro bodies
justify this move on tho part of tho
company. (Jrimlto (iom.
FORTY STAMPS FOR THE ALAMO
Mill will be Erccttd on that Splendid Prop
erty This Week.
TIiIh week reprer-ontutives of the
(Jem visited the Alamo mine ami were,
through the courtesy of the manage
meiit, shown through the mine.
This is tho properly after which tho
town of Alamo was named. In giv
ing an account of the work completed
unit Imulg done at the Alamo we can
repeat to a great extent what has al
ready been written of the well known
mine, but good news cannot bo told
too often.
It Is owned by the Alamo Consoli
dated Mining and Milling company,
ho principal stockholders of which
live in .Spokane, and u mine towards
which tho attention or the mining
men of (he state has been directed
Itecauso of its extensive development,
mill the able manner in which this
work has been accomplished by
.Superintendent Mcliiilgali.
About six weeks ago the main
working tunnel cut Into the ledge at
a point 1 1110 feet from Its portal, at
which point the ledge shows a width
of 18 feet. Since the strike they
have been drifting on the hanging
wall to get under the ore shoot shown
in No. 2 level. The tunnel is now
lUM) feet in length, with the entire
face of it in oie that carries good
mlllllng values, which are improving
as the largo ore shoot, known to Ih
ahead of the drift, is appproached.
The Alamo group is comprised of
six patented claims, and is equipped
with llrst- class boarding and bunk
houses, tlmUir sheds and blacksmith
shop. At tho left as tho tunnel is
entered, is m fan oHratod by a water
motor, which keeps tho air in tho
mine pure uh that on the surface.
The Alamo mine is ouo of the most
oxtenslvoly dovelople.l proxrtles tu
tho district. Work has Ihou pro
gresslng continually for three years,
Will Bury the World in Cheap Copper.
Aro tho Utah producers to bury
the world in cheap copper? Listen
to this from tho Washington Star:
"The group of mines just outside of
Frisco In Utah Is to lie equipped with
a perfected smelter for handling tho
output of copper, so that when it
leaves tho plant it will have been re
duced to electrolytic copper ready
for the consumer in open market,"
said Mr. II. T. Chappello of Salt
Lake City to a Star man this morn
ing. "This will Im) the llrst timo
that u Utah smelter will be able to
snap its lingers at the eastern plants
and olfer copper for salo which has
cost less to produce by 1 or 5 cents u
pound. Other smelters ill tho neigh
borhood aro arranging to put in tho
same kind of a plant, so as to bo able
to produce copper for the markets
that would starve tho Lake Superior
producer to death." While this is
of intense Interest, it hardly ac
counts for tho recent rlso In coppor
stocks, especailly tho jump in Michi
gan shares.
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THE PROPERTY
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