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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1903)
Wednesday, April i. 190 THE SUMPTER MINER Be Deliberate, Be Thoughtful j$r Yet Act Promptly. $ 11 u Upon Your Prompt and Early Action Often Depends the Price at Which You Nay Secure a Good Investment. The Second Allotment of Stock of the Highland Gold Mines Company Is Now Being Offered to Investors on Ground Floor Terms. SIX (6) CENTS PER SHARE $30 WILL BUY 500 SHARES; $60 WILL BUY 1000 SHARES; $300 WILL BUY 5000 SHARES. II S SITUATION The properties of tho HIGHLAND GOLD MINES COMPANY, consisting of twelve clalmB, (240 acres) aud known locally as tho KNAPP GROUP OP MINES, are situated on tho famous MOTHER LODE system of tho Sumpter District, in Baker County, State of Oregon, and on tho great Elkhorn divldo at the head waters of Rock Creek flowing to tho east aud Cracker Creek flowing to tho west, through that now renowned Cracker Creek District of Eastern Ore gon, where are situated upon tho MOTHER LODE system the North Pole, E. & E., Columbia and Goloonda Mines, known tho world over ns tho "Big 4" of Eastern Oregou. MEMORANDA OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. BY COL. M. h. LOHMIRE. 1800 Glasgow drift west sldo creek, heavy sulphides, oro from rich streak From crosscut east side of creek on Eldorado, 10 feet wide, takeu In 0 foot sectioiiH, north wall Six feet In center of vein, largo sample - Five feet south side, largo sample The Dauuock Burn tunuel, 7 feet on foot wall, largo samplo Bannock Burn tunnel, 2 feet next south wall, largo smplo -Bannock Burn tunnel, 10 feet, 0 Inches, in width, largo sample - Back 8 feet from faco aud 2 feet next to hanging wall, large samplo Same body 14 feet back from face, 4 feet of oro From Glasgow drift west of creek, from oro ou dump in boxes - From same point in Glasgow drift, 11 inches wido 20 feet back from face, 0 inches wido, same drift East side of creek, In crosscut next to shaft ou Eldorado, 15 feet wido - Float iii aud around open cuts half way up tho mountain from east end of Bannock Burn tunuol, goueral sample At open cuts near west end Hue, values obtained ranged from 828.00 to $20.00 Small streak iu open cut uear west end lino of Bauuok Bum 300.00 Sample from surface near creek east sldo, 8 foot wido 2.4!) JULY 1000 Bannock Burn tunuel face,0 feet in width, tuunel having been driven ahead a few feet 4.10 General sample, 0 feet of ore 8 feet back from fuco of Bannock Burn tuuuel -10.82 Geueral sample of 4 feet of ore, .'10 feet back from face of Dauuock Burn tuunel ... Geueral sample, 8 feet of ore in open cut 250 feet west, further up tho mountain from Bannock Burn tunnel General samplo next to foot wall, same place General samplo 2 feet In width, hanging wall 250 feet west of Bannock Burn tuunel Bannock Burn claim uear west end line 2 H feet ote Bannock Burn claim, general sample, from largo bouldorti of ore half way up the mountain Samplo from 14 IncheH In face of Glasgow Samplo of a lot of float 1000 feet west of Bannock Burn tunuel Sample of sulphide nrcH from Glasgow drift, west of creek General sample, open cut 700 feet west of Bannock Burn tunnel ..... 5.70 5.511 2.50 2.25 0.04 10.01 27.10 4.:i 210.00 i ij 1.M.22 - 8330.00 5.78 2.50 5.28 8.25 30.04 7.70 15.00 22.32 308.33 401.08 430.00 4.70 27.00 Memoranda of sampling and results for tho fall of ,1001 misplaced or lost, but results were good. Sampling this fall from the Eldorado East tunnel In the faco, general sample ran from 3.70 to 15.70 per .ton Samplo of 18 inch gouge or selvidgo .,4.58 WIDTH AND LENGTH OF VEIN. The vein is traceable the entire length of the claims, thirty-flvo hundred (3500) feet, aud tho ore shoots are known to be of Immenso length, and tho values in the same evenly distributed throughout. Tho width of tho vein varies from ten (10) to forty (40) feet, aud has a uortheasterly and southwesterly strike or course; tho xnna neucy of which has been demonstrated by the development of the other mines ou the now famous MOTHER LODE of the Sumpter District. The vein on this property has been explored thoroughly on tho surface by means of shafts, tunnels aud open cuts, aud Is known to carry commercial values the entire length of tho claims. FREE TRIP TO THE HIGHLAND MINE. If you seriously couslder an iuvostmout In tho Stock of tho HIGHLAND GOLD MINES CO., aud wish to make a personal ex amination of tho MINE, and personally learn tho facts, you may do so without cost to yourself. We will pay your expenses from your homo to the MINE aud return; and If you find tho facts as represented, all we ask In return Is a fair aud reasonable investment, but if you And that tho facts have leen misrepresented, wo will not ask you for an investment, aud forever hold you harmless from all necessary expenses on account of your visit and examination. WRITE FOR SPECIALCONTRACT COVERING THIS FEATURE n 11 Address all Communications, and Make Your Cheeks, Drafts and Money Orders Payable to Neil J. Sorensen 8t Co. Financial Agents DEPARTMENT NO. 9 tljttdjt JJtAl Sumpter, Oregon.