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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1903)
if1"' VOL IV. IS BARING TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE E. & E? North Pole Owner Visits Property and Goes to Portland to Hold Conference With Jonathan Bourne. Thoro haa boon much speculation In mining circles regarding tho visit of Alexander Baring, 'of Londou, principal owner of the North Polo, to tho property last week, and hit sub sequent trip in company with his manager Etnll Molzer to Portland where he hold an interview with Jon athan Bourne, owner of the E. and E. Just what the purport of this bmjt be la not exaotly'olear. It 1b well known that the North Pole mag nate la averse to public comment touching his business affairs, and therefore when he was,. here nothing was elicited from him which would throw any light on the situation. When approached by press represen tatives, tho Londoner assumed a calmliko attitude, and questions di rected to him rolled off as ineffec tively as water on a duck's back. He bad nothing to say. The fact of his visit to Portland and his conference with Mr. Bourne, of the E. and E., however, makes It look like there is much more to his presence In the camp than a mere routine trip of inspection. It is true the North Pole is just starting up its additional stamps recently Installed, and It might be argued that Mr. Bar ing wanted to take a look at tho prop erty since tho improvements havo been put in, but mining men are not disposed to accept this view of tho situation. They think tho Britisher .has a "hen on" aud that his visit either has to do with tho acquisition of tho E. aud E., which has long been talked of, or that he is gettlug the property in ship shapo to uuload it on the Londou market. Tho Bourne couferomo, however, seoms to lend color to the. former theory. Tho advisability of tho North Polo acquiring tho E. aud E. has long beeu a matter of comment In mining circles. In tho II rut pluco It would add somo H,000 feet to its holdiugs ou this world famous Cracker Creek mother lode, and again it would pro vide a mill sito aud treating appur teuancos on the E. and E. ground, thus obviating tho necessity of tram ming the oro somo 8,, 000 feet as is made necessary under present condi tions, making at once two vastly Im portant additions to tho property in SUMPTER, OREGON, APRIL aa 190J. creasing Its valuo thereby mauy fold. What over, tho outcome is however, remains to bo soon. But Cracker Creek proporty holders canuot help being iuterostod in Mr. Baring's movemonts aud tho possible results, from tho faot that tho North Polo Is recognized as tho biggest mlno, not only in tho camp, but one of the world's famous producers. It Is on the same vein systom with the Uol- conda, E. and E., Columbia, South Polo, and other well known proper ties. Interest naturally content about it from the fact that it is a heavy, dividend payor and othor properties on tho same lodge would bo immense ly Increased in valuo were thoro any thing in tho rumored purchase of the E. and E. An Increased output of the North Pole or an Increase in Its present holdings would mean much for the Cracker Creek district gener ally. While tho North Polo Is tho big producer of Cracker Creek, It Is not argued for a minute that tho other properties do not hold out the same possibilities. The fact that tho North Pole is an oldor and a better developed mlno alono accounts for Its enormous value and productive ness. It is hardly reasonable to draw tho rnuclustou that tho richness of this well known voin systom starts and euds In North Polo ground, when othor pronortios coutaln a continu ation of tho same lodge, carryiug tho same quality of oro throughout in the same vastnoss of oxtout. Tho South Polo, for instance, joins tho North Polo ou Its ond lines and owus with it undivided interests In over three abbuting claims. It is tho same proposition exactly,. If the North Polo is tho big mine of today It Is only bocauso It is bettor devel oped aud has boon longer worked. Tho ceaseless activity In development operations which the South Polo peo ple are carrying forward Is bound ultimately to placo this proporty in the samo catogory . And so with othor properties in tho district. Tho Columbia has beon one of tho well known steady producers for a number of years. Tho damago done by tho roceut cave In of the shaft has been repaired, and tho mlno will resume its usual monthly output. The Uolconda, as is well known, has dropped into the class of divi dend payers, and Manager Howard Is making a big showing along the line of development work. At tho South Polo, Manager Rab bins is driving a crosscut to tap tho vein at a depth of 750 foot. As tho work goes ou It becomes moro aud mora apparent that tho ledge will bo reached any day. When the vein Is reached It will bo drifted upon and thoroughly crosscut, and at tho same time work will bo continued ou tho other levels. It is the purpose of tho management also to move down lir.O feet and start work on tho 1,000 foot level, which is ultimately to be come tho main working level of the mine. RICH STRINGER AT SNOW CREEK. Vein Crosscut and Big Body of High Grade Ore En countered. Fred D. Smith, managing director of the Oregou Minos aud Exploration company, operating tho Snow Crook mines In the Uroonborn district re turned from a trip to tho proporty this week. The vein ou the west seventy-foot levol was crosscut last week, showing a width of from eight to ten feet lu good ore, samples from which assayed as high as $115 a ton. A small stringer of from twelvo to eigbteon inches from tho majn lodge, of exceptionally high grade oro was oncounterod. Manager Smith la now drifting ou tho lodge and blocking out oro pre paratory to tho installation of the mill which is mentioned elsewhere In this issuo. Ho is woll ploased with tho present state of development and feols confident that Snow Crook will boforoloug drop Into tho list of divi dend payors. Tho proporty is situ ated lu tho conter of the famous Uroonhoru district, surrounded by such operating properties as tho Don Juan, Pboonlx, I. X. L., Illuck Hawk, Virginia, Psyche and other woll known properties. Tho ore In the course of development work is being placed lu blus and will be ready for the mill whiuh is to bo Installed this summer. ,Bood on Eldorado Group. The Eldorado group lu tho Green horns, whiuh was bonded six or seven mouths ago by Morris Sullivan, has beeu robouded to custom parties. Their representative Is in tho ulty and it is understood that the bond is to bo taken up at once, aud opera tions curried ou this summer. ih BIG SHIPMENT FROM GWjGONDA. SOME OF HJGHKT GRAM OKI EVER SHIPPED i ftiCi'ft, Croucut From Old Drift oa 380-Foot Lcvtt la Py Ok Too Early to Determine Site or Rlchnew of Shoot New Line ol Development Inaugurated BoUett Outcrop on Wide West Claim. Tho congested condition of tho big mines Is being relieved by tho Im provement in tho roads and their out puts of ores nud concentrates arc agulit arriving at tho Sunpter frolght depot regularly. ThotlnlooudalH shipping this week ten car loads of ores and concentrate, to tho smelters. It is understood that somo of tho highest grade oro that has evor boon shipped from this camp Is Included In this shipment. It is reported from tho (lolcouda mlno that tho crosscut recently start ed from tho old drift on tho .100 foot level to the cast for the purpose of picking up tho rich shoot of ore here tofore disclosed lu the levels above has already reached pay oro, but It la yet too early to determine the alzo and richness of this oro shoot on that levol. As soon as it has Iwcii dem onstrated on tho 200 foot level, a crosscut will bo started in tho samo direction from tho '100 foet level for tho samo purpose. The now Hue of development, re cently Inaugurated by the manage ment, whereby It will drlvo tho pres ent drifts, which havo already devel oped tho (lolcouda claim to the south and under the great outcrop of tho Wido West claim, Is being vigorously pushed. The to is no outcrop whatever ou tho (lolcouda claim, although all of the work heretofore done by the (lol couda company lias been done on that claim. On the Wide West claim oc curs tho boldest and best outcrop found on tho mother lode and yet no development has ever beeu done lir that ground. It Is coiilldontly believed by tho management of tho (lolcouda, as well as by all mining men familiar with this district that tho best part of the (lolcouda mine lies in the Wide West ground aud under this great outcrop and, therefore, great things are ex pected from this new Hue of develop ment. The face of the drift, which la being pushed south, 1ms already puss ed the south and center of the (lol couda claim and Is lu Wide West ground. It Is showing low values In ore uud Is steadily Improving as it is being driven Into the mountain. u NO.