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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, May 6, 1903
LONG CROSSCUT
TO BE STARTED.
Preparatory Work Now Being
Done on the Little Cracker
, Group.
Bourne road' to the Wind Creek
mluoH. This will greatly facilitate
operations.
The Porcupine already has a shaft
down 100 feet in rloh ore.
GOLD KING GROUP.
A forco of men was otartod to work
the first of the wook at tho Llttlo
Cracker property in tho Crackor
Crook dlutrlct, gradliiK preparatory
to beRiiiultiK tho long eronncut which
Ih to tup hoth ToiiiH. A tunnel
Iiouho, MnokHiiiith nliop, and other
huilditiKHaro IwiiiKcouHtructod beforo
HtartitiK actual development. E.
Dutze, vico-proHldont and Konoral
inanaKor of tho company utatoH that
evorythiiiK will lo in roudinewi to
ntart tho tunnel tho flint of next
wook.
It will bo 11 700 foot tunnel to tap
tho parallel velim running through
the property. Tho ilrnt will bo cut
t.t u dlHtatico of '250 foot, giving a
depth of I'M feet, and tho ttocond
will bo croHHCiit at a dopth of 450.
Work hax lieou held back groatly on
account of huow, which la oven now
inakiug openitlotiH somewhat difllcult.
There 1h flvo foot on tho property.
Judge T. C. Himobaugh, of
Duluth, proHidout of tho Llttlo
Cracker (Jold Mining and Milling
company, will bo hero in a few days
to iuBpoot tho mine.
Preparations Being Made to
Increase Force.
RICH ORE AT
THE RED BOY.
Congo Vein Crosscut and $40
Stuff Encounteted.
A very rich ntriko wax Hindu at the
KmI Hoy early thitt week. Tho Congo
vein watt enwHeut at a depth of 450
feet revealing a body of wonderfully
high grade free milling ore. Always
hIiow that tho body carrion average
values of 140 to the ton.
In the previous workings of the
mine it crosscut from a continuation
of the drift on the Monarch vein
through the porphyry dyke was
started at right angles to tup the
Congo vein. This recently en
countered a rich Congo stringer, but
the vein was not in sight. The
crosscut was continued for some
distance and caught the true vein as
Mated.
Iteporls from the mine verify the
strike and the high iwllty of the
tire.
WORK AT PORCUPINE.
Power Drills to be Put in at
Once.
It is understood that preparations
are being made to start work ou
the Porcupine group In the Wind
Creek district in a short time. The
property Is controlled by Seattle
people, and It is statist power drills
are sto lie installed at once and
work on a good scale undertaken.
The owners of the Porcupine and
adjacent properties are perfecting
arrangements to build a wagon road
from the Half Way house on the
Tho Gold King. group in tho Wind
Crook district, a parallel formation
to the Cracker Creek vein system, ia
now working a good crow of men and
making preparations to greatly
Increase tho forco in a short time.
Rich oro 1h reported in tho nroaout
workings.
Tho property Is owned by a strong
Soattlo company, of which T. Carter
Is president and among tho loading
stockholders. Mr. Carter is oxpectd
in tho camp any day to make
preparations for rapid developments.
NEW SANITARIUM.
Dr. Brock and Mn. Harvey Open Private
Hospital on Mill Street.
Dr. L. T. Urock and Mrs. Hravey,
a professional nurse, formerly of Des
Molnos, Iowa, have opened a private
sanitarium at the Pisk residence on
lowor Mill stroot. Dr. Brock has
just completed u courao of polyclinic
letcures at Chicago, where ho mot
Dr. Loronz and familiarized himself
with the celebrated surgeou's methods
of operation. Mrs. Harvey 1b an
experienced trained nurse and comes
with tho highest recommendations.
Tho Flsk houso contalua eight
uicely furnished aud well ventilated
rooms. It Is homollko, well situated
and admirably suited to tho prupose.
Timber and Homestead Filings.
Timber and homestead filings, aa well
as tlual proofs, can be made before
Charles II. Chance, United States Com
mlssloner, office in First National Bank
of Kumptcr building, Sumpter, thus Bay
ing applicants oxmmibo of a trip to I a
Grande.
F. O. BUCKNUM
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and Investments in Oregon,
Washington or Idaho.
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A shaft has been sunk and 300 feet of tunnel
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