VOL. IV.
SUMPTER, OREGON, JUNE 10, 190$.
NO. 40
DEVELOPMENT AT
THE SOUTH POLE.
This Season's Operations Will Determine
The Kind And Capacity. Of Mill
To Be Installed On Property.
V. W. Robbing, general malinger
of the South Polo Consolidated
Gold Mines company, who returned
this week from a trip to the property
states that hit) crow has just finished
digging No. 1 tunnel, which was
abandoned early last winter, out
of the snow. The mouth wan cleared
and work will bo resumed thero
within a few days. No. 1 is now
, iu 250 feet from tho face of the vein.
Before abandoning the level last
r winter a crosscut was run a distauco
of forty-fire feet without encounter
ing tho hanging wall. Work Is to
bo resumed at this point and tho
width of tho vein determined. A
winze, will also bo suak from thin
to tho No. 2, and in addition a
little stopo will bo started to follow
up au ore shoot already demonstrated
showing high rallies. Thero is
another vein showiug about eighty
feet west of tho No. 1 level where
surfaco values as high as 9700 have i
been encountered, and work is to bo I
started hero as soon as tho snow
Is otf. I
Manager Bobbins has outlined '
u plau for extensive development j
and it is his intention to mako a '
big showing on the property this
summer. In a short time ho will
start work this side of the dirldo on
Yankee Jim ground whero ex
ceptloually high surfaco values havo
beeu shown.
Iu tho No. 3 lovol whero the vein
was recently crosscut tho drift is
being carried both ays on tho ledgo
iu good oro. Iu tho No. 2, tho drift
is now iu 050 feet and the faco is
approaching tho apex of the mountain
where a big shoot will be encount
ered, with a vertcial depth of Ml feet
to which tho dip of tho vein will add
considerably more backs. Tho vein I
in this level has been crosscut at
various points showing a width of
from six to llftoen feet, with
Mitisfactnry values.
A boarding and bunk house, with
extensive accommodations for tho
men, Malinger Hobblus states, is to
bo built iu n short time, and
arrangements mado for developing
tho property in tho spediest manner
possible. Regarding a mill ho says
that it is his policy to thoroughly
determine tho character and extent
of tho oro bodies first in order to
determine the kiud and capacity of
tho plant needed.
BLUE BIRD MILL.
Mr. Wheeler, of New York,
Here and Plans Under
Advisement.
G. H. Wheeler, of New York,
fiscal agent for the Blue Din,
Uuckboru and Valley Queen,
accompanied by Mrs. Wheeler,
arrived iu the city Monday, and in
company with O. C. Wright, presi
dent of the liltie Bird, Mrs. Wright
and Mrs. Wheeler, drove out yester
day to the Blue Bird property return
ing last uigbt.
The object of Mr. Wheeler's visit
is a general inspection of the
properties, and to determine plans
for the mill to be erected at tho
Bluo Bird. Whilo ho states that
the general plau has been fully
agreed upon tho dotalls of tho mill
will not bo ready to give out for a
few days yet. Tho mill, however,
he states, is to bo erected just as
soou as men and money can do it.
Mr. aud Mrs. Wheeler will bo iu
the city for three or four weeks.
E. J. Thorp, superintendent of
the Blue Bird, returned with tho
party last night. He states that
there is twelve feet of solid oro iu
a twenty-four foot lead iu Mio drift
of the No. .'I lovel, showiug good
values. Iu tho north aud south
drifts of No. 1, somo exceptionally
high grade oro has been encountered.
Here there is from three and a half
to four feet of solid milling ore, tho
lowest assays from which have
showed over 920 to the ton, whilo
the highest went to $.'104. Mr.
Wheeler Is woll pleased with
showing made at tho property.
tho
RICH ORE AT RED BOY.
High
Congo Vein Continue! to Yield
Averages, It li Slated.
E. J. Godfrey, of the Bed Boy,
was iu the city this week, aud whilo
it is not tho policy of tho Bed Boy
management to mako public
statements regarding the property,
Mr. Godfrey coullrmod the reports
that tho Congo vein recently crosscut
is continuing to yield high
averages. Tho vein Ib being drifted
on, aud common rumor has 11 that
somo phonomoually rich oro has
been encountered. Mr. Godfrey
stated, however, that it was about tho
same as when tho vein was first cut.
Tho management has resumed tho
operation of Its full twenty stamps.
For awhillo only ten were in commission.
OREGON MONARCH.
Superintendent Moffett Says He Will Catch
Golden Monarch Vein Sooar'
T. J. Moffott, superintendent of
tho Oregon Monarch, was in from tho
properly last Saturday. Tho cross
cut, ho says, Is now iu l,l'J.'i feet and
tho tunnel has been in good looking
quarts', for tho last forty feet. Ho
thinks ho will catch another vein in
a very short time.
Tho properly contains three veins
from llftccn to twenty feet wide,
which are a continuation of the
Golden Monarch system in tho Bed
Boy district.
GOOD OPINION
OF STANDARD.
GREAT PROPERTY, SAYS MR.
TAYLOR, OF MICHIGAN.
Grand Rapid Capitalists Visit This and
Other Mines Veil Pleased Thing
Look Good Wonderful Progress in
District Details ol Trip Great Possi
bilities Large Investments In Stock
Made.
PULASKI GROUP
Breast of Tunnel Now
Lively Looking Quartz.
in
The first contract for tunnel work
on tho I'ulaskl, has been completed
aud bids are being called for to drive
tho crosscut to tap the main ledge
of tho property. Tho old tunnel
ou tho Avalanche was retlmbered,
widened aud carried into tho hill a
distance of fifty feet. This was com
pleted Iu a breast of lively looking
quart, characteristic of tho Cracker
Crook district and showing good
values. In driving this distance,
ouo lead was cut and several
stringors all of which were heavily
mineralized.
Tho tunnel is now a distance of
200 feet from tho main veins, and it
is tho purpose of the management to
prosecute the work as rapidly as
possible until tho ore bodies are fully
demonstrated. The mine has all
uecessary equipment to carry ou
development, and a good showing will
bo made during the coming mouths.
K. V. Taylor aud other prominent
business men aud capitalists of
Grand Bapids, Michigan, made au
extended visit to the Humpter
district last week, taking In tho
Cracker Summit, Siandard Con
solidated and other well known
properties. Speaking of his Impres
sions of tho district, Mr. Taylor siild:
"I visited the camp last fall 'aud
mado quite an extended Investigation
of tho different sections. I was thou
very' favorably Impressed with WhatI
saw, but I must siiy that the enduring
changes and (he almost wonderful
showings (hat hare been made at a
number of (ho properties which 1
then Investigated, simply anincs me.
If. Is dlfllcult for one to iippicdiiilu
that seven mouths would menu so
much iu a camp. I remember ou
my first visit hero dial I very
carefully looked Into ami Iho
darker Summit mine and while Iho
properly looked very promising with
what development work had been
done, I was by no means prepared
to see such magnificent oro bodies
as are now exposed."
Did I visit tho Standard, and
what do I think or It?
"Woll, that Is a question which
Involves a good deal if 1 should glvo
the reasons for my answer. Ilrielly
expressed, I think the Standard
Consolidated Is the making of ouo
of tho immensely big mines of tho
country. I do not see how it can
bo anything else. Our party had
heard of tho Standard, iu fact wo
came hero lo investigae it and I am
very free to say that tho claims of
tho llscal agents sound very mild
after one has gone through tho
property itself. The Standard is a
mine and a big one today. Iu fact 1
should say It is a double mine, for
either of tho two big vein systems
which cross tho property, will mako
a splotidld mine. I have never iu
all my experience seen such a vein
as tho Sandard Itself. There seems
to lie a mineral one from 12ft to
lfiO feet wide that is packed with
veins from four to six feet ip width
like sardines In a box, each vein
being separated from tho others by a
falso wall. The zone has acturally,-
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