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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1903)
Wednesday, October 21, igo THE SUMPTER MINER RIG VEIN. Dixie Extension Crosscut Thirty-Five Feet And No Wall. Cbarlea Thomas, tbn Farlbanks Morse man, la also interested in the Dixie MoadowsExtension is back from the property and statos that the crosscut has entered tho vein of the extension', a distance of thirty-five feet from the hanging wall and the opposite wall is not in sight. When the crosscut reached a point thlrty-flve feet in, running ground was encountered, which made it necessary to abandon work at this point. A streak of broken rock, disintegrated vein matter and water was run into, filling the fano of tho tunnel for a spaco of fifteen feet and making bulkheading next to, impossible. It was found expedlont to move back toward tho wall and start a new crosscut at an angle of forty-five degrees, in order to obviate the running ground, and take due precaution Jn the matter of buklbeading when tbia ground is again reached. Tho new crosscut is in now twonty feot, and will bo carried to tho opposite wall and a drift to tho south started The extension haa the Dixie lead, beyond any question, it is stated. The same pay shoot is present, Mr. Thomas says, and praotioally tne same character of ore aa that found in .tho Dixie Meadows. Also the Moadowa people enoountred the same dittlciitly with running ground. Tho Dixie vein, as has been stated in Tho Miner, is fifty feot in width and carries exceptionally good values. Mr. ThoinaH statos that all tho machinery for tho Dixie Meadows mill has loft Whitney, and will be iustalied as speedily iih possible Tho buildings nro about Mulshed. understood that business usually briskena this time of year in view of the faot that mine operators begin getting in their winter's stock and naturally Took to local morchauts for their supplies. But this fall is a record breaker. The volume of business Is greatly increased over the same period last yeBr. I don't think I am very far ftom wrong whou I say it has almost doubled." SUMPTERS FALL TRADE BOOMING. It fewer -with was noted this morning that no than a dozen wagons loaded provisions and various othor mining supplies left for the neighboring camps. While this is no unusual occurrence, it shows the activity of the district in a min ing way and incidentally tho condi tion of trade here. Mine operators bere, and business men, say that there"are more properties-active now, and there is more preparation for winter work than there has ever been In the history of the district. At many prospects where formerly it wa the aim to complete only the assess ment work during the summer months, preparations are being made to continue operations all winter. This with the Increased output of old producers, and numerous mills that are going in, has made business in Sumpter this fall exceptionally good. Reltative to the situation a local bulsnoss man says: "There never was so much activity In tne camp, and business was never so good before. A)l lines of trado are good. Of course it roust be BLUE GRAVEL. The Oregon Bluo Gravel Mining company, a corporation recently organized to work placers on the townlate, is to get aotiou in a short time. Ueneral Warren, who is president of the company is expected in a few days, and will bring with him a couple of experts who will look over the situation in regard to the oontemplatod work. While only a limited amount of prospoct work has beou doue, this, it is stated, has given sutUoiont evideuce on which to base tho con clusion that the proposition will be a paylug ono. Andy Stiuson, secretary of tho company statos that somo time ago, he panned an ounce of gold, worth $17.00, from gravel taken from bed rook at the bottom of a well three foot square uoar the reservoir. Bedrock was reaohod here at a depth of tweuty-four feot. There was a mistake In the trausfor papers, and they were not sent away as stated a few days ago. Tho mistake has been rectified aud thoy were sent away today. HOIST ORDERED FOR BUCK BUTTE. O. C. Wright., president of tho Bluo Bird compauy aud who is interested iu the Blaok Butto, a recont acquisition, states that a boilor and hoist liuvo beon ordored for this proprety and will bo iustullcd this fall. A wluzo is now bolug employed but tho process is entiroly too bIuw, and doop sinking macbinory will have to be put in. Mr. Wright says that all tho tim bers for tho Bluo Bird mill havo beou cut and are now at the roluo. A good part of the machinery has been dolivored and the rest is being transferred as rapidly aa possible. CONTRACT ON ASTORIA. George Hall and J. F. Blngman, two well known Klondyke miners have taken a oontraot on the Astoria group, owned by Ed ilauser. This property is the south extension of the Doane and Q lesson group known as the Buckeye and the Ureat .American. olsLm owned by Oravea Brothers where the rich strike was recently made. It Is Bald to be the same ledge. 6000 PLACER GROUND LOCATED AT GOLD CtNTER. E. J. Wallace returned from Gold Conter, where he owns a fine quartz claim and a placer fraotion, tbia morning. All tho assessment work on tho quartz property for this year has been completed, and Mr. Wallace states that be bas been do votiug bis attention to the placor claim, with vory encouraging results. All the latest novelties in hats at Neill Mercantile company's. HOTEL SUMPTER T5PS4 iPtf ' ; : ;r i&m. u '"0 "S3A sgfwrwH KTN SKuwa- 2iritjSKS "fcfti&s&JiVw -i-r'fr- vi &&& smasm L. J. HAZCLWOOD" MAMAQCR Dining Room in Connection. American Plan. Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. Sample Rooms. Stages for All Parts of Camp. Electric Light and Steam Heat. j j j j Rates $2 to $3.50 a Day. 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