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.
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