VOL. V.
SUMPTER, OREGON, OCTOBER 28, 1903.
NO. 8.
FAMA6LE REPORTS
FROM MOUNT RASTUS.
William Stinson Says There Are Boundless
Possibilities There, But Little
Development.
William Stinson, Charley Ferry
nnd T. B. Lawrenoo returned last
evening from tlio Mount Kaatua
district. They report that hundreds
of prospectors are scattered through
tho country over au area fourteen
miles In extent. There is nometalk
of a townalte there, but the proposl
tlon is in a nebulous stato as yet.
Unolo Uill Stinson says:
"I can't toll you any moro about
the district, so far as its gold produc
ing possibilities are concorned, tbau
you have already published. Thero
is no questolu but what thoro is a
great phonollte deposit thoro, extend
ing for miles. There Is plenty of
mineralized rock on the surface of the
veins, tbat carries values, mostly low,
of course, as everywhere. The basis
of the excitement is the faot, as every
practical and scientific miner
knows, tbat phonollte indicates
the presence of tellurldes, which
carry the highest gold values known
to mineralogy. In a tellurlde camp
money is just as easy as in a rlob
placer district, there J,s always moro
of it and, unlike the diggings; these
camps are permanent propositions.
"I saw some samples that' looked
like telluiide and heard of some as
says from reliable sources that would
seem to confirm the looks of the rook.
There is not sutHolent development
work done yet to prove tho value of
the Hud; but there is unquestionably
bouudless possibilities there and you
know prospectors and mining men
are not looking for a sure thing;
they are williug to take obauces. If
they were not, there would today bo
no miuiug camps In tho west. It is
such stampedes as this that have
caused to be rovealed the existeuco of
and aftcrwurds in I nod uiuety por cent
of the gold woulth of tho world."
Iu all of which Uncle Bill is
right, as he usually is. Only the
cur in the muugor, tho knokor and
the blackmailer, or the ignorant ass
stauds put a ud says some newly dis
covered camp is no good, ile doesu't
know anything about it, therefore,
his condemnation is transparently
dishonest aud his prsenco Iu any
camp Is a detriment.
J Mike Mahonoy, tho discoverer of
the Iron Dyke, the Flagstaff aud
other big mines iu eastern Oregon,
acknowledged to bo one of the best
prospectors In the state, says he
worked over that section two years
ago; that on Bull Run, four nilles
from Rastus, thoro are somo as line
looking ledges as ho ever saw. Mr.
Stinson says that the Whitehead
Brothers havo located n group of
claims thero nnd aro getting good
assays from surfaco ore. The for
mation Is tho samo as that on Mouut
Rastns.
The Baker City Herald of last
evening says: Mr. Chambers came
in from the new camp in the Rastus
district at 2 o'clock this morning,
bringing with him several samples of
ore from bis claim there. Assays
wero mado of tho samples by Mr.
Torrey and some surprising results
were obtained. Oue sample ran $400
to the ton and the concentrates from
It gave the phenomenal figure of
87,400 per ton. Tho button ob
tained from half a pound of concen
trates wiegbed CO grains.
OLIVE CREEK AND
TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
E. Tahiti of the Olive Creek and
Triple Alliance companies. Is In
town today. Tho Triple Alliauce
group is situated on Olivo Creek, the
west Hue being one half iiillo from
Roljiusouville. The couth lino joins
tho north lino of tho Olivo creok
group. At somo fnturo ditto the two
properties may ho consolidated, as
stock In both Ih held by the same
stockholders.
Mr. Tohln bought eighty acres
from Messrs. Sutherland and Mo
Laugbliu, aud already owned sixty
acres on the east and west, the
eighty acres purchased is owned
equally by T. M. Tobiu, Cieorge
Hubbard and E. Tobln, all of Chicago.
They have a shaft down twenty-two
feet on the Calumet, which la in the
center of the group. At a depth of
even feet a ledge three and one half
feet was uncovered and panned values.
At a depth of twelve feet samples
aorosa the ledge averaged better than
sixteen dollars In gold.
Mr. Tobln says: "Directly north
4000 feet on the Red Bell, of the
Olive Creek group, we havo a lodgo
on which we have drifted thirty
feet without finding tho hanging
wall, and were theu driven out by
water. The ore in this drift shows
values from 810.70 to (30 aud as the
quartz Is heavily stained with copper,
I would not bo surpprlsed If it
turned iuto a gold-copper ml no.
There is no doubt of a continuous
ledgo for 4 DUO feet. Throe other
ledges, prospected by shafts, show
values from 82. CO to 81100. Wo
aro still sinking on the Caluti o
shaft and from what is already
shown there Is no question whatever
but tbat wo aro in tho right 'place,
whioh will bo mining news in tho
near future.
f-"The Olivo Creek company may
sond In pumps and hoist for tho Red
Bell No. .'1 this fall; If not, as early
iu tho spring as tho wcathor will per
mit. Wo havo over 1,200 foot of
underground work, with a dopth'of
240 feet, showing two feet of soveu
dollar base ore, from ten to thirty
feet iu thedilfts.
"Wo aro ready for machinery, as
tho ground is fully prospected aud
thoro Is no question but what thoro
is mineral aud plenty of it."
PLACERS AT GOLD
CENTER YIELDING WELL
E. J. Wallace was In today from
the claims ho receutly located at
Gold Center. Latoly ho bus been do-
voting his time and utteutiou to some
plauor giound which ho holds In
connection with tho quartz locutions.
The placors bo says havo been
yielding good returns, but owing to
tho scarcity of water thoy cannot bo
worked to the fullest extent. Ho
Is goiug to put In a pump, however,
which will relievo the situation to a
great extent.
Ike's Rich Strike.
Ed Huiiner, Wlllium Sanders and
Albert Weiss returned yesterday
from a trip to Rock Cieek where
Mr. Weiss mid Ike WilliuuiHou own
a couple of claims, regarding which
mention wus inudo u few days ago in
connection with a good stilko.
Messrs. Ilauser and Sunders went
to look ut the property, uud they
state that it has every a'ppeuruuce
of becoming vuluuble with the proper
devo'opment.
VICTOR
GROUP.
Mr. Hanauer Pleased
With Development
Work.
A. 11. Hanauer, of Spokane, who
with busiuesss associates some months
ago took over tho Victor group iu
tlie Cracker Creok district, and
Harry Heudryx, of tho Mclser
Hondryx Investment compauy, which
baa the management of the develop
ment work, woro out at tho property
yosterdHy. Mr. Hanauer Is hero to
familiarize himself with the situation
aud unto tho progress being made.
Ho is well pleased with the way thlngH
aro going and thinks tho property
will undoubtedly be on a produuiiiK
basis within tho next six months.
Ho says:
"I mado an examination of tho
mine yesterday and 1 am well pleased
with tho present showing. All tho
workings aro In ore and I feel that
I am speaking conservatively and
advisedly when 1 say the Victor la
destined to make a good paying prop
erly. The funds necessary to proseauto
dovolopmeut work for months to corao
have breu raised, and with the com
pressor plant which we intend install
ing lu tho neur future thero Is uo
reason why even greater' prngrcssj
than in tho past cannot be made. In
six months I expect to have tbo
property on a producing basis. I
am greatly pleased with the manage
ment and tho economical expenditure
of funds to date. Every foot of
woik hus counted.
"The Victor is certainly iiiiii.
favorablo locality If proximity to big ,
producers counts for anything. It
adjoins tho E. and E. and also tho
Talior fraction where the rich striko
was recently made. It Is a settled
fact from reports made that the split
off from the Columbia and the Tabor
f met ion passes to the mouth of tho
Victor tunnel, and it i-ccins not only
reasiiouble to suppose but prauticallv
certain that we will get the samo
rich ore found iu the other two
properties, and also in the 10. and
E. When the the tunnel reaches bin
vein, 1 feel sure that the Cracker
Creek (Sold Mines company will bo
able to report some good news to Mh
HtnckholdeiH. "