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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, April 13, 1904 FIFTY DOLLARS A DAY 'fl This is What J. P. Richards Made For Three Days Fifty ilollnrH 11 ilny strikes the iivoragii man iih 11 pretty fiiir wage, lull IIiIh ,iiiiiI probably more, In what .1. P. KIcIiiimIh Iiiih to IiIh ciodlt In tint yullow for iilioiit three days work in tlio vicinity of Autiiii 11. Mr. Rich nrilH loft lieiu lnnt IiihI week to do Home prospecting down tlin Aiiliurii way. liy 11 system of pocket tracing known iiiiiiiiik proHpeotois. ho located 11 rich iiiiirt. stringer Home four f turh 4h wldn In Woo Cmiyoii, 11 mill) north of tint deserted village, on 11 southern itxpoHiiru whoto the snow Iiiih oiitlridy disappeared. Mr. Rlchartla icturncd todiiy Ho found tlio pocket Huudiiy mid began sinking on It, taking out between 1 nt) to S'JOO In gold Tim nuggets range III h-ii from pin hernia to peas, mid 11 few Imghr. Hi) Iiiih Hiiuii) oxcop tliiuiilly beautiful specimens ot packet gnld.Thcic In 0110 good hIimI liagmcut ofiiinil7, which liu did not crush, mid which In lilcially held together Ity pnitltih'H of nold. TIiIh piece Im osllniiitrs en 11 1 11 i iih iilioiit $10. The Hold wan tlist eucoiinteied at a i digging lor pocket cold. Ho wiiHwlth depth of about two feet mid linm'Mr. Nenl in the same capacity held. NEW VEIN AT THE OVERLAND. M. K. II11I11, iiiiiiiiiucr ol the Over laud, caiiiit in limn thu piopeity lift night. TIiIh was IiIh Hist visit to It since he came back hum the cast mid he is well pleiiM'd will the de velopment piouicsn dining IiIh hIi- S0IICC. The vein icceutly cut, he says, measlllcH between font and live teet and cmiicH good viilues. 1'IiIh Ih the Ihiid vein cut, and the only one ho far sinming on the suifnce. The other two weie blind. The ciosscut will be continued lor two other leads known to ilt, mid in the meantime the veins cut wll be diifled on. Mr. Ilaiu iui'ieased his Imce ot men today, and another I ne mice will lie made in a few days. lie says the snow Ih ten feet deep but Ih veiy sold and he bad no double in walking over It without webs. Nor tin the Kinds yet biokeu up sulllcleutly to prevent travel. He will send out four tons of supplies tomorrow. Some Initios About Rocks. Theio are thiee kinds of rock found in the earth's crust Igneous, nielaiiioipblo and stratified. The igneous rock is divided into two clas ties the trachyte aud lava. The tra chyte, en named because of Its rough, PRETTY FAIR WAGE! in The Vicinity of Auburn. this cm down to eight feet the depth nt ufiifh Mr. Richards ipilt, It come in rich. The (piurtz 1h largely decom posed. Tliu stringer was found in h porphyry dyke. This Ih not the first 1118(11110! of rich pockets having been discovered in the vicinity of Auhiini. One iiihii in reported to Intro tHkou out S 1,1100 iiem thoro lust Hiinuuer. Another took out 8800, aud there aro uumnrouri Instances of smaller llnds. 'J'h I h Ih th' territory from which thu Aiiliurii placers so celebrated in curly history drew- their eurichinunt. Mr. Richards Iiiih located on the cliiitn and named it the Florence. Hut he will probably leave next week for (iraud F.iicamptiietit, Wyoming, to taku a placu with thu Knciunpnieijt smelting company iih cm pouter loremau, ami will turn IiIh mining claim over Joe Chappcllcar to look after, ('nir II Ncal, former superintendent of the Humpler smelter, in now with thin company and Iiiih oireied Mr. Rich- ii it h a good Milnry If he will take the place, lie thinks thin will piobalily alloid a mom steady Income than gillty Iccllug. it is pin out) mid has a white, may or black color and is usually poiphjiltlc. Lava Is a In in ) applied to the melted mallei which IIowh in stiemiiH from volcanoes. It in j porous and spungy. This is found mostly in volcanic unions. Meta j morphlc inckH me those which have been alteied by heat, muistuie mid 'piessiiie. Hot lava pcuctintlug sed imentary nick mnteiially chaises its chmacer. The clay Is tinned to slate, the limestone to nimble, and emthly sandstone and clay nicks Into granite, the layers lie! ng eutiiely oh- liteiated mid the tuck cemented to gether in a solid body.- l'aclllc Miner. GOOD PROGRESS AT THE YANKEE GIRL C!uy Picrson and R. Mellrlde, of the Yankee liirl, out the Hear (iulch way, came in this morning from the property. They report good progress. 'I he shaft is now down over thirty live feet and the ore, they state, is get ting better with every, shot. The vein is twelve feet wide, as shown in the crosscut above. The shaft was started ou the baugiug wall aud will be contluued till the foot wall Is eucoiinteied, wheu the ledge will agaiu be crosscut. The upper crosscut showed both walls well detlued.with high grade ore ou each and ore of a good milling quality making up the rest of tlio roiu. J'lie ore, It is stated, shows twelve per CM! lit of high glade gold sulphides. Work ia to tut steadily continued this summer. LIVELY CRACKER CREEK SEASON A. P. Smith, superintendent of thu Victor, in the Cracker Creek dis trict, was in town today ou Ida way to thu attend repuubllcan county coutveiitlou to be hold at linker City tomorrow. Mr. Smith eays the live drill com piessor recently installed is giving (tood service anil excellent progress is being mude. NotwIthstandiUK the fact that the rock in the, crosscut uow being driven is exceedingly hard, between four and live feet are being made a day. Recently a throe and a half foot blind vein was cut. carry ing good gold aud coper values. The ! union of copper aud gold is someth ing uow in the Cracker Creek district. Mr. Smith looks for a lively season in tbo Cracker Creek district this year, lio baea his conclusion on the fact that more work ia being done 011 veins paralleling tbo mother lode than ever hefors in tho history' of the camp. Ho says: "Hitherto the majority of mining operators in the Cracker Crcok dis trict have been con'lued to the moth er lode, but much attention is uow being paid to sldo veins ami there is no reason why these should not prove just as rich as the mother lode. For Instance, the Cracker Oregon will, I understand, start its mill in a short time, the Midway is making excellent piogiess, with the promise of opening up a big mine, the Victor Ih going ahead, mid numerous smaller ptnpcmcH located ou side leads are making piepmatioiiH to do a lot of work this summer. The gcucial indications are that things will be lively iiioiinil llourue during the coming teuton. WATER AND LIGHT CO. TO RESUME WORK SOON The gucratnr for the Water and Light company's new plant is ex pected to come in a few days. It was shipped fiom New Yoik Match '.!,', and should be heie sometime uc.t week at the outside. The coin puny will lesume woik ou 1 ue power nouse ami pipe line unw.l In a short time. The only tiling that is keeping hack thu work is the snow, and it it continues to disappear as iiipiilly as in the past few days, it will not be long before it will bo out of the way. The power house was pietty well tluiushed last fall when work had to ou suspended ou account of weather conditions, and much was done toward the completion of the pipe line. Buck Gulch Placers. Amos aud Joe Weaver left today for the Ruck (iulch placers out the (iiauite way to see bow things are shaping up for begiuulug work. The ditch is some six miles loug, aud if the water is runulug.tbey will turn it iu to melt the snow out. The placers will be operated just as soon aa weather conditions will permit. 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