THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, April 20, 1904
EASTERN OREGON
WATER COURSES
Census Bureau Explains
Drainage Basins And
Gives Interesting
facts on Irri
gation. Of tbo tlraiuago linaliM iu Ori'Kon,
tliii census ImrHiiii says iu it recent
rufiurt :
"A VIIMt HtBH III thl) HdlltlllTII wirt
of eastern Oregon, lying between the
KluniHtli region hdiI the Owyhee mid
Mainour regions 011 thu mint, Id
lrnlneil by u largo nil in her of hdihII
streams that discharge their waters
into hiiihII lakes or sinks. It ex
tends northward to tho divide separat
ing IIiIh iMirlioti from thu John Day
ami Crooked rlvera hiiiI Iiiih the
peculiar oliarmiloriatics of tho great
Interior IihhIii of wliiitti It Ih mi iirm.
'"L'lio largest streams urn Sllvles
river, which rises among tho Straw
berry iiiiiiiiitiiliiH, hiiiI Hows south
Jntn Ltiku Miilliutir; Donnnr inn)
lllltzoti rivnr, which drains tho wost
orn slope of tho Htoina imiiintiiiiiH,
Jlows north anil discharges an occa
sional II11111I into tho hinnu Ink;; anil
HllvorWeok which outers lliiruoy lako
iroiii tho north.
"From these streams, anil tho
Hprlugs ami walls within tho drainage
IihhIii in 111(12, 1(17,:i!2 miti'H wore
irrigation at an average cost per
item nt $l.if. This low average
40Ht 1 nir lie 10 shows (hut iiiiihI of tho
irrigation in (IiIh M'i'tiiiii Ih liy Iho
dmplo anil inexpensive iiiiithnil of
Hooding. Many of tho irilgatnrs 11.10
tho wulor on grnlug lauds, or tu
Iiioioiiho tho ylolil ol iiutivo liny. Tho
ri.'i I fiirniH on which irrigation wan
reported wi'io supplied with wilier by
II8 systems, costing :C20,7tri. Tho
aggregate length of main, canals ami
flltl'llCH WHS III" IllilcS.
"Sllvles river anil tributaries sup.
pllou water to 111 faims, anil Ir
rigated 20,0 II acres (hiniigh eighty
td systems, wIioho Initial oonsttiie
(ion cost wiih U7I,!II(I, an average of
$2.8ri per Irrigated aero. There weio
125 iiiileHiif main, canals anil ditches
Twenty-llvo systems received water
I rum Doniier anil lllllzeu liver till)
ularlei, and irrigated :il,07l acres
belonging to llffy-thioo farms, at an
iiveiagn cost of Il.'i, 1 00. and tho coin
liineil length of Iho main uauals and
ditches wiih llftv-fnur ml Ice.
"Wnler from Iho Harney county
Silver creek and tributaries wax
nlllleil to lirlgnlu Kl.tlOO ncies,
belonging tu tweniy eight farms.
The twenty-two irrigation systems
cunt ?2l,8lfi, (ho uvoiugo cost per
iirlgitted ncie iielnu ?l.(U. Theio
were forty-live mile of main ditches.
".I lint oust of (he Cascade inline in
Houthern Oregon in an men ol aliotit
5,00(1 miiiiu inllen drained liy
Kliiiniilli river mid tributaries, The
whole of upper and halt of limor
Klamath taken cover nearly IHO muiiio
nil leu of t lit h iiurfiice.
"Tho principal Oregon trlbutary
of Klamath river Ih Spraguo river,
which joIiih Williamson river to
fcrin tho main nt renin admit three
mi leu eiint of upper Klamath lako.
Very llilo Irrigation la reported from
the main Htream, most of tbe Ir
rigated area in this basin being re
ported from viiiIoiih fltnall tributaries,
entering either tho main fit room or
Klamath lako.
"In UIO'J, tho dllfereut boiucch of
watei were drawn upon liy sixty-six
Hy8tems. There were 'JO, 514 acres ou
llll farina Irrigated, at an average
cost of 88.07. The lolal cost of con
Ht met I on waa 82:10,010, and tbe
combined length of main cauala ami
ditches was 1711 miles. Sprague
river and tributaries alone funrishod
water to 3,000 Brers on twenty-five
farina. The eighteen systems coat
32(i.fi(i0, an average of il.'H) per
aero. There were thirty-nine miles
of main canals and ditches.
"Of the several drainage ditches,
basins, the .Snake river and the In
dependent drainage basins, each in
cluded more than one-third of tbe
total irrigated area of tbe state; Ibe
fomer, 107,07'.! acres, and tbe latter
ISO, 000 acres.
BIG STRIKE AT
COPPEROPOLIS
It Is learned through reliable sour
ces that a big strike was made a few
days ago at the Copporopolls iu tbe
Qiinrtzbtirg district
Tho runo't states that the ore body
measurus thirty feet iu width, and
carries exceedingly good values.
Nothing ilolluito was ascertained as
to Its locution, or any further detail.
Incidentally It might lie remarked
that tho Qnnrtzbiirg district is rapid
ly forging 'o tho front. It is expect
ed Iu see a lot of work accomplished
there this summer toward opening up
vaiious piupertles.
TO RESUMt WORK AT
THE bLAGK BUTTE
I'M C. Allen, Huperinteudeiit of tho
lllnck Untie, returned from l'ortlaud
this afternoon, when he attended the
Hlale convention, and stopped over
ou route to confer with Manager
Wright.
Woik ou the Hlack llutto is to he
roHiimed at once. All tho supplies
aio iu and everything iu leadluess to
start as coon u Mr. Allen readies
(ho proprety. The hoist that has
been ordered from Denver aud now
held for shipment will bo taken in
just as soon as the roads will rcrmlt.
A big season's work is planned.
WAS INSPECTING
ASIIWOOD MINES.
Tho Ar-hwood Piospectur says that
Albert Celt-el, of tho lleisor-lloudryx
company, spent several days last
week in tho Ashwund district, exam
ining tho Oergau King and other
properties, with a view- to taking them
uver. No statement was made as to
whether a deal was pertecled or not.
Mr. Colter left Mime time ago to
look at mining properly in (hat dis
trict. He has nut leturued, aud
uothiug detlnlle is known at tho home
utllce regarding any transaction.
Mr. (loiter is now iu linker aud will
probably return iu a few days.
ORE FROM THE
BUCKEYE RICH
Fifteen Poundsof it Yield -
ed Three Dollars in
Gold.
.1. N. Doane, who with William
(Jleasnn owns tbe Buckeye group,
yesterday pounded and pauued some
fifteen pounds of tbe rock brought in
last fall from the property. He esti
mates that it yielded about 83 iu
gold. He is going to have it but
toned, however, aud will know the
exact amount. I
Tbe vein where this ricb ore came
from measures tweuty inches. This
is tbe ore, it will he remembered
which attracted so much attention
last summer on accouut of its
fabulous richness. Many specimens
have been secured which show free
gold in enormous quantities.
Mr. Doaue thinks that work will
be resumed about June 1. Owing to
tbe depth of snow 011 the property, it
would be impossible at present to
oporate. Towaid tbe last of May
things will be gotten in shape for
extensive work this summer.
BAILING WATER AT
lHt YANKEE GIRL
S. A. I'elky, one of the owners of
the Yankee (lirl, cnnio iu today and
slates that work has been started
bulling out the shaft preparatory tu
lesumiug sinking operations.
The snow, ho says, iu that vicin
ity is practically gone and he antici
pates very little delay iu the future,
on account ot water. Some people
are expected here in a short time to
examine the property with a view to
taking It over.
Leaves for South Africa.
William liciinett, who haa been
working at the (inlcnuda for some
months past, will leavo before tbo
end of the mouth for South Africiii
He has two children here, his wife
being dead, aud ho will take them to
his old homo iu Kugland, leaving
them with his mother, who lives at
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NORTH AMERICAN MINER
WHEELER & CO. BiRkirs 32 BROADWAY, N. Y.
the same place where he waa born.
Mr. Uetiuett haa been In America
twenty-seven years, having been en
gaged moat of this tlmo in mining Iu
Colorado, Moutana, Idaho and Oregon,
f'RST INDICTMENT FOR
SETTING WOODS AFIRE
What Is tbe first Indictment against
tbo alleged perpetratora of tho disas
trous forest fires which raged iu Ore
gon last year and tbe year before,
when millions of dollars wortb of
valuable timber went up.lu smoke,
was made pulbio (his morning. Tbo
indictment charged Albert Canning,
a prominent citizen and sheepman of
Prineville, Oregon, with wilfully set
ting Ore, July 21. 1003, near Davia
Lake, section '20, towusblp 22, range
8, Cook county, to grass, underbrush
and timber, and suffering that Are to
hum. The witnesses examined beforo
the United States' grand jury which
returned tbe indictment were S. O
liartrum, John Phelps, Charles Ma
lone aud Cy J. Hiughum.
The place whero tbe tire is said to
have been set is inside tbe Cascade
range forest reserve, aud tbo act
therefore constitutes a direct viola
tion ot the act of February 24,
1807, aa amended by tho act of May
5. 1C00.
A deputy United States marshal
will bo sent tu Prluevillo today to
arrest Canning, who is expected to
furulsb bonds for bis immediate re
lease until his arraignment aud trial
take place.
Tbe Indictment, although tho first
of its kind over returned by a United
States grand jury in Oregon, marks n
determination ou the part of the gov
ernment to vigorously punish those
who are yearly responsible for th
forest tires which have almost de
nuded some of the finest timber re
gious iu tho world of the trees which
form the basis of a lumbering indus
try, the like of which is not equaled
auywhero else. The fires havo doiio
great damage aud have removed more
timber than all the lumber mills Iu
the Pacific northwest. Every year
iu tbo different sections In the west
ern part of Washington aud Oregon
disastrous forest fires start, and in au
incredibly short time are entirely
past coutrol. Then there la uothiug
to do but lot them burn. Tbo result
is acres and acres of ground are
strewn with charred logs, where onco
were countless tbousauds of lino
trees. Telegram.
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