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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 8, 1904 HOW A NEW YORK EXPERT SAMPLED $4,000,000 MINE -" I COUGAR MINE IS ONCE MORt REPORTED SOLD Star Witness In the Iron Dyke Case Told How He Did a Rapid Piece of Work With His Own Pair Hands and Eagle Eye. Thorn wiih ii material contribution to (In) otoiual gaioly of dm northwest (In othoi ilny 11L Baker City during a I Hill of llio colcluiiotd Iron Dyko foroolosuio ease. Tin) mortgagors, in defense of llinlr rights in I lie piom- Ihch, (t onlil mil nun alleged mining engineer mid export ft jiii Now York, to testify lo (Ik value of llioir llold illgH. TIiIh expoit (old (III) Clllll ( Hint in MIDI lio investigated, ex amined, exported mid valued Hid Iron Dyko mini) in the liitoiosls of ii Now York TiiihI. company, which stood ready, in Him event of a favoiahlo ropoif, (o assume tho mnrigiigo in debtedness of (lio company and ad vnnco a couple of million dollars Tor development and equipment. Ho explained tlinl aftnr sampling (ho nil ii and mnosuriiig I(h oin hndicH ho arrived a( a conclusion that lour mil lion dollaiH wiih a fair and conserva (ivo valuiilion for (ho properly. Ho found, according " Iih (oHtiiuony, 125,000 Ioiih o( hovon par cent cupper oro 'in sight." All of which 4 11 ti l tt I prolly good, coming from (ho lipH of an "omiuouf Now York in i 11 i tiK o.vport." TI10 gaiety part of (ho pioeocdingH, howoor, came whon (ho ohiof (mmiiihoI for (ho plain till' pliii'od (ho witness on (ho cnihs- oMiiiiliiiilion utok and drow from him which in (ho case of a prnporty liko (ho Iron Dyko. would require a mouth's (into, (ho taking f porhapH In thousand HirnploH and tho makiim of hundroilri of lahoiatoty (uhIh 'pi... it.. .11 n..i 1... 1.1 tin- iiwii i',in hum IK"K! liUHII'IH mo woalthy u on of Idle, Pouusylva uia, who iutouil, in (ho ovcul of (hoir SUOOOSS ill HOCUlillg title to HlO pi'Op- orly by foreclosure, lo oopn (ho mi no on a gigantic scale, complete (ho Northwest railway down (ho Oregon side ol tho Snake and build a 250- (011 smelter at Homestead. Tho (lofcndaiitH, on tho othor hand, havo oiitliiiod similar plmiH, contin gent upon a favorahlo decision, and mo Hit id (o havo motioy (o mako good. If (hoy Jose thoy will cany on Ihoii six million dollar damage Hull against tho mortgage holders, which Hiiit has already boon instituted in tho I'Ydoial court at Portland. Whiohovoi way tho linn hops, it appears certain that tho Iron Dyko will ho operated on a largo scale and a railway huilt from tho miuo to a connection with tho U. It. A- N. Ore Buyer Here. I). C. ilohuHou, oro liuyor for tho American Smelting and Bofluiug company, commonly known iih tho favorably with the others w finishing touches tire put on. Mr. Berkleey has not yet been at his home in Pendleton. He will re turn there and then mako a business trip to Portland. In about a week or ten days he will be back aud re sume work on the Buffalo-Monitor, in tho Orauite district. Recent work at tho property carried tho crosscut to within fifty feet of tho vein. Mr. Berkeley, on resumption, will proceed to tap tho lead at once. The depth attained at this point will bo about 100 feet. The Uouffalo-Monitor is an old properly, having in timo past shipped boiiio very rich oro. It is tho present! purpose to ship to tho Sumpter smoltor this season. The grado of oro formerly produced ut the mino warranted shipomut to tho J'aooma smelter, when the transportation rates wore such as to cxcludo all bi.t the richest rock. Mr. Berkeley says that in all prob ability a compressor plant will be installed soon after work is resumed. ()f ore blocked out, generally thought to carry from ton to fifteen dollars in gold. The tiqatmeut process, however remains unsolved. There s k aim ' '8 on "lu l'rf)l,(M't.v ,n"l HI,d 250- OGANDIA LEDGE tnn cy,m'(' Plant, without proper agnation, lasi year roasters were installed, but little or no bullion was produced. It is not known whether this last process failed to (hhvo tho values, or proved to bo too j expensive. Anyhow, the plant was operated only a few weeks. No one believes that the price paid was 8000,uOO; as it Is known that tho property lias boon offered for u half million. That the Cougar is a valuable property there can be no doubt; but it is equally true that somo different reduction plant from that already installed will bo necessary to make it pay. The Baker City Democrat of last evening publishpd tho following as a special from Spekane: 'The Chronicle today announces that W. H. Plmmuer, of Spokane, and his eastern associates have pur chased the Cougar mine in eastern Oregon. Tho price is six hundred thousand dollars." No one hero has heard of this deal; though that doesn't necessarily throw any doubt on tho truth of tho abovo statement. Mr. Lurk in aud tho othor owners live in Spokane. W. H. Plummer is one of the successful and wealthy mining operators of tho northwest. The Cougar has been reported bonded aud sold ofteucr than iiLy other mine in eastern Oregon. It unquestionably has a rgeat quantity CROSSCUT NEARING Wait Wado, superintendent of tho Scaudia tunnel, is back from tho prop erty. Things are going satisfactorily thoro ho reports. Tho long crosscut Ih now in over 2.700 feet, aud it is tho main lead may be encountered now any day. nil 11 . no evidence loaning to tins con clusion is tho increase of water in tho tunnel, and tho fact that several little stringers have been cut re cently, which to all appearances are feeders to the main lodge. The vein dips away, or it would havo been struck hoforo this. Mr. Wade thinks that at the outside It will be met within the next tlfty foot. Tho dopth attained a the point of intersection will bo over 1,100 feet. a detailed explanation of exactly liciw niiiolltir trust, arrived In Sumpter this ho Hiuuplod and oxpoitod tho prop ""ilii for a few days' visit in what orty iih afntosaid. It developed that no "'Kiiizos as the exact center and ho ariivo.l at tho mine on tho oven- h,!l,rt r tho ,Uh 0I,HtlJ,l 0.'gon gold Ing of a ceil ii In day and lomaiiiuod j ,,ul,,H' Untl1 roroiilly Mr. John tho following day and night, during M,)U u,,rt mo m'or tn Nrlliiort all ol which timo ho wiih uuilur llm ! H,,,,,,1,' ll Petition ho resigned watchiul eyes of tho superintendent ' ul ,m ,ut sollciation of tho A. in. I Immmm lllu k.,,,1 ll f I S. IIUll It fll III tlllllV . !ld is MlOr- "su inplniu" was to select a specimen at random finiii each of I lie thico oro dumps and fiom (ho croppings. His underground explorations included tho finding of a piece of oio on Hie fjoor of each tunnel and beneath the In east of two crosscuts. Mciihiim moutH weio miido with his eye, in eluding tunnel lengths and vertical dihtauccH. Upon this compiehesuivo data ho biiHed his estimate that tho mine was leiiHouably worth four million dollars, In Hie enuie of ouglily familiar with the Sump tor dUtricl and always has a few ver ! bal hoqtiots therefore. Mr. John son's mission at this timo is to ar range for ore purhcasos from this camp. IUJIIAI0 MONITOR WILL SIMP TO SUMPTER SIMCLTER Off Foi Thunder Mountain. Andrew (.iambs, formerly superin tendent of tho Cracker Summit, left today for Thunder Mountain, Idaho, where ho is interested In mining property. Mr. (iambs is a mining man aud machinist of experience. He will remain in tho Thunder Mountain country indefinitely, look ing after his interests there. His successor at the Cracker Summit has not yet been appointed. Tho crew, however, is going steadily ahead with development work. RICH TABOR FRACTION ORE BEING SHIPPED A car load of rich Tabor Fraction oro was shipped today to the Baker City Sampling works. The prop erty is shipping steadily. Two cars wore shipped last week. A report from the mine states that tho richest ore yet encountered is appearing in the shaft. No estimates as to its value, however, are obtainable. j Norborue Heikoloy, of Pendleton, who is iuteiohtod in milling nron his cioi-s oMimiuation ho was akod ,rty in the Uranile dbtiict, was heto to name the coiir-t it lUMit pint nl .een tiaiiis todav. Mr. Berkeley ohalcopyiidc oio and could not. He, js just back fiom a two months nip furthei admitted that he had nog- ; to hi, old home in houdo'i couutv, the lectod to Iimuii the online ot oouiitiy took at Hie Iron Dyke. When the pluitit ill s counsel, who is himself a mining man of wide note, completed the omen oMimiuation, the "emuieut mining expo it" was bathed in a Virginia Ho Mopped leturuitig aud i vitdtcd Hie world's tair at St. l,ouis. ! It's a great show ho t-ays, aud j theie ate many visitors in attendance. The Oregon mining exhibit, how-j over, he says looks like thirty cents piofHiti alongside the exhibits of Colorado 'and Montana. Mr. Mollis, NEARING A SHOWDOWN IN THE CLIMAX DEAL Philip K. Bishop, of tho Climax mine, passed through Sumpter today on his way to Cracker crook. A Satisfied New Yorkers. fimall crow of men wH be employed Kugouo II. Sattorleo, of Boohostor. at ,ho c,ix for tho next few weeks, Now Hampshire, accompanied by hist"1 ino MH" " wnioii time it is sou Hugh, weio visitois between trains in Sumpter today. They are associated witli B. 10. Strahorn in tho Sumpter Light aud Water com pany, and camo to look over tho field. During their brief stay thoy woie shown about town by the local otli cors of tho Water company aud do- I parted witli a high opinion of tho j past progress, present activity , future possibilities of Sumpter. expected that tho peuding deal, which is in process t of incubation for a sale of tho mine tar 6125,000 to a Houghton, Michigan, company, wilL ho consummated. Thatcher Will Marry. and manager Buck Clutch. He has just completed perspiration. A leal mining engineer, -in the 0f tho exhibit, was out ot town, and tho installation of a 1,000 foot tlume person of Bela Kiuiish, of Baker City, Mr. Berkeley thinks the display prob-lfrom Bull Bun crook for use in tho was then placed on tho stand to ox-j ably had not been completed when ho development of tho placer deposits pin in the pioper Mimpliug of a mine, I was there, and that it may compare I on tho Astor group. (ionoral Manager W. H. Thatcher, I of the Bonanza mine, passed through ISumpter yesterd'iy on his way to I Baker City. The Bonanza mill has I been closed down since Juuo 1, the I entire force being concentrated on William llassleton, owner of the development of the ore bodies he- Astor group of twenty quart', clatims tween the UOO aud 1100 foot Jevols. near Cold Center, is in Sumpter to-, No otlicial announcement has yet day from the classic precincts of t heuti made as to the temporary suu- 1. 000-foot Tail flume. cessor of Manager Thatcher, who is to bo mairied this mouth, aud whoso wedding tour will extend to Mexico as to place aud next winter as to time.