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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 27, 194 FREE GOLD BELOW OXIDATION ZONE Fion gold, though ootiiuionly found onfmiglud in lirown "kiihiiiih" , t(J L pttll tMOtirit til riH. where n or "hliiHHom" in the upper zone of ;,,,,,,. (,f Ki, hearing pyritoH occupies a vein wlitirn H. has been libenited nHsuro or the beddoil plane of h from the iron pyritoH matrix by t ho lKonty J i ppi tjK sedimentary ipmrtziio oxlclivslnu iiilltionco of Hiirfiico waters, bkjhIc of presumably Mosozolo ego. Ih not. found nor always conHned to T,,,H ,J(J(, ()f py,.lfJ ,,0U1UH rK,t t,, the thiH iippm one h zone which, by tholHIrfllco , t fw feet from It tho way, may extend from u few Inchon ,,m,orw v ,)f a iH unoxidlzed, but to several hundred feet below jo f()(nvtK duvvti tho dip of tho hug. HiirfHOK (Jul! Ih HometimoH found fur ,)(,k to tl fa 1 1 1 n series of narrow below the Intluoiico of Hiirfaco waterH (,llltinori or "nil holufl" run down and oxidi'liiK intluoucoH deep down in ( uItn ,M0 (,p j the center of the tho mine in tho unaltered quartz of H)M(j j,u,, Those water courses the v.iiii,(r (Hiociiited with umiltorMd ,,lv ox,i.e, w Hulphldo ore on Hulpliidoii in tho voiu. Lifher Hide and Hot tho wild free, J n the Ontario mine at Central ,.()H,,mity stamping and free mill City, Colorado, free or cryHlalllno ,l( ,hh boon continued on the oro for gold ocoui.i in Iho vlon at a depth of H0M) y(irri im,j to 8 Krut a depth 1,000 fn.il. iiririonliiloil with Hllvor- IIH t,0 ,ju ,H reached, bearing n.ilena. Calona Ih an uniiHiial i r K,i H sou elimoH found proll iiHHiiciuto foi gold. Cold Ih commonly j,,,,, i,.r, quartz and huI iiHHonlntoil with Iron and copper )n,jrt( l(H , n, iuHtanceH cited, pyritoH and tollurideH, HomotimeH jH)Jn w(, ,, ,)M,,nnjgomont to with iuo blonde, not. often with gray lup p ,,, rju,, frm, milling ooppor and rarely with load ' plimt. Again. a mining engineer can galena. In flm Tuiiikit iiiIiim, In tlio ..... WIIVH f,. (oulldeut that a eamo noiglibuihiiud, u vein of white iinoxidioil quail from hIx to ton IiicIidh thick Jh found in tho lower JovoIh, lying botweou the hanging wall of country rock and a wall of gabion and zinc blonde, forming tho main vein This vein or quartz Ih forMNiiiii dlHtanco clouded over with fllitiH or npliHhoH of fioo gold to an extent, wo hove never hooii eiunled. Tho comparative purouoHH of the tiiiudoil quttitz vein and IIh poHltlon next to tho hanging wall and parallel with two lioditM of footwall HiilphidoH Ih Hoggorttivo of its being a later filled vain (Lihiiio, introduced at houio lator Hunt by a loopenliiK of tho main JlHunrw after it hail boon formed jiiiiI Hi bid with Hulphldrt orwH. in (Ii-hhh Vulloy, at Novadn City, mid at oiitriH minon along thn mother Joriit uf (fallttirtiia, large poorfota of fro KMI 1110 found more than 1,000 1 feet hob (ho Hiirfnco in unoxidlzed imrt,, ami iotimatoly aHHOciated wltli 111 lying upon unoxidlzed mil idiiito iiiiiii Alt those occurrence ot free gold ro In unaltered unoxidlzed zono8.ro. mote ft (Mil all Hiirfacn lnlluonooH. The uolil in in a cryHtallino form and in in' t c.ndii,iiotph attor any other iniiiofil, but iH riiiggoHtlvo of having tieoii donMited in the name way iih tho acieimpiinyiiig Hiilphide oron, thouli nt (ituoH later, iih it appoarH to ervit.iiho over and entwine the eiilphi In .iikh, though 111 Home ciihch iih in tint iif tho Ontario, the mIiI injiltMit at tho (uilconda, Iiiih charge eiiiil to ho tvii lain by tho galena. jof the development work at tho Km 11 (lie above iuntancort it would Amazon tor .1. li. Hnglitih, while the npp.u.: (I1.1t gold may be deposited inifoimer property in cloned down. viiIiih diimtly 1 1 on) HolutioiiH in a, Mr. ChwoII came down from t hero fien nod citlltiie ntate, like dm j today. Mr. Kiiglinh, while in Sump, coiuuinii iiilphido men, without being, tor a nhort time ago, made a vinit to Hot rhouiically or mecliaulcally com- ;the Amazon, and aiiiiiiged with .Mr. hiii.nl vl'h 01 locked up ill tlienul- DhwuII 10 take cliaige of the work, phide ote iiiutiix, trom which it (hi lie Iiiih a good force of men engaged oomuitiilv found treed by oxidation . and will prosecute development. Miiiir lh. 'Uiiface or oxidation yoim. , The Amazon Ih a Cracker Creek The (iiMidonttiou of tlioeo lactn , mother lode piopoity. . ... 1 mny Hiiiiiniitiiert nave an iinporiaui rnliitii;i to milling. Too otteu it Muiio'iim (hat the oniiuary Htaiup mill in go ul inly tor the lliht tifty or 100 I eel ot tli vein, or tor the zone ol nxiil.ttimi in which the wold Ih free, Whoa tin uuovidized zone Ih reached, the iitiiup null in then only lit tor oriiHUitig the ore and for couceutrat ing purpn.MiH, tho treatment rinjuiied being itiiinltiug or cyauidiug. Little or no U'll.l Ih collected by amalgti' million nn the plates. Iu quite n lloiv instances, however, nftiir the jmaiii otio of free milling oxidized ore ha been pushed, tpii to a percepti ble amount of gold is found for Home depth free, or between the intoruticcH of the HirlphldeH or net free In m in ute crevices of oxidation In the buI nhide zone. A wood oxiimplo of this I iu ,. ,i... ., nn,lfi Mllnu nm,,nt." irnHim,t Hhowlug free wold on tho lHII,.fm, vv t deith and hi the Hpn, Z(, h.imhmiii lly coiiho to '(.iiiitiiiii It.- Arthur Lakes in Mining ,,rH ' 1 14 II I DPORAftl Y PI IT IN . HILL lllUllAiULI I Ul 111 PUMPS AT LISTEN LAKE J. Win WIIhoii, manager of tho Linton Lake, loft thiH afternoon no a ton days trip oast, to arrange with tho atockholdoiH for making certain improvements at the property. Tho amount of water now in the shaft makoH pomps necessary for elfoctlve work, and it in Manager Wilson's purpose 10 conrer wun me vamuru people to thiH end. Tho nhaft Ih down ninety-feet, and Ih below tho water level, 'lhe in tention Ih to Hlnk to tho 100 and then croHHCut the vein again. Tho Hhaft Ih now about two feet outimle of lodge matter. OSWELL DEVELOPING Tilt AMAZON GROUP Conrgo Ortwell, mine Huporiuten- Eastern StiKkholdcrs Here. Kay Nye, of l-Yomont, Nebranka, who Ih largely iiiterented in the May Queen, accompanied by Mrn. Nye ami .lobu Thouibeu, manager of the com pany, and Mrs. ThouiHon, arrived thin morning and left immediately after noon for the mine. Mr. Nye will remain with Mr. ThouiHon for noveral dayn, looking after hi iutorootH. $85 ROCK FOUND IN THE OVERLAND Al. E. lliifn hmt evoning received the iiHHiiy retuniH from tho oro which ho brought, in from tho Overland tho proviotiH day, mention of which has been made in The Minor. Tho loweat HHHuy received wiib 847, the highet 8 1:52, tho nvorage being about 885. do returned to tho initio thiH morning and will have tho rock Hacked iih font an it can bo takon out, and shipped to the Htnoltor hero. While ho has had aomo individual OHHiiyH that ran higher than any of thoHO, thiH Ih tho bent averago which ho Iiiih yet found in the miuo. The values mentioned above tiro in gold and Hllvor. Tho oro iiIho carries houio ooppor, oh an analyalH made at the smelter demonstrates. Thin new character and high grado rock was found in tho main ledge, on which the drift Ih being run. At present it is only ten or twelve inches wide; but Iiiih every evidence of gaining in width. The tunnel is now approaching a point horizontally beneath the shaft, high up on tho hill, where such excellent rock was found last season, and nn which the groat value of the miuo was based. EASTERN OREGON STUDENTS BRIGHTEST J. I). Horner, registrar of tho Corvallis Agricultural college, left thin afternoon after Hpending several days In Sumpter in tho interest of the institution. Mr. Horner says that eastern Oregon is very poorly represented iu the school. Last year ont of an atteudanco of over fiOO, lesti than 100 eamo from eastern Oregon, and only four from Baker county. And eastern Oregon, too, is paying a big por ceut of the state tax which goes toward the support of tho soh-'ol. Tho institution has all the do iiartmentH usuallv found in a first oIhhs college or university with few ' exception beside depaitmontH iu manual truiuiug,agrioulturo,doiiiestio science, buHinoss and tho like. There in also a thoroughly equipped mining department. Mr. Horner thinkH that one thing which keeps eastern Oregon students away in tho railroad fare since the school is iu tho eastern west end of tho state. Ho is trying to perfect an arrangement with the niilroad companies for 11 reduc tion of faro for students. 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