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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, October j. 1904 iWn i-i..;h piAm, RICH FREE GOLD LEDGE CUTS THROUGH SUMPTER Float Found in East End of Town, Which Evidently Comes From Ledge in the Suburbs. fJorjHHil Frank Hall, the Colorado tninirig engineer, writing iu tho Denver Post, says that roeorrt do vnlopiuontH in tho old Colorado ground loHHii undoriioHlh tho main business Htroot at Loadvillo, show that tho oro body Ih ,ftO() foot In lougth, r.(l() foot wide and '200 foot thick iiud that it contains l'JO.OOO, 'O00 cubic foot, averaging tworrty (initio foot to tho ton. OiHoardiug l together the copper and sliver Valium in thia oro, and taking only inn iron values thoroln, which tlonoral Hall HayH will approximate f por ton, wo have a valuation of $.'10,000,000 for an ore body oom-pi-ining John than eleven acres of Krouiid. The Htartllug part of thin calculation Ih Hie fact that tho ore II oh directly under the main street of Koedvlllo. Tho llguroH upon which the calculation in baaed were Hoourod by diamond drill explore tioiiH. About two weeks ago, L. (!. Ster ling, the well known painter, who Ih hIho a proHpeetor, discovered in u gulch leading up from the eateru wid of .Similiter, a piece of free gold Ileal, which was Htartllug in if.H richiiniH. .Since the discovery lie haa been endeavoring to locate the parent lode, which, judging by the topography of the country, and reckoning from tho locality of the float, cuth directly aorusss theeiiHtern limit of the city. .Similar lloat Iiiih botu found on the summit of the hill ikii tti of the city reHeivoir and identical dhonvorlos have tieen made at divers poiuta on the noith Hlo,ie of the khiiiii hill. Further to (hit northwest, mineiH In the Pulaski have leveloped a vein of free gold ire similar in character to the float already doM'rihed. KouthuoM (if Huinptor, a abort diatauce beyond tho corpurate limits, the (inldou Chariot mine h iu lomarkahlv rich ore, dillering but little fiom the ore loiind in the Pulaski, and re eembliug in many importaul chaiiu'lorislios Hie lloat found along th inlei vciiIiik ton limy. From all of which the conclusion is certainly warranted that the Coldeu Chariot vein, which la wide iiud rich, and of the geological chmacter which spoils permanence, cuts directly under tho eastern part of Similiter iu a general northwest and Miuthcnst diicoliou, to a junc tion with, if it la not a continua tion, ol the Pulaski vein. it haa long been a theme for apace Oiling newspaper writers that Sum rt.tr in built ou a rich placer gold deposit. Acioss the river, from the old Kills placers, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been taken: That t're ground upon which .Sumpter ia built is equally as rich has frequently been proven by well m. diggers who have at varying depths, atruck pay dirt. Oflon largo nuggets, and frequently extra ordinarily rich pay gravol havo been unooverod Moat of tho, warranty deeds from tho .Sumpter Towtrsito company contain mineral reservations, grant ing to tho townalto company permis sion to mine for procioua minerals on tho protnleos.J Last year Sumpter men sunk a aeries of prospect holes on vacant lots in the upper oud of town. So tlatteriug was tho result that a com pany to exploit those depoaita aa formed. For some unknown reason tho company died before accomplish irig anything. it is not improbable that some day quartz mines, aa well as paying placers, will bo in operation inside tho Sumpter city limits. RED BOY PLANS ARE MATURING Secretary .John T. Donnelly, ot the lied Boy Conanlidatcd Mining eompauy, haa issued a notice for a stockholders' mooting to bo held iu Baker City November 18. Tho object of this meeting is to dissolve the old corporation, which has its existence under the laws of Virginia. The new company has been organized under the laws of Now Jersey and has its principal oillces in Chicago. After this meeting it is expected that all matters iu connection with the company's business will have been satisfactorily arranged. Mr. Alexander I'russiug, trustee lor the purchasing stockholders, left last evening for Pendleton for con sultation with some of the stock holders and from there will proli- ably go ou to Portland, returning to j Baker City In a short time Mr. j Prussiug atated yesteiday thai all mallets in connection with the Bed noy mine iuokou well ami every thing aeeiiH to be in good shape for the carrying out of the plans. The directors reorganized i will mi- doubtedly begin operations under the new company in the immediate future, and are now only awaiting the icport from a certain engineer iu order to decide upon their lino of action. That report Mr. Prussiug expects iu a few days. The opening of this great property is eagerly anticipated by Sumpter and Baker City people generally, and all min ing men will be glad to see it on its feet again and hear the stamps when they visit the Bed Boy camp, it is not only a question of pay rolls and increased wealth, but it is a quct.tion of the scieutitlc develop- -...,,, ,,,3Mmmmm. y&mwmm wSHjWSk imitmaaummm, nieut of tbo ore lodges of that sootiou. Huker City Democrat. Crook County Copper Strike. Roliablo roports roach Baker City of an extraordinary find of copper oro ou Uoos-a creek, in Crook county. ThiH in the word sent to this point hy a party of trader i from the camp1 of J. S. Nolaoo, Burt Hall and K. AJ. ' Mnndevillo, who have boon prospect-' inK along Uooso creek for tho greater part of tiro past Boaaon. Tho vein , ia ovor forty foet wldb and runs from i 11H to nineteen por cent copper,' with r 11 oro than tbo uaual proportion ! of gold. Reported Strike at I: X. L. It Ih roportod ou the vory best authority that a atriko of vory rich oro has boon made on tbo bottom of tho 240 foot shaft of tho i. X. L. mine iu tho Croon horn district. The ore is vory high grade and tho lodge is about five foet wide. Manager Fied T. Kelly, who was in tho city yesterday, is reticent iu rogard to tho matter, but mining men look for big things iu tho Green horns iu tho noar future. Democrat. Val Verde Smelter Burned. An explosion of moltou slag caused tho total destruction of tho Val Verde smelter, twenty miles eapt of Present t, Arizona, Saturday night. Tho smelter employes were engaged in drawing slag from -the furnace and wore unable to got a plug iu to atop it. When tho molten mass rair onto the wot floor, au ox plosion followed. Tho rod trot stuff wriH scattered all through tho build ing, causing tiro to break out at several places. Tho building and machinery woro destroyed. Tho plant was of .'100 tons capacity and cost between 8100,000 and 815120,000. iw Walker Heard From. Jack Stouehocker is in recoipt of I a lottor from Lew Walker, at. Mountain City, Nevada. Walker had only hruii in tho now camp one ! day when the letter was written, and ' consequently had not formed a com- i prelienaive opinion of tho district. ! He says, however, that ho has lilr.tllilv unnn I. liiir Infr nt rluli am I and is procured to bolievo that tho camp is exactly what it is cracked up to be. Walker met (loorgo Probasco, who is doing well. PAY COMING IN AT THE AUBURN DEEP Joe Beed, manager of the Auburn Do"p Sinking company, of Sumpter, wIm) left yesterday for the scono of the company's operations, which is on the old channel at Auburn, will arrange for continuation of work the winter. The long during sought pay ia understood to be com ing into the drift at the niuety-foot level. Other levels will be run. Kcystonc-Eqnily Case. Kev. J. W. Hughes, of Baker City, was a passenger on the east bound Sumpter Valley trail) this afturuoon. He has been present at Canyon City at the taking of testi mony in the Keystoue-Kquity mining case, before Circirit Court Keporter Colomau at Cauyou City. Kev. Hughes ux proses hope that thia joruo what celebrated case will result itttuwHunuTaaaflmBBsam favorably to tho Equity, of which ho is president oud general n:anager. Ho eavs, however, that a masa of conilictiut! testimonv haa boon ad- iducod. The matter will come before 1 the circuit judgo of tho Ninth judcial district, in chambers, sometime next mouth. THE SUMPTER GOLD BELT MINING COMPANY CAPITALIZATION $100,000 F. C. BItODIE, M. F. MUZZY, -F. O. BUCKNUM, C. II. CHANCE, C. H. FEXNKK, President Vice President Sec. and Treas Attorney Engineer OFEMTES HIKES III THE GREENHORN IND SUMPTER DISTRICTS Sumptsr, - Oregon ITTENTIONI Do you desire to sell stock in your Gold, Copper, Mining or other In dustrial companies? 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