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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1904)
Wednesday, October 12. 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER 1 THIS YEAR BREAKS THE MINING RECORD . E. Bain Sizes Up orably After a the M. E. Bain returned yostorday from n horseback trip of inspootion through the Susanville aud (jroeu horu districts, loivlug tho oouuty wagon roads aud followiug the trails that lead to log cabins aud pros pools of tho minors who do ttioir owu work; at interval) loaviug it to hustlo for grub and powder. Ho also took iu tho niiuos that aro operating ou a largor soalo. Re garding tho general situation, he said : "1 have boon iu UiIh country live voara, aud every soason 1 have made it a business to tuke those trips through the hills, to soo what was doing aud learn what tho projectors are finding. On several occasions, when 1 had more time to spare than I have now, I have made these trips on foot; so 1 am fairly well oquippod witli personally acquired information to make this statement udvisduly: Never boforo during tho past live years has thoro boou near ho muoh work dono as at presont; so mauy prospects boing dovelopod, or the showings so encouraging. This can ruoau nothing olso than that the gold mines of eastern Oregon mio improving uudor dovolopment. New aud valuablo finds are boing mado evory year, too, and yot thoro aro many square miloa of country that has novor boon ovon carolossly pros pootod. Hero, too, as iu overy olhor country, rich discoverios aro boing mado every year iu old districts, whero prospootors havo tramped over tho ground for a donade. On this trip 1 camo across a striking instanco of this kind. 'Near l O. Duoknum's property iu tho Green horns, a prospector camped all summer. Mr. Huckuum says that his tout was pitched ou an iron capping that boro overy ovidenee of covering a precious motal bearing lodge, aud he supposes that was what ho was working on. Ho broke camp aud left two or throe weeks ago. Mr. JJuoknum was looking over tho grouud a few days later aud onuld llnd no evidouco of a pick ever having boou stuck iu it; nor had auy location notice been posted. Ho followed up tho float, took a few beariugs, dug a prospect shaft aud in three foot found good ore, iu broken ledgo matter." Uaiu says tho Uadgor is working ou a very oxteuslve saalo, and is open ing tho Hull of the Woods, a recent acquisition, with a rush. Every whore in that, tho Susauville, dis trict thoro is great activity. Iu the Uroeuhorus, the big mines are prepar ing for an all wiuter run, getting in supplies aud doiug similar prepara tory work; the mills iu the moautimo continuing to crush ore aud take out ! bullion. At the Morning winter quarters are being constructed and development work will soon be commenced. The Suow oreek is now saoking concentrates and banking the Situation Favor Trip Through Hills. tailiugs. The Dixie, a (Jreonhorn property that ouo vory raroly over hears anything about, ou which a small stamp mill was orojted about a year ago, has provou a complete success. Mr. Wray, in charge, says the mill savod a satisfactory per centage of values and tho capacity will be considerably enlarged next season. While iu that vicinity, Mr. Haiti examined the Sunrise particularly, for parties who are negotiating for a bond on it. Ho says the shaft is in ore, as has always been understood, but ho believes that the proper method to open up the property would be -by tunnel, drifting in on a cross vein that is opened up ou tho summit. He thinks this is an extension of the Intrinsic, and if it so, it could bo located on that elde of the mountain aud something like one 1,000 feet of backs secured. The whole mountain, "Vinegar Hill," as it is called, is a network of veins. In tho Sunriso shaft house, ho says, an artist ha i boon at work, drawing cartoons. Ono of these represents a a capitalist interviewing the super intendent. He remarks: Nine thousauud feet high; it's snowing like hell. How does it look iu the bottom or the shaft now?" "I saw Horgmnn & Co. 's wagon out there, delivering goods twenty miles from the store, " said Mr. Haiti. "Sumpter lias considerable of this trade aud ought to have all of it. The operation of the smelter is going to assist iu centering it here; but the business men of this town should mak ) jomo concerted effort iu this direction. If they do, they are sure to land, to make good." DISCOVERY OF SNAKE RIVER In the October Century there ap pear two hitherto unpublished letters from Captain William Clark that will be of very great interest tn all uorthwesteru readers. Ono of these letters is from the famous ex plorer to his brothor, Ueorgo Kogers Clark. This aud tho other lotter published by the Century were among papers recently found iu the possession of descendants tho Clarks. This letter from the captain to his brother is filled with iuterost, but the most interesting point is one with relation to the Snake river. It shows tho expoditiou discovered that stream. The exploters camped ou the eastern side of the Hitter Koot range for tho purpose of making recon naissances and prosecuting inquiries among the natives to gain information to guide them in their further march westward. Captain Lewis ocrossod the mountains iu a southerly direc tion, while Captain Clark mado a trip in another. The letter's letter narrates that, when he returned, ho found Captain Lewis had come upon a stream to the southward, which was said by the Indians to flow to the west. He, Captain Clark, then crossed tho mountains to make itu investigation of the possibililty of navigating the stream. He learned from tho Indians that it would bo impracticable information which wo know was perfectly accurate. In honor of his fellow explorer, whom he know to bo tho first white man to seo the stream, Captain Clark named Afterward, tho journey thoy camped it the Lewis river, when they had made down the CI oar water, on the north bank of just where it joins the the stream Suako, but thoy had no means of recognizing t.h't latter as the river which both had visited at its head waters. Knowledge of tho contents of this letter from Captain Clark was spread abroad among students of the subject of the great exploration sonic months ago, ami It lias given rise to a suggestion that the name given the stream iu honor of its discoverer be revived, relieving the magnificent river of (he repulsive designation it now bears. 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