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. In tho interest of the
truth of history, in recognition of
the rights of the distuiuglshed ex
ploreiH, and because of the work
they performed, it is urged the
river should lie given the name
with which it was christened by those
intrepid men who secured for the
world the first knowledge of tills
great section of our country.
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