VOL VI.
OLD MORRIS MINE
SOLD SATURDAY
The Morris mine--one of tbo only
two silver mines in Oregon was sold
in Suuipter Saturday to the Iowa
Oregon Mining oouipauy for a sum
said to be in si x figures. The pur
chasing ooropauy was incorporated
here last week by J. 10. Thorubill, J.
J. Hahn, Horace Campbell, II. O.
Hyatt, and Grant Thoruburg, all of
whom are lowans except Mr. Thoru
burg, vho la ex-mayor of Granite,
and the leading citizen of that towu.
While the exaot consideration of the
wale baa not been made public, it is
authoritatively learned that the pur
chase price was between $100,000
and il00,000.
The Morris mine lies on the west
slope of Vinegar mountain, iu the
Greenhorn district. It is one of the
oldest and heat known quart mines
iu the upper camp, being qoutem
poranooiH iu point of riixoovery with
the Monumotal, the only other silver
mine in Oregou. Charley Miller,
long years ago, opened the Morris
with a shaft from which he took
remarkably rich silver ore, packiug
the product ou mule-back forty miles
to the Monumeutal, here it was treat
ed, netting Miler a handsome profit.
The sale of the Morris was con
Humnmted late Saturday afternoon,
iu the office of J. J. Hannon, the
lawyer. Mr. Hyatt, who will be
superintendent of the new oompauy,
left Immediately for Maker City, re
turning today. He will lay iu a
stock of provisions, powder aud tools
and a force of meu will at ouoe be
employed in the driving of a crosscut
BUILD ROAD TO
CONSTELLATION
A force of ten or a dozeu meu went
out to the Cable Cove district Satur
day and yesterday to begin work on
the road from the Overlaud mine to
the Constellation group, of which
enterprise considerable has already
been said in these columns. As pre
viously stated, the work is going to
be applied as asi;e lament on the Con
stellation, and will prove to be the
most valuable ever done for that
property, enabling" it to ship oretu
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tunnel to opeu the Morris vein at
depth. The present shaft is dowu
seventy feet iu high grade oro.
Assays from a rich shoot cropping
ou the surface show values as
high as 480 ounces In silver aud $15
or $20 iu gold.
"An old crosscut was itaited yoars
ago,1' Bald Suporinteudent Hyatt to a
Miner man this morning. "It has
caved aud will be aleaued out aud ex
tended to an intersection with No.
4, the main veiu, which, wbeu en
countered, will afford us from 5100 to
350 feet of stoping ground, and the
length of the crosscut will be about
the dame number of feet.
"Exceptionally high values have
beeu encountered ou tho surface, but
still better ones have heuu found
lower down. Seven hundred pounds
of ore from an opeu cut ou the main
veiu wero recently shlppod to tho
Sumpter smelter and Hampled over
6100 per ton in silver, with gold
values high enough to pay troutuiotit
abargos.
"There are three paiallul veins on
the property, which, by their dip,
will undoubtedly convergo at depth'
The crosscut to bo driven will do,
termiue this fact."
Grant and Elmer K. Thoruburg
were the old owners of the Morris,
deeding their interests to the Iowa
Oregou company for a suug llgure in
cash aud the balance iu stock, which
is selling at par. One of the
directors is quoted as saying that
practically all of the 1)0,000 shares
of treasury stock has already beeu
subscribed at par.
the smelter here at a profit.
The road will be a trifle over otie
and a quarter miles in length, ou an
easy grade, and will connect several
other properties with wagon trans
portation, putting them iu position
to ship. Notably among these is a
olabji owued by A. A. Duiiuy whore
oeutly uncovered a body uf high grade
rook only 100 yards from this road.
Among the meu engaged iu this
work is the eutire orew that has beeu
at the Goldeu Chariot, aud tern
poararily laid off some days siuce,
until a pump aud hoist can be in
stalled there. The ledge has beeu
cut aud a large stream of water gush
ed out, making it impossible to con
tinue work until a pump is installed.
Of course, this large volume of water
is an excellent indioatiou of mineral,
aud was welcomed by Manager
Swiggett. Labor is a scarco com
moidty iu these parts at present, so
ho kept tho crow together aud trans
ferred them to the Cable Cove. By
the time tho road is completed, iu
two or three weeks, thoy will return
to tho Golden Chariot and resumo
operations thore.
CARSON MINES ON THE
GK4NDE RONDE RIVER
J. 1. iDlmoudorff, manager of tho
Cnrsou miues up Grande Hondo
river, is in the city securing meu.
They uow have a forco of twenty five
mnti employed aud ho scut flfteou
more meu up yestorday.
They aro putting in a saw mill at
Woodley and are now piping in
Tannu gulch.
Mr. Elmeudorff states that the uew
company will work thh well known
mine on a much larger scale than
ever attempted heretofore. They will
have 80 feet of forty -two Inch pipe
with a fall of 70 feet, and will use
six-Inch giants to play against the
high banks of pay dirt. This will
cost in tho neighborhood of $125,
000. Thore Jh no question but what tho
ogld Is there. The problem in tho
past Iiiih been to save if, aud as tho
pre eut company has made further ex
amination of tho conditions and Hud
that their improved manner of work
ing will be ablo to make it a divi
dend payer for years as (heir ground
covers miles of the river.
The compauv in connection with
the Grande Hondo Lumber company
are uow building a wagon road up
the rlvor from Starkey to Prospect
ranch. This will not only shorten
the distance sevoral miles but will
cut out the Fly bill aud many other
long steep grades, that will be of
great advantage to the mining and
commercial interest of that section.
La Grande Obsetver.
Rich Mine for an Irishman.
Jimmy the liar keep, at Mauser's
New Olympia, met au old pal the
other day. The following conversa
tion ensued :
"How ar-re ye, Orln?"
"Folue, Jimmy."
"Hedad, it's glad 01 am to see ye,
Orln. Where'ro yo wor-rkln' now?
"In the Or-roonhortu, Jamey.
Oi'vo a gr-reat miue o' mo own, now
Its a rich one, Jamey. There's
onough gold in it to pay (he national
debt, enough lead to kill ovor-ry
Englishman ou earth, aud enough
silver to fr-ree Oirlaud !"
Two more carloads uf machiuory
for iiuroh & Hurbridgea' Crane Plat
gold dredge arrived at the Suuipter
depot this morulnug, making eight
cars to arrive.
NO. in
MINING MONEY
IS IN THE EAST
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Mr. aud Mrs. Eugene Hartholfi
reached homo Saturday from au ex
tended trip east. Mrs. IlertholO
joinod her husband at St. Louis,
after ho had completed the business
for which ho made the tr)p, oloslug a
miuiug deal with parties, in Indiana
and Dulutb, and they took? iu.,tho
world's fair and returned home to
gether. ,
Mr. liartholf says he fouud.a very
satlsfaotoiy condition of affairs, so
far aa miuiug iuveattueuta are con
cerned, In the sect I mis which ho
visited. The people have money to
iuvest aud are. looking fpr oppor
tunities to place it where there are
chances for fair returns; but they Iu
1st on "having., a run. for- their
money." They ha vo been .M wised"
to mining conditions, know that it
la the most profitable ludustry in
which money cau be invested,,, If a
proposition is honestly and iutolli
geutly handled; but as mauy have
sustalued financial losses through
stock propositions floated by irres
ponsible parties, they shy at, that
class of Investment. ,
He thinks that the proper, method
to secure capital for our mines is to
lot them iu qn the ground floor, and
no trouble will , be experienced in
securing money for .development
purposes. They are wlHIuu.tq,, take
chances with the, prospector a,ud, pro
moter, if giveu an even chance, it
is therefore, preferable, to, preaent a
property that, has not been incor
porated; let them have a voice Iu its
management until it is proven aud
then organize the oompauy them
selves, thus insuring their pwn
protection. He says further, that
they object to being mixed up with a
large number of people; tbat they
prefer to organize a close syndicate
among personal friends aud busiuesa
associates.
Queer Kock from Big Boulder.
Dr. Greenlee name iu today ' from
his mining propertieH ou the east
fork of Dig lloulder creek. Ho
j brought with him some queer looking
rock from the Oro Finn, near by,
owned by Captain Kemph, regarding
which there has beeu more or less
said of late. The rock has never
beeu Hcienticflally tested, so all
opinions regarding its character aro
mere guesHPH. Dr. Greeuleo sayH
that a few days siuce au option waa
takeu ou the property by people
who have the means to opeu it up,
work having been already commenced.
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