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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1904)
K VOL. VI. SUMPTER, OREGON, DECEMBER 14, 1904 NO. 16 BULLION FROM BLACK BUTTE Twenty-eight huudred dollars in yellow gold, resulting from ru elevon-day run of a Merrill mill that is the remarkable record of the Black Butte mine, in Fox valley iu the John Day district. General Manager O. O. Wright, of the Blank liutte, who left Sumpter Wednesday morning for the property, accompanying a party of Providence, R. I., stockholders in the Black Kutte, Blue Bird, Buck Horn and Valley Queen mines in this region all of which properties are the suc cessful promotions of Wheeler Jb Co., of New York, returned home Sunday morning with the party. In his possession was the cleanup of 92800 as stated above. The development of the property iu uuder the diroot superlutendeuoy of Ed C. Allen, formerly of Pendle ton, and has been successfully curried on for the past ten months, during which time a hoist has neon installed at the mine and old tuuuola and shafts reopened. The Merrill mill, which was erected by John Uageu, has been overhauled and placed iu ruuniug order, and is being equipped with two new con centrators, which have been freigtb ed from Fox valley. The cleanup resulted from au eleven-day run on ore from a ro cently oponod shoot of fair size and exceptional richnesn. The members of tho pjirty which accompanied Geuprnl Manager Wright to the mino were CD. Starr,- 'W. A. Oromptou, Dr. G. R. Drew and Dr. Justim Boyco.' They left this afternoon for tboir homes, expressing themselves as highly pleased with the result of the trip to the west, and groatly gratified with the result of the investment in the Eastern Oregou mines mentioned above. The party visited the Blue Bird and Buokboru last week in company with Mauager Wright, who, upon his return, brought with him a big gold bar from tho Blue Brld mill. The party was met at Sump ter by Geuoral Manager Tom Ciray, of the Valley Queeu miue, iu which Mr. Starr is a stockholder, was over joyed to hear from Mauager Ciray the details of the strike iu the Valley Queeu, which is mentioned iu another columu of today's Minor. While the party were reluming from Fox valley to .lohu Day last Friday evening, they were csught iu a blizzard on Dixie Butte. Mr. Starr and Dr. Drew suffered terribly from the cold, which was intensified by a terrific wind. BIG MINING DEAL PULLED OEF IN GRANT COUNTY What is perhaps the second largest ininiug deal ever pulled off in this aeotiou has been oarried through the preliminary boud and option stage duriug the past week. About 1000 acres of the rich and well established placer grouud of the Marysville section have been transferred by option and leases to a company com posed of (jeorge Walker, bis business associates, Mr. Brown, aud G. W, Wait, Included in the lease are the well known Flnlaysou djgglogs, those of Gresap & Schools, the Smith placers, the grouud of Wm. Clark and numer ous other well known and rich piaoers. Besides these well known prop erties that have for many years been unfailing divdeud payers, there are a uu tuber of new claims, much un tried grouud, aud several locations. Roughly apeak log, the boundaries run along the western side of Loug gulch, arouud the Fiulayeou miueH, on cast as far as Pine creek, aud again back to Loug gulob. The location con sist largely of grouud to be used as a race, which is to be constructed iu a mauuer to permit washing and drain ing the lowest bedrock. A number of these mines have been worked over extensive arevs, but In few places, of any, has bedrock been reached. In order to afford COMMENCE WORK AT THE RED BOY It Ih reported in Sumpter that underground work in the Bed Boy was rusmued today, for keeps. Tom M off it, who returned from the Oregon Monarch, the adjoining proporty, last, evening, brought tho newt- to town. He hoard it hh a rumor iu that dlH trict yesterday. .1. A. Howard, one of the large stockholders In tho Bed Boy miue, was questioned regarding the authenticity of tho report, aud re plied. : "1 think It is correct. If they dldu't start today, they will start sometime this week, for every thing is in readiness." The first work to bo doue will be the completion of the long ciosscut, kuowu as "Blacksmith" tuunul, to the main vein of the Concord group. This tuuuel iu now iu 1000 root, aud must bo extended between !(00 aud 100 feet to cut the Concord vein. Its portal is near the hoiHting plant, low down on the mountain aide and attaint) great depth. When 400 foot. In it intersected the famously rich Monarch ledge of the Bed Boy group and whh driven atraight ahead lfiOO feet further toward Mouarch ground, the big lodo of that system being the objective point. There Ih whero the work was being done when tho miue was shut down more than a year ago. This tunnel will not only give "all klndi" of backs, for furnishing porhapa more atoplng grouud than any other tuuuel in the stato, but. through it Monarch ore can be de livered easily aud cheaply to the Bed Boy mill. sufficient dump to do this, It is nec essary to construct a small' canal, too expensive for the independent com panies to undertake The combina tion effected will harmonize all these interests in such a way that the ditch can be built The 'surveys for this huve already beeu made, aud wheu tho work Is completed Jt will consti tute tho most gigantic piece of civil engineering ever undertaken iu this section of the country. From tho low est level of minlug grouud, the race will be taken to Long gulch, two miles disUut. It is the luteution of the company to guard the rights of owticrs below the miue by reservolriug the water and cribbing the tailings. The water that escapes will lie free from all gravel aud heavy saud, carrying only a flue silt that will enrich any field over which it is allowed to speread. This system of reservoirs will be a double gain, as lagro, level ares will gradually be built up hh work progresses. Grant County News. Midway Stockholders Here. L. Van llecke, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a member of the board of .1 hectors of the Midway miue, arrived iu Sumpter thin morn ing, accompanied by C. II. Newhall aud T. J. Anders, of Wisconsin, stockholders. The party immedi ately drove out to the Midway, chap eroned by 11. T. lieudryx, of the Geifcor-lloudryx Investment compauy, fiscal agents for the miue. Mr. Van ilecke has frequently been a visitor to Sumpter, but. MoHHra. New hall aud Anders are selfcnnfoHHod tenderfoot, this being their first (rip to tho Oregon fields. Tho party will return from tho mino tonight, but will remain iu Stimptor a couple a days, perfecting plana for a mom extousivo development, of the Mid way. I E&meralda Looks Good. C. K. Illidge, a druggist of lit igtou, who, with Mrs. Gray, of unt- lugtou, who, with Mrs. Gray, of the! North Pule boarding house, aud W. II. Kiusey, of Sumpter, own the ich Esmerelda mine ou tho Cracker Creek mother lode vein system, pawned through Sumpter this morning, eo route to tho property. The recent performance of assesmeut work ou tho Esmerolda made such a remarkably tine showing that tho owners of tho mine will at once arrange for wore extensive development. Ore of ex traordinary richness shows iu the Ksmorolda. Don Wlllard Home Again. Don L, Willard, who during Sumpter's boom days of five yeara ago was a prominent figure iu .peal mining circles, aud who still retains valuable iuterests iu this camp, re fumed this morning from a yaar'a absence in tho east, which time he spent iu Pittsburg, Toledo, Cin cinnati aud Chicago. He ha aue reeded in fluauniug an important deal, details ol which are not yC tipe for publication, he saya. I u ' 'I H mm a