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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1904)
aMP-tarr. ami- THE SUMPTER (VIINER Wednesday, December 21. 1904 HAS THERE BEEN A FAULT MOVEMENT IN RED BOY? BILLY REEVES CHOSEN SUPER AT THE RED BOY 1h there a fault movomotit in tho Ked Hoy mine? Prof. Waldemar JJndgron, of the Unitod StateH geo logical survey, Hays thoro is. riom Moffat says thoro is nut, and id buck- o(l up by ofhur oouipotont mluiiiK men. Iu Ijindgreu'a roport' In 1900 to Hon. Gharlos D. Walcott, director of tho Unitod States geological survey, wblob h a liuroati of tho dopartmeut of the interior, Prof, Lindgreu nays: "Tho two veins (Rod iioy and Monarch) oonvergeH h I f t j 1 1 y and nearly meot at a main porphyry dike, dipping 00 degrees south, along which thoy have bean sharply out off toy a Nniooth fault. Tho veins have not yet boon found beyond tho dike, though from surface Indications it Ih probable that tho uorthern block ban moved, rolativoly, 400 foot to the OIIHt." Tom Moffat. HiiyH that (ho Hod Hoy rid Monarch voIiih oomo together at n point about midway between tho ttroHiifltit tunnel mid tho Houth dike. The juncture Ih oomploto, iilthougb a line of demarcation botwueu the two velna Im plaluly diHUoruiiblo for u considerable (IIhImijoo, oven after thoy have common walh. Thla portion of tho vein Iiiih boon drifted ou through the HlankHtnith tunnel level to tho dike, pay appearing tho eutlie dis tance. Mr. Moffat aayH that when the dyko out th oiinjolnod Kod Hny-Mouaroh veil, work wan HUHpeuded for Home time, It being a belief of tho manage ment thou that a fault movement hud oopurrod. It whh ooiiHidored hardly worth while to determine the mattar by further work in that direction, hh tho end line of the Rod Hoy group Huh only a Hhort dlHtanuo Houth of tho dike. However, when Edmund Jiiobhou was consulting engineer for tho Ked Hoy mine, he evolved a theory that while a fault movement to the oast hud up pareuUy occurred, Lludgrou's pro jection of 400 tent was In error, and that the movement uould not be greater than 100 feet. With UiIh idea ktii directed exploitation work along the dike. However, iusteud of oroMnia)R to the southern, or foot wall, of the dike, he ouiiHod the north wall to be followed to the ohhI, with oo oiiHionai exeunloiiH Into the heurt of the dike in soured of broken vein matter Failing to Hud which, he boldly struck across the dike at u point 100 feet euut of the lorit vein, piiHHiid through the fault plane and tutnreri the country nmk beyond. Alterdriving u nhort diHtuuce through black nrgilllte, be picked up what iu known as the Congo vein beyonii, or to the Houth of the dike. He drifted buck on thirt vein to the dike, ihhhwI through the porphyry, uud found til uiHulf Htill In ore. No fault move iiieut huri occurred iu the Congo vein, although it in a matter of in terest to note that the Congo drltt iu pudding thiough the dike, encounter nd no criHhed vein matter. Thin work, it Hhculd bu reiueiubered, wuh done aut)Heiuent to l'rof. Lludgrou's examination in 1000, ho that iu the compilation of IiIh report he lacked the later-acquired Congo data iu preparing hia fault movement by pothesia, Wheu Mr. Juesuou nevered bin conuectiou with the mine, he whh Htill in the dark as to whether the bo om I led Congo vein, south of the dike, whh in reality the Congo vein, or the faulted eastern projection of the or iginal Ked Hoy-Monarch. Oddly enough the dike bhH nevor been crosHod at the point where tho Ked Hoy-Monarch waa faulted, which, of course, would have readily determined the southern projection of that lode. It ia a mutter of definite know ledge that a fault movement has oc curred along the Monarch vein, 000 feet north of ita junction with the Ked Hoy, whore a ten foot porphyry dike outs acnna that ledge, fault ing It through all levelH, the throw being ten feet to the east. Still anntbor dike cnta across the Ked Hoy, producing a sharp twlBt iu a similar direction. The fact that tho 10-foot dike which faultH tho Monarch, dooa not corroHpond with the dike which twistB the Ked Hoy, gave Prof. Lindgrou IjuhIh for a belief that tho voins aro really later than tho dike; that the flsHiirus iu croHHlng thorn wero, as often happeuH, uplit up into HtringerH, and tint a subsequent movoment has occurred along the wiiIIh of many of tho dikoH, ho that tho veins now appear dislocated by them, while hh a matter of fact thoro it equal reason to believe that the exact reverse is true. The outiro Ked Hoy group abounds in porphyry dikes. Several of them are hooii In the Ulackamith crosscut, one being 00 feet wide. The main Hhaft, utared by the old Godfrey and Tabor management, being equlppod with a $100,000 holHting plant, was Hunk ou a wide dike, which fact re Hiilted iu the encountering of a tro meudouH How of water, wblob is popularly Hiippoued to huve oaiu-od au abandonment of that working. A croHHCiit from the tlrst Htatiou iu this Hhaft was run to au intorHection with the Ked Hoy-Monarch vein, which it tapped at a point a trifle south of, and 102 feet deeper tbau, the juncture ot those to veins on tho drift from the Hulaksmith level. It iu ald that uo pay appeared, although the double vein abovo the Hlacksmith level has beeu atoped to the surface, yielding handsomely. It will porhaps never be known whether there is a fault movomeut along the big south dike, unions some curious Hiipoiintendeut, merely to Hiitirify himself, drives Htraight across It at the point whore Mr. JeiHHeu turned and drove south along the hanging wall at the dike. No other purport could be nubsorvod by Hiich exploitation, except the satis faction of curloHity, as, above stated, Dun I fi va lit tnu a inmii a- , pn tp,u tho tujoudurioH of Ked Hoy grouud lijWHH re0eutly shipped to the Sumpter only a Hhort dlstancu south of tbe dike. Tom Moffat contends that the Congo vein, which was picked up by Mr. Jiioshu south of the diko, and drifted upon north to a re crosrtiug of the dike, Is Iu really au iudepuudeut and continuous vein, having uo rotation to the faulted Ked Hoy-Mouarcu coutlueut vein. Arguing from this hypothesis, aud preiuiHiug his oonoluiiou upon the fact that uo fault movomeut ocoured in the Congo lode, he maintains that the same must bo true of tbe Ked Hoy-Monarch. He poluts fur- W. H. (Billyh Reovea has been chosen superintendent at the Ked Hoy mine, under a Acting Manager John Thomson. Tomorrow a force of eight men will start work on the de velopment plans oulined in Mondays Miner. In brief, these plans involve the driving of 000 foet of croisout tunnel, from the Hlaiue ledge to the Couccrd vein, ou Hilltop territory. A vertical depth of 700 feet will be attained ou an ore shoot which is shown by a 30-foot surface cropping. It is not kuown whether the big air compressor plant will be stared and machine drills used In the crosscut. The work will require the remainder of the winter to complete, and It is not probable that the mill will be started until ore reserves are opened by the crosscut. The management has tber to the fact that the 10-foot fault movement of the Monurcb vein, 000 foot north, prooludes the possi bility or a very much larger move ment elsowhere, and cites as cor roboration of tbis theory the fact that the faulting of the Ked Hoy vein by a similar dike, was not a fault, but u mere twist. The ouly way to uetermino tbis matter Ih to do like Hilly Rey nolds, at the FlagBtauT. who, while having uo iuterost iu tho property, having been discharged as superin tendent by the Ita Parisian owners, still believed that be was right wheu he suid that a crosscut from the main Flagstaff vein, to the north would onter a ledge of pay ore, and who, wheu the mluo shut down, put up his own money to drive the orosscut and proved bitnsolf correct. PRAIRIE DIGGINGS TO RESUME NEXT SPRING Joe Waddell, general manager of the Prairie Diggings iniue, near Prairie City, Iu (J rant county, came up from Baker City this morning, on business connected with the Sumpter smolter. He returned to the county seat thla afternoon. Man ager SVaddell returned last week from a conference with the bead officers of the Hoosier Hoy Gold Mining company, operating the Prairie Diggings, whose headquarters are iu Ami Arbor, Mich. The visit lustol four wooks and re ultod in tho perfection of plaua for a re sumption of miuiug and milling oporatious at tho Prairie Diggings just as soon as the spring thaw will permit. An accumulation of con- iLinlKutno .it frl.m Drulrla DlnnillMU smelter, giviug llatteriug returns, notwithstanding the long wagou-haul aud consequent high cost of trans portation. Joseph Waddell was for merly general mauager aud active superiutoudeut of the Cycloue mine, east of Uakor, aud eujrys tbe repu tation of being oue of the best prac tical mine managers in tho camp. Gold hi the Treasury. Dunn's Review states that in tbe vaults of the United States treasury aloue there are over $722,000, 000 iu gold coin or bullion, far made no announcement as to Ita plana for sinking the big shaft, which Ib equipped with the finest hoisting plant in tte northwest, costing close to 8100,000. When Superintendent Beeves reaches the mine tomorrow, Acting General Manager Thomson will de part immediately for Cbiacgo, to confer with Alexander' Prnsalng, the gentleman through whoee Instru mentality a satisfactory reorganiza tion of the old Red Boy company was effected. Manager Thomson, who acted as receiver during the fin ancle! rennaisance of the defnnct merger corporation, will Bubmit hla report ot Mr. Prnssing and will un doubtedly be given free haud to carry out his plans for development upon a large scale. eclipsing all high records of this or any otbor natloual treasury. This heavy accumulation is the more re markable wheu it is remembered that the Panama Canal company waa paid $40,000,000 last spdng, which contributed largely to tbe exports of $83 039,008 in the first nine months ot this yoar. As an offset there were imports of $08,004,670 gold during the somo period, leaving a net loss of only $14.45,228, or only $5,000, : 000 Icbs that the net exparta of silver. Tbe whole trend of reoent International transfers of gold, silver and merchandise indicates that tbe Uuited States la gradually passing from a debtor to a creditor natiou, our investments abroad con stantly increasing. One particularly striking evidence of tbis condition Ib found in tbe new Mexican loan of $40,000,000 that was taken by a New York syndicate. Suicide Hailed Prom Oregon. A preta dispatch from San Fran cisco tells of tho finding of the dead body of Eugene B. Burdiok, mining man from Baker City, In a room at tbe Grand Hotel Monday. Empty strychnine bottles by the body poluted to suiolde, although no motive has been adduoted. Baker City papers say that Hnrdlok w.ai nut knowu there. Snmpterites re call no operator by that name Is tbis camp. Ore is Now Refractory. A. W. Ellis is in town from the Gllkey & Kershaw mine, iu the Greeuhoius, to remaiu a couple of days. Ho says tbe stamp mill ou the property is not running, as the ore 1ms changed from free railing to re fractory. Mr. Ellis, who is in charge of operations, brought a test ship ment to be smelter sampling works to determine the proper mode of treatmeut. Case of Wade vs. Brock. Dr. Brock and W. W. Wade re turned tbis morunig from Baker City. Mayor McColiooh, represent ing Wade, the palintiff, argued his side of tbe case, involving an In terest in the Golden Chariot mine, last eveuiug before Judge Eakin in chambers. Attorney Johns will argue the case for Dr. Brook as soon as the judge has time to hear him, probably tomorrow evening. l! jfcitfiMJMMtf w- i