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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1904)
pit r.., tfcfc4 - - - Tin jr. JJ ,S!!aSnBSuU.ia' KiOJ-t Wii!T(BI'JBJSS"' COVERS THOROUGHLY THE -GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT .1 jyyBWs " r ,y k - - - - fcafcaMiiiaataiilllifcfciillillllBfJMaaaaMMMMMggMgMjggggggg BRIGHT FUTURE OF THIS CAMP "TIiIh district 1h all Huh!." Hiiid Prof. II. II. Nicholson, coiiHiilt Iiik mining ouginoor for tho Killon, Warner, Stewart com puny, in tho course of a conversation with a Minor ropioHiiiilativo UiIh mnmuig. "1 do not mil inl pittc a rapid Kimvl.li of tho in I ii I ijk industry In IIiIh part of tlii) coiidI ry, lint it will ho Hiiro. Tho Htiill' Ih hero In Hiilllitiont aliiindaiMto to uiiiko custom Oregon ono of (ho greatest csniiiti 4 in (ho wdhI. TIiIh will ho brought aliont whon slightly (iilloront in i it I iik mnthoilH noino into vogue; whon in vuHtoi-H liiiiru (ho noiii'HHilv of spending a littlo inonoy liuroro domiitidiiig direct roluriiH." Tho Killon, W-inior, Slotwart company Ih certainly doing IIh nharo of tho work of bringing t IiIh iiiimp up to Prof. NMoIioIhoii'k prediction Among (ho varlniiH proportiuH oporat. od hy IiIh company tho following re oont dovclopmoulH hnvo eccurred: At tho Slanilanl, noar Qiiiiitshiug, tho rich colhalt oro shoot in tho main Standard drift Ih wHoulug eon Htantly, now showing a MO inch breast of mugiiilloout oro. A Hlatlon Iiiih hoon out in an Hfi foot, upraise Mom th ) .Standard, and drifting Ih being curried on hold wiivh on tho voili, which hIiowh high viiIiioh. Tho upraise Ih doing con tinned another Ho fool, lo opou Htop ing ground Irom two levels, An experimental crosscut, to (ho iiorlhoaHt from I ho Standard drift, on tho haugiilg wall Hido, rooontly open ed 1 1 iuchoH of lino coppor oro. (Jn tho Cleveland claim, whoro a cmhh voln of hiuh urado sulphide oro wuh recently cut, driftiiiK In (wo DODSON CHOSEN PRESIDENT A dlHpalch from Portland states that the excitlvH committee of tho Oregon Stalo Miner's Association, at a mooting hold Monday iu Portland, tdeotod W. I) It. Doihou proMident ot the oragnlatoiu. Mr. Dnduou Ih well known iu Sumpter, whore ho wmm formerly in tho newspaper IiiihI- ' now. He iu now miiiliiK editor of tho Poitalud Journal. "Duddy," ' as ho Ih fumiliarly known iu thlt ' OHtup, ih ono of tho moat prominent ' loud pencil minora In tho uorthweHt. I The Portland Association, which had i btMtu mlHiiaaied tho Stale AHHOclatiou, I U to ho congratulated upon It ' bolootlon of a man for executive who uomhiuoH with a thorough kuuwlodgo of the proper way to "wrlteup" a initio, the ability to produce gold bullion from virgin white copy pupvr. ( l (r.wtl lotiu iu liulno nurrlnrl mi f'rnf I I H.UII1MI" ID U..n ..... ..w ..... ..... NioholHon iiiado a Hiirvoy of (his now voln and ordorod a foroof moil to opou the surface at a 'point Avhero tho voln Hhould oulcrop. Tho Hhoot wiih oiiHily uncovered, and an adit lovol Iiiih lioon Htartod. Prof. Nicholson's pliuiH for future dovidopmont of tho .Standard group, iucludo tho piirchiirio, early in tho spring, of a Hiiwmill for use iu cut ting timhurs for tho conooutartiug mill, which Ih (o ho oroctod next hoiihoii. Now hoard I iik and hunk hnosiH, assay UIIIcoh and blacksmith HhopH will iiIho ho liullt, mo that a sawmilliim plant Ih iiiiparalivoly uoetisHiiry. At tho Oregon Monarch iiiiuo, auolhtir Killon, Warner, Slowart proporly, adjoining ttiu Hod Hoy, a 1(H). foot tuuiiol extoiiHlon contract, thlH rail, cut a oroHH vein of good oro. Oro now hIjowh at throe point In tho Oregon Monarch it. tho crosscut iih above titutud, in a abaft near tho mouth of (ho old tunuol, mi'l in an old adit lovol on Congo crook. Work at tho lilack .lack, adjoin liiK, Ih progressing satisfactorily. Tho main croHHCiit tunuol Ih iiow iu !)nr foot, huviiiK cut a voln of oro of fair grade. Tho faco of tho orosa cut Ih now iu hiicIi a hlKhly mineral 1 ml formation iih to indicate tho proximity of hMII anothor voln. Work on tho Morning initio, a Killon property in tho GreonhoriiH, Ih being coulliiod to n crosscut, which Ih pawing through bad ground, hut In wuich comparatively good progrens Ih hoi iik made. The executive committee bad ulated Leo Friede, of Portland, for preul deut, but Mr. Frlede, who Ih Home thing of a miuiug man, decliuei the honor, ho that the executive toga dotfoouded upon the willing Hhoutdera of Mr. Dodsou. The many Sumpter frleiidH of "Doddy" rejoice to learu of bin electiou to auch an exalted poHitlon iu the jourtmlintio miuiug world. Ah an example of the peculiar vagaries cf political fortune, it might tie mentioned that one of the mem hem (although a non-active one) of the exueuttve committee of the hbho elation over which Reporter DodHou holdu presidential away is Jamen A. Howard, of Sumpter, banker, miuiug mail, luiue operator aud Htable citi zen, who tmu caused the iuveatmeut of - more money in the uiiuea of Oregon than the newly elected president of the 'Miners' .eseocia tiou ever Maw. The auuoiiucotiieut of (he electiou of Mr. Dnduou hh president came iih a tremendous surprise to miuiug uieu Iu the Sumpter camp, who, while they Iouk ago cut Ioob) from tho "State" aHBooiatiou, uttll harbored a oharit. able belief that that orgauizatiou at least meaut to renreseut the milling interests of Home uuknowu part of the Btato. MINERALS OF THE BIT1ER0OT RANGE In 1 HIM), Mr. Waldemar Liudgreu, of the United States geological Hiir voy, iiPHiHted by MoHHra. 0. W. Stnuo and 11. It. iIohiiHou, undertook a goo logical recouualflHance iiciohh the Hitter Hoot range and the Clear water mouutaiiiH iu Montana and Idaho. The area indicated forniH a wild aud Hparsely populated moun tain region, which Ih heavily tim bered except on the higheat rldge-i. The geology of the region is compar atively Himplo. The main Hitter Hoot range aud the larger part of the Clearwater uiouiitaiiia cuiiHiat of a maHBive biotite granito, or, to do Hue it more correctly, of a quart'.- mououite, which ia the northward continuation of tho great hatholith of tho same rock that occupies ho largo an area iu aunt hern control Idaho. A very remarkable fault of romiukable length ami dlHplacemeut BoparatoH tho eaHlern alope of the Hitler Hoot iiiountaiiiH from tho valley of the mime name. The valuable miueralH contained In thiH area aie coullned chielly to the weHteiu nlopo of (ho Clearwater mounlaiuH. The mont important are the gold depoaita, which occur iih llHBiire toIih aud gravolB. At the foot of the Hitter Hoot mountains, Home 12 miles uortb of llamiltou, Montana, ih the remarkHble Curlew mine, where a body of galeua was found uu a fissure that had limentone aud quart '.Ho as its foot wall aud the giaveln of the Hitter Hoot valley as hanging wall. Ou the upper south fork of the Hitter Hoot river prospects of copper, silver aud silver load ores have been worked. Hughes creek, iu the same violuity, contains gold baring gavelH which have been worked for many years. Klk City, where mineral deposits were discovered in 1 802, is in the center of tho gold mining iudustry on the west slope. Cold to the value of several million dollara whb ex tracted here from late Tertiary bench gravels, aud placer miuiug is still prosecuted ou a small scale. Quart' veins have also been opened in thiH old miuiug district. The well-do-(lued quartz veins of Hutfalo Hump dUtrict, discovered in 1807, are actively worked, though not ou a very large scale. These deposits occur iu grauite rocks, accompanied by coutaot metamorphlc slates. Florence, located 40 miles southwest or Klk City, is soother of the old placer camps, discovered about 18(11. The gravels are very rich aud the camp has yielded gold to the valuo of muay mil I ion dollars. At preBeut a few placera aud quartz, miues are worked there also. Pierce City, ou Oro Kino croek, is also a well knnwii placer camp, discovered in 1801 aud worked continuously fliuco thou. The prepeut yield froui these placers is probably about 830, -000 per auuum. The gravels occur as oreek alluvium aud as beuohes up to r00 feet above the present drain age level. Quartz veins have also beeu fouud near Tierce, aud mauy of them are uow worked ou a small scule. The veins occur ou guelsses aud schists. The total production of this gold-bearing region is at the present time probably about 8100,000 per annum. Coal of fair quulity has beeu fouud on tho upper south fork of tho Hitter Hoot valloy, aud tho both nto here associated with rhyolie. The devel opments have not yet showu tho ex tent of this occurrence. Llgnito of fair quality also occurs ou Oro Fiuo creek bolow Piorco, and is associated with basalts, but tho bods are prob ably not thick onougb to mako de velopment work prolltablo. McGuigan Goe to Spokand.. J. P. McCuigan, uutil recently superintendent of the Alamo mine, hiiH moved his family to Spokane, where they will make their homo. Mr. MoUuigau has not fully de cided what he will do iu the future. Ho Iiih a very flattering offer to take charge of a mine uear doldfleld, Nevada. Should ho accept that olfer he would be uuablo to give any atten tion to his miuiug interests iu East ern Oregou, otherwise he will con tinue to spend much of his time iu the diflrtict, looking after interests bore. Mr. Motiuigau will bo greatly uiiHBod here, both iu business and social circles. He is an euorgetio aud progresivo mining man, who accom plisheH thiugH when he takes hold of a property, and those aro the kiud of men needed iu the country.--Grauite Gem. Golden Chariot Case. Mayor McCollooh returned from Haker City yesterday. He remaiued thsre au entire week, looking fur an opportunity to argue the Uoldeu Chariot case. He did his turn Thurs day night, aud it could have beeu finished the uext evening, but a whist party iuterfered with the progress of this 30,000 case. Saturday fore ui on, however, Attoruey J ok us pre sented Dr. Hrook's side aud in the afternoon Attoruey Smith closed for W. W. Wade, the plaiutiif, aud the judge took the case uuder advisement. A decision will he rendered withlu two weeks. There's a Hen On. Fred IX Smith aud N. C. Hioharda returned this morning from a trip to Hutte, Moutaua, ou l.uHness of im portance, aud of leuetlt to this section, the nature of which they do not at present care to divulge. Mr. Smith did not stop iu Sumpter, but weut uu to tho Suow Creek mine. Mrs. Hiohards accompanied her hus band home.