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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1905)
ftJ -r 1 V THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February 22, 190$ J IMPORTANT STRIKE AT THE IMPERIAL A very Important Hriko wiih made yesterday at the Imperial initio, iu thu Cable Uovo diHtrlot, wheu 11 body of high grade Hhipplug oro wiih opened in it tunnel on the Minor olitim of tho imperial group. This tunnel, which wiih driven about 200 foot down hill from tho mam Imperial Hhaft, has outerod tho vein bolow tho confluence of tho ImperlHl and Eagle iodgOH. Thun the tboory, entertained by Mohhth. MaMweti, Arthur mid Mctiwen, manager, Hup erintondout and aHHlHtant tuauager, respectively, of tho luiporial oonipany that tho convergent trends of tho two voiiiH montionod would result in a juuuturo and in a deposition of rich oro 1h provon correct. Tho Fugle vein, whiuh 1h popu larly ooiiHldorod tho mother lodo of tho Cable (Jovo diHtrlot, continu ing in Hlrong development for two or throe miles, striking northwoHt through tho llnmnutako, Herculean and Oregon Chief, whore previously opened iu luiporial territory, dinplayu a width of IH foot between granitic walla, the vein material being altered grauudlorito, traversed by at leiiHt two Htreaka of arcHoniual pyrito half a foot wide. On tho Herculean, m 100 foot tunnel Iiiih ex ploited tho Fugle vein to a width of 15 foot, displaying oharaotoriHtiuMlly overlapping payHtroakH from two to i.hreo feet wide, averaging 912 per ton. Tho Faglo vein ou Oregon Chief ground retaiiiH Hh width, with an oro about ulaimed to bo eight foot wide, containing total viiIuoh of $12 per ton. Atfei traversing the llereuloan olaim the mother lodo turiiH north oiihI, runniiiK into tho Hlaek Dwarf claim, through tho Miner. Tho Imperial vein, which Iiiih hitherto been the Hole ore Houroo of the Imperial mine, being developed by an incline shaft, on the ore, 1h located iu the hanging of tho JCeglo lodo, H00 feet dlntaut. Tho strike Ih north !15 degrees oast, the dip 70 degrees HOiitheiiHl. A norles of Hiiuilai voiiiH exist, eaeh being from three to four foul wide, the vein matter uou Hinting laigny of grauodluiito slightly oriiHhed and darkened by the nproud lug nf ehlorltio material. The pay htreak oxpuHod iu the main working hliatt oiiiihIsih of from a few Inchon to two toot of muHHive HiilphuretH with quart, and calcito gauguo. Drifts from the Imperial Hhaft extend mint Invent down hill, depth Doing lout, of minimi, hh the drift oxtoudH, tiul higher grade oie coming in all the time, the overlapping Joiihoh of pay Hteadlly assuming the Hhape of a solid nhoot of ore. TIiIh method of exploitation and production wiih the advice of Superintendent Arthur, who 1 1 a orauk on "follow the ore. " lie and too aioriwon cousins were ooiiildent that the imperial driftH were dontluod to enter the conjoined Kitglo and Imperial, and to quickly prove the correctness of thin theory, they began driving on the Kitglo lode toward the approaching imperial driftH. Yesterday the hoot wad en tered. The vein displays itn usual 15-foot width, but now exhibits a payshoot of nolld galena, arsouopy rite, ohaloopyrlto and prylte ore, approximately 2.J foot wide, lying on tho banging wall, flurrouuded by a bolt a few inuhcH wide of aoft white grauodoorlte, thoroughly serioltzed and onrhomitlzod. Oro from tho now strike is boiug Hacked for Hbipmont to the Sumpter smolter. General Mauager A. L. Mo Kwon came dowu last .evening from the Imperial. To a Miner man ho confirmed the above facte. "Our new Huntington mill and jig concentrating plant la worklug Hue sh an auxiliary to our old stamp mill and Horloa of oouceutratora. The oro now being taken from the Miner tunnel Ih being Hacked for Hhipment. after Hcrtlng. " Tho Imperial group of miuuH re cently piiHued into tho hands of a oIoho corporation of Dotrolt mon, Mohhi'h. MolOwon, Arthur and MoRwoii turning over their Ioiiho and bond for 9100,000. GOOD OLD DAYS ON COMSTOCK It Ih forty-Hlx years ulnce tho Com Htock wiih diucovorod, hIiico pooplo began to Hay: "Wo had everything except Hi Ivor; it hoouih now that wo have another Potosl." It makoH a date for a revolution iu mining. Have a few crude, old fashioned quartz iiiIIIh, tho only uiiuitig known to Ciiliforiua wiih placer minli.'g. Not one of her pooplo know aught of tho reduction of silver oroH. Hut there wiih an oro channel four iiiIIoh long, lodo wiih filled will groat do ponltH of rich ore, and it wiih iiocoh nary that it Hhould no reduced. There were many problems to solve. Mow to open the miiioH wiih tho llrat, how to support tho weight of tho mountain iih tho oro bodies were ex cavated wan another. Thou the now find wiih on tho nlopo of a doHort mountain, 100 miloH from water. traiiHportation to which no roadH wore built. The dlnoovory wiih not generally known until late In 185), and, thou the riiHh began. What an exodus wiih that, and what a winter wiih that tirnt one In Virginia City! Virginia City Ih 0,200 feet above the hoii, and iih though the evil spirits iu the earth ami air were in conned that the great treiiHtire chamber had been (Uncovered, the biting cold of the desert hurricauoH were sent to drive the interlopers away. It wiih a tough place then. Every town iu Cali fornia had Hout t nolo Hh full quota of lighters, and the content began to de termine who Hhould bo chief. Tho Htifoty or the quiet lay in the fact that the rough did not disturb them and that the sluHter clans was made up of men who were so Hue suuts, that they only hit what they aimed at. Thou there were innumerable ouu tests over claims aud the lawsuits in stituted aud carried through were of such magnitude that men ceased to talK about thousands, stopping at nothing less than millions. Hut iu uo other spot was Amerloau euergy better displayed; in no other place was American adaptability to meet a difficult situation ever better illus trated. Within Ave years after the discovery the experts from the Marts; mountains, wbero quartz mining bad boen prosecuted for a thousand years, aame to Virginia City to mark and marvel at what had been accomplished there. The safety cages, the square timbering, the mills (or reducing the ore; the eoonomy manifested in adapting means to ends, were all wonders to the plodders from beyoud the sea. Theu tho salaries und fees paid drew to that point the brightest men iu all tbo professions aud the possi bilities of securing great fortunes at tracted the men of finance from half tbo world. That first winter Mr. Mackay lived in a cabin and as the winds swept around it, be was wont to declare that, so soon as he could get toegtber $5,000 he would leave tho inhospit able plsco. (Jood win's Weekly. Religion and Commerce. The following Is said to be a copy of a bill or lading issued 200 years age: Shippod by the graco of Cod in good order aud woll conditioned by Oeorge Fox and JamoH Thomas, of Philadelphia, iu aud upon tho good ship Mermaid whereof is Mnstor under Cod for this presont voyugo iiobert Grim oh, and now riding at anchor in tho rivor Delaware and by Cod's graco bound for UarLadoa to say Four boxes of Soap consigned to Arthur Law, Marcht, in Hurbados, for act. and KisquoH of said Fox aud J. Thomas, being marked aud numbered in tho Margont and arc to bo dolivored In the liko good order aud woll conditioned at the aforesaid port of Uarbados (tbo danger of the Hoiib oxcoptod), unto Arthr Law or hiH aHHlgiiH, ho or they paying Fraight for tho -mid goods twenty-eight shil lingH with primage and average ao ciiHtomed. Iu wltuess whereof tho Master or Purser of tho said ship hath affixed to threo Hills of Lading all of thlH tenor and dato tho ouo of which threo bills being accomplished, tho other two stand void. Aud so Cod send tho good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen. Dated iu Philadelphia yo Om Od 1000. lusd. aud unutouts unknown tu Itobt. Crimes. That Tabor Fraction Suit. II. T. llendryx, plalntift iu tho nilt against tho Columbia Cold Min ing company for posHession of the Tabor Fraction mi no, sayH that tho piiblinhed reports that ho seeku tu recover 850,000 from tho Columbia, ou account of oro oxtracted, in iu correct. The suit, explains Mr. llen dryx, Ih merely to annul tho contract now exlHtiug between tho Columbia aud the old CoiHor-JIoudryx company, whereuuder tho former operates tho Tabor Fraction. An accounting in also demanded. Mr. llendryx says that tho best of feeling prevails ho- tweeu all parties concerned iu tho suit; that it is i Imply a bujiuoss proposition. Water Power for la Grande. The most complete water storago reservoir iu easteru Oregon is now complete at La Grande. The Mor gan Lake company has laid most of its pipe line leading to tho city aud will iuitall a modem plant tu gener ate 10,000 horse power, half uay betweeu the city aud the lake, three miles away ou tup of the mouutaiu. The compauy expects to geuerate eloorlolty aud furuish La Craude with city water at a very reasonable cost. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE Ezra Clark, of Granite, who was reported lost in the Greenhorns, while en route from Alamo to the Morris mine, whore be is employed, and who turned up safe aud sound day before yesterday, after undergoing a terrible experience in the Buow-clad hills, with the temperature dallying with the 20-below mark, is probably one of the nerviest steel-polishers in this camp. As related in The Miner at the time he was reported missing, he left Granite last Sunday morning, after undergoing an operation for a fellon ou his thumb Late Sunday night he encountered a donse fog on the Clear creek trail, became be wildered, aud followed his back tracks to Alamo. Monday morning he exchauged his skis for web suowshoeB aud resumed bis peri lous jouruoy. Again he encountered a fog and loat bis way, swerving south toward the rough Olivo lake country. After wanderiug all night, ho finally picked up his back track aud returned to Clear crook can yon. All day Tuesday bo tried to locato himself aud Tuesday night ran across tbo old ilurd cabin on llou Harrison hill. There ho re mained until WeduoHday moruing, which dawned bright and clear, although bitterly cold, aud soon hit upon tho right direction, arriving at the Morris mine shortly before noon, exhausted aud nearly starved However, he went ou shift at noou, after oatiug a meal that will bo re membered forever by the Morris minors, aud is now steadily pound lug steel. Executor's Notice. Notlco is hereby giveu that the uudorsigned has boon duly appointed by tho County dudgo of linker County, Oregon, executor of the last will and testament of Michael Lyuch, de ceased. All persons having claims against Hiiid estate are hereby notified to pre sont tho same to me, properly veri fied, an by law required, witbiu six mouths from tho date hereof, at tho office of Charles H. Chauoe, attorue.v-ac-law, First National Hank build ing, Sumpter, Oregon. Dated at Sumpter, Maker County, Oregon, this 25th day of .lauuary, 1005. ,1. H. FUYKK, Fxecutor of tho Instate of Michael Lynch, Deceased. Gold Found at Freewater. A dispatch from Walla Wallu'says: It is said ou the authority of mining experts that tho river pobblos being hauled from tho Freewater flats to this city, for paving purposes, con tains heavy traces of free gold. At least :t00 carloads of this stone will bo used in this city this summer iu constructing tho threo milos of model road botweeu this city aud tho Hlalook fruit farm. To what exteut the rook coutaius gold is not kuown. Samples will bo crushed and tested by experts, aud if the quautity of gold is sufficient to warrant, the re maiuder of the rock will be smelted. The Haker City Democrat says it has high authority for the statement that the Houauza miue will resume operations at an early date. i fi