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MORE GOLD
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Atiotlmr hatch of gold nuggets wiih
rmsolved yo.Htoriluy by Hrig Million
tyilo, tlin jiiwnl'jr, from (Jlllcuy & iur
hIiiiw. tint VIiihoii crunk miners, wIioho
discovery IhhI wimk or 11 f n hn I on h l
i lull pocket in Ihnlr llolinoiil. ininu,
near I ho Morning, -t -"' whole camp
agon. Tim Liil.nl value of tun yollow
Htuir now on display in Hiillaniyiio'H
hIiow window In (Monti to 8,'IU00. 1 1
key & Kershaw urn hU II digging in
thn iiocknt, diispll.ii (hit liiui weather
mill heavy How of wutnr iiuiou.i tin
digging, mill word Iiiih been received
hero Hint limy liavn another milk pun
of iliiHt anil nnggotH which will lit)
sent lo Humptor in u fw ilityH.
To tint onlinii:y luy mind the
Htatoionnl Hint u Hiugio poukot Iiiih
produced t.HUO in gold convoys tint
little Idea of ilohuois. Llkowlsu tho
auuouuoumont that a second milk
pmi roll of tint Hiiirron Htuir has tmoii
round fai It to Hiiltiilily Impress.
Whim tho Holiiiont. pocket wiih Drat
dhuuvurnil, (lllkoy and Kershaw, with
poukot kuivuH unil horns dug our and
pauuoil I ODD worth of duut in four
daya, which it making mouoy at tho
rato of 9125 pur day per man. Since
tho original discovery tho into of
production Iiiih ovou been greater.
Tho dust, mid iiuugotH now on (Hh
play in liiilliiutyuo'H window makn
up tho prottleat exhibit ovor diown In
Oregon. Tho product of tho fmiioiiH
Suokur crock poukot In southern
Oregon, tho diHOOvury ut which HI hid
the newspapers of tho ontlro wuHt for
montliH afterwardn, in plaood ill tho
Mhado hy tho richness of tho llolmnut
pookut .which, as a mitttor of fact,
Is not n uookot ut all, hut merely tho
surface ooiitiuitH of a froo-gold ledge
of decomposed quart Thin lodge
wa sluiced olf with a hydraulio giant
b Messrs. (Jilkoy & Kershaw, whioh
precox, as Iiiih been huforo stated in
these ooliiiuiiH, revealed tho wnudoi
fill rluhuHM- ot tho voln. Wiro gold
nugget, many of thorn two iuotuH in
latmth, and ohuukH of rotton quartz
held together Nlmply hy the yollow
gold strlugor.s, wuro huhold sticking
up out of tho IoiIko With poukot
kuivuH tint dlHunvorors dug out tho
tirlttlo quartz, ununited it up in a
mortar, pauiied it at tho urook near
hy, ami tho Htuir on display in
Sutupter In tho roHiilt of tholr toll.
Prof. Waldomar Lludgron, in tilu
taport in IDOO to tho United States
neologlcal uirvoy, hu.vh that tho geo
logical foxtuom of tho Middle Pork of
(he John Hay river, of whiuh VIiihoii
crunK id mi unimportant tributary,
oou-idtd of a llssilo, dark gray olay
ilale, ritrikiiiK louth 70 degrees oust
arid dipping nouth 05 degrees.
Suallor dykes of aplltio rooks out
the ilate- Prautioally the same gen
tral formation extends from Siihmu
vllle aloug the Middle Fork to It.
hundwiitorH olong tho HUtiimlt of tho
Urconhorn range inuthuaHt of Austin.
Tho Middle Fork, according to Prof.
Lludgron, Iiiih out down through tho
biiHiilt How. which in Mlocono titnea
lllloil tho viilloy, and tho road from
Aubtin to SuBitnvllle Ih outlroly in
IhiH lava rouk. At SiiHiinville thj
old rouku or tho Ureonhoru range
touch down to the river and neroBB It.
but only, it Ih bulioved, fur n Hhort
diHtauao, TIioho old rookH aho con
Muiio down tho Middle Fork until
bulow tho mouth of IHk Creek, where
iicoordiuK to information, the Iiivih
IiukIu iikiiIu.
All of the uortheiiBt Hlopo tribu
tarioH of tho Middle Fork Imvu yield
oil heavily in plauor Hold. The Mid
dle Fork Iiiih itHolt' buou worked be
low JOSk oreek, and it. Ih reported to
Inive produood 850,000 in Hour kI1.
Tho production (or tho llrnt tour
yearn after diHiioveiy amounted to at
least 8H0.000, auoordiiiK to Hay
iiioihI'h report to tho uoverumout in
187 J. Tho total plueor production
lo dato is probably in the vicinity of
8000,000.
The Middle Fork district holdu tho
record for produuiiiK bl uuKoti. A
uiiKKot worth 81 HO wiih found on JOIk
oreek, auothur worth 8025 on Deep
oreek, while lluuk Kuluh, bu!ow Deep
creek, IioUIh tho rocord with an $800
uiiMKot.
All of tlm old from tho llelmout
pockot will bo displayed In the Sump,
tor OlHtriot Miiioial lOxhlbit hhsooIm
tlon'H pormanont homo iu this city,
and will later be Bent to the LbwIh
and Clark fall iih a Hpoalal oxhihit
from this camp.
MOHK DID SOME
MISSIONARY NORK
Aiithouy Mohr, the prominent
Bumpter ditiiot mine promoter, Ken
oral umiHKorof tho rft. Louia, Win
oouhIii aud Nino S'rlko KxtoiiHion
iiiluoH, iu thh camp, returned this
morniiiK fiom an extended eaatem
aud southern trip. He oxpreuii- blui
uolf hh Klad to Ret back to Sump
ter, aayiiiK that there la uo place
like home. While In South Caro
lina ho oontjumiiiated an important
mlnliiK deal, IuvoIvIiik propertied
outaido of thla camp, and whiuh,
therefore, ban no particular iuter
eat to the readeia of The Miner.
"1 did a whole lot of innulonary
work Ih the east aud aouth," aaid
Mr. Mohr to a Miner reporter this
moriiluK, "I rait auroa. hundreds of
peoplo who are already Interested
In Sumpter mluea aud who are ou
the verge of baluK iutereated more
heavily. I tiud that the reputatlou
of thW camp Iu the east i better
than It ever was before, due, 1 have
no doubt, to tho fact that we are
now doiiiK a llidtliuate uiiuinu
bualuesH. from which every sem
blance of wild-cattiuu has beeu
elimiuated There la plenty of
uioimy in the eant ready aud auxloui
for Investment, aud the owners of this
coin display just at this time more
williiiiiuesB to jar loose thau ever
before. Western uilulim appears to
bo particularly attractive to them, and
upon this fact I hiiBe tho assertion
that this year will bo one of the to out
prosperous iu the history of the gold
fields of Oregon, whloh ban assumed
Hh rightful place among the list of
weHtern gold mining states. M
"HordoH of people ure coming to
the LewiH aud Clurk fuir, aud Sump
ter will gut her Hharo of the exodtiB.
The traUKCoutiuental railroads hnvo
made a rato of 840 from Chicago to
Portland, with stop-over privi legos
on route, and biuidredn of people
will avail thouiHelves of tho privileges
of alighting at linker City aud com
ing to Sumpter to see tho big minus
of thiH region. All wo havo to do to
bring about this muuh-deuired state
of thiugH Ih to keup our Hbouldoru to
the whool aud' leave nu stone uu
to mod to make Sumpter what it
should ho and very likely already is
tho kiug-piu mining camp of tno
ontlro west."
During his eastern trip, Mr. Mohr
vlsitod Salt Lake City, Denver,
Chicago, Milwaukee, Ciuuitiatli,
and varlouH towns Iu South Carolina.
Immediately upon his roturu ho
visited the homo of the Sumpter Die
trict Mineral Exhibit association, of
which ho Ih general manager, and
was enthusiastic in praise of tho
good work done during his absence
by Assistant General Manager J. 13.
Reed.
A meeting of the association will
bo held at Hotel Sumpter Saturday
night. Secretary Tom Cray will bo
down from Hie Valley Queeu mine to
atteud the seislon.
BRILLIANT MIND.
BURNING THIRST
On tho west-bound O. H. & N.
train which passed through Uakei
City last Sunday night, Colouel
John William Headeu waa a imshhu
ger. There was uo baud to meot him
at the depot. No oommlttoe of prom
iueut uitizous waa ou hind to greet
this diatiugulsbed arrival. He oc
cupied uo seotiou iu tho Pullmau
oar. He diued not iu the diuer. (1
carried uo llbrry car coupon. He
traveled ou uo past issued by Mr.
Harrimau. As a matter cf fact, ho
waa beating his way from Logau,
Utah, to Portlaud, having jumped a
reportorial job on tho Logau Tribune
to work for Sam Jackson ou the Port
laud Journal However, beiug
geutlemau, a Vlrginiau with old
oolouial ancestors, whose names aie
writ on tho pages ot American his
tory, ho beat his way like a geutle
mau. Not for him the brake-beams,
nor yet the guuuels. Not him ou
the bliud baggage, nor yet ou the
roof. He would ride In the jchair
oar or not ride at all. He rode.
How he worked the graft is uot for
the writer hereof to say. Ptrhaps the
explanation lies iu the fact that
Colonel John William Headeu, re
porter, editor, journalist, special
writer, literary critic, author, poet
aud bun vivant, possesses the smooth
est tougue iu Oregon. With his
soft, southern drawl, he can spell
bind people, can wriug tears from a
billiard ball, or draw laughs from a
hearse horso.
Part of the literary history of the
new west was Colouel Henden's ro
spouse to the taaBt, "Virginia, the
Laud of Memories,' on the occasion
of the Southern Historical society's
banquet iu Hakor City a couple of
years ago. When, ou that ogcubIou,
the Colonol lifted his tall, gaunt
form, struighteuod his Btoopiug aud
drnoplug shouldorp, clad in au ill
Httting aud much-begrimed tack coat,
while ou every hand were immaculate
Hhirt froutn and two-tiued dinner
clothes, there was no flutter of in
terest. The hauquetturs cast one
iwift look at tho spoaker as ho ner
vously cleared hh throat, aud then
superciliuusly turned their hiioks aud
took up the thread of loud-voiced
convocation.
And then, above their chatter, be
gan to bo heard woudrously beautiful
phruBUH, rouuded periods of purest
oratory, word paintings of marvelous
bounty aud completeness. The chatter
aoasod. lleauti fully gowned women,
with paited lips, gazed fascinated at
tho gaunt Virgiuiuu. Whito-haired
Snthrous, with glistening oyes, sat
with bowed hoads aud heard iu the
smooth How of the speaker's voice the
soug of mockingbirds iu the magnolia
trees uf their faraway southern homes.
Wbeu the speaker euded, with a per
oratlou that pictured Virgiuia, the
land of memories, as though Hashed
iu a panoramic view before all eyes,
there wai silence, and tear-dimmed
eyes, aud trembling mouths, wbilo
the ill-dad Virginian sauk with a sob
into his ohalr and reached with shak
ing baud for a brimming wine glass.
There! The secret is out. The
wineglass! With a brilliant brain,
a fanile tougue aud pen, a marvelous
command of language, aud a heart
uf goodness, it might appear wnuder
fill that Johu William Headeu,
writer, orator, poet, should be beat
lug his way west iu times of pleuty.
The explanation liei iu uls thirst,
bequeathed by a long Hue of aute
helium planters, whose world waa
one of pleasure, aud to whom self
denial was uukuown.
From lialUmore to Portlaud Johu
William Headeu has worked ou news
papers iu capoities rauging from
cub reporter to managing editor. In
11)01 be struck Uaker City. For two
years he held the city editorship of
the Herald, giviug the people of the
junction towu a taste of the best
uewspaper work that ever bappaued
iu interior Oregou. Periodically be
would dally In the primrose path,
emergiug a couple of weeks later,
weak aud shaky, but with brain
as clear as a bell.
From Hakor City he drifted east
tu Hoise, to Salt Lake, to Ogdeu, to
Logau, aud uow he is back iu what
he calls "Cod's country" still with
a thirst, but with more ability con
cealed under bis promaturly gray
halt than is in the head of auy other
uewspaper man iu the northwest,
barring uoue.
Some of these days. Colouel Johu
William Headeu is goiug to "brace
up," aud wheu he deep, the earth
aud the fullness tbeieof will be his,
for there is uotbiug iu newspaper
work he cauuot do, aud do well.
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