The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-09-13

Inc name OF oumptef, winch STANDS Oi
boldly on the pages of history an
all war records, Is destined to become gre;
In peace. This town Is today attractin
the attention II has SO long waited f
and which II so richly deserves. Th
wonderful developed and still greater "
developed mineral resources Of the grea
ore belt that courses from east to west /.
when all the conditions that facilitat
mining and the extraction of values ar
considered, Is unequaled In the wester
domain.
This great gold.bearing zone Is mad
up In part Of at least three parallel dyke
Of slate, with a general east and ives
trend, for at least forty miles or more
from the Baisley.Elkhorn up to and proba
bly, beyond the base Of the GreenhorI
mountains. As we approach the Green
horn mountains, the serpentine and ol,
greensboro appear associated with tn,
slate and porphyry, giving the formation
most Of the geological features that form
the great mother lode Of California, OF
which many believe II to be part; We,
there are one or two factors IN which this
bel, differs. First, the frequent intrusion
Of porphyry dykes that occur plainly in
the vicinity Of the Red Boy and at Susan.
Vile, cutting across the slate strata, but In
no case ehecting the surprising continuity
Of the ore.bearing leads. In the mother
lode ore exists more In the form of shoots,
often long distances apart, while here the
veins are comparatively continuous, and
In the Granite district, near the Red Boy,
the existence oi the leads have been actu.
ally proven tor distance of nearly two
miles on their strike, and II is not at all
improbable that gold mines viii he opened
on this dyke up to and east OF Granite.
Rich stringers and pockets of gold
quartz are often found In the porphyry,
hut the big ore bodies are In the slate.
these porphyry dykes being evidently
a secondary or later formation than the
states, having been formed more recently
than the leads rs WELL These parallel
gold.bcarng dykes, To illustrate, will he
designated the north, middle and south
dykes, and rs vet II is difficult To tell
which of these viii prove the most pro.
ductive.
The north dyke certainly extends for at
least thirty miles, with an occasional
fault within halt a mile OF the granite
ior the entire distance. On this dyke
are located the Baisley.Elkhorn and its |
extensions, the North Pole, T.. & e.,
Columbia, Golconda, Bunker iiill. lbeN, |
Magnolia, Cougar. May
Queen and Red Boy. Nine Of these can
We called developed, producing mines, and
Il least four Of them dividend PAYERS.
a few miles further south is the middle
yke, upon which are located the Walc
Little Giant and Yellowstone
mines. The placer gold taken from Ne.
ada, Quartz. Spring and Ruby creeks
iere all led from the leads In this dyke,
5 were the pacers near Sumpter sup.
lied by the big mines OF Cracker creek.
his gulth has produced untold wealth
nd is still heavy producer OF gold dust.
On the south dyke the Bonanza is the ,
eat center OF operations, vet there are |
her mines like the Richmond and more
at show every indication Of becoming I
c equal OF the best. The Cooper group. $
the head Of Vincent creek. only seven
les 10 the west, possesses all the marks
a big mine. On the extreme west o
mes the Badger, at Susanville, forty v