The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-10

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
BAKER CITY. Dec. s.-The Susanville
mining district, tributary TO Baker City,
Is fast forging to the front The surface
showing looks fine. the ore ranging from,
80 to 500 to the ton. The formation.
generally speaking, is substantially the
same as that of the Bonanza and Red
Boy districts-slate and porphyry. Two
immense slate belts run through the coun-
try, about one-fourth of a mile apart,
with strong porphyry belt mot dyke)
lying between. On the north the slate Is
bounded by quartzite. on the south by
volcanic formation. which on the sur
face is a substance similar to cement
gravel. The character of the surface ore
Is absolutely free milling. but grows rap
idly base with depth Practically the
country as whole is concentrating and
smelling proposition.
The Post-Intelligencer correspondent
visited this district last week, and found
that development work was being pushed
theoretically and transportation was
slowly but surely creeping that way, which
means that Susanville is to be listed with
the camps OF the West as a gold pro-
Queer
The Badger Gold Mining and Milling
Company Is owned by San Francisco cap
italists, headed by 8. r. Bishop multi
millionaire. as president, ana is under the
management of David Ross considered
one OF the most practical mining men In
the West. Sixty men are employed. This
group, which numbers ten claims, was To-
Gated In the early sixties. and was work.
ed by an old arastre. which Melted hand
some profits. The development consists
OF sixty-foot crosscut, which has cut
two distinct lodges about 400 feet deep.
About fifty feet more will probably tap
the main lode. The ore from this prop
erty assays about $3.50 to the ton. and Is
hauled to this city and then on to the
smelter at San Francisco.
The Stockton mine Is another property
which might be mentioned among the
producers. This property 10 owned by
men from the state of Washington head
ed by H. Ames. The property Is developed
with a 2O0-foot shaft, with station at
the 1oo-foot level and drifts each way.
The ledge Is eight feet wide, with splen-
did values. large mill Is to be erected
on this property next spring II the ore
holds out. Ten men are employed on this
mine.
The Mayfower, not long way from the
above property, is a group OF two claims
owned by Walla Walla parties. with W.
D. simox as manager. The concentrates
from the bottom or the 175-foot shaft run
as high as $500 to the ton
Snow is about six inches deep in this
section of Eastern Oregon at present, and
as a result many small properties have
been shut down. Prospectors are making
their way to this city to winter. In pass
ing through Sumpter the Post-InteTligen-
Ger correspondent noted that business was
undergoing hard times. owing to the time
of year. The new town of Whitney. about
ten miles southwest of Sumpter.e Is be-
ing built up pretty lively. but the man.
agement of the railroad stated that II
would be impossible to get the railroad
into the place before February.
From reliable authority II Is ascertained
that Messrs. J. q. and ]. T. English have
given an option on the Golconda mine to
Washington parties. Both are now In
Portland arranging details. II Is said the
option Is for sixty days. and the con-
sideration Is 100000. The deal was pro-
NOTED by Sumpter mine operator.