The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21
SUSANVlLLE DISTRICT.
Stands Second to None in
Eastern Oregon.

willie district, where he spent a week IN
the interest OF eastern capital. Seen by
MINER representative, he said Susan.
vile has a better surface showing than
any district tributary to Sump,er which he
has visited, ranging from $40 to 500 yer
ton.
The formation, generally speaking, Is
substantially the same as the far.tamed
bonanza and Red Boy districts, slate and
porphyty. Two immense slate belts run
through the country about one.fourth OF a
mile apart, with strong porphyry belt
tnot dykr) lying between. On the north
the slate l, bounded by quartzite, on the
south by volcanic formation, which on
the surface Is u substance similar TO &C.
ment gravel. The character Of the sur.
face ore Is absolutely tree milling, but
gross rapidly base with depth. Practi.
,ally, the country as a whole, Is a con.
.en,rating and smelling proposition.
Development Is being pushed energet.
ically and transportation is slowly but
surely creeping that way,whicn will mean
that Susanvillr is to be listed with the
camps Of the west as u gold producer.
The Badger Cold Mining and Milling
company Is owned nv san Francisco cap.
italls's. headed hy =. Il. Bishop, the Ia.
nous multi'millionaifr. rs president, and
under the management OF David Ross,
considered one oi the most practical aud
thorough mining men IN the west. Sixty
men ATE employed. This group OF claims,
ten IN number. were located IN the early
sixties, (pa,ent applied tori Ivy Hughes X
Mct ,liade, who worked the ore In an old
afaslra, which nrtird them handsome
profits. The development consists ot a
Sto'ioot fosscut, which has cut two dis.
ilnct ledge, about 400 iret deep. About
so ieet more viii probably tap the NJ.
ouaie lode. rilts each way will be the
program. The cfosscut viii be continued
IN the Badger vein, which is estimated to
I've within 900 tret oi M,U Uuade lode. The
shaft Is nov down $50 ieet. New ma
,hlnrry Is now On the road, with 4 caplt.
ily sufficient ior 4 depth oi 1900 feet.
shipping ore, assaNing $3.50 per ton, is be.
ing hauled To the Sumplrr Valley roid
here, thence to the Srlhv smeller at san
Francisco. This property has paid from
the grass roots. Mr. Ross informed Mr.
PoindeNter a few DAYS ago, that IN cNca.
waiting on the surface recently, q vein
eleven irrt IN width was found, assaying
si3 In tee gold. This alone would be
called a bonanza in any other camp.
Abou, 1000 ieei tom the Badger shalt
house Is the Stockton mine. consisting ot
three claims, owned wv Washington capi.
i,lSts, under the management Of u. |
Amrs. The proprrty is developed with a
200 too, shaft. with station at the 100.
foot level aud drifts each way. The ledge
is eight tcel wide Win splendid values IN I
slate. The company Is nav considering
the adyisahilily a, Installing comhina.
lion plant tor reducing ores ON the ground.
Ten men are EMPLOYED.
Next comes the Maynower group OF |
two claims, owned hv Walla Walla peo.
pie. w. %. SimtoX, manager. Seven /
men are employed. The concentrates |
from the bottom ot the i7stcot shaft run .
rs high as $4,000 per ton.
The Otter Gold Mining and Milling
tomrany'S group ot seven claims Is de-
veloped by a sas'toot DRIFT. The vein is
thirty inches wide, values running as
high as thirty dollars In tree gold. This
WAS located eighteen years ago
by John Cabel. who millst 23s tons Of