The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18
PROMISING SECTION OF THE
SUMPTER MINERAL BELT.
Situated Near This Camp, Bot the Roads
Ars Bad-Geoiogieal and Typographical
Formation Something About the De.
veIoped Mines There.

tween Baker aud Grant counties follows
a mountain ridge which divides North
Powder, North Fork OF John Day, Bull
and Big Timber creeks from the head
waters of Cracker. Fruit and Silver
creeks. From that dividing line the
former flow IN a northwesterly direction,
while the latter flow southeasterly. The
different ridges dividing Rock creek from
Cracker. Cracker from Fruit, and Fruit
from Silver creeks, all take a northwest
erly course, until they unite with the
county line ridge. which traverses almost
an easterly aud westerly course.
On the southerly side OF this easterly
and westerly ridge are found the Rock
creek mines, the great ledges on which
are located the L. Il e., North Pole, Co.
lumbia, Golconda, Bunker Hill, the IbeS,
and numerous other iodeS, which consti.
tute what Is known as the Cracker Creek
district.
On the north side Of this easterly and
westerly ridge commences what Is known
as Cable Cove district and, following
over the ridge. Il comes down into the
Cove, surrounding the headwaters OF Sill
yer creek. The Cove proper Is about ter
or twelve miles from Sumpter, In north
westerly direction, ard about seven miles
from Bourne. The road leading TO Il fol.
lows the Powder river up to Silver creek
and follows that up to the Cove. u Is
practically a level road the whole dis
tance.
The Cove district was opened In 1880
by the Cable brothers, after whom Il was
named, aud II has been more or less
worked ever since. There are In excess
Of a hundred locations, but most OF them
have only had assessment work done upon
them. Something like twenty have been
pretty well opened. Only one stamp mll'
has been erected and that was on the Cal
iiornia mine. The ore there Is rebellious;
or rather Il is not easily worked by ANAL
yamation. The ore assays from SIX To
a hundred and twenty dollars per ton. The
ledge in the California Is from one to three
teet in width aud is generally high grade,
as mos, Of the ores In the district are.
The most prominent mine In the district,
because II has been most extensively
opened, is what is known rs the Eagle
group, owned BY J. e.. Young and Sal,
| axe parties. The ore is composed OF
various metals-gold, silver and lead pre-.
dominating, Al that has been worked
has been shipped to Everett, Tacoma and
other places tor reduction. II yields In
gold from forty to one hundred dollars per
ton, containing enough OF the other metals
10 largely pay for extraction. Mr.. Young
and I'd Rawson own what Is known as
the Last Chance mine, II being the north
extension Of the Eagle group. II Is also
shipping ore and is high grade-that
which has been shipped yielding very sat.
istattory returns.
The Herculaneum Is another location on
the same lead. Il was owned by +. l..
Manning and father. OF San Francisco,
but was bonded to other parties last fall.
I, bids iair to make valuable mine. II
Is from eight to twelve feet In width.
On the claims know as the Black
Dwarf and Sunset mines, Il is intended to
do important development work this sea-
son. including the erection Of a power
hoist.
A~~sh.x srn,,n kuo>Nn Is the Crown