The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-07-25
QUARTZBURG MINES.
Interesting Facts Regarding
This New Eldorado.


over In the Quartburg district, and gath.
cred these interesting facts regarding that
new Eldorado:
The first mine visited was the Willie
Boy, owned by Ed. Mcintyre. This
property has two lodges; one running
north and south carrying gold and silver,
the ore assaying from ten to sixty dollars.
The width Of the ledge Is from one to
five feet. II is developed by seventy.
five foot trosscut and fifty feet Of drift.
The ore is lead. galena and iron and cop.
per sulphides. II lays in the diorte and
granite formation.
The other ledge runs northeast and
southwest and carries copper, gold and
silver. The copper will run from fifteen
to twenty-five per cent, and the gold and
silver will 60 about fifteen dollars to the
ton. The character Of the ore Is copper
pyrites with a heavy cobalt stain. The
width Of the ledge will average about ten
feet. Mr.. Mcintyre has two other claims
adjoining, the lXL and Pearl, one on the
northeast and the other on the southwest.
These two claims both show good values
in copper. This group lays north OF the
Standard group and on the same copper
belt. Ore from the copper ledge is identi.
al TO that OF the Copper King.
Courteous and attentive treatment was
received AZ the Copper King by Albert
Mendenhall. the foreman, by showing the
visitors through the mine and willingly
answering any questions asked.
A force Of men are at work crOsseutting
northwest 10 catch the foot wall and are
In about sixty feet. They have ten or
fifteen lee, further TO 20.
As soon ~ the thirty-ton experiment is
made AT the Sumpter smelter, and proves
satisfactory TO the owners, 4 stamp mill
will be put ny To handle the large quan.
tity Of ore taken out OF this mine. About
five tons have been delivered to the
smelter and about nifty tons is sacked and
on the dump ready for shipment. Owing
to hayIng, teams are scarce, but as soon
rs possible the remaining TWENTY-FIVE
tons will ne shipped to the smelter.
Dinner was taken al the camp Of Fritz,
Dwyrr and Reynolds, and too much ,an.
not he SAID in praise of the treatment re.
trived al the hands Of these gentlemen.
The meal was ;irSt.claSS and Fritz proved
himself "a I've a genuine COOK. Several
months ago these gentlemen secured a
two.yeaTs bond On the Lone Star group
OF claims, ant from that time until re.
crntiy have been doing development
work. The ore is base down twenty teet,
where oxidation takes place and makes II
free. The ore proper Is Sulphide. About
seven tons o! ore is on the dump and
from ASSAYS made goes ninr,y.ivr dollars
10 the ton.
They recently secured ninety days
bond on the Clayton and Guker group
atIoss the gulch from the Lone Star, and
have a tsy and night crew at work.
This group consists Of the Chipmonh,
Daylight and farview. The bond also
takes in the water and placer rights.
Drifting Is being done on an ore shoot
coming 10 surface thirty feet ahead. Al
the bottom o: the shaft the ore assays
sixteen joiiars-thTee and !. per cent
copper ana the balance in gold. Eight
hundred dollars was taken from the sur.
face 0! this property last year and milled
at Quartlburg.
The Willie Boy, STANDARD, Lone Star
and Clayton and Guker groups are all
situated on the east fork Of Dixie creek.