The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-05-30
FREE COINAGE MILL.
Twenty Stamps to Be Put In
This Fall.

IllNV ' W 'Ii'lI IlIVl wv " lllF ! ice NsUIl
age claim. one OF the mos, promising min
ing properties IN the Cracker Creek dis
trct. They are: Edward Cannon, pres
ident Of the Northwestern Electric En-
gineering company and president of the
Sumpter Light and Power company; V.
a. Schlillng, city passenger agent Of the
Q. Il. Il n. CO., and Whitney l.. Boise
a lawyer, formerly chairman OF the rerub'
litan state central committee. The Free
Coinage adjoins the Mountain Belle
owned BY the STANDARD Oil company, on
the north aud the celebrated Golcondl on
the southwest. II is said that the Stand.
ard Oil company has made q substantial
otter for the property aud that the Gol.
sonda company stands ready 10 take il
any time II IS put on the market. II
would make q valuable addition to the re.
sources oi either the STANDARD OH or
tolcond, properties. Messrs. Cannon,
Schillng aud Boise have rejected all Of
iers looking to the sale OF the Free Coin.
age or stocking 1t. Satisfied that they
have good property, they are developing
II. with the intention oi getting out OF II
all tha, Is IN II for themselves.
The Free Coinage people are develop.
ing their property on lines approved hv
experience. Their tunnel and crosS,ut,
together with some stopping. have demon.
s,raicd that they have a good prospect.
They are NOW sinking 10 iInd out what is
IN the ground. Not q dollars worth ol
machinery will go up until the shaft de.
trrmincS the ii>> oi machinery best suited
10 the ores. !, is dangerous. il not sui.
tii,il 10 spend money tor machinery IN
eastern Oregon until development has
proved the kind ol machinery that Is
needed. The toltonda owners learned
this 10 their cost. They spent thousands
oi dollars tor 4 bromiJe.,hlorlnc plant,
only To ind after the machinery began
running tha, the orc susceptible 10 treat.
ment Nv the process pinchri out in IS feet.
he Tree Coinage people will spend I've.
tween 5000 aud 10000 In sinking a
shaft and blocking out ore. They cx.
pet when they get down 500 feet to know
whether or no, they have a mine. They
know nov that they have a prospect. hu, /
II Is depth ,ha, makes the mine. This is |
the method that Is being pursued Nv the /
Mountain Bell ana other properties. II is .
extremely costly, huI II is safest IN the .
long run.
Mr. Cannon houeh, the Fee Coinage
from Val {. Johnson aud Burt Rust on
September -, 1909. Previously he had
put IN two weeks securing the en,lre
ora,krf Creek district and a considerable
section oi the ';tecnhorn mountains Tor a
IirSt class prospect. lunneline and cross.
uttng 10 the amount oi $50 feet have
Nren done. The tunnel Is $50 ieet, de-
',loplng a depth oi ,oS lec,. In the DRIFT.
ng there have been developed two large
hutes, one oi which ISL Tee, wide and
he other s, ieet wide. IN the smaller
hu,e Tree milling ore running rs high rs
',io ton has been found. The average
,old values are S.,.|s per ton.
More work is being done on the Free
-onage than on any new property in the
,ratker Creek district. The owners are
'u,,lng in galus frame and hoisthouse
mi machinery, sufficient for sinking TO
600 ieet, is ON the ground ready ior in. ,
,alla,ion. The shaft is down nearly 7s .
Get. and pay ore was struck at the bot. ,
ON ot the shaft. Between oso and 700 ..
ons OF ore is on the dump.
! he Free Coinage owners have or.
cred a sawmill oi 10000 feet capacity per
nv "a IN, LLuiAcL inI 4 sllmn mill Il