The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31
GOLD FIELDS OF
EASTERN OREGON.
F. J. Hard's Good Story in
Daily Mining Record.

Springs, issued an excellent special
Mining Congress edition July 22, in
which is an article on the "UndevelOped
Fields of Eastern Oregon" Though IL
was not signed, IL was evidently written
by +. j. Hard, of Portland, and in part
IL as follows:
Your correspondent just returned
from u fortnights sojourn in eastern
Oregon. The term eastern Oregon sig
niiies that one has been within 100 miles
or so Of Baker City and is satisfactory to
the residents Of the state. II we are talk
ing to wheat and grain men, they know
exactly where We have been; To stock
men, they know where we have been,
and IL mining IL the topic Of conversa-
ton, everyone knows that we landed Mt
Baker City, via the fast train Of the o.
X. Il \. railway and il is pretty certain
that our departure from that town was
over the Sumptcr Valley narrow gauge,
over which the genial Joseph Barton
holds the rcins and tells Conductor
Baird Ia treat the boys right.
Sumptrr is the live city about thirty
miles distant, where the distribution is
done, and from whence the Alamo,
Granite, Bald mountain, Cracker creek
and Cable Cove districts are connected
10y stage lines.
Three days were spent most agrccably |
with \. W. Dunn at Quartzburg, whose J.
stories oi the present and past were Of
the samc size; those oi the past being |
early days in Colorado and the famous
san Juan, Many ol the old-tmc friends .
aud acpuaintanccs were talked Of, and ,
the opening up of that great country,
thrilling accounts oi its early develop
mcnt We're well gone over, but as Mr..
Dunn showed these chunks oi gold and
the plats oi his Yankee Boy group, his
eyes plis,cncd and he said: "Fcllows,
you cant beat that in Colorado" This
group extends from his cabin Ia
the summit Of Cougar ridge, embracing
much Of the western slope oi the ridge,
which is all Of 1900 feet above the creek.
VIZ WV ''s' Th'', htti' "toW tUt
summit, commences the property Of the
Coppcropolis company, extending to the
east fork Of Dixie creek. This il won
dcriul proposition, substantial buildings
are completed, the company has also
bull, good wagon road and have COM
menced driving large working tunnel,
which will give II great depth, and il
onc-iourth Of what il shown ON the sur
face Is verified as to either quality or
quantity, it will make one of the largest
ore bodies In the northwest. No one
but our friend Dunn could find such
properties and he says thanks To the
Of silver, Ms that is what drove
him from his Colorado home.
The description of these coppcr-gold
ore bodies are too large To be told and
the present development reveals 80 much
that one has To see II to believe il.
Close by these properties il the Copper I
King group, n most promising property
large values In copper and gold,
also cobalt in paying quantities is being
mined by this company. This company :
has done much intelligent development !
work, has purchased a smclter and il
arranging to erect II on the ground has
! large force of wood cutters piling up d
many cords day, and they hope before !
all u be treating their own ore. In the 4.
istrict il the Cleveland group and also 4
he Willie Boy claims, both promising n
The Sherbundy group have Z
fine copper ledge and further up ON !,
,e ridge 10 the Cougar property, with a I,