The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-08-28
RICH BADGER MINE.
Knocks Rock From Gold and
Ships to the Mint.

from u trip to Susanville. While ]
that district he was shown through th
Badger. lie says the mine is II wonder
fully rich one; the ledge IL most remark
able formation. There IL eight fec
Of ore that carries from $40 To go
about two feet Of which goes from ~
to 800, on one side Of which IN u ric
streak, from two to four inches wide, q
free gold that carries values up into tn
the thousands.
All except this narrow streak IL
smelling ore. He brought back u sam
pie with him; u small chunk Of "gra.
copper" that assays about $500 in gold
The ore il shipped to San Francisco fo
treatment, and nothing less than hun
drcd dollar rock can be handled will
profit. Much Of il is concentrated will
hand jiggcrs, which reduces the bull
three or four into one.
IN the free gold ore, frequently mug
gets Of pure gold ARE found, from whicl
the quartz IL knock off and the metal Il
sent direct tO the mint.
The road from Austin to Susanvillc il
about impossible, even at this season o
the year, and il IL impossible To hau
heavy loads over II. This, of course
renders the shipment Of ore very expen'
sivc. The management Of the Badger
mine is now arranging to haul to Pen.
dleton, SO miles to the north, instead oi
TO Sumptcr, only half that distance, ~
heretofore. The business men Of thin
town would seem Ia m inexcusably
blind to their own interests, hopclessly
lacking IN enterprise, tn permit this
profitable trade to be taken away from
them, merely because u wagon road
needs repairing.
Regarding this matter Of Susanvillc
district transferring its trade tn Pendle-
ton, the Ukiah Sentinel says:
Susanville business men and mine
operators want to come this way to do
their frcighting and haul their ore TO
market. And in order Ia do this there
must bc II better road from the Grant
county line To that camp. They are
ready and willing to build part Of the
necessary road IL the business men of
Pcndlc,on will help to build the remain
der.
The superintendent of the Badger
mine will m in Ckiah soon on his way
to rcndlcton to lay the matter before
the board oi trade oi that city. II Is
though, that an appropriation can In
secured from the Grant county court,
which, together with private donations,
would insure good road.
The route oi the proposed new road Is
up Dcsolation creek from the old site oi
the lsaacs sawmill, ON the North Fork,
thence over the divide aud across the
head oi Big creek to the head Of Elk
creek and down Elk creek to Susanville.
l, is said that good road can be made
ON this route for u comparatively small
sum. Owing Ia its being sheltered by
high mountains most oi the way, il
would he easily kept open for travel all
winter.
The business men Of tkiah should
help the road in every way possible, for
ii it is built il will mean n great deal for
this town as well as Pcndlton. II will
open up nm entirely new market ior
dairy products, baled hay, shingles, gro
ccrics aud provisions oi all kinds, be-
sides bringing an enormous travel this
way, which now goes Ia Baker City.
lieppner business men are already
taking steps toward securing the Susan
,.;ll., ,ra.l., f.r that tnwn IL L. nrnnns..l