The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-06-25
SENSATIONALLY
RICH STRIKE
In the North Drift OF the Red
Boys Monarch Ledge.

SeVcral days since IL was reported tina
there had been a rich strike in the Re,
Boy mine. TmE MINER made no effor
at the time to secure the facts and de
tails, knowing that the policy Of tn
management has been to say no,hin
about the property for publication.
reporter Of one oi the Baker City papers
however, attempted to interview Clarl
Taber, one Of the owners of the mine
on the subject and verify the report. II,
went about the business in rather ~
adrOit manner, and succeeded in mnkin,
the Sphinx say: 81 haven't been to tn,
mine in II couple Of weeks, hut hav,
heard of no new strike there. llao
there been one, ] suppose some on,
would have told me-" Then the news
paper man remarked that it was report.
cd that body of $3.50 ore had been un.
covered, and Mr.. Tabcr forgot himself
for u moment and admitted that "Thcrc
is lots of $3.50 rock in the Red Boy. A
strike of that kind wouldn't excite any
special interest in the company office"
That was m important admission,
coming from the source il did, 80 the
writer determined to once more make
an effort Ia penetrate the forbidden
realm Of secrecy cnshroudcd Red Boy
affairs. Now, Hon. J. II. Robbins,
treasurer of the company since it, con.
sOlidation with the Concord, which deal
he engineered, differs in opinion with
the officers oi the old company, in that
he does not consider n mine u sacred
thing, nor yc, Ia discuss its character II
proianc sacrilcye; 80 hc very readily and
courtcously talked al the mos, recent
strike, prciacing his information with
this significant statement;
"Iou know, the Red boy H. not u
specimen mine. Its ore bodies are
large aud uniform in value; varying, oi
course, in diiicrcn, localities. No pock.
cts have ever been found. When I'M
usually rich ore has been found, i, has
been n shoot, al various lengths and al
ways goes down. This new strike IL,
therefore, an important and valuable
one. | haven't seen IL myself and can't
give you the details, but am going out in
u day ar two Ia sec what IL looks like"
Mr.. Robbins then proceeded Ia state
what had been rcuorted Ia him, in his
official capacity. Like the great Col.
conda strike, this marvclously rich ore
body was found by sinking winzc. II
was sunk on the tunnel level. in the
drift known as the "Nlonarch north !"
that il the drift, on the Golden Monarch
vein north Of where il is cut by the tun-
mel, vertical depth Of only nbou, +OO
feet. II is up near the Excelsior com.
pany's property. The shaft, perhaps
1000 feet to th. south, is aDO feet below
the tunnel level. and no such ore has
bsen found there, 81 this tind indicates
that the ledge carries greater values the
further north Il goes, which increase
with depth. Asa matter Of fact, con.
sidering the character oi the vein, this
discovery seems u prove conclusively
that values Increase unusually fast with
depth that tabuiously rich ore will In
taken from the Monarch vein near its
northern end line and beyond.
MIR. Robbins could not give the assay
value Of the or. but stated that it was
the richest yet found in the Red Boy
mine, and that those who had examined
il are very much elated over the find
Asked M to values found in other work.
ings, he said that the highest previously |
found were in the Concord claim, where
there is body Of ore blocked out that
runs from $500 to $1,000 ton in gold. So