The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-06-04
GOOD WORK AT
CRACKER-OREGON
Will Soon Begin Using E. &
E. Air Drills.

Opmcnt company, Whlch oWhs thc
Crackcr-Oregon group, IA representative
OF Tmg MINER visited and thoroughly in.
spcctcd that property Il few DAYS since.
II is the nearest working mine to Bourne (;
in fact, the mouth Of the lower tunnel II
In the corporate limits Of that town. IL
consists Of four claims and fraction,
the Cracker, Oregon, Pembroke and the
Thunder Mountain placer claim. The
fraction in also u placer location. The
first two were located more than dozen
years ago and are patented ground. The
others have been located by the COM
pany since IL bought the two from Clark
rabcr last February.
Warren Cable IL in charge Of the work
as superintendent. His IL nm interest
ing personality and II volume could bc
written about him and his mining ex-
pericnccs IN the gold fields of eastern
Oregon, but this is not the place for that
enhancing story. II IL entirely P"r'i.
ncnt, however, to remark here that he
has been mining in the districts contig-
uous to Sumptcr ever since Bald noun
tain was hole in the ground twenty
seven years, Ia state the ease accurately
which If n long, long weary agc for II
prospcctor aud miner Ia remain IN one
region. lie, therefore. knows the dis
trict M well M, IL not better than, any
other man IN IL. II was under his guild
ancc that the writer examined the prop
erty; for Mr.. Brown doesn't claim the
distinction of being u "mining expert
he in still u tcndcrioot, but is an apt
pupil of master craftsman and il learn.
ing plenty fast,
Twenty or thirty fee, above Cracker
creek IL the mouth oi the new tunnel ,
now in thirty or forty feet. Near by is
the recently completed blacksmith shop.
There are three or four other buildings
ON the property, from five To ten years
old, conveniently located all in good re-
pair, that will bc used Tor offices, bunk
and boarding houses. This new tunnel
will be- driven 200 feet to Gu, the vein,
which has been uncovered IN IN open
cut ut that point. Comparatively little
depth will bc gained in that distance,
perhaps scvrnty.iivc feet, but the pur-
pose oi running il there il obvious and
pract cal. The dirt and rock IL needed
to grade n site for u mill, which will bc
located Just there, making the delivery
Of ore more convenient and economical
than at any other mine IN the district.
The mill must bc on the creek and this
tunnel has been started ~ near by as
possible. A trcs,lc has been con-
structcd over the low ground, from
which the ears will hc dumped.
l, is scarcely necessary to state that all
this preliminary work has been careful
~ planned and admirably executed
when il il known that Warren Cable
was in charge,
Three shifts ri two men each are en-
ployed in driving the tunnel and IN n
few days ~ many more will bc put on,
when work will bc started on an upper
tunnel, Arrangements have been made
Ia NJ. the water power and air drills oi
the famous old r., n r., the mill Of
which is only abou, 100 yards away.
These power drills will be employed just
as soon as needed, when the hard coun.
try ruk is encountered. For the pres.
ent hand drilling is preferable.
Superintendent Cable says IL is the
most Sdvantascously located ledge in
eastern Oregon to work that the mine
rxn be developed with more ease, less