Show ii 2 eastern oregon mining news the mining correspondence R IC I C i 1 4 i lei wa sumpter oregon july 23 at a meeting of the board of directors of the golden wizard held in tacoma on the it was decided to erect a hundred ton mill on the property at once no plans however have been adopted for the plant several tons of ore will be shipped to san francisco and denver where thorough tests will be made and a decision formed as to the kind of plant best suited to the reduction of the ore in the meantime the various machinery companies will submit plans and the matter will be passed upon as soon as the returns from the ore are received superintendent in states that it is the purpose of the company to start construction as soon as possible and that the mill will undoubtedly be in operation before the first of the year dr L 0 miller of three rivers michigan president of the company was here several days last week en route to tacoma and returned east after the meeting adjourned the golden wizard is located in the deer creek district and while a low grade proposition it has an enormous amount of ore development operations are proceeding very satisfactorily the drift tunnel is now in over feet and the company will block out a large amount of ore before the mill goes into commission dr ed W mueller general manager of the standard reports that the drift on the cleveland vein from the standard tunnel no I 1 has opened a four foot body of ore carrying a value of 30 per ton and 10 per cent copper the shoot it is stated extends for a considerable length recent as says from the rich standard shoot have gone as high as A corps of engineers is now making permanent surveys for a patent water right and the permanent workings of the mine A large amount of development work rork is being done frank ray manager and one of the owners of the dixie group on granite boulder creek left yesterday for san francisco to order machinery for a mill to be installed in a short time it is to be a twenty ton tour four foot kinkaid mill with a blake rock crusher and a four foot woodbury concentrating table the dixie group is a low grade proposition with soft ore and this sort of mill is said to be well suited to its needs water power will be employed to operate the plant and a foot flume will be built from granite boulder creek to the property A turbine water wheel will probably be employed to run the machinery the company is now installing a sa saw mill m ill with a daily capacity of feet t to cut lumber for the buildings A W moody of green day bay wis dent of the st louis company was in the city this week and in company with general manager anthony mohr visited the property this is his first trip to sumpter and he was greatly pleased with the district in general and the st louis in particular ti work was started yesterday on the st louis and it is understood that an extensive line of development will be carried on W wade general manager of the scandia tunnel company states that the formation of the crosscut cross cut is becoming much softer and that there is every indication that the vein is being approached the scandia crosscut cross cut is now in a distance of over 2300 feet and will give a depth of 1250 feet on the vein reports from the bear gulch where the rich deposit of free gold was discovered in limestone states that the ledge has been crosscut cross cut showing a width of sixteen feet it is said that the values are uniform and that the rock is exceedingly rich it is argued by some that the gold ore does not really occur in lime but in the siliceous seams however the owners are of the opinion that the gold is not confined to these seams alone but is found throughout the limestone the discovery has attracted a great deal of attention here since gold in paying quantities in limestone is unusual in the district work was started yesterday on the omaha group of claims in the cable cove district of which the gray investment company recently secured control the group contains seven claims located on what is supposed to be a continuation of the california ledge over feet of tunnel has already been driven during former ownership but nothing has been done within recent months assays essays from the face of the tunnel give an average value of 2792 there are three well defined ledges traced for a distance of three miles the baby mckee company operating the last chance in the cable cove district has ordered a hoisting plant and the machinery is now en route it is a hoist with a depth capacity of feet and will be operated by 60 horse power boilers already the timbers for the gallows frame have been hewed and other lumber is being prepared nell neil J sorensen president of the highland band company returned from a business trip to the east this week he says rays sumpter is well known and that great f faith alth is expressed in its future prosperity the hobson mercantile company which owns the bear gulch placers is making a preliminary survey for a tour four mile u from deer creek to the placer grounds ground this will be completed and will furnish water for next seasons operations the T ground is said to be rich but the 0 company has labored hitherto under the di difficulty faculty of insufficient water richard addems formerly superintend ent of the alpine has taken charge of the th quebec which was recently acquired by nv eastern people the company has already started work and it is understood that the th ten stamp mill on the property will soon go into commission it is stated by the management ot of the valley queen company that from the ap bearance pe arance of the formation the vein win will be encountered in a short time the crosscut being driven for the ledge is now in feet and in driving this distance several rich stringers an and d shoots were cut A is being sunk from the no 2 level to provide ground it is stated that the management of the bonanza is preparing to sink feet deeper which will give a total depth of 1200 feet one of the deepest wro kings in the district it is understood that the ore on the lower levels is eminently satisfactory which accounts for the companas comp anys going deeper manager BeI bellman Iman of the california states that the concentrating plant is nearing completion and will be in operation within ten days the mill is a 50 ton gyratory crusher with two standard concentrators tra tors T G GWYNNE |