Show OREGON A special from huntington says news was received here last evenings evening of an extraordinary gold discovery in the lower malheur malteur region aboud twenty miles from this place A ledge of free milling ore averaging as high as 1940 per ton was struck and located by a prospector whose name is as yet unknown to the correspondent the information was received c on good authority and a number of experts p erts left town this morning to ascertain the authenticity of the report and to make adjoining locations if possible sumpter miner J A hilliker of the western union mining company which owns two groups of claims on rock creek both direct extensions of the north pole came in from that property a few days since and left for his home in minneapolis where here w is located the companas comp anys main office he has finished all of the buildings and now has two full crews of men at work opening up both groups the monte cristo consisting of two and a half ahall claims on north pole hill and the gold bug across rock creek on the opposite mountain tunnels are being driven on both which will be drifts on the yein after about feet in each are driven sumpter american M E bain the mining man spent a portion of the week in cable cove inspecting the work at the overland a and nd also noting t progress in the cove he says that the cove has more evidence of life than ever before besides the work often mentioned on the california imperial overland red chief and crown point dark clark is doing development work on the poor boy where he has a good showing the owners of the mormon group 6 are also engaged opening that property to better advantage several small interests are active giving the cove an ex beeding air of life across the divide toward the john day the activity is unabated several well known properties being under course of development mr bain says that the work centering around the cove cannot fail to impress the most casual observer with the great future of that rich liitle district baker city herald louis a miner owning a claim adjoining the famous white swan mine came into town yesterday laden down with nuggets r which he secured from the property the largest weighed the claim is located in the gulch connecting e with the white swan and mr stated the find was the result of sundays work it is a placer prop proposition position and the water being pumped from the white swan shaft is used in his opera eions the water is pumped into the gulch where a dam has been constructed several large sized nuggets were brought in the sold to william 0 one no mentioned was and has been placed upon exhibition in his saloon adjoining the herald office the specimen is a magnificent one and a number of offers have been made for it it is virtue gold without a doubt |