| Show OREGON sumpter american when in sumpter the first of the week N berkley reported the tunnel at the gold hill property on buffalo mountain where he has a small force employed in development work had cut a stringer of fine looking ore and expects to reach the ledge any time the ore in the stringer is of the same appearance as rich quartz found in the buffalo vein baker city herald B R G parker one of the proprietors of the tom paine mine who has been here in consultation with P J powers manager of the mine for several days will leave tonight for chicago mr powers and mr parker informed a reporter for the herald this afternoon that tom paine matters are now in excellent shape and the work of sinking a 3 00 foot shaft on the bonanza vein will begin at once sumpter american mr F E cabell stopped over a couple of days on his return to granite from a business trip to baker city this week going out thursday mr Cabel lowns quartz properties near the la bellevue mine which he has been developing for a number of years and feels that he is about to open up a rich ledge the vein has a splendid showing of rich ore and he expects to soon open it at some depth sumpter american at the nugget group on mccullye lys fork where A J denny is working a crew of seven in driving a foot tunnel for the of the property over feet of the tunnel has been completed and it is expected the face will be under the shaft by the first of december A new building for accommodation of the men has just been completed and the nugget camp is now quite comfortable grants pass outlook the construction of the smelter building in alameda district district is going forward with rapid strides andia and if the good weather continues the structure will be enclosed in a few days should conditions be favorable the building will be completed within a month some of the heavy machinery has already been placed and ather ther parts will be set as fast as possible the engines and air compressor are arc already in place and the drills are on the ground ready to enter upon the work in the mines as soon as the power can be applied baker city herald H W kent a mining promoter of chicago has just closed a deal where whereby y i thet je T C livsey group of claims recently local people passes to M fackenthal of brooklyn N Y and associates the new firm also alm purchased some claims adjoining the livsey property and now has about sixteen in all they claim to have a new process for treating base ore and contemplate the erection of a plant either in baker city or sumpter the tha new process consists of roasting the base ore mr kent and his party are in sumpter today looking over the country |
