Show OREGON baker city herald reports from the cornucopia camp state that work on the city men is now in full blast and that it will be continued indefinite inden nitey y kach each day that this will be one of the excellent mines of oregon are of the best sumpter american while here during the week T S kennerly stated that he had let a contract for driving feet of tunnel at the gold con property in the greenhorn district the tunnel is to be driven on the gold coin property which joins the golden ragle eagle on the end lines he reports that he has encountered exceptionally rich ore in the golden eagle ground and expects to find equally as good ore after passing into the gold coin ground sumpter american some time ago it was stated in these columns that the inde pen dence mine in the granite district would be reopened soon after the first of june manager walter G gleeson is now at the property for that purpose having gone out to the mine wednesday mr mir gleeson states the work to be done first will be to pump out the shaft now on independence vein from the bottom of the shafts drifts will be xun run both ways on he the t ledge and the ore bodies of the level fully explored for doing this a hoisting plant and other necessary machinery will be installed sumpter american Americ aix edmond R willets of trenton new jersey and T S kennerly the well known mining man of eastern oregon stopped in sumpter a couple of days week while on their way to susanville sanville Su where they are operating the ophir mine this property which they with associates have recently purchased the deal being closed the first of the week with john hughes the former owner who has been operating the mine the sale of this mine is one of the most important mining deals that has been in eastern ore oreon oregon on for some vine the first payment sa said d to have been having been made at the time possession was given to the purchasers 0 john hughes of Su sanville ore has sold the ophir property in the summerville district to thomas S kinnersly Kenn ersly and edmond R W ellets of trenton N J for 50 of which was paid in hand the ophir consists of the badger and the stockton claims and is one of the leading producers of that section having virtually paid from the grass roots A shaft is down feet and the new owners intend to ank another feet and then drift both ways on the ledge kinnersly Kenn ersly and willets have also secured a bond and lease on the golden eagle property in the greenhorn district which adjoins the gold coin the latter having been owned by mr ken nemly for some time A contract has been let to S C richardson for drifting a drift feet through the golden eagle to the intersecting line of the golden goin coin wallace N morphy of spokane president of the dixie meadows mining corn com anay announces that the mill on the property near prairie acty ore has resumed operations after five years idleness experts say the he company can develop a big mine if a method can be round to 10 save all the values in the ores |