Show RICH cornucopia PLACER I 1 american su sumpter ampter ore report comes from cornucopia in the northern part of the county of a new placer discovery that reads like those told of the pioneer days when placer mining was the leading industry of eastern oregon the find fl nd is said to be a large deposit of very tich rich gravel encountered in a drift mr underwood of baker is the principal owner of the property and it was through a letter and shipment of gold dust from this his partner C H rhodes who is pushing work on the property that the report comes the shipment of gold amounted to over following axe are extracts from mr rhodes letter 1 I 1 am sending two packages containing 48 ounces of gold the pay in the crosscut at present is over 10 ounces per shift I 1 cannot work more than two shifts to good advantage but will shove this tunnel ahead until we find the width of the pay streak the largest nugget is from the cleanup on monday the and weighs the next largest weighs 1050 and several nearly 1000 as you will see As we proceed the gold grows coarser and more of it last saturdays cleanup amounted to more than 10 ounces and the average for the balance of the week was over five ounces per day the underwood mine is located about two miles below cornucopia on boulder creek and has been known before for its rich placer beds |