Show THE HE NORTH POLE miner sumpter oregon there has been a rich strike at the north pole mine in the cracker creek district owned by the Ba rings of london even the management of that close mouth corporation admits as much but of course will give no details from other and apparently reliable sources however howe the miner hears that the rich ore body was encountered in tunnel mo 3 the streak varies from three to ten inches in width and the values are carried very largely in sulphur ets one wagon load about two tons so the story goes was hauled from the mouth of the tunnel to the office that was worth another load of 35 sacks 2800 pounds was still richer carrying to the ton this ore is not sent down on the train but is hauled in wagons and placed under lock and key the officers of the company themselves do not know the extent of this streak as it has not yet been worked out the north pole is one of the most scientifically opened up mines in the state the owners having r unlimited means and caring nothing for the output have pursued the policy of blocking out the ore the extraction of values being merely incident aland treating 11 only the ore that comes of necessity from the workings it is stated that in gold is now in sight |