Show THE PRAIRIE DIGGINS MINE american sumpter oregon the new stamp mill for the prairie diggins mine is nearly completed and it is expected that within two weeks the twenty five stamps will be pounding out bullion the camp is a scene of actie activity ity and development work is being pushed steadily in the two long tunnels the group comprises the rich kich mans miner boy boer butler and gregory claims in the prairie city district which were recently purchased by the hoosier booster boy gold gola mining company the present development consists of two tunnels on the rich mans and miner boy claims and feet in length crosscutting cross cutting 11 two ledges led cres the first one feet wide and the second 50 feet wide with an average depth of feet the values of the ore bodies are said to average 8 per ton and they have been traced for 1500 feet the company is composed mainly of michigan capitalists and is officered by E J foster grass lake mich president J W messner saginaw mich secretary W F shaler grass lake mich vice president and M D winder spokane wash general manager it is incorporated with the authorized capital stock of par value shares 1 besides owning t the prairie diggins mine the company also owns and is operating the buckhorn group of mines in kootenai county idaho after the mill test on the ores of the prairie diggins mine which resulted in its purchase the stock of the company advanced from 25 cents to 80 cents per share which speaks volumes for the confidence the stockholders have in the newly acquired property the surface equipments are complete and it is is expected that the twenty five stamp mill be doubled in capacity a few months after its operation op aeration era tion the company feels it has one of the biggest things in the west and will develop the group very extensively adding such machinery as becomes necessary |