Show OREGON sumpter miner A beautiful sample of ore from the golconda mine rests on the counter of the hotel sumpter this particular piece is of value representing hundreds of dollars per ton they are now sacking and shipping ore from the same drift this was taken from which gives returns of from to per ton in gold sumpter miner fifteen men have been at work at the gold bug grizzly until recently completing the assessment work on the entire group manager hennessy now has a force at work running a drift so as to tap the main working shaft at a depth of fifty feet and so arranging the work that all the surface water will be carried away without draining into the sump by this means the shaft can be sunk feet without the necessity of putting in a pump sumpter american superintendent moffatt of the oregon monarch reports that the crosscut cross cut tunnel tannel is now feet long and indications point to the early intersection ter section of the first vein during the last month a distance of feet was made which is pronounced excellent work two leyner drills are used on full time and results are assured at an early date several stringers have been crossed in the drift which indicate ore near the tunnel should give a depth of about feet when it strikes the vein oregon gold fields the morning star group in the baldy mountain district has again commenced work on its property in the early developments of the property considerable sid erable interest and at tenion was taken in this group the showings were exceptionally tio nally fine and caused a number of parties to seek to come into possession of it that it might be operated on a large scale the work done on the property has exposed the main vein almost feet by means of tunnels tunnel the work recently commenced is for the purpose of further opening this ore body sumpter american W N winchester representing the ingersoll sergeant drill I 1 company is in the camp visiting the mining men mr winchester is an experienced mining man but has spent most of his time in the mechanical work pertaining to the production of the precious and useful metals for a period he was connected with the leyner company but latterly has been the traveling representative of the inger so soll sargeant company six or seven years ago he visited this district and is surprised to note the great changes that have taken place all the mining operators will be visited with the purpose of enlisting them among the patrons of the concern that has the record for the manufacture of a serviceable efficient compressor and drill prairie city miner about ten days ago a five foot ledge of almost pure cobalt ore was struck in the breast of the lower tunnel in the standard mine at quartzburg Quartz burg the company have tried to keep this secret but it has at last leaked out zoeth houser came in from Quart tuesday evening on his way to echo where his children are visiting with relatives mr houser made the statement in regard to the report of the five foot ledge lately struck in the standard mine that while some of the ore was pure metal some of it was not so high grade thus qualifying the report to a certain extent he also said that the shipment of one carload of concentrates about fifteen tons were nearing completion as only fifty two sacks or about pounds thereof still remains at the mine for shipment these concentrates contain about 10 per cent copper 8 per cent cobalt and 10 0 in gold |