Show OREGON OR EGON 7 ampter gold fields the owners of the flower property near the golconda cut 0 r big ledge at a depth of feet after W ning a crosscut feet long Atthe at the time aking last report the ledge had been 12 feet without the further wall be visible on the surface the ledge there EO 0 feet wide and is expected to hold about t width with depth grants rants pass mining journal geo W I 1 W J weimer of the deep gravel min company came in tuesday from waldo ih the clean up from their property A reames of jacksonville the secretary ved ived in town the same evening the gen men en said they had a good seasons run but nother another season hope to be better prepared save ave the fine gold sumpter miner aliner james higgins who was re e about a year ago and bought the owl I 1 elephant group cable cove district for ta fa ryland syndicate which he represents ived in sumpter several days since to look er the property he and eugene bartholf nt at out to the mine monda monday y last fall a ge body of good ore was explored since arrival here mr higgins has made a pay nt of on this group another is due sixty days work has been suspended for vera era months but will be resumed at an aly ly day the gentlemen returned to town esterday afternoon when mr higgins stated st abed at it he will soon let a contract for feet of rk council advance ed ford came in from ack lake tuesday after opening the road er smith mountain to the lake they oke through snow for four miles some ices aces fifteen feet deep teams can now go i and we may expect a rush in there mr rd ird will put men to work on the big blo away from the mine to the mill and finish finish ing the pipe from the lake to the mill is is one of the largest mining concerns in aho they have a 50 ton mill nearly comete and enough ore in sight to run it for enty years rs and it is estimated by con men that there is in sight here acre are already a good many other gold oper ties in that vicinity and we expect to 6 several companies operating there before ie season is over sumpter gold fields manager seymour bell of the north pole extension commy which recently acquired what is known the yosemite group is preparing for ex cx naive development of this property W r Tib balls of salt lake is the principal and is backing up the development lent ent mr Tib balls is one of the most prom bent abent mining men and financiers of the west and nd his advent into the sumpter gold fields i i hailed balled with joy by all enterprising oper acors the yosemite group is on the first big parallel vein east of the north pole E E columbia and golconda vein which is often spoken of as the mother lode of the district four claims are on the ledge which is very large well defined with a bold outcrop and gives good returns from the surface assays essays made |