| Show OREGON grants pass journal the three placer claims on whiskey creek and rogue river belonging to col C R paris were this week bonded to H B luce and marcus robbins under a long bond mr luce is at the property getting it in order for this winters run sumpter gold fields A very rich strike of free gold is reported to have been made in the greenhorn district A ledge has been found on the property of C W michael that measures eight feet in width and pans free gold across its entire face the depth and extent of this pay shoot have not yet been determined ter mined the property is in the vicinity of the psyche mine which is now installing 0 its stamp mill sumpter miner bucknum and wilson have secured the old deadwood property the north extension of the morris patented claims three and a half miles north of greenhorn city last friday a force of men and supplies were taken out to the property and active work begun this mine has pro in the past the values are seventy five ounces of silver per ton besides gold and copper fourteen tons of ore are now on the dump sumpter pter miner charles S miller man ager for the old arras tra gold mining company was in town last week this companas comp anys holdings are on granite creek about a mile anda and a half east of the cougar mr miller reports plenty of high 1 grade grey copper ore in ill sight bight which carries consid considerable era ble gold the work of sinking the shaft has been delayed somewhat during dur ing the past week on account ofa of a considerable inflow of water A new pump of sufficient capacity has been ordered and the work of sinking will be pushed as rapidly as possible sumpter american sinking on the old Apra stra property of the granite district finds a wider vein and much better values which were good at the surface captain miller reported this week that an additional depth of th thirty airty five feet had been made in that distance the vein has widened froni from two feet to nearly three and the values in free gold are very high this is 19 the vein uncovered while scraping under the arrastia to pick up wasted values that had been deposited there in former years at that point the ore pann panned ed very high and is becoming 1 richer without losing its free character |
