| Show custom mills for cable cove district 0 SPECIAL correspondence sumpter ore jan 9 C R townsend has resigned the of the california to take charge of the development of the gold hill a southern oregon property in which he and sumpter associates are interested L R bellman manager of the california company will spend a great deal of his time in the future at the mine and B P grohe formerly of rossland B C will take charge of the mill in this way mr townsends Town sends place will be supplied to mr townsend is largely due the credit of establishing a successful mill practice for the treatment of cable cove ore after much experiment the process is now recognized to be eminently successful as is evidenced by the operation of the california mill mr townsend expects to return in the spring and take charge of the construction of custom mills in the cable cove district in which he and the baby mckee people are interested he states that these mills have been assured beyond any question and that much of the machinery will be shipped this winter they will be constructed ted along the lines of the california mill and will have a daily capacity of tons each one will be located near the last chance operated by the baby mckee company and the other at the red chief a site for which has already been leased this will give a plant on each divide accessible to a majority of the cable cove mines mr townsend is of the opinion that the cable cove is one of the best leasing districts in the country the sumpter smelter which was blown in a few days ago and regarding which an account has already appeared in this correspondence spon dence is now in successful operation treating about tons of ore a day the initial work of blowing in and getting things under way has not been attended with the usual breaks and mishaps incident to starting up new machinery the force was largely increased this week and everything is now going t mast satisfactorily dr ed W mueller general manager of the standard in the quartzburg Quartz burg district states that a new ore body was disclosed recently on a drift following a shoot intersecting the north drift on the cleveland vein this intersecting shoot has gained rapidly in strength with distance until it now measures four feet in the face and from the appearance of the ore good values in gold silver and copper may be expected though dr mueller says no assays essays have been made on the face of the crosscut from the standard vein the rock is beginning to show from which it is evident that a vein is being approached otto herlocker general manager of the highland returned this week to resume work after the holiday suspense A good force of men is employed and operations will be carried on uninterruptedly the mining firm of burch burbridge now engaged in making an examination of the magnolia will put in a small roaster and testing plant for the purpose of determining the values of the ore and the best method of treating it this property as previously stated was bonded by hon geo J barrett of granite in the interest of burch burbridge who it is understood are soon to take it over and operate it in connection with their independence an adjoining property F A E starr returned this week from portland where he turned a greenhorn property ty in which he is interested over to san francisco people who it is understood will start development work in a good scale at once once G W boggs of tacoma who perfected the golden fleece deal a short time ago arrived this week work has been started at the golden fleece under the ownership and sinking operation on the ore body is to be continued mr boggs son ray has charge of the development work A L mcewen a member of the firm of mcewen arthur mcewen proprietors of the sumpter testing sampling works 4 left this week on a mining trip to detroit michigan it is understood that he is going east on an important mining deal which will probably be closed during his absence walter crone superintendent of the gold bug was in this week and stated that satisfactory is development progress is being madei made A report from the I 1 X L in the greenhorn district states that a fabulously rich strike has been made in the lower workings from reliable sources it is learned learne d that the ores goes to the ton and is among the richest ever encountered in this property noted for its high grade stuff those who have seen the ore say that it is hardly possible to put down a pin point without its coming in contact with free gold the I 1 X L mill recently installed is now in successful operation with cyanide plant and all modern appurtenances for ore treatment J win wilson manager of the listen lake property ca came me in this week and states that the shaft is now down sixty feet in better ore than ever disclosed before at the property he is preparing to add another shift to carry on development work continuously A good strike is reported from the great western in the cracker creek ditri district ct A threefoot three foot loot lead was encountered during the progress of development work which it is stated shows values of a highly satis satisfactory fac aary nature A key to the mining and business situation in the sumpter district for the past twelve months may be found in the amount of freight handled by the sumpter valley railway co for this period general passenger and freight agent joseph barton states that the freight handled by the road for the past twelve months exceeds in tonnage that of any like period during the companas comp anys history T G GWYNNE |
