Show tj eastern oregon M mines nes special mining review correspondence j j j 1 sumpter oregon may 9 dr E W mueller general manager of the oregon smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company of this place has just perfected a deal with bela kadish owner of the baker city sampling works whereby the sampling works was taken over by a lease and will be operated by the smelting smelling sm elting company the acquisition of the sampling plant places the smelting smelling sm elting company on a through line of transportation and gives it the advantage of a depot and warehouse at the terminus of the sumpter valley railroad which reaches this property here it also nas the further advantage of affording the means of taking care of consignments consign ments less than carload lots and effecting a settlement with the owner of ores shipped to the smelter before they reach their desti antion here it is understood that the plant is to be enlarged in order to take care of f the trade which the smelting smelling sm elting company is rapidly building up the smelter is now completed and will blow in just as soon as the siding aiding from the sumpter valley railroad is completed nell neil J sorensen president of the highland gold mines company returned this week from a trip to the property he reports that a rich ore snoot three feet wide has been encountered and entered some distance this ore shoot was encountered thirty feet from the point where the bannock durn burn crosscut opened the vein in the drift of the shoot a medium grade of milling ore was passed through this was rather darker than the high grade stuff and showed more iron ahe he shoot is now three feet wide and as the work gees ahead it is spreading across the drift with every indication that in a short distance it will fill the tunnel the entire three feet averages between 30 and 40 R J davison of bath new york president of the oregon mines exploration company owning and operating the snow creek property arrived in the city this week and made a trip to the mine anine he was accompanied by charles M brown of denver who is seeking mining investments in the district president davison is well pleased with the management of the property and its state of development the snow creek company has finished plans for a ten stamp mill and has called for bids the mill will be installed this summer adrian G hanauer a spokane mining man was here this week and perfected a transfer for the victor group in the cracker creek district the property has now passed into the hands of mr hanauer and eastern business associates it was a cash transaction while no sum aum is named it is understood that the transfer represented a considerable amount of money albert geiser of the geiser hendryx company takes charge of the property as its superintendent development operations will be pushed vigorously during the season A compressor plant and other accessory machinery will be installed as the work progresses the victor group represents five full claims and contains the continuation of the cracker oregon ledge the california company is continuing to sack ore at its cracker creek mine awaiting a better condition rf of roads for shipment A burch of spokane who recently tool took a bond on the independence was in the city this week and let a contract for feet of tunnel A snyder and P 1 D jones of duluth both heavily interested in sumpter mining properties were in the city this week and expressed themselves as highly pleased with the outlook work was resumed this week on the lucky boy in the bonanza district A P jones president and general manager of the company took a large crew of men and ample provisions to the mine and will carry forward development operations extensively the lucky boy group it will be remembered was financed recently by worcester mass people through h the efforts of P D healy a member of the company the present plan is to install a mill on the property the latter part of the season the manager of the golconda mine james howard states that the property is making the best showing in its history A few days ago an average sample taken across the big seventy feet above the tunnel level and in the best part of the yielded a return of 32 a ton for a width of about six feet this must not na bo be taken to indicate the average of the shoot but it shows the remarkably fine lenses which occur from time to time in the shoots of high grade milling ore the company is now pushing development work into the wide west claim under the great outcrop with all possible rapidity I 1 A J trimble secretary and treasurer of the annalulu group returned this week from a business trip to chicago the slices gulch placer company operated by the killen warren stewart company made a small cleanup clean up this week and among several very tine fine nuggets was one weighing 1 ounces worth 30 the slices gulch people have just started up their sawmill which was installed last fall and which is now cutting feet a day D T mccoy sup superintendent erint en dent of the th e olive creek placers and other property operated by the killen warner stewart t ne peddle was in the city this week for an arditi additional force of men to operate the 1 n night shift sn the water is running in the dite ditches iles night nh and annl day and ani the placers will ITI be i operated ri continuously there is some three feet feet ot snow still on the ground which assures all a 11 abundant supply of water and a long se sea son the company has now twenty baell menar at work which probably jo is the largest placer force employed at any of the diggings in eastern oregon E edmund guessen of the engineering firra firm of guessen clarke has been retained as consulting engineer for all of the properties operated by the killen warner stewart company he began worl work with them on the first of the month the carpenter hill mining company composed of troy N Y people operating in the pocahontas district is excavating for a five stamp mill which is to be installed on the property at once |