Show OREGON sumpter american after thoroughly coving the continuity of the vein the length of three claims on the ruby group by pen open cuts christ jensen has started crosscut cut tunnel of feet to tap it at a depth of approximately feet the vein parallels the the big dixie meadows vein and the open cuts show it 15 to 20 feet wide with values high as 22 per ton the group comprising three claims is located at the head of ruby creek with excellent facilities facility facil it es for economical work myrtle creek mail G W billings of marial and attorney mellinger of portland have evidently found the mother lo 10 de in iii that region at the keystone quartz mine they have uncovered a large ledge of high grade ore and will soon erect a mill an and concentrators at their mine jacksonville sentinel J E willett who has been superintending super intending work at the opp mine for some time past put in several days the first or the week over at the oregon egon belle mine overhauling the new air compressor and drills 1 that hat have just been installed by that enterprising company work will be pushed rapidly on the tunnels there now two shifts being used on each drill and things kept moving day and night sumpter miner elmer E cleaver came up from baker city this morning on a min ing deal to which he refuses to give pub lacity just now he says that the indiana copper mine at medical springs in which he is interested is turning out big A shaft is now down feet with drifts at that evel in two directions we have two breasts of the prettiest copper ore you ever saw 11 says mr cleaver we are below the secondary formation and are in the primary ore deposits the future of the indiana Is therefore secure grants pass mining journal L B wickersham manager of the granite hill mine was a business business caller in grants pass monday he reports that the most important feature of work at the property is the preparation for installing a water power plant two ditches are already completed to bring water under a foot head fron from both forks of louse creek to the power house where the wheel and generator are now being put in position when completed it is expected that the plant will generate not less than horsepower A dispatch from baker city says the management of the maxwell mine on rock creek is installing stalIng in a water power plant at its new mill the aerial tramway feet long is also in course of construction five stamps will be operated all winter superintendent perin al geiser of the gem mine in sparta district came in yesterday having in his possession ros session some of the richest specimens of ore yet discovered in that property they were from the strike recently made on the foot level mr geiser says they were picked at random from a car as it came from the mine the mill is running night and day on very rich ore the montezuma and bunker hill properties in the cracker dreek creek district have been consolidated warren i cable has been appointed appoint ed manager A 1200 1 foot tunnel will be run during the winter to 16 lap the vein manager stulles saulles St ulles of the white swan mine has returned from san francisco but will leave in a day or two to attend the balliet trial at des moines iowa as a witness hesayo he says matters have been adjusted and that work will be resumed au med on his cretu return rn from the east |