Show 0 OREGON I 1 sumpter american hon A P smith who recently bonded the emma group was in town tuesday transacting business in connection with the came he stated the drift was now in feet on the main vein with a very good showing and that he expected to ship ore soon as the drift reached beneath the shaft in which very good ore is found considerable surface work has been done since he secured the group and excellent values were obtained from the vein in all the openings arrangements have been completed for continuous operations myrtle creek mail the hall mine is distant from myrtle creek about ten miles and is one of the richest properties in this camp the vein on this claim was discovered a little more than a year ago on the ranch owned by mr james hall cfall who with his father john hall one of myrtle creeks aldermen and most respected citizens and john rice owns the entire mine although but a short time opened up it has already made two shipments of high grade sulphide ore to the selby smelter at san francisco one of the carloads netted the owners more than 2000 the other a little less another carload is ready tor for shipment which the owners are confident will excel that of the others jacksonville sentinel the mt pitt mining company whose property is located on jump off joe creek near merlin has just recently opened up a rich stringer of ore varying from a quarter of an inch to four inches in thickness lying next to the hanging wall on a ledge on the climax claim that euils runs over 1000 per ton in gold mr hoofer who has charge of the work there now has made splendid progress since taking things in hand and has recently run a crosscut from the main tunnel at a depth of 80 feet cutting through the vein which shows eight feet of milling ore with values from 5 to per ton after cutting the ledge a drift was run each way following the ore which holds its width and shows up well sumpter miner word comes down from the skyline sky line summit of the balsley baisley elk horn range that ore has been struck in the old baisley elkhorn mine now operated by the united mining company under the control of fre frederick derick P hayes of pittsburg formerly president of the bonanza details of the strike are unobtainable but it is believed that it was on one of the lower levels of the old shaft from which in years gone by a cool million dollars was taken work on the installation of electric machinery at the baisley is progressing rapidly energy will be transmitted from froin the plant of the rock creek power transmission company four miles distant A tramway from mine to mill is also being constructed pending the installation of electric power hand drills are being used to drive the foot crosscut tunnel which will tap the baisley lode at a depth of approximately feet and the beaver vein system at still greater depth this is one of the biggest pieces of mining work so far attempted in oregon |