Show OREGON baker city inland miner colonel J A panting has finally straightened out all the legal entanglements entangle ments with which the gold hill mine near durkee has been enveloped for some months past and is now under his control deeds were filed monday conveying the property to G S L smith of london england representing colonel panting there attorneys from portland and ohio representing parties in interest were here saturday and arranged the final details by wire with their clients colonel panting will immediately it is announced begin working the property there is said to be worth of ore blocked out which justifies the commencement of milling operations sumpter american gold bug was the scene this week of a strike which though its full extent and importance had not been determined as the american went to press promises to add immensely to its value at a point a little over feet from its portal a blind vein was encountered by the working tunnel at a depth of about feet the width to date being nine feet assays essays of the ore had not been returned yesterday but from all indications it is of milling grade president van an vleet has been at the mine the past week eek supervising work on the water ditch and repairing the road from where it leaves the olive lake roadway in order that machinery and supplies can be more economically no delivered at the mine sumpter Amei american ican A big force is busily engaged excavating and grading for the new highland power plant and enlarged mill and it is expected all will be in readiness for the immediate installation of the machinery upon its arrival in a recent letter from portland manager sorensen advised the office that the machinery was being assembled as fast as possible but that some parts would have to be procured in san francisco and he would give the matter personal attention in order to avoid any possible delay in the mine steady development is prosecuted mostly in the glasco drift which continues to open up fine ore secretary shelton states that during his stay last week the ore body held an average width of five feet all milling grade considerable tonnage of ores and concentrates is ready for the smelter but frequent rains continue to interfere with economic hauling and it has been decided to await settled weather before transferring the product is again taken up grants pass courier the sugar pine one of the first quartz mines in southern oregon to be successfully worked now bida fair to become one of the big gold producers of this district the sugar pine was first operated in 1873 when with an arrastre was taken out by george and daniel green and other owners the shoot of rich free milling ore having been worked out the property passed through various hands until three years ago it came into the possession of W I 1 dowell of this city mr dowell felt certain that the vein would at least prove to be a big low grade proposition with a possibility of its producing more high grade ore with this expectation in view he has had considerable development work done and now has a tunnel driven on the vein for a distance of feet the breast being at a depth of feet on the vein As mr dowell expected the ore has steadily gained in value and he is now taking out some fine ribbon quartz that is flecked with free gold mr dowell will continue development work for some time to come and this year will either put on a mill himself of sell the property the mine is located on the right fork of galice creek five miles up from rogue river |