Show OREGON granite gem jas dickson while in town this week from the alamo mine where he has been working stated that there was no discount on the recent strike made at the alamo it is a good one and as it is at a depth of about feet makes the best showing in the history of that property grants pass mining journal geo H hall of murphy was in town friday from the maple gulch mine mr hall and his partner B M dickson are having 50 tons of their ore hauled to town to ship to the kennet smelter as a test they are in about feet upon the property and have a five stamp mill which they have been running some of the time granite gem during the month of january kendall and dearinger at the buffalo lease made a very good record during that time twenty five tons of ore were delivered to the sumpter smelter and about eight tons remained on the dump ready for shipment the ore runs better than to the ton but four men were employed in the mine during the month baker city herald looking after their interests in the eastern oregon mining district john A taylor william H miller and B S of denver colorado are spending a few days in baker city the denver men are interested in the standard mine in ill the granite district mr taylor is a raining mining engineer oi of note and his companions are well known capitalists of the colorado city granite gem for a number of years G W chenoweth Chono at great labor has been engaged in opening his placer and dritt drift diggins on granite creek and now he seems seems to be in fair way to be rewarded for his labors this week he reported to a gem representative that his tunnel was breaking into the old gravel wash of the ancient channel he has been endeavoring to locate it is understood that this channel which was covered by a slide during past ages is very rich and mr chenoweth expects to be well repaid for the time he has spent in opening the property sumpter american R C gutridge owner of the red mountain mine near the red roy on which he has done 1500 feet of work single handed and alone was in town last tuesday the object of his visit so others said was to give a bond on the property to eastern people represented by local agents in order that the property might be more fully developed this matter it is also said is still pending mr gutridge asserts that his recent work has uncovered same nice looking ore from which the assay returns have been of such a character as to make it desirable to have a more thorough development undertaken he thinks that the entire district out that way will make a better showing next summer than at any time in its history sumpter american late last week N berkeley the pendleton mining operator secured a bond on the glade creek placers on the north fork of the john day consisting of over acres of virgin ground and sixty acres that the owner A J has mined very successfully for about nine seasons with a limited water supply mr berkeley has made arrangements for a much larger head of waterland wat water erand and next spring will prepare the ground for extensive hydraulic operations the gravel bank stands about 30 feet hight and prospects well all through the gravel last spring as much as 50 cents to the pan was taken from gravel near bedrock where the bar was first opened the gold was quite fine but was easily saved while as the center of the bar is approached the gold gets coarser nuggets worth several dollars being found sumpter american the first national bank closed its business for the last year and finds that it has enjoyed a remarkably good twelve months it declared declai ed a dividend the first in its history increased its surplus to and left 1500 of undivided profits in the resources the felicitations feli citations of the community are extended this showing indicates a healthy local condition as well as a confidence in the people controlling the institution the deposits also show an increase of considerable proportions the stockholders elected as directors N carpenter emil melzer guy L lindsay dr C M pearce and L C edwards mr carpentet carpenter was reelected elected re president mr melzer vice president to succeed dark clark who retains his interests inthe bank guy L lindsay cashier and J W anderson anderson jr assistant the bank is better shape than any time since its incorporation mr lindsay the cashier feels particularly well pleased at the showing and says that it will be his aim to better it in the future using only the most conservative methods however to do so |