Show 0 OREGON sumpter american one day during the week J A howard formerly of bf this city received at baker five nuggets weighing that had been washed out of the slices gulch placer diggins several days before granite gem D H dimmick the first of the week started to open the snow bird vein on the point of the hill near the mouth of magnolia gulch some very rich ore has been taken from the snow bird vein which was run through magnolia mill and it is mr gimmicks Dim micks aim to find some of the same ore in his property sumpter american during the week teams attached to wheeled conveyances began hauling ore from the mountain view to the smelter this ore has been stacked up near the mine tunnel all winter or ever since the fire destroyed the mill last november there is quite a lot of it and the teamsters having the contract say that it will keep them busy for several weeks to come myrtle creek mail M J dick is out at the lees creek mines this week with a force of men getting things in shape for placer mining the new parties who have taken charge of the mines are going to try and operate them yet this winter there are meyeral acres of rich placer ground on lees creek and if water can be secured there is a probability of taking out some money yet before summer cuts off the supply granite gem last week in one of the of the independence was found a 6 inch seam of free gold ore which assayed over to ton this ore is being taken out separate and sacked for shipping to the smelter during the week manager gleeson informed us that he had been getting out considerable of the rich ore and expected to make shipment in a short time in the meantime the mine and mill are operating quite successfully sumpter american james H tonkin of butte montana said to be one of the most successful deep ground mine ten dents in that part of the country arrived here last week and Is to have the perin tendency of the mine operations at the red boy mr tonkin is awaiting the return of general manager john thomsen who was expected here yester yesterday dayi but was detained by delayed trains the new superintendent will enter upon his new duties next week glendale news the joseph ball copper company of los angeles has purchased the copper property near Star vout owned by H H gross maurice and roy swank J burnett and J and F bailey the property was discovered a couple of years ago and gives promise of being a valuable producer the new company will place a force of men on the property in the near future erect build buildings I 1 ng S et etc C mr potter of los angeles has been in glendale for several days making arrangements and this city will be the shipping and trading point of the mine granite gem the strike that was made in the congress vein of the black jack group graup near here several weeks ago still holds good as work progresses on the ledge the strike was made in drifts run both ways on the ledge from the crosscut tunnel at the time the strike was made these drifts had been driven but a few feet at present the north drift is 40 feet long while the south one where work is being carried on 1 at present is in feet from crosscut this drift is practically all in pay ore there 1 is four feet of the rich free gold ore in the breast granite gem at his mastiff group I 1 which is just across the creek from the new s I 1 independence ce mill wm crowe Is prose buting development work in the j he is driving to open the mastiff vein at depth he expects that it will take feet of tunnel to reach the vein of this distance 1 A i he has completed about 80 feet before j f reaching the mastiff ledge the tunnel will cro crosscut two other ledges which have a good surface showing and in which he expects to open large bodies of good ore the first of these ledges will be reached in a short distance from the present face of the cross cut cut baker city herald bedrock producing from 4 to 5 a square foot is the latest s sensation in the cornucopia placer fields which were discovered recently by blair biair S herbert underwood and bert smith who is operating the S S group in partner J j ship with charles F is in the city today with a bottle of nuggets 45 in I 1 pure gold which are the result of panning five barrow loads of dirt from his tunnel smith and are operating about a mile above the original 0 pla placer discovery and have tunnelled tunnel led about loo feet they believe they are now nov within 30 30 feet of bedrock their ground is proving rich beyond their wildest dreams and they believe that they have a great fortune in their five claims which comprise the S I 1 S group t |