Show OREGON sumpter american the recent strike in the imperial details of which have been ment mentioned ionea heretofore is proving one of the greatest ever made in the cable cove ore OM extracted from the drift is running as high as 1000 per ton and the entire four feet is now running from 50 to per ton to date it has been drifted on about 15 feet and a raise is being made so that can continue while the drift is being extended tend ELd the mill copti continues to produce a high grade concentrate and is doing fine work t granite gem W H reeves manager of the comstock mine on clear creak near the may queen will commence development operations erat ions at the property yat at once on a much better basis than heretofore heretofore A short time ngo ago the backers of the comstock visited ahe the property and after making a thorough examination they have fave decided they have have a first class property and to make it a producer at ih the e ea earliest ali e t date d ate p possible 0 s ab i le before starting underground work mr reeves will repair the company buildings and make things comfortable for the accommodation of the crew there has been in the neighborhood of 1000 feet of work done on this property in crosscut and drifts the drifting ing shows the vein to be a good strong ledge with an exceptionally valuable ore shoot 1 sumpter american this week the high land mines iines begin operations with a full force of men the mill will be started up and all the workings will be rushed to their limit the mine hag been undergoing a steady process of development for several years y ears and there are now more than a mile of underground workings on this property there are hundreds aundre I 1 ds of tons fons afore of ore on the dump and many more more blocked out in the workings the mill which 1 will be put in in operation lids has t I 1 a capacity of tons daily daiby and aad with the ih e showing made the ore should yield heavily from the pans the mine will be made a producer and dividend payer A crew of men went up saturday another yesterday andar and mr sorensen so rensen is sending up another crew today I 1 granite gem general interest is being taken in the development work that is understood der stood to be performed on the property of the rich hill gold M M co located above alamo two miles and which joins the standard oil companas comp anys dig big blue property mining men of this section have always felt favorably toward the rich hill as the property has three strong parallel veins all carrying values in gold it takes its name rich hill on account of the bonanza float ore that has been found on the surface it is the intention of the company to drive a crosscut tunnel of about feet which will intersect the three veins and tend to open large bodies of ore thereby adding another producer to the long list of eastern oregon geo R wiegand will have charge of operations and is at present at the property starting the long crosscut cross cut |