Show OREGON A dis dispatch paten from auburn says 4 tp woid has just been received receive dhere here announcing announcing 1 phenomenally rich strike in ill the three th I 1 queens quartz mine at forest hill the property is owned by george wingfield rt th 8 goldfield millionaire the rock is halt gold 1 l and said to be the richest ever seen in placer country Is I 1 grants pass mining journal elmer M wright of the maid of the mist mine on steamboat brought in a bunch of gold that he cleaned up at this mine in a ten tell days run with a five stamp mill the gold was melted in a brick at ingels assay orle office and weighed the brick was sent by the grants pass banking trust co to t san francisco granite gem it is reported from the greenhorn country that the mine which took out so many thousand dollars of gold last summer is prosecuting work with every prospect this summer of exceeding last seasons record for production this property is credited with taking out during last year over and this was done at a very little expense with a small crew of miners granite gem the buffalo lloil moni tor mining alining company expects to cut the contact ledge of their auf 1 falo claim within the next week or two this ledge showed very high grade free gold ore on the surface and in a shaft which was put down forty feet the crosscut now nearing completion will give feet of of depth when the ledge is reached and if the contact ledge holds its own as the buffalo no 1 has done there will be something to talk about in our camp very soon baker city herald dr H E curry Cuffy of this city and archie murray the famous burnt river mine operator and stock raiser are now on trail creek putting to wort a I 1 I 1 large force of men on the trail creek placer mines a property of extensive possibilities they have recently purchased W J patt patter sons interest in the property and proposed propose giving their personal attention to its de c A good cleanup clean up is expected tO result from their efforts for it is gene gener 2111 known that the country they are operating operatic meta in abounds in richness of the yellow sumpter american on last monday 8 anine ma rich strike was made in the occidental sulP hid is of massive on granite creek it ore which also pans quite well in free gold g shows abo 8 and ing the iron pyrites large amount of gold says the granite gem of j this mine belongs to mrs F A phelps this city and lays between two othera kotlier good and well known properties the biec belong be on the west and eagle on the east ng to her father mr C S miller some ig f the ore from the newly uncovered ledge an n now he be seen at the hotel grand this 1 ity Suin sumpter pter american the sale of the ile trail creek placers near hear grante 1 owned and controlled by W J batterson atterson and several others to dr H E surrey aurrey of baker and archie murray of unity was finally consummated last week md the new ne w owners are n now ow in char charge chare 1 e hurray is an experienced placer miner and s confident that he can handle the prop erty arty even with the present water supply 0 a good profit dr currey came up from aaker last sunday and made a quick trip yer that way they will at once pr prepare ebare to increase the water supply grants pass mining journal W P wi ilson Is son returned wednesday evening 1 I from it he ie wilson anderson placer property six amiles jiles down the illinois river fr from om kerby mr wilson says they clean up on their placer about twice a month and he was particularly pleased about their last clean up they had two giants running and in hours run they cleaned up ounces of bf gold which runs in value about 1750 per ounce making a clean up of about 1 the clean ups of this mine vary but run from to per year this is a rich placer property but of course every yeartie year the dirt moved will vary in value it consists of acres and about 1 are washed every year sumpter american L C stevenson in charge of the operations at the golden chariot stated last thursday evening that the shaft was then down feet and that excellent progress is being made each day the work is now much more satisfactory as the machinery friction has been obviated the pumps are doing their duty in taking care of the water inflow and the men employed in the three shifts underground and those on the surface are doing everything t they can to the work of reaching to the depth where it is designed to begin driving for the main vein the people of sumpter are hopeful that this property will show at depth the same values that came to view on the surface as they know that the making of a mine in that region means much in the life of the town those who know mineral formations are confident that the showing will justify a very thorough development of the property |