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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1899)
Wednesday, September 13, 1899. THE SUMPTER MINER. & fr ? SPOKANE MAN'S VIEWS. Visits Sumpter, Observes Intelligently and Talks Entertainingly. F. B. Elmendorf, one of the leading rent estate men of Spokane, was In Sumpter last week Inspecting neighboring mines. It Is known that he and his associates succeeded In securing a bond on some property near here, but the details of the transaction have not yet been made pub lic. On his return to Spokane the Re view quoted him as follews: "One of the most interesting sights to me In that country was the narrow gauge railway which runs to Sumpter from Baker City. It Is owned by a company of Mormons, and It Is the most profitable railway In the country. It Is 37 miles long, and was built primarily to haul the logs from the pine forests around Sump ter to the Mormon sawmill near Baker City. Last year it paid a dividend of 43 per cent on its capital stock and the pre ceding year It paid 60 per cent. This year it will exceed Its own remarkable record, on account of the activity in min ing. The train runs up to Sumpter In the morning and comes back In the evening loaded with logs. The cars are a lot which used to run into Butte In the old days when the Union Paclffc reached that city over a narrow gauge. "There are nine dividend-paying mines around Sumpter. They are all owned by private concerns or close corporations. No one knows positively what the profits are. Enough is known to make the state ment sure that the production of gold bullion Is large each month. Some big For j J J J CUT THIS OUT Publishers THE SUMPTER Herewith enclosed find tion to the MINER for one SUBSCRIPTION. One year in U. S. or Canada $2.00 Foreign countries. 3.00 Name. Address Street or capital is Interested in there. "Sumpter Is a lively town. Many Spokane mining men are there. The camp Is building up at a rapid rate. A corner lot In the business district sold for $3,000 while I was there, an advance of over $1,000 above the price asked about three weeks ago. Considerable placer mining Is going on In the vicinity, mostly by Chinamen." Invests In Real Estate and Mines. Seymour H. Bell, of Tacoma, left Mon day, after having spent a week or ten days In and around Sumpter. Though a young man, Mr. Bell has the reputation of being a cool-headed, steady-nerved and successful plunger In realty and mining deals. Like all others of experience and good judgment who visit this place, he Is convinced of its future growth, and says that If the tributary mines were in the state of Washington there would already be here a brick-built city of 10,000 popula tion, instead of a wooden town of 1,500 people. Mr. Bell has shown his faith in Sumpter and its mines by investing his own money largely in both, having se cured some valuable land adjoining the townsite syndicate's property and a bond on the Chipmunk fraction, located be tween the Bunker Hill and the Anna Lula, on the Golconda ledge. A substan- tial cash payment has been made on the bond, which, It is authoritatively stated, will be duly taken up. Men have been put to work developing the property, with a view to organizing a stock company, the headquarters of which will be in Tacoma, Wash. Mr. Bell has mining and realty Interests In Keller, near Republic, Wash ington, which he will visit, after a short trip to Tacoma, and before returning to Sumpter. KEEP YOUR EYE ON BIG CREEK. Great Activity in the Rich Mines of Tha Section of Country. W. S. Newbury, an attorney of Porr land, has been in tovn this week. A few days since he returned from a protracted trip through the mining regions east and southeast of Sumpter. He advises those Interesed to keep watch of the Big Creek country and the s. w. slope of the Green Horn mountains. They are now attract ing more attention than heretofore. The ledges are all In place, well defined, mostly large and within slate walls. This sec tion Is easily reached by wagon road from McNamee Creek, Austin and Susanvllle. Several properties hereabouts re cently changed owners. The Pine Tree group, on Big Creek, is composed of the Pine Tree, the Dewey, and the Monitor. Mr. Newbury says that on his trip to Mor mon or Humboldt basin, In Malheur coun ty, he learned that there was a slate and porphry belt commencing about four miles north of the range of mountains forming the dividing line between Baker and Mal heur counties, which extends at least five miles south in Malheur county; and the i You. FOR IMMEDIATE USE jt jt j j MINER, Sumpter, Oregon. Two Dollars for subscrip- year. P. O. Box. -r ledges are in place with good strong slate walls. The Morning Star group, com posed of the Morning Star, Puget Sound and Atlantic, all have two ledges ten feet wide, that prospect well from the grass roots down. Not a Share of Sumpter Stock for Sale. There Is at the present time not one share of stock of any mining property In the Sumpter dlrtrict on the market. Very few mining companies have been incor porated, and where they have been, It is merely for the purpose of more conven iently dividing the interests among the several owners, who either do not care to sell, or else have agreed among themselves not to do so. How the vast amount of development work in the district has been accomplished without the aid of treasury stock sales Is asurprlse to those who ope rated In camps where this method has been resorted to almost entirely. That so much has been done here is due to the fact that the early prospectors and miners have been men of Infinite patience and In dustry, persistent In effort and undaunted by obstacles. This state of affairs also undoubtedly accounts for that other sur prising fact, that a district so rich In gold, In the heart of western civilization, has re mained so long practically unknown toand unnoticed by the active, enterprising min ing men of the country. Centrally Located. Electric FREE BUS AND BAGGAGE TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. The Capital Hotel.... Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. Passengeas Waybllled at Hotel Office for all Interior Points over U. S. stage Hues. Sumpter, THE .- BAIN .- WAGON Standard of EUSTACE & ker City - C. Y. BURR... DEALER IN Common brick, fire brick, fire clay, lime, cement, plaster of Paris and hair. Cellar and flue build ing. Setting boilers and furnace work a spec ialty. Prices moderate. SUMPTER, - OREGON W. S. BOWERS fcABSTRACTS- Real Estate Loans & Insurance ....MINING PATENTS OBTAINED.... Years of experience in Baker County Records. No. 2104 Court Street, Baker City, Oregon. Columbia Extra Pale and Pilsner beer. 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