THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, July 9, 1902
SPOKANE PEOPLE
BUY WIGMAN GROUP
Located by "Monumental" Mil
ler Twenty Years Ago.
Klllcn, Warner & Stewurt lino nepe
tlutcil the hiiIii tin i )4 1 1 1 it 1 1 Kninp, own
vil hy "Mnuumeiitiil" Miller, toHioliiuo
pnrtii'M, wlione iiiuiii'H nre withheld from
publication fur the irceiit. Neither lire
the terniH of the Mile liiiule pulilie.
The Wlunm fonriMH of live cIiiIiiih,
loeateil 011 the North Fork of the John
Day, in the vicinity of the famon old
Monumental mine, fioiu which Mr. Mil
ler derived hi Milriiiict. Ah everyone
InireahoiitH known, Mr. Miller Iiiih Imvii
iHTitt inu in that diHtrict for more thiui
a quarter of a century. He located tlici-c
particular claiuiH twenty yeur up), and
IniN done the iixt-erfini'iit work on them
over hlnce.
A lare p.irl of the ground Iiiim liccn
wiimIii-iI off for placer K'dil, revealing: a
nilinlter of ledu'eH. 'I'liin in in the heart
of the dlxtrict, reunlin which Tun
Mi.stii Iiiih M-UTiil linu'M Htated the ill-tun-Mint;
fact that within u tadiiiHof live
inileN there lire twenty-live almudoned
uriiHtriiH. The whole hection weniN to
ho nuclei IihhI with velnn that carry free
Kolil 011 top, wlilcli noon chaiieH to re
fractory ore, that can't he worked in the
nriihtniM, whicli therefoie mhiii hecame
UHclehH mid were difliiautled. All the
low- Kniiiiiil win Mippliul with placer
Knlil from thei-e ledeH. I.utp' aieax
have heeu wai-hed and from thix Moureo
and the free ioll Mirface ioel huuilreil
of thoiiHaiidN of dollaiH have Ik-i-ii taken.
It in a inoxt interccliiik' dlctrict, iih well
in a 1 icli one.
On thin proierty one of thene n rtii-t rif
Mill MmikIm, all around which the gravel
Iiiih Ih-cii hydraiilicked. In ext-imitiui;
for a foil inlii I ion for the crude piM ex
tractor, a lcdp of very rich hiicc ore wan
uncovered. It carricH pilil, silver and
copnr, a htrne per cent of the value lie
liiK contained in uray ccipper, which in
alMiut the neuter I appioach to pure di
ver found in Nature. At thin place,
practically 011 the curfiice, the ledge in
two feet wide, with llfteeii lucheHof hiIiiI
ore, which iihnivh from flWt to $:i7fi a
ton. Higher up the iiiiuiutaiii fide, an
n'ii cut lexealn another ledge, with two
feet of ore carrying tlfly-fotir dollar in
free gold.
Mr. Miller wiih In town Monday, mak
ing the timn-fer of the pioperty. lie
hiivh liift twenty eaiH of um-cc i-ini'iit
work aumuntH to IUO feel of working
and i'iiiihMk of four tuunelH. One in
thirty feet and another forty feet in,
ImiIIi of which cut veiiiH at hIiiiIIow
depth; another Ih a I'.M-fnot crosM-ut
that gocH through nl iliMiut't ledgen,
and the other goen in IN) feet on a vein.
Kiicouiagiug value ate encountered
everywhere.
Work of dexelopiug thin pinieity will
liegiu at 1111 eaily day. The plaiiHof the
new owneiH are not deliuilely deter
miuel at pro-cut. It in umlerMoml that
Killeu, Warner i Stewart have an inter
ent in the property, hut will not for the
prfhcut take an active p.irl in itx
uiiiiiHgeiueul.
Vet Or Extraction Proem.
Mining men are greatly intereilel in
rumor which are current in lohhien of
thehotelHof that city that a Denver man
Iiiih perfected a wet mineral extraction
procci-i-, liy whicli all the principal inin-
eraln aie extruded from oren without
the line of lire. The prKYi-, aivordiug
to IiIiiIk that are current, wan the result
of experiment Murlel for the piirHi.e
of dixcoveiiug gold extraction, In the
enurm of the iuvci-tigatioiiH the exjK'ri-
mentor diHcovorcd a method of over
coming the Hiilphur in ore without
reNorting to the. furnace. The cont of
the proct'HH Ih Hiild to Ihi ipiitu moderate,
and minuralH are extracted in thu fol
lowing erder: Copjier, gold, Hi Ivor and
lend. Thu lead romeH lon in the liquid
iih a white )wder, hut Ih rapidly con
verted into common lead. The proccHH
may do away with the neceHHity of large
plantri mid expennivu furnaceH. Any
mine owner with moderate capital can
erect u teaching plant, if ho Iiiih thu
privilege of the proccHH, and work out
IiIh own Hitlviitlon. regiirdlecH of the
tniht. The iiiohI nhdiirutu Hiilplilde orcH
urn Hiild to yield ipiickly to the treat
ment, and a eoiin-c of hix mouth in ex
KrimentH Iiiih detuniiM rated that thu
priMCHH in one of the mont remarkable
dlncovurieH ever made hy any miniuu
man. A hviidicnte of eimtern cniiltaliHtH
in now in Deliver invcMtigiitlng the pro
cehH for thu (inrMiHo of cecuring riglitn in
the I'uiteil State.
Why Go East
(her the iin-hiiriied agu hruh and
alkali plaiiiH when you may junt iih well
take a delightful, cool and eouifortahle
ride through the heart of the Itocky
mountaiiiH in view of the grandet ccen
ery on the Auiericaii continent? Thin
you can do hy traveling on the Itio
(irande ytein, the far famed "Scenic
Line of the World," the only traiiHcouti
Denial Hue punning through Salt l.uke
City, (ileiiwooil Spring, l.endville, Col
orado Spring mid Denver, en route to
eiiHteru point. Tluee daily expre
truitiH make clone connection with all
train cant and went and afford a choice
of live dlntinct routeH of travel. The
eiiiipmeut of thene traliiH Ih thu hent, in
eluding flee leclluiug chair car, ntund
aril and tourinl leeH., a erfeet dining
car nervlce, and alno cronally conduct
ed exciimiou cum, each in rharge of a
coniN'teut guide, wlione liuninen i to
liHik after the comfort of hi guentn. No
more pleanauliiud liii'xpennlve meiilinof
cionniug the continent can Imi found than
i provided hy thene excurnion. For
additional detail nililrenn .1. D. Mann
Held, general agent Itio (irande linen,
No. I'.'l Third ntreet, Portland, Oie.
Leave your mciiMiru for a null of
clothe at Neill Mercantile company'.
Something to depend uhiii (iiiiut
Hiwder.
...J. W. COWDEN...
HAS A FINK UNI: OF
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VIEWS OF ALL THK
MINHS AND PROS
PECTS IN THK
SUMPThR G O 1. 1 )
FIELDS 255555555
MINI: VIFWS ONLY
Addien.). W. Cowilen, Sumpter, Or.
C. F. RAW
Assaycr
and
Metallurgist
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE
SUMPTER, OREGON
OREGON
MONARCH
GOLD MINING
COMPANY
Offers Stock again to the readers of THE MINER
mJBm ryMB
SINCE our last offering a great deal of
permanent work has been done at
the mine which, as will be remembered,
joins the great Red Boy on the South, and
carries its richest veins. The Stock has
advanced to 25 cents per share, and is
moving rapidly. We want you to write
to us for a prospectus which will tell you
all about the mine and its plans, and which
shows photograph and map of both the
Monarch and Red Boy mines, j j j j
KILLEN, WARNER & STEWART
if. j AGENTS j
J & Sumpter, Oregon.
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GRIZZLY STOCK...
33,166 lmivs at les than ground floor price. You can
have it for '2h cent in one lump, or it cents in broken lot.
166,666 SHARES OF TILLAMOOK FOR $150
lloth lire pMiil liny. Write fur partii-ulnr to
BERNARD FLYNN sumpter, ore.
IF YOU WISH TO
f.V.'iNVEST S' 'mSSng""I
Either to buy Gilt Edge Stocks, a Prospect
that is "the Making of a Mine," or one that
is already made, write me what you want
and permit me to submit a proposition.
ADDRESS
i'SrSANDERSONSMTH'!
SUMPTER,
MINES AND MINING STOCKS
OREGON