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VOL. V.
SUMPTER, OREGON, JUNE i, 1904
NO. J9
GRAVEL THAT CARRIES
$449 PER CUBIC YARD
That is The Hot Air Proposition That
Catches Portland Investors.
width. Ouo wnll is being followed
aud the vein has uot yut been crosscut
to dotenniuo this width. Tho show
ing is regarded as extremely encour
aging. WILL StEK HEALTH
IN MONTANA AIR
BURNT RIVER ROAD
IN GOOD CONDITION
F. O. Buckuum, who rotitrticd u
few days ago with his family from
Portland, where they spout the wiuter,
is making preparations to start work
on the Morrlmac, aud other calms
owned hy tho Cold Blt Mining
company, in tho Greenhorns.
Mr. Buoknum is peorotary and
mauagor of tho company. Work will
ho sturtod, ho suys,about July 1, aud
if things go as ho has planned tho
company will ho shippiug oro to tho
smelter beforo fall. It is n gold
and silver proposition, located near
the Tom post, aud tho showing so far
givos groat ononurngomont.
In addition to this. Mr. Buoknum
has tho Summit Quoou property, in
tho McNnmeo district, which is also
to bo operated this summor.
Asked if thoro is any chance to do
mining business in Portland, Mr.
Buoknum, replied: "Yes, if you havo
something liko this to offor. "
Thon ho drew from his pocket a
folder, tolling of tho alluring op
portunity to mako mouoy in an
Alaska proposition, that is tho prize
winning gold brick onlerprlso:
called the Troa Hiiro aud Midas
Greok (Jold Association, of Union,
Oregon. Tho ground, of courso, is
in an inaccessible region, so "overy
thiug goos. "
As an opening statement, accom
panied by a convincing half tono out
to provo tho assertion, it is rotated
that in prospecting tho diggiugs,
one man panned 8110 in ouo day.
And right before your oyes is tho
pioturo of tho nuggets, held in a
ha ud.
But, of courso, that is really not
a starter. It is alleged that the
gravel averages 8-1-10. GO to tho cubic
yard. Hy ground sluicing, ouo man
can shovel in eight cubic yards a day,
take ot about 81,500 overy ton hours.
Then, too, whoever buys 81 12. HO
worth of this gilt edge stock,
representing twonty square feet of
this gold dust mixed with a little
gravel, will bo employed at wanes of
one dollar an hour. Surely that 's
very small pay, considering that a
man can tako out 8tt,n00 while
earniug only ten for his very own.
Tho whole oiroular consists of
similar impossibilities. It was
writton by ouo, E. S. McCouihb, of
Union. If Tho Minor is not mis
t takou. this is tho same MoComas who
about two years ago, trlod to work a
con gamo, based on tho revelation
of a dyitifc Indian, for whom earlier
in llfo ho did some groat sorvice.
Tho chief sent word to him by ouo of
his sous, a stalwart brave, whoro a
fabulously rich ledge could bo found
in these Blue Mountains. Tho Mo
Comas gamo at that time was to form
a little pool of as many men as he
could persuade to dig up a stated
sum, with which to buy a pack pony
and some grub; in other words, to
oquip a prospecting outfit.
il. Kisk, of whom more or less has
been heard in connection with Port
laud mining affairs, stands sponsor
lor this fraud. Mr. Huckuum says
that ho was told that between three
aud four thousand dollars worth of
this stock was sold there in ten days,
adding: "But if you have some legit
imate mining proposition to present,
you will save money by staying away
from Poitlaud. What little capital
is being inovsted in mining, goes to
southern Oregon or to tho St. Melons
district."
Joseph N. Ciillis, accompanied
by his wife and daughter, will leave
tomorrow for Montana in search of
health. Mr. (Jlllis' malady has
beou pronounced by Sumpter phy
sicians to be consumption, and ho has
been advised to seek a change of
climate. Montana for tho summor
season is one ot the places recom
mended. Ho will go to Philllpshurg,
spend tho summer as much in tho
open air as possible and drift down
into Arizona aud Moxlco when winter
comes on.
Mr. (Jlllis was latoly omployed at
tho E. and E. and formorly did con
tract work at tho Columbia, ilo has
luiiutvuii iiiiiiiiiH iji .iiiiiii., ji.-uin,
having unco boon with Tom Mollit
aud J. D.Karroll in tho Yak country,
Montana. Tho miners of both tho
Columbia aud E. aud E. contributed
very liberally toward a fund to help
Mr. (illlls to got away. For this
Mr. and Mrs. Cillls thinugh The
Minor wish to express their heartfelt
gratitude, Their sou James, who is
employed as dolivurymau by tho
Jackson Meat market, will remain in
Sumpter.
J. N. Doane And F. E.
O'Rourke Drive Loaded
Wagons Over it With
out Trouble.
LARGE ORE BODIES
AI THE OVERLAND
M ? Ili.lik i... .in. nf Mm Hitnt. !
IM 4 ftlll Mliatlllf4"l " vuw w ? v -
laud, returned last night from a stay
of several days looking after opera
tions at the mine,
Double shifts are being worked,
Mr Bain says, and satisfactory pro
Kress is being made. Tho Nol. aud !famIy ,, ,, rmi, hauling
K. 10. O'ltourko returned thin
forenoon from tho Burnt river coun
try, driving over tho new road
built by Sumpter people fiom King'H
ranch, a distance of llfteeu miles, in
four hours.
Ho says that it. Is unquestion
able tho best, route to that section.
Thoro is still about four miles to ho
graded, that section having only been
slashed, and oven over this portion
of it ho came with two wagons with
out trou tile. J. N. Doane was with
him aud they estimate that .'100
will be needed to finish this work;
that when comlpeteil there will uot ho
a better road in the county, as la
shown by that portion of it that, was
constructed last fall There is u
summit to oroHH, of course, as every
one knew there would be; but tho
climb is no steeper than on either of
tho other routes mentioned. Both
Messrs. Doane and O'Kourke are of
tho opinion that it would be tho
heighth of folly to abandon this road,
after so much money has been spent,
on it and being nearly completed;
when no advantage whatever could bo
gained by building a road by somo
other route, So far as thin town ia
concerned, it would be suicidal busi
ness policy to help make tho road
via Whitney payable.
Mr. O'Bourke took his familly
down to Ills homestead Sunday,
where they will remain most of tho
summer. J. N. Duauo went along
with a wagon load of supplies for tho
TWELVE EEET OF
ORE Af BUCK HORN
O. C. Wright, manager of the Blue'
Bird and Buokhorn, had a message
from (ioorgn Barrett, who is doing
contract work at tho later property, ,
stating that twelve foot of fine look
ing oro had beou encountered on the
No. 2 drift. Mr. Barrett stated that
ho had forwardod samples, but these
havo not yet arrived, consequently I
no determination as to value has
been mado.
Tho face of No. 'A drift on a paral '
lol vein H also in ore for the entire I
No 2. veins aie being drifted upon,
aud a crosscut is being driven from
tho No. :i from tho No. 2.
Mr. Bain says tho oro bodies have
materially increased in the past few
weeks aud the prospects of the prop
erty look brighter than ever before.
Charles Kirohou, the new superin
tendent of the smelter, has rented
the Stoddaid residence on Mill stieet
aud will occupy it soon after June I,
Manager Kill lor will probably move
his family to the Killon residence on
North stieet, though this matter has
not been delluitely decided.
Tho North Pole company received
a consignment of shoes aud dies
today, 270
load.
in all, mukiim' a em
it over the new road. A few milea
below town, however, he got into a
mud hide an had some difllcullty in
getting out. There are several placet
in the old road that need reapiring.
The new grading is now all dried
out and is really an excellent thnr
oughfaic, an evidence that J. N.
Doane knows how to build a road and
at small cost.
The unfinished portion will ho
completed early this summer.
Buck from Wyoming.
Tony Mohr and Joe Hoed ret urued
today from a trip to Wyoming. They
my they were engaged in looking at
coal lands, fishing aud hunting din
ing their abf-eiice. hut mote specific;
iufomiatinn could uot be extracted.
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