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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June iq, 194 AUBURN DEEP HAS NEW PLAN May Sink Another Shaft to Avoid Subterranean Water Channel. j range, we will make lawH. Two A wagon load of officials of (he years tiu the district, was ovuriun Aiihiirn Deep Sinking company de-J with sheep, Ah a reslnt the miners parted thin morning for the scene of of that region found themselves their opeialioiiH at the famotiH old deprived of pure water and were placer camp of Auburn. The party compelled to pack in hay and horse oonslstod of Mayor (J. II MeColloeh, feed for their own stock. At the who Is president of the company, ' Valley Queoii wo kept two horses for Councilman Charles K. De Neffe. who Ih a member of the board of directors; .Joo E. Hood, superintend cut; Postmaster Frank .Jowott, a heavy stockholder; A. I', (loss, the liX-baiiker, who is extensively inter oHled in the company, and .1. C. IJavios, fho surveyor, who will do - vote- a few days of his time fo ning lilies on the pioperty. plan of the company is to sink below the Hlrafa of false, or beiirock and drift, through "wohfunt" the hiii t f- emus gravel known to extend to t ino bedrock. A shaft lias been sunk 1 50 feel, and a drift, from the fit) foot level has entered a good pay channel, A heavy flow of water iiitorfcrred , with economical operations, and the party today will discuss the advls ability of sinking a shaft, iu a new Hpot, to bn chosen after a survey of auhforrauoaii wuter courses. Upon the successor thlsoxpcii incut, a grout, ileal depends. Thou hiiimIh of acres of rich placer ground In linker county have been sluiced olf to "webfoot" bedrock. Tests In , various sections have resulted iu a llHeovcry that, between the false and ' true hodruekoxIslH strata of gravel rich iu coarse gold. Dredgers are incapable of operating below the "webfoot" bedrock, and even the most powerful hydraulic giants fail to malic an im piosslnu on the iuelrveuiiig stratum, j If a shaft and drifts are found to hoi HiiceoHsful, an interesting problem Is j solved and a now Held for milling i operation is opened iu Maker county, j A Range War Threatened. A Hinge war threatens Maker county. Hanger I'orrill, of the Maker City i forest. MMorvo, anticipates serieus: trouble in his Held, and the milling j men of the Lake creek sub district of I the Cable Cove country, who last ' year formed themselves into a protec tive asHiii'iitioti to combat the on crtiachmeutH of sheepmen on their preserves, will this year again insist upon keepiiik' the hordois out. i'he range iu the Lakecieek country is an attractive one to sheepm mil this year will be bettor than ever because of the tact thatherds were kept out in I'.IO.'I, thus permitting the glass to get a good stait. With sheep excluded from the Maker City reserve, Maker county hordois will In toiced into the contiguous open ranges, and of these the Lake creek tlisti ict is the best. Tom C. Cray, vice president of the Valley Queen mine, is M'cretaiy of! Advices from Maker City are to (he Lake Creek Protective association, I the effect that work was begun Mou mid Fred Cabel, ot the liellcvuo ! day on one of the biggest mine tie mine, is nresldeut. Secretary Cray velopmeut schemoo ever inaugurated miuouiicch that a meeting of the1 u Oregon -the tunning of it 0,000 members of tho association will be ' foot crosscut tunnel to tap the bold iu the next lew days and steps j United Elkhorn mine. The portal taken to slietigtheu the organization, of the tunnel is ut the bottom of a Winnings will be sent out to all deep canyon ami when it outers the i sheepmen to keep off the grass. J While, aa 11 mutter of fact, the dominion of the Luke Creek associa tion does not extend further than the mining claims owned by members these claims are so numerous and ho j closely connected that herds cannot ho graved upon nn local (id 'ground without being guilty of trespass up on private holdings. "We mean business" paid Secre tary tSriiy to a Miner representative the other day, "and if we find that we have no law to hack us up in our olforts to preserve the Lake cieek use in transporting tiiipplies LI from r town. liecauso the range was de nuded by migratory sheep, one of these horses was kept busy packing iu feed for himself and his mate. Last year, by keeping sheep entirely ( out of the district, this expense j obviated, and t-o successful was was the run course adopted tout this year we will Tim' again insist upon out rights." According to the text of n letter of instinct ion received from Com missioner Hichards, of the general land ofllco at. Washington, by Hanger Terrlll, of the Maker City reserve, n 1 1 sheep will be excluded from particular piece of territory. that The reserve was cieated to protect and keep uupoluted the water supply of Maker City, and the only way this can be brought about, is by keeping sheep cutitcly out, of the reserve. A fow head of stock will las allowed on the reserve, but their grazing will bo under the direct peisonal supervision of Hunger Torrid. The territory in- 'eluded in the linker City reserve has long been a valuaiilo open rnago for Maker county sheepmen, aud (heir exclusion from tho field this year will work a hardship upon flock masters, until they can adjust them selves to new conditions, Herds will be forced into the uppir Murut river 'country, which range is always over- run, and into the Lake creek aud the North Fork of the John Day legions, llciders , when they outer Cio Lake creek district, will find themselves confronted with warning notices and, accoidiug to the mining men of that region, these winnings i will be backed up with Winchesters. At the Mountain View. Harry '1'. Month, insurance man, night from a the Maker returned trip to City last tho Mountain View mine above Moiirue lie made the trip on the hurricane deck of a cayuse aud is today taking his meals from the mantel, lie re ports live feet of now on the uoith slope of the summit, which fact by no manner ot means interferes wlUi steady operations at the Mountain View, which is owned by a Portland company, and which is making a most flattering showing, -ii THIS 1UNNEL WILL GAIN DEPTH OF 3.600 FEET Cii,of it. B.nf aoij "'""'. D.GATEWOOD WRITES company, win uhvu humilku u ucu . approximating 3,000 feet. Two, machine drills are employed in the J face of this tunnel, which will ho largo enough for a double track. The United Elkhorn, which was formerly the Haisloy-Elkboru, is owned by F. P. Hayes, of Pittsburg who Ih re- ported aa having cleaned up a cool million dollars through the sale of a controlling interest iu the Honauza mine. Edwin Field, a noted Colorado mining man. is his huperiulendeut and general manager. LOOKING FOR BAISLtV ELKHORN MOTHER LODE W. C. Handall came in this morn ing from the skyline summtnit of the' Uaisloy-Elkhorn range, where ho is working on tho Lo Hoi group of claims, lie departed this afternoon for Maker City, from which point ho will return to tho hills and resume work, do is working iu conjunction with the owners of tho United Elk - horn mine, formerly tho Uaialoy - Elk - horn, and within tho last fow weeks has brought about a showing on the Le Hoi which c(iiiiIh anything in that district. A 100-foot crospcut has entered a vein which is fourteen feet between walls. Ore values are high aud tho rock Ih susceptible of easy tieatmeiit. Handall believes ml there is every apparent reason for the belief that somewhere iu that neighborhood is a mnthoi lode, of which the United Elkhorn is an olfshoot aud which has 'supplied in the past the immense quantities of placer gold taken from tho Carpenter did an I Auburn diggings. Handall is an old prospector whoso faith in the richness of the Maisley Elkhorn region is of tho most enthusiastic variety. BOWMAN IS HINTING FOR 100 LABORERS (icucral Manager Archie Mowman, of the Utah Construction company, which has tho contract for extending the grade of tho Sumpter Valley road fiom Tipton toward .John Day, has established an office in Makor City, aud is iu the maikot for laboiers, Yesterday he shipped two carloads of horses aud several carloads of implements and miscellaneous equip ment, with tweuty-tivo men, to tho front, aud on this morning's train to Whitney a dozen graders passed up the due. Mr. Mowman announces his desire tor 100 mou at 62 per day. Moard at the guiding camps costs Sl.fiO per week Manager Mowman announces that the John day extension will be rushed to completion with all possible rapid ity. Placer Paying Big. P. H. doaly returned yesterday fiom his placers on Pine creek, Murut river district. Today ho is showing a vial of gold dust worth about ten dollars, which ho says he washed out from two shovels of gravel taken from near aud on bedrock. Ho says the property is showing up hotter than ever before, that they have plenty of water this season that will last far into July aud he expects to make a big clean up. FROM GRASS VALLEY The Miner is in receipt, of a letter i fr0m E. D. Catowood, who left hero J about two mouths ago, writteu from i (Jrass Valley, California, where ho uow is. Jn part, he says: j "1 arrived hero fow days ago , from Hono, Nevada, having returned from Uoldflold and Touopah. There are about 12f men working at the former and about, 200 at Touo pah. Touopah will possibly within the near future lie a great camp, whou the- railroad is completed from Kodos, so as to make cheaper trans portation for ore. J think the rail road will he finished about Septem- - . her 1. 'lliu guiding is nearly lin Ished and about thlrty-flvo mites or rails are laid. Ooldlleld looks good to me. It Ih . twenty-flvo miles south of Touopah. d has about three or four huudred inhabitants, almost a tout town, There are about six prospects ehippiug , !, but not very exteupivo. Tho 1 ost of living is high, two to ouo j for Sumpter, and no accommodations, Common, rough lumber sells for jixty dollaiH per thousand, aud them . follows never draw a long breath i either. Unless you have a good long tick, keep away from either place until the railroad is finished. "There ate ten men for every job in that country. Miner's wages are 61.00 and eight hours work. , Cold Held has three wells of water, which is free, but not as good as Sumpter water. "(Jriifls Valley, California, is u line camp, with about a thousand stumps dropping in this vicinity. It is a prosperous town of about 0,000 inhabitants. Tho North Starr Min ing company is constructing a 40 stamp mill, with cyanide plant, aud sinking a tripple-compartmont shaft. You soo more mining here iu one day than you sou iu Oregon in a month. "1 have made my word good when 1 last saw you. 1 have secured a position with the above company and expect to stay here until tho railroad is finished to Touopah." ORE ARRIVING AT SUMPTER SMELTER Oro in small shipments from vari ous Makor aud (iraut county mines is being received at tho Sumpter smelter, whore spot cash is paid as soon as the sampling works test is made. Tho word has gone out that the Sumpter plant is iu the market for oro with a big cash purchasing fund on baud, aud already tangiblo responses aro being received. Ceueral Manager Fuller is convinced that a sufficient supply can be contracted for to in sure early aud perhaps steady opera tion. Tho sampling works rlepart moiit of tho plant is uninterruptedly busy these days, aud tho whistlo at morning, noon and night is a wol come Bouud in Sumpter's ears. It is understood that negotiations aro undor way betweon Manager Fuller aud tho owner of a big silioious ore mnio iu Idaho for a purchase by tho Sumpter company of tho eutire out put of tho property. About twenty meu are employed at tho Smelter. E. L, Keunon, Whituoy, Oregon, lumber, sash, doors, shingles, build, ing material, miuiug timbers. 4 ri k i