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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1904)
Wednesday, July 6, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER IV MONUMENTAL DEAL CONFIRMED BY OWNER C. J. Allen Says Tennessee Capital Will; Rejuvenate this Old Mine. C. .1. Allot), of Portland, manag ing owner of tho Mouumoutal, aoeom paiiied by hit little sou, arrived hro thin morning ami loft for tho mine noon after noon. To a Minor repre Bontntive Mr. Allen confirmed tbo report of the Hale of a one-half iutor eHt in thin property to E. J. Hutchi son and S. V. Steffner, of Chatta noga, Tennessee. The conditions of the oale, as pre viously atated, stipulate tbo provision of an adequate development fund, and tho roiuodollng of the prossont twonty-Htamp mill. A small force of men is now at work, hut the plan ia to largely increase thin in ahout , thirty days. The llrnt work contem plated it sinking iiOO foot drlfling,nnd raising 400 feet to the surface. .lust as many moil will he employed as can housed to advantage. A systematic developmont of the mine in the llrnt thing to ho undertaken, before any attempt, ia made to operate the mill. Enough ore in probably being taken NEW MILL MAN AT L & I MINE UhnrliH l Hnht, ot Maker City, well known as an as-suyor aud nil around mining man, aud formerly a resident hero, will taKo charge ot the H. aud 10. mill in a few days. The arrangement was perfected yesterday, and Mr. K tint left this afternoon for Maker City to return in. a couple of days and begin his services for the company. His family will prnha'ly remain in Maker City for a time, but will later move either to Supmtor or Hourue. Mr. Haht formerly had an assay otlicu hero located ou Center stioot. Ho loft hero aud wont to Mexico, where of eighteen mouths ho had charge ot the Ham Martin mine. It is only recently that he returned from Mexico. Mr. Hnht'a many friends rejoiced again to sue him located in this district. More Litigation for Balliet. A dispatch from San Francisco dated tho 28th instant, says: Letsou ilalliot, tho mining stock promoter, is again called into tho courts in connection with the shares of a com pany iu which ho was interested as an otticer. Tho White Star com pany, limited, today tiled a complaint In tho upper court agaiuat Halliet, alleging that he was an organizer of the stock company and a subscriber for 275,000 shares of the its htock, for which be had nevor paid. The company aska the court to restrain Balliet from disposing of them. out now to pay expenses. The object, however, is to create largo reserves along more oxtetiHive lines later ou. With reference to the mill Mr. A Hen says the improvements will consist of new mortars, bumping tables, plates and a cyanide plant. Hut it may be twelve mouths, he thinks, or more before these improvements are undertaken. The Monumental mill was origiually designed for tho treat ment of si Ivor ore, aud is regarded as one of the host plants in the dis trict. Only slight remodelling and these additions are Decennary to put it in shapo to meet the present requirements. Tho property itself is one of tho old produceis of tho camp, aud will doubtless soon bo back into this same class again. Tho Chatta nooga capitalists have provided tho developmont aud improvement fund named in tho conditions of the sale, aud will be ready, as slated, to inaugu rate work under this agreement in about thirty days. MINING LIFE UPS AND DOWNS Tho Eureka mine was located by soni" l'Votiohnicn, and after long pros pecting they became discouraged, and out) of (hem, Lamar, sold his in terest to his companion, Jules Krlool, for 87.000, 'M'ricot, the Emperor." as ho was afterward (Milled. 1'Yicut. continued to work and wiih at last at tho end of his funds. One pay-day, ou Sat unlay, he called his men to him aud mil: "There is no mote money than just enough to last until Thursday; if you can got work elsewhere you had bettor do so, as I cannot employ you after that." Some of the men found oilier employ ment, while a few came Hack to I'Yicot, and the work continued until Kricot himself wn.s in despair, as he was at tho end of his money ami the vein had not heeii shuck. Said lie, "Hoys, put iu one more html." It was done, aud, lot tho sought for vein was opened up i ichor than even tho liveliest fancy could predict. Kricot became emperor after that. Michael Mronuan was an Irishman, Dublin born. Contrary to tho wishes of his lelatives, ho married aud inn away, briuigng bin wife to Now York. He attainod somo prominence thero aud iu 18f7 organized a company to work the Hock Mar at Crass Valley, coming out here himself to superintend the work, and bringing with him his wife and family of three childreu. Work weut well but yet the pay shoot was not struck. Hron uau saw the funds of the company gradually disappear aud no returns. Ho was naturally excitable and warm blooded. One Saturday, pay-day, ho counted up his funds and saw that loss than two thousand dollars were remaining; he was in despair, for (his would not curry tho wotk through another mouth. Ho tool a dllloront ! course than did Krlent. Ho did not go to his men and explain the state of all'iiiis Ou Sndiiny morning he seemed in lino spirits; invited a friend to take dinner with him; told him to be sine to come aud the friend pininlsod. lie waited until tho servants, one of (horn was a trusted Irish girl, who had come Irom Dublin with his wife, had gone to church, aud, going into the house, locked all the doois aud fastened tho windows, aud thou poisoned his wife, his children and himself, tirst tempt ing tin little one with pieces of sugar tipped with prussic acid. When the Irish girl came back from church she could not get into the house aud became alarmed and ran for help. When the house was broken Into the wife was found dead on a lounge. Mronuan lay ou the tloor, near by, holding her hand, with his babe be tween his feet; in the adjoining rooms were the other two children, all dead. A letter was found con taining this message; "I cannot leave my beloved wife aud children to the cold charities of this world, and hence 1 take them with me." Tho sequel to this story is this: Tho men who took tho mine after him put. one shot. Into tho tunnel aud discovered tho vein, out ot which several men have been made millionaires. Mining aud Engineering Koviow. Special Excursion to Flic World's fair. The Denver and A- Uio (iraudo, In connection with tho Missouri Pacillc, will run a series of Person idly Conducted Excursions to the Wrold's Fair during .Juno. These exclusions will bo run through to SI. Louis without change of cars, making short stops at. piincipal points en route. Phi) Hist of these exclusions will leave Portland .Juno 7lh, aud the second .June 17th. The rale from linker City will he c'liO to SI. Louis and return. 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