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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1904)
EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE TO ERECT HOIST ON G0L00NDA EXTENSION Portland People Are Figuring on Placing Machinery On This Property at Once. Tho party of Ooloondn lOxtonsion people returned from tho property today mid left for Pendleton on IIiIh aftornoon'H train. It. wiih composed of doorgo L. Colwoll, president of tho company, 10. 10. Miller, treasuJor, and O. II. Potornon director. L. V. Kwiggott, of Minneapolis, secretary of tho company, who Ih spending hoiiio tlmo horo in connection with t IiIh and othor IntorostH, was with tho party at tho proporty. Work on an oxIoiihIvo hciiIo, Hay tho ntlloorH of tho onto puny, Ih tho plan of opoiatlon. Tho management Ih now figuring on a hoist of noL Iohh PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL NOT SEE MINERS A dispatch from OyHlor Hay hii.vh : A committee representing the general lahor nnioiiH in Lackawanna and Imoruo counties, with a member Hhip of 1 J ." . ( K ( ) men, principally mineiH or allied workmen, came here today to personally present to Prosl dent Itousovolt resolutions adopted hy the neveral central lahor bodies they represent, urging him to In vestigate the (Colorado lahor situa tiou. The members of the cnmmiltco were informed hy Secretary l.ooq that a personal Interview with the prosl -deut could not he arranged, lie suggested that they call on National Chairman Cortolyuu in New Vork with tln resolutions hut they do. ollued to accept the suggestion. They left immediately for home to leport to a convent ion which now Ih in session at Plttstnu, Pennsylvania. Don't (hi to St. Louis 'Till you call at or write to the Chlcgo, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road. Ottlce HI I Tin Id Street, Portland, Oregon. Low rates to all points I'ast, in commotion with all traiiHcoutlnentalH. W. S. KOW10, (Jonoral Agent., Portland. Oregon Elk Head Saloon. 10 Ik Head Whiskey, old, tluu and mellow, at the 101 k Head knIooi), Cen ter Hi reel, Old Olympla stand. Try It. than 1,000 foot depth capacity, to bo Installed at an oarly day. A decision In this matter Ih to ho reacbod at once, and tho order for tho machinery placed. Tho Portland officers fouud things In good shape and aro anxloiiH to net development under way. Tho (.Jnloonda lOxteiiHion company has a claim and a fraction located on tho Cracker Creek mother lode, adjoining tho Cioloondu on tho wout. It Ih figured that there Ih a Hpllt of tho vein on Uoloouda ground, and that oxtoiiHion Ih on one of thoHO splits. Tho proporty ho far Iiuh heou devel oped hy over TuU feut of tunnels and raises. EILER'S PIANO HOUSE AGAIN IN BAKER CITY Opens lip With a Car Load of Pianos to He Disposed of by August first. The douhle quick small profit piano sales originated hy lOilors IMauo House Iiiih made their name a household word all over the Pacillc count and northwestern count ly. I'rom the many iniuirieH from thin Hectlou of tho country regard ing the purchase of piauoH Iiiih in duced them to nhip another car load of piuaori to linker City, and the way lOilern Piano limine do hulriticHHit Ih jiiHt an cany to Hell this uumher of piauoH in three weeks ih it in in three mouths; hence August 1st Ih the limit of time to dispose of the entire stock. Hy these methods a hig expense is saved to the purchaser. We crowd three mouths expense in to three weeks, Two piauoH were Hold tho lirst day, ami it Is not improhahle that ten days may see the Mulsh. Tl oy are located temporarily at 'JO 14 Main street, in the postotllce block, and if there are any who contemplate buying a piano, now is the time; hut as tho tlmo Ih short you will Iihvo to hurry. Call on or write K1L10KS PIANO HOUSE, 2014 Main street, (taker City. M. JI. WK1K. Oouqral Ageut.., Subscribe for The Miuer INVENTORY OF HEINZE'S HOLDINGS Statement Made that F. Augustus is Trying to Get Action in the Market. The information has leaked out locally that Hoinze's efforts in the east to dlBposo of his mining, mil ling, smelting, political and other properties in Montana to tho Amal gamated Copper company was supple mented by stops taken at Butte and olsowhoro In Montana to further that ond, says tho Hutto Intor-Mountain. One of thoso stops takon and of tho most convincing proofs of Hoinzo's efforts to got action in tho mining market for his holdings in tho United Court and Copper company, was tho taking of au invoutory aud appraisement of all of Ileluzo's Hutto mining claims, his smoltor aud mis cellaneous proporty, iualudiug ma chinery, his liasiu smoltor and all other proporty that ho owns horo about. This invoutory aud appraisomont was taken while tho head of tho United Court aud Copper company was in tho east, hy trusted employes, aud it is reliably stated that tho returns were forwarded to Now Vork. It is further reported that at the tlmo Mr. Ileiu'e joined .lohu Mac CJlnnis in Now York a oorpH of engineers and accountants wore busily engaged in taking a complete inventory of ovory part and parcel of Ileluzo's properties, mines aud equipment. Nothing wiih overlokcd, the lionize Interests calling in every stray piece of machinery now being used by leasers and others. When the Minnie Healy mine was shutdown recently it was given out that the state mine inspector had found the place dangerous, aud had called the workmen out until tim bering H.iiliciont to make tho prop orty safe had been done. In addition to this it was reported that the mine was a losing proposition and that it had been run at a loss since lionize gained control of it last, winter, it now develops that a corps of engineers have been underground surveying the ore bodies and compiling a ro port upon the wealth of tho mine. These surveyors and engineers fin ished their work some days ago, aud this report has been embodied in tho inventory taken. It is said that tho Minnie Healy has a body of ore in its workiugs. This ore body has beeu of such huge dimensions that sutllclent waste could uot he secured to till in the stopes as the ore was extracted. Lack of suttloiout support caused the cave in which Haggerty, Furloug, Trioetti aud others lost their lives, and the veiu has been worked in sections. It appears ro have beeu the plan of Heinze to offer this exhibit of ore as a boost to secure the price de manded for bis properties. "This looks very slonlflcant," said a well known mining man yes terday, who is in close touch with Heinze's affairs. "I know of my own knowledge that a complete In ventory of the smelter was taken and every piece of machinery, equipment, and all ore being run through were checked upland embodied in a re port. Some portions of the M. O. P. company machinery and equip ment bad been loaned to leasers and others and this was all gone over and checked up. "No explanation was given for t he inventory, but to those who keep posted upon what Is going on con veyed the fact that there was some thing in the wind and the report of negotiations for a sellout seems to have boon correct. Not a detail of tho holdings of the Holuze interests was overlooked and a complete Inventory was taken, including all miuos, mills and smoltor?, as well bb all surfaco rights, trackage aud other mining essentials. The smelter at Basin was oheokod up aud carefuL noto takou of all ores being rim through aud ail copper produced. Ore bins were visited aud thoir con touts checked, while overy carload of rock under grouud was included in tho inventory. "if Mr. Heinze did not soil out he attompted to, for I have it on good authority that tho inventory was takon to supply a correot list of tho proporty offered in tho sale. "Men working at tho Minuio Hoaly report that the workiugs from tho shaft now havo oro in sight, but that they aro not working it out. The stopes recently openod wero allowed to stand just as thoy woro some weeks ago. It appears that this ore was to havo been used as u Hiimple of what wiih claimed by tho M. O. P. compauv, aud there was no desiro to tako tho oro out before thoHO to whom the initio was offorod could seo tho ore bodies." Work on the Virtue. The Old Virtue mine on which b force of men is now at work undor tho recent reorganization scheme aud sale is taking on on now lifo and pre sents a scene of great activity, liouoral Manager J. K. Komiu in pushing forward the construction of tho heavy foundations for tho now hoist and in auothor four weeks wiU havo tho big piece of machinery iu oporatlou. This hoist is one of three of the samo pattern now iu uso iu eastern Oregon, there being one at tho lied Hoy. Tho foundations for tho hoist will bo 24x28 feot, uiue feet deep of cemout aud stone. It will bo put down in layers ouch one of which will bo allowed to season. Tho hoist itself is a magnificent double engine aud douhle drum and weighs 112,000 pounds. Democrat. Eye Specialist Coming. Dr. Newmau, the eminent eye specialist, will be at Hotel Sumpter July 15, 10 aud until noon on the 17th. If your eyea bother you in any way, commit him.