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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1904)
Wednesday, July 20 i-P4 10 J. H. BROWN WRITES FROM MOUNTAIN CITY, NEVADA QT ' i ri m ." - i . i THE SUMPTER MINER Thinks It the Greatest Mining Camp He Has Seen in All His Wanderings. Mountain (Jlty, NiivikIii, .Inly i:. Htronk, hiiih 8(500 in gold mid '20,000 I arrived hen. Sunday viiiiiK mill I "7 i" nllvcr, tlio IIimhL I iyor . i looked t. I csoiilfl keep on in wh agreeably HiirprlHiiil Hi llml '",,0lllto,y llll0llt Hliah thlngH, but I I'm ik!(!i)iiii!h piihllHliuil about IIiIh , afn, yMl would wniil to drop old camp luul not been nvurdiiiwn. everything and cotno, ho I will Tlio ruck Ih rich and I ho diHlrlct. In hwIIcIi to other topicH that, your large and thn opportunity for the readeiH want to know ahout. diligent pniHpoclor lo make iiHlakoj Mountain (Jity Ih about 100 Hlrong Ih (ho hcril. I liavo over coino nnroHH in J in populaliou and people are com all my wandiJiingH. 'I'he vhIiioh are lug in all the time. .Several now both in gold and Hllvor iitirt ruti into hui Id inH are going up and the the thoiiHiiuilH. Komi) :f the rook I (own Ih while with IuiiIh. lam the Ih ho rich in nllvcr that you cannot, ! proud pohhohhoi- of a lot. in the heart, hreak II. j of I he IniHlncHd Hoclion, on the only In IIiIh inn liatn vicinity the ! hIiddI. Squatted on it. like the viiIuiih are iiIiiiohI. all hIIvoi hut all ( linlauco of Hid hoomerH. Wo have the ore carrieH gold. Over $.'1,000,- j all heou ordered oil', hut don't go, iih 000 Iiiih been laken out in t ho piiHt, uohoily Iiiih a title to the laud and and the only machinery In the camp mine in iih good as that of othoiH. A being the .viudliiHH. In a hIioiI. time npiat lor'H title to n good litiHinoHH three or four IioIhIh Ihaf have hoeu , lot can ho height, for $100, hut that ordered will ho in operation. ;; Tho gold holt comuienceH 'ahout eight mlioH Hiiuth of IIiIh place and Home of tho ore exhibited from that Hection Ih a wonder. Vou do not need ii gliiHH when looking for valueH. it being Ioiih.v with tho yellow metal. will not liiHt long. Two grocery hIoich, one liotol, one OliiuoHo reHtiinrant, throe hiiIooiih, and two lilackHiiilth hIiojih tiro all tho hllHitlOHH llOIIHOH llOI'O. TIlOlO II TO Hpleudid openlngH for u general Htoro, iCHlaiirant, hakery, hutchor, laundry Fred ToHtouior, a Fronohiiiiui mining and other IiiIhIuohh, hut 1' would not on Van Diihoii crook,' hIx ihUch , advlne any one with only a Hhoe.Htiing Houlliwoat of horo, hint evening ex-1 to try and do anything in tlio mm--hiliili'd rock from a now lind of IiIh chant Ho lino here, iih lumhor Iiiih to that earrloH free valiien of $H,000 to ho hauled from Klko and conts 87 fi tho ton. Ho iiIho workn a placer in per '1uiihiuhI. J tried to buy a that locality and Iiiihhoiiio voryjargn baching outfit, and tho only thing I nuggolH, going iih hi gh iih twenty ' could find wiih a wiihIi hanin. eight. iIoIIiiih. I Won Id uM. that jar you ! Not even a MohI of the big lliidri mo within tin cup to ho hud in thin groat camp. Hlght of Hie town ami Ih oany ot ( Tho altlludo in 7.000 foot and tho iiccchh. nighlH are cool. (Monty of good The only mill in thin Hection Ih ii water and grann, hut wood, don't nine hIiiiiip eoneonlialing plant that i mention it, tlfteuu iIoIIiiih per cord in til picHoul hIiiiI down, owing In mi eiiliiely new diameter nf ore ntruck in Hie mine, the Standard, owned hy Un NcImui Iuijh, which in now under lioud to Sail Lake pinlicH. The ore Ih ho rich tin value wcie going down tho creek They have iiiado a nhip iiinti t ot mo to iihcnitaiu what treat meul Ih iieceKHiiry to hiivo theiii. and poor at that. Sago hrunli in tho tuel for tho hoyn. Advino all broke men and tho unfiling elans to give thin (tamp a wide liorlh tor at leant thicn months, iih there are Ion idle men foi every joh. Thin winter tho pay roll will ho large, hut it in going to take time, iih (lie railroad Ih 100 iiiIIoh I wiih talking today to ,1,11. I'liaiu, a.uiy, and tho dovelpmeut wink con- an old Cripple ''leek and Toiinpah mining man, who hii.vh Hid nhowing in iar heller lieio thiiii al Toiiopah and predlclri a great hoom for thin Hec tion. Ho Iiiih heou hero hIiico July I. M. I' Mickey, an old Contact, Nevada, minor, showed mo Home rock from a II i it 1 of IiIh that had plenty of native silver an I free gold In it. Some of the ore from tho (ireen hack, ahout two and one-half inch tompliited will then have opened up what aio now only prospects. While (IiIh in an old .camp, it Ih really a now one, and a person without money will ho Htrlctly on tho hog and will have eighty live miloH of desert to cross to got to a water tank. Will send you some of tho ore in a day or two. J. II. IIKOWX. To Start Repair Work. O. t Wright anil Kugeuo Watlorn loft yesterday afternoon for tho Mlack Unite, to inaugurate repair work on tho HtHinp mill. Mr. Walters Iimh boon retained by Van Vloot A Wright Mm) will U) tho coiiHultlng engineer of their mining opoiatious, K. L. Ktmnon, Whitney, Oregon, lumber, Mali, door, uhliitfleM, build lug cuaterlnl, milling timber. Blue Mountain Company. S. II. Norton, manager of tho Hluo Mountain CJold Mining company, operating in tho Cracker Crook dis trict, whh in town today to proouro moti to go ahead with tho work. Dovolpmout watt Htrtod some time Hgo, Mild tho oompuuy, it in stated, Ih lu h position to push operations. The Miuwr doM job prluting. $2,000 Ten Roomed Residence. One of the Best Locations in town. $2,000 Home. Completely Furnished. Location and Grounds Delightful. Piano, Large Range and other valuable Furniture included in this. Barn and Outbuildings. New Six Room House and Lot, nicely lo cated. Easy terms.. $250 Choice Resident Lot near center of town. $50, $75, and $lOO Buy Choice Resident Lots not far out. $300 Buys House and Lot with Barn. A Com fortable Little Home. LAUNDRY BUSIN I am instructed to sell the Steam Laundry business, of Sumpter, which is the Best Pay ing Business in town for the amount of capital required to handle it. Call and see me and get figures. 20,000 Acres now under irrigation in one of the best localities in Oregon. Are you interested in securing a home of this kind, from 40 to 160 acres. These lancis in three years will be worth three times what they can be bought for at the present time. Call and see maps and get prices and terms on. this property. PLACER PROPERTY Do you want something good in a Placer Proposition? We have rich placer ground near Sumpter, and an opportunity to secure an abundance of water for long season's work. Here is an opportunity for a person with small capital, to secure a proposition with such merit as will increase on investigation in the estimation. of the most critical ex aminer. If interested., call and see us and get particulars. 1.280 ACRES One of the most attractive large bodies of land in Burnt River Valley. Level 'as a meadow. All can be irrigated. Can be sold in size tracts to suit the purchaser, at $ 1 5 and less per acre. INLAND EMPIRE INVESTMENT CO. JESSE HOBSON MANAGER L HOTEL SUMPTER J