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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, August 17, i9"4 GOLDEN MONARCH VEIN IS REACHED II. II. NIuIiuIhuii, of Denver, ooiiHultliiK engineer for tlio Klllon, Warner Stewart company, loturnod litHt night from tho Oregon Motuirch nnd tin Mack .hick with a moHt encouraging aoonii il of Hit) develop ment work lit both proportion. At the Monarch, of wnloh Tom Moffat Ih HUporintond'onl, tho (J old on Monarch voin of tho Rod Hoy Iiiih l)Di)ti broken into. At IuiihI thoro Ih ovory evidence thtit IIiIh is. the ciiho, and Mr. NicliolHon HiiyH it Ih tho Kud Hoy voin named beyond any uoh lion. Tho load wiih broken into whilo Mr. Nicholson wiih at tho prop erty. Tho KM lull, Warner, Htowurt company Iiiih jndiolouHly and HyHtomatioally operated thiH property for Hovoral yoarH, Hpondlng l"t of inonoy on It, toward tho ond of tap ping tlilH voin in tho coiiiho of do volopmont. Tho llrm Ih to ho oongrntuliitwl. Tho iropony Iiiih tho Knd Hoy IoiiiIh lioyond donlit and ovory mining man who Iiiih examined II, gives tho opinion that it Iiiih tho making of ono of tho big iiiIimih of tho rilatrlnt. At tho Mlaek.Jank. whinh Ih largely owned hy .Judge Rooho, of Lincoln, NohriiMka. Mr. NIcIioIhou hiij'h tlml. ii tillnd load Iiiih j.nl hoon out into allowing highly mineralized quartz in tho face, and wiih Improving with ovory allot whon ho left. Shortly iiftoriioini today Mr. NoIioIhuu had a phono moHHiigo from Tim Hhoody, who Iiiih charge of tho wink, saying tthat tho oro Ih niiiitlniiolng to Im lirovo. Mr. Hhoody will send in a lino or mimploH to have iiHHiiyod at oiuto. lloth thoHo proper! Ioh are making tdinwiugH now hoi tor than ovor be fore in tho hlHtnry of their opera tion. BUILDING ROAD TO IHORNBIRG PLACERS A report from Criuilto today HtatoH that W. h. VIiihiiii, who recently took ovor tho Thurnburg pliioura in tho Uranito dintriot, Iiiih a force of tlftoon niou at work building a mad from Crime I hit down Crane creek to IiIh piomrty, a l int ituoo of ahoiit live miloH. Tho now ro ito is perhaps a tritlo longer tliNii (ho old ono, hut thoro Ih no noiiipiiriHOii between tho grades. The old road it exceedingly steep and illllluiilt to haul ovor. whilo tho now ono Ih practically on a water lewd grade. Mr. VIiihiiii Ih getting t hings in roadluoHH to oporato IiIh placer on ii big homIo. JOE MIKEL Off FOR CALIFORNIA Joo Mikol, ono of tho owiioih of tho Nino Strike in tho Cracker Crook dlntriot, and also Interested in other miuiug property, loft thiH afternoon for California and may uot return beforo spring. Mr. Mlkel did not intend leaving beforo winter, but wiih unexpectedly called away on bind- uohb. If possible, ho Bays, he will try to got back beforo the end of the BOHHOtl. Work at tho Nino Stiike. however, will continue under tho direction of Jack Tibba and Albert Wiss, Mr. Mlkol's partnoiB in tho property. It Ih looking exceptionally wall, and givoH ovory ovidonco of making n good producer with dovolopment. BIG STRIKE ON BOULDER CREEK A report from Moulder creok HtatoH that ,Jok DompHoy and Frank Hradburn have niado an oxcoptoinally rich Htriko on a property . they aro uporatlng in that vicinity. Tho lodgo, It Ih stated, Ih four foot wide hikI carrioH freo gold in I n ik o (iiantitloH. TIioho who have hoou tho rock Hay it Ih oxooedingly high grade and will iiHHiiy very high. Nothing very denllllo, however, is obtainable thin timo. COMPRESSOR PLANT EOR GOLD COIN HERE .1. It. Murrln, of Wheeling West Virginia, arrived thiH moriiiiiK to take charge of iiiHtiillltiK tho com pioHHor plant at tho Gold Coin in tho (Jrackor Crook nlHlriut, operated by the Citizens' Gold MiuiiiK om piuiy, of Wheeling, WoHt Virginia, in which Mr. Murrln Ih IntoroHted. Ho wiih mot by Superintendent Doyle and loft at unco for tho prop erty. Tho comproHHor machinery camo in thiH morning and. will bo placed In a short timo. Tho Drat thing to bo dono will bo the clearing of the aito after which the machinery will bo moved from hero. ThiH will occupy only a few days. Five. Hundred Dollar Nugget. The blggoHt gold nuggott which wiih ovor broughi into Grants Pans and tho liirgent which Houthorn Oregon Imh produced in modorn Union, camo thiH weok from tho Klippel mine on MacDouald gulch, a tributary of Roland crook, aud is now at the I'M rat National batik. The nugget Ih a big, irregular chunk of gold, some four iuchoH long, about two Inchon wide at ono end and tapering to an inch, and about an inch aud a half thick. In value it in just a fow dollars nhort of tffiOO. In Hhapo it resemblon an old nlipper about iih nearly iih anything to which it might bo compared. It Ih perfectly Htnooth and solid aud nearly pure gold. Koguo River Courier. Miner Hurt at the E. & t. An Italian by tho name of Hor notti, a miner at tho K. anil E., was tiorlourily Injured in one of tho drifts by a cuvo-ln yesterday morning be tween S and U o'clock mid IiIh re im ivory is thought to bo doubtful. Ah far an the part iculars can be gathered from cltieiiH ot Hourno in town today, Heruottl was caught ucroHH the Htomaoh by tho falling rock and Injured internally. No hones were broken, however. When ho wiih rescued ho was almost mi minacious aud appeared to bo Butror lug great pain from his Injuries, lie was taken at once to Hourno uud given mod I oh I attention. Subscribe for The Miuer PRODUGING IN THIRTY DAYS McEwen, Arthur & MoEwon, of tho Sumpter Sampling nnd Testing WorkB, who took a lenao und bond on tho Eagle Con &o I i (In tori group, embracing tho Imperial mine in tho Cablo Cove district, a fow days ugo, aro propariug to operate tho property at ouco. Tho milling machinery used in the testing works now dismantled aud loaded today for transforrouce to tho mine, whore it will bo immediately sot up for tho treatmont of tho oroB. For tho proaout home mado jigs will bo used, a couplo of Willley tableB will bo installed. The throe stumps from tho toating works will be used for crushing, while the boilers, rock breaker aud other equipment will be UHod in completing tho plant. It will bo oompleto In ovory detail and ready for oporatiou in n short timo. The now people expect to havo tho proporty on a paying basis within tho noxt thirty days. Captain Paul, who roprosontB tho owners, and from whom tho loaso and bond won- takou, will havo sup erintendence for them, while tho managomeut will be directed by John Arthur. COMPRESSOR PLANT TO BE INSTALLED AT ONCE 1. M. Doylo, suporlnttondont of tho Cold Coin in tho Crackor Crook dlstlriot. oporated by tho Cltlzons' Mining company of Wheeling, West Virginia, was dowti today to moot Mr. Murron, a machinist, of Whool ing, who is coming to snporiutoud the installation or tho now com pressor plant. Mr. Murron, howovor. was dolayod at eomo poiut on the trip and failod to put in au appeal auco. He Is also interested in tho property. Tho now plant is now at llaker City aud will probably bo hero to morow, whon Mr. Murron is also expected to arrive Dr. (iaamiro, ono of the ottlcers and stockholders, will bo in Sumpter in tho course of a weok or such a matter. Tho now oomproHsor la a threo drill plant aud will bo installed aud operated iih soon as possible. (.Hand work in the meantime Iiiih been proceeding uninterruptedly. "The orosHCut is now in 175 feet and two HhiftH aro being worked. It is oHtimatod that tho main lead of tho property will be reached in tho next 400 feet. Ore Prom Mountain City. The Miner bus locolved from J. ti. Hrown some samples of oro from tho Mountain City district, tho reju venated camp iu Nevada, near the Idaho lino. It Is rich, all right enough, silver predominating; Ottrries gold values and is stained green with copper. Mr. Hrown writes that the whole country is staked, the claim owners aro hard to deal with, demanding cash payments on bonds of from ten to twenty per cent, which action is liable to postpone activity in the way of dovolopment. He does uot doubt the great valuo of tho miueral deposits, but says the future of the camp depends on tho preseuce there of euergetic miuiug uieu with money. There is also a treatment problem to bo solved, as the 10U mile wagon haul shuts out all except the richer ores from shipment to smelters. MILLIONS OF HORSE POWER Tho Minam river, which heads, iu the high granite mountain's, between Cornucopia aud Wallowa, is ono of tho most beautiful streams in tho west, containing a number of high, sheor falls, which would furnish millions of horsepower, if utilized. . The stream la hidden away .in a deep mountain canyon, the only access to it being by pack, bores, except on rare instances, where a rough wago'j road leads down the preoipitious bluffa. At ono of these beautiful water falls about eight miles north of tho Core, on tho Union oounty side of the Wallowa-Union county line, tho Eastern Oregou Development com pany, of which W. B. Davidson, of thiH city, is secretary, will Install a moiiBter powor plant, in fact, the largest iu eastern Oregon, from which oleotrlc powor will bo transmitted to tho valley for distribution along tho linos of railroad and to the diirorout towns for lighting purposes. Mr Davidson expects to arrive hero from Sumpter about August 10, after which time he will mako bis pormaueut home in this city. In speaking of the proapocts ahead of the uew company, Mr. Davidson sayp,. iu a lotter to the East Oregon Ian from Sumpter, that they expect the new lino of electric road iu Crando Rondo valley to revolutionize the beet culture aud cord wood business thoro, truck growing iu the foothill districts. At the preneut time all the cord wood is hauled for miles to tho different towus, but tho road will tap a timber belt at Union, aud also at Elgin, giviug the settlers access to market without making a long haol. Sugar beets are uot now raised in many localities there because of the long haul to tho railroad. Wheu this road encircles the valley, will tap the beet belt, affording cheap trausportatiou to the factory, and as the track will be built standard guage, O. R. & N. cars will be hauled by it around the entire circuit of the valley, thus bringiug the small farmers aud truck garduera iu easy reach of tho main line aud markets. It is oatimated that 10,000 carloads of produce can be baudled aunually by tho uew road. East Oregouiau. TO DEVELOP ROCK CREEK PROPERTY Dr. Graff t, of Hnutiugtou, Ohio, aud Hank Mounts, the miuiug mau, lott early this morning for the Rock Creek district to start work on n group of miuiug claims in which they are interested. Dr. (iratft airived here several dayo ago, aud will remaiu iu the district for several days looking after his miuiug Interests. They left for Rock Creek ou horseback, aud a bucking broncho foil to Hank. The broncho quloaded him. several times before he was able to retain his equilibrium. Jack Stonebocker is suspected of baviug put up the job. 1