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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1904)
EASTtRN INVESTORS IN ' OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE J ' 1)1 UL T r HUNDRED DOLLAR ROCK FOUND IN THE NATIONAL M. A. Knapp, the Owner, Now Sacking Ore For Shipment to the ' Smelter Here. M. A. Khh, tho woll known carpenter of Humptor, Iiuh Hti unk Houiathlug rich In a minuntl way In tho Cracker Crook district. Mr. Knapp owiih tho National claim, located In a load paralleling tho mother ludo. A drift tunnel Is now In foHy-llvo foot, showing oro whloh assayed at the smelter ooh SOO.Oft. Tho voln proper nuHHiiroH nIx foot In width. The pay Htroak in from twelve to fourteen Inchon. Last fall Mr. Knapp ntruck oro in thiH pay hoiiiii whloh wont ft'J'J.OH. Within eight font from tho point whom thiH waH encountered whon w r! was niHiimod thiH spring, tho oro wont 4 1. Whon tho drift had pro. oeodod throo foot fnrthor tho iiHHiiyH NEAR GREEKIIORN IS I0UND $75 FREE GOLD OKE A strike of vory ilch oro waH re potted yesterday attornoou from (ho Greenhorn (lamp in hoiiio now ground contiguous to tho Pyx mluo. Tho 010 Ih froo-mllling and handHomo hiiiiin HpoolmnuH of it attracted tho attention of experts and laymon allko yuatarday aftafuoou .whon thoy happened to bo pausing tho wiudowH Of II. C. IiJUIh' MHHHy ollloo. Some of (lit) oro wmh poundod up In a mortar and atatayod, but In mill (nut, given at tho Humptor smelter, bowwl tho value to run an high an ITr to the toil. When It la con ldrtd that thin Ih fiee milling rc, and that tho voln Ih a largo 0110. these are, Indeed, ooxollout results. Tula uew (lud Ih located about four aud one-half miles from Greenhorn, aud it wait stated on good authority Ut ulght that muoh oxultomont pio- vuIIh throughout tho dlsrtlot over this rich discovery. Democrat. Oregon Development League. The mall thiH forenoon brought to a number of oitl.ouH of Sampler a circular letter from J. II. Aitkou, of lluutliiKtou, vice president ot tho Oregou Development of League, relative to tho work of that organiza tion. Thtt purpose of tho letter Ih to work up luterest In tho movement aud to secure a good attendance at Ike uiMtlug to be held In Maker City September 2. The circular open up jumpod to tho highest ytt obtained 00.05. It Ih not known what tho ontiro lodge will average, hh tho hhhh.vh for it liavo not yot boon com plotod. Tho oro Ih gold Milphldua of a vory high grade. A Hiimplo of it may bo hooii at tho Club saloon. Mr. Knapp will Hhip at onoo to I I.. ui.u.ltiiK 1 1 ii ulrimilv liuu ulvtv HiinkH of tho high grado atulf roady to bo Hout in, and will oudoavor to largely InoroaHo this amount boforo (ho mow totu in. Ho HguroH that ho can uiako a nice cleanup aftor paying trauHportatlon and Hmoltur charges. Tho property Ih locatod about two and a quarter mi I oh from Bourne ; and Mr. Knapp Ih tho nolo owner of 'It. with thiH qm-Htlon: "Have you a commorclal organization in your city; If not, why not?" No, wo have not; uovor havo had aud probably novor will havo. Suroly wo will not until some of our past and proHont would bo "loading cltl zoiih' arc run out of town aud holio "boss" appoarri on tho hcoiio who will tako tho load In hucIi mattoraaud club into Hllont inactivity thoHo who havo killed ovoiy progressive effort originating hero. Ah to that olauso of tho abovo query, "why uot," Tho Miner could write an Interesting aiiHwer to that would bo strictly true, wore it worth while which it Ih not. immmmmmil RESUME WORK AT THE OREGON-IDAHO AT ONCE Arriving hero Thursday ulght were A. A. IllbbH, Dr. Brown, Dr. Bryadt, Dr. Joseph lllbbs aud Dr. Meals all from Pennsylvania. Dr. lllbbs and Dr. Drown are both metallurgists aud practical, experienced mining men. Dr. Hr.vdt Ih a retired phyaiciaii. Thoy all loprosont largo capital in tercuts aud arc individually able to handle largo miniug proportion. Thoy havo coutiidorblo property In tlilu district aud aro here now !u tho interest of tho Oregou-Idaho mluo, which join the Staudard on tho north. They have completed about 400 feet of tuuueliug ou tbia property aud during their stay will let ooutracta for 500 feet mora tuDuel work. Thorough aud systemttn de- volopmout work will bo undertaken aud it ia their determination to push thiH very promising mine to a pro ducer and all that ia necessary for thiH purpose la work. This work will he done. Tho company in which thoao gen tlemen aro heavy stockholders in tho Oregon-Idaho Gold Mining company aud in connection with their prop er! ioa. Thoy expect to look their property over Friday and go on to Canyon Saturday and utiles other ariaugomontH aro made will tako their departure Sunday. Prairio City Minor. MORE LAND WITHDRAWN OVER IN MORROW COUNTY For tho re-location of a Htorage reservoir alto for the Umatilla irri gation project, tho laud offlco in this city Iiiib been iuatructod to withdraw from all forma of entry several town ships in Morow county. Orders weio rocoivod from tho general laud ollico to this effect Woduosday, and until tho government onglneors finish tho Hiiveyu, tho laud iu tho restricted district will uot bo subject to .settle ment. "Tho action of tho land office in withdrawing the townships in Mor row county,' ' said John T. Whistler, head of tho reclamation sorvico in Oregon, "Ih inj accordance with tho desires of tho recounoisauco party that has boon Hooking 11 uow reservoir site slnoo tho Willow crook plan was found unfoaaablo. It dooH uot mean that tho roHorvoir will tako up all tho laud withdrawn, but it indicates that tho onglnorH expect to locate it Homowhoro within tho restricted body. "WoalwayH iiHk tho laud oltico to hold back lands from entry iu sec tions where wo aro pushing our in vestigations, for it in great deal easier to turn tho reBorve back than it la to Hecuro it aftor tilings havo boon made by settlors." The Dalles Chronicle. IMPERIAL MILL TO START ON FIRST John Arthui, of MoEwen, Arthur Jfc MBoweu, the llrui which recently took over uuder ieaao aud boud the Imperial, was iu towu yesterday. The mill which ia being installed on the property, Mr. Arthur says, will certaiuly bo going by the Hrst of the mouth. Tho starting has been delayed somewhat by the non-arrival of screens for the jigs, ordorod some tlmo ago. Upton-Whitney Phone. Charles 11. Heruard, of Haker City, haa been awarded the coutraot for furnishing poles for the Whitney Tipton telephone line, to follow tho railway exteusiou. It will require 300 poles. Bernard arrived here this morulng and is eu gagiug meu to start the work at ouoe. He will start the work as soou as he can get a crew of men together. BIG OKE BODY AT BLAGKJRUT1 E Manager W tight1 bad a telephone messago from ibe Black Butte last ulght stating that a big ore body had boou enoouutered whilo excavat ing for the boiler hones foundation of the new hoist. The veiu was out i rely unsuspected. The extent or value was uot kuown at the time of the message. The hoist, Mr. Wright uys, is practically completed and, steam was to have beou turned ou today. The plaut will be iu full commissiou iu a few days. Mr. Wright left today for tho Blue Bird to look after the constructor of tho mill there, aud will visit the Black Butte before be roturus. The work at the Blue Bird mill is beiug pushed rapidly to completion. Fivery man that cau tie worked to advantage is being put on. Manager Wright thiuks tho plaut will be completed within the uoxt thirty days. Otto M. Rosen-dale Dead. Otto M. Kosendalo, the milling ongiuoer of Portland, is dead. lie suffocated while asleep in the house of a friend in Astoria last Thursday. A lighted cigar sot fire to tho carpet by tho side of his bed and the den eo smoko caused death. But for the fact that tho windows and doors of the room wore tightly closed, the en tire houso aud its inmates would havo boon consumed. Mr. BoHoudalo was one of the host known mining engineers in the west. He was a member of the American Mining Institute aud a fellow of the Royal Geographical sooioty. Ho was well kuown iu Baker county. Ancient Deed for Road Land. A deed that calls for the payment of $10,000,050 iu settlement, and that was exeouted April IH, 1870, has just reached Beutou couuty to be placed 011 record. It is a deed of trust of congressional laud graut from the Oregou aud California Rail road company to Faxou D. Athertou, Milton S. Latham aud William Nor rls. The deed has already beeu re corded iu niue counties, as follows : Multnomah, Clackamaa, Marion, Liuu, Lane, Douglas, Wasbiugtou aud Jackson, and will uow he re corded iu Beutou, iu order that the title may be made perfect iu all the couutlof- in which the land is located. Why tho deed has beeu thirty-four years iu reaohiug Corvallis for record is a matter uot explaiutd. Corvallis Times. Don't Go to St. Louis 'Till you oallfat or write to the Chiogo, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road. Office 184 Tbiid- Street, Portland, Oregon. Low rates to all poiuts East, in coueuction with all transcontinental. W. a ROWE, General Agent., Portland. Oragoo. N