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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1904)
Wednesday, September 28, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER NO TR4MPS IN THE MOUNTAINS I am till ki u "In quest of "You never snw a cat bathing lu the sen. You never saw a tramp in a mountainous country. Each spec tacle is of equal rarity." The speaker, a noted geologist, who was in Sumptur recently, smiled as he made the above somewhat startling statement to a Miner representative. "I know what about," he said. geological truths I havo traveled tho country over many times, and I have yet to Hud a tramp among the moun tains. Tramps avoid mountains as they avoid soap. ilouco, Now Hampshire, Vermont, and tho other monutaiuoua states mo siugularly free from petty tuioviug and all such troubles as hoboos cause. And honco, in thoso states, it is never neoessary to lock the doors or the windows. Tramps avoid mouutainoiiH districts buaciHe the walking is all up hill there and bucaueo tho faruiB are few and far between. A fertile aud flat country, with the roads good and the farmers close together, suits the tramp. "Tho Hiuno is particularly truo of tho western mining statos, all of which aro mountainous. In all my rercout travels in this part of tho world in Montana, Idaho, aud eastoru Oregon I have yet to soe a Weary Willie noar a quartz mine. Hern in Maker county there are too many jobs as muckers and roustabouts to suit tramp 1. 'Ehey prefor to jump from one railroad town to another, and seldom got back into tho moun tains, wboro thoy aro liable to bo confronted with tho specter of work." Found Glory Hole at Auburn. II. J. Able 1b in town today from Auburn, diiplaying some vory haud some spocimeus of quart, thickly spriukled with gold. Ho says ho reooutly locatod one of tho lodges which supplied the millions of placor gold that has boeu takeu nut in that district. That whole soctiou of country a in uetwork of these same rich veins, in casings of por phyry. Mr. Able says that whore he opened up this ono he took out a couple of gallon tomato cans full of this rich rock, aud tboro is moro in the same place. Challenge From Snake Klvcr. All tho way from Snake river comes a oballeuge, directed either against McLeod or Maddoru, issued by W. M. McDougal, for a rock drilling oouto-it for money, chalk or marbles. McDougal is owuer of tho McDougal group of mines near Homestead, below tho Iron Dyke miue. Ho is a brawuy Scotchman. Friends from his section of tho Pauhaudle offer to back him liberally. Tony Mohr Back From Wyoming. Authouy Mohr returned today from Wyoming, where he went a couple of weeks since to look alter a free gold proposition that ho aud Joe Heed havo under boud. It is 100 miles uorth of Rook Springs, the nearest rail point. He says tho sbowiug is very encouraging and while there he let a contract for considerable development work. 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