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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1904)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT SUMPTER SMELTER HAS LEASED BAKER SAMPLER Tliu Oiogou Hnitilt Iiik and Helloing company, operating the Sumptur smelter, has leased thu linker (Jlty Sampling WorkH from Ho In KhiMhIj. Th it paper i werii signed yesterday by Manager Fred I), Fuller, who 1h in linker. The deal Iiiih boon ponding lor some f I mo. Manager Fuller's idea in securing the Ioiiho is to make trio UiiKor uny iiiimpiing worKs n tuiiiHfor Hlalion Tor (ho .Sumpter smololr. Ililhorto (ho KikIIhIi sampler Iiiih handled (ho hulk of (ho ot t'H mid oouruutinlos from eastern Oregon, HhlptiiontH being nuido (o Norlliporl, Trail, Kvoroll, Taroma and Hull Luke plaiitH. The inajorily of tint ontH wore sent to Nnrthpnrt, Mr. KikIIhIi having a contract with (ho mauiigomouL W that, plant to dolivor a certain tonnage. 'J'IiIh contniot recently oxpirod, and not withstanding llattorlng offers foi 11h renewal Mr. KikIIhIi proforrod to sign h lease to tho Sumpter ltiHtlt utioii. This moans that tbulocal plantwill henceforth handlo all of tho oro and concentrates from eastern Oro Hon, including heavy shipments from southern Idaho minus. 4n&1& It Ih understood that Manager Pullor will at onou assume control of tho iiakor sampler, placing a crow thoroin to handlo tho oro shipments lo, and matlo HhipmontH from, tho local plant. Kola KikIIhIi, ownor of tho sam pler, will Hhortly loavo for Tono pah, Nevada, in company with Ficd S. Luck, of iiakor Oily, tho hitter of whom Ih senior momlior of (ho Luck A. Sohmlt' Usual agency and lirokuraito linn of tho Quoou Oily. "It Ih (mo that Mr. KikIIhIi and I n ru going to Tnuopah," said Mr. Lack In a rooont uonvorHiition with a Minor roproHontativo, "hut both of uh will rumiiiu iutimatoly iduutiilud wltii iiakor county mines." and Esmeralda, both of which prop oitios display rich oro. A shaft on tho Fmmn Ih in solid oro worth from 8H to isSlOo .per ton. Mr. Smith, who Ih an export minor, believes tho Fmma carrioH tho Mountain Viow vein. Ho will sink tho present shaft to as groat a depth iih hard work will allow and will then hiatal! a hoist. Tho oro taken out in sinking will ho sacked-and shipped to tho Sumpter smoltur. "It's hard work to find unemploy ed minors in Iiakor county," said Mr. Smith to a Miuer man today. "Over in Oolorado, from which stato 1 returned last week, there are enough unemployed men to run all tho minus in tho Northwest. One of tho things which makos Oregon so atraotivo to mine operators is tho absence of labor troubles. " UNCLE SAM BOSS OF KILLAMACUE SUMPTER SMELTER BUSY INSTITUTION Tho .Sumpter smelter is a busy in Htitutiou thoHo days, ('upper Niattu Ih being turned out with a rapidity eminent llv satisfactory to tho man agomout, The oro bins are kept comfortably tilled by nearly a score of teams hauling from various pints of tho camp. VoHtorduy iih high a hundred visitors from Sumpter inspected tho plant, being shown every courtesy by tho superintendent and the em- jtlnyes, Among the oro receipts Saturday was two wagon loads from the Tabor Fraction, h shipment of concentrates from the Imperial and two carloads from Idaho. GRANE FLAT DREDGE COST $40,000 NEW to satisfy attachments against thu company. There are two other dredges in tho Delta country. The Mascot Oo'd Mining company has one on the old towuslto of Delta, which Ih believed to bo the most suooosssful or tho there. Tho Delta .Mining company is, tho owner of tho third dredge. VlM Mr. liuroh is now at the Crane Flat diggings, making arrangements for iiHtalling tho dredge. Endeavors will bo made to haul thu pon derous machinery before tho fall rains begin. If delay is met with, it will be uecosary to await the coming of snow to elfeot trauspir a tion. On the Orano Flat diggings the dredge can bo operated for eight moutliH in the year. Thu grading for tho pond for tho dredge will requirethe moving of o,vvv yarns or gravel, The excava tion Ih to be MHO foot long, 125 foot wide and eight feet doep. TELLURIUM FROM THE MAYFLOWER Dan Staltor, general managur of the Mayflower group of mines near Susauvillu, operated by tho Hoppuur Oold Mining company, a closo cor poration composed of Morrow county bankers, merchants and Hhoepmon, is in Sumpter today, en route to the property from a trip to linker City. Manager Staltor last week shipped a wagon load of May flower oro to thu Sumpter smelter. His rut urns were excellent. On October 10 Manager Staltor will closo down tho initio for the winter. Next spring work will bo resumed wltii a nig rorce of men. Mr. Staltor exhibits somo beautiful specimens of tolluriutn and free gold aro from tho May flower group of flfteou claims. Mr. Staltor was a torrlblo sufferer from tho historic Heppner flood, having lost a wife and six children. DIS0LUTI0N OF RED BOY COMPANY The big ('rune Flat dredge, which liuroh A; liurbrldge, of Spokane, will install on their placer ground near Oraulte, originally cost $lfi, UOU, Messrs. llurch A liurbridge, bought It for 811,500. For a time tho immense machine was operated by the Northern Hold Mining com pany, on Heaver cieek, below Delta, in Northern Idaho. After many trials it was found that the lieaver creek ground could not be piotltably operated by dredge. The affairs of tho company became involved and sjveiai auaciimenis were levied on tbo machinery, lioforo liuroh A Jlurbrlde could purchase the costly apparatus it was necessary for them $10,000 DEAL ON BIG CRACKER IS CLOSED A. I. Smith, representative-elect from linker Oounty to tho state legis lature, has taken a bond and lease on the Fmma mine, near the Moun tain Viow, on iiig Cracker creek. The papeis were signed in Sumpter today. The purchase price named iu the boud is 810,000. Mr. Smith will start work tomorrow, having employed a force of miners iu Sump ter. The ownor of thu Fauna is Aristo Kuapp, of the National mine, one ofthe steady shippers from th o north end of the mother lode. Tho property adjoins the Mountain View Alexander Trussing, roorganizer of the Tied Hoy, who is now at the miue arranging tor early resumption of operations, will return to iiakor City, this week in timo to bo present at the scheduled meeting of old aud uew company stockholders, at which the final steps will bo taken to dissolve the old Red Boy Con solidated company aud reincorporate along uew lines. At the meeting a managur will also be elected. John Thomson, ex-receiver of the Hed Hoy, aud prosldeut of the May Queen miue, is acting as temporary manager, pending the selection of a premaueut officer, it is understood that the position will again be offered to Mr. Thomson. Stock in the now company will be allotted to holders of old Hed Hoy Consoli dated certificates at a valuation to be dotormined by the directors. A rumor is current to the effect that the Cracker-Oregon will reopen sometime duriug October. liecauso Killamacue lake is iusido tho limits of tho Baker City forest reserve; becauso a company began the coutsruoliou of a reservoir to impound the water for irrigation pur poses without first obtaining per mission from Undo Sam, a special laud agent hiked all the way from Washington last week aud ordered all hands off the dump. Aud thou a yard or so of red tapo win unwound, application was niado through the multitudinous chauuels of tho cir cumlocutionaty ofllco, imperial per mission was grautod, and worn was resumed yesterday. All of which is a reminder of tho Irishman who was suddonly elevated to the proud position of section foreman. Next morning tho section crow put tho pump car on thu track aud waitod for tho inw boss. Ho appeared aud thundered: "Who put that pomp car on tho thrack?" Tremblingly his fellows admitted tho terrible impoachmeut. "Tako it off!" Thoy did. "Put it back I" T'was done. "O'll show yo who's boss horo," yelled the formau. An Ancient Aerial Tramway. Aerial tramways as now con structed are of comparatively modern origin, dating from 18.'14, when tbo Oormau engineer. Oborborcrath. Albrort, invented aud introduced tho tramway practically as wo now know it. Vet it is more than posiiblo that Albort know of the ancient appliances for similar pur poses aud that he but improved upon an idea received from tho road lug of some old book ou engineering. It is certain that the aerial tram way was used in very anolout times and horo aud there iu old writings a hint or suggeestiou is to be found bearing out this statement. That the tramway was used over 2fi0 years ago is made certain by the illustration given herewith aud for which we are indbted to Messrs. Hroderlok & Basooiu, tho manufacturers of wire rope tramways. This tramway as built by Adam Wybe, for delivering dirt, from a hill, over the town moat of Dantzi to the fortress, in 1(544. This illustration is token from a wood cut iu au old Cermau ohrouiole. This may be takeu as another example of the truth of the saying by the old Hebrew pbiloaopber that thero is "nothing new under the sun."' Many text books on en gineering ascribe the design of aerial tramways aud wire rope to the early part of last century. We now know that these tramways were used centuries ago aud that a loug piece of wire rope was fouud in the ruins of Pompeii. A shipment of pipe aud flttiugs for the Hlue Bird mine, near (iranite went out from the -Basohe-Sage Hardware company Saturday. rrr.- fUift. " Ktr9V f