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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1904)
Wednesday, October j, 1904 THh bUMPTER MINbR INJUNCTION AGAINST CRANE FLAT DREDGE North Idaho People Tried to Tie Up Burch & Burbridge's Enterprise in Eastern Oregon. The big Craue Flat dredge is tied tip in the courts. A temporary In junction has been issued in Idaho, restraining Buroh & Burbridge from removing the machinery from Delta, Idaho, to eastern Oregon. An order to show cause why the injunction jbould not be made permanent will bring a hearing of the case before Judge Morgan at Harrison, Idaho, on Oootober 3. which is Mouday. The grounds updn which the injunc tion was issued are related in the following dispatob from Wallace, Idaho, to the Spokane Spokesman- Review: "The Western Mining & Dovolop. mont oompHny, in which Huron &, Burbrldgo, of Spoknuo, aro the prin cipal stockholder;, togetbor with the Northern Gold Miuiug oompauy, have beou eujoined from moving the gold drudge, which was purchased last wook by IJurch & Burbridge from the Northern (Jold Mining oompuuy, for 811,500. The dredge, which was installed two years ago at a cost of 815,000. had boon diemiinltod. Hud parts of it wore being buulod from Delta to Wallace, where they were to be shipped to placer ground in eastern Oregon, wheu the iujunc tion papers were served. "Catborino Prioburd, adminis tratrix of tbo estate of A. J. Priohard, widow of tbo discoverer of gold in tbo Coour d'Alouea, brought thn iujuuotiou proceedings in thn distiict court. Defendants in tho action havo been ordered to show cause bofore Judge Morgau at Harrison Ootobor .'i wby the temporary injuuatiou should not be made per manent. According to tbo com plaint Died, Mrs. Priohard and bus baud outered into a contract with C. S Cryslor and J. M Savage on August 24. 1001, whereby deeds to sundry placer miniug olaims near Dolta were to bo dolivorod tn Cryslor t Savago whou thoy had paid 812,000. This sum was to ho derived from part of tho gross proceeds received by working gravels with a dredgor, which, it was agrood, was to bo iustallod. Ouo third of tho grogs proceeds wnro to ho sot asido and ho appliod from tunc to timo toward tbo pay ment of tho 812,000. It is rouited in tho complaint that tho drudge was installed as nor agroomout, and that aocordiug to tho belief of plaintiff much gold has boon taken out, but that only 8.'!00 of tho 812,000 has been paid. It is assorted that tbo dredgo has beooino part of the placer mining property, and that its removal would doprociate the valuo of tbo property. "Cryslor & Savage convoyed their lease to the Northern Mining com pany, which installed the dredge. It is claimed that it was never a Miner, the immeoso machine in volved, was operated by the Northern Gold Gold Mining company on Beaver creek, below Delta, with out success. After repeated trials, with many changes in the dredging apparatus, it was found that thn Heaver oreek ground could not profitably be worked by dredge. Tho affairs of the operating company became involved aud a number of attachments were levied unon tho machinery. ..Bofcuo Buoh ,& Bur bridge could purchase the d rod go it' was uooessary for thorn to satisfy about 811,00 worth of attach- meuts agaiust tho Northern company. It is probably upon this phaso of the question that tbo Priohard in junction will either bo made pot manout or bo dissovlod. If tho lions and attachments satislled by llurch & Burbridge aro doomed to havo justly Btood auaiust the rimmm. I thou tbo Priohard contontion will uot lie, aud Buroh & Burbridge will be givou the property. A rather uniquo point of law is involved. A. Buroh, of tho defendant linn. lis now at tho Crane Flat nlaoors. 1 whoro A. W. Kills of Sumpter, is rushing work on a contract to ox loavato a big pool for tho dredge. iur. uurou is also receiving bids for hauling tho immonso macbino from Sumpter to tho diggiugH. It is not known whether Mr. Buroh is awaro of tho now turn of aifalrs. If bo is, tho mattor up. tiaroutly doos not worry him. as ho in prooeodiug with plaus for shipping, bauliug aud iustalliug tbo dredgo at the earliest possible date. th) injunction suit against remov ing tho drodgo, a dispatch from Wallace, Idaho to tho Spokesman Review, dated Ootobor I, says: By tho payment of 81,000 tn Catborino Priohard, administratrix of the ostato of Andrew J. Priohard, tho suit brought by her agaiiiMt tho Northern (Jold Mining & Dovolop lug company is dhmisyod. This will permit Buroh & Hurbridgo, oJ Spokane, tho principal owners of tho Westoru Miuiug company, to move tho drodgo, which caused notion, to eastern Oregon. Last week thoy purchasod tho dredgo from tho Northern (Jold Miniug company, had dismantled it and wore hauling It to the railroad, wheu thoy wero served with in juuatiou papers, restraining thorn from movnig the dredgo. The dredge had been installed on placer mining pioporty belonging to the Priohard estate. Those olaims were under lease to tho Northern Gold Miniug company, one of the oonsideratons boiug the In stallation of the dredge. Wheu Mrs. Priohard learned that tho dredge wan being moved, she commenced action in the district court agaiust the Northern company, making the Wohtorn oomnanv a dnfnmlnnL uurl ..i... - - obtained a tomporary iujunotinn. Sho alleged that tho Nortern com pany had not lived up to its agroe monts, and that tho removal of the dredgo would depreciate tho valuo of the proporty. Tho stipulation of stottloment of tho notion was (lied yesterday with tho clerk of tho court. According to it tbo Northern Mining company is to pay the plaiutiir 81,000 out of a fund to become payable tn it. by its endefoudant. As soon as thn money is available the suit is to bo dismissed at plaintiff's cost and the plaiutiir will aoknowl idgo full satisfaction of all matters involved in tbo suit. $7000 FOR LUCY STOCK Will Work All Winter. LATKR. Mr. Buroh arrivod in Sumpter this afternoon from Grauite. "It's all right, "ho said to tho Minor man. "1 have just received a telegram saying that tho suit, so far as wo aro concerned, has boon dismisHcd, and tho drodgo will bo shipped. Tho moiiuy wo paid lor tho Dolta drodgo was deposited with our bankors, to bo paid over to tho Northoru copmauy when all claims agaiiiHt tho machinery wero settled aud wo could be given clear title. This has boon done, according to may tolegram from Spokane, and tho big machine will at once bo loaded and shipped to Sumpter." Dr. K. A. MoDaiiiol, of Baker City, one of tho principal ownon or the Golden Star group of mines in tho Greenhorns, was a passnger on tho up bound train this morning, headed for the golden hills. lie is associated with Sam Low and others in the ownership of the Golden Star, upon which steady work has boon dono all during the summer. No cosHntiou will be allowed during the wintor, Dr. MoDaiiiol's trip at this time boiug for tho purpose of arranging for further work. suocess. " As related in a recent issue of The A. Burch, ouo uf the owners of tho Crane Flat plaoois, on tho North Fork of tho John Day rivor, drove out to tho diggings yesterday, ac companied by John Hagol, deputy United States minora! surveyor, and D. W. C. Nelson, tho Baker City miniug man. The two last named gontlomon will survey tho ground. Mr. Buroh said to a Miner man as ho drovo away thut tho big 84 0,000 dredgo from north Idaho would probably arrive in Sumpter within ten days or two weeks. Regarding Contract for Concentrates. A thousand pounds of coucon- tiates from tho Columbia mine ar rived in Sumpter this morning, aud wore storod until a carload can bo uiado up for shipment to tho Taooma smelter. Tho Coiilmbia aud North Polo aro under contiaot with the Tacoma plant to supply a certain tumiagu monthly. TIiuhu c.mtraotH, it is understood, will expire Jauuarv 1, 1005, utter which date tho out nut will uudoubtodlv bo handled by tho Sumpter am.dtor; none of which Information, of oourso, is official and all of which is curbstone gossip llelma Company Sells Claims. John B. MoMauus, son of tho well known Seattle stock broker, has purchased from tho llelma Gold Miniug company, tho Gold Cloud, New Hope, Bover, Adolo, Lost Sheep, New ilolinu, Falls and Follott quart, olaims on Viuceut crook, in Grant county for 8H,.'i:i:i. Bocatisu a bunch of stock in tho rich Lucy mine, in tho Greenhorns, was outstanding; because the Mil wnti koo controllers of the Luov com pany want just m muob of a good thing as thoy can possibly get, and because tbo stoak afore meutloned was bold by Morris Sullivan, of Sumpter, that geuthman in just soven thousaud dollars richer iu ready cash than he was last week. Tbo said Milwaukee controller or the Lucy company recently made an offer to Mr. Sullivan for his Luoy stock. Sullivan, knowing the richness and value of the mine, refused to soil. The gentleman In the town made famous by beer were Insistent. Their offer for the Sullivan stock rose in figures by loapa and bounds. Whon negotia tions Involved 87,000 in cash. Sullivan capitulated not because he doubted the valuo of tho stock, but because ho needed the money.' Tho turn was made yesterday and Sullivan loft for Greenhorn this morning, armed with plenty monoy to do certain work on other olaims which ho has long contemplated, and which be has hitherto been prevented from doing because of a lack of ready coin. When seen by a Miner reporter this morning Mr. Sullivan admitted the fact that bo was aUluont. "1 bated to let go of my Lucy stock, beoaiHo I know bow unod it is. I located tho mine; developed it past the propspeot stage, aud sold It to a Milwaukee comnanv. Tho members or this company are princes. They further developed the property, until I very much doubt if there is a better or richer piece or mining ground between Powder rivor and the California lino. I have other Irons iu tho lire, bow ever. My brother John and I own tho Karle, which Is as good as tho Lucy. Also I am Interested In tho 101 Dorado. Both these properties are in tho Greenhorns, aud we need money to open thorn up. Duals for tho sale of both are pending, but 1 am not tho sort or chip to soil a pig In a poke. 1 want the purchasers to know what thoy are buying. Thorororo, l am going out today to carry on work on a la gor scale." Cold Production for 190,1. Again Oregon fails to got what la coming to it as a gold producing slate. It is credited by tho treasury department with only 8t,:iOO,(IO() for 100:i. A Winhington dispatch dated yoHtorda.v says: George 10. Roberts. director of tho mint, has completed his calculation of the production of gold aud silver in tho United States aud tho world for lOO.'l. The total gold output in thn United States was 87:1.000,000; silver, 820, MOO, 000, of this Oriignu produced 81, 1100,000 in gold and 801,000 iu silver; Washington 8280,000 in gold aud 8100,000 In sliver. Tho total world's output was 8:125,500,000 gold; 802, 000,000 silver. L. R. Bellman manager of tho California aud Cracker Oregon, is recolvng bids for tunnel work at tho attor proporty. A contract will be warded next wook.