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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1904)
THE SUMPTGR MINER Wednesday, October 12, 19U4 WORK RESUMED AT THE CRACKER OREGON Propiirntory work Iiiih hooti 00111 nioncotl tit thu Cniokor-OroKoi) and turiiml No. 12 of thnt initio will lu drl von alionrl to tho lotltfo by con tract and onrrlod to oomplotion au rapidly hh pohhIoIo. Whan Manaur It, K. liitllniuti wiih up thorn at llrut, tli timnol wiih found to bo ho full of i.h that thoy could not ot in ovur ,'inu of the 700 foot, lint the air pino lino has boon iriHtallml and con limit nil up and coiitiuuouH work douo. Tbo proHout face of thu tunol Ih in oro, but in thorn Iiiih boon a movo in cut in the hill, it can hanJIy ho huIi to bo in placo, iih it ia crunhod and brokou, though carrying fair values and at tiinou very rich oro Iiiih boon found, running into thu thuuHiiudH, Thu maniiKOtnout bo JIovoh that whon tho liuo lodge uudor tho npux of tho hill in 1 roachod thoy will oucountur'a rich oro nhoot, and iih thoy have lfiO foot of backu abovo thuin, will have a Kin at amount of ground to stopo. Tho ruHiiinptiou of work on thlH properly Ih welcomed by all and ia another indication of tho ahidiuK faith of tho mining world in tho merit of the (Jraokor CruukfdiHtriot. It Will be to Your Interest CHIEF OFFICERS OF ALPINE HERE A party of olllcoi'H and dintctoiH of tho Alpine mine arrived in Hump lor IIiIh iiioriiinu fioin C f tuil iiiiul i and were met by (1111101111 MiuiiiKiir L. Ci. Lilly and Suioiiiiteuileut Dick wiih hIow. Our haudomo now Hinoltor Htood there, a monument of the HiinliiH of thoHO who built it, but the luruaceH had never boon blown in. Now 11,'h ditrereut. I I). Kill lor, tho practical Hinoltor man of Montana, came along, wont all over the country, hiiw what there wiih in it, onoouritKod the boyn, made ore coutiactH with all the mines and all tho prospectH, (tamo back, put away li Ih tired hoi-Ho, routed hiuiHolf a day or two, then tho ordui-H bewail to lly. The bin luruaceH were blown in anil the Hinoltor has been running AiIiIoiiih. Tho parly drove out. to ,y ll( K,t UVUr hIiico. Thoy tho iiiino thin afleiiioon to chriHten ' ,,i,y ,.Hh for every pound of ore do the new twenty-stamp mill and iimtlilu Hvored, and have contractn onoiigh to upon I'lmiH for future work on a lingo keep the Hiiielter luiHy for at loiiHt hIx Hiiale. The goiitlomon comprisiiiK the. i,,,,mIIis in the future. party are TI101111H Loo, proHidont of the Alpine company; ,1. 1 Diet, vice proHiilout, and (!. It. Talbott, I. (1. tiiliHon and M. J utiUt ilirnctorH; all of whom roHlile in Cincinnati. "Ten of the twenty HtampH at the Alpiuo'H new mill are dropping 011 good ore, i mid Kuperiutondent "There Iiiih been a revolution in miniiiK in eiiHtern Oregon. Not only the ininiiH liiiiuediately coiitiuuouH to Sumpter, but tho initio oiihI, Houth and north of linker City are Hhipping their oroH to tho Hiiielter. Not only the minoH are Hhipping 0108, but the proHiiootH, tho little AiIiIoiiih to a Miner reporter thin J ,oIoh in tho ground iro huiiiIIiik i ti morning. "We have been hut Imrtiil jtliula IiiiiiuIiuh of ore, for which they heretofore liy a water HhortiiKe, but a K,. M..y (,aH,, jjm, llt tho tie full Hiipply Iiiih at IiihI. been obtained, lmidouH iidtiintiigo of thin. A man and hereafter the mill will be kept wm, K,)(i Mm m now M1H, luiHy. We have plenty of ore in I iiH tuiuiul, nhip along IiIh ore iih ho ulght for an ludelliilte run." devoloprt and pay for the develop- (leneial Mnmigor Lilly hiij-h that ,m,t ,,f IiIh mine out of tho ground the (Muciuuati men are out here to tHelf, and In a Hhort time he in in oIiiIhIoii the Hum at lovely new mill, break an They will Intangible condition to oiler a property tit to put on the market, out of debt, and bottle of wine on the imnginntlvo , xv 1 1 ta a bettor chance of Houuring n bow of (lie lili? Alpine milling Kood prim than if ho had to go hor plant, ami will rejoice with a few thou laud other men intoioHtod In Cable Cove that another dividend payer Iiiih been added to the lint in thin camp. CLARK SNYDt SEES THE SILVER LINING for yearn on a mere urn Intake. "I believe that other things be hIiIoh milling aie at woik in the In tororit of linker City and Sumpter. Agricultural irrigation, and railroad building are now in bettor nhapo than ever before, and the immediate future promlHCH tremendous develop- meiit ninny thoHo IIiioh. "--Douuuunt. I 1 Clark Suyde, the Sumpter cn ital Irit and mining man, wild it, and he wiih Hiiilliug nil over when bo did fay it, and he meant every word he Mild. Coming from a conservative man like thin, who Ih u bear on the market, if anything, the Htatement iiioitiiH Homothing. Quoatlouod in regard to exact ootid itioiiH, Mr. Hnyde elaberated: "1 am free to admit that a few months, ago .vo had the bluon up in our town. Thiuga didn't look right. People didn't talk right. IUihIuuhhI t: FREE! FREE!! FREE!!! 8i.()0 CVrtiticato of tho host Oil Stock absolutely invon nwav. Write at once lor plan how to .ocuru Five Dollars' worth of fully paid ami liniMisscssnhle Oil Stock without cash. INVESTORS' LISTS COMPANY K00111 V2) Park Row Wdjj. 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