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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1904)
LjiEgfevwrnw Wednesday, November 9. 1904 THESUMPTER MINER PORTLAND PLAYS HOG Tom Oregon Miliars' aaaooiatiou will not be an exclusive and select olub for Portland stook brokers and southern Oregon mining promoters. The recently proponed plan to In ereaae the membership fee fron i2, as at present, to 25 per annum has been boloed by the executive committee. It is the plau to re organize the association at the next annual meeting, to be held, of course, in Portland, on November 14. The real purpose of the reorganization plan is told by the Portland Tele grain in the following language: "Another important matter that will be taken up for recommendation to the Oregon delegation at Washing ton will be the establishment of a government assay office at Portland. Montana, California, Idaho, Utah and other Pacific mining states have government assay offices where miners can get tests of ores made without expense, end it is oonteuded that tho mining interests of Oregon aro of suffioiout importance to justify the establishment of an asuay offico directly uuder fedonil control. " Auothor matter to bo discussed, according to uohedulo, will be an amendment to or ropeal of tho Eddy law. The leislature may also bo importuned to make appropriations for building wagou roads to Isolated mining districts, to provide for mineral surveys, aud for legislation regarding annual assessment work on mining claims. The real purpose, however, of the meeting is to secure for Portlaud a governmental assay office. In an attempt to hodowiuk the romaiuder of the state, the Portlaud Telegram doth protest too much. It says: 'Portland members of the exocu tivo oommitteo wish to disabuse any impression that may prevail that Portland desires to control the or ganization of tho Oregou Miners' association. The larger number of the members of this committee are residents of eastern aud southern Oregon, and it is expeoted that the milling meu outside of Portland will take the lead in the reorganization." It is safe to assert that not more than oue delegate from eastern Ore you, aud not a Bingle delegate from the Sumpter district assoooiatiou will be present at the Portland meet ing. It is the desire of the mining men of'tbis'seotion to diveroe them selves from the Portland body aud form an absolutely independent association. MINING NOTES. A station is being out at the 145 foot level in the Black Butte abaft. As soon as this work is completed the fifty-ton Merrill mill will begin dropping stamps. Carlton, a New York mining ex pert, who recently examined the Columbia, South America, placer mines, owned by the Empire Dredg ing & Gold Mining comany, is now at John Day, looking after the dredging grouud of the asme company at that place, upon which the old Pomeroy dredger is 'operating. -It is rumored that big plana are being outlined for future development. mm. m OREGON Shopj line aud union Pacing TO Salt Like, Denver, busts City. CHICAGO ST. LOUIS NEW YORK Ocean steamers between Portland and San Francisco every five days. Low Rates I Tickets to and irom all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe. Through Pullman Standard and Tourist Sleeping Oars daily to Omaha, Chicago, Spokane; Tourist Sleeping car daily to Kansas City; through Pullman tourist sleeping cars (per sonally conducted) weekly to Chi csko, Kansas City; reclining chair cars CsnatB free) to tho East daily. For particulars, call op jt address H. 0. 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