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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1905)
''4bQ&yr4p- s r Wednesday, February 22, 1905 THE SUMPTER MINER T SUMPTER SMELTER RUNS FULL BLAST Tonight the big reduction plant of the Oregon Smelting and Refin ing company better knowu as the Sampter smelter will put on a night shift and be operated here after continuously, day and night, at. fullest capacity. Since the blowing in of the smelter last summer under new management, only a day shift has beeu employed At the recent annual meeting of the Smelting company iu New; Voik, Manager Fuller" was given free baud in the operation of the plant, aud upon his returu to Sumpter. im mediate steps wem taken to operate the plant night aud day. Ore con PLENTY OF ORE FOR THE SUMPTER EXHIBIT At the first regular meeting of the board of mauagers of Sunipter's per manent ore exhibit, held In the lobby of Hotel Sumpter Saturday night, A. L. MoBwon, general manager of the Imperial miue, was eleoted treasurer and Tom Gray secretary. By unan imous vote of the board the treas urer wai placed under $1000 bonds, which Mr. MoKwen promptly fur nished. Assistant General Manager Reed, who has charge of the subscription of funds among local merchants and business men, reported the follow ing roll of honer: Harry T. llendryx - - - 8250 N. J. Soreusen & Go - - HO Killeu, Warner, Stewart company HO J. P Holland 50 Bergman & Mo Watty - - - 5u Sumpter Meat company - - 00 First National Bank - - 50 Van Vleet & Wright - - - 50 Bascbe-Suge Hardware Oo. 50 R. B. Strahorn 100 Tbornburg & Love ... 50 Henry Neidemark, manager for the Bourne distriut, who Is also special commissioner for the Oregon ore exhibit at the Lewis & Clark fair, repotted flattering success iu the collection of ores for the Sumpter exhibit. A couple of tons have been pledged by Geueral Manager Wyatt, of the E. & E; General Mauager Melzer, of the North Pole, has promised any quantity detlred; Geu eral Manager Baiilie, of the Colum bia, has offered s.o give a big lot of samples, aud L. R. Bellman, of the Craoker Oregon; Don Willard, of the Little Craoker; Anthony Mohr, of the Niue Strike Extension; H. T. Hendryx, of the Victor and Tabur Fraction; J A. Howard, of the Gol oonda, und a score of other operators Id the Bourne otmp have responded liberally to requests for ore. Mr. Neidemark has conferred with menber of the Bourne town oounoil, who express a willingness to appro priate a reasonable sum of money for the Sumpter exhibit. The coun tracts in extrarodinary number were signed witn eastern Oregon aud southern Idaho mines, and a sufficient tonnage was secured to warrant oper ation of the smelter at fullest capac ity .for an indefinite period. The employment of a night shift was delayed from time to time, on aoaount of Manager Fuller's and Sup erintendent Kirchen'a Inability to get the men they desired. Manager Fuller said tnls morning to a Miner reperter: "Yes; the smelter will hereafter ruu full time, begiuuing tonight. Ore deliveries have become so heavy that a night shift is imperative." cil, however, has discovered a stum bling block iu the shape of legal prohibition agaiust such au appro priation. Lawyers are looking for a loophole. Manager McEwen, representing the Cable Cove district, reported to the board that his mine, the Imperial, will furnhh a big ore dis play. Bellmau, of the California; Addoms, of the Alpiue;jLllley, of the Last Chance; Bain, of the Over laud; Gray, of the Valley Queen; and Holly, of the Holly group, have each pledged creditable ex hibits. The Crown Point, Oregon Chief, Storm Chief, j Baby MaKeo, Orleans, Oregon King, Midway aud a dozen other properties between Hauover aud the Graut county divide, are willing to furnish the required amount. Mauager Otto Herlooker, of the Rock Creek district, has arranged for ore displays from the Baisley Elkboru, the Chloride, the High land, the Piatt's group, thejWesteru Union and many other contiguous mines. Wmb The managers for Granite, Alamo, Greenhorn, Susauville, Cauyon aud Quartzburg also are meeting with success. It is expected that the display from Quartzburg, which dhtrlot is represented on the board by Zoeth Houser, of the Standard and Dixie mines, will be a corkor. General Manager Mohr reported progress iu the matter of leinlug suitable quarters for the peruiauent 9 'A exhibit. Since negotiations for (the Vinson building were declared off, efforts have been centered upon securing two suites of rooms iu the Wilson brick building, on Granite a ad Mill. One vaoaut suite adjoins the smelter office, separated from another vacant suite by the water office. The plan is to move the water ofHoe one door north, to the vaoaut suite, adjoining W. W. Elmer, the mining engineer, thus leaving two adjoining suites available for the ex hibit. The well known public spirit of the owner of the building, Dave Wilsou, of Spokane, leads to a belief that he will make satisfactory terms with the exhibit board. A proposi tion Iihb beeu uibmitted to Mr. Wil Bon, through his agent, E. L. Man uiug, aud a response h dally ex pected. The suites iu question will need but little remodelling, further than the plaaiug of shelve) nud table! for ore. The board adjourned, to meet agtiu ju March 4. FACTS ABOUT THD ARIZONA STRIP At this writing, February 10th, there ate well-grouuded hopes that Senator Kearus will succeed in his long-continued efforts to have the famous, at) well as iufanioue, "Ari zona Strip" ceded to Utah. That this "Strip" was not a por tion of Utah a the time her terri torial boundaries were defined, was very likely due to a (uow) conspicu ous lack of kuowledge of the topo graphy of this region, when iu 18-18 Moxiao ceded these western wilds to tho Uuied Status. Roughly spoakiug tho "Srtip" is about fifty miles long by an averago of twenty miles wide aud is situatud iu tho north wett corner of Arizona. Tho north boundary of the "Strip" is the somewhat indefinite south boundary Hue botweeu Arizona and Utah. The south sldo buundary 1h always iu evideuce aud will uover bo a matter of dispute between these two oouimouwealttiB, nor by tho out laws ileoiug from justice; fur It, tho lino, is 0000 feet deep iu places and passable ouly at Lee's Ferry iu the northeastoru portion of the "Strip." At tue bottom of the well-dofiued boundary are the turgid waters of the Colorado river. Au outlaw standing ou tho boundary liuo aud courteously iusistiug that the pursu ing sheriff go over to Phoouix and get requisition papors would not ouly figuratively speaking, but iu reality "sou stars" at midday. The "Strip" has beeu of uo value tu Arizona aud the ouly ouos who will have cause to lameut the trans fer will be the cattle thieves, thugs aud counterfeiters who during more than a soore of years have made this wild sectiou a secure place of refuge. By its acquisitlou Utah will not only be able to better control Its lawless element, but will also have adepd largely to her already priucely do maiu of miueral wealth. in the Buckskin mountains there are great deposits of copper ore awaiting the advent of a branch of the J). & R. G. railroad system. At other places enormous dykes of por phyry traverse miles of the "Strip." Iu the immediate vioiuity of these dykes gold has beeu found, and there is uo apparent reasou why, when more fully explored, future bouauzas of the yellow metal should not be opened iu this sectiou, which, in places, is well-watered, and ou the plateaus of which there are great forests of splendid timber. The "Strip" is maguiUcont In ita platuresquesnesi, aud lu places the scenery is both varied aud grand. It i a land of vast possibilities, aud esecially so in its mineral resources, aud its very isolaiou strongly appeals to the prospector, the tresaure seeker, the tourist and aventurous explorer. So little is really kuown of this practically unexplored country that great things may be expected of it when it shall have beeu thoroughly explored aud investigated and it may be that it will yot prove to be the mint valuablo aud interesting of Utah's possessions. Salt Lake Min ing Review. Gravel Slide Kills Miners. News has been roooived from Graut Pass of tho death of Guy Fleming and Bert Garber, two minorB omployed at the Simmon; Hydraulic iiiiuo, f the Waldo dis trict, Southern Josephine onuuty. Tho two men wero worklug in the diggings beneath a high bank, when a slide of many hundred tons broke from the bank and falling suddenly, caught the two men before they could get from beneath it. Their cumiades worked heroically to ex trlcato them, but both men wero dead when unoovored from the mass of gravel and dirt in wblob they were entombed. The Ladd Motala"cotupany'a smelter at Miueral, Idaho, has closed down aud 17 men laid off. The Black Hawk has also shut down. SluBh Ice at tho Suako river forry to Miueral is given as a causo for suspeuMluu of operations. 1. B. llazultlno aud Elmer Over holt completed a telephone line to their mines on Miller mountain in Graut county last wook. The line is about four aud ouo-hal( miles long aud for more than half tho distauoe, barbod wiro on Iho fences is used. OREGON Shorj line and union Pacific TO Salt Like. Denver, bras City. CHICAGO ST. LOUIS IEV YORK Ocep.ii steamers between Portland and Ban Francisco every five dayi. Low Rt ! Ticket to and from all parts of the United States, Canada and Europt. Through Pullman Ktandard and Tourist Sleeping Cars daily to Omaha, Chicago, Spokane; Tourist Bleeping car daily to Kansas City ; through Pullmau tourist sleeping cars (per sonally conducted weekly to Chi cago, Kansas City; reclining chair cars (seats free) to the Fast daily. For particulars, call ov or addraai H 0. Bowman, Agent, Baker City, Or. mm 1 .-n,.. -y.anr-j. -.4" "