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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1905)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March 8 qo$ -. -- How Art Came to Sumpter. Art oame to Heart! Delrn In the person of a world-famous singer, Mud Emerson Hough wrote a pretty story about it. Art oaiue to Bump ier lu the guise of 8 beautiful oil painting of a lady lightly clothed, but--alas and alack 1 there la no one to tell the tale. Definite the fact that S'ttnpter is a frontier mining camp a modernized version of Vuba Dam, with electric light hi)(J paved atreet trlmmiuga; deHplte the fact that it tho tnurlnl bllndH hia eyea to Stimptar's brick blooka, and aohools, and ohiiroheH, and up-to-now residences, he will bohold the proHpeot vile of a mining oftmp of other dayatho daya of forty nl no; despite the fact that during tho march of voara the law less reign of the six-ahnotor Iihh given plnce lo the peaceful game of squaw hearts as an adjudicator of individual Hiiperiorlty; deHplte the fact that City Marshal Ed Hand Ih a very modern, and therefore tin satisfactory, uopy of the Imperial Hheriff of Calavaiaa county, and that Judge AIIoii'h court can give committee cards beat It to the retributive jus thoHO facta- or, the old vigilante t and apadca a nd goal of swift and tlce; (k'Hpite all maybe, precisely on their account Sumpter la artiatlc. Thla la proven by the truthful recital of How Art Came to TIiIh Camp. Jim lllnodao waa Art's advauce agent. Jim Hloodao la not IiIh name--except for purpoaea of thla tale. Evoryhcdy in Bumpter kuowa him sometimes aa Tie (teal Old Blueth of the Hlue Mountains; aometimea aa the "Ex-llig Hill of Bumpter Politics. " He went away about a year ago- and came back with Art. When he lauded at the Sumpter Valley depot, he lugged a precloiiH package, ixO in the clear. I'ride of possession Hhowed lu every lineament. It waa an though he atood on a housetop with hla 4xi package and Hheuted: Thla- thla h Art." On hla way up town, Jim Hloodao ktopped at Ed llauser'a Olympia xalonu. He unwrapped hla Ixll package, atood to one aide, waved hla hand, and in a tragic voice an nounced : There 1" I u the life of every man beauty comeii at aome time or other In aome gnlne or otner. To A It may be lu the ahape ot money from home; to II It may be lu the Hlmilltude of a Hvveetheait; to O it may be in the guise or hoii and heir. Hut to thote who atood about Jim Hloodso'a art treaaure, beauty came In the guise of a recumbent female figure, draped in Meihtluteii high llghta and a neck lace of pearlri. He it known by these prcNcutu that I'M llauser in an Art connoisseur; he known Ait from soda to hock; per spective, fore Hhorteuiug, ohalro osouro and such are an familiar to him at ImiMin and eggs. With a cnmpiohcnilliig and admiring eye lie gazod at Jim Hlnodio's art trenail re. "Iloiv miiehV" asked he. Jim named a price. 'Hero's the rhino, M Haid I limner, and the deal was made. Hehlud the bar at the Olympia hang the painting. Patrons, lu the fcbt of crxystal-guzlug through the f bottom of pony glasses, heboid it. and straightway choke, and gaBp, aud lean acroes the bar to be uearer, and then go away with a glad light In their eyea, happy through Inocula tion with the Art miorooe. From all the camps men came to see. To Uourne, to Urauite, to Greenhorn, to Tipton, Hashed the uewa that Art had come to Sumpter. A reflex glory illumined Jim Blood- ao'a pathway. The glory waa too great aud be diluted It with rye whiskey. Thou he awlcthed to Hour- bo n and trouble came to Bumpter. Hill Jones, manager of a mine over in the shadow of Old Haldy, camo upon Hloodao. They lubricated, again and onco again. At the end of thi aeauce Hill Jonas had bought from Jim Hloodao the treasure Art had indeed come to Bumper. A still greater glory illumined Jim Hloodso'a primrose pathway. The process of dilution he faithfully fol lowed. In due time ho mot an old pal, to whom, aa a mark of personal favor, ho sold the art treasure. Later in the day he entered a 411I0011 down the streot, to find the pro prietor sad aud dour. Huslnesa waa zero, he explained. That picture at the trade Hloodso'a tender heart Hauaer'a waa drawing all to the Olympia. Jim He aad aim the with win melted. sold the art picture to the saloon man. When tho roay at setting time halted on weatorn horizon and ao hung a red-eye leering through the dow of the Olympia saloon, for a hat, long, lingering look at the art treasure when evening came to Bumpter, camo also to llauser the various owuera of Jim Hloodso's painting. They camo to take away (Iim goods. it were who to draw the veil of Hilouce over the scene which fol lowed, Even the piesenco of the beautiful lady, ao lightly clothed, failed to act reproailve of Liiuguaie. A cardinal tenet of art connoisseur ship, however, Ih to stand pat. If you don't know, don't let 011. llauser stood pat. The lady in obvious dishabille still smiles behind hla bar. Art has come to stay. Jim Hloodao aaya it waa all a josh. Art affects some people that way. PLACER MINERS DISAPPOINTED and directed the river upon its pre oipitioua course. At this hour the amount of water coming over the falls is estimated at two-thirda of what it was before the gates were closed at the Twin falls dasor Sotae tblnk there is not more than one-quarter of the usual flow. The crest of the falls h bare, the water finding Ha way over at two places, oue ou either side. It is ex pected the volume of water will be much reduced by morning. It was about five hours after the coloiiug of the gates before the effect upon the falls was noticeable, the water having some 30 miles to run. Word from Mlluer at this hour Is that the water in the dam Is up to a point eighteen iuobe below the bed of the canal. The rise has been much more rapid than expeated, it having been estimated the canal level would not be reached by the water in less thau two days. Now, how ever, the river Is spreading out above and the rise is very alow. Tho canal is IH feot above the level of the river, aud the dam is 7 feet high. The water has been bucked up many milos. A report from the site of tho proposed railway bridge fifteen miles above tho dam. la to the effect that the water has risen three feet there at tho time the information waa sout. Tho engineers estimato it will take between threo aud four diys for the dam to fill. Tho river will theu pour through the spillway that hia been provided. Thla Is over the surafce of an island of solid rock betweeu two sections of the dam. Water will be lei iuto the Irrigation osual after the dam shall have filled sufficiently, ouougb being admitted for puddling pu "poses. Tuoru is a great celebiatiou at Mlluer. It began last night with a magnificent display of Ureworge, aud thin has been duplicated tonight. Friday aud Saturday the students of the Albion schools will be here to sue the falls with the water off. Placer miners were strung nut all the way fiom the dam to tlu walls today aud were working like beavers, but the. were uot securing returns. ti opriugiuwu, ine suo or an oij placer camp lu the cauyon, there was a large gang. They thought they would find much gold there, but so far as kuowu they did uot meet with much success. They have rockera aud are working over the bars diligently in anarch of something that will pay. Auntber section of the Twiu Falls towusite was opened today aud lota amounting to 1:15,000 were sold in au hour. ery. They used two 25 horse power engines, two 25 horse power boilers, three bull ropes, sixteen iucb Lelt, thirteen and one-half foot band wheel, Ave Inch forged shaft ,aud crank, four and one-half foot flangee, two brakes on the bull wheels and two cables spliced to gether, making about G,0U0 feet. One cable, two and one-quarter inches In diameter, aud weighing 5, GOO pounds, was used at the bottom of the well, and the cable that was used at the top of the bole was two and seven-eighths inches in diamo- ter aud weighed 8,400 pouuda. making a total weight of cable 14,000 pounds, which would rep resent a value of about 82,250. The tools used to drill with weie the ordiuary size. Approximate cost of tho well, about $40,000. SINKING PUNT TOR THE SHERRIDEN AND EMPIRE O. O. Wright, general manager of the Hlue Bird, Huakhorn and Black Butte mines, who is also geuerel western representative of Wheeler A Co , the New York bankers, will have charge of development work ou too i'uil Bberidau aud Empire groups ou (Jruuite creek, receutly acquired by Wheeler & Co. Four parallel veiup have oeeu opeuod ou the Phil Sheridan aud three on the Empire. Ou the latter five feet or shipping ore shows on the surface. Manager Wright's plans lu alude the iustllatiou ot a steam hoist on the Sberriden and the siukiug of a 500-foot shaft, from which a cross cut will run to the Empire veiue. Simultaneously a shaft will be sunk on the Empire to couueel with the arossout from the Sheridan. Hich ore shows on the Sberidau. Lea sees last year took out two tous, which returned better thau 8100 per ton net. ' They were driven out by water. Manager Wright will iustall a pumping plant of capacity sufficient to meet all emergencies. K. W. S. Laboratory. A special from Shoshone Falls, dated Wednesday night, to tho Boise Salesman, says: The great Shoshone tails are sadly out of tune tonight. Their thuudeia are subdued, and it is expected that by morning their voices will have subsided to a mur mur. Probably never before lu the feus of thousands of years have the lava walls found so little to echo back to the precipice over which the Suako falls in a mighty cataiuct, and the spirit that haunts the caverns must feel that something has occurr ed to still the sointd that has echoed hero during all the countless cen turies that have passed since uature prepared this gorge through the lavaj Deepest Well 6000 feet. The deepest well ever drilled lu America, according to an unknown exchange, waa put dowu by the Forest Oil compauy at West Eliza- both, Pennsylvania, twelve miles from Pittdmrgh, to a depth of 0,000 foot. It was st rated 100 feet below the Pittsburgh coal vein. There was only oue string of casing in the well, It being six aud a quarter aud 000 feet deep. At the depth of 2,285 feet a flow of gas was struck which was sutllcietit to make stoanrto drill the rest of the hole. At 5,500 feet the temperature was 120 degrees. At that rate the heat euual to the boil- lug point of water 212 degrees would be foutid at tho depth of 0,000 feet. At the depth of 5,500 feet the crown pulley broke, cut the rope aud dropped the tools 100 feet, which caused a stay of pro ceediugs. To drill this well it was ueceeaary to have extra heavy inaohiu- Asssitaut Engineer Keuhu, of the Killttll. IVarilltr. Mtnuiurl imnumiit. 1 -, ...... JU.JJCJ , , yesterday completed the arrangement of bis chemical laboratory aud assay office, aud attacked a couple of huu dred samples of ore from the Stau dard group of mines. The K W., S.. laboartory is oue of the most complete lu eastern Oregon. Au electrolytic apparatus is ou the way, aud wheu this is iutalled the office will uompare favorably witb auy private laboratory lu the uorthwest. Mr. Keuhu's work at present is cou fined to makiuu fire tests for sold. silver, copper, nickel aud lead. Chief Consulting Engineer Nicholson is still in Uenver, makiug a second elaborate mill test or the 10 tons of copper-gold-cobalt ore from the multi-metalled Standard. California Man tor Crane flat, A. Huron, the Spokane man, came down from tho Crauo Flat placers last night to meet the California man, who is to iustall the big dredg er, uow on tho gtouud at that prop city. "This gentleman is to have ontlre charge of tho work," said Mr. linroh last night, "aud while 1 have secured a full working crew aud put them to moving the snow out of the way, we will do uotbiug uutil he gets here, which, 1 presume, will be tomorrow morniug. 1 am sauguiue that so far as we are con cerned, a good water season is as sured." Herald.