THE SUMPTER MINER. vol. I. SUMPTER, OREGON, FEBRUARY 21, 1900. NO. 24. MAIN LEDGE OF THE DIADEM. CUT ON THE 80-FOOT LEVEL, FEET FROM SHAFT. 40 Full Seven Feet in the Face of the Drift. Ore Averages $300 in Gold. Can Take Out $50,000 in Thirty Day. Three Carload Already Sacked. Hoisting Machinery For Deep Workings Ordered. Superintendent Charles Bonner, of the I'iadem, came to town this forenoon to in form the owners of that property, Gen eral Warren and Messrs. Pardee, that he had encountered the main ledge; that It Is rich and thick. It was cut on the eighty-foot level, forty J fret from the shaft; Is full seven feet in the face of the drift and will average (300 in gold to the ton. This ore carries a larger per cent of copper than any vet en countered and possibly less lead. Much of the rock runs considerably higher In gold, assaying in places as high as $oo. Superintendent Bonner says that with the force of men now working he can take out 50,000 in thirty days. He now has sacked on the dump three car loads, which will be shipped as soon as the roads to the mine are in condition to haul to advantage and transportation can be provided for. General Warren Is, of course, con siderably elated over this good news, be cause success has been so soon attained. He says: "At an early day we will be taking out thirty tons a day, that will be worth not a white chip less than $0000. At present we bre hoisting with the primi tive crank, but have ordered from Frazer & Chalmers hoisting machinery that will reach down 800 feet. We'll show 'em how to play ball and now is the time to give the exhibition." Smart Talk for Newspaper Patronage. ( J. Nat Hudson left last Saturday with his printing outfit for Granite. He made a smart talk for business here which will probably also have its effect at Granite. It runs about like this: "My friend, Mr. Sluitt, claims to have a sort of an ex clusive franchise to run a paper at Gran ite, based on the allegation that all of the business men there have signed an agree ment to give him their undivided support. I am going to publish a paper in that camp and, of course, must have business from somewhere. I can get considerable from Sumpter and Baker City. What will people on the outside think, if they see a Granite paper with no patronage from its home town, and filled with Sump "' ter advertisements? And people on the outside are going to see my paper. tooffor It will go everywhere possibly rum ta hell, but its circulation on earth w ill be unlimited." Mr. Hudson says he will publish the first issue Friday. Mr. Shuit's outfit is also on the ground, and there Is a race to see which publication's birth will first eventuate. Ex-Governor Black Locate in Sumpter. Ex-Governor Black, of Utah, for some time past a resident of Spokane, has come to Sumpter to remain permanently. He was here several months since and de cided that the future of this camp looks sufficiently bright to attract him hither. Governor Black expects to take charge of W. L. Vinson's extensive real estate Interests here and give an object lesson in booming up a proposition, In which he has had long and successful experience. He is enthusiastic over the mines of this district and declares that their ever increas- lug output will support a city here ten times the present size of Sumpter, and I that the town can not grow too fast to keep up with mining development, the lat ter Imlng had about twenty years the 'start, with a recent great Impetus. That the great mining center of the Blue moun tains will continue to be at Sumpter, ns at present, he hasn't the slightest doubt, and gives convincing reasons for this belief. JOB LOT OF PIPE DREAMS. Unknown Railroads. Unborn Towns and Airy Smelters Frighten Baker. While the citizens and public bodies of Baker City are asleep others are at work. A well authenticated report comes to the Republican that a new mining country In the John Day, in Grant county, will be opened before another twelve months rolls by, with a new town that will not only surpass In imparlance Uranlte and Sumpter, but will be a hot rival of Baker City as a supply center and mining camp. 1 he same authority says that within nine miles of Baker City will soon be built a large smelter and a new town on the line of rail transportation, and that from this town a system of railroads will be built to the various mining camps east and west from which the ore will be drawn for treatment. It is surmised from this that Baker City In the near future will be more or less a side track. The new townslte In the John Day will be located on the mam line of a new trans continental railroad to be built Into Port land south of the mountain ranges on a down Krade along the Columbia. It w cross the Short Line In Idaho near Poca tello. It Is the great Burlington road that Is seeking an entrance into Portland. Assurance Is given that the new smelter town is a go. The question now before Baker is, will she meet the new competi tion, or sit down in the same old ruts and trust to providence to shave the lamb as I lightly as possible? Sleighing Party to the Ibex. A sleighing party from Sumpter was en tertained by Manager A. L. McEwcn at the Ibex mine Sunday, among w horn were: Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. Sweetapple, Miss Kalherine Myers, Messrs. Penhale, Hoseason, J. Frank Shelton and McArdle. An enjoyable lunch was serveJ at the mine by Manager McEwen. Mlncr-IoumaUft Operating Here. D. R. Young, publisher of the Kootenai Mining Standard, at Rossland, British Columbia, has been here for a week, com piling information of the resources of the district mid city for a leading article in his Journal. Mr. Young has also secured I . .. .. I I .-! . c severaicno.ee miner .1 muni. iiu or , t" which will be heard from at a later . UalC, .'IS WOrK UIJOII W1CII1 will UCBH us soon as the snow Is gone. G. . Jett Taking the School Census. G. W. Jett, acting as deputy for School 1 Clerk Foreman, is now taking the school census of this district. It must be com pleted and the returns in by the first Mon day In March, that ihe state and county school fund can be apportioned. The hardships of the day are more eas llv overcome after -a hearty breakfast." Ralston's Health Foods are the most nutritious. Hobson Mercantile company. Sumpter souvenir spoons. F. C. Bro die, watchmaker and jeweler, Opera house block. PROGRESS ON SMELTER Will Probably Be in Operation in Six Weeks. All the machinery for the smelter is now on the ground. It had to be hauled from the depot In wagons, the Sumpter Valley Ralroad company having refused to ex tend a spur less than a hundred yards to the site. A force of men and teams is grading for the foundation, on the edge of a deep ra vine, where the slag will bt dumped. On the opposite side of the ravine sampling works w ill be constructed later. Charles l.aughlin, the constructing en r for tile company, Is In charge of the I , assisted by Charles Tledermann. I glneer work They think the plant will be ready for operation in six weeks. Its minimum ca pacity will be twenty-two and a half tons a dav, which can be Increased to forty. I he power, crusher and condensed air ca pacity are all far In excess of the other parts of the plant, so that the plant can be Increased without Impairing the useful ness or stopping the operation of the origi nal outfit. Mr. Laughlin says that he is gratified to find a sufficient variety of ores tribu tary to Sumpter, to Insure the success of the smelter. Iron and sllllca are here In abundance. The company will burn its own lime and the rock, it Is claimed, Is conveniently situated and the supply un limited. Wood for charcoal has been bought and an expert will soon arrive to take charge of the kilns. H. Melnhelm, the gentleman who rep resented the manufacturers here last fall and promoted the enterprise, . ill arrive next week. Many Prospective Mine Buyers Here. E. J. Dwyer, than whom there is not a more far see ine or shrewder operator In this or any other camp, and one who knows what Is going on around him, wltlmll, says there are more people In Sumpter at the present lime w ho are look ing for investments In mining property, than at anytime since his arrival here last fall. These people come from all sections of the country and have money with which to buy. The great difficulty en countered at this time in negotiating a sale is that few properties on the market have sufficient development work done to even show the existence of a ledge, and owing to the snow, the surface indications can't be examined. All these (lew comers re port that they are merely the advance guard from their respective sections and that in the early spring many more min ing men will arrive. Townslte and Mining Company. . T. R. Needham. who recently came here from Juneau, Alaska, and E. M. Ward, a former resident of Portland, who had a successful season in Dawson, have secured the former quarters of the First Bank of Sumpter, where they wil, en gage in the real estate and mining broker age business, under the name of the Law ton and Sumpter Real Estate and Mining company. u Equipment For Sumpter Rough Riders. First Sargeant M. E. Thornton received a letter from Captain T. King Mulr, dated February 15, stating that he had passed his examination and his commission w'ould be issued as captain of the Sumpter cav alry troop in a few days. As soon as he( turns over the property of the Portland infantry company, of which he has been captain, he will return to Sumpter. Cap tain Mulr states further that the equip ment for the Sumpter Rough Riders, so far as government property Is concerned, has already virtually been Issued and will be shipped shortly. In accordance with Ills Instructions, Sargeant Thornton has had the measure of all the members of the troop tiken and made requisition for sixty- live uniforms and all accessories. W. L. Vinson Taken Suddenly Sick. W. L. Vinson returned to Sumpter Sun day afternoon. Monday he was taken suddenly ill, and for a while It was feared that It would prove serious, possibly fatal. He began to improve yesterday, however, and his early recovery Is now confidently predicted, much to the relief and gratifica tion of his many friends. Mr. Vinson, it Is hoped, will soon be well enough to de vote his splendid talents and exhaustless Ky to hk business affairs here. Ihe town and d str ct need such men. Me has already done much for both and will do still more in the next few months, and for himself. Raffling School Piano. Marshal Austin is selling chances on the piano owned by the public schools, which will be raffled on the evening ot February He will sell as many as possible at one dollar each. The school needs the money. President Robblns of the First Bank of Sumpter did the hand some thing by taking ten chances mid writing on the border of the paper an agreement to return the Instrument to the school, In case either number should win. General Warren's attention was called to this and he gave his approval by doing likewise. , Stranger Looking For a Real Estate Man. He was a stranger Jn town and was looking for a real estate agent. How he was overlooked by the latter will never be satisfactorily explajped. He .stopped a gentleman on the street and enquired j w,cre one of this, numerous tribe could be found, apparently not, having thought to cast his eye around for a sign. He seemed to be amused at the reply received: "I'll bet ten to one you can't thrown rock In any direction from where you stand without hilling one." Whether or not he made a purchase and thus laid the foun dation for a fortune Is not recorded. Nothing Done About Electric Franchises. The McGrew electric franchise ordi nance was not taken from the table at the council meeting Saturday evening, and nothing was done in the matter at nil. The judiciary committee was Instructed to procure a potter's field. A special meet ing of the council was held Monday after noon for Ihe purpose of granting Fred Ritchie a variety theatre license. Will Push Development Work. Messrs. Hennesey and Martin, of Spo kane, nrrlved In town today. I hey own several promising properties near the Bo nanza, on which development work has been in progress for some time past. Their Intention is to Increase life working force and open up the mines as rapidly as possible. Special Agent Interior Department Here. C. E. Loomis, special .agent United States Laud office, is in the district 011 official business. It is reported that Mr. Loomis will have considerable business to transact for the government in this vicin ity during the nexty few months, and will spend more or less of his time here hi the future. Every piece of type in THE MINEK plant Is new and strictly up to dale. A back number job can 't be done in this office.