THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday, February 21, 1900
The Sumpter Miner
I'llRIIMIIII LVIMV VUllSISOAY BY
II. MARSH ami J. W. CONNEI.LA
SL'IIK.PII'IIOS VA1I
Onr Vrii
SU Months
.Sf.CM
AIWAVS IV ADVASC.I..
I ntnrJ at Ifir fmlufttcr In Sumpter. Oregon, lor
transmission through the malls as second class
matter.
I'KHIIAI'S the Boers arc merely per-
dently a sure thing proposition and can't
conceive of a probability. He Is also ig
norant of the fact that it is during the de
velopment period of a mining district,
when speculation and trading in
properties are active that people flock in
and thriving camps are quickly called Into
existence, causing a boom. After a mine
is developed and becomes a dividend
payer, the excitement, so far as that prop
erty is concerned, is all over, and is about
as muih benefit to .1 town as a saw mill
employing an equal number of men. Then
these sure thing people can begin to talk
about their pay rolls, and figure on what
population the wage earners will support.
At present, Sumpter has just entered
upon the first mentioned period ot her ex
istence; hundreds are arriving dally to in
vest In mines and real estate, to engage in
business and otherwise participate in the
wonderful commercial and industrial ac-
inilllug the English troops to win a game, tivlty now prevailing here. If what the
in order to keep them from becoming dis- experts unanimously declare to be true,
enuraged. Until the late reported victory that this is one of the greatest mining
by the latter, they have not entertained regions of the globe, then this era of
tin- south Afrit.au Dutch. speculation and development will ton-
II ISstatcdtli.it lontracts will soon he
let for the longest mining ditch in the
Wurld. It will be ninety-three miles long,
beginning above Rogue river tails and
terminating at ink! Hill, southern Ore
gon. It will drain 1 00,000 aires ot good
placer laud and will cost i 700,000, a .on
slJerable portion of whiih amount is subscribed.
J E. D. MERRY,
Consulting, Metallurgical
and Mining Engineer.
Late Assistant Manager to H. M. Vivian & Co., Ltd.,
Swanui.
Late Mining Expert lo the llrltlsh America Corpor
ation, Rostland, B. C
Mine examined and report! made.
Estimates ol cost of plant anJ trratmrnt of all classes
of ore given.
Development of properties
Erection of smelting, concentrating an J canlde plants
and practical working of same undertaken.
Address I'. O. Hot 881.
ROSSLAND, H. G
W. P. MURRAY,
Ajuyrr and Chemist,
I am prepared to make tests on free milling ore,
giving the per cent of Its value that may he extracted
by the free milling process, also the degree lo which
ore may be concentrated.
Mints Eiamlnad mi Resorted en.
Results of assays given only to the persons leaving
work or on Ikelr written order.
SUMI'TiiK,
OKKGON
f K. WHEELER, CITY ENGINEER.
Ollice: Room 0 Nelll tlulldlng, 105 W. Granite St.
Notary Public.
Mining and Civil Engineer.
If. S. Deputy Mineral Surtevr.
Mapping and lllue Criming.
Mine examinations and reports made. Special at
tention given tocanlde process.
c.-
PENNER,
Civil and Mining Engineer.
U. S. Depult !urveor. Lnglneer for the Sumpter
Townslte Company, Limited.
Tewntltes Sir, ens' i Pltltil
liDlnf. All work personally and professionally
executed.
1 tiuue several years. As long as It docs
I continue, this town will grow and thrive, !
1 for it is the throbbing heart of all this
business activity. When It comes to cal
culating what this mining district will do
In the way of supporting a large city, on
the saw mill basis, that is something that
J no man can do accurately, but if the e.x
. perls' opinions are worth anything, this
will be a big town, for all the mines to the
lllh onlv olijeillon that can be made to I west and there Is where the mines are lo
the w rather this w inter Is that we should cated are tributary to it. Nature has de
lias r known last tall what to rxprct. Had creed so inuJi, and when nature and the
this know ledge ol the luturr been voiuh- force of human circumstances and the
sited to the illlens of bumpier, those effort of trained rustlers are united in an
who arranged lor extrusive building , enterprise, thru the object of their com
operations In thr spring would have had , mon purpose is assure of attainment as
llietn completed li that time, ready to ac- death and taxes even though the nan
iiiiiiiuodate the irowd already rushing seating chestnut that "Baker City is the
into this c.iinp. Denver of eastern Oregon," is dogmali-
ivi u .... i t .. . 1 1 ..1 .11 "'llv repratrd numerous tines daily by,
UVI Hon I'ugrt Sound, dut ng thr boom 1., . . , .. . , ,, , ,
1 .v.. ,t .. 1 ...... .. 1 . lie toutrrs for that provincial, mossb.uk
tlavsoln doen years ago, when town- ,,. 'n
sites were being platted at rvrrysiram- I
boat landing, a "josh" bill was Introduced p' Voter Attention. ; HAMMOND A- CHANCE,
111 tilt. Vtnt.. Ia.llkl lIltlM la.,Llii... .t..I.. 1 fl. . . .1. - ft.. -.l. 1 L- ....I.
" ,ii..nii 1. -ii ..UK iiii.iiu J 1 ne voters 01 111c norm ana 3011111 1
lands for agricultural purposes. Some ! Sumpter precincts can now register at the'
sth.li plan should be adopted up (jranite city hall, E. I.. Manning, city recorder,,
way. It looks as too much good iniii- having received the registration hooks'
rial 1.111,1 tiirrr.iboiilsis going to be wasted from the county clerk for that purpose,
in unnecessary townsitcs. Some "'
Hi Printing aa
Sumpter, Oregon
JOHN 1, LI iIUL.
WILLIAM o'liosstu
IIU1.
CHAS. F
LUSllW. HI DC &ODONNCLL
Attorneys-at-Law.
Haskell tlulldlng, - Uaker City.
should be reserved tor mining purposes.
1:11111 R Consul Marcrum, late of Pre
toria, or Srcrrtaryof Slate Hay have de
viated widely from the truth, regarding
those tonsillar rrports irom the sealot the
south Alrkan war. the lousul says his
oilklal papers were opened by British au
thorities w hllr in transit through thr mails,
and that he reported thr same lo the state
department. I he secretary declares (hat
he never received such report. Marcrum
says Hay N in a secret alliance with Eng
land and sent his own son lo Pretoria to
promote England's cause against the
Horrs, in compliance with the terms of this
alliance. I he American people ought to
learn the truth about this nutter. The
Incident should not he closed as it now
stands.
Attorneys-at-Law.
. . iixhmoso. :hs. h. cutset..
Notaries Public.
Olflce. Potter llulldlng. Ciranltr street.
sL'wrtiu, OktCox.
QARRIl. I.. SCALDING.
Stenographer and Typewriter.
I mated with Erwln & Co.
p A. C STARR,
Attorney-at-Law
SUMI'TLR
Opera House llulldlng.
Sumpter, Oregon
L. T. BROCK, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Sumpter, Oregon.
Special Attention Given 10 Surgery and tj Dis.
eases uf Women. Unite, Nelll Hunk; Re.Uence,
(ranlte Slteet near Mill.
DHS. TAPE & PEARCE,"
Physicians and Surgeons
c . I'tAme, . i.
o. w, I AMI, M. tl.
E.
C STLfl LN.
Justice of the Peace,
Sumpter District. '
General Convetancin g
ISMJtMSCl.
E.I.. MANNING,
MtL I.STA1B
relephone Main 11.
Sum-few, OutllOS
OKtGON
ONI of thr llakrr City papers has; - - - -
touitda nun who srrs .1 dark, dull future ' H. HENDHVX & CO.,
lor Sumptrr and gleefully exploits him -
and his opinion under scare headlines.1 Mines Bought, Sold and Developed.
I Ills prophet of ev il omen says his name ' lUrgains in Supter District
is J. N. EsseMvn and that he Is a mining ; SUMI'TLR,
eagiueer from Salt Lake City. He de-1
Clares thai ( iraiiitr and some other towns
as yet unborn and not named, will dis
tance Sumpter. Ol course, as reported
In the Baker City paper, that town is "the
Denver of eastern Oregon," at.d will sur
pass in commercial greatness the Colo
rado metropolis in tilteen or twenty min
utes. The mining engineer's reason for con
signing Sumptrr to early oblivion is that
Its pay roll docs not justify so large a
town as is already here. The man ought
to he loaning money at five per cent a
month on cluttel security. -Ik, l evl-
fJKS. HENDRY & BROOKS,
DENTISTS.
Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty.
Office, Center Steet, opposite M.Ewen k Slojn's
livery tiara, Susspter, Oregvn.
D. LINDSAY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Particular attention paid s diseases ot the lungs.
rata I M Haya. 1 issairaty
1 , but HU
Cll) Recorder and Notary Public.
Collections
Abstracts
Agent for Etrlclde Tire Ettlngulsher. Sumpter.
QTOTT SHELTON, t. mott
w J. I. MltlTOM
Attorneys at Law.
SUMPTER. OREGON
W, A. SAMMS,
ARCHITECT, ..
HAS.lt) OH, I ORUIOS f
Re liable plans, sp Ideations and estimates furnished
CHAS. E. ROBLIN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Noury Public
Rooasu4tNlUtlUu SUMPTER. OR
Basche
Hardware
Co.
Successors to
W. R. HAWLEY
Sumpter, Oregon.
GENERAL DEALERS IN
Shelf and Heavy
Hardware
Iron
and Steel Pipe
Mining
and
Mill Machinery
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Agents for
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