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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1900)
Wednesday, April 4, 1900 THE SUMPTER MINER. RAILROAD EXTENSION. Eastern Oregon To Be Grid ironed This Season. I.on Cleaver, who Is largely Interested In and around Prairie City, and Christian Anderson, of Portland, one of the locating engineers for the Columbia Southern rail road, left Sumpter Saturday to explore the country west of and continuous to this camp. They would not tell their purpose or destination. 'I he object of this trip, however, Is known to he connected with the extension of the above named rail road. In this connection, the following from the Portland Telegram, is of special interest: "Strong Indications of a light between (lie railroads of central Oregon, which will rival the famous Clearwater struggle, are in evidence. A large surveying p.irly is working southward through that country from the Dalles, establishing com plete surveys. On whose Instructions tlir party Is working is not known. " I he Coh'iubla Southern has already entered this held by building a line south from Urlggs, which will be completed to Miatilku by April t,a distance of seventy miles. The Columbia Southern has also run surveys smith from The Dalles and h.is surveyors out In other parts of east ern Oregon. Hut the latest surveying party evidently intends In steal a march and get control of the territory for the com pany hi whose interest it is working. "Oiiv- who claims to be ,-iciiu.iiiiteil with the plans savs the party's purpose is to r tin lines to Prineville, thence east through (.rook and (irant counties to Canyon City, thence from I'rlneville again south to l.nkevlew in Lake county. In fact it Is intended to secure right of way cover ing the lie.ut of central Oregon. It is proposed to get an outlet trom Prineville bv going west and connecting with the Coivallls and h.isteiu. "When it Is lealledtliat central Oregon oilers ,1 virgin licld larger than the state 01 New York to the lust railroad to block out the territory, It will be seen there is something there worth lighting (or. Peo ple have expressed surprise that no tail road until the advent ol the Columbia Southern ever saw lit to get in on the ground Hour in this great railroad terti torv, wlilchomprises nearly 80,000 sipt.ire miles. Iloweser, tlie stovkmen of the In terior have always been etremely bitter against anv so called Invasion bv a rail 10. id, as it would be the means of opening large tracts to settlers, thereby cutting big slices oil ol their ranges. Hut since one lallroad has taken the initiative and shown what vast opportunities of tiade there are within those boundaries, others ate showing. 1 fervent anielv to get In and get a percentage. " I. C. Young, a prominent mining man who has Inteiests near Canyon City, re marked to a 1 1 lend while In tills city, that there would be enough ore in that section to pay lor extending a railroad there and keep the biggest kind of a smelter plant In Portland running full blast. Resides mineral, each one of the counties has di versified products enough to pay big div idends to any railroad tortunate enough to tap the district." O. K. a Fin Fr Gold Proposition. Sam Wilson, the discoverer of the O. K. mine, near Law ton, Oregon, Is n Roise visitor. Mr. Wilson is in partnership In the mining business with I:. W. Johnson, of the Overland. He says the O. K. Is being systematically developed and that it Is one of the best free milling gold prop erties he ever saw. The vein Is about thlrtv feet wide and the ore runs from f 17 to J78 a ton. He has driven a tunnel, on which he commenced work four months .ago, too feet, doing the work unaided. The tunnel penetrates the base of the mountain, the apex of which is 200 feet above. Lawton, one of the very newest of Oregon's mining camps, is seventeen miles west of Sumpter and two and a half miles from Granite. It Is an enterprising place, as is evidenced by the appearance of the Lawton Standard, even in advance of the establishment of a postoffice in the place. Mr. Wilson says the future of the camp Is very bright. With the present showing he prefers it to Cape Nome. Mr. Wilson Is an old Wood river miner. He located the Top Top mine on the Hailey gold belt and sold it for a song. Last year the owners of the property refused 5 1,000,000 for It. Idaho Statesman. Wanti Information About Ortgon Mines. Senators Simon and McHrlde and Con gressmen Tongue and Moody have writ ten to the board of trade of this city, urg ing the necessity of reliable Information, showing the importance of the mining In dustry of Oregon. The representatives say there is little hope of securing a mint or assay office for this city during the present session, but they desire to have the additional data ready to present to the next session. Tile board of trade and the chamber of commerce will begin immedi ately the collection of detailed information regarding the mines of eastern and south ern Oregon, which are now paying divi dends and those that have been developed so far as to leave no doubt as to their future value. Priss dispatch from Port-laud. Will Improve Sumpler-Granlte Road. ' 'I he entciprlsliig citizens of Granite met in the school house Wednesday evening to discuss the advisability of taking tip : subscriptions with which to Improve the Suiiipter-Grnnile road, which is "nigh , onto" impassible. Within a few min utes over 5200 was subscribed, and as all ' of the mine owners in tills section have ( promised to assist in the good work, It is thought that J500c.u1 he raised here within a few days. The Sumpter people have offered to double the amount raised at 1 I iranite, so that it is safe to assume that ft 500 will soon be on hand, to be used for tills much needed Improvement. Mr. O. A. 'Iliornburg, with three men, began work yesterday between hero and the summit. A list of the road fund sub scribers will be published later on. Gran ite Gem. s voters rviicuuuii. 1 The voters of the North and South Sumpter precincts can now register at the city hall, I:. L. Abnnlng, city recorder, having teceived the registration books trom the county clerk for that purpose. Wfe ' SUMPTER IFISH AND-POULTRY Pelton Water Motor Is so superior to all others as regards strenth, durability and economy of water, In fact all that constitutes a HIGH CLASS WATER MOTOR, as to admit of no comparison, adapted to every variety of service 1 and made of sizes varying from the fraction of 1 tip to 100 H. P. Recent scientific tests made at the Michigan University In connection with sev eral other motors claimed to be the best on the market showed I 45 1 per cent higher efficiency in favor of favor of the PELTON, while the rela tive cost per H. P. to buy was only one-third to one-half that of others. Water companies desiring to make the best of their water supply should discriminate in favor of the PELTON. Deliveries made from New York or San Francisco, as may afford the best freight "es. Circulars free. One of these motors can be seen any time operating THE MINER presses. THE PELTON WATER WHEEL CO. 143 Liberty Street, New Yoik. 125-129 Main St. San Francisco, Calif. T. Montana CRANDALL & IRVINE, PROPS. We handle only the best Liquors that money will buy Green River, Jesse Moore AA, Monogram, Old Hermitage, Watson's Scotch and Canadian CltiD. COLUMBIA uecr on gi.mnuc " w" bottles. 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