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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1900)
Wednesday, May 2, 1900 THE SUMPTER MINER. JOHN ARMBRUSTER, President. Wm. STINSON, Vice-President. A. W. ELLIS, Secretary Columbia Brewing & Malting Company DISINCORPORATED. OPERATED under the management of John Armbruster, one of the most successful and experienced brewmasters in the West. Only the BESTOF MATERIALS used in connection with pure moun tain water exactly adapted for the use. It is not surpassed even by any beer on the market. New Machinery, Ice Plant, Enlarged Stor age Facilities, Etc., Enables Us to Make a Beer Second to None and Constantly Improving Furnished in Barrels, Kegs or Bottles. USE A HOME PRODUCT $m 3j iWr cwcwcw st: 3C 8s Columbia Brewing & Malting Co., SUMPTER, OREGON. LAWTON NEWS NOTES. from The Stan Jar J. 1 A scientific "pocket hunter" is applying his knowledge to the Ruan gulch section In Pochontas district. Some rich deposits will likely be found, for this district is the scene of the richest placer diggings in the country. A team of horses hitched to a drag scraper fell off the grade at the Red Boy Monday and rolled down the mountain side, a distance of a hundred feet or more. The animals were badly bruised by the fall, but it Is understood no permanent injury will result. W. T. Chalk, chief engineer of the pro posed Hilgard railroad, was in the city Tuesday shaking hands with his many friends here. Mr. Chalk says the HI1 card road Is a sure go, and he is not a man who distorts facts. If the Hilgard railroad comes to this basin Lawton will be the main objective point. W. H. McMillan, the mining expert, discovered some valuable property on Lawton mountain last year and is now hard at work sinking a shaft on the side of the ledge In order to prospect the pro perty thoroughly. He is more than satis fied with results so far. Within a few weeks a force of men will be at work on the O. K., driving a tunnel toward the heart of Old Spokane. This news will be hailed with delight by the merchants of Lawton, for this property is almost within the city limits. Another large and well defined ledge has been discovered recently on the Yel low Daisy property belonging to Mr. S. R. Dourty. The ledge pans free gold in paying quantities on the surface and sure ly ought to be a "daisy" when depth is attained. The Hobson Mercantile company will occupy their temporary quarters in the Waugh building opposite the Standard office next week. As soon as the weather becomes thoroughly settled this company will commence the construction of a large building on their property next door to L. A. Patterson's business house on Spo- ' kane avenue. Mr. James A. Howard, secretary of the I Lawton townsite company, has sold to W. li. Hurd the fractional quartz mining claim. This fraction joins the Chelan, the property of Mr. Hurd, on the east. Mr. Hurd has sold to the Concord Gold Mining company that portion of the Chelan quartz mining claim lying north of the north fork of Congo creek, and east of the center line of the said Chelan quartz claim. The property purchased joins the Concord on the south. Sumpter souvenir spoons. H. C. Hro die, watchmaker and jeweler, Opera . house block. 1 III YUIUIIII'l.. Hill, IMl.TIM III '11111)1111, is today as good as any made. Constructor of Mills, Concentrators, Smelt ers, Cyanide Plants, etc. West Granite Street SUMPTER OREGON GOOD THINGS TO 11 EAT 11 AT E. P. Bergman & Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, Wood's Building. I S. C. BEEBE Millwright j ''' SUMPTER FISHWPOULTRY -.MAKKtl.. I Opposite McTwtn ft Sloan'i Llvrry Htm, Center Stietl. FRESH FISH AND JruuLini uniLi. OYSTER COCKTAILS A SPECIALTY. J Cecil Hoseason, Mgr.i; 'i "The Portland," conducted by Wood ward & Hammond on Mill street, is a representation of its name, convince any skeptics. A visit will SPOKANE Drug Co. - Only exclusive whole sale drug house in the state. We sell only to merchants. Make the best prices on min ers' and assayers' sup plies. Freight no higher than from Potland. Write for quotations. Spokane Drug Co. Spokane, Wash. New Bakery Ji I jl j AND CONI:i:CTIONI:KY All kinds of Fresh Fruit in Season. O. BRKCHTEL, Proprietor Opposite S.V. Ky. Nrpot.