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THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday, May 23, 1900
EASTERN OREGON
GOLD FIELDS,
Baker City Chamber of Com
erce Second Edition.
'die Baker City Chamber of Com
runny mines in tills district. Mr. Miller
has done his work well. It contains
much information of Intereat and value to
residents., and Is a splendid piece of adver
tising matter to send away from home.
Price ten cents.
LEGAL LOCATIONS.
Notice Must Refer to Some Natural Object
or Permanent Monument.
It is a very common thing for miners to
merce lias Issued Its second annual edition make locations of mining claims w hicli are
of "kastern Oregon Gold Fields." com- legally f.mlty. l;or instance, a mining
plied hy Its secretary, O. I.. Mllk-r. It Is location which reads, "commencing at in
a comprehensive, exhaustive write up of ' itl.'tl stake," thence around the claim put
Maker county, giving much interesting ting a stake at each corner, and back to
and valuable Information regarding other i the Initial stake Is legally void. And yet
Interests than mining. Stock, trult and i this Is the usual reading of mining loca
farming ate all represented In the pain- tions.
plilrt. It contains about sixty pages.a map livery person who undertakes to make
of the county, and is profusly Illustrated j a notice of locating a mining claim should
Willi half tone cuts, that are not very good I first carefully re id section 2)24 of the re
nor very well piinted. j vised statutes of the United States, for it
I lie book printed last year by the means just exactly what It says, and there
Chamber of Commerce, it will be reiiiein- are many decisions of our courts which
bered, made no mention of Sumpter nor have upheld this particular wording,
of tlie bumpier mining district. That was I First, the location must refer to some
the Maker City polky at tli.it time. I I1.1t "'natural object." That means that the no-
policv has been abandoned. 'I his edition lice must state that the point of discovery,
contains a page cut ol the town and the or the place where the lirst stake Is set, or
lollowlng aitlcle: the starting point of the Hue around the
"Nestled at tin- foot of the hlkhoin 1 ilalm must r.-fer to some natural object or
range of the Mine mount. tins, beside a I permanent monument, whk.li itself is not
sw'ift'llnw'iug mountain stream, the waters upon tlie griiuud which is claimed. So,
ot which How over sands laden with gold the locator, (if theie is 110 natural moiiii
for nearly 100 miles, is a tliiiviug and 1 ment within a reasonable distance) should
livelv illy. l-"r many vears the miners 1 make a mound of stones, or blae a large
and prospectois ol the Hlue mountains tree, or measure to tile continence of
have made this little camp their mountain 1 streams or gulches, or to some well known
home and headipiarters, and the great object, and should state in his notice the
boom In inliies wlikh has given Sumpler distance and direction of his lirst stake
world-wide fame is not the result of a from siuh monument or natural object,
'new strike' or a newspaper 'write-up.' 'I he purpose ot this is to enable an out-
l:or many years the mines of Cracker ,
Creek, Gianlte, Honann and (lie Giet-n-
sider to identify the claim; to give him
notice that it Is claimed. 'I he decisions ot
horn districts have been shipping gold . the laud ollice and the courts arc miiner
dust, gold bullion, concentrates and high I mis upon this point, and they say that a
grade ore. lew mines were worked by J stone monument, Maed trees, the con
companies, and there was little or no , iluence of streams, points of Interesecllons
slock lor sale, and no one cared to adver-1 ol well Known gulches, or ol roads, or ra
tise. Hut one rMi dividend payer alter I vines, or prominent buttes 01 hills, or a
anothei was added to the list of piling j stake set by a government survevor, are
properties, until stories that read likeand can be referred to as proper inonu
I iliy tales ic-iched the busy world, and j ments. So, a good way, when there is
Sumptei at once became the scene ol great milling else, would be to erect a moiiu
activity. I ment of stones, giving the distance and
" I lie little camp grew as if by magic, direction ol the lirst stake from mk.Ii mou
nt nine months ( June, itfoo, till Match ' ment.
njooi, from $ to j,coo population, with 1 Another Important matter is to so mark
two Kinks, several hotels, two haidware the boundaries that they can be easily
stores, four general ineuhaitdise stores, tracts). A relereiue to slakes set on each
unit-houses, ass.iv oilices, repair shops, corner of a claim lifteen hundred leet long
lively and stage stables, two newspapers, and six bundled ftel wide lias been held
numerous lawyers, dodois, real estate 1
and mining brokers, a l.uge opera hou-e,
biewery and lumber vards, ami almost all
lines ol trade and business ate well lepie
seuted. A lirst class grav It v water sys
tem Ins been put in operation, and llied'v
is supplied with spring w..tu for doinesti.
use and tn 0 piotectioi), .
"I he Sumpter W.llev railroad N kept
bus) handling the immense height and
iiisiiilkleut as a means of marking boun
dary; therefore tin locator slum d place
Intermediate stakes, mounds ol stone, or
blaed trees along the line, so that there
will be no dllliculty in readily tr.ulng the
line along with wlikh the claim is made.
I his will give to all outsiders notice that
the laud Is claimed and save double in
case of any litigation.
A tew hours caie in marking the boun-
passenger irailiv now nen-ssaiv to supplv d.uies fully, and in making the proper
the needs ol this thriving camp. Hie
mining districts ditt-dlv ttibutarv to
Sumpter as .1 trade center me Cracker
Creek dlstrkl, seven miles north, when-'
.5 companies are now operating, the chief ,
producers bring the North Pole, the Co
lumbia, the ( Jokoiida, the Ibex and the
Imperials the Craulte distiLl, 14 to .'5
miles west, wlieie numerous mines are
worked, and tour new mills have been
constructed during the past vear.the chief
producers being the Red Hoy, the Mav
Oueen, the Utile Giant, the .Magnolia,'
and the Cougar; the Bonanza distikt, Itv
relereiue to a permanent monument or
ii.-itiir.il object, and in properly describing
the same in the notice ol location will
make the location valid, and possibly save
much futuie litigation. A location which
lacks either of these two important points
is invalid.
I he law reads as follews: " lite loca
tion must be marked on the giound so
that Its boundaries can be readily traced."
"All records ot mining claims hereafter
made shall contain the name or 11 lines ol I
the locators, the date of location and such
a description of the claim or claims lo
cated bv telerence to such natural object
cated ..miles south, where the a inous ,K
Hor.anir.i mine, w itli 4o-stainp null Is lo
cated, the most promising properties be- Public Notice,
ing the Empire group, the Black Bird, the , A, dlfs rf Sumptrr ;ire lt.rebv noti.
I:"lephant, the Richmond, the Rising Sun, , tje, . have the taps made and connected
the Hill gnup and the Keystone. ' with their premises by June 1, as after
"Die mines of Greenhorn, Stisanvllle, that date the privilege ot more than 011
.... ... . .... c ! ..,..' consumer to take water from the same tap
V""'1"""- "" ""' ""'"'" 1 will not be permitted.
lie farther on to the south."
Then follows a detailed description of May 1, 1900.
sumpti-r Water Co.
THE WONDER
GEO. W. WE1GAND,
PROPRIETOR.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
A complete stock of Dry Goods, Ladies and Men's Furnishings, Boots,
Shoes, Hats and Clothing.
THE WONDER, BOURNE, OREGON
Fills Prescriptions
at
Popular Prices
and
Keeps a Full Line of
Patent
Medicines,
Assayers' Supplies,
lite.
M. B. MERCER
Reliable
Druggist...
Sumpter, Ore. Thonc 7i
CASE FURNITURE COMPANY
THE HOME FURNISHERS
Parlor, Dining and Bed Room Furniture in sets or separate pieces.
Beautiful line of Carpets, Linoleum and Mattings. Come in and let
us explain why you can save money by buying at home.
We can positively do so.
Opera house Block - Sumpter, Oregon
W.W'&'
A. I'. GOSS, President
A. J. GOSS, Cashier
Bankof Sumpter 3
Timjiclj Ctnertl Benklrj Bujlreu
Drafts drawn on all parts of the world. Special attention to collections.
Safety Deposit boxes for rent.
SUMP PER, OREGON
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STARR & ODELL
MINES BOUGHT AND SOLD
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developed mines. Main ollice, Sumpter, Oregon. Branch Oilices,
Spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.
Cor. Center and North Streets, Sumpter, Oregon. Telephone No. 131.
First and Always
a
FIRST-CLASS
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Newly Furnished
Throughout.
Only White Labor
Employed.
All Outside Rooms.
Only H ill Block
North of Depot.
THE j
Golden Eagle Hotel
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RRUCE & FOWLER.
Mill Street,
Sumpter, Oregon