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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1900)
Wednesday, May 30, 1900 sti K s ly a? ra - ci TMMWRSSMR THE SUMPTER MINER. J T Gr tMV . Grizzly Gold Mining Co. CAPITAL $500,000 in 1 ,000,000 shares of the par value of Fifty Cents Each. Treasury Stock 400,000 shares. FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE. efficers: President, JNO. .1. PI-NHAI.I:, (den. Mgr. Hunker Hill Col J Mining Co., Stimpter, Oregon.) Vlce-Pres., ALBERT GEISL-R, (President Citizens Bank, Baker City.) Treasurer, EUGENE SPERRY Secretary, R. C. PENTLAND RTV The Grizzly group consists of the "Col orado" and the "Colorado Extension" quartz mineral claims, situated in the Stimpter Dis trict of Baker county, Oregon, six miles north west of the town of Sumpter, forming part of the rich mineral zone wherein are located producing mines of fabulous wealth, such as the "North Pole," "Columbia," "Golconda," "Bonanza" etc., etc. Development work on l:or Prospectus and General Information address O. C. McLEOD & the Grizzly group has disclosed a gold bear ing ledge of remarkably high value and there is every reason to expect the property will become one of the greatest mines in Oregon. A limited amount of Treasury Stock is offered for sale at SIX CENTS per share. Subscriptions for stock may be sent to the First Bank of Sumpter, Sumpter, Ore. CO., Sumpter, Ore. BIRCH CREEK COAL FIELDS. Experienced Miner Makes Favorable Re port on the Property. W. T. Kigby ami Dr. !:. A. .M.innliave returned from tho Birch Creek coal claims, turnty miles from here, to which point thry took Willi. 1111 I.olliis, a miner of ex perience in opening up ami operating Coal properties In other sections. Altlmituh as yet nothing luit surface imlU;itions mold he seen, as no ureal aniiHinl ot development work has been done, yet he was impressed with the show ing m ide, and stated upon his re turn to Pendleton that In Ills opinion the prospers warranted spending consider able mouev to determine the character of the deposit at that point. ' Hvervoiie who has made an examina lion ol theil.iims has made a report IUe that whiih he makes, The p.uties who ate intetested in the ground where the ioal deposits, aie propose soon to have men at oil, pethaps so soon as uet week, and not many weeks need elapse before something is known as to the lia bility ol the deposits proving to be si'llic ieutly large to make prohtable the build ing ot a brandi road to that locality. , I he building ot Mich a road would be necessary to (lie handling ol the prop erties. Alieady the O. R. - N. com pany has ai tides of Incorporation tiled, at Salt 111, for a road up Birch creek troin this tjvvn, and it is now known th it tills provision was made only to he teady tor building operations in the event ot the coal claims proving to be. paying propositions. Senator T. C. Taylor is one of the main men interested in the claims, ami he Mates that every J elfort will be made to develop the possl- j hilitle of coal on Birch cieek. It is not unlikely th.it before the lapse of ninety I .. . . . .. .1 ... . 1 ti.ivs me siaius 01 ine claims win ne known detiuitely, and the prospect is good that the result will be what every one desires an abundant coal supply for ft'lktftMt fWtaitmii 'ill. I Aiwiititf tint )h. VIHHIII WIV),1MI IIIIM Sllllllfll'll VII I dletou Hast Oregoulan. t I World's Supply of Platinum. I l;or many years between nine-tenths 'and nlncteen-twentleths of the world's supply of platinum has come from Russia. I The amount produced has ranged from , fi.ooo lbs to 8,000 lbs annually. Of late 1 there have been signs that the yield was I falling off, although the demand has steadily increased. It is probable tlrt from one-halt to live-skills of the whole supply of platinum today Is consumed by 1 the electric lamp makers. Among the I other uses of the metal are the construe- tiou of stilts for vitriol, dental work, pro ducing the photographic paper which gives us the "platino type," imparting a silver tint to porcelain, pointing stylo graphic pens and making non-magnet watch springs and certain parts of tele graphic apparatus. Most platinum is al loyed w Ith two other metals, osmium and iridium. These latter are separated from the platinum only with great dilliculty. When they ate separated the Iridium and osiduin (combined as "Irldosmine") have been practically us:lcss except for point ing gold pens. The .Manufacturer. Armory Site and Buildings. The tirst load of lumber for the armory of Similiter Cavalry, Troop B, was hauled from the J. B. Stoddard lumber mills Fri day to the armory site on Vinson's addi tion, two blocks south of the west end of the Granite street bridge. Work will be gin at once under the superintendence of Contractor L. N. Crane, who Is one of the frontiers. :imt thi- hiithtitif. iiiilhi-.l -it mi ' early day, as well as stables and corrals for the horses. The site for the armory was donated by that prince of good fellows, A. W. Hills, also a member. Quartz and placer location blanks of the mojt approved form for sale at THE MlNL:R office. John Day Valley Coal Fields. On the farm of James Small, down the valley, is a ledge of bituminous coal, on which a shaft has been sunk and from which Mr. Small took out a quantity of tine soft coal and tested Its burning qual ities to his satisfaction, even in ordinary wood-burning stoves. When a railroad gets through here Mr. Small thinks coal will be prospected for and found in paying quantities in many places in this valley. The Miner opines that Mr. Small lias a valuable property in tills coal claim alone, as there will be a demand for soft coal even before steam engines are rolling through tliis region of promise. While there is plenty of forests containing tim ber for building and fuel, yet the task of hauling wood from the foothills will cost more than coal, when the latter is mined In quantities. Prairie City Miner. ! Ten Stamp Mill for Little Denver. ! Sam II. Mayes, who recently acquired bv bond the Little Denver property and ' mill at Quart7burg, is expected to return i In a f-w days with a ten stamp mill, to be i placed on the Sanclio Pedro claim, on Secesh gulch, which claim, in connection with die Mineral Hill, owned by John C. Myrtle and others, and adjoining the , Sancho Pedro, will be worked this sum-1 mer. It is understood that the latter has , a ten foot ledge from which 12 assay j values can be had across Its entire width. ' -Prairie City Miner. Cracker Street Grading Finished. 1 The grading of Cracker street was vir tually completed last Saturday evening, by Contractor Sullivan, who has done his work without delay, having been at It but two weeks and completing what will be one of the most durable pieces of street , grading yet done in the city. j 0. R. & N. CO, Dni'W Chicago I'ortlanJ Special IU45 p m Atlantic Exprett la.lipm 2:4$ a m p in Dalit Ex. SunJ.it 8pm SaturJtt in p in 6 a m Ex. Sunjat 7nm Tuet. Thur. anj Sal 6a m Tue. Thur. anj Sal. I eat e Rlparla Jill a in Dally Go or send to the City Green house, Baker City, for choice pansey and daisey plants. I time schedules IromllakerClty Sail Lake. Denver, ft, Worth. Omaha, Kan t City, Si. Louis Chicago anj Ejt. Salt Lake. Denver. 1 1. Worth. Omaha, Kan- 1 1.11V, M. 10UI4, uucagn anj ut. Walla Walla. Lculton, Sfokane, .Minneapolis .-11. i-aui, uuiuin, Mil waukee Chicago anj UH. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS All Sailing J.nci subfect to change. I or San I rjnf wrn Sail tri er j Ja . COI.IIUHIA RIVER SI EA.MLRS To Aktorla anj Lanjlng, Was AffUIVli .4 a m j:5 p m 10:4! pn l'M WILAMETTU RIVER Oregon City. New her?. naiem, inJepenJence anj na -Landing, WILUMCTTG& YAM HILL KIVLKS Oregon City, Dayton anj Wa-LanJings. WILLAMETTE RIVER Portland to Corvallls anj Wat-LanJings SNAKE RIVER Rlparla to Lewlston .. 4rln Ex. SunJiv 4: )o p in Ex. SunJay j: to p m Mon. WeJ. anj Frl. 4.opm Mon. WeJ. anJ frl. Leave Lewlston Daily 9am H. C. BOWFRS, Agent, Baker City, Oregon V H h