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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1900)
4 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday. June n, 1900 "NO COLD FEET 1 money in a new bridge over Powder river, ! and the grading of the streets leading to IN SUMPTER." It. He said: "There are no cold feet in ' Sumpter." George 'Waihington in $25 Ore Probably the richest strike yet made A. W. Ellis Sums Up the Con-jntar Prair!e City was uncovered last week tin uic ucurgc wasniugtou KUUP ul i claims situated three and one-half miles north of Prairie City. There are three claims in the group; the George Washing- I ton, Minnie and Jim placer. The two former are quart? claims. The property is owned and being worked by Ward brothers and associates. The owners dition of Affairs Here. A correspondent of the Portl.md Tele gram visited this camp recently and fur- nishrd that paper with this refine of the havp drifteJ lhe George Washington industrial and commercial conditions here thirty-live feet to the hanging wall and A v sit to bumpier made Saturday, and ,,,ve slnlck ., twentylive inch vein of a , careful Investigation of business condi-, frre m ,R orf tnat Kes f 25 R0d to lions and all matters rel.itivr to mlnliiK 1 the ,on. They will now tunnel 350 feet interests in that district, reveal the fact that affairs in Sumpter and the surround ing territory are in .1 very prosperous con dition. I here is not an idle man in the town who will work, and there are not teams enough to handle the freight and passenger business between Sumpter and the various mining camps. One of Hie most ionser alive and tare- to strike the main ore body. Prom sur face indications there is one of the richest ore bodies yet to be found at the base of tills lode that will ever be unearthed in this district. Stringers are running in all directions, I ruin which quantities of coarse gold can be panned, and It is pre sumed that these stringers are fed from nit, l.irtH iir liiii I it I ht mL nrv nr iv. fnl business mr.mf Sumpter is authority ,WnR sem;, !pei,nin,s , t(m. Mon. for tin- statement that never in the history ,, ... . ., ,... ..,.,.,.,. .,...,. ,,, H HV. ol Sumpter, euept in the cases ol the Vinson investments and the itrt Invest ment olthe Siunptrr lounsite Miiiip.iuv, was there a time when so ninth tapital was mining into the town lor iuvi-stim-ut as at tin- present time. I he new t-lfttiit llghl and power 10111 piuv has just muiplfted transloriiiin I tic old plant lulu a new our, under the ellu lent III iliageuifut o Mr. I-. Cannon, ol Porllmd. I oiirleeii liuiulied and stv iiicaiidesti-nt lights .mil j j art llghls lor aiiiiiigiugthem ilosely a small quantity of rock was discrruable. Work on the tun nel will be pushed as rapidly as possible. -Prairie City Miner,. Some Big Dividend Payers. Here are some ligures regarding dividend-payers in the mining industries that ought to make interesting reading (or the herds ot 1111issb.it.ks in tills dtv, says Portland Mines and Aletals, who declare there is nothing in mining enterprises e.v totuiuruiil and 1111111itip.il purposes li i t- u-piing it he in pl.uer diggings in far-awav been tonlratteil lot. I he new plant his a number of eiv unique features in its Installation, ami will be one ol the most perlett sin ill plants in the western conn tiv. Il goes into operation today, iniuli to lhe s itM.ii lion ol the lilieus ul Sump In, who ale piomisetl .1 servite equal to that liirulshed in anv of lhe I irge tllies. lhe new Sumpter Mage loiiipanv, wliitli a short lime ago bought the stmk and outfit ol loin Mcl-.wen, lined up its Nome or Klondike, lhe Calumet and lleila 5j,ooo,ooo disbursements will strike most people at lirsl; but the Amalgamated t.opper loiiipanv is a lair semnd, with 5i,soo,ooo, and the Huston ,V Montana a good third with fi, .-00,000. Resides thrse, Slr.itton's ludepeiidence should be mentioned lor Us payment ot 5480,000, as well as Senator Clarke's United Verde, with . 1 dividend ol 5 150,000. I he Home- stake Mining inmpaiiy is to be credited eight new toaJies Saturday alternoou in with a payment ol 5j 15,000, lhe Portland Iroulol tlieollue lor Inspeilloii bv the witli 5210,000, and the Silver King with publlt. I he new vehicles were stalled 52-5,000. out tint alternoou on their trgul.tr runs, ami the loiiipanv now has something o er ' M--- W P- '" Golcoudi Ten Stamps Xo he.id ot Inn-horses in liiiness in the H. I.. Mcl.ain, the mill-wrlght who! trallit to and Irom the dilteieul i.unps. built the torty-stanip mill for the Honana lhe Columbia llrew lug totiipauv has mine and the twenty-stamp mil tor the increased lhe capatilv ol its plant Irom 100 Magnolia, has been employed by the Hol lo foo bartels per month, and is putting iniul.i people to install the etra ten stamps in a large arliiitial Ue plant. in that mill, which will make a total of lhe Hobson Mercantile lomiunv. re- twenty stamps to be dropping in this lentlv burned out, will in days oaupy lhe same piemises in their own hikk block. Sixty men .ire working on the Sumpter ( iranite roid, and a good portion ol the necessary 5ooo was suhsiiibed In Sumpter a few days ago. I lie I'ourtli ol hilv tommlltee in the past 10 diys has toilet ted over 5700 tor a telebration in Sumpter. Sumpter is the only town ol Its sie in eastern Oregon that can boast of paed and pi inked streets. I he touutv records show that within the past three weeks more real estate has t hanged hands in Sample! than in the thtee months prior to tint time. I he Sumpter lowusite company has 11M tlosed a toiiti.Kt tor a lute brick ollice building to be netted opposite their pres ent location on Will street. lhe propiietor ol the htkk yard at Sumplerstateslh.it lie stalled In busi ness Ihtee weeks ago wilh the Intention of buiniug a small kiln ol 00,000 In kit without a coutiatt lot their sale, In ad vance. He has now increased the capac ity to 200,000 lukk, and had ever hiuk sold before his men commented to make the mud. A. W. l-.llis, one ot the otlgliial owners of Sumpter, is spending a large amount of Unions producer in a short time. I The Walla Walla Feed Yard W.W. KITCMCN, Prop. DP.AI.P.R IS HAY, CHAIN AND Al.l. KINDS OP IM-l-li. FREE DELIVERY. Cood Peed Yard and Stables Por Preighters. IHMKilll MAIils 10 I'kmhii i.tn. iur IN Mil HIIIMMi, Ml KIM LAKIX IN IVIMMJ W.uehouses and Oflices, Sumpter Valley Railroad l'rack. iMiik-Dairy in Connection SUMPTER, OREGON : 4fc w Capital Hotel MRS. G. B. TEDHOWE, Proprietress Centrally Located Electric Lights Newly Refurnished Free Bus and Baggage Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. Passengers Wayhilled To all Points on Stages. dt fe Sumpter p 2 Oregon sp W SUMPTER BOTTLING WORKS .Minufactiirir nt .ill UnJ ut litl in.ti J llrinlu an.l 0,tT-. () tt.itt-J In omnrttlon ullli l!n' Kentucky Liquor Hous whelesale: and retail. GAGEN A. SLOAN, PROPS., SUMPTER, ORE. Free Assay... During the ne.Nt ?o days every new subscriber to The Miner who pays fla.oo for one year's subscrip tion in advance will be given one assay for gold of any rock he may bring in. Free of Charge The Sumpter Miner Sumpter, Ore. 7
