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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1900)
4 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, June 27, 1900 PROFITS IN PLACERS. General Revival in This Branch of Mining. attacked bv these unknown persons and forcibly driven from town. In doing this, Mr. hntnn Inform, us, about f4o damage was done to the huildiiiR. Up to this time no arrests have been made, but it is prohibit that these parties who have thus taken the law Into their own hands will be brought to justice In the immediate future. Union Republican. FOREST INSPECTORS. R. II. Donaldson Selby came In from the Burnt river pi uer district Sati'rdav, and reports mikli activity tlitre. Mis At Work in Blut Mountain Timbfr Near opinion is tint liugene Way, working the I Prairie City. Moldiirin creek platers, and Ch.irles ' ,. J. Johnson, forestry botanist for Ore- Wilcox, of tlie Spring gulch pi. tiers, will in ike handsome cleanups. I hese diggings are betwern l.oJdi.irt and lierford, in the Auburn section, wlicre they will have a lull two months run of water. Mr. Selby s.ivs he lielpeJ Charles Wilcox pick up $75,00 011 hl.s griuiud one afternoon. Isaac Neil also came I'l l-rid.iy. In gon, is expelling thelhnberand shrubbery in tlie Mine mount, tin range of mountains and is now inspecting tlie timber belt in the Prairie Cltv district. His work consists of Imding out the number ol ,-ures ot out-standing timber, varieties, distribution ot each variety, the number ol s.twmills and the amount of lumber cut bv each, tlie area of timber de partnership with M. It. White he lias been stri)Vcd ,v irrM nres, the time tires were working a placer claim near iJevme hll ;ind who set them, the result ot de- Aslibury,sdlgglngso.illie"OldCli.inell" strll,,on ,N (ofet ,eis and tlie resultof about live miles west ol Sumpter. Mr. reforestation. Nail tells how, on a 7" hours run witli N()t n'K, ,',. ,,, is ,miI(.j aUet by j5 Inches ot water, with which they Mr. Johnson, hut the dillerent species of worked about twenty-live by eighty feet s,rui,cry, ,,iid when liK trip ol Inspection of gravel, they cleaned up Af ounces of , ,,. aittfttrn ttimber belts of Oregon is g..ld, which tliey e.xdiacged for double ctmi,,P,,d,., statistical report will be pre- eagles at the bumpier bank oiuhe basis WcJ ;li, forw.,rdrj t0 Washington, ol 517.25 per ounce. ,s ,,.,,,, tt , .,e lsrJ Mll.,K ., ew As has been predicted by I III. MINI:U ,,,,, l)( ,,. acf Oregon by the govern- would be the case, placer mining Is again ,,, ,IMj w completed this map will receiving more atte.it all over easUrn c. u here the timber bells lie and the Oregon and much money is being invested ,,., its , M,rubbery growing in placer properties by men whose means ( (U will make these rich grounds ield large (Mr j',,,,,,,, us experienced some dif- proms. 111MM.K1 weinuM.wuiu.iir.cn n.ily in running down the orginator.s of grou.m lias reeu open 111 an uuec.ous .or . ,., Mtt , ,,:s ,,m, successful ill years, where water was not to be had ....... ,.... ,-.... ..... .., ,,,,. ...... v,ars without heavy cost for ctmstrticlliiK nll tlr KHUy nr xva- tin.illy brouKlit to uiiciies am. uuiues, imi some 01 ine more larseeing ones have calculateil the results to ,'ucrue trom spending a few, and olten many thousands ot dollars to secure the nerssary water to wash the itch giounds that are to lie h.nl lor com paratively small sums, and hate .ucoid ingly put i. Iheir money, well Knowing it would letuMini lo them many told. Prairie City the Coming Camp. I:. A. .Wilier, ot .Milwaukee, is at the Kuutsloid on his way luck Itom eastern ( )regou lo attend the mining umg.es. Mi. Miller is a mining man ol considerable expeiietue and Is heivilv iuleiesled in mines atoiiud Baker Olv, Oregon, He says that this yeai's clean-up trom the! placers In eastern Oregon willexieed' anything in tlie past lew years and that the dredger which is working on Itiirnt riu is meeting with astonishing success. ' Tlie coming camp of tli.it country, he sivs, Is Prairie Cltv, in the John Day valley. Heie new strikes ol rich gold ore are lecorded almost daily. In the Copper King mine a shott time ago a body ol tire was uncoeted which ran Ji-'o in gold, 'iSoo in cobalt and two percent coppet. At tjuart City, seven miles from Praiiie City, a strike was made the il.iv before he lelt, in a thirty-eight toot shatt, which was something wondertul A vein ol gold ore was encountered which ran away up In the thousands. Prospectors ate Mock ing In, and it Is one ot the busiest places In tlie west. ' he new distilct is readied Irom Sumpter and In some lotty miles away tiom the railroad, but the road liom Sumptei Is piomlsed to teach Prairie Cltv belore the dose ol the season. Salt Lake Tribune. Japs Driven out of Union Mill. Some time ago the management ol the Union Woolen Mill ton ml it impossible to secure the necessary help in tlie null and brought a number of Japanese to work in tlie tactory. The presence of this "foreign labor" became distasteful to certain un known parties here, j'ldging trom tlie sequel. On last Saturday night these Japanese, who were peaceably domiciled 11 one of Piesldent baton's houses, were justice. In early days the timber in some parts of the coast range was almost completely destroyed bv lire and the natural supposi tion Is that it was set bv Indians, but Mr. lohnsou claims these tires were originated by tlie Hudson Hay company, and were set with m ilidoiis intent. Mr. lohnsou is now In the Strawberry range and is beiugpiloledbyC.il Johnson ol this citv. It will take about two months ol hard w ork to complete his labors hi tlie Hlue mountains. Prairie City Miner. SPOKANE Drug Co. Only exclusive whole sale drug house in the state. We sell only to merchants. Make the best pi ices on min ers' and assayers' sup plies. Freight no higher than from Portland. Wiite for quotations. Spokane Drug Co. Spokane, Wash. . V Capital Hotel MRS. G. B. TEDROWfi, Proprietress Centrally Located Newlv Refurnished Electric Lights Free Bus and Baggage yy Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. TJT Passengers W.iybllled To nil Points on Stages. Afr t Sumpter Oregon m ?S3&' SUMPTER BOTTLING WORKS Manulacturtrj or all kinds ol Carbonatf J Drlnkv .inj CUtm. Oprratrd in connection with the Kentucky Liquor House WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. GAGEN & SLOAN, PROPS., SUMPTER, ORE. Free Assay... During the next ?o days every new subscriber to Thk Miner who pays $2.00 for one year's subscrip tion in advance will be given one assay for gold of any rock he mav bring in. Free of Charge ' The Sumpter Miner Sumpter, Ore. i i '';!