12 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, August i, 1900 BUSY AROUND BURNS. Railroad Company Files Def inite Location. The United States Land Office at Burns is kept hustling these days. The tiling nf homestead entries and claims under the desert act is always large here, but during the past month there has been a rush, tlir number of filings more than doubling those for any previous July. As is the case all over eastern Oregon, the small rancher Is looking for a home here. Whenever there is a level tract of land and water convenient there is a race to see who will be the first to get it. livery year finds more fences and less vacant stretches of country. The resources of Harney county are great, but on account of its isolation, the outside world has been slow in tinding It out. Hut people are coming now, and they find a welcome here. A large surveying party for the Cor vallis A Eastern company has just com pleted its work in the county, and tiled in the land office here its map of definite sea at times of full tide. None of the cannerymen cared to stay with the dig gings themselves, but when we arrived in Seattle, the dally papers came out with scare-head articles on the fabulously rich diggings to be found at the mouth of Red River, 011 Kodlak Island. The news was given the world on the strength of what the captain of the Valencia had said about the place, and the information was vouch safed that a great stampede was being made for Kodiak, where hundreds of miners were digging out gold to beat all Yet there isn't a human soul within 80 miles of the mouth of Red River, but all the same, look out for that point as being the place to which the unwary are to be lured next." Tramway Six Mllei Long. To reduce expenses of the Halslsy Elkhorn mine, the owners nf that famous property have commenced some very extensive and radical Improvements. The first step was to put in a telephone I Hue from Haines to the mine, and the poles and wire are now on the ground and In n few days the work of setting the poles and putting up the wire will be completed. In addition to this- they are preparing to build a stamp mill in the canyon on Pine creek where abundant water power can be secured. The ore for riliitlmt it'll I trim i I itmidi tii tti mill location, along with a ptolile ot the right..,.. .11 , ' ..... 1. 1 Then this tramway will br extended a of way or route to be taken. It began , , , . , , ,...,. , . . .. ., ' distance of live or si miles to Powder surveying about, 4 ".lies southwest from a ,le concentrates Ontairo, on the Malheur river, and added , f ,-, w be , j , ,,,,, ,, about 100 m es to that a ready surveyed. .1 . u 1 11 . .... . 1 . 1 1 1 .1 1 1 ., 1 'and then hauled to Haines for shipment. I he new proli e tiled in the laud o lice here. ... , ... ., .. i . ,' ... . .in.. 1 .1 ,1 hesr improved methods will reduce the shows he line to be along the valley of , , he Maheur river. I follm-s tut river, thr mim, 0V(.r,n up , Kr;lJp, :inJ do for adslaiue of 122s m es, the entrei ,., ... , , , , . ,. . . distance the line is now surveyed. I he , Snce e ,,,, C0IMmrnm, , sinU surveying pty broke camp on the .8 I, a naf on their property, thev decided , of July, and filed its profile or de.inlte Cir! ,lp e , projliclioll.,e. location claim. In the laud iiffue on the ; -.- -... 2Stli. I he I. hid 0 Hue oll.ci lis h.ive. been busyeversi.ueth.it time ewiinlnlng lite , At Soon Have Gold in Mine as Bank, records, so as to repoit to the general' Oiif of thr most unique mines in this landolticc.it Washington e.uli -jo-.icre stM,mf the countiv is th.it ol II. W. trait ol government laud through which r,iu-,.v, e.ir Roblnsonvllle, known as thr the new railroad survey passes. I he m.ick ll..wk. Mr. Tracev's mine con line, ineaiide.ing will, the 1 reek, mveis a is,s ,)f ;l uy chuW , uJrr ,,.M :, fm), Urge section of country. J , its w jrsl vnic, ,s .,Vrrage w idth Is Ihe present survey ends near Cianr,' frnlll tuo , ,,rrr llfMes. lis working In this county, .jo miles southeast ot torcr consists 01 liimsrlf. As tlir ore Is Hums. It is 140 miles troui Ont.tirn. vrrv rcli, however, averaging perhaps Ihere was a ptrlimluaty su.vev made 510,000 a Ion, Mr. I'r.-uev says he 1.111 get along this route srve.al r.us ago. A n tw ,ouev lie wants working single lew miles this sldr of the terminus ol the ' ,.,jr.j. v considers thr ground safer present survey there ate two preliminary n,,,,, ,-, h.iiilt and draws upon it only ac surveys. Our leads out south via Albert rrj,,K t,i ,s needs, i lie property Is lake and l.akevlew, in Lake county, and only opened up by a jo-toot sh.itt and a theme south tluough California to : short drift. Mr. Tracey is now at work point on the Southern P.kIih toad. Ihe n another shall on .-. parallel vein that other comes via Hums, theme bv Prine-' averages Iron, one-fourth to three inches vile and on to Albany. wMu . ott. i(, ,,s vein is equally I he held is a good one from beginning ,, ,j, ;(s t,.lt M t,r (ltst he worked. An to end. I he thousands ot head of horses .ujjng claim, known as thr Mollir and cattle and sheep, and millions of Gibson, is also owned bv Mr. I racey. pounds ot wool from this great stock Sped.il from Granite to Che telegram, tenter, demand In-tter transportation. Besides this and the vast amount of Much Timber Used in Mining, trelght shipped into this louutry, the there is an increased dem ind for tim-I rapidity with wlikh it Is settling up Is her, and there is strong talk of an electric enough to convince the shrewd railroad rau frmn t,e Cracker urrk mines to the magnates that this Is not a country to be timber below Sumpter. This w ill tend to nrglected. It N no longer a question of stimulate and support another great in the people ol e.islem and southern Ore- dustrv. I:ew realie tlie enormous con- MINE TIMBER DILEMMA. gon begging tor a railroad, but it Is a lace for the sw litest to get here first. Special from Hums. Kodiak for Next Fake Boom. sumption required for even a doen big mines when sinking operations begin. The ComstOik alone exhausted 400,000, 000 feet of timber, and Su.ooo.ooo wortli of fuel in about ten years. Butte City "Look out for KoJiak Maud as the has nearly equaled tills and hauls it from text pi ice Interested p.u ties will try to Missoula. There is timber enough in boom," said W. H. Helms, just returned Hi eece, l-'rver, Carbonate and Iron mills 1 10.11 Nome, to an Oregoni.iu reporter. m l.eadville to easily build the city of "N.ime has had its day, and York, 120 Denver. A mill close to available good miles to the north, was a tirle, but as thntvr could, with a short road, supply we came down we stopped at Kodltk, to timber to the mines cheaper than it could take otf the crew of a cannery which had be cut at the mines. J. I:. I... In Portland just been shut down. There were 40 Mining Review, under Sumpter date, men in the crew, bound for San Francisco, and some ot them exhibited vials of bl.uk Don't neglect your eves. Glasses' and sand in whkh colors of gold could be dis- spectacles properly fitted to defective uwered. 1 he sand was found on a high sight. I-". C. Hrodie, Opera House Jew stretch of beach which is washed by the I dry Store, Sumpter. Plenty of It Around but Government Agent is Auo There. The mine manager whose woodpile is getting low and who, to continue the de velopment of his ground and the stoplng nf his ores must have timber, is in a dilemma. Having been notified by Percy Sowers, special agent of the Land office, that the Government will hold the min ing company responsible for any "stolen timber" that is found in Its property, and further that there is practically no Utah timber which has not been cut in violation of law, the manager would like Mr. Sowers to direct him just where to go for timber. There is plenty of It around, but as there Is nothing to distinguish one class from the other, the companies have de cided to defer all purchases until they have had the assurance of the special agent that it is safe to purchase. In the face of the recent admonition that they would be compelled to pay the Govern ment as well as the original vendor for any and all stolen timber in their posses sion, they were induced to believe that Agent Sowers would seize the branding Iron and define the difference. The agent has failed to do this, however, and the result Is that not .1 little hardship is threatened. A manager of one of the most active properties said recently that his superin tendent had been signaling for timber for davs, and that he, In turn, had been vainly hunting for the special agent that he might ascertain just what timber can be safelv purchased. Until he gets this information he declines to replenish the woodpile at the mine and serious em barrassment may result. The special agent should keep himself in evidence, or brand every stick of timber that Is offered for sale. Salt Lake Tribune. Leave Coal Mine foe Harvt Field. Work at the Birch creek coal claims has been temporarily stopped on account of the shortage of harvest hands, the men who were at work there having gone Into the fields for the present time. Senator T. C. Taylor, who Is one of the principal ones interested in the claims, stated today that It was not the intention to cease the work of prospecting, but that it would again be resumed before long. The showings already made have been suffi ciently encouraging to warrant going deeper Into the mountain. There is good prospect for some fine coal deposits being unearthed in the near future. Its im portance, with reference to the develop ment of the Pacific Northwest, is so great that the utmost endeavor will be made to find out If there is coal of quality warrant ing mining it. Hast Oregoni.iu. Name of Locating Engineer. A. Kinney, civil engineer, recently employed on the Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific, has been appointed lo cating engineer on the Columbia South ern. He started Thursday for Shaniko, to begin setting stakes southward toward Lakeview. When a sufficient distance has been cross-sectioned, proposals will be submitted to contractors for bids. It is expected the work will begin within 60 days. Oregonian. That paper has been imposed upon by someone. The facts are that R. C. Kuney, (not A. Kinney) joined the Anderson party, who are en gaged in making a preliminary survey for The Dalles Southern Railway Co. Tills company and the Columbia South ern are two separate companies. Shaniko Leader. SUMPTER BOTTLING WORKS .Mjnutacturrrt ol nil klnji ot CnihnnilrJ Drinks anj CUm. OpvrateJ In connection with the Kentucky Liquor House WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. GAGEN & SLOAN, PROPS., SUMPTER, ORE. w. s. ABSTRACTS Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Mining Patents Obtained Years of e.xperience in Baker County Records. No. 2104 Court Street, Baker City; Oregon. 00000000000000 Exclusive Agent lor the Celebrated OLY.MPIA BEER On draught or bv bottle. 00000000000000 "The Olympus" H. FINGFR, Proprietor. High Grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Sumpter, Or. "Just around the Corner" NEBERGALL & MOORE PROPRIETORS. THE MAZE Fine Wines, Liquors and Ggars. Next to First Bank Sumpter SUMPTER, OREGON