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THE SUMPTBR MINER.
Wednesday, September 12. 1900
OFFICERS
I'rulJrnt, WILLIS KRAMCK
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Vice-I'ru. ft Cm. Mer. II. W.MILI LK
Mow burg, Orrgun
.Srcrrlm.W. V. IIIIHIISON
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SureilmrnJr nl, J. M. DWKNON
.Sumplrr, Ori-ci.n
Umpqua Mining
and Milling Co
Principal Office, Sumpter, Oregon
Branch Office, Roseburg, Oregon
CAPITAL
STOCK
$150,000
1,000.000 c ha res of
ParValueoJi5Ct.
Had).
Fully Paid and Non-Assessable
PROPERTY:
THE COMPANY owns four claims, all adjoining, and a mill site,
being 6000 feet in length by 600 feet wide, and the mill site covers
five acres. The claims are known as Chance. American. Gold Hill
- and Grand Prize, and the American mill site. These claims are lo
cated about live miles west from Sumpter, Baker County, Oregon, and are reached by a good wagon road and
are surrounded by developed properties, such as the famous Ibex, Maiden's Dream, Evening Star, and several
other promising mines. There is ample timber and water on the ground for all mining purposes.
DEVELOPMENT. Since March, 1000, the company has done over $co feet of miscellaneous work,
to determine the best method of permanent mining and have reached a depth of over 160 feet, where values
have varied from ten to several hundred dollars per ton, with better than 15 AVERAGE VALUES.
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
IT IU:IN( 1 :i foregone conclusion from the development already made that the Umpqua group of mines, with proper opening,
can lie made one ul the dividend payers of Oregon, and that rich ore bodies can he opened up with a reasonable e.xpeuditure
ol uiitnrv in a short space of time, and the management being exceedingly anxious to push the development work, by either
drifting or Mulling from the end of cross-cut tunnel or by running a crosscut liwer down on the creek, (which will be short) then
drill on vein and depth will be gained as work proceeds, i'lid ore will betaken out at all times. In order to raise the money re
quired for Immediate Use, the company has decided to place for sale
50,000 SHARES OF THE STOCK AT 3 CENTS PER SHARE
to such persons as mav be offered an opportunity to purchase. The light to withdraw the stock from sale without notice Is how
ever reserved by the company.
HOW TO OBTAIN THE STOCK. Applications for stock of the Umpqua Mining & Milling Com
pany should be addressed to Secretary W. F. Rukmson, or Treasurer A. P. Goss, Bank of Sumpter, Sumpter,
Ore. Any person purchasing stock will at all times have access to the mines by making application to the
general manager, and all books and reports of the company will at all times be subject to examination.
EASTERN OREGON MINES.
in
Sumpter b Now the Moil Active Camp
(he State.
The mining legion of which Maker
City, Oregon, Is the commercial center,
and Sumpter now the most active mining
town, is historically one of the old mineral
districts ot the west. barly in the '50s,
when California was becoming over
crowded with emigrants, a stream ot gold
hunters started northward from the Sac
ramento valley, and traveling along lines
parallel to the coast, ultimately leached
the Columbia. On their way the 1UI1
diggings of northern California and south
west Oregon were found and settled, and
it was leally the surplus from these places
that reached the Columbia about 1 S s . ,
and follow ing up its beautiful waters
marched into the Destitute and John
Day valleys. At the head ol the latter
they found a grand mountain mass to
which they gave the name of the Hlur
mountain range, on whose llanks at the
sources ol the John Day, I'owder, Ituint
and Malheur rivers they dlscoveied plenty
of the yellow metal.
I hut certain process of resuscitation, which
is now so well advanced that it ranks as
one ol the stable mineral districts of the
west, with nu industry based not 011
' placers, but on vein workings.
Of course the Hlue mountains are in 110
1 sense fully eplnred, but there has been
developed along a slate and granite region
some twenty to thiity miles wide, and e.
STRANGE HOLE IN THE GROUND,
Air U Drawn in Six Hours and Then
Expelled.
A gentleman who recently made a trip
to Wapanita, a little town about 50 miles
from The Dalles, tells of a peculiar freak
of nature, in the form of a small, deep
tending from the upper tributaries of the. !''e '" " Kru"J"" '"" of Van
I'owder river to those ol the John Day, a
belt ol gold-bearing veins which are rapid
ly becoming productive in paying quart,
and aie now adding about a quarter of a
million dollars annually to the national
gold output. At the same time it is be
ing found that the miners ot '55 by no
means e.hausted the placer possibilities
of the legion; that there are fair fields
there ct fur both hydraulic and dredging
operations, and. 1 latge area of surround
ing country almost totally unexplored,
wliUh oilers riih rewards to the prospec
tor. Denver Mining Reporter.
J. T. English Interviewed in Portland.
John 'I', liuglish, manager of the Gol-
Woodrutf, from which the air rushes with
such great force that at times it can be
heard a distance of over a quarter of a
mile. For a period of six hours the air Is
forced out of this hole, and then for a sim
ilar length of time it is with great force
drawn back again, and so on without
cessation.
About ten years ago an old man, Hamp
ton Key, now dead, who owned the farm,
bored for a well and on reaching a depth
of 110 feet, the drill suddenly and without
any warning, fell for a considerable dis
tance, and it was found that a large cavity
had been struck, and the air rushed from
the hole with tremendous force. From
that day to this the air has continued,
lllk.ll "I llll l H'l" I 1 , , 1 . . 1
iind.i mine, one ill the rkhest and best iwm by nour and uay Dy day, unceasing-
known properties In the west, was hi the ly '"id with regularity to be forced out for
lilvnfewdavs this week on business Uiv linurs . mil tln-n ilr-nini in fur -. lib.
I he tlush days ol this region were from connected with liN companv. Mr. Kiigllsh ' ptrioJ of x hou never (a,
si.iirs iii.-ii ui'in is impressing uuiinui ,,,,,, .... ., ,
Interruption at the mine, while the ew1dimillil,inK- At times the air rushes
2o-st.tmp plant Is constantly crushing with greater force, roar and weird sound
high grade ore. The new plant is work- than at others, and the old settlers there
lug charmingly, and Hie manager PfCts 1 ...... ...h ,,. hnnww , .,,
10 start up the Mrvan mill In a few days. " mat wnenever tni l appens a great
Deep sinking continues, and the work is change In the weather takes place or a
lobe greatly facilitated by the introduc-; storm invariably follows, and for years
1K5J to iSso. During the halt decade
tometluiig like 540,000,000 in dust was
taken Irom its gravel deposits; and then,
the cream having been skimmed, and the
more active portion ol the population hav
ing been drawn away by the newer ex
citements in Idaho and .Montana, north
eastern Oregon became practically desert
rd as a mining Held. In itiX;, however,
the Oregon Railway and Navigation com
pany b'oilt its line trom Portland to the
Snake river at Huntington, and simultan
eously the Oregon Short Line was ex
tendedfroin Pocatello through southern
Idaho to the" Rinqmrl his put the
Hlue mountain region on a transconti
nental li'ie ot transportation, and since that
lion ot a mammoth hoisting plant, which
w ill raise ore upward of i.ooo feet. The
shaft Is now down 420 leet, and at the
bottom Is to be seen a tine showing of ore
which falrlv sparkles with Its precious
metals. 'I he liolcouda ha produced a
large amount of high grade ore, and has
on not a lew occasion startled the mining
world with its niagniticent exhibits of rich
free gold specimens, which stand only to
old Hampton Key was able to predict a
storm or change of weather, and it was ,
found more reliable than a barometer, and
when a great storm was predicted every
body prepared for it. The temperature at
the mouth of the hole Is always the same,
about 52 degrees In winter and summer. ,
Years ago the owner, alwavs experiment
he equalled, not excelled, bv any other K and Inventing, connected this air by a
mining property In the world. The sue-Li. .. , . . -iili...... .....
cess attending the operation of the Gol
cooda is not only gratifying to the owners
time it has been p.tsingtliruugU.a..lotbut our entire populace.' Mining Review".
pipe and run it into a milkhouse and in
the heat of the summer the little milk
house was always cool, while on the out
side all was sweltering, and in cold blasts
of winter, when the mercury stood low in
t the thermometer, the little milkhouse w;.
kept warm inside, and the old man stored
I all his potatoes and other vegetables there
and they never would freee.
, , Hundreds of people have visited this
strange and weird phenomenon, the like
of which can not be found in the whole
surrounding country. Many arc the e.x
( planations and tiieories advanced as W
the cause of this strange action. One is
' that this cavity e.xtends to the ocean, and
when the tide rises it partially tills this
cavity and forces the air out through this
hole and when the water recedes the air
rushes in again. Another is that when the
atmosphere becomes heavy, it compresses
tile air in the cavity, which is always of 4
different temperature, and rushes into the
cavity, and when the atmosphere becomes
lighter tile compressed air is forced out of
the cavity again. The surrounding coun
try is all volcanic. Not a great distance
away are the warm springs on tile Indian
reservation, and further south are found
the great lava beds. East Oregouian.
Water Notice.
The lawn sprinkling hours are from 6
to u o'clock p. m. Consumers are res
tricted to their own grounds, and will not
I be permitted to sprinkle the public streets.
Running water through an open hose at
any other hour than those mentioned,
I cannot be allowed. The water will be
"shut off" whenever these rules are vio
lated. Su.mpter Water Co.
"The Portland", conducted by Gus
Woodward on Mill street, is fully a
representation of its name. A visit will
convince you ot this.
"The Portland", conducted by Gus
Woodward on Mill street, is fully a
representation of its name. A visit will
convince you of this.
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