Wednesday, September 26, 1900.
THE SUMPTER MINER.
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ON EASTERN OREGON.
Colorado Newspaper Man
Writes Entertainingly.
To a Colorado nun coming into this
station it is to hi 111 almost like coming i'lto ,
a foreign country. The ways of the peo- i
pie and their liiMitutious seem, somehow '
or anntlier, to be different from those in
Colorado. It is hard to tell in what re
spect the difference lies, but every one
with whom I have come in contact that
has come trom Colorado tells me that his
I Oregon is not slow. There is a little
I camp tlilrtvone miles aw.iv from here
1 called bumpier. I am told that it lias a
perm inent population of 2,500, where is
r twi and one-half year ago It lould hardlv
, muster 100 people. 1 his eastern Oregon
, is doing its share In growing a new uop
, of bonanza kings. Kvery now and then
i some person is pointed out to me as hav
ing made considerable money in the mines.
Albert (ieiser, president ol the Citieus'
bank, is reputed to tie worth a million dol
lars, which he made out of the Bonanza
mine. His original investment was Ji, 000.
I understand that the mine made a
total output of about a million,
and it is currently reported, or at least so
stated In local print, that the mine then
was sold to the Standard Oil people for
Another mine, called the Red Boy, is also
linnresinii .-ire slmllnr' to mine. H.iker
City impresses one with being a bucolic 75.
..'.', t. .,,.1.. f , Anothi
.Wlallsm. It has'a population of about reporteJ to be maklnR its owners rich. It
fiooo permanent. In the winter there Is.1" ' "" "line, i-r ine prrse u nu
W or. less of a floating population de- n en.P atrd Improvements Including
irived fwin.ttfe' tributary camps, and along axilllaries, mus stand them In at least
jabour Christmas time iltfre are probablj ' , Considerable machinery is be
a total of e-ght or ten'tUousand people in '-'"led to the mine now. There snow
Ihibernatmg In the city, and at this t,lne' at the mine a stack of 15.oto.us of con
the wain .reet exhibits some activity! , tra'7 l.ese concentrates are of too
ITUV brines nortioyofNheVowr? seems I ow grade to ship and stand the ost of
fk IU i-rt'tiifrit ir triini ttitt if 1 rur il liir.
(' t' t friMIt- t I Villi tllUV VI Mllill iiinr , -, .
..:. .k. t .. ' 11. 1 , a ong way off. A pant for ncal reduc
acter to -.unletting of a metropo tan phase! 1, , . . . . ' , . .
: in i.- ... -..J.....7 .,. ..-.lY.. ., 1 Hon will be erected for these concentrates.
...iV, u..VS.ii,V.iK; iln. i11l..iTIHl Hoy, to all appearances, Is a great
;ever, not b'einVqulte'up "to date. It con
;iiects the in. no busijifss p.1rt of the town
with tne depot. Tlfe "motive power of the
mine. Reports come mat a. Ufpm 01 $00
feet a c)Vlte of- ore within Uie ledge was
encounter'eJ"Jist''the',(itlier day, the ore
Kaln.i n niiinitbltlmi m( lilira Hit lit l Mil ttiir
Var .s the uld-,?ashlo.ud. horse. bUtnt press "V " """"-" .'T K"'" "' V .
Vnt it .kiVrs-tl'lose'for tr.nSsporta- W"- .cIhhK a Wicnsia .iia.ihrpd.
ii,ii ir i.Mih'itru i i I'fuiinii vi inv
Ijuui, aiu.i in.iiut me warns 111 wine A .. . .p . .. ,
,Yr, there ,s ., pr-uy.erous di.fusion o(' fH?-' a pound ,f gold or a
" efifofefee thr...,.l,ff the community, and , ,.,mmJ "' W? "l1 m';" .''1".U"-.
'flfereis quite a hit ot building gou.g ou 5o,oooworl, ,,f Rj l0 lhP ,,,,( ore.
Woughuutthr e,ire Uty. ' v4 l is,i lnnwn.just how g tl, s .,re
!...s . J" . 1 t v Si cliuti' Is it may be only a jwcKet but it
Ve'rViutfc'U Wn'ol'nctive mining here!J"V,li,.c.Vf" M,,:,,, ,,,,e;,,)d.al ,fV',J.r:"e
VerViutfc'U Wn'ol'nctive mining he'rj "V'1 lc,Vf " M,,:,,, ,,,,e;,,)dial ,fV',i.r:"e
il 1. .t. . i.i.l.. .1.. .1 .' II MIUIU I'C lll MIIIMllw rlllllIMl'VIIIVl .
iiiuur.u war are iiuiicb wmiiii wwer nines . ,, . . , t. - , Vt"' i
.' frxtSr reRion, and It is in Maker City r,,r '? w""ld '''"'f ' "lw!' &' M
&n'lW.ill over the country. Cabinets U!r i'!1:' T"-
.l specimens are to be found in '..uiinbei ,I,a,1,"B n" M1 n''"'J '';-; "J
W business houses, hotels, olt.ces and the" " ,r,,u-v-i,,I ,-l,c l,lrd?' ' hf y !,M ",e .
Saloons, hvrry other ma., that I haverli"R "''' "'.d 'everybody Isgl.-nl to '
'".tt co,mUgdp jrm JheHIILs has a,,,,eR7H, '" thry are Haying In.
iiockettll (.fM.r,ens or a l.imnof eold. I W".e. ,h,s mll,c ln:;,"'d ,n Colorado it (
.the nuggets urteii.lroni the placers. ,,,UJ ll,,, erc ,,,b ,,ave wMea a miMy ,
"Gold Auh bought iifre"U"a tafnfliar' , '.. ..,....!, i ,
, .. t, 1 , , , Another nd vidua that Is coming rat-
lgn. 1 he epresiniis or trrms in nun-1... , . , , , , ,,,?,.
, ,.i 1 . , ., id v nto prom neuce s l.eslou Ha let, a
ing seem to be lousldcrablv dilferent from , , - . ," .
1. ,. , ,. 1 1 - ,,. i wt ' young mining man woo is mauing a pne-
what are in ogue in Colorado. We ' . , ., , . .,
uomeuai ski.css hi iiis mining .kiioiis.
In his enterprising spirit he is to Haker
1 City what Sam Nicholson was to Lead-,
ville. He has about a doen mines going
hi different districts on the Pacific coast.
U I Il- .,..!...,. hi,, I. ,-tjl., ..II Ml.. I.
I he lode claims in tlil country are " " K ' "" " n""r ""
. . . . , , , , . ',., of money and has under way a large mini-
ret long by Goo feet wide. I he , , ' . ... . ,, ,
tier 01 ciiicrpuscs .ui.Miiaiy iu ins iiinirs,
1 He is a regular Colorado man In energy
I and boldness uf operations. It is he who
is the moving spirit for a smelter at Hurke
1 mont, and for tile construction of a rail-
v.. ...I Kill!'.....! Il'.lfur - .Mll 14,1.1. Mil, lit
. .1 1 1 .1 . . 1 u.iu imv( iiiiivii xii i.iiu 1 ., 11 in",,,.
ledges the claims may lay three, four, live .
or evrn six deep, side against side line, j WUr Notice.
A great deal of the surface orrs of this T,e hwn sprinkling hours are from 6
country are frrr mining gold, and the out-, too o'clock p. m. Consumers are res
put ol many of the mines has been saved l tricted to their own grounds, and will not .
by the old-fashioned Me.icau arastra. j he permitted to sprinkle the public streets. J
Within tle last year however, there lias Running water through an open hose at
jiardly ever liear the, term "vein" used.
I.e'dges aie mostly spoken of. ' A -man
will say he has a ledge ten feet wide or,
one hundred teet or even a thousand feet
wide. Me speaks of tree milling or a base
ore
1500 teet long
ledges are tr.icrd on their appex for many
miles, and It Irequentlv haptens that lo
cations are made on the-e ledges to tile
number of Irom thirty to sixty, end line
lor end line. O'.ung to the width of the
been an inclination to more universally
put modem stamp mills, and the reduction
t ores is being accomplished with more
rapidity. Some of the old mines have
built up big records as producers, but it
took a good many years for them to make
the showing which even In Colorado
any other hour than those mentioned,!
cannot be allowed. The water will be
"shut off" whenever these rules are vlo-1
lated. SUMI'ThH WATHR CO. I
The Hobson Mercantile Company is
now showing the largest assottment of
f.tggi 31KS II r,L I
'BWWWB HHMI lVS
Fraser
Chalmers
Chicago
Mll.l INti ,A(.HIM-:in-olls,
Stamps, Crushers. Perforated
Metals, Jigs, 1'rur .inueis, lite.
MININti MACMINI'UY-Hiiilers,
including Sederholm Holler, Air
Compressors, Mrldler Pumps Hnr
naies, lite. Write to oor C.hicago
office for Catalogue.
Represented by MENNO UNZICKER, Hotel Warshauer,
AKCR CITY, OREGON
GOLDEN
EAGLE HOTEL
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RE-OPENED UNDER
t" ' " . : NEW MANAGEMENT
To lk Conducted .on the "'ill' First-CI:iss .. Ri'Stsnuifnt
European Plfin :i . in Con"ntciU'n
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T; T. DANILSOIVI', PROPRIETOR,.
Sample Uooms for Coininercial Men. ' SUMIUI i. HM HON
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ittr Cawston &.
j Company
B A , Engines. Boijers
HBflBMHBb Machinery aul
48 and 50 Pirst Street, Near Pine y ' POWT.LAND, ORE.
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HYDRAULIC, MINING AND DREDGING
MACHINERY. RIVETED STEEL PIPE.
w.,.,... AMERICAN IMPULSE
r........ WATER WHEELS. ETC.
WOLFF & ZWICKER IRON WORKS
'T,!TfTft,t VAN
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F Wm PORTLAND
f.77yrwM OREGON" o.
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Dixon, Borgeson 8c Co.
Mitmilit tutt r of
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FRONT ST.. COR. WASHINGTON
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would be considered phenomenal. With j y'W nJ "" ' wnple of men's t
the modern appliances, however, tile mines
aie now beginning to accomplish in a
month wha it used to t.'iKr them a whole
season or a year to do. There is a con-,
Mant stream of new machinery coming '
Into tile country from all over th- United '
States, and I am pleased to see some line
pieces trom Colorado touudries and ma
chine shops.
andbiys' made to order clothing ever
shown iu Sumpter.
When you travel the Bourne road re
member Barnard has all the latest remedies
for dut in the throat.
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"Tlie Portland", conducted by Gus
Woodward on Mill street, is fully a
I representation of its name. A visit will
A. P. (JOSS, President
A. J. ( jOSS, Cashier
& Bank of Sumpter
Trtnticli Ctntril nkl Imlntii
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
Drafts drawn on all parts of the world. Special attention to collections.
Safety Deposit boxes for rent.
SUMPTHH, OHEGON
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convince )ou of this.
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