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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1900)
Wednesday, October 10, 1900 THE SUMPTER MINER. SALE OF THE RED BOY London Syndicate Pays More Than Two Millions. A Scrips-McRae press dispatch from London, dated the sixth instant, says: "It is stated in financial circles here that the Red Boy mine, near Baker City, Ore., has been purchased by an English syndi cate as the re-ultof the visit to London last year of one of the owners of that property. The syndicate is to pay about two and one-half million dollars for the property. Before the deal will have been closed they have furnished the present owners with about J 100,000 worth of machinery and have instructed them to sink the mine another thousand feet, for which the syndicate pays. After this work is done, if the mine stilt holds out, as it is believed it will, the balance of the purchase price will be paid. Tills will be the first deep work done in that mining district and is considered very important in all mining circles." The report of the sale of the Red Hoy has been current here for months past, ever since Mr. Godfrey, one of the owners, was In London last winter. Since the company began putting in derp sinking machinery, the report has been revived and this is the way the story now runs. The deal goes through on certain con ditions, for certain unknown figures.' The London syndicate furnishes the money (or the deep sinking, to be done under Mr. Godfrey's supervision. At a depth of 500 feet the KnglNhmen may take the property at a stated tigure, or they may demand that the shall be sunk another 500 feet; when, If they want the mine, they will have to pay a much larger sum. 'I hry are simply spending a bundled thousand or so in order to protect them selves against a possible bad investment of several millions. Of course no confirmation of this sale can be secund Irom those directlv in terested in the property and the deal here. Mr. Godfrey's own o'gui, the Blue Mountain American, a paper, published in Sumpter, took occasion some months since to deny the report in terms so em phatic that it was suggestive ol too strong a protest. Lawton Townsite Title Clear. The officers of the Lawton Townsite company here arc in receipt of intelligence frointhegeuer.il laud office in Washing ton, ). C, tli it the contest over the land upon which the toA'n is located his been settled in favor of the company. At the La Grande oifke a contest was tiled by other parties, and the case was tried be fore the olticers of the laud oltice and then went to Washington for a final decision. Tile clilmof the townsite coinpauv was that one not in interest could not legally contest a townsite, and the general land office's decision appears to have been nude upon that principle. There were in volved in the contest 20a acres, and It is claimed that the decision puts at rest all question as to title. Press Dispatch from Pendleton. Prairie City Ore at Spokane. There were several interesting additions to the mineral exhibit of the exposition yesterday, and the space as provided was so well filled that special space had to be provided for them. About a ton of sam ples from the Prairie City (Ore.) district was displayed. This is a camp that has as yet received little attention from nut side capital, development having been done chiefly by the residents of the dis trict. The showings made are reported to be important and very promising, and B. N. Carrier, who accompanied the exhibit and will be here during the fair as a repre sentative of his district, states that it has possibilities which the development this season has proved to be great, though how great Is still unknown. He says that the camp needs capital to make mines of one or two of the prospects, and that with this accomplished he believes there is little question of the rapid development of the district Into a big an important producer. The ores are gold-b'arlng and carry con siderable copper. Among the properties that are represented are the Will Cleaver, owned by the Cleaver brothers, a gold copper prospect of promises t"J Hawkeye, 'owned by Homer Sherbondy, the Stand ard, belonging to J. Hozier, which Is of special interest in that its ores carry a con siderable percentage of cobalt as well as I gold and copper and others. Spokesman Review. I J Raiting More Grain in Harney. I Competent authority has estimated that 1 40,000 bushels of wheat are necessary to I supply the flour consumed in Harney 1 county in one year. As is always the case in new communities of like character, Harney county's wheat fields have reached their present proportions out of slow I growtli and gradual development. This ! condition has resulted from natural causes. The tension of our people's industry has been centered ill tile growth of live stock. There was the same doubt 1 of the adaptability of soil and climate as characterised the early days of Minnesota and the D.ikotas. Export ' markets were denied by the great distance from railroad transportation, and until re cently no means were at hand to utilize our wheat product for flour. Bt't all this Is changing. Manv of our ranchers are ' turning their attention to farm products, among which wheat is proving sallsfac , torv. We now have at Burns a complete ' milling plant, and careful observers say our home market is adequate for (he above named amount of wheat. It therefore seems that in the matter ol ourbreadstuffs 1 Harney county farmers and business men 1 have open to them the field for a great , economy. Harney County News. "UntoliciUd TcttimonUI." Sumpter is fortunate in having one good paper, Till- MlNiiK. It is a clean, all home print sheet, and is doing much good for this district. , Among all the news papers that come to our exchange table each wirk none Is so thoroughly appre ciated as 'I HI: MlNI-H. It Is by far the best country weekly published in the state. Law ton Standard. Cottage For Sale. A beautiful new four room modern cot tage with ilosels, nicely papered and on sightly lot (bxioofeet. Price very rea sonable. Enquire at MlNKK office. Rocky Mountain Scenery By Day Light. Day light stop over at Niagara Palls. Through lirst-cl.iss tourist sleeper from Pacific Coast weekly for Chicago, Boston, New York and other eastern points via Rio Grande Western (Great Salt Lake Route), Denver & Rio Grande, C. R. I. & P. and Illinois Central to Chicago, connecting in the Union Depot with Mich igan Central's similar car for points east. For full particulars call 011 or address, B. H. TRUMBULL, Corn'l Agent Ills. Cent. K. R. 142 Third St., Portland. Oregon. Call for Bidi on Tunnel Work. Sealed bids will be received by the Dia dem Gold Mining company until October 1 10, 1000, at their office in Sumptei, Ore I gon, for the running of 600 feet of tunnel, I being the continuation of the company's present tunnel, which Is In 225 feet. The company reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Diadem Gold Mining Co. W. H. Mosby, Secretary. Sumpter, Or., Sept. 18, 1900. w?g2- 's!l 5v iiLjiLB I JHff- Fraser and Chalmers Chicago MILLING MACHINERY-Uolls, Stamps, Crushers, Perforated Metals, Jigs, Prue Winners, Etc. MINING MACHINERY-Bollers, including Sederholm Boile;, Air Compressors, Reldler Pumps, Fur naces, Etc. Write to our Chi 'ago oftice for Catalogue. Represented by MtNNO UNZ.'CKER, Hotel Warshauer, BAKER CITY, OREGON GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL HE-OPENED UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT To Be Conducted on the ill First-Class Restaurant European Plan J in Connection T. T. DANILSON, PROPRIETOR Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. 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