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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1900)
Wednesday, October 17, 1900 THE SUMPTER MINER. h il QUARTSBURG ACTIVE. AH Miners in This District Unusually Hopeful. J. S. Hughes, one of the owners of the Standard, over in the Quartburg district, the property in which U. S. Marshal Houserls largely interested.passed through Siimptrr Friday, on liis way to Joplin, .Missouri, to visit his brother and mother. The former was out here last summer. Mr. Hughes will spend some weeks in the Bust before returning to the Standard. He is enthusiastic over the outlook in the Quartburg district, especially of the Standard mine. Several weeks since It was stated in these columns that the ledge had been cut. Since then they have been drifting and Mr. Hughes says the vein Is improving every day. Last week they took out two chunks of ore, one weighing over 200 and another )oo pounds, with not an ounce of rock hi either. 1 his ore as says gd and copper. Bvery prospect tint has been opened up in the district shows good values and most or the ore bodies are large. The recent sale of the Present Need to P. I:. Morcy, ot Portland, for a large sum lias encour aged claim owuets to go to work and de velop their properties, and mote work will be done this winter than in any previous ten years. F. J. Conwy Bonds More Claim. I'. J. Conroy, of the Standard Oil Co., lias bonded the mining claims ot Hob Car ter, located on Sutton creek. These claims are In the same district as those owned by Letson Balllet, and the move made by Air. Conroy has attracted some of the best mining men in this country, j among them Al CJeiscr, W. L. Vinson ' and Letson Ralliet. I hose who know are I tree to confess that these bonded proper ties are making remarkably good show ings In wide ledges and rich values of gold. That country will not be outranked in the race of paying mines, and this new move will lend zest to those who own properties in that district. Republican. profitable operation. Crude and local prospecting on the.e bars has always been attended with a cer tain amount of success, producing for In dividuals a modest living or as mi'ch as could usually be earned at manual labor, and many a needy man has saved himself from want by turning to them when no other relief was in sight. It is entirely likely that dredging on a large scale will become at no distant day one of the im portant and favorite industries of this country, and that Snake river will add material riches to Its present indispensa ble economic value as an Oregon and Idaho resource. Of course, in some sections where the deposits weie exceedingly heavy and rich it has paid in the past, and the new plan will only Increase the returns from those localities, while thousands of acres of ground that wouldn't pay heretofore will be forced to yield up its precious treasure. Engineering and Mining Journal. Scenic Line of the World. For an enjoyable trip east, take the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, Scenic Line of the world. Three daily trains be tween Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and all eastern points, and all points on the Pacific coast. Most magnificent scen ery on this continent. The leading fea ture In connection with the trip is that the through trains pass through the scenic attractions of the Rocky mountains in Colorado by daylight, thus atfordlng pas sengers a cool, pleasant and enjoyable ride, tree from dust and the annoyances e.perlenced via other lines. Superb din ing car service m all through trains. Service a la carte, pay tor what you order. Through standard and tourist sleepers. Stopovers allowed on all classes of tickets anywhere between Ogden and Denver. Call on your nearest ticket agent for tickets, rates and all information, or ad dress, C .11 .NlCIIOI., General Agent, Portland, Ore. DREDGING ON SNAKE RIVER. Succenful Proem for Saving the Gold Hat Been Devised. The bars of the Snake river appear to be a very promising field for the gold dredge. A stream with a moderate cur rent of three miles per hour and no dan gerous floods; a climate permitting opera tion for nine or to months in the year; oceans of gravel from whkh 'prospects' of 50c to 9$ per yard can be shown with a .pan or shovel; boulders generally absent; pay dirt from the top down, apparently, so that deep dredging and cleaning bed rock are unnecessary; all these seem to make the Ideal ground tor the gold dredge, and gold dredging the simplest matter imaginable. It has proved otherwise. The causes of failure are found to be two the distribution ot values requiring large quantities of almost barren ground to be handled, and the fineness of the product, averaging about 1000 colors to the cent, making the separation difficult. Briefly, the success process herein re ferred to is known locally as the burlap system. This involves screening to one eighth Inch to remove the coarser portion in broad shallow sluices or tables covered with burlap or similar material. The sand is made to flow over these tables In a thin stream, and Almost as much skill Is re quired for good work as If they were cop per plates. The process Involves other Intricate details not here relevant, the cen tral fact being that this sand is now made to yield its values and that dredging Is likely to take a new and effectual start along the whole line where pay prospects have been found and abandoned after un- Through the Yellowstone. The new route via the Oregon Short Line Railroad and Monlda, Mont., enables you to make a delightful trip through the Yellowstone National Park, entering via Monidaand coming out via Cinnabar, making it unnecessary to cover any por tion of the route twice. For beautiful descriptive booklet, write or call at Ore gon Short Line Ticket Office, 142 Third street, Portland, Oregon. T.D.Bellinger & Co. .OF SUMPTOR. OREGON Dispensers of only the Choicest Brands of Liquors Including Old Overholt, Can adian Club, Ushers and James Watson Scotch, Imported 1881 Rrandy, Three Star Hennessey, and all the Leading Brands of Wim-s and Cigars. New and Elegant Fixtures. Comfor able quarters for gentlemen. No better service In Oregon. The Magnolia.. T. 0. iilllM" I C... Prtt. (Formerly Hotel Van Duyn Bid.) gmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmg I About I I ....Building.... - Why don't you build when everybody else-g - quits? Why do you all want to build at once- g- when lumber is green and covered with ice- - and when prices and labor are high? Now is - the time to build, like "Brother Perry'' when -g g- there is no particular rush. - . We aie offering special bargains in Hats, - Shoes, Gloves and Clothing, also other General -f g- Merchandise, because we bought at a big dis-- g- count and we give our customers the benefit. - - We also sell g Ej LUMBER 3 g- cheap but we do not intend to sell at retail for- g less money than we can get on the outside g market as some of our competitors do. - Sumpter Lumber Co. 3 SUMPTER, OREGON tfUUUiUUUUUUUUMUUiUUUUiUiUU J. B. STODDARD Delmonico Hotel M. SI'ANfil.liU. I'mprlrlor A First-Class New Mouse, Well Furnished and Superior Table Service. Transcleut Rates Reasonable. Special Rates to Local Pat rons by the Week. Located One Hlock liast of Depot, Corner Co lumbia and Auburn Streets. SUMPTER. OREGON Bousum & Spalding CRYSTAL T(E Company Free delivery of Pure Ice. Leave orders at office of Columbia Brewing and Malting Co., next door to MINER office. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR PROFITABLE INVESTMENT IN MINES OR MINING STOCKS? IF YOU ARE, WRITE. L. Y. KEADY & CO. Mininq Stock Brokers Ce.....Boro...MiHtHt i to Sherlock Hid., PORTLAND, UKL:. Raul EL. Poindextor, MIN ES Bedford McNcal's Cook. Sumpter, - - Ore.