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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1900)
10 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, October 24, 1900 REBUILDING SAW MILL. Sumpter Lumber Co. Erecting; on a Different Site. with him part of the cleanup for ten days run of the ten-stamp mill. This was amalgam brushed off the p'ates and amounted to nearly iooo. Mr. Balliet says that the plates were not cleaned and that there was probably double that amount of coarse gold in the mortars, be ides ten tons of concentrates that will go perhaps a little better than $j2$ to the ton. The new pump recently installed on the lower level Is doing splendid work and can handle 400 gallons per minute if needed. On the lower level the crosscut j is close to the main ore ledge and when that is cut it will block out a new lot of 1 50,000 tons of ore. There are now $00 I tons on the dump and 10,000 tons in I sight. J. H. Stoddard is rushing work on the new saw mill ot the Sumpter Lumber company, having commenced a week ago. The new mill will not be erected 011 the site ot the old one, burned two or three weeks since, but ;i mile and a half to the south, in a heavily timbered canyon. 'I he purpose In changing the site is to get the mill neater the logs, as It is easier to haul lumber than logs. I he office, sales yard ' Carptoter at Bonanx Heir to a Fortune, and planing mill will remain at the old Harry Harnett, a carpenter employed Maud. I he lumber will be hauled from at the Bonanza mine, has received a let the new mill to the yard In town and sold 1 ter from a brother In Boston, Massachu from there. I he point where the mill Is setts, stating that they are among the now being built is tlin-e-lourths of a mile number of 6) heirs to an estate lately dis Irom the railroad, and a connecting spur covered In that city while looking up the tan be buill with little expense for grad records of some other property. The es lug, if it becomes necessary. tate consists of 10 acres with the lm The new mill will he a model of conven-1 provements thereon in the heart of the lence, ol about the sme capacity as the city of Boston and his a taxable vulua old one, cutting from 25,000 Irf 30,000 tcrt ( ti'nn of ft 5,000,000, on an average of ot lumber a day, and will be in operation about f 250,000 for each heir, although In a lew weeks. some will receive less, according to the I he Sumpter Lumber uwnpany lint, a ' number of each family of the heirs. The large Mink ol all kinds of and dimensions property has been under a ninety years ot rough and dressed lumber on hand and 1 lease, which expired about five years ago. can supply any and all orders. 1 The heirs are descendants of General Last Wednesday night the saw mill he I Israel Potman of Revolutionary fame. The longing to Stoddard Brothers, near Mc , proceedings necessary to prove heirship hweu, was Inirued to the ground, the loss 'and obtain possession of the property being f 7,000 or 8,ooo, with no iusiiFance. have been begun by a committee of five On the plant burned here there was only selected bv the heirs, all of whom have f 500 hiMiiuuir, wlihh is said to be the j been traied except live. Uemouat. only lire policy ever taken out by the Modd-ml Binthets, ur their lather. Medium. In Case of doubt or if In trouble and you Skeleton ol the "Mining Link." j wat ., jvise rrKl.,r j , brines?, mining, .1. ( 1. (.raw loid and Urin Brain, ol this speculation or otherwise, consult the me lily, have just dug up 011 the l.irm ol , dium, Mrs. U. J. Jury. She may be Jorge Okhr.iu in laugent precinct, a found at the office of M. J. Jury, the civil skeleton, which may well cause Inquiry ' engineer, on Cracker street, near City as In its oiiglu and whether or not ills Hall. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices one ol the long sought missing link. All reasonable. Oltice hours 10 to 12 a.m. the lioiies weie srtiiied and they will be 2 to 5 p. in. livening, by appointment, articulated as soon as possible, in order to 1 show what kind ol a ue.iluie Ihey were1 "The Cortland," conducted by Gus Woodward on Mill street, continues to merit the name of the popular gentlemen's resort ol Sumpter. nine the tr.une nl. I hey indicate a man il 4 leel 8 hkhes, ol large bones. I he .lull laiks the usual sutures. It is 18 imlirs in clrcumlereiue, lour inches small rr than that ol the average skull ol the white man. I he jaws ate large and pro truding and the teeth perletl. I'lir ver lebrae have an additional bone. The bones ol the legs and leet are normal, like those ot a man, but in the arms the radius 1 iind Ihe uilua bones are about two inches liiiiiixr lit. 11 lit. Iiiiniiiriiiis lt.ui.. till... .I'M... -' - '"" "... J they ale generally con-iueramy snorier, indicating an aim that rr.uhrd consider ably below the knee. I he bones ot the lingers ate longer than those ol .1 man. I he skull is known as lopho lephalou. Che skeleton Is not III it ot an hull 111, be ing distinctly dilfeieut. What is it? Albany Democrat. Kich Land South of Sluniko. It has been the opinion ot many that all that poitlau ol iiuuitiy King south and ' southeast ol Shauiko was unlit tor any , thing but grazing; but we will venture the ' opinion, and let lime he the pioof ol our assertion, that eie a hall-doen years roll ' by thousands ol acies ol laud that is now belonging to Ihe government willhe plowed and ieieal crops laisrJ (hereon. I he laud is a black loam; Ihe soil is deep and It , tidiness can 'jut be ol the very highest iiuality. Soon houses and homesot happy families will dot the prairie where now is nothing but rolling hills, Shaulko Leader. i Amalgam from Ihe Gold Ridge. Raker City papers of Saturday pub llshed encouraging reports trom the Gold Nidge mine. Regarding the first cleanup, the Republican said: Mr. Balliet re turned from the mine last night, bringing Never falls Giant powder. T.D.Bellinger & Co. .OC SUMCTHR. OREGON Dispensers ol only the Choicest Brands Liquors 01 Including Old Overholt, Can adian Club, Ushers and James Watson Scotch Imported 1881 Brandy, Three Star Hennessey, and all the Leading Brands of Wines and Cigars. New and b'legaut fixtures. Comfor able quarters for gentlemen. No better service In Oregon, ...The Magnolia... T. 0. tltlr.it Ct.. PriM (Formerly Hotel Van Duyn Bid.) REMOVAL SALE IS NOW GOING ON AND WILL CON TINUE UNTIL WE ARE LOCATED 'IN OUR NEW BUILD ING Great Bargains Big Discounts 1 JiBlflHK03HKr3h(J H SSe; , 48 and 50 First St re, t, Near Cine Ijjtliil, wrg Cawston & Company SuccrMors to H. P. GREGORY Hi COMCANY Engines, Boilers Machinery and Supplies.... PORTLAND, ORE WHIT TlMATka HYDRAULIC, MINING AND DREDGING MACHINERY. RIVETED STEEL PIPE. AMERICAN IMPULSE WATER WHEELS. ETC. WOLFF & ZWICKER IRON WORKS mrmmmmmm PORTLANI jJjgjgjgg OREGON GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL RE-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. SUMPTER, OREGON