Wednesday, November 4, 1900
THE SUMPTER MINER.
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IN THE MINING CAMPS.
Much Work Done but No
Boom This Season.
The summer season's work in north'
western mining camps s nhout over and
preparations are belli e made for what win
ter work is to be done. Although a great
deal of work has been done in many di
rections, and although important advances
have been made, the season has had few
startling features. In the face of this,
therefore, the promise of quite exceptional
winter activity is interesting and encour
aging. It is true that in the last six
months Kossl.ind and the Slocan have
been put on their feet once more after the
Might of long labor troubles, the boundary
has become a producer, rich new areas
have been opened In the Coeur d'Alenes,
the Buffalo Hump has been proved at
depth and fitted for production, and Re
public has given Important new proofs of
its permanent value.
It will be the coming winter that will tell
even more than the summer, however. In
another month the success or failure of the
nig Republic mill will be known, and in
three months it is probable there will be
railroad connections between there and
Grand Forks. By that time also two
more smelters will be ready to take ores
from Boundary and neighboring camps
and it is probable that plans for other
large treatment plants In the Kuotenays
will have been made public.
Unless general confidence proves false,
within four or five months the plucky tight
that the operators of Republic properties
have put up, the occasional doubt and dis
trust that still exis's.the difficult problems
that have had to be met with nerve and
patience, will all be of the past and the
camp will be on Its feet to stay, a large
producer, Its treatment problem solved for
good and wealth at last returning to those
who have faithfully paid out on its be
half. In four months also the Big Buffalo and
Vesuvius mine should have made a defi
nite and substantial showing of actual re
turns for the large investments made
there. The winter's work there .will be
important, though it will be largely in
preparation for quite remarkable activity
that is predicted for it as soon as spring
opens.
In the same time also it is probable that
Important changes will have been made In
the Palmer Mountain district changes
that will mean another large influx of cap
ital there. This district In depeudi nt to a
great extent on the prumised transporta
tion facilities, the keynote to the success
of several of the most promising camps.
Even without this convenience, however,
the district 1 to go ahead, tor it Is in the
hands of men of resource and strength
and it is rapidly Hearing the time w lien it
will be in a position to yield immense re
turns. The same is true of the upper and
lower Met how and other Okanogan coun
ty camps, where the past summer has
seen a greater amount of work than ever
before, and where ptomie of rich returns
has been given in the results obtained in
development.
The season in the Coeur d'Alenes has
been chielly notable tor the commence
ment of shipments troni the copper belt,
the opening of several sections that have
been passed over as worthier for years,
and the large schtmes of improvements
inaugurated by sever.il of the big compan
ies. The distikt is too well established to
see great change as a result of the work of
one season, but half a dorn or more new
discoveries in the past season promise to
add several to the list of shippers next
spring, while the giant plans of develop
ment being carried out in a number of the
big mines will help to swell next season's
output to far above that of any previous
year.
The same advancement has taken place
In a dozen other districts and 50 other
camps throughout the northwest this past
season. Many smaller Washington, Idaho
and British Columbia camps have good
records of routine development to show
and the same is true of the eastern Ore
gon sections. It has been a notable year
because it has been without a boom and
without sensations, but it has been a
profitable year for nil that, and it will
surely be accounted a goodly step for
ward In the mining development of the
northwest. Spokesman-Review.
IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Klllmaeue Lake on Rock Creek to be tapped
by a Tunnel.
One of the most important Irrigation en
terprises that has been projected in eastern
Oregon is that of the Klllmaeue Lake
Reservoir & Rock Creek Irrigation com
pany, whose intention is to divert the
waters of the large lake, on Rock cteek, by
tunnels, canal and Hume onto the arid
lands lying above and below the town of
Haines.
This lake was caused by a great land-
I slide from the steep mountain into and
j across Rock creek. It occurred In 186 or
' '64, and formed a dam which is about as
I solid as the mountain itselt.
The company, which Is composed of
some of the most substantial farmers in
I the valley, propose to run a tunnel 4x6
j feet, t ;o feet in length, to tap this body
I of water and then convey it around the
I mountain side by means of canal Jiid
flume to the lands desired to be irrigated.
The reservoir, of course, will be supplied
with gates to gauge the How of water.
It l estimated that the reservoir can be
so enlarged and regulated that the water
therefrom will Irrigate about 10,000 acres
of land, and possibly more.
The company Is now advertising for
bids for running the tunnel, as will be
seen by reference to the advertising col
umns of this paper, and expects to have
the whole scheme In operation by the
time water is needed for irrigation pur
poses next season. It means the bringing
under cultivation thousands of acres which
heretofore have lain Idle, except to be used
as pasture lands. Baker City Democrat.
Fish Hatchery in the John Day.
Clay Todhunter, deputy fish commis
sioner for Grant county, stated to a News
reporter yesterday that he had recently re
ceived a letter from State Fish Commis
sioner F. C. Reed, making inquiry as to
the number of salmon caught In the John
Day river and saying that he was desir
ous of establishing a tih hatchery some-
I wheie on the John Day river. As to the
I number of fish caught In the river, Mr.
I Todhunter says that it is hard to tell, -is
parlies sometimes fish without a license
and of course they are a little cautious
about giving away the number of fish
which they catch. Mr. Todhunter has
")een down the river several times this fall
In his olticial capacity, endeavoring to spot
any evaders ot the law, which necessitates
the taking out of a state license. The
1 law also proviJes tint 1111 seine or net
j shall be p'aced across a stream to exceed
i one third of Us width. But one license
has been issued this season, and that to
I Mr. Alex Bowsinan. That the law is be
ing evaded, Mr. Todhunter is quite cer-
I tain and lie is using every etfoit possinle
to apprehend and bring the guilty patties
I to justice. Grant County News.
Leuons in Lace.
Mrs. Marsh, next door to MlNHIt office,
will give practical iiiMliktious in lace
work. Materials and hundreds of pat
j terns to select from.
"The Portland", conducted by Gus
Woodward on Mill street, is fully a
representation of its name. A visit will
1 convince you of this.
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