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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1900)
a THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, November 14. 1900 GYPSY QUEEN GROUP. Contract Let For 500 Feet of Tunnel Work. I. H. Allien, of the Sumpter Grocery aii!i.'iiiy, visile I llir C Jvpsy CJueen Kfiiup tills week ;i;itl reports til it lie s i v one ot I tlir best Imikfug prospects in 111- Cable ' Cove dlstricl. It is situated on HU Liui- J ir creek and about two miles In ;i ninth ly direction from tin Crown I'oiut mine. , Several inontlis ago I:. A. Kingman, of Hoslnn, secured It on Hie strength of the , repmlofW. II. V. Il.iinillim, Hi- well lnown mining engineer of this pi. ice. Since Mr. Kingmiu's return to Itnstou, a company was formed to purchase the , property. Its nlluers ;ire, I:. A. Kingman, preslJenlj Dr. G. H. Siw telle, vlce-presi-, dent; Hnr.icc Chester, treasurer; C l. I Chester, secretary; with W. II. W. Ham- j illou as one of the directors, and who has , since hern appointed general manager of : the property. i The company has a nominal capital of j J 500,000, divided Into $00,000 shares ol a i par value of fi.oo per hare and non-as sessable. One hundred and tidy thousad shares were placed In the treasury and ns t yet have not heeu offered to Hie public. I he property cnnslstsof the Gypsy Hoy, Gipsy Girl and Gipsy (,)ueen, besides ;i splendid water light wlikh controls nil the water In Hig Umber creek, sutlaient to drive nil the m.uliiuery that will ever be, needed on the properly. Since (he coiiipiuy uas formed, M. ma tter Hamilton has Kept a force of six to eight men busy eieiling buildings and making preparations to push development all winter. Most of the development, so far, has been on the Gypsy Oueen, whkh .shows a true fissure vein with seven feet ol solid ore avenging from Ji to fid per ton hi gold and a little silver. Selected samples radii, Montana and California are conse quently often deceived by appearance, and thus condemn what the know nothing ibout. 'I he number of producing mints in tint vicinity, however, proves the value of the distrkt and Indicates the per manency of eistern Oregon gold mines. Mr. Newburv will remain in Portland for a few das. Oregoiilan. BEING A ROCK SHARP THE FAD. "Mlnlne Men" Who Don t Know Col From Quarlzite. One of the rich men of Cortland who is Interisted in eastern Oregon mines was in camp a few days since. He says It is now quite the fad among all ilissesand conditions ot men In the Webfoot metrop olis to affect a knowledge or mining and .1 familiarity with ores that you can't throw a brickbat on one of the business streets without hilling a rnj sharp. A week or Miago while drilling a well on a piece of laud which he owns near that town, a narrow strata of half formed coal was encountered. A young nephew of his who has heard much mining talk of late, noticed some of the stuff th.it was brought to the surface, and came to him with several samples, very much excited, ' thinking that he had found a bonaua ' right at Inline. 1 he gentleman put .1 piece in Ills pocket ' ....1 .. -... .1.... 1 .1.. ..i.uai... it ,. .. ' .mil 11 itrw uiia unci Miiiiiitu ll i" i group of these abovej!menttoued recently I ' hiintif "inhtiiiLV m,it ." Tllei 1iiiiv tll.il '"- 'r . .. . .. .... hehadactpilred a gold mine or two out tills 1 ... .... way and concluded at once that this spec imen was from one of his properties. I hey all agreed th it it was very hue ore, that he was the "luckiest dog" 011 the list, but ditfered in their opinions as to the proper method of treatment to extract the values. And not one of them offered to buy a basket of wine when the truth was re vealed and their striking resemblance to thlity cents pointed out. ss; Through the Ycllowitone. The new route via the Oregon Short have assayed up to ,pj per ton, w hkli go ! I-'"C K-'Hk'-'J J Monlda, Mont., enables to show that the discovery ot higher aver-! v" " "',e '' JellKlitftil trip through the age values remain to bereealed through 1 Yellowstone National I'ark, entering via the medium of eplor..t on. j Monlda and coming out via Cinnabar, I'he principal development this winter j tn.illiiK It unnecessary to cover any por will le a tunnel on Hie vein. I he lust ",m " 1,e " "ke- :,,r l.itifiil $00 feet of this was let to J. I). I'attv, uVxrIptlve booklet, write or call at Ore who Is on the property pushing Hie work. I K" s,m,t Une ' kUt OtUcv, 14 1 'I hlrd Mr. II million says Hi il he will h ive all I s,r' '"''"J. Oregon. the work done by umtt.ul this winter, but next spiiog he Intends putting in machine drills niut al.enn compressor, to be driven by water power, and will then stay at the property himsell and have the work done by the div. lheGpsy (Jueen Is an Ideil drifting pnviisitlan, as by driving the tunnel just Matted I joo feet, loon leilol backs will be obtained, consequently 110 hoisting and pumping in.uhlnerv will be needed tor ears. I "The Portland", conducted bv Gils Woodward on Mill street, is fully .1 I representation of its name. A visit will coiivIikc sou ot this. 71: 5c I2lk Henry Finger THE CELEBRATED OLYMPIA BEER zsmm On draught or in bottles at five cents per glass or five bottles for one dollar. . Full car load just received. Center St., 0pp. P. 0. Sumpter, Ore. Henry Finger JAMES NEWLANDS AGENT Is Prepared to Do Business Por the - Hartford Steam Boiler. Inspection and Insurance Co. Royal Insurance Company Equitable Building and Loan Association Portland, Oregon Real Kstate Loins or. Appmved Property Secretary Sumpter Transportation Co. SUMPTER, ORE. All kinds ol pies, cake, bre nl, etc., at UreJitel's bakeiy, opposite depot and in Ncill building. Orders promptly tilled. I When von travel Hie Hniirne mid re member It. mi ml h, is, ill the I itest lemedles ' lor dust in the thro it. ! JuJg Newbury hi Porlhnd. W. S. Newburv, now .1 milling man of Sumpler, is spending. 1 lew dis at the ' sale, beginning Mondiv, November 12 Impeilil. dels lomieited with the As toil.) and Mrlboutn Mining company, which his its base of opeiatlims wllliiu six miles ol Sumplei. .Mr. Newbury says the value ot the me at a depth ol eighty feel Is few per ton, although at the sur lue the assays ge it but fli. I he ledge Is twenty teet wide and the indica tions point to Its widening .is the miners, penetrate into the mount liu. He shows I uge photographs ot the entrance to the tunnel, whkh is sutiounded by a large I Plve quart bottles of Olympla beer fo lorceof worl.lugmen, while the building f i.oo at Heurv Plnger's. devoted to the buukhouse, cookhouse and - messhouse looks the pklure ol comfort Special site of syrups and pickles at W. and convenience, though built of logs, R. Hawleys. alter the style of the pioneer settlers ot 1 Oregon. Mr. Newbuty s.iys that con- Oltious In the bumpier distrkt are Ullterent All crockeiv ware huhided in Haw lev's 1 II iw ley's removal sile begins Mondiv, Novembir 12. and lists one week. I Plve quail bottles of Olympla beer for ii.ooat Henry Plngeis'. Genuine Olvmpia oyster cocktails 10 l order at Henry Plnger's. Heurv 1'inger serves genuine Olympla oyster cocktails to order. j9 ks: W 1 1 ISA. ;v i: ?; S. Well Dressed Men. Atuslnccirlly div? their ctnilirt iiMJe ly J 11 iM'UletlieJ TAILOR Ku:h u M. STEFFEN WrCi-nth Imm I'orllinJ, where tie ln .Ktnclilel ull'i tln-taJing Uiliiiln houes (or over twelve 'jirs No i.tirlnc .1 line line ol lull inj Wlnirr Sbluno. t)rcu4t I'jttern ml Pjnu (M.i al Ccmer Seccnd md Wiihinjton strc:li Baker City, Ore. aT"Clothes Cleaned and Pressed on Short Notice Irom those of any other district hi the country and experts whouime from Colo- The best Is always cheapest buy G powder. Something powder. la nt to depend upon Giant Eureka Feed & Livery Company J. I.. SULLIVAN, Manager. Horses Boarded by the day or Month. First class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our spec ialty is the quick and safe delivery of freight and passengers to any and all points. HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE-K