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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, November 2. 1900 4 IN TAMMANY TUNNEL. Looks Like Apex of a Rich Ore Shoot. thousand cords of wood, which would In dicate nn extensive campaign there. The Sanger niliic at one time ranked with the best In the country and employed nearly , one hundred mrn. Sanger is on the ' Union-Cornucopia daily stage line and I has an ndmlrahl location for a mine. I he resumption of work at 1111$ mine is of , i great importance to this entire section of , Union county. Union County Republl can. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT. In linslnrss Idler In III: MlNIW. A. W. Aiidemiii, secretary of the Tammany Twfnly.IIve Ptt a, Savlne n Co of (jnld Mining company, licadiiiaiters at I . Se..tllr,savs: "Information from the mine, Fufl for Mlnin J lately received, is to the effect lint the 1 1"1 " Important Improvement in re winter iiuartrts ate now completed and "'"' venis In connection with the mining , work on the tiiniirl cnmiiienced." iJ"Mrv in the west Is now being made ( I he l.immanv Is located west of the '' the Penrose, one of the Home Mining North Pole, adjoining the Ueer Lodge, company's piopeities of l.eadville, Colo., As was stated In lliesr columns two weeks ' according to tlie Mining Record. 1 lie lin since, (lie company his let a contract for porlance of it will he appreciated when it, 500 feet of tunnel work. 'I he Seattle is known that the cost of luel Is to he re Times of last Ptlday says of this prop- Jmcd 25 per cent, and probably a great rf(.,. '" deal mote. 'I he arrangement Is for the Afew days ago Secretary A. W. An- burning hydrocarbon gas, which is pro-di-rsnn, of the lamiuany f inlet Mining 1 diked from pelinleiiin. The process Is of .ompany, n-telveil a . oinmimicatlon Horn "tent discovery, having been used for the , the patty to wl 1 the company had let a , '"- time not more than two years ago. . contract for dilviug a 5oo-foot tunnel. The ll.uiie Mining company Is the lir.st In Concerning the M.tlacc Indications lilt- the west lo avail itself of the use of the. contractor writes: "ov illcovriy. I lie process of producing ' "What little piospecting w e have dune "'e gas is e.xltemely simple and perfectly .onvliicesinrtliat there is better on- in ' "' ' ' K - ' explosive, bums lli.it hill than any nu have taken out. I with a white Ileal, and I odorless. may be mistaken, but it looks tu me like ' ' be luel gas Is produced by pumping the apex ol a tkh ore shoot, where the 1 lr through heat. d petroleum, which car l.mr feet ol rkh iiiarl tiop out. I found "- "''' " P-' f livdrocatboii gas to il couple of feel ol highly liiineralied slate '' '' ' "". '""' '' reduced cost Is1 lylni- alongside ol the belore mentioned !" to the newly di.covtred fact that the, .putt, but I have not had the slate as- oxygen, which, united with this small saved. II it were summer, It would be an quantity of gas, burns with an intensel easy matter to sink an incline and deter- "' Common alt, or the o.xygen lit It. 1 nine the extent and location of this high "'. compilses rlglil-nliillis ol It, Is used grade ore body, but as circumstances ate, " '"'. becoming Highly cointnisiipie theie is uothlug t" do but chlvea tunnel. w'" "''J ' ' K-'s. At the Pen- 'Theieaielonsofllo.it ol high grade rose boiler house there are live air-tight quail IsiiiK .-ifitiiiid tlie side hill, s,. it' steel cylindrical tanks, 10 fr.t hljili and $ looks like a sluing eel..." '' '" 'Hameler, standing on end. In each ol these will be plated crude petro Mining Activity t Sttirgll lUr leuni to a depth ol four leet. With coiled General .1. I.. Weaver has returned pipe inside ihe tanks this petroleum is lion a visit in Powder river, Oregon, heated to 1K5 degrees Pahrenlieit, which whfte he and associates own Kooaaes 0! , I1e.1t is sullicient to throw off hydrocarbon placer ground, which they have been ; gas. Ah is pumped in at the bottom of operating tor the pit foot eais, with the tanks, and being lonrd through a two giants and using the water limn .1 , liiiel petloiated false bottom, comes bu lltc h seven mles long. I he gold tumid bllng up tliiough the petroleum, combln In that section Is .oats, and high grade, ing Willi the air and passing oil In tlie lire miming lioni l.S I 1 f in pel ounce. Stpt- boxes under tile boilers, grll bar. loin miles above, and on the A large an pump, capable ol handling Oregon side ul the Snike tlcer, is iiuitr soociiMc teet ol ,ur per minute, will be active, and cons-derable gold has been used, ami a lank similar lo one of the liken out this seisnu. I lie ( irnri.il will gas geneialing tanks will be used as a leave in a lew d ts lot .1 business lilo lo reeiolr to pievent the pulsations ol the Huston. IMsr Siilem 111. I'wnp liom disturbing tlie uneven How ol the gas into the tile. I'lie gas producing Shot Prom Sliuit' Heavy Artillery, tanks now being put in will be of 400-' I he ( iem cannot alfoid lo lower it-elf hoise power capacitv, and will life four li uotke tlie si iM.itli'ii baiks ol Utile, I. uge boilers ;ii the Penrose, two So horse jealous s. bmuo p ipets, that could not powei and two ico-hoise power, and a exist ovet night willimit in;oiiotatlon. -ild. line will be conducted to the Starr sh.-itt,' l-or this p.ipn In si. op lo. 1 jingle with where a boiler ot .pa-horse power will be, such little l-'icr tuts would Ivas rldiculmis tm-d. lo mote perfectly utilize tlie gas.spejal Inmates luve I ten devised, but at the' Penrose the tegular toal lite boxes will be ' used loi the ptesc-nl. Hv I 111 - arrange-' ineul the burner wheie the blow pipe en lets the door could teadilv be removed,' .should tlieie be .111 occasion, and coal as tor ail elephant totpiallel with a hop louse. (iraulte t inn. Much Activity M lite Sanger. Development work is being pushed in pii-patlug tlie Sanger mine 10 Union touiitv lor attice oeraliou, about twelve men being l.,w rmphnrd Ihe.e by the ; (p ,lcf. .1t. folir othrr Mls al Sanger Development lompanv, that te teullv seciiretl Ihe pioperlc . I he wot It In tile mine has been del.iw-d owing lo Ihe linn aiilval ol new pumping miihiueiv, which lias been nc. er due lot some time. I he pumps will be netess.tiv lo ileal the mine ol water that the oie t holes in i be opened up. 'I lie upper openings th.it ,ut not Idled with water ate now being te- the Pentose now being tired bv coal, which will be t-ipupped witli gas producers when tlie ones now being etetted have been thoiouglilv tested. It all be proven to be true that is claimed lor the fuel, it willt.iuse'i revolution in the power pro ducing problem. "I lie Portland." conducted bv (ins timbered. I lie tompinv is now paving Woodward 011 .Mill stteet. continues lo out about J400.1 a mouth and is s.-,ld to be ,PMt ,lt. ,,,,. ( ,ht. ;,0,, lt ntleiiien'.s strongly linauted and a Me In develop atul CSklit ot Sampler, opetate this gieat property that In the past has produced over a million doll. us ' When vou travel the Hourne road re worth of bullion. A contract was let a member H.iruard has all the latest remedies few days ago for furnishing die mine a for dust in the throat. Are You Progressive and Up-to-Date? Do ynti want a stamp mill that has a capacity of 8 to 12 tons to each stamp? One that no maker of stamp mills hi the United Slates can sell yon, but ourselves? One that is better in every way than the kind they can sell you. THE MERRALLS' RAPID STAMP MILL has an enormous capacity. 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BOWERS ABSTRACTS Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Mining Patents Obtained Years of experience In Maker County Records. No. 2104 Coutt Street, Baker City; Oregon. SUMPTER BOTTLING WORKS M.inul.ictun-r ! all llnJ til C.nrNm.neJ DrlnUt an J CMrrs. (JprMlrJ in (unnrt'lltm ttiili tii Kentucky Liquor House WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. GAGEN & SLOAN, PROPS., SUMPTER, ORE. '