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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, Januaiy 9. 190'
IS THE SMELTER SOLD?
August Heinze Reported to Be
the Purchaser.
Now here Is a story tint Is worth read
ing, even If there were not one word of
truth,!)! It which Is not Implied In 1 lie
remotest degree. I he Kt-ntleiiMii referred
to as being the one who h.is Interested
August llelnre in the Similiter smelter Is
J. K. I'.irdee. He Is a smeller mm of ex
perience, who doubted lh.it the plant here
could successfully reduce local ore; hut
was afterwards convinced that he was
mistaken, and so stated publicly. He is
a Irlrnd of Mr. Heln.e. This is what the
Maker City Herald says on the subject:
From authorative sources it is learned
tint the proposition of buying the 40-ton
smelter pi tut at Similiter has been pre
sented to I'. August lleiue, ol lluttc, In
an attractive light. It is understood that
he has promised to send one of his ex
perts Into the dUtrlct to look Into the
proposition. The .gentleman who Is
know to have hiought the matter before
the big Montana smelting man is himself
it recognized authority on subjects per
taining to the mineral resources of a
country and is reported to have ptesented
the Sumpter smelter matter as "gilt
edge."
The plant Is now owned by the Union
Smelter Manufacturing company, of St.
Louis, hut was forced last month to sus
pend operations, not, as has been stated,
I realise of lack of ores, but because of a
lack ol cash. Several attachments have
been Issued against the plant, aggregat
ing the sum of fi.ooo tor ore purchased
and not paid lor. So Involved, in fact,
ate the affairs nl the company that the
plant can be secured at a ridiculously low
figure by any one ulth ready money.
I he plant itself has proven a success,
far exceeding the expectations even of Its
lulglualors, but a lack of funds with
which to purchase ores made Its suspen
sion Imperative. Mine operalois In the
(trrrnliiiin copper belt and in the Cible
Cove dMrlct ot base ores, quite naturally
retustd to ship their output to the Sump
ter plant and tie compelled to uualt tardy
tto and yo d iv payments, when cash on
delivery could be secured from smellers at
kvriett, lacom.i and Northport. 'I wo
runs of the Sumpter plu.t on ores from
Hie St.iiul.iid mhe at Dixie Unite, the
lempest, In the (iteeiihorus, and from
mines In the Seven Devils, demonstrated
beyond a doubt Its capacity to turn out a
high grade, clean matte, either copper or
lion.
I he plant was never troubled with lack
of oie. Manager llnuser, of the Standard
mine, offered to contract to furnish ?o
tuns a day, provided suitable arrange
ments for payment weie made. I he
Irmpest people alone were prepared to
tax the capacity of the plant. Cable
Cove operators weie climoious to test
the elhclency ol the smelter on their ores,
1 he Columbia mine w as willing to sell its
concentrates in Sumpter. Hut everybody
w. inted cash on delivery, and the St.
Louis company had no cash, Fortunately
I'. August Hehic Is not troubled In that
direction.
It the deal goes through, and the big
Mont.iuian takes hold of the little Sump
ter plant, it will mark an epoch in the
lives of the small mine opet.itois of the
district.
Whit One Projector Has Accomplish!.
In an Interview recently with the writer,
Lee Barnard said: "I still have two claims,
the Indiana and Skeleton. I came here a
iittle over a year ago without a cent, have
these two claims yet, have sold two or
three, built me a fine cabin, spent about
liooo In cash and expect to spend several
thousand more. If my experience is not
a recommendation for any mining district,
I don't know what would be. My claims
are only an average, and every claim in
the Quarlzburg district will show up as
rich values as mine." The work on the
Indiana and Skeleton done so far amounts
to but little, but the assays on the surface
average to in gold, copper and sliver
mostly copper. These claims are also
parallel with the great Copperopolis.
Work has been commenced and several
hundred feet of tunnel will be run this
winter. Canyon City liagle.
COLORADO-OREGON BONDED.
Option Held by Spokane People Water
Power Frozen.
The five-stamp mill at the Colorado
Oregon mines at Quarlzburg was com
pelled to close down the fore part of this
week because the cold snap shut off the
water supply. The mill is about a half a
mile below the mines and the ore is hauled
by teams. Superintendent Hayes has
four men employed on development work
and their output only Is milled.
Isham Laurance recently bonded this
property to the Quarlzburg Mining and
Milling company, of which John M.
Burke, the well known mining man after
whom the Idaho mining town was named,
is one of the principal stockholders.
These are two of the oldest quartz mines
In Grant county, and the only property in
the district equipped with a mill. They
have an output of at least f 100,000 to their
credit. Like many others in this part of
the country, tills property has been
worked principally under the lease sys
tem, in consequence of which but little at
tention has been paid to practical and
permanent development work.
I he two claims are advantageously lo
cated for tunnel development, on each
slope of Comer gulch. 1 he Oregon, for
merly the Little Denver, by which latter
name it Is more generally known, has 700
feet and the Colorado 6)0 feet of tunnels.
1 he greatest depth attained is not over
150 feet. The ore is free milling In the
upper levels, but base below. The vein
in the old workings was three to five feet
wide, with eight Inches to two feet of
high grade ore.
Included in the equipment is the live
stamp mill above referred to, with a one
vuner concentrator, a live-ton smelter
and a complete assay ollice. Prairie City
Miner.
Leuont In Lace.
Mrs. Marsh, next door to MlNUK ollice
will give practical Instructions in lace
work. Materials and hundreds of pat
terns to select from
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Special attention given to
repairing and rebuilding all
kinds of machinery.
Baker City, Telephone Red 161