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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1901)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March 20, 1901 MINER'S HOPE AND FAITH They Arc As Necessary As Flour and Bacon. "A tiMr of MkI'ik Info irmtt a JotKrrmu UJr, by the purchaser, Mr. E.L. Hackett. The origini! purchase price was $15,000, the amount paid over yesterday being J6000. Several Baker Cltv people were benefited bv the payment yesterdiy, including Mrs. C. I. Mvde, Mrs. W. H. Packwood, Jr., Hiram Madden and James Cavln. The Torn P.iine Is a good property and one which has produced thousands in the past. A urr.it deal of development work has hern done on the mine and Is now show ing up well. Mr. Hackett, the owner of wi.rre tn i cn.w iiiftn in r. Hit nrvcr Jati- in the 1 niii Paine, also owns the Carpenter HJ" j Hill mine and operated an arastra very lh.it Is what some one with a poet's successfully last year on ore from the liirnsr li.is s.ild of "hopr." K some suih "Kan" tin faith were in easy reach of the properties. It is his Intention sometime In the near future to erect a mill on Sal- writer, It would he inherit d here; but It Is j iiirm crrrk, between the two mines, and nut, '-I) that put of the text must he operate both properties ou a larger scalr. timilled. DriiitKr.it. hvrrvinir wliti Ills breu tine nl a min ing itiiiiiuiinltv; tine who Ins met the priiprctnr, the (tail hl.iets as a brother, atr thrii grub and doubled ui h.ankels Willi thru., knows that wlll.m.l these two K",u ""' " splriiii..! ..i .lilies, I , and hope, no mine ""tons were taken from would ever have ben, developed. Tlirv , V,,IT ? "-' ,irop",V' for the Vinson's Poclctli Full of Gold Buttom. W. I.. Vi'isnn, the eastern Oregon min im plunger, Is In the city with a pocket full of gold buttons of all sles. These the ore of Mr. the Carroll H, near Maker City, and are beautiful to be- in.. Mhtilitti v iif-rrvs.iri Inr flit fii .'mil plishu.r.it f th.t end; as much m. as Hour ! hold' Thcv ''K'- in weight and value ...J ul ...I ' r) l Tfj " V IIISUII, Willi .1011111 powder-es, ,.s experk-uir and ,,e. ' a yr-v ngii, nmewii.ii iom nw grip i i ine , easiern urrgnn mining ueius iiirnugn tne r jlvlilu.il Is up ..gainst KU I" ll-Carroll H and It Is his purpose i ..I wasted years, of t get It nut.-Portland Telegram. and baton, as pick and diill lii'Plirr. lint every t.i.cr In a while a man s , mispi-Ioii of operations of the Engl sh found whose l.iith Is greater linn his P. j syndicate, represented by lilm, Is on his perir.ue and whose hope Is not based ou ''' again and promises ere long to recoup i..i.m..M.rr. I., this r..se Hw r!,..,..rr J 'ls lnssrs' He says there are barrels of atr that siuh .in ludivlilii.il a b.irirn ptiiposltini trtiillrss labor. Not alw.tvs, however. Pint Crtek Nugget Weighing $107. livrrv milling camp li.is its casr to prove Mt(; McEndier, who owns valuable the old viw alioiit "a tool lor luck." I ,,,,Crr cUms ine crcet 0 ,he Now hrtr Is a tine stmv, w hkh h is come , ,lmt ,jvrr n.( wns ,he dly yfs,er. to llll MlMK's, kuiM ledge, ot where a d,y wi a cleanup, consisting mostly of linn is sntely "long" in. both f.iiili .iiul tflMTse ntlKSets. Mi. Mcl:ndree has been hope, and It any one thinks he Is going to I urlfiliiK on his claim all winter and will rxiinpllly the tool-hick tlicory, lie .m get , ,,e ,,rrp;irrj ,,, m;1c ., KoJ ,,, w,e ,,e stinir vuy long sliot brls that it will he st.;,M) ,..,, Aiiioiik the other nuggets one ol the exceptions, Hi it ;ire said to be j rm,K i,y Mr. McHndree was a beau nrrss.y to prou- the rule. lif(, M.CIIMt. ,,e s,;ipe of a raf I lie central tiguir hi tills episode Is a , wriiililiiE f 107. It was on exhibition at man evidently more than sixty ears old. His uihihig experience Is decidedly limited. lie ariivrd here a year ago, mute or less. Instead ot prospecting; looking tor out cropping ledges or follow lug up the elusive llti.it due for blind veins, he secured the services ot one who claimed to be able tu Incite minrial deposits with the aid of soinr kind of a m.igtirtic maJiiue. Were this an argument against the employment the First National bank and attracted a great deal of attention from its peculiar shape. Democrat. MAP GIVEN AWAY. How to Get a Large One of ne United States, (or the Wall. If you are going east, or thinking of sending for your family, do not buy your of such devkes, it would be shown that I tickets until you have secured rates from nrithrr gold, silver, lead nor coppei pos-1 the Illinois Central Railroad company, sessrs in.iguriic proprttles; but as It Is a j Their service Is excelled by none, and simple narrative, all siiJi side issues will they can reach all points In the east, south be omitted. and sotlieast from any point in Oregon, Auyw.iv, tills m.iiliinrr.xprit monkeyed I Washington or Idaho. Through tourist around witli his nuull instiumeiit lor a c-r fiom Pacific Coast to New York, day or two, tin illv got the tip where the I If you will send fifteen tents in stamps bluest hnnau.i in eastern Oregon lay j to the address given below, we will for hlddrn.iud Indi: ited thr ex.kt spot where i ward vou bv return mail a large wall map tlie sliatt sliould br sunk to tap the high i f the United States, Cuba and Porto values. I his Is onlv a lew miles lioin Ulco, 3 jx.jo hulies. Summer. I liru-is a lava demislt some . ror p iriuui.trs reg 1 ruing passenger or toity or liltv lert tlikk. I he old gentle linn lias been working there .ill whiter, alone, lie lias gone down thirty-live feet, every pound ol rock hating been labo riously taken eu: bv hliiiselt, unaided. He goes down, liX's Ills blasts, Jiinhs up the laddei, desvends aftei the explosion and tills the I'luhet, again climbs to Hie sutf.tcr and tutus the uhiOliss. his inonotlnous, vitality sapping labor has been in progiess lour or live mouths, and the gamr old man Is still it woik. He informed a MIM k man Monday that he had riuountrted a sttiiiger as wide as lilsiuigri lint laities seven dol lars In gold, and that now lie feels sine lie will strike It ilch when he gets through the lava capping. If he should, lie would surely have the laugh on the mining world, and I III: MlNlik hopes he will, though it "cop pers" the play. freight tales, t.ill on or address II. II. TRUMBULL. C01nn1ero.il Agent, .i I'hlrd street, Pott I mil Oregon. GOOD Til X) INGS Final Payment Made on the Tom Paine. Pinal payment was made 011 thr Torn I Painr mine In this city yesterday afternoon ' I E.AT & AT E. P. Bergman Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, Wood's Building. CONSERVATIVE MINING- INVESTMENT i Mines Co. C. C. BASCH1:, Pres. J. G. HURT, Sec'y. SUMPTER $g? OREGON LIBERTY BELL CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY own four quartz claims in the Alamo division of the famous Red Boy district, one half mile from the town of Alamo, in Grant County, Oregon. In the very heart of possibly the greatest mineral zone in all the world, surrounded by such well-known operating properties as the Bonanza, Strassburg, Red Boy, Inter Mountain, Cougar, Concord, Alamo and Quebec. The claims are well timbered and waterad. Geological formation argellite and porphyry. Character of ore simple silicious quartz, sixty per cent free milling, the remaining values concentrating 50 in one. Three distinct, well defined veins can be traced for a distance of 1000 feet on the sur face, averaging from 14 to 30 feet between walls, giving $7.20 per ton on surface. Numerous open cuts, adits, tunnels and cross country trenches thoroughly prospect the width and value of the ledges. Pan samples taken from various test pits on the surface, never fail to yield a fine pros pect in free gold, the assay value giving as high as $216 per ton in gold. The Strassburg group, which adjoins the Liberty Bell on the north and east, in driv ing a cross cut to tap their main lead at a depth of 500 feet, have cut two blind ledges 14 and 19 feet in width only ir;o feet from our side line, coursing southwest through three of the Liberty Bell claims. Capitalization, 1,000,000 shares, par value $1 each, fully paid and non-assessable, 400, 000 shares in the treasury. The first issue of 100,000 shares is offered at 25 cents per share. Price of second issue will be advanced to 50c. The proceeds from the sale of 200,000 shares properly expended in developing the mines and purchasing milling plant, will en ablethe Liberty Bell to pay $30,000 monthly. All checks and drafts should be made pay able to R. II. Miller, Treasurer, who is Cash ier of the First Bank of Sumpter. For prospectus, leports and general infor mation regarding the property, address, Liberty Bell Con solidated