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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1901
WANTED RED
BOY BULLION.
Highwaymen Captured
day Near Geiser.
Mon-
Mnmlay morning HIicrifT Huntington
anil Constable Ilaker brought in two
men wlio an; Mipponcd to have been im
plicated in tlm highway roblsjry of
Messrs. Godfrey and Talsir, ownurs of
tlio Itcd I toy mine, which occurred Sat
urday morning on the (iruuitu road near
tlio Hiiinmit. They were trailed from
tho point where tlio hold up wiih com
mitted to their camp near (Joiner. They
wero awakened at four o'clock Monday
morning and when thuy ojK'ni'd their
eyes were gazing into the muxxIcM of two
hunineHH like appearing guiiH. Thuy ar
rived hero in time to take (he forenoon
train and woru lauded in the jail at Ma
ker City.
When MeHHrH. Godfrey and Tabor ar
rived here Saturday inoriilng and an
nounced that they had lieen held up by
three masked men, considerable excite-
tueiit waH occasioned, hh it wan generally
lwlievcd that they had secured the
monthly cleanup from the lied Hoy,
amounting to Ix'twccu 10,000 and fit),
(KKt. The gentlemen wuru entirely non
coinumnicatlvo for publication and u
dozen uioru or less fool stories wero cir
culated. According to tho best informa
tion Tiik Minkk can necure, thu owners
of thu mine had a dummy brick in their
rig, while Hih gold bullion, in a gunny
wick, was in a buggy ahead, occupied
by Mr. Godfrey's brother and IiIh wife.
Thu highwaymen secured several hun
dred dollars in cash from tho men hold
up. They appeared indifferent to tho
loss, didn't seem to care whether thu
men wore captured or not, which con
duct mystified the mob and started the
improbable rumors.
An soon oh George llaker wan inform
ed of thu incident, be secured IiIh trusty
Winchester, of tho vintage of '(12, carry
ing u ball thu size of u milled grouse egg,
and started on the wnr path to Justice
Felix's olllco to secure a warrant for the
urrcst of John Dee, Itichard Hoe et al.
And he got IiIh uien, too; acting with
thu nheriff. Their names are l'hlll Mc
Ginuell and Henry llauby, both of
whom, it is aid, bad worked at tho Ked
lloy. Thu olHcerH claim to have inform
ation which convinces them that Charles
Stewart Ih tho third man and that they
know who and where he Ih.
proKjrty they have erected a five-stamp
mill, equipped with modern machinery,
Mich uh a concentrator, ore crusher and
roaster, and all thu necessary appliances
for handling thu ore from their mine to
tho bent advantage. All of thin machin
ery Ih proielled by water Kiwer, and bo
arranged that one man can HUeriutond
every department.
On their claim thuy have threo well
dellucd parallel IcdgcH. One of thorns
IcdgcH in about two hundred and fifty
foot in width and tho width ot thu other
two Ih not yet known. Tho qro from
each of thorns ledges assays well, thu oru
averaging atxut $15 or ton, whilu con
siderable ore ban been taken out that as
nayed novural hundred dollarH )ior ton.
The oru from this projierty Ih easily
mined, reiiiring only thu labor ot threo
men in the mine to keep tho mill in con
tiuuouH oerution, reducing at thu rate
of from twolvu to fifteen tout er day.
They have had their plant in oieration
niucu .Inly 4th, and expect to make their
II rut cleanup, since adding tho concen
trator and roasting furnace, at thu ex
piration of thirty days run.
ThuowuerH, Messrs. Mines it Helmer,
have bad opMrtunitieH to bond their
proierty to eaHtcrn capitalists, but hav
ing gone to tho expense of putting in all
thu ucccHHary machinery to successfully
red ucu tho ore from their mine, their
proerty Ih not for sale at tho present
time. They exect to continue its oer
ation, and will le handHomoly rewarded
monthly for their efforts Thoy havu a
propoHitiou that in the opinion of many
Ih equally aH good or bettor than the fa
inouH lionanza or Red Boy mines. Uluo
Mountain Eagle.
PRAIRIE DIGGINGS MINE.
Proper-
One of tkc Completely Equipped
ti la Grant County
ltut few people of Grant county are
aware that theiv Ih at present in oHra
lion near Canyon City one of tho bent
equipHHl mines in eastern Oregon. In
thin thu Prairie Diggings mine in refer
red to, a valuable ipiartx property owned
by H. A. UineHand l'eter Helmer, and
situated but a few inilen cast of Canyon
City.
It will le remembered that they pur
chased thin projicrty of the Frederick
l.ohman estate several yearn ago, in a
practically undevcloed state. Since
that time they have driven over 750 feet
of tunnel on the projierty, and havu fully
h much tunnel which can be used with
little rehiring. These tunnels develop
the prtiierty thoroughly to the depth of
100 feet, and are no connected with
shafts that ore taken from the surface,
or any one of the tunnels, can easily be
delivered in an ore car in the lower tun
nel. Since they became the owners of this
Activity in tfac Virtue District.
For Home time thu moat serious prob
lem that faced the operators of thu new
ly organised Uuclo Dan Gold Mining
proiwrty in the Virtue district, was the
lack of water for milling purioses. A
largo well was sunk in the gulch and an
ample supply of wator has been secured.
i . W. Thompson was in the city yester
day and he stated in connection with
this item of news that there would now
bo plenty of water for all practical pur-
kbch. Mr. Thompson said that six men
were at work on the property in a winze,
and they wero finding exceedingly rich
ore. On both walls is good pay ore
and it is getting richer as the develop
ment work extends. The owners of
this property hope to have tho mine in
oeration within ninety days, Itebert
Fullerton, the veteran prosector, who
located the Mammoth mine and sold it
to local capitalists, came into town yes
terday from his property in tho Virtue
district. "I never saw so much activity
in the Virtuo district. There are hun
dreds of prospectors at work and the
sounds of 'shooting' remind one of old
mining districts. I have prospected all
over the mining regions of Oregon and
other parts of the west and I say, can
didly, that I think the Virtue district
is the richest I know of."
Within the next few days a crosscut
tunnel of 800 feet, which may be extend
ed to 500 feet, will lie commenced on tho
proerty ot the uro Mining company.
This claim lies between the White
Swan and the Uncle Dan projiertics and
joins tho latter. Thu contract for this
work will Iw let as soon as Secretary
Pearson returns home from a business
trip to Hutte. The tunnel will cut four
distinct ledges. Dcmociat.
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Always reliable Giant powder.
Those who know the comforts of a
good hotel, always patronise the Capi
tal; Mrs. G. 1$. Tedrowe, proprietor.
The Capital Hotel is again under the
management of Mrs George B Tedrowe,
which fact guarantees the best of ser
vice to all patrons.
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135 ADAM! ST., CHICAQO
Manufacturer! of
Diamond Drills
Rock Drills
Compressors, Hoists
and General
Mining Machinery
Northwest Office
101 S. Howard St. Spokane, Wash
S. D. Sanders
H. Gillis.
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