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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1901)
f THE SUMPTER' MINER Wednesday, Aug. 28, 190 1 RICH BADGER MINE. Knocks Rock From Gold and Ships to the Mint. Dr. ItriH-k rcturiwcl hcvural tlayn nlnro from 11 trip to SiiHitiivillc. Wliilu in that (lletrlct lio wiih hIiiiwii tlirutili tint Hailor. Hit hivh tint ininu in 11 wonder fully rich 0110; tin IimIki! ii niimt remark- alilu foriiiiition, Tlieru Ih oljjlit fi-ot of oni tlml nirrlt'M from (10 to fJiO; alMtiit two fciit of wliicli kin'H from f7A to $IIM), on onu fidit of wliicli Ih ii rlcli ftrcak, from two to four Iiiclirn wiilu, of fri'ii (jolil tluit i-iirrfi'M viiIiich up into tlm till) tlllMIHIIIIllf. All I'xrept thin narrow wtri'ak in 11 HiiiitllliiK on1. Iln liroiilit Imrk u wiin il(i with lilin; a hiiiiiII chunk of "nniy UOpMT" Unit iihhii.vm nlxiiil f 1HM) In olll. Tim urn Ih nht mI to Sun I'niiirlci'o for treatment, uuil nothing lecx than Iiiiu ilri'il ilollur rtH-k rim Imi haiitllcit with profit. M mil of it Ih conceiitrateil witli liiiiiil JIckith, wliicli ri'dnccH tlm Imlk tlircii or four into one. In tlm frco pilil on), frequently nun ;etH of piiru cold urn found, from wliicli tlin ipmrt. Ih kuiM'k off uuil tlm ineliil Ih Hunt direct to the mint. Tim ron 1 1 from AiiMtin to SiiHiiuvilli) Ih ulMiiit InipiicHiihle, even at thin mmimiii of tlm yciir, uuil it Ih impoHHililn to liuul lieiivy IoiiiIh over it. Thin, of courne, rtinihirn tlm hliipmimt of oru vryixioii nive. Tlm inunnK'enient of tlm Hudcr mine Ih now iirriiiilnn to liuul to Pen dleton, HI I inilert to tlm north, hiHteail of to Suinpter, only liulf that iliNtiiui'ii, iih heretofore. Tlm ImihIiichm men of IIiIh town would been i to l inexcilH.ahly blind to their own InterentH, IiokIihhI.v lacking In enterprise, to permit UiIh prolltuhle trade to he taken away from tlii'iu, merely Ih-ciiuhi ii wiiuoii road I.. - .!!.... i m "' ' """' ,,,.,' Gold Mines and WbU in Hit Hd. Itecnriliuu Hum mutter of SiihiiiivIIIhi tllntrlft triuiHftirrliiK IIh trmle to IVndle-l Jm-lc Chirk inmlii hi I.ihI proKH-t t tlm I'kiul. Sentinel huvm: i'iImiuI three wvukfiiRo. .I.iek Clark went SuMunville. IniflmtHH men ami niiiie il,t(' "' ' !)' "Mintry, in (Jrunt uHmliirH uuiil In mum thin wav In tin .county, fiintem Oregon, about 1?0 yearn their freighting and haul their ore to Mwiim u vWnniiry follow, t Invt, market. And in order to do UiIh there "", m",r "" "ocamo u iimrpiiiiio uun.ine 'SiiniiivIHu, tlniH making a direct wagon r'oiid from there, to tlm railroad ut'1!o.U ner. If Pendleton .wautH tlm StiHiitivillu trade to come thiH way, now Ih tlm tii'uo to "not a move, on." If it wire gets ntarteil thiH way, it will come thiH way for all tline. Making Money Cyanidlog Taillngi. A Itapid City, South Dakota, hpecial Hiiyn: Howell Clevenger, of Unit city, Iiiih made IiIh hint clean-up from IiIh littlu cyanide plant, which Ih located near the State School of MiuoH building in the oiiHtorn part of thin eity. Ho in a gradu atoof thin iiiHtitutiou, and there learned that cyanide of otaMliiiu Iiiih a great alllnity for gold and nllver. Near tlm hcIiimiI hulldingH Ih the old chlorination workn, around wliicli accumulated hov erul thoiiHiiud toiw of tailing of ore Unit hud Itccn treated in tlm plant by the chlorinating proceHH, the valuoH being only partly Hiived. Clevenger made tentH on mono tailingn, and found that they contained from fit to fH per ton in gold anil diver, and ho iiIho found that he could cave, a largo percentage of IniIIi iucIiiIh Iiv the cvanide uroooHH. It in Hinted that IiIh father advanced fl(HX) for cyanide tmikn and tlm neeeimary paraphernalia for u plant to treat tlm ore in. Ho built hint Hiinuner a hiiiiiII plant, and before cold weather ho had cleaned up over IWK). Thin miuiuer ho Iiiih kept IiIh little plant in constant oH'ratlon, and bin hint clean-up madu him a total for tlm HiimmerV run of Homethiug over fTiOOO. Ho will move bin little plant to another place UiIh Hiiiumrr and will work over old tailingH from other iiiIIIh. Cluvouger Ih ii hoii of Huv.tJ. S. Clevenger, a well-known Hup tint inlnlHter, who at one time preached at Vermillion, I'iorru and other citieH in thin ntute. Tlm father Ih at proHciit a iniHHlotiary in tlm Klondike country. It in oHtiiuiited that tlm mm will clean up about foOOU iiIhivo uxkjiihoh on bin under taklngH. uiUHt Immi lielter road from thetirant county lino to that rump. They are ready and willing to build part of tlm uccoHHiiry road if the IiiihIiiohh men of I'eudlelou will help to build the remain der. The Hiipcriiitomlont of the lladger initio will be in I'klah hooii on bin way to rendleton to lay tlm matter In-fore tholxiard of trade of that eity. It in acted Hoinothiug liko K. S. McCoiiiiih, of I .a (irande had gold iuIiich in bin head. Fifteen yearn ago he killeil IiIh brother in a dlnpiite over tlm Hottlement of IiIh futlierV entiito In California, but wiih anpiltteil on tlm ground of nolf-tlofcuHO. Dying in Hiitto, tlm other day, ho linked for anil wiih given bin hint done of mor phine. Tudor Itn iulliioiiro ho told bin friend where to liud a iiioiiutaiu of gold thought that an appropriation can Ik I ''r Texan bar, Oregon, and they drew Hoeurod from the tiraut rouiitv court, "'"P" from bin doHcription. .liickClark'n which, together with privutu iliiiintiuiiH, ! H'iii'llfirli'n liwt no limu In getting to would IiiHiire a giMHl road. , Texan bar. After they had triiveled The route of the proved new road ih , "round iii.vhUtIouhI.v for awhilo tlioy up Derolalion creek from the old idle of rw ronimiinlralivo enough to nnk u tow the Ihiiich haw mill, on the North I'ork, wiOHtloiiH. They hooii learned that they thencoover the divide ami acro-H the MongodtotlionuinoniuHolaHH ofClurkV houd of llig creek to the bead of i:ik "Ih'h. They Hold their entire raiup creek and .low u Klk creek to Siiwinvllln. ' tsuinnent for 7.p. centn and Hturtod It Uwil,l thai a l'oo.1 iimd can Immade Immo. Ill IiIh day .lack Clark had on thin route for a comparatively hiiiiiII Mini. Owing to its being sheltered by high uiouutaiiiH moHt of tlm way, it would m easily kept ojien for travel all winter. The buclncHH men of t'kiuh Hhotild help the road in every way xissllile, for if it in built it will mean a great deal for this town an well as Pendlton. It will brought to bin "mines' partien from San r'raiicicro, Portland, SMikano, Salt Ijike ami Denver. He became a well-known character, but found new victinin in every comuiunity. Pacillc Minor. How io Retort Amalgam. To retort a hiiiiiII piece of amalgam, say the Hire of it Kcan, take a largo okiii up an entirely now market for , xlato, hlice in two, cut out a cavity iluiryprtHluctH, balel bay, HhingleH, gro- l:rgo enough to hold the. amalgam, corn's and provlsiniiH of all kinds, U- Wire the two picees together and bake cidoH bringing an enormous traol lliis hi a tiro or oven. Ilurn the jHituto way, which now goes to linker City. somewhat, and, of coiii-m', turn it unco Heppner business men are al'roiidy , i while, taking caw to keep the cut taking stops toward oenrfng the Susan- horizontal. Ojien the Htalo and tho villo trado for that town. It Is promised cavity will reluiu the HHingy gold, which to exteiul tho contoniplutisl now road ran Ik molted down in a forgo. Oregon between Heppner and Ititter on to Mining Journal. is Gentlemen!!! 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