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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1901)
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1901 THE SUMPTER MINER : "CASE , FURNITURE CO. MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN EASTERN OREGON Anything usually carried in a First Class House and at PRICES THAT WILL GET YOUR MONEY :!i 4 4 4 4 Elegant Parlor Suits in great variety at WAY DOWN FIGURES. The Morse Reclining Chair, Valore Uphol stered, $11.00. Ladies Desks from 5.00 up. Office Desks $12.00 and up. Solid Oak Sideboards $15.00 to $30.00 Nothing like them for the money this side of Portland. Splendid new line of Wall Papers and decorations. Mattings, Oil Cloths, Linoleums, All Designs. Rugs, Hammocks, Lawn Furniture, etc., etc, UNDERTAKING -IN ALL ITS BRANCHES- 1 Visit our Big Store, Price our Goods and be Convinced. CASE FURNITURE CO. SUMPTER, OREGON. DEMOCRAT" MEN IN SUMPTER. "What They Learned During a Brief Slay Here Monday, licorge B. Small, one of the publish ers, mul V. C. Cowgill, city editor of the linker City Democrat, came out on tho Monday forenoon train, secured Tom McEwen's swollest rig mul lest driving tcmn mul went out into the hills, somewhere, returning home in tho after noon. The Democrat of yesterday morning was full of news of thin Hm trict, but Huiil not a word of the social object of the trip. They also refused to divulge thiH secret to a representative of Thk Minkh, anil, from a sense of pro fessional courtesy, this paer refrains from making a guess on the mibjcct, though it would like to make a trial at calling the turn, on the umial two for one basin. Among other items of inter est, The Democrat yesterday published the following : The now aerial tramway at the North Tole mine, which is used in delivering the ore from tho mine to the mill, is now in full oH)ratlon, and is lieing .-watched with great interest by all min ing men In the district. Tho tramway ..consists of a steel cable with a hemp ore. It is 8000 feet from the mine to . the mill, the endless cable thus contain ing 10,000 feet. Steel buckets with a carrying capacity of 225 pounds each are suspended from the cable by horizontal clamps a distance of 106 foot apart, there being 160 buckets in all. The cable moves at a speed of 180 feet per minute, and Is partly propelled by grav ity and partly by water upon the mount- ..aln at the mine. As the bucket laiden ! with ore swing around the circle Into , the mill shed, they are automatically dumped, the ore falling Into the bins j below. It is a remarkable facthat the cable lhMjbeen so tightly stretched that not withstanding tho great weight iion it there is little or no sag in tho lino be tween the siipiHirts, which are nearly 200 feet apart. This method of trans orting the ore is so much chiaier than the old way of hauling it down the mountain in wagons that it is estimated by tho muiiageniont it will pay to use it, even if they have to string a new cable once a year, the cable costing alwut 12000. It is believed, however, tho cables will wear much longer than that, bar ring accidents. Only a few days ago A. J. Tadlnck struck a ledge of free gold ore on his two claims near tho celebrated lted Boy mine, assays from tho surface rock giv ing returns of $40 to tho ton. Tho ledge is a wide one and tho ground has as yet scarcely tieen scratched. Last night negotiations were under way lietween the owner of tho proerty and a I'ousyl vania syndicate for the sale of tho proji orty at tho price of (85,000. It is under stood that a bond on the proierty will bo executed this morning at that figure and time be given in which to do de velopment work. There is more activ ity in Sumpter now than there has been in a year past. Rents are better, real estate is in demand, surrounding pros pects are passing into the class of initios and many of them will be equipped with machinery before the snow flies. Several large producing mines are un der negotiation for sale, and it is believ ed that the season will close with the largest record of transfers and develop ment of mining property in the history of the district. The report comes from Whitney of a startling find of gold that has set that town wild with enthusiasm. Whitney is the terminus of the Sumpter Valley railway recently completed, and is the center of a rich mining and timber coun try to .the .southwest of the Bonansa mine. The story is that while some workmen were excavating yesterday morning for the foundation of the new city scales, they struck into an ore ledge just ImjIow the surface of tho ground so rich in free gold as to astonish the old est proscctor. It is estimated that the rock goes $500 to the ton. The news soon spread and crowds of coplo soon gathered to instcct the latest addition to tho town's wealth. What will Ik) done with tho find is a matter of specu lation as yet, but it is understood that the owners of tho proMrty, town or no town, will at oncii commence develop ment work on tho ledge. Reduced Rates Aro now in effect to Buffalo, Now York. Do you expect to attend tho Pan American KxH)sition? If so, do not buy your tickets until you have investigated tho services of the IL LINOIS CKNTKAL Itailroad. Our accommodations are tho best that can be had, our trains are always on timo, and employes courteous and ac commodating. Through tourist cars from the Pacific Coast to Boston via Buffalo. If you will send fifteen cents in stamps to address given below, we will forward you, by return mail, one of our largo 34 x 40 inch wall maps of the United States, Cuba and I'orto Itico. Any information regarding rates, ac commodations, service, timo, connec tions, sto-ovors, etc., will bo cheerfully furnished by B. II. Trumbull, Com'l. Agent, Third street, Portland, Ore. Those who know the comforts of a good hotel, always patronise the Cap! tal ; Mrs. G. B. Tedrowe, proprietor. T. G. Harrison, agent for Giant pow der company. Prompt attention to orders for cut flowers and floral pieces. City Green House, Baker City, Oregon. Famous HOP GOLD BEER STAR BREWING COMP'Y. Portland, Oregon IN KEGS, BARRELS OR BOTTLES AT PRICES UNEQUALED BY ...OTHERS... Sumpter Forwarding Company HTlritn rtrr Sumpyir, OncaoN ASK FOB HOP GOLD