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VOL. III.
HAMILTON OWNS
THE GIPSY QUEEN
BOSTON PARTIES FAILED TO
MEET PAYMENT DUE.
He Sttpptd in, Paid the Money and Ihe
Deed now it in Hi Name Will Or
ganlzc Strong Company to Develop
Ihe Great Property.
W. II. Y. Hamilton now owns the
Gipsy Queen croup, Calilu Cove district,
an extension of the Gipsy Kill);.
Through lii 111 it wiih Mild to a Boston
syndicato over a year ago. A company
wiih organized undci tint namu o( tint
Oregon and llostnu Mining eotnpanyuud
a tunnel driven in hImiiiI 'JOU feet. An
Iiuh freiiiuntly lieen Htated in these col
umns, the ore layn far under the ground
in thin gulch. The tunnel rutin moid of
the distance from one to two feet above
the ore body. At placeH it comes up in
the tunnel several feet and for u short
distance to the top. The ore ix live or
nix feet wide and of high grade,
The Boston ieople have liever in
spected the proerty since il wiih pur
chased. At that time scarcel any
work had been done and it wiih bought
011 the showing made in an ocn cut not
large enough to bury a cow. About
$5000 luiH been paid on the property,
Isjsides the money expended in improve
ments, driving the tunnel and erecting
substantial buildings.
Another payment wiih due .January 1'
of this year, which wa:i not made and
Mr. Hamilton t-ccurcd an extension of
time until .Inly 1. Again they failed
to meet It and he, individually, paid the
money. There are two more paymentH
still due. The deed litis now Ih'cii made
to him, and in in escrow in the Bank of
Suniter. Ho says he will meet them
promptly, organize a strong company
and develop the property.
It is Htated that these I union gentle
men had some differences among them
selves which they failed to adjust, lost
interest in the enterprise anil forfeited
the liond. In a few years this deal will
be the subject of a lost opportunity
Htory, for the proierty is unquestionably
a valuable one.
FRIDAY IS UNWATERED.
Timbers in Good Condition! Slight Cavein
Only in the Vest Drift.
The following letter, dated Junu 30,
wiih received from I). M. (iritllth, Hticr
intendeiit of the Friday mine, by Neil J.
Sorensen & Co. yesterday :
"We reached the bottom of the sump
at 5 p. m. yesterday. I went through
the drifts as far as I could go, and found
that the lagging Iiuh broken clown about
eighty-live feet from the shaft in the
west drift and the drift is full of ore,
SUMPTEH, OREGON, JULY 2, 1902
having caved down from the ledw) above.
There Ih anywhere from seven! -live
to a hundred tons, which has run down
at different points along the drift. Go
ing east from the shaft, there in hut
very little caved down. It will probably
take a week or ten days to get it all
cleaned out in giod slntie. I wish it
were ossihle for you to come over some
time within u week or ten days."
The above letter indicates that the
timbers in the Friday mine are in excel
lent condition, excepting in a few places
where some caving has occurred and the
ore has dropped down Into the levels.
In a conversation with Mr. Sorensen,
he stated: "1 am well pleased to know
that the Friday mine is in such splendid
condition. However, I knew that where
I had done the timbering, that it would
stand. We will now be ready in a very
short time to take any and all of our
stockholders over to see the Friday and
let them go through it, and after they
have made a carelul examination, they
will Hud that wu liuvn lieen very con
servative in our statements as to the
ore bodies already exposed in the mine."
In resMiuse to a query as to hfs plans
for the future regarding the mine, Mr.
Sorensen said : "We shall proceed with
the construction of our mill and concen
trating plant as fast as possible. In the
meantime, I think we had better sink
the shaft another hundred feet while we
are constructing the mill, because as
mmi.Ii as we commence to extract thu ore
now- in the mine, I am of the opinion
that it will somewhat interfere with thu
sinking of the shaft. However, this is
something for the board of directors to
decide. I Iioki that by the time the
mill is ready we will have twice iih much
ore in sight as we now have. I shall go
over to the mine in thu course of u week
or ten days."
Water Power Pump for Gipsy King.
Al OtnesH and W. II. Mather came
down from the Gipsy King yesterday,
and will remain in town until after the
Fourth. As wiih slated in these col
iijiiiis several weeks since, it lias been
decided by the directors to sink a shaft
on the rich pay shoot of the King. A
pump will I m put in and operated by water
(Miwer. For the present, an overshot
wheel will be used, plans for which have
Ih'cii prepared. This is an inexpensive
exH'dient thai will serve thu purMisu
for a while, until the ledge in stillicieut
ly exploited to demonstrate whether or
not the company will lie warranted in
installing more ex,MMisive machinery.
Will Erect a Mill This Season.
W. K. Nelson, of MinneujMilis, after
sjieinling a week or ten days in eastern
Oregon, left for homo yesterday. He
Htated to a Minkh representative that he
had taken up a proposition near Mal
heur City, a big porphyry dyke carrying
free gold, and would put a mill on the
proierty this summer. Ah the train
wiih pulling out he told the writer to see
SiiMrintendeut Meikle, of theGolcouda,
and he would give all particulars. Mr.
I Nelson is largely Interested in the Mill-
hour oil fields.
VISIT THE GOLD FIELDS
A. L. Craig and R. M. Hall, of
the O. R. & N Have
Their Eyes Opened.
A. I.. Craig, general passenger a gent of
the O. It. (V N., accompanied by his new
advertising agent, It. M. Hall, spent last
week in the uold Melds of eastern Ore
gon. .eiiier nail lieeii here tielore. It
was on invitation of Col. Grayson that
they came toSiimptcruud visited sonic of
the nearby mines Thursday and Friday.
The trip opened their ovim to theuiauiii
tilde ami importance of Ihe mining In
dustry of eastern Oregon, and both were
duly, favorably impressed. They saw
the rich ore at the North Polo and Gol-
conda and were shown through the
workings of the Cirlumhia, through the
courtesy of General Manager Italllle.
Mr. Craig Is of the opinion that the
best method of advertising our milling
resources is to semi a cniuotoiit man to
the money centers of the east and mid
dle west, armed with pictures, ores ami
documentary pro f of the gre:;t mineral
wealth of the region, and place the facts
directly before capitalists, with no one
particular proMisltion to promote. He
says the O. It. it N. will do lis part to
wards assisting such ii movement, but
he is wise and rccogulr.es the fact that
if the company tikes Ihe initiative in
such an enterprise, it will have to stand
the exKnse through lo thu lluisli. If
accomplished, this must lm done largely
by our own efforts, aided materially, of
course, by Mr. Craig and the road.
The people of this region had no little
curiosity to see and si.o up Mr. Hall, the
new advertising man, realizing how iiu
Hirtant to them is (lie work he Iiuh in
hand. Tiik MiNKit is pleased to stale
that the surface Indications are favor
able and ventures the prediction that
his output will give high assay values.
Mr. Craig also reated a most favor
able impression. He is a courteous gen
tleman, who is thoroughly interested in
his work, which is directed by a clear,
practical, well trained mind, deserved
his lime under C. S. Fee, general passen
ger agent of the Northern Pacific, one of
the liest railroad men and cleverest gen
tlemen on the continent.
Prominent People Inspecting the District.
W. .1. JoIiiimiii anil George I.. Hunt
ington, of St. Paul Minnesota, Charles
I. Ilerkey, professor of mineralogy In
the Minnesota slate university, at Min
ncasilis, and .1. A. Ward, of Toledo,
Iowa, arrived in Sumpter a few days
since. They are here iih guests of Nell
.1. Sorensen, who has I wen taking them
through this immediate vicinity and has la-eu some talk of foul play, but no
showing thorn all there is to bo seen. ' evidence to sustain the theory. It in
Monday they visited the famous Gol- thought that befell asleep while reading
conda mine, on Cracker creek', and ex-, by candle light ; that the candle burned
pressed themselves iih being astonished down to the table on which it wiih stand
at the splendid showing this projierty ' iug and set it and the tent atlre.
NO. 4j.
Iim muile. Friday and Saturday of Inst
week they were out at the camp of the
Grllllth placers, looking over this won
derful proierly. Il was csccially inter
esting to them to see this now so well
known old river channel, owned by one.
of Mr. Soreuseu's placcrcoiupanleH. Tho
party will remain here a week or ten
days longer looking over the district.
These are Ihe kind of icoplo we need in
eastern 'Oregon. They represent largo
capital, and if Mr. Sorensen succeeds In
getting Iheiu interested permanently
here, he will have performed a valuable
service for these gold llelds.
Payment Made on Owl and Elephant.
.lames lllguius, who was hereabout u
year ago and bought the Owl and I'.lo
phaut group, Cable Cove disliict, for u
Maryland syndicate which ho represents,
arrived in Sumpter several days since to
look after the property. He and F.u-
geiie liarluoii went out to the mine
Monday, Iast fall a large body of good
ore was explored. Since Ids arrival
here Mr. UlggiiiH ban made a payment
of f.VMH) on this group. Another is due
in sixty days. Work has been susicnd
eil for several months, hut will be re
sinned at an early day. The gentlemen
returned to town yesterday afternoon,
when Mr. Iliggins staled that lie will
soon let a contract for UN) feet of work.
Make Filings and Proofs in Sumpter.
Attorney Chance returned yesterday
from Iji Grande, where he went in re
sMiuse lo a ropiest from Itegister Hurt
led, of tlie Culled States laud olllce,
who wishes him, in Ids ollicial capacity
of I'nited States commissioner, lo at
tend to all land olllce business in IIiIh
section of the country, the olllce there
Ix'ing over crowded with business. Ap
plicants can now both Hie on claims ami
make tints I proof lie fore Commissioner
Chance, on homsleads, Hen lands, des
ert lands and timber local ions. Thitt
will be a great convenience to residents)
of this sectl u, saving them the time
and expense of making the trip to Lit
Grande.
Come to See Ihe Great Gold Camp.
Ituudal II. Kemp, of Mining, pub
lished at Spokane, arrived in Sumpter
today, and will spend a week or tendayH
lookiut! over this mining district. Ho
says that General Charles K. Warren
has assured him that this is the greatest
gold mining region on earth, ami he Iiuh
come to verify that statement. Tho
General himself will he here in u few
days, when some deal they have licon
working on will be consummated.
Miner Burned to Death in His Tcnl.
John Hrumuier. a miner at the Ho
nun.a, m:cd forty-seven, was burned to
death in his tent early Sunday morning,
and was buried here Monday. Them