Wednesday, July 2, 1902 THE SUMPTER MINER WORK ON THE ALPINE Commenced Yesterday Under Direction of Superintend ent Addoms. Colonel Grii.VHon and hi" little wn were in town yivtunlity on their vvny to the Alpine iiiiiio, Cnhlo Cove iliHtriet, near the l.iiMt Chtini'e. llotli will Hpeml much time at the pioperty thlxHiiinmcr. The llret lo.ul of HiipplioH wan Kent out M'mdiiy and work wan commenced yen tenlay, nniler the immediate direction of Superintendent Addomn, who wax with the Colonel at the Hahv MeKee. I'liliku moet of the ledei In theCahle Cove diHtrie', tlie Alpine i a flee mill inn proposition, to the prenent depth of UK) feet. OtherM have earned free jrold near the nnrface, hut none to thin depth. Colonel tiraycon nuy he exK'etn the ore to heeome relraetory after water level in reached. The tunnel ix now in ahout :i()0 feet, nttaininj: a ertlcal depth of UK) feet, ne ntated uImivu. The work for the immed iate future will ho to fink ufiO-foot winze at the end of thin tunnel, on the vein. Later another tunnel will he driven, 100 feet lower down the mountain fide. Ah many men will lx employed ih can be worked to advantage, and develop ment will Imi punhed iih rapidly ax mhx1 hie. A party of eantern capitalist are axxociated with Colonel (irayxou in the ownerxhip of the proierty. SYLVANITE AT SUSANVILLE. Clcavr Brothers Not the Only Ooci Who Have Thk Valuable Ore. Kditor of Tiik Sumitkh Minkk : I nee by an article in the the Grant County News, copied from Tiik Minkk, that Dr. Cleaver ix allowing hoiiio Hue xaniplex of xylvanitu ore, that it ix a xecret ax to itx locality and that eople are very xkepti cat ahout xueh metal and ore in thin country, excelally in new mining dix trietx. Well, Mr. Kditor, I am proud to state the fact to you, that I am driving a tunnel now, and have Ikm-ii all winter, on a lead tluit carricx Hylvanile and rapliic tellurium and panx out xome free gold, also. If thix camp, which ix called the New Kldorado, at the headwaterx of Uoulder creek, on the xouthwext xlope and baxe of tireeuhoru mountain, win in Haker comity, it would u,et " B,MM1 xendoff oneo in a while. I think it would be a bene lit to you and theeaxtern Oregon coun try if you newxpaper men would take u trip through thix part of the country and xee what ix lHiiug done in the way of de velopment work, for the more capital that ix iuexted on thix mineral belt the more mlnex would bo in ojieratiou, let it be in what county it may. We are coming to the front xlowly hut xurely, and tile proxpectx are here to do it. We are located ubout xix miles eaxt from the famous Itadger mine, about twelve mile wext from the lioiianza, ten miles north from the Dixie miuex, nine miles xouthwext from the Quebec mine and twelve miles xouthwext from the Hed Hoy. We have a good xupply of water for all puroxex and an unlimited supply of all kinds of timber. For any more information wanted address the nnderxigned. 1.. W. Kbmit, Suxauville, Oregon. instant and, ax far ax can he learned, about 200 xheep were killed. The xhoot ing occurred about 8 o'clock in the even ing on the Logan road, in Hear valley, about three miles eaxt of F. C. Selx' ranch. Mr. Selx, who arrived in the city Thurxday evening, reports having heard the xhotx, which were llred very rapid ly, and ax near ax ho could judge then were about UK) xhotx. It hax been rumored that one of the ai;grex'orx wax shot through the leg, but thix rumor hax not been continued. Keeling ix ery iuteiixe in that cectlou over outside sheepmen trespassing on the cattle range, and the cattlemen ap pear to be determined to put a xtop to it in xome way, arguing that the out side stockmen have been repeatedly warned to keep off the range, but the herders make no effort to keep their llockx within the (leadlines. Ax a re sult, it ix claimed the holdiugx of many xettlerx hae been eaten off, xmall crops destroyed and home ranges deouied. Thix hax brought the xettlerx up in arnix, breathing engeance against the foreign er and causing serious shooting affrays and destruction of proierty. Another affair of like nature occurred last week, when masked men shot into a baud of ewes, Monging to Wm.Mascall, a well known sheepman of the South Fork country, killing IN) ewex and leav ing the lambs. This shooting occured tin the head of Koek creek. The masked men held up thexheepherderx, took their arms away and burned up the camp and supplies, with the exception of the men's coatx, which they hung in u tree near by. The loxx practically amounted to 300 bend, ax the young lambs will prob ably die without their motherx. Giant County Newx. MU Spauldlag't Muiical Triumphs. The Monteller, Vermont, Dally .Jour nal, ill reMrtinga musical recital at the seminar) there, paysMixxCarrioSpauld ing, of tliix city, a high compliment on her musical ability. It says: "The weather lieing propitious, Mixx Carrie Spaulding and Mr. Fred II. Wells were greeted by u well tilled rMm at their re cital on Friday evening at the Seminary. It was the occasion of the graduation of .Miss Sp.iulding from the musicaldepart meut and although it is not the custom to graduate pupils from the elocutionary department, Mr. Wells belongs to the college preparatory class of this jear. The work show cil careful and thorough training and by their united effoit a most pleasing enteitainment wax given the audience. MN Spaulding lias a sweet and llexible oiee, which she has under excellent control. 'I he Provencal song perhaps best displaced her tech nique, hut the closing number from the German seemed finely adapted to her voice and she sang it with much expres sion. Some of the prolonged tones weie exquisitely clear ami sweet and held without apparent effort. The 'Spring xong,' with violin obllgato by Mr. liny lelt, Miss Cro-x at the plano.called foith an enthusiastic encore. I he opening song wax a duet from Mendelssohn, Miss Spaulding and Miss Cross, with organ accompaniment." Mis Spaulding will spend the next year at the lloxtoit Con servatory of Music, and then letum home, after an absence of three years. The celebrated Gundo'x "the beer of good cheer" always on draught at Dun phy's The Club. All the latest novelties in hats at Nclll Mercantile company's. The New Olympia KILLED 350 SHEEP. These Peiti Arc Again Looking For Grau and Trouble. A baud of sheep from Condon, Gilliam county, wax shot into on the eighteenth m E, C. IIAUSCK, I'HOPUIIITOW Pine Old (1884) Her mitage Whiskey. I INLST IIRANDS OF WINES, ALES and PORTERS OLYMPIA BEER bottle or draught V T 1ST W i CIGARS ? Clmih StMinr. ore. I'. O. SUMI'TI.R J BLUE BIRD MINING COMPANY Capital $200,000 V K FULL PAID AND NON-ASSI:SSABLI: MINES LOCATED IN C.RANITE MININCS DISTRICT, EASTERN ORI.C.ON 50.000 SHARES OFFERED WHEELER & CO., Biotas 1 HROADWAY. NEW YORK Write lor specUl prices anJ prospectus Mention No 60 inJ Hie Norlh American Miner will be milled you mould tree I LAWSON & INGRAM C5K WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS J Wo make a Specialty of Supplies for Miners. . Heinze's Celebrated CiHHid Goods and a Optra Houtt Block Full Lint of Groceries sX Z., 1 StrawborriosandVogotahlosFrosh Every Pay. A NEW GOLD MINE THE STOCK OF THE NEW GOLD MINE THE CRACKER OREGON Located in the same dis trict with the famous North Pole, the Eureka and Excelsior, Golconda and Columbia mines in the Sumpter District in Eastern Oregon, is now being offered, to provide money to do the neces sary development work, such as run tunnels, build mill, etc. 1 his mine shows an ore ledge which extends lor a distance of j.ooo feet on the prop erty, showing a dearly defined vein of from To to 40 feet in width. It will undoubtedly prove to be as great a producer as its rich neighbors. The price of the stock is 15 CENTS A SHARE Par value 1.00, Non forfeitable, Non-assessable, and no personal li MM. The MostSiarohiNg Investigation Is Asked for This Proposition VVHITK OK CAM. UI-UN THE OREGON DEVELOPMENT CO. LEES.OVITT.Agt. Tlilnl Fluor Mtrrill HuiMlng .MII.WAIJKKK, WISCONSIN L