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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday July 16, 1902
DANGERS IN MINING.
Thrilling Incident That Oc
curred in the Friday.
inilce to the riillro.'iil anil chipped to Suit
Lake for treatment; but, it Kipplin
love to repeat, tlmt Ih another Htory
which Tiik Minkk will not hero relate,
tin eiich Muff rumen Mriclly under the
head of i:i!l mutter, which thin Ih not.
STRIKE IN THE BLUE BIRD.
1 Four and a Half Feet of Ore Going $12
A party of mining men, fitting in tint j t0 525 a Ton.
hotel lohhy an cvciilnc or two ninec, .... ... ... , , ..
...,, .. .... i ' I he llliiu Hiril company report thu
drifted into a d h-cufMnii of the iliinpTH l .... . . . , ,. ' . , ,' .. .
. . , ., , . Mrikiui: thin week of the leditti for which
encountered liy in ii.th work hi)! under ., , , ... ,.,. . ..
, ,. ' ... .... they have, liren driving. I liu ntrike wiih
urn ii. i h w ih 10 how cci nv me liar-1 . ... ,,,-,, . . . u.
" I ..in. 1. 1 ill i. .I...1II1 .if '. I.i. it .it ..I... lit 'IlUl
..ll.'.l ... .. "I. Mill IF. ft..!. .. ..If IN ... .1.11. I.SJ
ration of n-vcral hair hreadth eccnpe
which had come under their pernomil
ol)-n'rv.itiiin. Nell .1. S irc-iiH to won the
II ret prl.e with hit Mor.v, which, under
hix hkillfol mouth manipulation, wan a
veritable hair'Uilidii;: incident; relieved
liy the humor of Irich wit and inluiit
nhle dialect.
feet from the mouth of thu tunnel, uini
None that will prove of ureal Impor
tance, to the camp, mm well lit. for the de
velopment of the mine. The vein where,
croMcut Iiiih a width of four undone
half feel, ami hIiowh value rniiiliiu
from 1 1 to -. Thin Mrlke win made.
directly under thu dlccovery cluift Mink
Ink ,Mi.ni:ii will make no attempt to ,. . , . .. , , ,
. . ', on tin' vein, and hIiowh it to lie about
reproduce the humor, nor to workup ,, .,., ., . .. ,
' . . . ' ,i mi 1 tlii'Hiiiiii width iih 011 tbohurface, though
the Mory in the dramatic Mylc in whicli
it wax related, hut even stripped of ihe-u
verbal ailorumculH, it in worth repeat
ln.'. The incident liappeued at the r'riday
in lie fcvcral yearn ayo, when Mr. Sor-
.......... ...... il.. m ..f ll..ll .....I.
("IIPIIII I1IIP III,' IIIIIII.IKI'I HI llllll III II I I . I .1 I .1 !
, . , . . 1 meiiced liift HpriiiL'. One of them ih 11
properly duriuu it h I) rj-t palmy day of ,,.,,, , , .
1 ' " ' . li.iiul I... I.r.t. 1111. 1 ..inn. 1 ,iu 11 uilnirlij., I.i
priHluctioii, Irefore it wan cloned down by ,. ..11
1 , , , .... , , . . , ' the management, though it verv agree-
iiiifortiiuatiMiti).'iitiou now, forluiiately, 1 .. 1 .1 11..
. , 1 ,1 1 ,.,,. able one, much the mhciivh proved it to
currying higher viiIiich, ami thuHilemou
Mrnting the fact that viiIiich iiicreacc. iih
depth in piiucd.
Thin tiiakeH the third ledge that Iiiih
Ik-cii cut in the main working tunnel of
the Mine llird nince work wiih com-
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heipiile rich in (,'oiil.
The ledge jiiHtHtruck Ih the hccoi.iI of
the live known to be in the property,
and it Iiiih proved to Ik- ho rich, thu
value of the Itlue Hint it would mi-in
will hook rank anions thu lament and
rlehcM luiucH of the ntate.
Development work in licing piiHhed iih
rapidly iih HMihlo, and the public need
by 110 meaiiH fear that thin in thu hint
valuable tlud that will Ims made at thu
Itlue llird. The Ited Hoy will hihiii have
a nclnlilKir in thu Itluu Itird that will
make it keep moving to maintain Uh
1 Mipremacy in the camp. I.awtou Stand
ard.
Another Wondttrfut On; Treatment.
hcltlcd and nctie work rcHiimed. The
bent miner nt the I'riday wiih Tom Ityau,
an erratic geiiiiiH who wiih everliiHliugly
doing Homelliiiig that no other man
would think of or dure do. One day thu
engineer in charguof the hoinl wiiHilelay
ci I for hoiiic. re.iMin in raiHlug (he cage in
which Itvan winhed to dei-icnd. lie
Uriiuiu impatient, Maidenly enraged and
dually Hindu a leap for the cable and 1
Hlid to the bottom of the dntft. When 1
begot there, bin IikikIh wereeiitirely out
of coiiimiHxiou. I'roni the friction they
were burned mid bruihed and lacerated,
and he bad to lay off for two weekn.
Kveu at that lime they had not
healed, but he tired of idlcucHH and
longed for the drill ami hammer. The.
"n" ''" " W,,H I"" '" w,irk h,,,,,l A preH dinpatch from l-lorence, Colo.,
upraine, from the l..(M,M.t to the ND-m-iI hllVH. A ,.. or ,ri.Mtill!. ir((l.iw ,1I1H
level. Thin iiiih in excellent ore all the j,,;, ,K u.rf(,,.,, ,IV ,,,,,, Stonekin.of
way and our friend Ityan wan co.npara- liH ,,,,.,., wli(.,, ,; WIV1 H, .,,.
lively happy; liir.iiiiMiMii.r.-iiliiirilliN 1H1, . 1m! (f ,',r,.,..f,mrt,H f
wiih that he delighted to work In Ml tli.. CrippU-Crt-ik oren. Il in an agita-
ore and bated barren rock an the devil ,i(lll ir,HVN llll(1 r1(H,ing, concentration
in credited will, loathing holy water. n,, ttlllIt!ItIlllltlii are foreiun to tliu
The upraUe wan only leu feet from the ,(,w VWj Mf Stonekiu Iiiih Urn
NI-f.H.1 level, mid there Ityau diilled am H(irklllB , ,, v.-n I i.M. for never.. I
lon.led bin I.oIch, tired Iiih f.ine ami vw(ri ,,,,, (v r,.ivllv , n,,v, 1U
,"",r"'', "" ' !"" 'fenluieHthat he h.vh made the hvMci.i
Hut, uulortnuatcly, he had ntuck h irm., ,,.,,,,,,., v ,; siouckin nvnli it
'"" h,," ,,l,," "I " l"-'"l!'i ' li ' h claimed, ore'earrving fi in'u..l. can
in Iiih ove.allH, made for the puipoM-. iK, lrt.illMi Ml ,tr..lli im.l ..f tlili. itiiM.unt
and huiiirli.iti.il became faMc.ed in , M ll( ,,( HllV(.( T(, w, w,
crevice in the rock IIIh Iiuii. h were ( , ( () lmlltUt ,,, ,,, .
Mill Horc and he con;dn I let go the ...,e lnm up UlWu .,.,, ,,., ih ..
will, either, for ucilher would hold ''; Uarlv adapted to iron ..re; in fad. M.me
weight; ll.cfuhewaHhur..ingwHI,pci..iiOM-ih 1WlHUrv ,.flir,. . .,,.,
..iih rapidity, but nol an fi.M an Ityuu wan w Mw i
talking, pleading for ihihtai.ce, Hying
loHiiare IhingH with bin .Maker, cun-iog
ecrvthing iiIh. and below gioiind ; the
while tugging away at that ieilifu rou
hhx.ii that wan holding him f:n-l ill the
face of certain terrible death.
That Mirely wan a dramatic climax
that an urtiht could work up to great ad
"Now Is the Appointed Time."
The O. It. A: X. Co. ban junt ic-ued a
haiiih-ouicly illiistrnteil pamphlet en
titled, "Oregon, WiiHhingtoti and Idaho
and their riHourcen." I'eople in thoei.Ht
are auxioiiH for iiiforu.iitiou aU.ui thu
1'iieilli tiiirllivi.itat . If I'.m ulll i,i,. tin.
xantage, which Mr. S.ici.m.u did, and , () ,. . x .............,.,..., ... ...1..-
ou tlilH Hut wo., the high '"! l-ri'-lcitviUiHt of na.ueH of eaMern K-ople,
lludidn,t re.nain to Witney p.H.r Uyan h Hhi( 1((( kt.u. , ,, 1,,,,.,,,.,,, ,,e
terrible end, but made a .IuhI. for a Kifej UmU( w ,,, fr,.,. , MU lt.r.
retreat from the iu.H..dii.g deadly ex- Mm Yourn truly, A. I., fri.ig, tleneral
'lVHi""' , , IW-nger Agent.
It wiih not until utter the parly f 1
mining men had refrerhed theiiiHelxeh I'or llneht coufivtioiiH, fruitn, tokicco-,
would he c.uiHcut to tluihh the ntory. In 1 eider, etc., go to "SturgillV."
Home inexplicable wuy, iih hucIi thine- '
liipHnou the htage, Ityau rele.te.l him-j If in want of clothing, ecu Neil) .Mer
it il fund dulled down the drlt jut u ' cautile company,
the bliiht exploded and knocked down " "
M.ut -eventee,! to.iHofore. Sir W ouldn't that jar yerV bat .' (.hint
u.iMiu then xoltiutccieil miiiiu iufoiiiia- lH,w,,,'r'
tlou iiIh.ui the Mueller rctimo-on that lla.lewood icu cie.iiu will Ik- -cru-d
rock, which vMK- Hurled, liattle.1 i.wtnu dally lit "StuigiltV."
A. P. (JOSS, President
GEO. H. TRACY, Cashier
& Bank of Sumpter 3
Trintieti a Central linklni la.lntii
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
Ijr.ilis Jiawn un jI pad: i.f Hit aoiIJ Spcbl alteutluii to ,oile:ticns.
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