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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday July 25, 19a
RICH STRIKE IN
THE TINHORN
Seven Feet oi Solid Ore Carry
ing Wire Gold.
.I11I111 llnrtli'ttt, tin) prominent citizen
of licisor, wiih In town hint Friday, anil
Inlil nf 11 wonderful strike that had two
days previously lieen iinule on Hilly .lor
dan's property, at Kast (ieiscr.
Il Ih now lining worked under Ixinil by
A. I'. Harrison, Dan Mel. cod and Wil
Hani lingers, who liavn inuneil it the
Tinhorn Mining company. 'I'liey li:ie
sunk 11 shaft I'M feet ami at that point
(truck solid ledge matter currying largu
iiiuntltieH of wirn gold. No assays have
licen made, hut tint valiien certainly run
hiiih in tin) thousands. Seven feet of
ore hail lieen cxpo-ed, withonly one wall
in sight anil wire isold everywhere.
.Mr. Iliirtlittl assured tint writer that it
Ih the inoHt vnlilillile llinl ever made ill
tin) lliiiiau.a district. It Ih iiImiuI a half
mile from the llonaua mine, anil Issup
posed to he on that ledge, although it
Iiiih not lieen ilellnitely traced thu oil
tire distance.
Hilly .Ionian Ih one of the oldtiiucrs in
eastern Oregon, Iiiih heen mining hem
for thirty years and Is still washing out
gold from hin nearhy placer ground. He
liH'iiteil thin property many yearn ago.
.Mi'HHrn. Harrison, .Mel. cod ami lingers
have iiIho resided In the district for a
long time iid are all well known min
ers, w hone many frlemlH am congratu
latino them over their miccchh.
Unfortunately, thin rose, like cveiy
other one, Iiiih Hh thorn. There Ih ii con
lent over the title. Charley I'orbare, of
Sumpter, claims it prior title. HIh side
of the story Is thai Mr. .Ionian locatcil
the properly iih placer jrollliil J that he
discovered the ledge ami locatcil it iih a
ipiait claim. If thin in the cum1, iih
evervouo known, Mr. I'orhaicV claim
will Im-sustained by the courtH, where,
it seems, the ciim1 will Mirelv go for M't
tlemeiit. It in uiidcrsto il that Mr. .Ionian
claiuiHlhiit thin ledge in a hlinil one, din
covered ninety feet Itclnw the nurface,
and Iiiih no couiiectloii with the one l-or-h.im
located. And that putH the whole
iUCHlion in a different light.
24 MILLS IN OPERATION.
Sp.ki.it Man Ttlli ol This Wuadtrlul
Mining District.
"The Sumpter minim: district Iiiih in
actual opeiation twenty-four mills and
cyanide plnutH," said John It. fiissiu
yesterday. " I'lin output of uold ranges
from fVMHl 1 XT inoutliH from the Hiiuiller
iiiIIIh to $7o,WHI per mouth from the
linger mil Ir- anil richer properties.
"K.tcnsivu ileveloiuieut in in evidence
in the district. At the llnuau.i mine n
new hoist in now in oxratiiiii whichco-t
tlMI.IMKI to erect. The Ited liny isaildilii.
sixty stamps to the twcnlv already in
opeiation. Several new luillniue iindei
coiihtriiction and the Ited Hoy company
i working on a gigantic water power on
Olive lake, which it cpcctH to utihe to
Mipply electric Hwer for Itn plant and
for other prniortics in the vicinity of the
Alamo group of claims, near the Alamo
towusite."
Mr. ('assin is secretary of the Ahum
Consolidated Mining V Milling company,
11 SHikiine corMiratlon, organized to de
velop thu Alamo group of nix cIiiIiiih. Ii
Iiiih several hundrcil feet of development
work. The company has just increased
itM capital Mock prepiiralory to putting
in 11 mill, When linked coucc riling this
pro'rty, Mr. ('ussin said:
New York city, recently examined the
proptrty and estimated thu ore ''locked
out in thu upMT luvelH to lw worth $8LT,
4(H). "Thu ore in free milling gold, averag
ing in mill tests from $7 to f 12 per ton.
Several rich streaks of ore vvuru eneoun
tered in thu No. 2 level, gold being visi
hie to the naked eye, and it in excctcd,
hh Iiiih lieen the cane in thu big produc
ing inlni'H in thu district, that higher
grade oru will lx encountered in the
lower level.
"The stockholders of thu Alamo Con-
Holidated Mining A Milling company are
chielly SKikitne people. Up to thin time
them Iiiih Ih-i-ii exeiidcd on the property
$:il,llHI. We are now putting in a water
wheel and fan to Hiipply air in the lower
level. Ah coon iih we cut our lead in thu
lower level men will he put to work driv
ing right and left, aiming to block out
oru iih rapidly iih HiHHible, while thu main
tunnel will Im) continued on IHKl feet fur
ther to cut a parallel lead which Iiiih
been devclncil to some extent on the
mirfacc. Thin parallel lead Ih not iih wide
iih thu main Alamo lead, hut carrier high
er valucH in gold.
"Thu company in in condition, hhhooii
hh the om Ixslv, Ih struck in thu lower
level and the detailed character of thu
mill suitable for handling tin) oru deter
mined, lo Mart immediately iiniii ItH
couHtriictiou, and the company cxccIh
to have it in operation before the clone
of the present year.
"Mining in the district is carried on on
an extensive scale. The mills already
erected in the district are modern and
kept in excellent repair." Spokesman
Iteview. Coppxropolli Elccti Officers.
The CoppernMills company, at their
iiuiiual stockholders meeting, held in
llio olliee of the company, (KIT Mariiiam
liiiildiug,.luly llth, elected A. II. Wll
lell, president ; A. W. Dunn, vice-president
; Momi Marks, Omaha, Neb., sec
ond vice-president ; W. W. (Will, see
lelary and lieasiirer. Several of the
stockholdeis of this wide awake, pro
gressive company were present, and ex
pressed themselves highly pleased at thu
progress thai had been made and the
financial condition of the company.
Mr. Willed, president, and Mr. liibbx,
eerclary and treasurer, have been un
tiring in their effoi Is, having given the
company nearly their entire time and
attention, and we must congratulate
them, as there is no property in any of
the famous mining districts of our fair
-tale that Iiiih more promising show iugs
lor becoming one of the greatest copper
mines in the I'liilcd States than the
t'oppropolis. Such untiling energy an
that shown by the president mid secre
tin v can oulv result in ultimate success.
Golden Eagle Hotel
HALF BLOCK FROM R R DEPOT
Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men.
pie Rooms. Electric Light. Telephone, etc.
supplied with the best the market affords.
MesdameH Sparks & Hrnndenburg
Sam-Table
Sumpter,
Oregon
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I'aciile Miner.
Production ol Gold and Silvtr.
While Miine silver was mined in I Ml 1 ,
il was not a good year. The total pro
duction of the world amounted to 171,
S.'.1,:UM ounces, valued at HKI.OTI.Sill.
I'he amount mined in I1HK) was lll.lol,
,'l!H ounces, or 10,SVl,7-,:i greater than
theye.tr following. Theie wan a differ
ence in tin' price of the metal during
the two wars, however, the ((notation
for HKK) being lll.:t:i, and only .rS.I' ill
I1HII. The output of gold during HHH)
was flU),7i:i,S:iO, and in I1HH it aggrega
ted flM 1.8111,477. Of this vast sum for
11HM thu I'liilcd States contributed ),
.'11,515111111 Australia f7",05S,H:w, which
is about f.',(KK,000 more for the United
Elites for IS'.U.und H.tXKl.tKKl for A us
traliii for thu same year over HKK). Dur
ing Ihu two years the two countries pns
duccd 58 mid 51) Kr cent of the total
lltpilt of the world.
The most iMiwcrful ami popular explo
ive tiiiiut H)vviler.
A. P. (JOSS, President
GEO. H. TRACY, Cashier
& Bank of Sumpter 3
TunMcU Oimril linklni Imlnni
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br.ills Ji.iwii un Jl
SUMPTER,
p.nt! f the a 01 1 J Spt.ul attention ic .olle:tlcns.
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