Wednesday, July 2$, 1902
THE SUMPTER MINER
BIG TIMBER RUSH ON.
Cruisers Are Making Money
in Eastern Oregon.
One of the blggeM ruslien for timber
locutions noun in the northwest in now
in progress in various eaMern Oregon
counties, especinlly Crook and (irant.
It is claimed that in Crook 10,000 acres
have been taken up in the last 100 days.
In Grant parties ot prospectors have
been met everywhere traveling through
the wood In company with timber lo
cators on a still hunt for corners and
government stakes.
Along the north fork of the John Day
and on the numerous creeks tributary
to it a heavy belt of yellow pine, hith
erto almost untouched exists, measur
ing several million feet generally to the
quarter section. Small settlers are
scattered through much of It, and the
holdings of these men, located generally
without regard to government corners,
generally overlap somewhere. No dif
ficulty of tiny account is Iteing expe
rienced with them, however.
A real harvest is being made by the
professional timber locators, who,
through a knowledge of the country
are able to command foO, f".r and
100 and even more from those parties
who want to corral a good yellow pine
tract. These locators are having a pretty
busy time of it now, for some times a
dozen timber hunters strike the John
Day in a single morning. The outside
world is just awakening to the fact that
a virgin forest of pine is left in eastern
Oregon.
The l'alouse has furnished a large
number of claim hunters. Others are
flocking in from eastern Oregon towns,
while some people on the sKit them
selves are beginning to look up quarter
sections, lest the stranger come in and
take everything there is before the resi
dents get round to it. l'endlen Tribune.
the camp, haulers would rather come
here than go out any other way, because
the roads are so rough and steep. It
would only take a little mouev to make
this : miles of road passable ami some
thing ought to bo done toward it. Pen
dleton would get all the trade from Sns
auvlllc if this pice of road was made
decent. The rest of the way is all right."
Kast Oregoniun.
BADGER CONCENTRATES.
Arc Bclog Hauled by W"gon to Pccdlc
ton for Shipment.
The first loads of ore and concentrates
arrived Friday evening from the Hunan
ville mines to be tthiped from Pendleton
via the W. & C. It. and X. P. roads to
Taconia to be smeltered.
Dan .McAlpin and James Griltiu
brought u loud each and took them to
the Hunt depot, where a cur is being
loaded. This ore is coming from the
Badger mine, where an eight-stamp mill
was recently installed, and is the first to
come out.
In speaking of the Badger mine and
Susanville camp, Messrs. McAlpin and
Griflinsaid:
"The camp now ban about 'J00 eople
who are drawing their supplies from it.
While Susanville is not a city, or one of
those boom mining camps which grow
up in one day and perish almost as
quickly, it is growing very rapidly and
is as lively as could be expected. The
Badger mine is one of the best proierties
in that territory or it may not be the
best, either, but it is being dcveloed
beyond any other and is showing what
is in it. .Many other proterties are
showing up tine and it only requires a
few more mills in there to prove to the
world that Susanville is a mining coun
try not to be sneezed at.
"The roads between Susanville and
Pendleton are excellent except for about
35 miles. This is from Dale into the
camp. Part of the road is almost im
passable with a load. The eople of
Susanville would like to see this oeiied,
so they could haul their ore out and u
plies back from Pendleton. While it is
almost twice us fur from Pendleton to
Struck It Rich in the Blackcye.
W. II. Butler, the well-known mining
man, and bam Kershaw, who has ex
extensive mining interests in the
Spanish gulch country, returned Tues
day from u two weeks' trip to the
Greenhorn district, in the northern purl
of the county. Air. Butler stated to a
News representative that he and his
partner hud struck something that was
all right while over there. They have
named their claim the "Blackcye." It
is situated just west of Greenhorn City
and the rich Psyche mine. The ledge is
twelve feet wide and is literally lousy
with free gold. Mr. Butler was offered
a large sum for the mine while there,
but refused it, saying that it would re
quire 25,O0O to talk business. Messrs.
Butler and Kershaw will return to
Greenhorn in a few days and commence
active operations. Grunt County News.
Rates Again Reduced From All Points East.
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rates via the Illinois Central railroad
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it will pay you to write us. If you
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will never regret the trip. If any of
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coming west while the low rates are in
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