Wednesday, July jo. 1.902. THE SOMPTEITMINER 11W l j . wl 15 ADVERTISING j OUR GOLD FIELDS Mining Promoters Arc Doing Well the Great Work. Thu illinium promoters who are hand ling eastern Oregon iniH!rthH urn ad vertising tliln country intelligently, lion cutly mid extensively. Thu two local tirius tlint arc iloin the most in thin direction am Neil J. Sureiifen it Co. ami KllliMi, Warner & Stewart. They are sending out thousands of pieces of liter ature every week, telling of the marvel oiiH mineral resources of thu gold fields of eastern Oregon. .1. I!. McMaiius & Son, of Seattle; Wheeler A Co., of New York; V. II. Tibbals, of Salt Lake; l-ee S. Ovitt, of Milwaukee; the Ttirnagalu Arm com paiiy, of MiiiucaolIs, ami perhaps one or two other are also doing exeellent work in thin ilirection. While ench Is paying csecial attention to its own propitious, none are neglecting the -district In general, ami all lire lieing benefitted hy the work of each other the district reaping a great, rich harvest the while. Tiik Mi.nkk has just received from "Wheeler it Uo. a copy of the North American Miner, a publication which they issue monthly, in etlitloiiH of 80,000. It in full of good stuff iibout the Sumpter district ; of course, tellH nil about the lllue Iliril, in which the llrm in largely interested, priutn u picture of .Mayor Bobbins ami given a story from Tiik Minkii the most prominent position in the Itook. The American .Mining Newn, one of the great cIbhh paers of America, in itM issue of July It), publishes an illustrated interview with (S. II. Wheeler on IiIh return to New York from Sumpter. It says : ti. II. Wheeler, of Wheeler it Co., of tli'iH city, who ban just returned from an iiiHccti(iii of his own and other proer ties in the eastern part of Oregon, is enthusiastic over the future of that ter ritory. In an interview since bin return, lie said: "The mineral resources of that part of the Mate, I lelieve, surpass those of any similar ilistrict on the continent. Until recently they do not upiear to have been appreciated. In almost any other dis trict in the world they would have caused a rush and boom nothing less than sensational. And it would bo largely justiticd. Here in eastern Ore gon ure thousands of square miles of gold ore bodies. l.oiig ago it was dem onstrated from the millions yielded from placer workings that gold in quartz must exist, even as it was hIiowii to exist in California, Idaho and Cripple Creek after the rush of placer mining had passed over. Geologists eminent in their profession have, after exhaustive survey and search, tiui)uulltiedly pro claimed the ore riehes of eastern Oregon uh among the greatest on earth. ''The practical guarantee, however, of any district is neither climate, noil nor geology ; it is reul gold and real mines producing it; mid, in that one infallible test and guide, a half dozen sections in eastern "Oregon are absolutely peerless I n1" their gold output, according to the amount of developiywnVdOiie and money "From tnV.C.opH)r mountains, eighty miles northeast of Buker City, clear to the golden gulches of Canyon City, Is one vast mineral bed. Between Baker City and Suaku river lies a free gold zone of 1,000 miles square. Away up umo.ig the Powder River mountains, in Union county, is the Cornucopia district, with u mineral belt miles in breadth and length. The Sanger, Cracker Creek, Sumpter, Granite and Susanville are representative districts, each with its comjionent of mines, many of which have produced millions in gold nud in record time. "Within a little area near Sumpter are a half dozen mines, and u 2,(XXUH)0 cash offer for them would not be consid ered for a moment. They are closely held and it is not ossihlu to estimate their value. By the courtesy of the presidents of the Bed Boy, Columbia ami Goleouda, I inspected those mines and obtained some Idea of the fabulous wealth stored in their ore ledges. The Bed Boy hud just struck an ore Uxly running from fSOO to $1,500 ht ton, but there was very little excitement over the fact. The Columbia has literally for tunes blocked out. The IS0,000 ore I saw in thu Goleouda is not from a rare splinter, but a big lead. Facts ure leak ing out concerning the North I'olemlue, which easily place it among the greatest gold mines in the world. I-ast year its owners cleared f 1,000,000 out of it, ami that figure is likely to be doubled this year. Sou.u years ago the Ited Boy was bought for it few thousand dollars; today its value Is in millions. "Within three years activity in min ing has been pronounced, and at the present time capital, both eastern and western, Is urgently seeking Investment in this Held. I'rosects have Wen de veloed into paying mines and claims purchased at trifling cost have brought fortunes. It is in these later discovered mines now being developed that the public will make money. The older proiertIes cannot be bought except at enormous figures some will not even mime a price." Patho in Names oi Mine. A majority of the mines of Colorado, it is estimated, are mimed after women and children. The earnest affection which so many mlpiiig men feel for their families, the desperate efforts which they make to attain wealth, often sacri ficing the present for the uncertain fu ture, is well typiltcd In the names given to their properties. It may Ihj well imagined that when a mull uumes his mine Thu Kmmu, that Kiniiiii Is his wife's iiiiinu and that ho is lighting the world for Kmma's dear sake. Many a miner has sat over his camp-lire on a bleak night, while his heart was filled with but one image that of his wifoand children. Thus the sunny hoes and the dark fears which cluster uhout the names of mines ure many. When a mini names a claim Thu Only IIohi or Thu Bottom Dollar, there is doubtless more putlios than humor in thu association which suggests it' although the title us ually calls up a smile to the lips of thu uninitiated. The names were probably very suggestive at one time to those who risked their little all with small prospect of return. Kxchange. Golden Eagle Hotel HALF BLOCK FROM R R DEPOT Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. Sam ple Rooms. Electric Light. Telephone, etc. Table supplied with the best the market affords. Mesdames Sparks St Brandenburg Sumpter, Oregon A. P. GOSS, President GEO. H. TRACY, Cashier & Bank of Sumpter 3 TftMieti StMfil lutlM IiiImii Interest Allowed on Time Deposits Drafts Jiawu un al parts (,( (lie auiIJ Special attention tc .oilectlcns. Safety Deposit boxes for rent. SUMPTER, OREGON &'-'' THE GEM SALOON A. J STINSON, Prop. (.Successor to Snyde & Stinson) Only the Best Brands of Liquors Served Over the Bar SUMPTER, OREGON OPERA HOUSE SALOON SUMPTER BEER ON DRAUGHT BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES Agents for Matting ly and Moore Whis key a 20-year-old whiskey as good as Elixir of Life. All whiskies are out of bond and guaran teed the genuine ar ticle. Popular re sort for Commer cial Travelers and Miners. SUMPTER, OREGON J Rata Again Reduced From All Points Eatt. 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