THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, August 6, 1902
BIG POMEROY DREDGE.
Building: of it Greatest Enter
prise in John Day
Country.
The iiiiiin'iiw I'omeroy ilrwlKo, rol
Hlily tin- liluut'Ht Htriictiiri' of tlm kind in
the entire went, iHcxxvttMl to commence ,
oteruliiiiiM ni'ur John Day City, on tins i ami IiIh hoiih, Horace, Tlionmx II. mid
North I'ork of tlie.lolm luy river, Moii l.liime-.
puny are carried out, from twelve to fif
teen eorln of wood 11 day will be required
to keep up hUmiiii, nereHitntinu, with
the crew needed to run the dredge, quite
11 law force in eoiiHtaut employment.
(Miriuir coiiHtruetion llfteeii incrhauiiH
liuve heeu need nil the time, while eight
or ten men were unpaged in cutting
wood part of thu time. Several more were
needed in brinKing in the lmmenie tim
Utm and in freighting. Altogether neai
ly f40,000 wiin paid out in vvagex alone
while material rout well up to $I00,(HM).
The eontrnetorn went Tlinmax I'omeroy
lny morning. Nearly a ear Iiiih heeu
voiiMimed in building tliix mounter min
ing Ixint. The eimt hit been ahollt
fliffi.OOO.
It 1h the lilirueMt enterprine ever liiiinrli
ed in the John Day. It weigh alto
(ether 750 toiiH. The nnicliinery weigliN
!K!U toon. Ten tmiM of ImiIim were imed In
countructing the hull alone, and 170,000
feet ol lumber. DillleultieH encountered
in building tliU dredge will Ix- appreci
ated when it In reuieinliered that iiiohI
of the material wax hauled in over wild
mountain roadn in winter time from the
nuareat nliliiug Hilnt,nlxty mileriiiway.
Tliemt roada, at that timealmoiit ImpaHN
able for a freightur'n oiittlt, had to Ixi
lined by tlie dredge contractorx for nee
tioux of machinery which HnmctimcH
thirty-nix tunica were required to draw.
Tim dredging company Iiiih Mccured by
purcluiHe, learn) and bond iininciiHC con
ci'MMioiiM nloug the la'dof the North Fork.
Thin tortuoiiH, turbulent mountain
Htream Iiiih for agcx been windiing down
fine HiiudN from itH headvtaterH and de
ponitiug them along it courne. A man
can go out with a panning outfit and
make fair wagcx, and in jciim gone by
hcorex of men hae made a good living
panning on the North I'ork. When the
It I Htill problematical what proHt
will lie realized from the dredge, huj
m-veral hundred dollarx a day above ex
MmteH in miid to be u modcrateeMtimate.
Similar drtvlgea are making big money.
The Southern dredge, oieratiug near
Idaho City, Idaho, in miid to he making
fttOO a day, over ex'HHVM. The Han
uiNk, Montana, dredgex, of which three
are in oieratlou, are xald to clear an
average of ftlOO a day, while thu Conroy
I'lueer Mining company'H dredge, work
ing in Itiiby Valley, Montana, in paid
to have averaged over $500 u day alone
thin xeamiu. The I'omeroy machine in
nun larger m-iile, it ia allegul than any
of thee.
Few people have wen or heard of thin
mounter cutcrprixc, on account of the in
accexxihilitv and remotenexx of the dis
tant xecne of opcrationx. It ix over 100
milex xouth of Pendleton, and the near
ex t railroad lnt ix Whitney, on the
Sumpter Valley r.iilroad. SKikeHUian
Hev'ew. The dredge begun oH'riitioux TueHlay.
Rich Cable Cove District.
Whenever the Cable Cove ix mention
ed, it ixalwayx in connection with xome
rich mining proiMixltiou. For thu terri-
imiiiohk Mil INI' .."IIO I inn. . iii-ii mi- I - i.i
bext ground had Ix ghly ttrk(., ' l'ry '..braced, there x pn.bably not n
over the river bed wax ahaudo With , m'T '"' " ",e """ " " "'" "l"
th. w machinery to Im en.ploved, the ''1' " " v ,M' V'"?,' "?
dredger p. le aie content to take what , ""' " "'"-
romIIM j niu, Overliuid, li.iKirial, hixt ( bailee,
Thel'on.erovdredgewlllnxeahucketl.,tl,,,.v .MrKw "I"1 V." ,':,i,,, '"H
xyxlem, unt unlike the old faxhioncd ele-
been the moxt develojieil and are hext
valor buckelx In Hour n.illx, threxhing . tli- Oregon Chief. Clark group I
machii.ex ami wheat warehouxex. Thexe , "'' '. 'l'-y Kinij .....I a half.
oiuerx nave Hiirime xiiowiugxi
loen
which indicate that good hodieri of high
grade ore will lw found when depth ix
attained. The Crown Point ix now in
(dulling mi air couiprexxor plant and will
have itx ore ImnIv exxixed at a depth of
W0 feet within the next xixty dayx. A
hoixt and pump outtit will xoon be in
xtallcd on the ltxt Chance, xlukiug hax
lieen eommeiiced on the (iipxy King and
on all xidex the hillx are reverberating
with the xhotx of thu ti'iucrx hlaxliug
their way into the heart of the mountain.
"Now U the Appointed Time."
The I). It. N. Co. hax juxt Usm-d a '
buckelx aie faxteued to a huge chain.
There are tweuly-xeveii hucketx, each
weighing 1000 poiiudx. Ilm'h link of the
great chain to which they are attached
weigh 500 pouudx. and ax there are
tweiity-xeveu buckelx and twenty.xeveu
liukx itetweeu each bucket, the entire
number of liukx ix 7i!0,ui.d the aggregate
weight :tll,500 iouuilx, or over 15'.' toux.
The hucketx revolve round a xteel ladder
weighing '.'1,000 pouudx, and ax they
reach the lop of the ladder they are
overturned by a huge tumbler, whoxe
weight ix 7000 pouudx.
There will be few more iuterextiiig
xightx in the iuterextiiig John Pay than
licu Ih.x Ireilge xlarlx operatloux. A ,llmu,llt.v ihruted iiamnlilet en
big proltnxei ix plungel lieneath the tilled, "Oregon, Wuxliingliui and Idaho I
water, Ihe wheelx revolve and the buck- n, ,.r n-Howvex." People in theeaxt
eta iK'giu to rixe with their load of im. xioux for Information ulxmi the
water, gravel and mud, dumping them, Paclllc northwext. If you will give the
an they are overturned by the tumbler, ), , ,v. N. company agent at linker
into a hopper, where Miwer(ul pumpx City a list of nnmex 'of eaxtern people,
are fun-lug water at high prexxure. ttiii r,, m,,.y t u interexted, the
From the hopper to Ihe river behind InMiklel will be mailed free to xuch ht- '
ruiix a I nig xlmce, along which the pla- ' ,,, Yourx truly, A. I.. Craig, tieneial
cer iHMring mud and gravel are waxhed ( PuKxeuger Agent.
by the xtre.iiux of water. Amalgaiuat- -
iug platexand rilllex are Im-alcl along I Timber and Homestead Filings. (
Ihe xluictt and tlie xpeekx of gold catch TiuiIkt and homextead tllingx, ax well
on and xtay. Of courxe much ix waxlcd, 'ax llual proofx, can Ik- made I K' fore .
hut xo gieat ix the amount ol ground Charlex II. Chance, Culled Malex com-1
to I hi worked that thlx ix not coiixid mixxiouer, otlice in Firxl Hank of Sump, l
ereil. ter building, Nimptcr, thux xaviug ax
llixx.iid the twelve buckelx, which plicantx expense of a trip to l.a (i ramie,
make their roundx each minute, will , "
raixe niuety-xix eubie yardx of earth in j uJ'JCS oX'e
that time. If true, there ix no dredge in headquarterx when in Sumpter.
tho northwext built on nearly xo elabo-1
rale a xc.ile. I The celebrated Ound'x "the beer of
When full operatloux are xtarted Musi- good cheer" alwayx on draught at Dun
day morning, if the pinna of the eoin- phy'x The Club.
J. G. Connell
COMMISSION GO.
Wlratosala ami RbUU Otalrt in
Hay, Oats,
Steamed Barley,
Bran. All
Kinds of Feed and
Poultry Supplies,
The
Celebrated
Cream of
the West
Flour.
Condition Powders for Horses and Cattle.
Truck and Transfer.
Granite St. J. G. CONNELL, Prop.
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ALL
WELL DRESSED MEN
In Sumpter and vicinity have their clothes
made by
FLYNN, the Tailor.
Big Lins of Fall Goods Just Received.
CKNTKIt HTRKKT, NKUI I1IHTUPFICK
OREGON.
SUMPTER,
EUREKA FEED AND LIVERY COMPANY
S
T. II. T.VYI.OH, I'llOI.
Horses boarded by the dav or month. First
class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our
specialty is the quick and safe delivery of
freight and passengers to any and all points.
OFFICE OF THE CABLE COVE STAGE LINE
DELMONICO HOTEL
RATES, $1.00 PER DAY AND UP.
Electric Lights and Phone. Hot and Cold Baths.
M. SPENGLER, Proprietor
Joshua Hendy Machine Works
Nos. 38 to 44 Fremont Street
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
IMPACT WATER WHEEL
Quartz Mining and Milling
noisune, rumping ana
Saw Mill Machinery. Hy
viiuuiib Iflllllllf ItiaillHICI ya
Liiants, Water Gates and
Hydraulic Rivited Pipe. J
Water Wheels and Water
Motors, Engines. Boilers,
Pumps and Machinery of
every description. J j
j Prospecting Machinery.
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