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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1902)
THE SUMPTER. MINER Wednesday, August 11902 ' RED BOY STOCK ON THE MARKET MONEY WANTED TO INSTALL WATER-ELECTRIC PLANT. Fiily Mn at Work by September First Will Sink Another 1000 Feet and Extend Tunnel Into New Ground 600 Feet Flnt Dividecd Paying Mining Company in Eattern Oregon to Olfer Iti Stock for Sale. Tim ureal Itcil Ituv CoiimiIIiIiiIciI In lU'tinilly offering it h ctix-k for eiilu to thu public. Tlint In ii more iKitnlilc t.'Vcnl in tlii1 history of (Irrcoii mining tliuii WOlllll lllN'lir to till I'llhlllll llllMTMT lit llic II i el tiliincc. It mciiiit iiiorc tliuii I lie mere fuel t lint tliix ix the llrxt ilivi tlciiil inlying milling i'oiiiniiiy In thu pilil llulih of cnstiTii Orrpni tluit luif ever lilni'iil it h Mock on tin niiirkrt. It Inili-' i'iiIch tht) Kriiiifyini! furl tlmt tin- policy of lliiiiiit'irrilii! liiililnu proposition litis llt'l'll icvoliiliiiiiii'il, iim well iih thu iiii'IIhmI of uorkiii) n propeity liotli , luiviiii? Ih-i-ii iMiMlcrnicil. The llcil Coy CoiiNilMiitfil Ih tin' cm-J liiMliiiicnt of tliln iikhIitii hpiiit, ui' u un tile oM Iteil Hoy rouipiiiiy of llio iiiicieiil lili'ii tlmt the uok'I wiiy to oicii il il ; mini' hum for two or three men to work ihelii.-elveH into ireliniliire old iie, j rather tliuii nill for uuli-lile iih-iMiincc, through tin" iiieiliiini of treiiMiry dock miIch. Thin mine pulil for itc own ilcxvb , oiinent. It reciiirel iiiiiny yciun of luinl woik hy Itn owneif, hoth physical , labor iiihI ineiital, to iircoiiiplihh that , end. , It wan tho llr.-l eoniany in the flute to hiftnll n leal up lo-date pinking pliiut. I Title iniiioenient ulouo coM iionrth of f loO.IMKl, uhieh xxiie ahl for fiom tho j it i tl ii-1 of thu inliie. That If n largo ainoiiiit of money to hold out fiom the leveliui'f derived fiom twenty eluuipe, ill addition to the Inrtte ruin neeeffiny to eai ry on esteiifixe eiloriitlon ami development xorl, Theiefoie, it if now annoiiiit'cd that, rather than flop the pax incut of tlixb ilelidf, the eomp.iny will fell Mock to raife the f-'.'itt.tMHI or $::h),lHM needed to develop the Olive hike water power and liiftiill a ureal olivtiic plant of I.Vhl liorfi' Hiwer. 'I he detailf of thin piopo filion Tin: Mimiii Inif lepealedly pub lifhed. The important fact nmneeted therewith at piffont if that hy S'plotn. liei I a half hnndied men will he at work on the joh mid it will he riifhed thionuh to early I'oinpletion. In fact, il in hoped thi.t thif eleetric iwei' will lie ready for ntili.allon hy the time the forty additional flump are iiiftalled. Plenty of money will Ii- available, for thin Muck if fine to fell re.nlily. A fiifer, higher intereft paxing iuxcMiiicnt 1 Iiiin rmely heen offered the pnhlie. I Oilier impiovemelitf for the iminetli ate fnlnie are alfo planned for title eplon. did propel ty. I'ilft mid foremen!, the hilt finkinu plant will refiune ocirilioue in it I'oiiple of weekf and tho tdiaft will In Mink another thoiifiind feet, iih rapid ly iih iHiffilile. Then, too, the lonu cruet-cut tunnel will ho extended thiough the Monaii'h, Ited Hoy, C.'oiu'old and Maine rlainiH and liOO feet into new ground, opening up two Ictlgce that have heen exploited with oeii eulf, hut never develox-d, Thefefiirfiiee workinuH have demotiftrateil that tho ore if high grtitlc, eharaeteriftie of tho illftriet. The vein will lm encountered at a (Hiint giving 700 feet of bucke. All thin work will U paid for from the output of the mine, which run Iw done without tlilliciilly. Ami on the heel of all tliefe planned ImprovementH coiiiuh the nutlicnticutuil roMirt of another rich Mriko on the Concord vein, "North," iih thu ledge north of tho tunnel Ih ileeignatwl. Tho Law ton Standard of Saturday hh)h: "Thu Ited Hoy company ban ulwayH Iteun ii cIohu corxiration ; Iiiih most htfaloufly Kiiardeil tho Fucrt'tn of diet-ov- uriuH made at the mine, and iih ii rule an outfidor Im iinahlo to gain any Informix- ' tiou iiImhiI thu mine, other than tlmt thu twenty etiinipe aru kept dropping con- tiiiually mid that the men receive their pay regularly on the tenth of euch I month. In fpito of the caution of thu ' iniiiiagcre of the company thepartlculitrH of a rich difcovury leak out occiiHionally. , Such Iiiih Itccii the ciihu thin week. On , Tucfday thu workmen in n winze doing 'fiink on the North .Monarch broke into lore that rmiH well up into the thoiifiimlH. The winze Iiiih Ih-cii funk for a coiif icier- able diftauce from thu old working level and all the way Iiiih I icon in the very rich oru with viiIiioh increiifing iih depth , if attained. On the Helen lodge, in thu Concord ground, in a pay eltoot that rl valf the one found in the Monarch vein, IhiIIi iih to fize and value. The iieeay matin from thu Helen ledge on Tueeday fhowed viiIiioh better than tlKM to the ton. The authority for the iiIhivo Infor mation in thoroughly reliable, mid wo are fiife hi making the iif.-ertion that the nm bodice of the Ited Hoy mine never fhowed higher value nor larger uanti lien in fight ready lor the mill." Theie in no doubt iih to thu fabulous richucHH and extent of thin nlriku on thu .Monarch vein. K. .1. (iodfiey wiih hi town I'riday with fainplen of the ore,' that were fully half free gold. Til K ' Mim:ii'h informant paid that it wiih the I lirft time Mr. (iodfrey wiih ever known to be excited over anything connected Willi the Ited Hoy. The fignillcalit feat ure of lliif hifl llud if that it wiih tuailu in Ihudeepefl worklngf on the property, domnufi rating boxnnd doubt that viiIiioh ineicafo with depth. That the Icilgon "go down" wan pioveli two yearn ago. Killed, Warner .v. Slewail, of Sump tor, luixe fccurcd the ngency for tlienale of Ireafiiry flock and there if nothing the matter with thai flrike, either. New Qimli Mill Invented. The new ipiarty. mill, for whicli a pat ent ban been applied by .Meffrn. Iliu.el line V Hoyce, ol thin city, Iiiih Ih-cii run ning every day thin week at thu Canyon City planing mill, where it in ciUfhing ore from the Hebo ipiart. mid placer mine, on Miller mountain. The mill, which xxn coiiftructeil dimply for a model, if built of wood, with the excep tion of the dteel band on the mller. Thu mill iif it ftaiulH will ciiifh nlxtut '.'Oil Miundi of ore per hour, but when con ftructed of iron it h capacity would bu doubled or trebled. The Inivh have run through about l.'KH) pouiuU of iiiart. thin week, which if exceedingly hard, but of a very high grade. With a doft, high grade ore the mill would pay big roturiif. The xvater for Hluicing Ih pumped from the creek into a renervoir, 'xhere il can Iki lined an needed. A Nuxvh reprcfentutive vifitiil the nceno of ojier atioiiH yefterd.iy and wiih finprifed to llud a macliine reprefeutiiig ho great an amount of ingenuity. The Ixiyn certain ly have a fortune in thu mill. Noclean up Iiiih Ih'cii made iih yet to determine the richucHH of the ore which they aru criiHhing, but iih It iiHfa.VH very high, the cleanup, xx hen made, U exHi'tel to be large, and the oxvuern xxill no doubt have a good nixed gold brick to deMidit with their bank account. (Irani County NewH. Ilarrifon, the tiiaut Powder man xxautH every miner to make hid olllco lieadipiiirlcrf when in Suinpter. Tho celebrated (iiiiiiI'h "tliu beer of gixKl cheer" ulxvuyd on draught at Dun phy'd The Club. J. G. 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