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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1902)
. rtsammmKmmsmmmcxsezizzz: r Wednesday, September 3, 1902 THE SUMPTER MINER HALMA"OUTOFSIGHT " J. E. McManus Returns From Inspecting; That Property. ed. According to tradition, tlmt whk the your in which the mine vim found nnd lost, but us nil of the original discoverers except one tiiiin were killed by IiiuMiuis, very little of its correct history is known. Butte Inter Mountain. John E. McMamiH, of Seattle, one of the mont extensive mining oierator on the Pacitic coast, passed through Stitn ter Monday, on his way home from the Ilalma, a roorty which he is ocuing up in the Greenhorns. Asked as to how the Hulnui is looking, he replied: "Hon estly, it is out' of sight. I am almost afraid to say how good it really does look to me. The unadorned truth sounds too much like wild exageration." Mr. McManus has mined from llritish Columbia to Mexico, including Montana and Colorado, hut for a half doxen years Nist he bus devoted most of his time to properties in the. Cascades of Washing ton, which exericncu has had a ten deucy to make him a trille shy on opti mism, though it has in noway beclouded his judgment. He doubtless has in tho Halma just as good a thing as it looks to Ik-, but in comparison with Cascade )rosccts, it seems too good to Ih true. This isn very noticeable characteristic with all of that Seattle push that has secured properties in eastern Oregon. It waB only a few weeks since 'that A. H. Krust, whose company owns the Vir ginia, made a similar talk to the writer, showing him an assay of seventy-odd dollars in gold of ore from that mine, under promise that it not be published until it was verllied by other assays. That was the lowest he could gut. Cap tain A. V. Anderson expresses himself similarly every time he comes in from a trip to the Tammany and Justice. Mr. McManus says that he has not made the progros that he had hoped to make in ocuiiig up the Ilalma thus far this season, that the men employed there liuvii not been working regularly and considerable time has Ihmjii lost. On this trip he changed his system and let 11 lot of work on contract to Foreman Nelson, to Ihj completed In a secltled time, which will average up the season's work to a satisfactory Hint. The rock is now comparatively soft and rapid pro gress will be made. "Lost Cabin Mlec" Found at Last. At last the 1-ost Cabin mine has been found ! It was closer to Hutte than any one supposed. Had some of tho old prospectors hero known its proximity to the greatest mining camp on earth they would have had it by the nape of tho neck long ago. The Hud was made by Buffalo, Wyoming, men, who were en route to Caspar, that state. The Lost Cabin mine' is on Canyon creek, sixty miles from liuffalo, and notwithstanding the fact that it was in plain sight all the timo, hundreds of prospectors havo leen looking for it thirty years. The discov ery was made by Hoy I. l'cck and I). Van Wagner. Although the property was supped to bo richer than anything that ever cume over the pike, the dis coverers are somewnat disappointed. They cannot shovel gold from its vein. They beliuve it will be all right if prop erly approached, however, and have or ganized a company. It is reiorted that the company has ordered a stamp mill, to cost 112,000, and a cyanide plant. The celebrated mine is a drift in the xide of a hill ; or, rather, the opening in the vein is a drift. It is in forty feet Mud it ia rumored that the face of tho tunnel is in ore so rich that a dollar' worth of gold cati be picked from a square inch. It ia also claimed that in one side of the drift beam the names of Gorman and Wilhelm A roach, and be neath the names are the figures "18tM." Gorman's first name cannot be decipher- Fabulously Rich Strike on Willow Creek. If all accounts bo true, and there is no apparent reason for doubting them, there will spring up u gold mining camp on Lower Willow creek thnt will bo to the almost fabled Hand and to the glor ies of Cripple Creek as the tyie iii to the prototype, or the shadow to the sul- stance. If the ores carry any part of what the assays show, tlie richest regions of the Klondike will pale into insignifi cance, when compared with this, as the tallow candle does when placed in juxtaHsitiou with the brightest arc light that modern ingenuity can devise. Kx-MayorC. M. Kellogg has just return ed from Ontario, where he is engaged in the singe business. While there he vis ited the Willow Creek district. The practical route, he says, is by way of Hereford and Malheur City. He brought in with him a quantity of ore which ho will have assayed. Assays from the same class of ores, made at Huntington and Welser, showed values of (150 to the ton, the lowest being (H5 and in some instances running all the way up to 500 per ton. This strike is on a big butte, on the south side of Willow creek, below the Coles ranch. Tho ore is a talcy, slatey substance, carrying free gold in invisible quantities, and is an ideal cy anide ore. Mr. Kellogg also brought to the city with him samples of what is supposed to bo aluminum bearing clay from near Vale. Herald. Timber and Homestead Filings. Timber nnd homestead tilings, as well as final proofs, can bo made before Charles II. Chance, United States com missioner, otllco in First Hank of Sump tor building, Sumpter, thus saving a plicants expense of a trip to I.a Grande. All the latest novelties in hats at Nolll Mercantile company's. Wouldn't that jar yer? What? Giant Kwder. Fresh candy daily at Hoffman's llak ory. Mining deeds for sale at this otllco. M I N HOW TO BECOME INTERESTED. We will prove by reasonableargumeut and established facts that the opportun ities wo offer to become ossossed of large Interests in Oregon mining proper ties cannot ho surpassed by anyone. It will not require a fortune, but to tho contrary a very small amount of money. Any person having a few dollars to In vest in an enterprise which has tho most encouraging features, and where one person has no superiority or advantage over another, will Hud by addressing the undersigned that these conditions exist This opportunity will not last long. Tim Advanck Mini.no Co., Lock Box F, Sumpter, Oregon. JXltXlCVOfXW BLUE BIRD MINING COMPANY Capital $200,000 A Y Write lor special prices p snj prospectus D3 FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE MINES LOCATED IN GRANITE MINING DISTRICT. EASTERN OREGON 50.000 SHARES OFFERED WHEELER & CO., lukirs it BROADWAY. NEW YORK Mention No. to tnj the North American Miner will be mailed you six months tree GRIZZLY STOCK... 33,f Shares nt less than ground floor price. You van havo it tor 'IK cents in one lump, or .'I cents in broken lots. EST BUY IN EASTERN OREGON Write for particular to BERNARD FLYNN sumpter ore. IF YOU WISH TO INVEST IN MINING Eithar to buy Gilt Edge Stocks, a Prospict that is "tht Mikin-f of a Mint," or ont that is alrtady madt, writ mt what you want and parmit mt to submit a proposition. ADORESS SUMPTER, MINES AND MINING STOCKS OREGON A NEW GOLD MINE THE STOCK OF THE NEW GOLD MINE THE CRACKER OREGON Located in the same dis trict with the famous North Pole, the Eureka and Excelsior, Golconda and Columbia mines in the Sumpter District in Eastern Oregon, is now being offered, to provide money to do the neces sary development work, such as run tunnels, build mill, etc. f This mine shows an ore ledge which extends for a distance of 3,000 feet on the prop erty, showing a clearly defined vein of from 10 to ao feet in width. It will undoubtedly, prove to be as great a producer as its rich neighbors. The price of the stock is 50 CENTS A SHARE Par value 1.00, Non forfeitable, Non-assessable, and no personal liability. Tht MittSunhiRf lnvittiitiii It Asktd fir This Pntatitim WKITK OK CAM. UPON THE OREGON DEVELOPMENT CO. LEES.OVITT,Agt. Third Floor Merrill Building MILWAUKKK, WISCONSIN ii