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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1902)
, 1 4 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday September 24. 1902 1 RICH STRIKE IN THE OLD AR ASTRA Property is Being Intelligently and Rapidly Developed. Having learned (if 1111 uuunuully rich Mrlku recently uiudu.ut the (Mil Arantru mine, nil (irmilti! creek, four milen nurtli i of iniiiltc,'the editor of thin paper init-' Jed tlin proiiertv thin week unci found came nwannn of tit. almond-eyed (len tinl. In tin- placer liuldn, iliiy by ilny, for iiimiy long yearn toiled thcne dincb pli'M of ('ouluciun. Itow miiiiy nilllioiiH they extracted from the gravel iiml the hiiiiiIh in only it matter of conjecture, uh .lolin li iiitiin 11 11 iinikc- no Htutcmuutn lo the public of IiIh gaiun. Like, their pre ilcecnnorn, tin Chinamen pnlil no ntti'ii tiun to tliu mineral ribbed IiIIIh which development ban proven in the real noureu of tllu noble, metal wlilt'h tliey nought. Again it remained for theCuuciiHlan to do tliethinkliie undimuku the effort to Active tiNTiitioiiK 011 thin rich iroK!r-1 ,Hcover h nnw Hoirtee of wealth. My ero begun only two wcckn ago. A Jt ,W1'H ) ,WMl tft tliis Mammoth, the good tunnel mid nhaft bonne, are already ,rHt ,nnrU mnnK t.itiMi ,, ,K.atw. completed uud now fully Mocked up with 1 'n,0 dlmovenini, Andy riniith ami .lack l.lackMiiltli and carimnterV outfltn. A Sandernon, idiould go down in hlntory uh working fhaft Iiiih juM U'cu e itemed 1 1,,0 tw ntm w, gnw ,(,mrU mnftK and In no' down about thirty feet, and j,muof t,0 moMt t.xu.nHive ond richeit well timliereil. Work on tllln nluill Ik ,lHtril.tN In the world. It tirt. that "the half had not been told." Mug puxhcd vigoroiinly, night and day, with two nhiftn of men. The nliufl In lie ing nuuk on the Arantru ledge, which in nearly vertieal. It carricn wry high 'grade, free gold ore, which In Itcing Hack ed for nhipmcut. The Aruntru (iold .Mining company in For thirty yearn following the discov ery of the Mammoth mint) there in not much hi the way of uurtr. mining for the liiHtoriau to record. The region wan remote from linen of trannMirtation. The principal itopul tion (.'hlucnu, who took out all thuv .. .. .. 1 a eoriH.raiiou reeeuuy inruici ior ", e(,,,d und put nothing back. Tim com purport of oeruting mlncn on Granite mrutVM inueeennibllltv ami other catiMM, creek. The company in ollicercd uh fH although there wcru nmnuilnu HhowitiKM Ieh: I'reHident, .1. K. Saylor, huiktIii- in t, ,lrV( ku,,t c-upitaliHtH and ' lent of SMikano public wIkm)Ihj vice ,nn,1(, .n from InvcHllgutlng itn re- prenldont, I). I.. Klllun, if tti tirm of J H,,nr,.,.H lo Krt.rtt uxtcnt. Killou, Wamur A Stewart, of Sumpler; j In m three decade after the Unit treaHiirer. I-.. I-. Warner, of Sumpler; ',Hevrry of u,uiirtx gold, thellttluGruR necrctary. Dr. W. II. Hcppe,ofSuinptr; vim, ,wg rom, Htyll the Sumpter HiiH.riulendont and n pi I mummer, , Vulli-y railway, extende.1 ItH diminutive Capt. C. S. Miller, of (iranite. HUrup (,,. raiH ,,,( nu, itH Bim, ,imt .iiemrx. ixiueii, itiinienx Dicwarv nro . ,,. ,.. hwoih hand tov earn into the lineal HucntH of the company, and their ability uh IIiiiiim-Icix luxiireH a kimnI workiuit capital for development work, which will lie vlKorounly punlied duriiiK the winter on the (iiiiiouh old Wcljjman Croup of iuIiich. The nelectlou oUJipt. ('. S. Miller uh Kcncial mummer uud pupcrinteudcut of the compuuy will iiiMpire conlidunce in an able, Intelligent and houct adminix (ration of ItH affiilrN. 1 1 in vawt million exMrlence In all ltHbraucheN,comuieuc ed thirty yearn ap at SilvcrCity, Idaho, where at one time he had in chure for San l;rauclhcocapituliHtMthreemiiieNaud two iiiIIIh, for which he received unitary of tlNKl er Uh. ('apt. Mlller'i ex- Hrieuce in miuex and mill hi thiHcanip cnvern a htIcmI of twenty-live yearn. He . formed the original Monumentul com pany anil under bin entire miperviiiiou the mine wiih IhiuhIiI, extensively dovel optnl and a nillliuu plant erected there- 'on, which Miccenhfullv treateil the ore. We do not heidtate lo cay that no mill- let: man in the nlitto ouiraukH him in ahilitv iu the mtlihitf Old Ara-tra (iold texceeiliut:ly (oituuate in i-ccuriuK u man -n( bin ability and eeiicnce for general maiumer. (iranite (ieiu. Sumjitcr, tlniH funuectiiiK. in a meaiuin, the heart of the mining dltUrlcl with the Oregon Kuilroad & Navigation Co.'h linen at (taker City. With thin narrow tillage, the dintrict from that date Ix-gan to forge ahead. The hill Itecame alive with iriMec torn. Mining men and iuveHtora began iMiuring iu and the country awoke into new life. Naturally it took about three yearn to prove the many niinen that had Im'cii found, and it in authoritatively utatetl that iu no inntance when prnHr mining ban been carried on ban then, been u failure. Some of the mont prominent geolo gintn and uilneralogintN of the continent have cap-fully examined the entire din Irict. and all are of the name opinion, vl. : that the ore ImkIich go down to nucha depth that modern mechanical appliance can not Imttnu1 them. The mineral licit ha" I teen traced nixty milcf iu length and twenty mile iii width, vet provpeiiiug in that area in iu itn Infancy. I low cut. in tue nuon I'inc unit u g profennlon, and the ' elopmeiit luin been ging on, there ilr. mi.,1 .,... i,. now T'.'l ntnnipndioppiug in tliodlMriel Mi ilng conipaio in ,, ,. Kemp in Minim:. I I FRED G, LAWSON (SK , . WHOiESALE AND RETAIL GROCER Jib Wi mike t Specialty of Supplies fer Miners. HiiRzi's Giliintu1 CmhmI 6els mi i Ofir. khii Mick Fill LtHt if Greciriis uT a!L Strawbtrriis xii Yititiblis Fresh Every Diy. American Brewing and Crystal Ice Co. E. SIBER, General Manager. Manufacturers of First Cliss Draught and Bottled Also Ice Made of Distilled Water. The most modern equipped plant in the state. All orders promptly attended to. Telephone, Main ij. BAKER CITY, OREGON. BEER Mining ; Blanks , ' FOR S.-tLE BY Quart and Placer Loca- -run lions, Tunnel Claim and T ML Water RjM Locations, C .Mdtc:d Proof of Labor, Affidavit zAjvW I tK of Discovery Work IV1IMPO Mining Deed, Option to I lllNLlA Purchase, Quit Claim Deed, Lease j j j j 4- EASTERN OREGON GOLD FIELDS. Brief Sketch ol the District Since the Dit covcry ol the Yellow Metal in 1861. In the year ISHI gold milling Hint be gun iu tthat in now the lamed Minuter dUtiict of eanteru Oiegou. I'lacer uiiu iug wan the attraction which diew thoiiMiudnof hardy aigiiuautn from ('ill ifornia and other p.irtn of the world. After exhaiinting, a they nupponed, the rich nhallow digglugn on the many ercckn, thene braxe pioncem moved on to eoniUer other obntaclen, for lliu-e weie lint dayn of ntaniHHlen and dintant lleldn apMarel more green, no ntlll fur ther northward llowed the ntreaui of gold diggern, leaving behind them un told millioiin of the yellow metal buried iu the eternal htlln ateiii: the lia-e of which they wanhetl out the iiucgctn and i diint, giving no ihouiiht to the nource ' from whence the precioitn metal came. i rollowiux the deparijug white mail HeWniL r BrVKpHeF Z Friction Clutch COUPLINGS POWER, TRANSMISSION MACHINERY 1 SPECIALTY GanRESPaNDENCE SOLICITED -AND' PULLEYS POWERFUL, SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE FOR rURTHCR PARTICUlAAt AODRCaB WILLAMETTE IRON AND STEEL WORKS PORTLAND, OREGON