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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1902)
VOL. IV. WILL FURNISH ELECTRIC POWER R. E, STRAHORN BUYS A. V. ELLIS' WATER RIGHT. Will be HaracKd to Drive Dynamos at Company's Power House Great Im provements Planned for Sumptcrt Electric Plant. It. K. Stralioru, owner of the Sumjittir water works uiul electric lighting plant, has bought from A. V. Kllin the witter right used on IiIh placer ground went of . . . town it The consideration is not known. Jp?15'-Tnrwiltrto.iitltf or,doeW2.ur- loe, but will be utilised for power!. It will drive dyimmoH night nnd day,, nerv iiifT as an adjunct to the steam engines in the Miwer house for the lighting plant at night) and supplying all the needed electric; power during the day. It in very probable that the halt dozen or more water wheels now in line around town by private partieH will have to be replaced by electric motor, which will lie a mottt gratifying change to those who huve elsewhere lioen acciiHtomid to the latter. It will le between thirty and sixty days before HiIh water inner can Iw 'properly harnessed and converted into electric energy. It Ih further reporteil tluit one of ilm two or three water-electric xiwer com panieH that ant iiiHtalling hints is en deavoring to secure a contract from Mr. Stralioru to furnish him with all the Hiwer he' need, and that lie is favorably considering the proNxitiou. It in thought that thin if the Itcd Hoy company, iih it can doubtless deliver the good at an earlier date than any of the other, it now having a large force of men engaged improving itx Olive hike water right. Mr. Struliom ix excctcd in Sampler the latter part of this week, when thure will Im "xomething doing," and the public will lie duly and correctly in formed. Payment Made on tbc Mayllower. The third payment on thu Mayllower claim, 111 cracKcr ijreea uixinci, nun uiude in this city Saturday to ,1. II. Fryer, who negotiated the Mile for the owner, Fred Knutli, of Sumpter, to Me Miuuville, Oregon, jieople. The May ftower Ih located 2700 feet west of the (iolcoudu. The purchase, price is re ported to lie (3000. Are Here to Buy a Mine. C. M. McClaren, of New Castle, Penn sylvania, returned thin forenoon from u few days vlxit to linker City, accoiuM ,nied by .1. N. Kmery and Dr. J. K. Pol lock, of the winio place. The latter, accompanied by Warren Cable, left at once on horseback for the Itock Creek district to inspect a group of claims that SUMPTER, OREGON, Mr. McClaren Iikh been negotiating for during the pant two week. Messrs.'Mi Claren and Kmery will go out tomorrow. The gentlemen represent ample capital and will buy a procrty here before they return east, which will be energetically developed under the supervision of Mr. McClaren. Mr. Kmery wax in Sumpter, laxt full. Great Work at Minnesota State Fair. I'rofexxor W. S. Kbcrmuu returned Sunday from the east, lie, with M. K. llaln, K. F. Warner, II. I.. Stewart and Mr. Snyder, the laxt mimed of Duliith, had charge of a moxt excellent display of eaxtem Oregon gold orex, nuggets and dust at the .Minnesota xtate fair at .Mln neaMlis, collected and exhibited by Killeu, Warner & Stewart. They dis tributed large quantities of advertising matter for this district and tirni, Includ ing 400 copies of Thk.Miskk. Professor Kbenuan says that Hie enterprise was a pronounced success, f mile start' to Hutxh and in every resiiect. M. K. liaiu went to the head of the lakex with Mr. Su'' der, and has succeeded in financiering the Kxmeralda und Overland comwuieH. Iloth gentlemen will tie in Sumpter in a week or ten tlavx and start work on thoxe proerticM. Encouraging News From the Friday. Chief Clerk Douuhiie, for Neil .1. Sor euxeii & i., xa, that he haxu't heard anything from Mr. Sorenxen since he wnite ten dayx since fronr Chicago, xtutiug that he had bought a mill for thu Friday, letter from Superintend ent tirilHtli, at the mine, statu that development work ix progressing satis- factor! ly and that ore Issues are already blocked out that will keep the stamps dropping for morn than eighteen moutliH, Mid that he is impatfeut for the arrival df'the mill, ax it ix getting to Ih- quite a problem to hamlle the ore liciug taken out, in exiumiiug me worKiug. Returned From Thunder Mountain. I.. C. Ileckwith, who left Sumpter ev- itrul montlixago to have a try at the IxMimcd Thunder Mountain country, re turned here a day or two ago, with hi mind at rest concerning the widely ad vert ised ricliex of that feci ion. lie nave that he has carefully proxicctcd the en tire region and he wouldn't crfurm the assessment work to xecure a clear title, except for the timlx-r. For any other purMxe itjlnn't wortli live dollar. And the Dewey mine, whose stock ix selling ut u premium in the east, ix not all it is cracked up to lie, either, in hix opinion. 4 Will Rua a First Oats Hotel. A. J. Denny hax purchased the Capi tal hotel and is now the xolo proprietor of that iopular hostelry. Mr. Denny' long exierleuce in the hotel business in sures the fact that hereafter It will he a first class hotel and thoroughly up-to-date. It will be conducted on the Kuro lean plan and the table-and accommo dations will he equal to the liext. The house will In open day aud night ami meals will. be served at all hour. OCTOBER i, 1902. RESUME WORK AT CONSTELLATION All Deals for Sale of Property Called Off. C. II. McColloch returned this fore Hi hiii from IWtlaml. where he went two weeks since, on receiving telegraphic in formation of the serious illness of Ills sou. He reirts that the little man i on the road to recovers. Mr. McColloch, who ix ecretary of the Constellation (iold Mine cnmiuty, xayx that the director have finally call ed off all pending negotiation (or, the salu of that valuable proerty, have de cided to resume oM-ratlons at the -mine and will push, development work as fast ns'itosslble. ATo. raise some money need ed ut once, M),oo6 sTares" ofTft-as'ttfy stock hax been offered for sale at the mere nominal price of ten cents kt share. The Constellation group consists of ten claims, situated in liig Limber gulch of the Cable Cove district. The existence of a continuous ledge has been proven through the entire length of live claim. The length of the several ore xluxitx have not yet been demonstrated, hut om'ii cut have disclosed goixl ruck als'iut everywhere In that distance. There, are several tunnel on the prop erty,, aggregating four or live hundred feet of work. Moxt of this ix 'done near the creek, ami all Ix on the vein, or elxe the ledge hax ln-eii encountered in very short crosscuts. The lead ix a parallel to that of the (ilpsy King and tjueen and oulv MIX) feet distant, the ore being identical in character, full of xulphurets. Vboutonu year ago the writer was In the lirxt tunnel driven, w lieu it had drifted. on the ledge altoiit twenty feet, and a handsomer oro'lxxly he neversaw. The full face of tint tunnel, top, Ixit-, tout aud sides, were all in ore, glittering like cut idus in the wavering light of the three or four. candles there at the time. Fifty assay taken from it dozen different places on the property guvo an average assay of .'7.14. This is iiuipiestiouahly a great prop erty and it i ho-icd that the reorganized company will put it at an early d y where it hclimg, In the pnxluciug class. W. H. W. Hamilton Buys Sumpter Proper! y. W. II. W. Hamilton, wife ami daugh ter returned to Sumpter Sunday from the I'm louse country in Washington, where they have been for some months past. List winter Mr. Hamilton Ixuiaht two or three farms in that vicinity. He ha just lluishcd harvesting and thresh ing Id wheat, and made gl money, but ix not enamored with rural life and will make Sumpter his home in future Monday he Istiight the J. W. Cow den residence, on North street, and the hos pital building now occupied by Drs. I'earce and Anderson, and lias taken NO. 4. possession of Uith. He says that her purchased the hospital as a home for alck und disabled knockers. He goes out to Cable Cove district tomorrow to start work on the (llxy Queen, which prop erty he now owns individually. Rich Ore From the Buckeye. W. II. tileuson was showing today some wonderfully rich specimen of oro from the lluckeye, on the other side of the divide from the North l'ole, which ia owned by himself aud .1. N. Doaue. II o Miuiidcd up a piece of lock the size of Ids list, not very Hue, panned it, ami from this, besides a string of line colors, he got a half iIokcii pieces ol gold, still retaining some white ipuirlr., the size of a x.'ii. He says he has full three feet of such ore. The length of the shoot I not known. Thus fur the ledge has Imhut uncovered by lipcn.outs, but now a tun nel will Ihj driven, tKW feet in length, that will give an equal vertical depth. -L iH-Mr-ll.TBL.. -avuk " - -- .1 C. W. Colby and A. D. Schach,ofpo kane, who have been prosectlng In the- '' ' Quartxburg district all summer, passed '"' through Sumpter u few days since, on " their way home. They expressed them- ' ' selves as being highly pleased with the'' Qunrtxhurg country and their succesa' there this summer, having made four " very promising location on a free gold ledge. They did the necessary locution work and more, revealing the existence of a true llssure vein, the rock from" " which an coarse, gold freely. Next! ' season they will open up the property. ' ' ' ' ' Ruining Work on Rock Creek. A. .1. Hilluker has returned, fronr., , Miti'ien'Mill and is' now at the Monto .. , Crixto, on Hock creek, preparing for active work all winter. The lo.OOO payment due on the property August! was met promptly and development ij ; . , l)iug rushed a fast ax men and money , can ilo it. Mr. MiiuiKer xayx lie mej,, . Killeu, Warner A Stewart' represent!!-. tic at the Minnesota stale fair, watched the work they were doing and ix sure it, (li will result in great good to this country, in general and themselves in particular. .,, Lait Payment Made on Owl and Elephant. Yesterday W. II. W.JIamillun, repro-"'- soiling the Italtlmore syndicate that iMiught the Owl ami Klcphunt, Cabin ' Cove district, made the last payment on' ' that proerty, to K. I. I'lowmun, of llolse,v Idaho. It wax due today, but" was paid yesterday to accominodatu Mr,' Flow man, who wished to leave for"' ' iiome. The Owl and Klepluint mine hak "t ulxiut 7UI feet of working on the vein; which averages, llfteen feet ill width.. Some good ore hax been encountered,. ami plenty of it. " ' ' ' ..u. The celebrated liuinPs "thu beer of ' ...1 ..l.a..' iilu'in-k rill ilrum.lit fit IhlAJ . lit 4r-l .1.-. . M. J " ".. .-.-i- ---.. phy's The Club. .1 II i u if ill want of clothing, ee Neill Mer cuntlle company. ,' 'hj' ' ' I , I. I I ; a 1--