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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1902)
1 THE SUMPTEK- MINEK Wednesday, October ?ri902 p; IMPROVEMENTS ' AT THE GOLCONDA LARGE EXPENDITURES PLANNED , FOR IMMEDIATE FUTURE. Will Increase Water Power lo 500-Horw, Eliminating Steam Entirely New Sinking; Plant Goei In at Once, A, Capable of Going Down 1300 Feet Now One Mile of Underground Working! In .the Mine. (miU'oiiiIii NtiN'k, Iiiih, Immjii .withdrawn from tint iiiurki-t foruliut tlircuinitntliH. Vliiiitliiitwiiti)rfiill.:,iiiiirvliiiiMly ridi orccliiMit, tlmv.xciU'il tjiu inltit iiu world thrcn ycurn hi.iiihI whn iiftt-rmtrilM loxt, wax iiickci iit IiimI Hpriiitf Uy tint mow t'itiiMtny Unit luul Itoiitflit thu mint) only it few vw-ekn prm'ioiiHly, 4 1 tt wtoek hjIiI ho rapidly at tlin incro nominal price of llfli-oii or twenty i-i-nln, ImiIIi at lioinu ami aliroail, that hkIi'i wcro ntoppcil. It wih known tliut tvti Htumpn would pay for all ntrt'pnary ditvclopniunt work, and iih Ilit NtiM'k waH offered for that pur pone onl) , there whh no further need of hi-11-inuil. The new iimiiiiKi'ineiit Iiiim hIucd then, In working "very available, man, dem-oio-tiuti-il tho faet that the (iolconda contaiiiH not only the rlcheMt Kiild-lx-ur-iiii: MM'k over found in a trim llnMiire vein, hill that it contalurt laro ImmIIl-h of lower rade ore, riimt Iiiix from llvu to fort dollarM a ton in other wordn, it Iiiih lteii proven to Im one of thu Krout iniuex of the world. With Ita prexent Miiipiuent, ore that carrier It-na than ten dolhtm in Klil per ton Iiiih la-en eon nideied too low Krude " '"I" ''" Iihh been thrown on the w ante dump. Kvery utie known that with modern Hppllance mid eeonoinlcal niauattemeut thiH kmiIu of ore run Imi ininetl and milled at a lame prollt. It I for tho purHe of rulHiiiK the neeemtry fiiiuln for making tlu'MU need l iuiprovementH to meet thinemertfeney tlml plix'k in tliiHi'ompauy in iikhIii of fered for wilii, and l.ee S. itvitt, Merrill huildiuK, Milwaukee, him In-mii made the II-.'hI intent, liavhiK the exehlMive mile of tUMKiiry HtiH'k and none other ean lie Ixiiittlit. In the wlet'tloii of Mr. (Ivitt to handle thiH end of the IiuhIih-hh, the (iiili-noda imuiiiKemeiit ha- purnneil the Miimii wine Milicy t h.it Iiiih cliiiriii'tt-riHitl It aelioiiH Minee Inking hold of thin tioteily; for that gentleman lian denf uiiMi.iI.hI IiIh preeminent ability for the wnik in hand by hiw hrilllaut mim-H in llimiK'ierinu two or more other similar iuleipriHeH in eanteru Orison alone. In t.ilUinu with I'reHideiit ItohhiiiHand Ktvu-Ury Unwind regarding the project sl impnivetueiitH at the tinlconda, hoiiui iliterenliug faetn were learned. The lat tei, a civil engineer, Iiiih Wen at the iniiiK foi a couple of week pant, making Nome Miiveyn, and Iiiih the faetn and tig lllei .it lti Honor' i-iiil. while Mr. Koh Iniit htn, with other olllivrx and dlree loiNanl mining engineer, lieeu plan iiiug tho gigautie improvomentH. 'I'd it HrM and moxt enentlal I'lmnge will Imi hi iucreaHo the water ami elect rio Ii.mii to hiu'Ii an extent that Hteaui H,wer will Ihi entirely eliminated in the opeiatf'iu of the mine, thiiH reducing 'i.fiU to the minimum. At present mImiiI UMI-lnirw Miwer Ih generated by water and electricity, which in Milllcient to oMitale only the htampx and air com linv'M.tr, the hoint and punim hoing vinrkil hy Meant. The water now ban fail tt only feet. Ily extending the iiM lino 7IMM feet further up Silver ervek .t head of 7-Vt feet In Hecured. I.arget iH will Ih put in the entire din. taiire, which, with tho, aid of more pow erful dynnmoH, will generate at leant fiOO-liorno power. In addition to thin, a natural reservoir, 760 feet further up the mountain, through which Howh Meadow creek, one of Silver creek'n triliiltariug, will be improved. A dam will be eon- Htructed there, fifty feet high and 200 feet long, that will (-online the w a tern in an area of about 100 ucri-H, making a reti ervoir that will hold all thu hiiow water from the Sawtooth range. TiIh not only iiiHiiri-H nu ample mipply of water during tliudry Heimon, hut render it iwinnlble to iucreiiHe thu Miwer indefinitely. Men an1 n I ready engaged there on the prelim inary work. A new ninking plant will Imi iiiHtalled at once, capable of going down I'-MO feet. The IioIhI and pumpn now lined are real ly the only weak point in thu mine' eipiipment. The capacity of thu other machinery will inerelyjiave Uj lie iucreiiH-i-il, w hilu thu Hinkiug plant Ih entirely in adeiiiatu uveu at thu prenent time. Thu new hoint and pumpi will huoHratcl hy electric power. Thu mill now Iiiih twenty ntamp-; and rolln eipuil to tun mure, giving it a crunhiug capacity of thirty ntauipn, or about 100 toiin a day. Thu addition of other Htamp-i will be thu hint work of improvement to hu undertaken. Speak ing of thu mill run for thu pant two mouth. Mr. Itobbln naid: "We ntarted thu ntampi dropping, only ten of them, merely hecaimu that wan thu eanient way 1 1 handle thu oru taken out in extending our working'. Wu havu douu no ntoplug, hut have run through thu mill all rock taken out, giMHl, bad and iudlfT--ruut, except thu very little of thu uxtrumuly rich oru that wan encountered in a wiuxu on No. 2 level. Wu havu mined of that oru only what waa absolutely necennary and haven't put a Hiund of it under thu HtampM. An uprainu I now U)lng driven from No, It to No. 2 level, in order to ntoinj thin rich rock when wo want it." There Ih now junt alxiut one mile of underground working in the (iolconda, nomething over 5000 feet. Tho nhaft in down 500 feut, which ia 800 feet below thu hlghent outcroppingn. The adit tun nel la not more than 000 feut in length, and the remainder connlntn of luveln run from the nhaft. Thin mirely In enough work to prove a mine, to jnntlfy the pro- Mneil exteiiditure of a couple of hun dred thoiinnud dollar-) on mmleru euip ment, to make it a tremendoiiH dividend payer to make of the mine what lU name implied, a veritable (iolconda. The Beit U None Too Good For You And we can forniMi you with the hkht for no more than you might pay for the wohht, therefore, don't throw away good money for Mir nervice, but if you are going cant, or havu friend coming went, let tin tell you what we can offer on Chi cago, Wanlilugtou, New York, lionton, St. biuin, Memphin, New Orleann and all intermediate Mlutn. Our ralln are laid in fourteen different Mates of the Union. Communicate with nn regarding freight and panntiuger buninenn; it'a a plcai-ure to reply to your letter. .1. ('. I.imihkv, it. II, TmiMBCIX, T. I'. A I. A., Commercial Agent. H'.' Third St., Portland, Oregon. Timber and Hotneatead Filings Timber and homentead tiling, an well an tinal pnaifn, can lie made before Charles II, Chance, United State com minnioner, olllce in Firnt llank of Sump ter building, Sumpter, thu Having ap plicant exH-ne of a trip to Jjt Grande. All thu ladien of Sumpter and vicinity are invited to call at Mr. Chipp'a Mil linery I'arlorn, opHlte Baache'a, ami iunpect her new line of fall and winter hat, oHning begiiinlii September 17. line (liaut Kiwder, fune and v. I. J. G. Connell COMMISSION CO. , WlMiMflllMbtlilltltrtHl 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. : I 'fflJ hi r I ij i , fir I ALL WELL DRESSED MEN In Sumpter and vicinity have their clothes made by FLYNN, the Tailor. Big Line of Fall Goods Just Received. 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