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THE SUMPTEK- MINEK
Wednesday, October ?ri902
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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withdrawn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. :
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ALL
WELL DRESSED MEN
In Sumpter and vicinity have their clothes
made by
FLYNN, the Tailor.
Big Line of Fall Goods Just Received.
CRNTKII HTIIKKT. NKMl IMHTOrKICK
SUMPTER, OREGON.
EUREKA FEED AND LIVERY COMPANY
T. II. TAVLOK, I'BOI'.
Horses boarded by the dav or month. First
class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our
specialty is the quick and safe delivery of
freight and passengers to any and all points.
OFFICE OF THE CABLE COVE STAGE LINE
DELM0NIG0 HOTEL
MTEI, S1.ll PER UY INI UP.
Electric Lights and Phone. Hot and Cold Baths.
M. SPENGLER, Proprietor
Joshua Hendy Machine Works
Nos. j8 to 44 Fremont Street
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
IMPACT WATCH WHCCL
Suartz Mining and Milling
oisting, Pumping and
Saw Mill Machinery, Hy
draulic Mining Machinery.
Giants, Water Gates and
Hydraulic Rivited Pipe, j
Water Wheels and Water
Motors, Engines. Boilers.
Pumps and Machinery of
every description, j jt
j Prospecting Machinery.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES
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