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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1902)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, October 8, 1902 III MONTE CRISTO AND GOLD BUG Rapid Development of Rich Properties on Greatest Ledge Ever Found. .1. A. llillilcur iHxci through town Frlilay un mutt to IiIh mlncn on Hook entile, t ! Monlii (Jrlcto unil (Sold Hug group, owned liy the WcMti.rn Onion Mining t'onipitiiy, of .MIi)m-joUh, of which lici Ih Kunurul niiimtKiT. Thorns proirtii'H ciiitHiHl of llvit full cIhIiiih, or Pole, nml Mayor KnbtmiH, of Sumpter, to buy thu ground Itetwuou that mine ami the Monto Crlnto group. Tim latter micrwdi'd, after bidding over $200,000, planking ilown thu inonoy, Iihh organ ImhI tin Smith I'olu company and lian already Ixigtin work on a gigantic Hcale. Mr. Ilillikcr, thuruforu, Iihh a llceiwe to bt HiithuiiiaHtii! ovtir the probability of making two great iiiinux of IiIm prop urtitw, UHidt from thu Hliowing already made there which en tluinlaHmlMnhared by hiri HiiHriiitendeiit. So far aH the toography of the ground In concur led, be Iuim a better layout than either of the other big compaiileri; with an excellent water riglitaml utillxito Mituated between thu two, rciiilcrlng cheap and convenient delivery of ore; and hiMt, but not leant, an liiexImiiMtihlu riiipply of tlmlxir. Ah ginnl hulldiiig'4 hh are to lii found 7MK) feet of thu direct exit-union of thu fauioiiH North Pole ledge, joining end to "' "' " eattern Oregon, bunk end with thu South Pole company' H"l "'"ding Iioiihch, blackHinith and irmiuiil. tlnilH'r iramlug rtliopH, have ik-cii com Mr, llilliker had juitt fluiiilicil hauling in IiIm HiippllcM for the winter, confuting of II f teen toiiH of griN'erieM, hardware and Hiwder. lie iHiught the griH'erieH at JIiiImcn ami the other Hiipplici from P. HmhcIih at llaker (,'ity. From the former place to thu mine it Ih twelve or fourteen iniloM, up hill every foot of the way; from thu latter, it Ih twenty milcx, up grade fully half the dixtnuce. Ity con Htructlug three Milieu of road thiH rich lixtrict could lit rcHchcil from Sumpter in nine niileH, The prollt on the trade which would IhiiN Ik Hcciired for two tuoutliH would pay for the work. Under the micriuleuduiicy of O, V. l.lndley, a mining man of varied cxcri mcu and exceptionally goiHl judgment, IhiIIi of theMU groiipH are being oteiiel up, by tunnel. The Monte Orinto group Ilex on the opMHite xlde of the bill (nun the North Pole ground, and at nlxmt tile name elevation. HahulHou the South Pole property, an ntatetl above. The HaiiHcii mill, recently bought by the South Pole company, along with the three elalniH owned by Andrew lluuxcn, in Nitiialed only about 100 feel from the Monte OrlHtoV nide lint. The (iold Hug Ih a couliiiuatiitii of thin panic ledge, ltock creek iHtiug the dividing line, and Ih Hituatcd on the opposite hillhide, reaching the itumtiiit. Two nli(lit of miiierM are al work on each property, driving IiiiiiiiIh for the ledge, both of which are now in over 100 feel, and the ledge may Ih cut any day on either. They could have Itccu driven in on the ledge, but Siicriutcml ttul l.ludley thought IteM lo run thene uliorl croHMCiilM, in order to get good dumping facilitien and alo more depth in a rdiortcr dintaiice. Till i iliiiiuettioiiably one of the g rent cut gohl hearing leilucHiin ihogliiUi. Itegariliug it, Profeior l.indgreii, of the United SUte Geological Survey, nay it in the miMt clearly dcllued, Htrongent and HrHiHteut in eastern Oregon and that in xaying a whole lot, much more than Ihe Miiiiformcd eau conceive of, IjmI week' J. V. (Niwdeu wan over in thai dintrict taking picture of Ihe ccu fry, buildings, mill, etc., one of which Ih a panoramic view of North Polo hill. The camera wan tin the oppoite divide, fully two iiiiIch diHtant, and even in the phologiaph the ledge can be dintinctly neeu and traced down the mountain Hide throutib the South Pole claiuiH, into the Monte l'riHln, where it in lost night of a il dcHcemlH below the timber hue. The coIiiiiiiih of Tux MiNKit have Ihvii idled in recent week with account of thu vant ipiaiitity of gold that ban Ik-en taken from Ihe vein during the panl few IiioiiIIih, the North Pole alone having a record of a million and a half in four iuouIIih, to nay nothing of the big clean upH from Ihe l.'oluinhi.i and (iolcouda, on ili wi'Hlcrly exteurtion. Header of thin iaier will alno recall the colitcMt royal belivii Alexander daring, the London uiillioiiaiie owner of the North plcted, and the mull employed then will Ih comfortable all winter. A civil engineer in now at work there, I mirveying the grounil lor patent, wiilcii will Ih- piiHheil through to erfection of title an rapidly iih ollieial red tape will Mruiit. There Ih ncarcely a doubt hut what In one year from date both thene g roll pit will le big, prolilie producers SiiK)rin tendent l.lndley lay he will have enougli ore blocked out in nix moutliH to jitHtify the erection of a mill. There in every probability that thin ore will Ih ' eipially iih rich as that now being taken . from the North Pole, which mill many thouHainlH of dollar to the ton, for thu itituatiou of the two prntertie in very aimilar. Mining Offer Greatut Inducements. I), K. U'wIh, Salt Ijike City, npeakiug to a representative of thu Inter Moun tain at the Thornton hotel hint evening, naiil: "No industry at the present day offers so many inducements to invcntum an iIoch (hat ussix-latcd with mining. Nor Ih then a huslness enterprise ex tant which provides anything like hh heuy dividends us mining. A man can work along all his lifetime on a salary anil never accumulate very much ; but there have tiecn instances in which a little attention to mining bus made a man rich. Where Ih the busine-s that on the Investment of a few dollars will yield big returns like milling? A few dollars put into some properties have Im-cii known to make men indcvcnduutly wealthy. The late V. S. HI ration (enti ties to thin fact. The stand Ih well taken that it requires a mine In make a mine, yet once the prollt stage Ih reached, div idend come ipiickly ai.tl on a large scale. Money derived from mining In clean and not burdened with hardshipH and strictures on the tollers, iih In the general rule with oilier Industries, and money ho earned affords pleasure alike to employer and employe. The miner glories in developing a rich pay chute of ore and the higher thu returns extracted from the mineral the more pride lie (celt in his work. There are few kinds of lalsir in which the men take iih much satisfaction an the miner does. The element of chance in mining Ih just suf- llcient to make the work Interesting, and while driving a tunnel or sinking a shaft there is always the glorious uncertainty of oH-ning up a rich vein." Unite Inter Mountain. "Now b the Appointed Time." The O. It. k N. Co. has just issued a handsomely illustrated pamphlet en titled, "Oregon, Washington ami Idaho and their resources." People In the east are anxious for information iiIkiuI the Pacitic northwest. If you will give the (. !. k N. company agent at Itaker City a list of names of eastern H-opK, who are likely to he interested, the booklet will Ik mailed free to such per hoiis. Yours truly, A. I.. Craig, (iuneral Passenger Agent. J. G. Connell COMMISSION CO. Vbcltult aid MtH DHtere in 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. 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