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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1902)
Wednesday, October 8, 1002 THE SUMPThR MINER TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. Franchise for County Secured and Asked for in Towns. II. 8. MvCalhitn wuh in town Monday, having recently returned from Arizona, where lie organized n niillion mid u linlf dollar company, on a mining property which he nays Ih n good tiling. The object of IiIh visit to Sunipter wan to Hie with the city recorder nn applica tion for a franchise to operato a tele, phone system hero. Friday the comity commissioners granted him the privilege of stringing wires on nil public thor oughfares outside of incorK)rated towns. The matter was to have been presented to the Baker City council at its next meeting, and he thought there would be no trouble in securing the franchise nsked for, as he had had encouraging assurance from members ot that body. To a Minkk representative Mr. McCal lumsaid: "There are associated with me in this euteri rise prominent citizens of Sunip ter and linker City, whose names will he given to the public when the com pany is organized. It will be a tele phone and telegraph company. Wo will first construct a line between linker City and Sunipter. Hero there will be in stalled telegraph instruments and au expert operator employed. We have made arrangements with the Western Union to work in connection with that company and its own operators will work hat end of the line. The first work to be done will be to connect these two towns and the tinea will be in oper ation this. (all. Immediately thereafter the telephone system will be extended over the two towns as fast aa subscribers are obtained and wires can be strung. Next spring our wires will be extended to every camp In the district where the) are wanted. The enterprise has already been successfully financiered, local cap italist having'sulwcribod for a majority of the stock. I have met with encour agement on every hand and haven't the slightest doubt hut what the company will be a money maker from the start." This local company will surely bo cor dially welcomed. in eastern Oregon. The service given by the company now .oper ating here is so unsatisfactory and en tirely inadeUtto, and requests for im provements have been turned down or ignored ho persistently that patrons have nlsiut ceased to kick, and made up their minds that it is one of thti ills of life that must ho endured. No blame is attached to the employes oi the company here. They do the liest they can. Its headquarters is in San Francisco, and it cares nothing for the country, further than to receive its reg ular rich returns. It lias never Immjii known to donate one dollar to any pub lic enterprise, to show the least interest iirany'local improvement, but on the other hand, has ever displayed the. sel tifh spirit of "the public be damned." Of course, it will be different when strong opposition appears. JAY GOULD LOOKS GOOD. Another Rich Ledge Exposed la the Loaf Crosscut. On Saturday last L. Limbeck visited the Jay Gould mine, on Uimlet creek, about four miles from this city, and which is probably one of the best devel ol prospects in this section. Speaking of his visit to a News representative, he ;id: "The long crosscut, which is now In .about 270 feet from the main tunnel, has just cut a third blind lead, which is about eight feet across. The crosscut is being run to open up the veins of the (iinilet and Oregon claimsatconsiderabledeptli, and will be about (MX) feet long when completed. "There is at least L000 feet of develop ment work completed on the group, be tween 6XX) and 550 feet of which is in good ledge matter, and there is enough good quartz on the dump and blocked out to justify the installation of a good '-Wetamp mill. "The Jay Gould ledge averages about six feet in width and is exposed forabout 350 feet by drifting and upraising. "The ledge in the Oregon is exposed for 250 feet in the tunnel and 103 feet in an upraise and averages over four feet in width, the ore being free milling and running $7.50 to the ton on an average. The Gimlet vein is exposed about four teen feet by a shaft and runs about (50 to the ton and is also free milling. "Altogether, it isone of the most prom ising properties in this section, and the formation and ledge matter is almost identical with the upper workings of the big Bonanza mine, which it will some day equal, if not surpass." Mr. Limbeck was foreman of the fam ous Ilouanza mine at the time of the big strike, made when Al Geiser was super intendent and owner, and is a mining mini of many years experience in this section. Whitney News. FohII Flora of John Day Basin. In Bulletin No. 204 of the United States Geological Survey, now in press, Mr. Frank Hall Knowlton dUcusses the tossil flora of the John Day basin, situ ated in the north central part of Oregon, chletiy in Grant county, and covering an are of about 10,000 square miles. The history of exploration in the John Pay basin and of the geologic investigation in the region is given, and then follows the discussion of the Mora. The fossil riches of the John Day basin were tlrst brought to scientific attention between 18W) and 1870. The known fossil floras of the basin are all of the tertiary age. The bulletin is illustrated by seventeen plates, containing many figures. ADVANCE --) There is a bright future in store for the man who inverts a small sum of money in Advance Mining company stock at the present time. We are al ready in control of one of the most prom ising groups of mines in eastern Oregon. These mines are conceded by experts to contain large bodies of high grade ore, which ran easily be blocked out with a nominal outlay of capital. Wo are also negotiating for the purchase of another group of mines, most favorably situated for economical working. Wo cater alike to the poor man as well as to tlio rich man, by offering him a small block of stock in a company which has every indication and assurance of success. There are none so poor but can buy stock in the Advance Mining company; in fact, we would rather sell our stock to tlio poor, for then the poor would enjoy the benefits from the in creased value which our stock will ac quire in a very short time. References : Dank of Sumnter or any business house in Sumpter. Write for prospectus. 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