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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1902)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 17, 1902 NOW ITS THE feet in width. I Of this latter vein, however, lie is nil- L.KAL.JVbK CJKAULfc, certain iih to its real width. There ap- pearsto Imj vein imiteriiil for n width of IX) feel, hut an to it value In-yond the Itfi i - r 1 I foot limit, he Iiiih not hail any assays. A Milwaukee Company TaKCS ' The Hirfnce eroppiiitrH give returns suf- lielciit to justify him in the lielicf that I he will have jiroierty of great value with depth. It will Ik- necessary to sink to thoroughly inneet the ground, i These veiiiH are in a serpentine and ' porphyry formation. Itight on top of i Still another mining company Iiiih the ground, its It were, assays of from Iteon organised to develop a group of $2.r0, to f 1,1)2, in gold have heen oh-' claims on the great mother lode system taiueil, which In encouraging in liny J in the Sumpter district, part of eiiHtern Orcngn, where, iih a rule, This new candidate for favors from high values are not obtained at grass, Over the Dewey Group on Mother Lode. Dame fortune in styled the Cracker Cra dle (fold Mining coiupaiiy, lucorMirat ed under the ,iwn of Oregon and cap Itnlixcd for I .IMNl.tMHMI shares at u par roots. The Proptr Kind of Spirit. Thoin is V. Il.irhce, of linker (Jity, wan. "" 1 ... . .. . .... 1 i, ci. 1. ...1. 1 1 in Mimpier on Miiuniav. ,nr, naruce ,..i.i- ... ri . ... II. i'ia iiiiiiiiii'i iiiiriint,,,, Hharcsaroin the treasure and there- 'l Mr. .1. K. UrMlth, ..f liiwn, rc the inniniig imi.UN) are U-.l iimoni; the ners of the Crown I'oiut mine in the company and w ol he pin. the n.hlo Cove district. TIiIh property in market for al leant twelve or eighteen , lrarMiniliil. hut these gentlemen have 0(H purchased all t lie stock and are develop- Thoproperlva Ired hv this com-"" "" their own account. A crosscut pany wan formerly known an the l,,wcv "" ,M Mn ,lriv"" '" '! tl,' group. It consists of the lewev,l.oxt lfle which will he hetween tX) and 7lX) lode and Mollalla. The llrxt two "arc on f,,,, '" l,'"!", ul'"" H l,,,,mH lhl' v,,i"- the sama vein, hut the latter coverx a " ""' ,vurK ,H """-' "'""' " '""r" " cross lead an expense of $1 1 per font. Their prop- Tl (.'.cations are about one and one! "rty u.IjoIiih the California on the southwest. .Mr. Ilarliee ix iplllit en- half miles uorlhwext of the town of llauover, and from I.IHH) In A.tMMI feel Houthwcsl of tio (Snlcouda, the Oregon King group Wing between the Cracker Cradle and the (iiilcouda, Thlx proHirty in in the xame forma tlun iin the (lolconda and other fatnotiH nilncH in that prolilic district. Only Hiirface work Iiiih liceii performed ho far lint assays of from 11.50 to fli.OO per ton have Ween olitaitied. The main vein Iiiih liecn crosscut for fourteen feel and no hanging wall reached yet. An ideal tunnel site ix on the proierty ami there n croxxcut will lie xtirted at once whio'i will, after Im-Iiii extended 200 feet, cut the vein I Ml feet in depth. l-'roin thix point driftH will Ih run in hoth diiectioiiHaml machinery ilixtalled for sinking on the iiiohI favorahle ore body eucouuleied. .1. .1. Ileuncnxy, who ix one of the direclorn of tint company, and who will manage ils alT.iirx at tliix end, purclnix ed thix gtoup over one year ago. Ho wiih offered $lt),(HHI for it hut prefcred to develop the property on a company ll.siH. K. I). Wiudel, of Milwaukee, Wiseou ei it . and hix nxxoclal' x, are the chief h.ickcrr of the enterprise. They report having from f.'UUMVl to f lO.OUO ready for development puiHNex, and it ix poxxihle they may acipuie other luiuex in thix M'Ctioll. .1 .1. Ilcuuosy, the manager, ix a man well drilled ill the liuxiuexH hy practical experience, and Intx uIwiivh liecn in touch with the elementH of xuccexx in Iiih mining oMratioux. MAY HE AN ELDORADO. I'roui'iliig ltoprti la FyorbU Locality. .I.N Vio horn, of the Kldorado group of iiiiuiui claim, wax in the city last week. l-'or the i.ix three yearn Mr. Van IKiiii lian Itccu iiiietly and industriously developing the lli claims which he ow iii no the ahoe named group. Mix holdings are MUi.ited in the Ited I toy mining district lluee and one half milex fioui the noted Ilex mine and on the Minie inineial belt. To reach thix prop erty, the iiioxl I'oineniiieiit route ix to Icmo the lirauite road alxiut three milex eiihl of (irauite, and priH'i-eil up Onion creek about two milex. Mr. Van Duru'x woik hax ilemouxtrated that he ban two iniiiniOMi leinx, one -' and the other IM thuxiiixtic icu'iinliiiK' the future of the iniin'H of Cable Cove. He ix of the opinion that with the xame development they will etpiitl thoxe of the Cracker Creek xeel ion. Iliuilxnix of the opin ion that Sumpter has xoiiid of the tuoHt wide awake and pilxhiinj miiiiiiK men of any camp in the t'nited Stntex, and that the poHxibilitiex of tlnx portion of eiiHtern Oregon, with xuch entfrprixinn HHipe Ix-bind It, ix iHiyond coujeutttru. Cheaper Cyanide. I'rofexxor Kdiiiund O'Neill of the Uiiiierxily of California chemixtry de partment, Iiiih discovered a new proccfx for making cyanide of potaxxiuni from . the nitrogen of the atinoxphere, a dix- coverv that will allow of the production of the previoux compound at a rate far' cheaper than it Intx over been poxxihle to manufacture it. Such an iiilvnitiio can he obtained by the new method that it ix hoH.d to xccure a great reduction in the com of extracting gold by tne cyanide proccxx and in other similar metallurgical opcrationx. Bankers in Minn. It ix a noticeable fact that xcoich of the leading and coitrcrvativo hankerx are iuterextiug thcuirclvcx largely in mining. Mining ix no more regarded ax a Hpcculativc buxiucxx, but a legitimate held for the xhrewd huxincxx man. Poring the paxt mouth xevetal good mining compauicx have been organized in varioux partx of the country, the of tlciulx Ih'ing well-known bankerx National Hanker. Mllliont For the Owner. The I'rairio City Miner of laxt week xayx: Win. MeKlroy ciue in Tuexlay from the Oregon Wonder Mining group, where he Iiiih been at work, lie xayx, that it in the biggext thing ho ever Iiiih Heen, and that it will bring uiillionx to the owncrx, that it ix juxt iih rexrtel. Mr. McKlroy Iiiih U'imi very skeptical in regard to thix property, and laughed at the proM)Hitiou, but he ix convinced of iIh greatnexH. Cott ol Cyanldlog. The cixt of cyanide treatment in u typical southwestern Colorado plant, where iiUiut 1 '.'.') lonx are hautlliii daily, ix HtattHl to be 70 ccntx a ton 'J0.5 cents for labor, It. 5 cents fur owdor and fuel, and -It! cents for material. Of the latter, It') cents wax for cyanide and 4.r ceuta for (inc. The dual tailing loss was about SA cents a ton. DO YOU WANT TO SELL ANY REAL ESTATE DO YOU WANT TO BUY ANY REAL ESTATE If you do, addrexH or call on .1. I.. KVAXS, Uoom 1, Gleason Wdg. Sumpter, Oregon. V. O. Hox 1)2 Good Business Lots, Good Residence Lots. Look at the list and see what you want. I have good investments for you if you want them House and l.ot on North Street $2750 House and Lot on Auburn Street ... 2500 1'urnislu'd IIiiufo on Columbia Street 1250 House and l.ot on Manilla Street ... 800 House and Lot on Columbia Street 800 A Snap, two 1itH on North Street ... 1150 House and Lot in Sunuyxidu ... 250 .'l-ltoom House, ground rent very cheap - - 200 I'ine IU'hIiIimich I-ot on Hnnaimi ... sflo bit on Lower Mill Street .... ,'iOO l-Hooin House on Parkinson Avenue 1150 Two Houses and lit on Parkinson Avenue 800 5-l(ooni House and Lot, good Stable, in Sumpter Heights 700 Cornur Lot, good location .... 350 Desirable Residence Lot, UpMr Mill Street 500 (i-ltooin House, good stable .... (175 l)t :t0xl50 100 A giHMl thing, Lot 105x150, two good Houses, part cash balance on time ..... 2:i00 (iood bulging House in the heart of the city cheap. J. L. EVANS GLEASON BUILDING P. O. 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