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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1902)
VOL. IV. PURCHASED BY NEBRASKA PEOPLE I itaiiccs, they being pimply stockholders BLACKJACK GROUP IN THE REDjon ,u.ct of tlu'ir great (nit I. in (he BOY DISTRICT. A Syndicate of Lincoln, Nebraska, Capital ittt Acquire Six Valuable Claims i They Will Vigorously Develop the Same Killen, Warner, Stewart Com. pany are Interested Stock all Taken in Advance. One hy one the embryonic Imiuuiiziis of thin rapidly advancing district are Iwing acquired by far-seeing men who, after a thorough examination of the country, decide to secure a reasonable Hliiire of Uh mineral wealth, coiitldeut that by proer and systematic develop ment, the future will bring them all the regard they could reuHonably auk. Among tho lateHt clusters of eastern Oregon wealth producers to pusa into the control of a live, wideawake syndi rate, is the Illack Jack group of six elahiiH, designated uh follews: luile pendence, Congress, Senator, lircy Hock, Oeeola, and Illack .lack. This group !h situated south of the prolille lied I toy mine, and in the southern extension of the Oregon Mon arch group, carrying the same gold ehargi'd veiiiH ax its Cmcsus-likc neigh I tors. '11 1 is latest addition to the swelling list of wealth distributors, was not mapped up with undue haste, lint the projK'riy was secured alter the mo-n diligent and searching investigation on thu part of its puichascrs. It upcars negotiations have Ijeen in progress for some tune. I.ut fall.ludge M. I). Itocsoniid I. II. Ilatlield, of Lincoln, Nebraska, visited the Sumpler gold fields. While here their attention was called to the, Illack Jack group. On their return to this section a few days since, they were ac companied hy I'rofessor II. II. Nicholson one of the most ciuiuout mining en gineers of the west. I'rofessor Nicholson made a thorough examination of the proivrty, and, al though he was paid a handsome feu for Ids services, coming here solely to make this report, ho was so favorably im pressed with the Itlack Jack minis, that he has made overtures to Income a member of the syndicate. Tills company will be iucororatcd according to the laws of Arizona. Its capitalization is placed at leWOJJtkl - Hhares, with a par value of 1 each. Olio half the stock will hu treasurv shares and the remainder is to le the proierty of the owners. It is authoritatively stated that all the treasury stock lias la-en taken in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, therefore it is not likely that any will Imi placed on SUMPTER, OREGON, the market. The Killen, War hit, .Stewart company are stockholders, tint it in given out by the Nebraska eople tlmt this tiimni'inl company tifinl not j act iiH Hwal agents under tlie ei renin I value of the property. I The Mack Jack group hut Itt-eu here I toforu owned and worked by Timothy j and Joseph Shoedy, and it wax from these gentlemen that the present own- urs pureluiHed the Hume. Timothy Sheedy will remain with the company iih one of its. members. He evidently thinking too much of the property to part with it entirely. While In possession, thu former own en ilid considerable development work. One tunnel has been run IIH) feet ami another I'.'.") feet. Besides these onii ings, naturally a great quantity of pros (Hrtiiig work lias been done; all of which enhanced thu prospective value of the claims to a considerable extent. When I'rofessor Nicholson's rctorl Ik submitted to the company, the direc tors will finally decide on thu plana for development. It in their intention to commence at thu earliest poHidblu moment, and prosecute the work with unusual energy, iih they firmly lieliovu they have secured a property which will bo a continuous dividend payer for generations after it has gone through the systematic development stage. ON THE LAsfCHANCE. Extensive Developments Now Being Performed. O-carTownsend, manager of the llaby McKcoaud List Chance mines in fable Cove district, was in the city yesterday. All the work being done by his com panion at present is conllned to the Last Chance. A two compartment shaft -IJjxti feel in the clear, is now being sunk at the junction of the Kiigle and Last Chance veins. This shaft has attained a depth of r"i feet and followed down four or live stringers of very line ore. A crosscut is now lieinii run to the j hanging wall where a large body of ore is supposed to lo. After this work is completed, tho shaft will bo sunk to thu 100 foot level and a drift run under the old tunnel, w bleb will give them a vertical depth of IK 10 feet under the old workings. First National Bank of Sumpter. Tho First Hank of Sumpter will com nonce doing business us a National con- ,.t.rn , the tirst dav of February, next. rtrt f the Iswikn and stationery have been received but thu chicks have not arrived. All lettal formalities have been complied with, the charter duly granted so that on and after the date given above, this linuncial institution will be known as The First National Hunk of Sumpter. DECEMBER ji, 1902. ON CRACKER EAGLE. What is Being Done at This Property. W. II. Jackson, sucrlntcudcnt of the Cracker F.aglo mines, was in Sumpter today. lie states that the crosscut tunnel now Mug run has viictrated the vein a dis tance o( 80 feet at UK) feet depth. tiivod values exist all through the vein as far as explored, but it is evident that still richer ore will lie found on the foot wall, which is supposed to U twenty feet distant from the present face of the crosscut. The values of the ore have la'cu im proving continually since the tunnel left the hanging wall. It is quite probable another crosscut will Imi run 'MO feet deeier so as to ex plore the vein more thoroughly. llcloro thla is donu preparations will be made to dink on the ore body, an arrangements aru nun being made for the machinery for this purose. EMINENT JURIST HERE. Noted Nebraska Judge Invests in the Gold Fields. Judge M. I). Itccsc, Dean of the law de partment of the University of Nebraska, ami formerlv Chief Justice of the Supreme coutt of that state, spent several days in Sumpter and vicinity during the past week. This is not the judge's tirst trip to the eastern Oregon gold llelds however. lie paid this section a visit lust fall when he liccamc so convinced of tho greatness of the country that he invested in the Slice gulch placer mines, and since then has become interested ill the Cracker F.aglo .Mining company. Outside of these holdings, tho judge has a timber claim which he proved up on while here, and he has become a heavy stockholder in the Illack Jack mining company just formed This eminent jurist, teacher ami scholar, is a gentleman of pleasing per sonality, easy of approach ami evidently linn in his convictions. There can be no doubt but that the people of this district should congratu late themselves that such an iullueiiiial gentleman of high standing has formed so favorable an opinion of this country that he not only invested his own capital here, but will no doubt, more or less inllucnco his friends to do the same J to greater or less extent. Keep on Improving. The Killen, Warmer, Stewart Com pany evidently believe in improvement and expansion. They have in ureal measure remodeled their commodious otliccs in the townsite company's brick building on lower Mill street, ami made NO. 17. several changes which give them much more room for their rapidly liirrt-ailng business. Thrir reception room 'haa Urn lilted up with railings, a new high dc-k and many other features have been added which makes the transaction of business there considerably more con venient. RICH STRIKE ON ELDORADO. Big Vein of Free Milling Quarts In a Greenhorn Mine. An Important strike has just been made on the F.ldorudn group in thu (ireenhorn. This is the property recently bonded by John T. F.ugllsh, who is now visiting at bis former home, Pauville, Illinois. The llml was made in a emu-cut from the ImiUoui of a shaft IIH) feet in depth. Kight feet of ipiart. had liecn penetrat ed at last accounts and no wall encount ered, so that the dimension of the oru laaly is as yet unknown. This ore runs well in free gold, but an no assays have been made, Its oxuet value haa not yet been dclcrii)uod. '""" This is undoubtedly thu same aiioot lis that now being worked in tho Don Juan property, adjoining. A line sample of this ipiart. can 1st seen in Italdwiu A Fnglish's olllce in the Hotel Sumpler building. AT THE SMELTER. Notes of Progress on Sumpters Reduction Plant. Neither weather, holidays nor any other ageiiey prevents coulinious work living carried on at the site of the Oregon Smelting ami Iteliuing Com pany's Smeller Im'Iow town. AIhiii) IIH) men are busily engaged In completing a works which is of more importance to every person residing in the mining district of eastern Oregon than any other project now going on or in contemplation. The grading on two of the Is-nches is now complete ami the third bench is ueai ly done. Iluildiii'.'s entirely cover the lower bench, while the frame work for tho briipietiug plant is upon tho second bench and is being hoii-ed in.' The sampling mill of 7H) tons er t li ii t it capacity, is partially completed and the foundation for the ore bins have I Immiii laid. ' Soon the dust chamlcrs wilt be finish ed, also the brick foundation for the im mense steel slock, which will Imi from l'.'Oto Kill feet high. At the general ollice building, every thing is finished, including the assay olllce and lalsiratory. ami this branch uf the works will soon bo occupied and in operation. "'