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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1903)
Wednesday, January 14, 190$ THE SUMPThR MINER KILLKD BY A CAVE IN. W. L. Stapleton Meets Death at the Monumental Mine. It is not nftn tlmt n fatnl urcidcnt in a mine in this district has to be record ed. Af a rule nil under ground work is substantially timbered and thesafty of emplojees carefully looked after. Last Wednesday morning, about 11:30, at the Moritinicntnl hiine, north of Granite, W. I.. Stapleton was caught by about 2500 pound of falling rocks and so badly injured that he died at II o'clock that night, When examined by Dr. Steim-amp, of Granite, it was found that the skull was fractured and the only other cut on his perron being on the left arm above the lbow, and but few brniscM were found on bin l)ody elsewhere. Oscar HeiiHou, who ban charge of the work at the mine, gives the following accounted the accident: "At the moment Mr. Stapleton wns struck by the falling rock I was about eight feet from the face of the drift, and the first intimation 1 had of anything unusual occurring was the sound of the rock and a groan from Mr. Stapleton. He was several feet from me shoveling into a car, and when I got to him was in a sitting Msition, covered to his shoulders with rocks and dirt. Tie did not speak after Iwing struck, but groan ed continually. It took me sometime to got him from under the dirt, after which 1 carried him to the blacksmith shop at the mouth of the tunnel, where I left him. Telling his wife of the accident, I then came to town for medical aid." Mr. Stapleton has been employed at the Monumental for about eight months. He was well know and resected in the community as an upright and honest man. HewasllO years old last May, and leaves a wife and little son, three years of age, to mourn his untimely death; also parents at Clinton, Mo., two married sisters, one at Clinton, the other at Kansas City, and Miss Cora Stapleton, of (irauite. He was a nephew of S. W. and (1. II. Gutridgo, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Grant Thoruburg all of Granite. The funeral was held at (irauite on last Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and was attended by a large number of friends of the deceased. A GIRL PROSPECTOR Goes out at Midnight and For HtntU Locates a Claim. Nearly every mining district in the far west has its female prospector, and as a rule, greatly have they been admired for their courage while tramp ing over the mountains hampered by kirts ami other impedimenta of their fox. To much praise cannot le Imstowed by the Iwiys in overalls and jumpers on the girl or woman who like themselves, iias the laudable ambition to acquire in an honorable manner, one or more min eral claims which belong to the person who has the energy to secure it when vacant. Miss Jessie McCublieu, of Alamo, Grant county, apparantly is one of those ambitious young ladies who are de termined to succeed in life, and intends to help herself on to fortune by means of a gold mine. The remainder of this story is told in correspondence from Alamo to the Granite Gem as follows ; "Very little relocating was done New Years, one case, however, is worthy of note. It was that of the bellejof Alamo, Miss Jessie McCubben of the St Charles, who alone and unaided braved the storms of the night and as the old year sank Into oblivion, posted a notice on a claim situated on upper Lightning creek. The claim has (WO (eet of tunnel and an excellent showing. Very few girls could muster up sufficient courage to perform such a feat. Hut Alamo girls are different from the majority. Success to the Belle of Alamo." Contract Let on the Ajx. Several days since K. Sanderson Smith let a contract to Superintendent Gra- linm, of the Magnolia, to clean out. a, nau cavc-in,in me Ajax tunnel, an ad joining property. As soon as this work is finished, another contract will be let to drive this, which is a drift on the ledge, ninety feet to. an intersecting vein. This latter vein has been opened up on tho surface for over 400 feet, and shows astonishingly high values in free gold. Every ono who is familiar with the conditions there believe a sensation ally rich strike will bo made when this ledgo is cut, which will bo at a depth of nearly 600 feet. Mr. Smith, It. II. Miller and J. W. Connella have a work in bond on the Ajax. It was owned by Superintendent Graham, Al Jones and others. MAPS FREE. The Illinois Central Railroad office, at Portland, Oregon, has a small supply of nicely mounted wall maps of tho United States, 3'.'x38 inches, also Cuba and Porto Rice, enlarged. It you will send us ten cents, in stamps, we will prepay the postage and send you one of these handsome maps, by return mall. If you intend going east, or know of anyone coming west, from any point east or south of St. Paul, Omaha or St. Iouls, we would appreciate the opportunity of writing to you or your friends about the details. To say that is the purpose of this advertisement, but tho maps are free. Address, B. H. Trumiium., 142 Third Street, Portland, Ore. Tho celebrated Gund's "the beer of good cheer" always on draught at Dun phy's The Clnh. KimboL. Restaurant Coding J0itse. OPEN ALL NIGHT THE BEST SERVICE IN TOWN Ijoioc & (Brant, proprietor Hear Vtpot Sumpttr, Oregon MININGdcc rORTT-THTJWTEAX. 48 Paget i Takly I Illtrat4. INDISPENSABLE TO MINING MEN. $3 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. INU run SAMPLI copr. MmiNG"'Sdcntlflc PRESS 10 MABKIT IT.. "AH nUWOMO, OAL. GLADSTONE GROUP. Inter-State Mining Company Still Pushing Ahead. W. II. Mead, the Spokane mining man who has been developing the Glad stone group, ten miles north west of Sumpter, for liitntelf and associates for some time, came in from Whitney on Monday and returned Tuesday. When Mr. Mead arrived from St Paul and Spokane about ton days ago, ho had drafts for quite a sum ( money with which, to purchase a group of claims in the vicinity of those he is developing. Those drafts are now laid away, to he used on another deal or returned to Mr. Mead's financial associates as he sees fit, for the party owning the claims had raised the price to such a figure that ho and Mr. Mead could not clone a dicker. Tito question now is, which of the two will bo tho tauter pleased as time rolls on. Regarding the Gladstone group, tho crosscut tunnel is nnw'in 106 feet. Two leads which show no evidence of their existence on the surface, have been crossed. One is one foot and the other sixteen feet wide. Both carry pay values in gold. No drifting has been done on either as yet, the company be ing determined to push the main tunnel on to the big vein they are running for before doing any additional proapceting. It is not improbable but that the Inter-State Mining company, this be ing the name' of the incorporation, will acquire other holdings in thin district. The company is a close corporation, no stock being for sale to outsiders. It will require nearly 200 feet yet of tunnel lefore the main lead is cut. The allowing that will thou be made will probably tell how much Mr. Mead's company will invest in the surrounding country. CAPITAL EUROPEAN PLAN NIGHT AND DAY THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS AT ALL HOURS REMODELED AND UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT A. J. 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