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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1903)
IO THF SUMPTER MINER Wednesday January 21, 190$ domain and roads are being built through the cauyoiiH and forests to the outHlde world. Kind Oregonian. WHEELER&. BANKERS SCIENTIFIC AID TO PROSPECTING. Will "Sour Dough Willie" Lose His Job In Time? UNPRECEDENTED SETTLEMENT Pint CUm Road and Iocrotlnf Population All Over EttUrn Oregon. T. W. I.ush, wIhi resided (or 'JO years in the Ukiuh locality, but wlio in at present located at Im (iraudc, relumed to thin city lust night (rum an extended trip tlirotili the Interior o( eastern Oregon. Mr. I.uhIi rcHrU the road in (air condition n fur hm Susauvlllc. Stock in in gHl condition uml (ced plentiful. Mr. I.uhIi reports mi unprecedented settlement throughout eastern Oregon during the pant six months. He Ih engaged in the laud ami timber business and has had occasion to visit many o( the moat remote corners o( tliin section o( the Mate and titutrt new set tlers constantly locating on all the avail able lamia of the great mountain region. decently he visited the country lying lictweeii the Wallowa valley and the Washington state line, where he win surprised to Hud many new location a. Tliia haa I won considered one of the wildest sections of country left in Ore-g-n, but the settler haa invaded this A great many devices are now being put 011 the market to designate to u nicity where mineral exists in the earth. These appliaiiceH lire generally termed "Ore tinders," hut some of them have iiamcH which would cause any one to look up a technical dictionary to de termine what they are. In the opinion of Tiik Minkii, the ItcHt ore Under In a pick and hIiovcI with plenty of the element called "elbow grcuMc" behind them. Of course u few drills, u hummer and powder, (thai iidvertiacd in thin pwr being the bent), Im often necessary when the rock in too hard to lHiHhatterel with the pick. An exHirienc''d prospector with it "grub Htuke" and the ulsivo mentioned aHHiHtaiitH, comprise the old fashioned ore finder, but science cliiiuiH there ant others, and u lint of a few of them la here given (or what they are north. The Scientific American of October I Ith, IHill', hail an article in which it discussed the dlllicull problcmx encount ered by the Meeker for metals, with a do acriptiou of ItrownV Klectric Ore De tector. Then again there wax an article in Western Mining World, of .Inly lUth, IW2, and the Maine subject wan discuss ed, and a report given with much detail, of a successful teat trial made in Mexico by the Klectric Metal (.ocatlug Co., of Chicago. It la known that modern mining in tercsts are appropriating ull advancea in sciences that allow promise of imliiNtrial value in mining; uml who can nay but later milling under inatruiuuiital guid ance, may yet Imi the general rule in the near future. It iaaaid that the Klomlyke waa found by ".Stick Ueorgo" (Jeorge Cormack. Old miners aay that Cripple Creek ami Attlor (illicit, own their early develop ment to "Mtick proNiectorN. Ore Findera are now lating advertized for aale called by ditlcrent namca, (ioldometera; (Sold Finder; Ore Finder; Spanish Needle, all profeHHedly reliable guidon to the prnsiector uml miner. There iiiuat Imi sales or the udvertis luents would atop. OPERATE IN EASTERN OREGON Philadelphia Syndicate to Operate Mine and Build Railways. A Philadelphia syndicate represent ingmillioiiH of capital bus organized a clone corporation in Oregon to operate uiiiifH, iiiIIIh, huildingH, railways, etc. I he promoters 01 the enterprise, on looking carefully over the ground, were Ntruck with the great activity shown, and saw at once that a magnificent Held wasoieu for capital. It is said that the I company will carry on operations on a scale exceeding anything in thei history of eastern Oregon. It is a ar-1 hide towlmt will lie witneexed there ill' a year or two. The secret of rapid in-' vestment here is that the mines make 1 money. North American Miner. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA. New Camp of This Order Installed in Sumpter Last Week. Deputy Head Consul It. M. Needbnm of the Modern Woodman of America, organized Sumpter Camp in this city on the C'th install), with lllty-live charter members. Following is u list of olllcers installed for the ensuing term. Venerable Consul J. . I. Jackson; Worthy Adviser, Hugh II. Hall; Kxcellent Hanker, Alfred I'. (Joss; Clerk, Ieon J. Schotleld; Escort, Wm. II. Mather', Watchman, Harry ti Allen; Sentry, Samuel Fuller; 1'hy slciuns, Drs. Ilrock ami Vose. Managers S. A. Jackson, one year. Win. F, Iturliiison, two years. Kliga C. Hani' llton three years. 32 Broadway, Naw York FISCAL AGENTS FOR BLUE BIRD MINING CO. AND VALLEY QUEEN MINING CO. Write for Prospectus. Mention No. (10 uml we will fend yon u copy of "OREGON'S RESOURCES," mi illustrated pamphlet on Ore gon's tainoiis gold mini's, ami a three month trial sulHcriptioii to the NORTH AMERICAN MINER Spread the Glad Tidiop. Seymour II. Bell, one of the leading citixena and mining oiierators of Sum pter, Oregon, wasin the city recently the goes tof Prof. William II. Tibbals, with whom lie la interested in the Victor gold mine, in Sumpter haunts. Mr. liell had with him some of the Hneat gold specimens ever exhibted in this city. These were from eastern Oregon mines, and were enough to give the most skeptical u violent attack of the mining fever. Mr. Hell aieaks in the highest terms of the future outlook for eastern Oregon mines, and he reports great activity and success In this section of the west. Suit l.ake Mining Review. MAPS FREE. The Illinois Central Railroad office, at Portland, Oregon, haa a small supply of nicely mounted wall maps of the United Stutes, H'-'xttH inches,-aWo. Cuba i and Porto Hlco, enlarged. If yon will send us Umi cents, in stamps, we will prepay the Hstagu and send you one of these handsome maps, by return mail. If you intend going east, or know of anyone coining west, from any point east or south of St. Paul, Omaha or St. I-ouis, we would appreciate the oporlunity of writing to you or your friends about the details. To say that is the purpose of this advertisement, but the maps are free. Add res, U. II. Thcmhcll, 142 Third Street, Portland, Ore. For lowney's candies, tine chocolates, bon bom, Key Weat, Havana and do mestic cigars, tobacco, pocket knives, stationery, cider, fruits, etc., do not' fall to call at Sturglll's. Mill Street, near Granite. '" . He ware of imitations. See that, the Mwder you purchase is branded "Giant Powder, San Franciaro, , patented May 24, No. 241W41 and June 14, No. 242883. WVW''''- A. P. GOSS, President GEO. H. TRACY, Cashier s Bank of Sumpter 3 Interest Allowed on Time Deposits Drafts diawn on jI putts of the auiIJ Special attention to :oilecllons. Safety Deposit boxes for rent. SUMPTER, OREGON GRIZZLY STOCK... 21,111 Shares nt less than ground floor price. You can have it for 2J cents in one lump, or tt cents in broken Into. EST BUY IN EASTERN OREGON Write for particulars to BERNARD FLYNN sumpter, ore. Books and Stationery I have added to my stock of Cigars and Tobaccoes a large number of popular novels, the leading periodicals and a complete line of stationery ....The Elite Cigar Store... L. 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