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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1903)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN' INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT I r ACTIVITY AT THE MAGNOLU KNOCKING THE GREkf'GOLCONDA. i t tf i Rich Intersecting Ledge Will be Cut in 100 Feet. . I'orHidont K. Siiii(l!rnou Smith, of thu Magnolia CoHolldated CJold MIiich company, huh out at (ho property Monday. Ho wiyH tlio work of run ning tho tunnel around thu eiivo-in in (ho Ajax working's ' dlstaiico of nlxty-llvo fool, wan Mulshed Saturday. TIiIh cavo-in canned couHidornhlo doluy, Iroulilo and expense. Throo Union it waH cleaned out and ho'avlly Umbered, to bo followed by uuotlior Hlldo. It Ih an unusually had ploco of ground, tho oavo extending to a distance of ulnoty fool aliovo tho top of tho tunnel. More thn'u 1000 oar load h of iini and wiihIo rook wiih re movod to (ho dump. No moro Iroulilo will lio o.xporjoncod at IIiIh point, howovor,aH tho tuunol Iiiih boon bulk hoadod with massive tiuiliorH on tilth or nldo of tho oavo and I lio country rock through which tho tuuuol Iiiih licou driven around in wild to lio tho toughen! ovor found in that district, not a tlinlior liolng ropiircd for tho ontiro Hlxty-llvo foot. TIiIh tuuuol Ik now in 100 foot, vortical dopth -Tit) foot, all on tho vol n. Although tho oro Ih of low grado ,h!x or xovou dollars', tho Mag nolia people aid concoutnitlug nil work at thiri point for tho present, working throo olght-liour Hlilfts. Tholr purpoHi) Ih to roach tho cross lodgO IIH HOOII IIH possible, HO t lltlt tllO mill can Im Htartod with high grado froo milling rock at tho carl lost pos hIIiIo dato. TIiIh lodgo in Homothiug Iohh than 100 foot from tho faco of tho Ajax tuuuol, whllo it ci'ohhoh tho main Magnolia lodgo ipilto '100 foot lMyoud tho faco of that tuuuol, which Ih in ovor 700 foot, which Ih iiIho run lu on tho lodgo, a ntrong, well dollucd vein, varying from nix to fourteen feet in width and carrying an average of cloven dollar In gold viiIuch. While at the mine Monday PiohI doul Smith let a contract to Suporlu teiiileut (iraham to drive tho Ajax tuuuol another 100 foot, which will lu lug it to tho Intersecting lodge, which, it Ih contldeuly predicted, will open up one of the most valuable ore bodies in eastern Oregon, iih open cuIh and hIiiiIIow hIiuHh on thin Inter Heeling elu havouucoveied rock that for a distance of 100 feet gave aver ago assays of ? T S , practically all flee gold. Alaiut thirty iihmivh were made to arrive at thin icsult. The Magnolia Ih uuiucxtlualily a gieat mine, with enough work already done to prove, thin to lie a fact with unlimited, alluring posHllillltlcH. Help Build Up ThWl. The low rutcH from the eiiHt to thu went mid tho uorthwcHt, r'cbuitry IT) to April :t0, will uiiilouhtcdly bring out thousands ot settlors. Where they will go in largely a question of inducement. If you aro interested in securing any eastern people (or your section of the west, send their mimes and addresses to tho undersigned. All tho (net mul llguros altout the trip will lio promptly Kent them. 11. 8. ltowo, (ienenil Agent, Chicago, Mil wtuikeo .v St. 1'aul Huilway, I'M Third Street, rortlaml, Ore. ,1.,.. .C .0 li JiKl If J CO.NTINUKU FKOM I'AUK 13 '" jri!f' x ' . I' f M TOgardlng tho. Ifmotlior' lodtfV; tfousldor tho fathomlestt depths -of what ho dooHU't know a4out.iululug, which Ih revealed In JhlH expressien: 'j,Tho inonoy.spont In reaching from 'duo lodgo to another U often quito Iih much, if not mony than tho pocket yloldH whoti .discovered." Thou, too, ithla oralo proclalmH thiH "mother lolo" on which tho (lolconda Ih located to lo"pockoty"; while Professor Waldenmr Lindgrou, of tho United State Geological Sur vey, says in IiIh olllclal report that it Ih "oaHily tho Htrongost, most pondst ont vein lu tho lllifo mountains." Ills iiHKortlou that wo "aro In clined to think that it Ih a plan to unload a dlsapjyiUjting mine on "tenderfoot", guided by information "wo" have received from tho woHt, Ih proven to ho a delllienito mis Htatomout, concocted in "wo'h" own wheel Iiouho, liy tho fact that tho gentlemen who controll tho (Jol conda have during tho pant fow weokH lieou increaHitig their holdingH, buying ovory block of Htock offered at Ichh than tho market price; guided, preHiimably, by information they have received from the amalgamator and trcamiror of tho company. REDUCED RATES FROM THE EAST Commencing February 16 and con tinning until April HO, there will bo low niton from the east via the Illinois Cen tral railroad to all Washington, Oregon and Idaho polntn. If any of your friends or relatives in the east aro coming west whilo these rates are in effect, give us their name and address, and we will make it our business to see that they are given the best possible service. We oiorato through personally conducted excursion cars, and in fact give you tho Umetlt'of the latest conveniences known to modern railroading. We have tliteen different routes between the east and the west, and are in position to give you tho Intnolit of the 'best combinations. Write us and we will give you full par ticulars. It. II. Thumhuli., Com'l Agent 111. Cent, ltuilnmd. Hi Third Street, Portland, Oro. JUST ARRIVED A full line of Knives and Forks, Tea Spoons and Table Spoons. Just the thing for hotel and boarding house. Dur able and cheap. Call and see them. HAWLEY'S RED BOY GOLCONDA AND ; ' . j .1 SOUTH POLE Three of Sumpter's Famous Gold Mines These Stocks Will Make Big Profits on Present Prices. Buy Now. WRITE OR WIRE SEYMOUR H. BELL SUMPTER, OREGON CODES-Bedford-McNeil. Cloughs. ., r. iVii ,