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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1903)
12 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March u, 190 J HARD ROCK AT THE MAGNOLIA. Only Four Inches Driven by Each Shift in a Strata of Hard Quartzite. President Smith, of tho Muguollu compnuy, was out at tho mltio Satur day, accompuuiod by Civil Kuginoor Fonnor, who did Home underground svuruylng, for tho purpoHo of making an ncciiruto estimate of tho dlHtauco which tho Ajux tuiinol Iiiih yot to bo driven before tho intorHOctiug lodgo 1h oiicountorod. It whm thon some thing Iohh thun 100 foot. Tho company hud hopod to com plete thht work by tho first of April, ho that the mill could lo rttartod, but owIiik to tho extreme toughueriH of tho rock, encountered during tho piutt week or ton ilnya, it will probably lx) April Ifi before tho work 1m flu lulled. They hud Ixmui running through n Hlato formation, but two woekH hIiico a Htratu of qtiiirtzlto wuh encountered (hat 1h hh hard an kIhhh ami tough aH rawhide. For more than a week only four IuuIioh a Hhift whh made in thlx rock, one foot in twenty-four Iioiith. Saturday the in dicaiioiiH were that the formation waH changing and the Hlato wait coming in iigulii. Tho itohh vein for which they are now driving Ih practically free mill lug ore and very rich, and tho com pany him decided to drop HtatnpH on thin at the earlleHt poHtdblo moment and not wait for tho roaHtoi-H and cyanide tankn that will I mi liiHtalled to treat the large IhmIIoh of more or Johm refractory oron already blocked nut in the Magnolia tunnel, hm it will requlnt nevenil moutliH to make therm contemplated addition to tho mill. The prcHout owuei-H of the MaKUolia are endeavoring to hreuk the record aH to time In turning out a Kold brick and hope to Micccod, notwithstand ing having met with nereral uunvold able delayM, hiicIi an the above, and rcpeutod cavelim on a ploco of bad Krouud, which occurred under tho former ownership, and the prencnt muimgeiiieut fond impoHHlble to remedy, ho tunneled aroud it. Aueunwat Work on Patenlrd Claims. Annual itHHeHHiiient work may bo done on a patented claim, and may I mi applied to unpatented cluiitiH in the group if the work ho done in for the actual benetlt and development THE PUGER SEISON IS ALMOST HERE PLACER MINES IRE IN DEMAND WE ARE OFFERING AT A 'BARGAIN ONE OF THE RICHEST AND VEST EQUIPPED PLACER MINES IN THE SUMPTER DISTRICT, IF TAKEN BEFORE APR1L FIRST. VAN VLEET ( WRIGHT. THE A. J M STINSON, Prop. (Successor to Snyde dt Stlnson) Only the Best Brands of liquors Served Over tin Bar SUMPTER, of tho unpatented claims. The clainm of the group must adjoin, and thero mtiHt bo no doubt of tho actual character of tho advautugo de rived by tho unpatented claim in havluK tho work douo on tho patented claim. Whore thlH Ih done, or in any cane where tho work Ih dono at a hIdkIo point for the benefit of a group of clalniH, tho bunion of proof Ih on tho owner to Hhow that tho work douo, or improvement made, does, oh a matter of fact, tend to tho de velopment of tho property aH a whole, and that Mich work Ih a part of tho gonornl Hchomo of improvement. ThlH applloH to oithor quartz or placer locations. Mining and Scion title PreHH. Oyer two feet $56 Rock la the CtUforaU. General Manager Iiellman, of the California, inforniB TUG MINER that that mluo uovor looked better than It doeH today; that largo bodies of good oro are blocked out, ready to bo ntood aH noon an tho concentrator Ih put in committHlou. Thoro is two foot of nhlppiuR oro botwoon tunnolH No. 2 and .1, and two foot four inches of f HO rock in tho ttecond Htopo ubovo No. 5, known bh blackHmith tuuuol, which Ih now being wicked for ship ment. HENRY J. JORY U. H. DKI'DTV MIXKUAL HUKVKVOIt 71 rJililen lilldlnf, It QiinU. Oregon MINERAL PATfNTtJ, TOWNSHIP PLAT! AND ANYTHING OF RECORD IN THE U. . LAND OmCE E. A. CLEM & CO. MINKS PROSPECTS STOGK8 Writ ui for list ol properties end lowest mirkit quutallonion ttocktln producing minei and oil wellt. hxcellenl opportunity tor profit In low priced stocks. ilICham. of Com. Portland, Oregon. TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Unite J Stairs Und Office. j Sumpter Oregon, March 4. too). I Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the provisions 01 tne act 01 congress or June 1 1878. en tltlej "An act for the sate of timber lanjs in timber lanjs In the states of California, Oregon. NevaJa end Washington Ter rnory, as exienjej to an tne i'udiic Lanjauitsry act ol August 4, i&je, SAMUEL A. I1ERNESSEH. of Sumpter, county of Uaker, stale of Oregon, lias this Jay fileJ In this office his sworn statement No. )T. tor the purchase of the seMnwJl, anl nejf swu end H scK of section No. to. In township No. 11 Si., range No. )8, E, WM, and will offer proof 10 show that the land sought Is mure valuable for Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, anJ to establish his claim l salj lend before Chat. II. Chance, U. S. com missioner, at Sumpter, Oregon, on MonJay, the 19 h Jay of May, iguj. He names as witnesses: Van Rensselaer MeaJ, Willam A Cut-in, (irorgr Wright. Sr., anJ Halph MeaJ, all ol Sumpter, Oregon. AnvanJ all persons claiming aJversely the above- JrtctlbeJ lanjs are requested to tile their claims this oltice on or belote salj taih Jav ol Mav, iuo. li. W. IIAKHBTT. Register Sumpter, Oregon. SALOON OREGON ...J. W. COWDEN... 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