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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1903)
VOL. IV. THIRTY ADDITIONAL STAMPS FORNORTH POLE Learned Through Reliable Sources That Output of Mine is to be Doubled Adjacent Property Increased in Value. It was loaruod yostorday, through what 1h considered omlnontly rollnblo sources, that thirty addltlouul stamps are to bo put iu at onoo at tho North Polo mluo, making in all sixty stamps to bo operated by this company within the noar future, thus doubling the output. This mine is now turn ing out tho largest amount and the highest grade of milling oro within its history. It has a twonty-four foot vein on whloh it 1b stoping. Tho lmmonso oro body, and its unquestioned rlohness has stimulated the management of this famous ml no to inoroaso its operating facilities. On tho boat of authority it is stated that the free milling ore is carrying a uniform value of $25 a ton. Interest centers around the North Pole, from tho fact that It Is not only Oregon's greatest mine, but one of the most justly celebrated in the world. It is the best dereloped property within tho Sumpter district, the best payiug and tho most valu able Its value is placed at $10, 000,000, but tbo stock is not on tho market. A close corporation, GOLD BUG PROPERTY. Compressor to be Put in Soon and Mill Built in Fall. A compressor is to bo installed ut tho Gold Dug within tho next thirty days aud a heavy force of mon put on to push development operations. It is tho purposo of tho company to erect a teu stamp mill on the property in the early fall. Recent assays havo revealed phonomonal values at tho Qold Rug, ranging from 140 to $1,700 a ton. From an assay of gangue and wall matter, thought to be to be valueless, recently made a value of $12,00 was obtained. The property includes at least three well defined ledges extending for a distance of 4,500 feet. Assays indicate uniform values. The com pany Is croascutting to get under the ore shoot 000 feet long. Present developments point to a promising proposition. vT SUMPTER, OREGON, MARCH 18, 1903. as is well known, control thin mluo, and its movements, improvements, and the valuo of Its oro, aro, there fore, not subjects of public comment by tho local mauagomont. Only occasionally such information .is reliably obtained, as In the present Instance. It Is intorostng to holders of contiguous property, from tbo faot that It enhances tho value of their holdings. A notable illustration of the point in hand might bo mentioned in tho instauco of tho South Polo property. This mino is on the samo lodo, and at its end lines owns throo claims jointly with tho North Polo. At Its No. 0 tunnel it is gottiug good milling oro, with every promise that It will develop Into a proposition equal In valuo with the now celebrated North Pole. A force of twenty-two men Is now at work on the South Pole, and tbo property Is being rapidly doveloped. It Is dally increasing iu valuo, and prosout indications are that it will soon bocouio ono of tho big payiug mines of Oregon. Leave for Minneapolis. President Michaels, of tho Tiiriia guiu Arm company, iiccompuulud by his HUtor, Mrs. S. H. Abols, whoso husband Is president of tho Cracker Oregon company, loft Monday for their homo in Minneapolis, after a sojourn of several days iu tho city lookiug after tholr mining Interests horo. They visited tho different properties while horo aud aro well pleased with tho outlook. Immodlato arrangements are to bo made to Increase tbo workiug capacity of tbo mines. President Michaels is very sanguine over the situation and i looks for renewed activity throughout the district. Work at Smelter. The stack at the smelter has been completed and the general work of finishing the plant Is soaring a close. The last consignment of machinery is on the road and is expected to arrive any day. This machinery immedi- amounts to almost u train load, and will bo Installed utoly upon Its arrival. BLUE BIRD PROPERTY. Development Work Going Rapidly Ahead and Machinery to be Put in. E. J. Thorp, gouoriil manager of tho lllno Illnl Mining company, 1h lu tho city today. A good showing, ho says, Is iwing made on tho property,. Since tho company was Incorporated lust May, 1110 feet of development work 1ms been done. On tho south drift of No. II vein tho ore body measures thirty-eight feet, and four feet on tho north drift of vein No. 1. It is all a high grade oro. Development work Is to go rapidly ahead. Tho company now has a sovouty-horso power boiler and u four-drill comproossor on tho ground. Tho buildings aro all tlulshod, aud this machinery will be Installed at once;' ..Mtf.. -- ". -t JUDGE FAWCETT IN THE CITY. Great Interest Taken in Sump ter Throughout the Middle West, He Says. Judge Fawcott, of Omaha, prosldout of tho Psycho Mlulug company, arrlvod iu the city Monday. In company with Dr. Mueller, ho visited tbo proporty yesterday. Tho mill at tho Psycho Is now closed down for want of fuel but mining operations uro going ahead as usual. Judge Fuwcett says;: "I am iu a better position to speak of tho interest taken iu the Sump ter district iu Nebraska and throughout tho middle nest generally, than I am of conditions here. A year ago if you were to tell a man you were connected with some Sumpter property, he would prick up his ears aud say, 'Kuiiipter, why, where Is that?' Now Its dliroront. If It is Incidentally mentioned that ouo is interested In some Oregon mining proposition, tho sure response is 'Your property is lu the Sumpter district, I presume.' Sumpter Is becoming widely known as tho richest gold field in any of the Pacific states, aud lu tho world for that matter. "On our trip to aud from t tho Psyche yestorday we bad to turu out of the road every little while to let freight sleighs pass. I remarked to Dr. Mueller that such a thing would hardily have h'appeuod a year ago, since there was but little travel to the mines at that time. There Is every evldenco of great activity lu this mining region durlug the com lng season." 'v" NO. 28. MOVEMENT TO SEPARATE BILLS. OPPOSE REFERENDUM FOR EDDY AND PORTAGE LAWS COM BINED. Mining Men of Sumpter District Not In Favor oi Petition Including Both Measures-Will Fight It-Hoo. j. H. Rob bins Explains Situation Says Eddy Bill Is Unjust. There is a movement on foot among mining men to separate tho Eddy aud Portage bills In tho matter of Invoking tho referendum. The min ing concerns in this district uro uot lu favor of combining tho two, Inasmuch as thoy are essentially atfocted by tho f ormor while tho latter cuts little llguro with them ono way or another. It Is thought by many that tho railroad influences have brought about ii combination lu order to soouro tho defeat of tho Portago bill through tho referendum aud havo sought to enlist tho assistance of tho mlulug Interests by combining tho two. Tho prominent mlulug concerns of Sumpter aro not inter ested iu tho defeat of the Portago bill aud thoy think tho combination of this bill with tho objectionable Eddy bill iu the petition to luvoko tbo referendum will weaken thoir cause before tho people, aud thoy propose to petition for tho referendum on the' Eddy bill alone. lion. J. II. KobbliiH, who was lu tho legislature when both bills were passed, and who Is perhaps lu better touch with the situation than almost any other mine owner in the district, lias this to say: "I am heartily In favor of securing the defeat or the Eddy bill through the referendum, but 1 will uot Higu a petition which combines this with the Portage bill, since I endorse the latter measure, and voted to secure its passage. The Eddy bill will cripplo our mining industry to a great extent, and should be de feated, but joining it with tho Portage bill will lessen rather than increase its chance of defeut lieforo tho people. It is true I voted for tho Eddy bill iu tho last legislature, but It was a matter of exedlouey easily explained. I was opposed to Its passage iu its present form and fought it lu tho committee, but when my name was reached on roll call I voted for it, since It had already secured a sufficient number of votes for Its passago, merely as u matter of diplomacy. It was early in tho session aud this was amoug the first bills bassod. I had a mining bill to- (CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR) m