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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1903)
14 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March 18, 1905 BONDED THE ELDORADO GROUP. H. MicCALLUM CO. SECURES CONTROL OF WELL KNOWN PLACERS. Operations to Start When Season Opens Reservoir Capacity to be Increased Hydraulics and Other Machinery to be Put in Company Ably Financed by Eastern Capitalists. Tho .1. II. MiicCiilluin romtmny, of HiIh city, Iiiih bonded tho oll known Cow Creek placer uIiiIiiih owned by the Kldnriidn Placer (Sold Mining coiiiiuiiiy. Tho bond mih iimdu .Mon day mid incliiiloH tho Kionp of Hie rich placer clalniH on Cow Cii'(k, to Wither with water rlithtH, dltchcH, KianlM, piping, etc. TIiumIocIc of tho i:idoiado eoinpaliy, h divided inlo riO(),(t()() nliaren and Ih Included Intact. Tin! pioperly Ih Infilled hIx iiiIIch ft inn l.ockhart, which Ih on tho .Siimpler Valley inilioiid. Tho Iho clalniH 1110 mm follew: Tho Nowbeny Placer claim, 1,500 feet in length; tho lladKer, 700; tho Sinoothlioie, 1,500; tho IIikIhoii, 1,500; tho Mainly llllen, :i,000. Incluileil In the Hale Ih !I0 acieH of lino tlmlier land which will cello a valuable piupone In tho COIIHtl lift lllll llf llllinOH, IKHOIVOllH mid other IniprovemeiitH. Thexo placeiHaioamoiiK tho lichenl in tho eaMtern Oicmi old lleldn. They u in it pawed owir ly curly pronpectofH for tint iciihoii that tho iIi'PohIIh went too deep to lio HUcccHHfiilly worked by pick mid hIioxcI and re pi I red capital to put In hydraulic iippllnneoH. TIioioiikIi proHpectlliK, howeer, Iiiih proel lKyond any qnentlon tho valiialiloucHH of the clalniH. During Iho primped iiiK operatloiiM laxt npriiiK ouu linnet wiih taken out worth if IH. A enblo yard of dirt yielded if HI) In placer Kohl, mid olio pan produced $1.50. From it hole ton foot wpiaro and eight font deep eMIIft In iiiikkoIh and gold dunt wiih taken out. Thoio ant a Krcat many, people in Humpter now wearing nuggetM from them clalniH. The now concern Ih aliuiidaiitly llnanced liy eantern capital, mid opcratloiiH arc to begin hh hooii iih tho weather opciiH up. Many Improve ment aie contemplated. Tho picHcut i Cher voir Ih luailipiato and further capalty Ih to lie added at once, together with hydiaullcH, and other ImpioM-d machinery. Tho now owneiH will develop tho piopeity on an etcnnl( ccale. BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR DISTRICT Colorado Man Says Sumpter Is All Right and Has Bright Prospects. II. I'liiouH, of Victor, Coloiado, rcpiChcntliiK the Lyncr r.nglno work, of Denver, wbh In the city noxoral duyH hint week In the interest of IiIh llriu. He made trlpH to the princi pal miiicH around Sumpter. Ho Miyn : "lam familiar with the Cripple Creek ilUtrlct. In fact, I have had Mipcriiitoiidcuco of novel al proportion thon I look upon tho Sumpter dl trlct iih one of tho mont promising of the country. There can Ut no tpioH. tiou regarding the -rlolinoRH of tho ilepoHltn and tho almuduuco of the ore III thetturroundlng country, ami when one taki'H into eoiinldiratlon the fact thut very little of thin wealth law been developed, tho proxout activity and tho Intercut manlfostcd all oror tho country in Sumpter, ho will naturally como to tho coiicIiihIoii that tho 11k trict Ih on tho ovo of an unprece dented development. Iloyond doubt it Ih oiio of tho moHt promising camps In tho country." Help Build Up The West. Tho low rates from tho east to the went and tho northwest, Febuary 15 to April .'10, will undoubtedly bring out thousands ot settlers. Where they will go in largely n question of inducement. If you are IntercHtcd in securing any eastern people for your section of the U'Ht, send their names mid addresses to tho undersigned. All tho facta and figures about the trip will bo promptly Kent them. II. S. Howe, General Agent, Chicago, Mil waukeo & St. Paul Railway, 1114 Third Street, Portland, Ore. All the latent uovoltioH in Nelll Mercantile company's. hatH DR. PEARCE A ANDERSON Physicians and Surgeons I'kOI'DIBTOMS SUMI'TEK OENtkAL HOSPITAL SUMI'TER, OBtQON . . lOrFlCF. Main 8i. Ttlphont HosciTAt. Alsln il). F. A. b. STARR. Attoruey-at-Law Cfnlrr, cor. High St. Sumpter. Oregon F. K. IIOIiSON. Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor (or Oregon, En gineer lor the City ot Sumpter. Un4etien in4 Psttst Sarirsfs. OrMiMlaf. let Prlatlni QHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW Cllt Atttmti U. I. Ceaaliiliair Rooms 2 and ). First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON U T. BHOCK w. a. vosa BROCK 8t VOSE Physicians and Surgeons. Special Attention Glvan to Ear. Eye, Nost, Throat anj Skin Diseases. Ilety Hot air ap paratus lor Treating Kheumatlsm. Wilton Block, Sumpter, Oregon. HENRY J. JORY II. H. IIKI'UTV MINKIIAI. HUHVKYOH 71 Rslsten ulldlng. Is Grinds. 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