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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1903)
w THE SUMPTER MINhR Wednesday, March 25, iqo? v c (D a 0 0 bD c c fc: Forest Mining Conopany STORM KING GROUP Your attention is called to the fact that this stock was placed on the market at 10 cents per 'share. It is now 1$ cents per Share. We will further inform you that the Storm King Group is pro ducing richer ore as the work progresses, so it will be only a short time till the price will again be raised. We do not need very much money to place the mines on a self-sustaining basis; so do not delay, buy now before the next advance. Come and see our mines: then you will realize the importance "of grasping'the opportunitywe'rrow" offer toyou. --.v. ...-. Write for Reports and Prospectus of this great group of mines. 0 - (D (I) ...Advance Mining Co... FISCAL AGENT Lock Box F Sumpter, Oregon ROOMS 6 AND 8 GOSS BANK BUILDING -gs n 0 0 3 v Q) 3 Forest Mining Company WEST SUMPTER LAND INVOLVED. Action to Settle Title to Prop erty Including Some Ten Acres Now Pending. An action Involving tho tltlo of Huniit ton acres of ground oil tho wt'Ht hUIo of Sumpter, originally located as placer claims ly A. W. Kills iu 1HII2 mill relocated liy several other pronoun, Ih to Imi sturtod nt once. Tho twouty-tlvo or thirty families wlio havo squatted on tho liiiul, mid tho tutor locator wore untitled hint wotik to pay rout or iiiovo olf. Thoy refused to do either mill have put up 11 purse to contest tlin umttor. TI10 ground, including two plucor claims, mum located liy A, W. Ellis, who sold out to V. It. Mead, .1. Parkinson and ,1. It. Ilmiriilimi, giving 11 iiilt 0I11I111 iIoimI to lio executed when ho proved up on tho claims. Later J. II. Jackson mill Mrs, Mullory 11 1 ho lllod on tho huiiio locations 011 tho grounds that tho previous Ming was not legal iiiiiHinucli hh it was alleged that tho description given in tho advertisement tllil not correspond to doaivlptlou hi tho fill UK. tho Ming therefore Mug Illegal. It In a throo cornered tight. Kills Ih how waiting for his patent, proof having Imoii accepted at tho La Grande luml otHco. Mead ami bis associate olaiin 'It by tho Hunt of purchase mill that thoy too,, hiiro 1I0110 tho required amount of 'assessment work, ami Jackson uud Mrs. Mullory Hay that theirs Ih tho only legal location made uud there foro tho property belongs to thorn, 110 other location from a standpoint of law having loon inado. Tho squatters otforod to buy tho lota on which thoir homos are locatod, but they wore Informed by Purklusou, who Ih acting as mauagor for bin associates, that it Is not for sale in parcels, that nothing less than the entire tract would be Hold. Thoy thon made up n purso uud are Hiding JuckHou uud Mrs. Mullory, who, it hoiiih, are willing to accord them moro generous treatment iu caso the claims fall to them. Advance in Copper. Copper, like lead, in advnuelug in value, the quotations having rlsou coiiHidoralily during the pant few wookn. Possibly the tendency of the metal to rise in value will oucourag Homebody to take hold of our Sevuu Doviln properties. There in copper in abundance, but thee fall in copper came just an tho time when an otfort wan Ixdug niude to put the milieu on a producing basin, and everything wax cloned up tightly. --Idaho Daily Statesman. RELIEF MAP OF CRACKER CREEK Papier-Mache Cast Will be Back From Portland in a Short Time. Short on Salvation at Long Creek. Long Creek is In groat need of a good minister. Investigations are1 toiiig mude toward raising money to! support u preacher. It is thought Ust to secure contributions, payable ' each mouth, for tho support of u minister, uud do away with taking up collection every Sunday, as niauy people stay away from church ou that account. Loug Crook Light. All the latest novelties in hats at Neill Mercantile company'. A. D. Whlttler, who has been lu tho city for soiuo time ougaged on a roliof map of a seolon of tho Cracker Crook district, expects to receive tho papier-macho cast buck from Portland within a few duys. Tho map will tie llnishod up uud puiutod hero. Mr. Whittlor says that ho baa tbo assurauco of the Lewis uud Clurk fair committee that theso maps which ho is making of dliforeut mining ro gious of tho state, will form part of the state exhibit atld also that thero Is a movement on foot to huvo them at tho St. Louis exposition. Tho map iu question shows oue claim of tho South Polo, uud tbo North Polo ledgo to where it pltcbos into Hock Creek, u distance of four miles by two. Among the well known properties ou tho map aro tbo Uolcouda, the E. & K., tho Colum bia, the Crackor Jack, tho Crackor Eaglo, and tbo Crackor Oregon. The seotiou was tlrst sketched by Mr. Whlttler, aud tho map will repro duce ou a scale of ouo inch to 300 feet, tho exact contour of tho coun try, making the highest mountains teu Inches aud giving the location of all ledges, mines, mills and other Improvements. It will come iu two sizes, the larger live feet by two and teu inches, and the smaller just half this size. Mr. Whlttler is golug to make other maps showing tho north east and southwest ends of this miu oral bolt for a distance of twelve by two miles. Sum for Alcniattag Hi Wife' Affection. Dr. J. H. Davis, formerly of this city, has tiled suit at Portlaud against his mothor-lu-law, Mrs. Hannah Nicolal, to recover 950,000 damage for alenlatlng his wife's affections. Dr. Davis practiced dentistry here for soiuo time aud left for Portland ouly a few days ago. He charges that his mothor-ln-law persuaded his wife to leave him, alleging that he was not supporting hor iu the proper manner. Colcooda to Have Shipment Ready Soon. Hou. J. II. Robblus, ouo of the stockholders uud formor managor of tho Golcomtd, made a trip to the property last weok. He says every thing is iu lino shape aud tbo com pany will make a shipmout of high grade ore iu a short time. Miller cap protectors. T. G. Harrison agent for Baker, Grant and Union counties. F. O. BUCKNUM Examiner of Mines, Lands aud Investments in Oregon, Washington or Idaho. Maps and Blue Prints furnished. If you want to purchase high class stocks write me. SUMPTER, - OREGON -I