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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1903)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, April 15, 190 j i ft " 1 i ", :?i y BEST CAMP IN THE COUNTRY. T. II. Dunphy and R. L. Turner, coiiHtituto tho board of directors. THIS IS THE OPINION OF MINING EXPERT KOPLIN. After Expertlng Little Cracker Group Wires Hit People That Property i Better Than Represented Fine Mine Power Drills to be Put in Development to go Forward. NEAR CRACKER OREGON LEDGE. of tlm Hitiiutiiiii Mr. L. K. Kupllii, or Duluth, wlio eamo hero it few dayn ago to export tliu Little Cracker property for Home of tliu eastern stockholder mid others, intoicstod, before leav ing yesterday, mint tliu folowltig wlro to IiIh empleyers: "I'ropnrty bettor Hum represented. It 'h good. Leave for homo tomor row. ' ' Speaking Kopllu hiiIiI "I liiivi) exported Iron properties in uumorniiH instances In tlio Lake Superior country for IIiohu same people, mid other properties In vnrloiiH Piiclllo Slates, including Oregon, lint HiIh Ih my Hint trip to Humptor. TIiIh eclipses thorn all. K'h tlm Im)hI in tlio country. In view of tlio phenomenally high grade of ore found hero mid tlio runt extent of tlio deposits, I liuvi) 110 hesitancy In miylng tlmt. Sumpter Ih tho coming gold camp of tlio country. My Investigation did not Htop with tho Littln Cracker group. After mitlHfy lug UiyHiilf HH to tho thIiio of thin proporty mid it Ih much hotter tliiui represented I visited tho Cracker Oregon mid othor null known proporiltioiiH in tlm district. Tho oro Ih thorn In vast piantltles mid Kh high grade character Ih Indisput able. To 11 mail familiar with mining HiIh tlintrlct presents pomd- IlilitioH Of WOllltll IlllllOst iMiyoud ooinprohniiMloii. " Tho. company Ih making arrang ements to pill In powor drills mid othor machinery uoxt mouth, mid will 1m in 11 position within tho uoxt throo or four months to lay itn plaiiH for installing milling machinery. Ample fiiudH aro on hand to carry for waul tho work In hand and only a llmltod amount of Htock wll ho placod 011 tho market. Tho l.iltlo Cracker proporty in idtuatod 011 1. lit lo Crackor Creek aliout 1,'J00 foot duo cant oast from tho Cracker Oregon In tho lmintdlato vicinity of tho big producer of tho Cracker Crook IiiihIii. It In on tho uiothor lodo system mid joins on IIh north oud lino tho Tamarack claim owned liy tho K. and 10., on tho wont tho South 1'nlo, May Hollo and on tho cunt tho Oregon (Iron p. Tho company owiih two full claims, tho I'utiium mid tho Chauco. Two voIiih ctcud through tho outlro length of tlit'Ho claims. Ansayn from votu No. 1 on tho Chauco hIiow viiIiioh ranging from lfi to t'-oO, Surface cropping show tho voin to I hi from thirty foot in width,. Inflict tho surface showing that of tho North and Columbia, tho of tho liuodliito Green Stains Indicate Proximity of Vein on Property. MauiiKor L. It. liollmuu Ih con fident that tho ledgo on tho Cracker Oregon will ho roiichod within tho uoxt ton feet. Ho Ih now drifting for tlm ledgo and tho chromic HtaltiH observed proHont uumiBtakablo evidence tlm tho ledgo Ih not fur uwuy. Tho proporty Ih making a good showing and dorolopmcnt will go Htoadily forward during tho present H0IIH0U. Gold Picked up on the Streets. Aftor tho rocont hoiivy rliiiiH liumnroiiH roportn como from tho old mining campH of California to tho olfoct that gold Ih being found in tho HtrootH. Soino nuggotH worth several dollarH woro picked up in Nevada City and hoiiio of the old camps in Amador county. At one time in tho hMory of Nevada City it wiih a uhiiiiI thing for peorple to pick up good Hi.od uuggetH after a heavy rain, and it sooiiih tho Hiipply Ih not yet ex hausted. In early days tho Hiirfaco only wiih worked where the town Ih now located and it may bo that like Hullo and Helena In Montana hoiiio of the old towiiH in the California mining regioiiH may be undermined for the gold in the gravel below tho fouudatloiiH of tlio buildings. - Kiiglueeriug and Mining Nov low. TO IMPROVE MILL STREET. Property Owners Will Petition Council to Re-gravel This Thoroughfare. There Ih ii movement on among tho Mill Htreot property owner to petition tho ctiy council to rogravol thin thoroughfare. Tho old gravol Ih beginning to wear through in patches and it Ih argued if tho matter Ih taken in hand now it will nave both time and money. A proporty owner him the following tunny: "While there Ih not mich n crying demand for tho repair of Mill Htreot, a Htlch in time Ih liable in thin liiHtaiice to nave a good many more than nine. The present coating of gravel Ih becoming pretty well worn, and If the loose gravel along tho gutters were i-craped into the center of tho Htreot, the worn places repair ! ...i .....i .. ....... ......i -...i .... it ....... 1. 1 .. . .. ! mil nun im I'll, till, imii,i on the Houtli the, ... ,,,,., . . . . i. licat down hard and last for several years, saving a lot or extra expense. Now- Ih the time to do it before the wtreet getn too bad, mid the proporty owners nliould petition the council to thin oud at once. in said to equal I'olo, K. Hiid K., big producers vicinity. Following aro the cempany: T. C. lllmebatigh, 8r., vice oltlcers of tho llutzc, general inniiager; l. nocrotary und treusurer. piesldeiit; H. prtHidout and Wlllard, These with Stockholders Meeting. Notice in hereby given that a meet ing of the stockholders of tho Hyson Cold Mining company will be held at tho olllce of N. C. Hlchanls, Attoruey-at-Law, City of Sumpter, linker County, State of Oregon, on Friday, tho 8th day of May, 11)011, at tho hour of 10 A. M., to elect otllcers mid transact any other business that may como leforo tho nald mooting. II. V. SLOAN, President. The J. H. MacCdllum Company INVESTMENTS REAL ESTATE AND MINES. FIRE, INSURANCE, EMPLOYERS LIABILITY PLATE GLASS BOILER AND ACCIDENT Offices: Neill Mercantile Co. Bldg. T. M. LAVIN'S Tonsorial Parlors and Bath Rooms 1 have just renovated my tonsorial shaving parlors, and at a great expense placed a compressed air plant in my shop ::::::::: COMPRESSED AIR Is one of the latest modern con veniences of an up-to-date barber shop. It imparts a refreshed feel ing and healthy glow to the skin. No extra charge. Give us your pat ronage and assure us of your appreciation of our up-to-date, Twentieth Century methods. Face Massage : : : : : ::::: Two Doors West of First National Bank THE SMELTER Tho Oregon Smelting and Hetlning Company is now ready to purchase Huso Itullion, Amalgam, Zinc Slimes, and Placer Gold. If more conven ient these may be delivered at tho First National Bank of Sumpter, which will receipt for the same, jt j jt jt jt Your business is solicited.