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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, April 15, 190 j
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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
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.. . .. ! 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
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Tonsorial Parlors and Bath Rooms
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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.