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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1903)
t THE SUMP IKK MINKr Wednesday, April 29, 190? 15 Cents tf, (0 4- C ID 0 10 Forest Mining Company 1 OPERATING THE RICH Storm King Group Of Minus In Cable Cove Minim: District, Fifteen MileH North of fcumpter. DID YOU EVER INVEST IN MINING STOCK? If yon have not, it in probably because FhIho ItitprcHCutatiuiiH have been iniule to you. WHY NOT INVEST IN MINING STOCK? If you will luy iiHidu ,v our cures, and business for u short time, just enough time to make a visit to the STOIEM KING (iltOUI'of mines, you, even with your inexperience in mining mutters, will realize you are inspecting the infancy of dovolnpliiK n group of claim. Into dividend paying mines. Wo have the mines to limv you if you have the time to m ake hvIhII. Our iidvico to you Ih 1)0 NOT invest 11 SINGbK DOM. A It in any proposition before you have thoroughly investigated the Kami). WRITE FOR REPORTS AND PROSPECTUS OP THIS GREAT GROUP OF NINES ...Advance Mining Co... FISCAL AGENT Lock Box F Sumpter. Orecfon nae9Miura rtee BAUU Dim niur " - nwma o mw o uw nrir yuiiwniu 01 0 0) m 3 15 Cents BIG THINGS J AT HIGHLAND. President Neil J. Sorensen Makes Trip of Inspection j This Week to Property. I'.Noil .1. Sntoiiscu, president of the Highland (inhl Minos company, loft Monday on a trip or Inspection to the propel ly to rurlher satisfy him self that the out bodies euiieiitly io pmted to have boon stiuok hy the superintendent me u leality. 'The Miner eudeavoieil to net some liiloiuiatloii icgitrdiug these lieh oios, hut the I'oiiipaiiy hud nothing to say. The iutoimatiou lit hand, however, In to the elleet that big things mo doing at Die Highland. STORM KINO DOING GOOD WORK t PrldeiU CoMello Will Crowcut ltdit When Waler Forces Him to Abandon Shalt. T. .1. Costollo, pi evident of the Forest Milling company, upending (he Storm King gloup, wiih at the propel ty lust week, Good woik in being done, he says. He Ih (dill nlnkiiiK mid will eoiitiuiie to do ho until the water forces him to almudou the shaft, ami then ho will crosscut the ledge mill lie-in drifting mi the hanging wall. The shaft in now down thirty-live feet. The Storm King Iiiih u high grndo of smelting and conceit trail ok oie. President Costollo Miyn it Is too early to liogln discussing u mill, hut ho thinks the pioperty will lie ready for oho by next summer. A road Iri to ho lailll in thin summer mid the eompany will probably be ready to make hoiiiii shipments by the time it Ih completed. UUCKEYE TO BE DEVELOPED. William Gelder, Who Has Bend on Prop erty Will be Here June 1. William (ielder, of New Vork, who took it bond on the lluc.kcyo gioup of claims in the Cineker Clock dlritriel, I owned by W. II. (Sloason and Jolili Donne, hiht December, Ih epected j heio about the llr-d of June to begin development work on the piopeity. The lluekeyo gioup in situated one' mile noitli of the Ninth i'ole iiud I contains tour lull claims. Only' the assessment woik mi far has been done, but the Indications mo that the piopeity will develop into a J llrst olii" proposition. Mr. (SIcumiii f Hiys the nio Is so ilch that he could, make good wages panning. Last , summer ho In ought thiity pounds of j nick fiom the piopeity, which io-' iluced and panned yielded 81.50 In gold. This he made into a linnet stick pin for his wife. Mining Investor's Special Edition. W. S. Tarbell, one of the owners of the Mining Investor, published at Colorado Springs, has been in the city for m vol nl days gat hoi lug data for a special edition descriptive of the Sumpter district, it Is his purpose to give the mining interests lieie a general writeup. FREE GOLD AT LISTEN LAKE. Ore Getting Better With Depth and Carrying Higher Values in Precious Metals. Bom. To Mr. mid Mrs. Fred D. Smith, Thursday morning, u girl. Giant Powder is the best by test in tlie world. T. G. Harrison agent. Some very unexpected develop moots have taken place at the Listen Lake mine lu the McNiimeu district. Mminuer .1. Win WIImiii, while sinking ii few' days ago encountered a stieak thai shows good vlaues in fiee gold that me coiislantly Improv ing with depth. This was totally unexpected. The Listen Lake gioup is a high guide copper piopoistion and 'the appearance of free ogold was entirely uulnokcd for. This augurs well for the piopeity, luceru-dng Its value liiuiu'li-oly, since theie is every indication that the copper ore will cany higher gold values as greater depth is nttaiued. The shaft is now down some eighteen or twenty feet hi good ore. It is the purpo-o to continue sinking mid later crosscut the ledge to determine its wltdh. It seems to be an enormous lead. Holes put down nil around have been in oro wood enough to ship. The Listen Lake people are very much elated over the prospects mid conlldently expect tho property to develop in(o ouo of the big mines of the district. The company will bo lu u position to liogln shipping ore before long. With the completion of tho Sumpter Valley extension beyond Whintoy which is expected to tap the prop erty, good transportation facilities with easy access to tho Sumpter smelter will bo alforded. A hoist and other mining machinery will bo Installed this summer, mid it is stated us piolmble that the company will also put in a heating plant to handle Its low guide oies. TO REMAIN DURING SUMMER. Dr. Dumertll Goes to Olive Creek Placers to Rest and Recuperate. , Dr. Hubert Dameiell, of lied Cloud, Nebuiska, who arrived in tho city last week, lett Sunday for tho Olive Cieok placets, opertned by thd Killleu, Warner, Stewart company, wheie ho will lemaln during tho siininier to lost and icciipeiate. Dr. Daineiell is iuteiested in thin us well an other piopeitie in the district. He is a prominent physician lu Nobi-iinka, having at one time been superintendent of tho state Iiimiuo asylum. .1. A. TomliiiMin, iiImi of Ued Cloud, who came here with Dr. Dameiell, accompanied him to Ollvo Creek, and will piobably remain ilruiiu: the Miiniiior to familiurizo liiuisolf with the camp generally. HENRY J. JORY l' 8. DKI'l'TV MINKIt.VI. Hl'IIVEYOIt 78 Ralston Bulldlnj, . I, Ciindi. Orifon MINCHAL PTCNT, TOWNSHIP PLATS AND ANVTHINO or RECORD IN THC U. S. LAND OrflCC