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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 27, 9? 12 CONTRACT LET FOR STAMPS. AT THE I. X. L. AND HIDEEN TREASURE. Superintendent Kelly Here and Sent Out Force ' of Men Work Returned Crow Vein to Be Drifted Oo-MlU ill Be Runolof Bv July I Good Value. Fred T. Kelly, superintendent of the 1. X. L. and Hidden Treasure in the Uroeiihorns, wan in the city yesterday uud engaged u crew of men to continue development operations 011 tho property. They were sent out yesterday aud started work today. The II rut work to bo done will be pumping out the shafts preparatory to resuming the drifts on tho lodges. Another object in Huporlntoudont Kelly's visit to tho city, was to purvhiiHo lumber for the buildings to be erected at once preparatory to tho installation of the live stamp mill mentioned in an issue a week or so back. Tho contract for delivering the machinery has already been let, and the consignment will arrive within about two weeks. It is ex peced to have tho mill in operation not later than the first of July. lioth tho Hidden Treasure aud tho I. X. L. are well developed properties. With tho exception of some work of minor Importance which Superin tendent Kelly had done after his return from Bpokaue a few weeks ago, nothing has beeu done In the way of general development since last February. After pumping out the shafts the llrst work will bo to start a drift on the 100 foot level from tho I. X. L. shaft on the connecting vein iH'tweou the two main ledges aud continue it a distance of about dUO feet to the Hidden Treasure shaft, and at tho same time coutinue the drifts on both tho veins. Connect ing these parallel veins, which are separatist some 400 feet from each other, Is u diagonal crown vein con necting tho two shafts. Tho object is to drift on this as well as the leads, lioth loads have already beeu drifted on several hundred feet from the shafts. The ore on both prowrtli averages well, aud picked samples have given high values. Browne Goes Eil. A. II. llrowue consulting engineer for tho Know Crook mines, accom panied by Mrs. llrowue, left Monday for New York, Hostou, I'hiladlephia aud other eastern cities, to U gone about three weeks. Mr. llrowue goes A. I.. McKWKX, M. K. McEwen 8c McEwen MINING ENGINEERS AMI MAYERS Having purchased the Plant ami Outfit of Messrs. Browne $r Smith, we are prepared to do General Assaying- and Complete Analysis of Ores. Also Concentrating, Amalgamation and Cyanide Tests. j . OFFICE CENTER STREET PHONE SS in the interest of several important mining deals. Go Periling on Snow Shoes. Harley Wood and John Riggs returned this week from a fishing trip to Olive Lake. Six miles of the distance in to the lake bad to be made on snow shoes, and there was ice still on the lake. Notwithstand ing these disadvantages they brought back a very nioe lot of trout. Pranking Field For Investor. Daniel Norman, of.. Chicago, was In the city several days this week looking over the mining field. Mr. Norman visited several of the properties here and thinks Sumpter Is one of the most promising localities for the investor in the country. Executive Committee Meed. Tho executive committee of the First National Dank held its usual monthly meeting Monday. J. W. Scrlbor, of La Grande, the only out of town member, was present at the mooting, pcdluarr routine , matters wore irnuBuuieu. Mining deeds for sale at this office. FJR. PEARCE 4 ANDERSON Physicians and Surgeons PSOPSISTOSS marts osmisai hospital Suarrt. Otioos -r.i..i... I OrriCS. Mil ill. TeUsfcont hospital Mi n l. F. E. HOB80N. Civil and Mining Engineer. U. 5. Diputy Mlntrtl Surviyor (or Onion, llnttr for tht City ol Sunpttf. Ea UtlifMil lit PiUM limit. M iiMli. Im riiitiit QHAS. ri. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW City Mtirssr U. 1. CiaalMliMr Rooms 2 and ), First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON OWct Phone No. joi KrilJrnct I'hont No. n DR. L. T. 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