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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER The Sumoter Miner PUHLISHEIJ BVIRY WIUNESDAY BY JAMES LOfilE T. 0. (WYNNE. EDITOK Enttrtd at the pottofflce In Sumptr, Oregon, tor lrinimllon through tht mill at seconj clatt mattar SUHSCHIPTION HATES One Yrar $100 Sl Month . , . i.j) ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Huiiitliir nniHt havo u Fourth of .July I'oliilirutioii uiiil ii good olio. It Ih limit now to Kttt In iiml ilrill for it. Iut everybody got attend tlio citizens' meeting Fritliiy night iiml nlarl tint Imll rolling. It Ih mid itrHtiioil tluit liakor City Ih not going to celebrate, which will make It nil tint better for Hiimpter. Thttrit Ih uo tlmii to loso iiml tho preliminary work of perfecting mi organization should ho started lit OIKKI. It Ih nirhiiiH u llttlit pntniitt tint to launch h hooin for Colonel (iritynon iih h candidate for secretary of tint prospective natloiml department of i mining, 4 hut in tint words of Amy, Tim Miner believes there' Ih nothing llko taking "time hy tint fetlock." From IiIh long experience In mining, IiIh Jut I mate iiripialntiincu with all ph'tsori of tho IniliiHtry, IiIh general adaptability for hiicIi ii postiou, mid iih' tho roproMontiitlvtt to ouo of tho great mining commonwealths of tho Union, Tho Mluor Ih convinced that ( iif tho ttvont this department nh'ouljl Im created hy tho uutioiiul government, no bettor or inoro suitable iiihii can Im naiiuvl than Colomil (1 my ho n. IIIh work u'h a niitinlMtr of tho Amor lean Mining Con gross Iinh called natloiiHl ntontlon to him, anil it hooiiih likely through tho effort of this hotly such a tlopitrtinont may Imi oHtnlillHtuxl. It hIioiiIiI lio. Conditions tloinaiul It, anil Colonol (irityHiiti ia a rooiI mini for tho place. While tho mining Hltuatlon Iihh IWu gradually improving hoio since ourly srlug, a marked change wan noticed thin week. Within tho punt fttw UyH thortt huvtt boon moro pros pective InvuHtorri In tho camp, ami greater activity hIiowii than at any limn since tint hciihoii opt'iiod. Mln iiiK mon ami capitalists aro coming In from all parltt of tho t'outitry. Ono Iiiim only to nolit'tt tho traiun itml hotolH to ho convinced of thin fact. Mou with money mo coming to Invent In Sumpter proportion. Ami thoy Hio inventing. Soiutt who aro tllhpoMMl to Invent ami cannot come thcuinclxcs aro neiiillug experienced miniiiK mou to look up tint propor tion ami ittport. Tbeno roportn with out n nlngle oxi'optiou iih far iih Iihh Iteen learned have boon extremely fiiMunlilo. Any man at all con versant, with mining Iihh only to oomti hunt autl investigate for him elf to Iwt convinced that Sumpter Ih Indeed a great oiimp with every lllilk'iitlou of Ihh'oiiiIuk greater. Typographical Error. A typographical error occurs in Noll J,. Horennen A Co'h advertise nieiit this week. In ouo place tho stock Ih (iiotrtl at six cents followed hy thollguro eight (H) In parenthesis. The uiurkot price of the stuck in eight 4'OlllH. SHAFT STARTED. Site For Sinking: Plant And Sawmill At Midway Cleared Machinery Hnroute. Tho Hlmft ou tho Midway, managed hy (Joisor & Hondryx, and under tho superintendence of Lou Walker, wbh Htartod thin moruiuK. Tho sinking plant and hhw mill to ho liiHtallod on tho prnporty haro boon purchiiHod and aro now ourouto. In an In terview with Alhort (Joisor, of tho firm, reproduced olHowhoro from tho Milwaukoo Hentinal, it wan Htatod that Mr. (.lolsor had just purchased V.!0,OUU worth of macbtnory for tho (Jold Pan. Tho Milwaukoo news papnr man got tho matter a littlo mixed. TIiIh nnichlnory consists of a nlukiiiK plant with a capacity of 1, i!00 foot depth, and a 10,000 foot a tiny saw mill, and n bought for tho Midway. Mr. Ooisor, who Iihh hotni oant for hoiuo tlmo In tho In terest of IiIh proportion, Ih oxpoctod to return In a fow dayH. Tho situ for tho buildings to receive tho now machinery Iihh boon cleared and tho company Ih in rend I -iiohh to place tho consignment Immediately upon in arrival. AVERAGES $100. Rich Shoot Encountered At May Queen. Tho oro Hhoot encountorod at tho May Queon recently Ih showing some phonnmoually high valuos. Tho body has been drifted ou, say roports from tho mine, a distauco of about Hlxty feet which for a width of 'four feet shows an averago of 9100 to tho ton. Some assays havo gone as high bh IH00. It Is stated that beyond any doubt tho May Queen has tho Red Hoy lend, which places this property among tho big propositions of tho dlHtrlct. While work is hoiug prosecuted on othor IovoIh, tho com pany will contlnuo to drift ou tho rich nhoot recently crosscut. EXPERT' OPINION. (CONTINUED TROM PAGE ONE) pronont work will greatly Increase tho Htopiug ground. 1 regard tho Standard an an exceptionally good property." Speaking of the district in genoral Mr. Iteese sayn: "I havo boon over tho district pretty extensively since I arrived iu Sumpter, and havo I teen very courtcotiHly otfered the opportunity of Inspecting other properties. There in beyond doubt a great mineral 7.HI10 here, but It Iihh tiecn practically untouched. Compare your deonest workings here with those Iu other districts, and it must concluded that your richest ore has not been reached. Von havo tho mineral ami .It is only a intention of development when this district will become no of tho biggest producers iu tho country." Mr. Keeno, 1). I,. Killed, Mr. Mo Laughllu, in company with a party of Iowa inventors, returned to the property today. Mr. Itccnoueut buck to verify some mi in pi en which he took from the Cleveland-Willie Boy vein, which showed exceptionally high values. Genoral Manager Mueller sent out today a lot of picks, shovels, rails, powder and other mining supplies. A contract has just been lot for a drift ou the Cleveland-Willie Roy ledge in order to opon tho vein up to a point of intersection with the Willio Hoy crosscut which is being rapidly driven. Tho distauco will be about 480 foot. All oro taken out' at proHont Is bolng cribbed. Plans aro belug laid for a large amount of development work, opening up the oro bodies preparatory to tho mill which Is to bo installed at no distant day. FOURTH OF JULY. Citizens' Meeting; Called For Friday Night at Opera House, At tho iustauco of tho business mou of Sumpter, a citlzons' mooting Ih called for Friday evening at tho Kills Opora house to tako stops toward a Fourth of July colobratiou. It Ih especially desired that tho citlzous generally attend this meeting and tako action Iu tho matter at once. It is argued that It Is tlmo an organization was effected, com mittees appointed, funds raised iu ordor to iusuro a big day tho Fourth. Tho tlmo is now short. Thero Is a lot of work to do. Tho averago Sumptorito will not bo satisfied with any half heartod sort of celebration. He wants the biggest ever, and would never reepvor from the shock if It wasn't. COMMERCIAL CLUB. Organization Effected Elected. and Officers Tho subscribers to tho agreement for tho organization of a commercial club mot at the Kills Opera house last Wednesday night and offeoted a pormanont organization by the election of tho following oHIcors and board of governers: President, N. C. Richards; vice presidout, I). L. Killon; treasurer, Hon. J. II. RobbliiH. Tho board of governors Is composed of tho above officers and. Noil J. Soreuseu, Cnto Johns, Thomas McKweu and Claud Rascho. , 1). L. Killon an mudo temporary I chairman of tho meeting and Charles j II. Chauce temporary secretary. Ily-laws ami articles of Incorporation I were passed ou and othor routiuo business trausactced. It was decided ' to hold moetiugs twlco a mouth ou Tuesday evenings. RECTORY AND READING ROOMS. Rev. Goodhtart Ha Started Construction of These Buildings. Rov. J. M. Uoodheart, rector of tho Kplsoopal church, who recently returned from au extondedvisit east, has just started building a rectory aud reading room ou Auburn aud Ilonanza streets. The reading room Is to be 18x:.r foot, aud will be freo to tho general public- Resides curreut periodicals, and other literature, tho Institution will bo furnished with baths aud iunoceut games will bo provided. Tho rectory will bo built alougsido aud It Is tho iutoutiou of Rev. Wednesday, May 27, 1903 Uoodbeeart to erect a church later no tho corner of Bonanza and Auburn streets connecting with the rec tory. No headaches from Giant powder. Basche Hardware Co. . Sumpter GENERAL DEALERS IN Shelf and Heavy Hardware Iron and Steel Pipe Mining and Mill Machinery Agents for " HERCULES " Powder Fuse and Caps C.C. Basche MANAGER GOOD THINGS TO II AT E. P. Bergman & Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, New Building. THE 1 1 SUMPTER MEAT MARKET m AUSTIN MEAT CO. Props. J Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON EAT