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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 27, 1905 STATE MINING ASSOCIATION. Preliminary Steps Taken To Organize July 6 At Portland. RocokiiIzIiik thn ImportHUeo of a Htato mliiiiiK HHHoolatlon, ' Hovoral prominonl mining mou from custom and wMithom Oregon mot lit tlio Jm iioriul hotol In Portland last .wook and offootod 11 preliminary orKinilzti tioti. Tin following cull whh iHHiied: "Wo, Iho undorHiKnod mining inon of Orogon, realizing tluit tlio Ini portmit mid highly romiinoriitlro indiiHlry of mining in thu Htnto of Oregon l)'H, during th pitHt few your lioen pronomitod with greatly ronowod vlRr, itnd tluit tlio mining IndiiHtry of tlio Htnto Ih rapidly hocnming oiio of pantiiioiinl important-it, ongiiging the uttiintioii of a I (run ntimhor of our pooplo, and culling for tlio oinploy inenL of a largo ainoiint of prnfiw Hloual Mkill and knowlodgo, and Imc I loving furthor that (ho tinio Iiiih now arrivod whoti tlio mining IndiiH try in Iho Htato of Oregon iIoiiiiiiiiIh the formulation of an iiMHooiatlou of mini tig mou of tlio Htato, to liottor protect, dnvnlop and foul or tlio min ora! woalth and romiorcnH of Oregon, togothur with wator rlghtn and privil gcn pnrtaiulng thnroto, and in viow of tlio ooiiMtant and IncroiiHing de mand for information rolatlvo to tlio InvoHtmout of capital In Oregon minim, ami aim) in viow of tlio fact that nearly all Hiioh and lirauuhuri of liimluowi nro organized for mutual protection and prollt, hnrolty call a ouvoutioii of tnlnltig mou of tlio maw or urogon anil rtmpwiinilly ro quest that representatives of Iho mining intoroHlH in each county in tho Htato of Oregon hhhoiiiIiIo at I'ort- lnud, ()ng 011 July (I, UIO.'I, at 1(1 o'clock a. m. in tho aHmimlily room of tho Chamber of Comumroo liulld in'g, for tho 'purpose of organizing a Minora' AhhouIhWoii of tho State of Orgon, adopting a coUHtitiitliui and liy-UwH, and transacting hiicIi other IiiisIiioim hm may lie deemed doiilralilo to promote tho host iutoroHtM of tho in Ineii and mining ludiiHtry of tho Htato." NO ROCKY MOUNTAINS Whitehouse Is Bughouse, Says The Inter Mountain. "Now come Copo Wliltoliiiuno, geographer and explorer," pay the llutto Inter Mountain, "with the doolaratiou that tho Kooky moun tains (III ,lllt exist tho 'pausing of thoJtookioH,' ho putH It In IiIh artlclo ou tho subject. He assorts that tho popular conception of tho Hooky mountains Ih an error, that there Ih, in fact, no ooutuiuoiiH chain of moun tains extending from tho northern to tho Houthern boundaries of tho United MtatoH, no great continental dlvldo Kiu'h as Ih generally depicted ou tho uiaprt of North America. Ilia statu? meiita ou thV, subject are attracting tho attention of tho eastern press aud long editorials aro devoted to htm utitl 1 1 hla 'discovery.' "It may lie all very well for Mr. Whltohouso to lay down doctrine of this character in dlHtaut Washington, IniMn Molilalia ho -would Ik deemed a prospective caudldato for caro at tho hands of tho excellent Dr. War-1 roil at Warm Springs. No Hocky I monntiiiiiH, forHooth; go coiihiiH ; Manager Wharton, for ItiHtuuceo, on thu subject and Icurn how wide thin' talkative geographer Ih from tho' truth. No continental dlvldo? ' And tho city of Hutte built In itri! very Hhadow? Out ii)on Hiich a geo grapher. No Hocky mouutaliiH? Thon whenco thiH Hocky mountain weather? No Hocky mouutaliiH? Then whenco thoso rockH from which Hutte pourn forth her rod metal troasuro? Fie, Mr. Whitohhouso; verily you seem mora bughouse than Whitehouso. "Aud an for tho continuous rango theory, what prospector will hold with this theoroctical uooitranhor. aud what geographer or explorer tho equal I 01 your oiu iimo prospector? rroro far to tho north of tho forty-ninth parallol to woll into Central America have scoros aud hundreds of pros pectors' followed this rango In their search for mineral. Right horo in llutto thero aro many of them who can describe to you tho chiiractoris- Ilea of almost every mllo of that long Htrotch. Trim It Ih that tho rango Ih broken In places aud split up Into Hovoral chaiiiH, hut that thoro Ih a contuluoiiH lino of mountains in tho Hocky mountain Hystoin Is too woll known of all who have lieeu over tho ground to warrant distipto. Mr. Whltohouso apparuutly hut seeks a llttlo notoriety." Umt) OF SUMPTER AT LUCKY BOY: o Good Showing Being Made Enormous Ledge. A. P. Jones, president and gonoral manager of the Lucky Hoy in the Iiouauza district, reports satisfactory progress at tho proporty. He brought In a duo collection of ore samples a few days ago, which carry high vbI iioh. Tho Lucky Hoy has an enormous lodge. Tho crosscut was continued from tho foot wall a distance of sixty feet without encountering tho oppo site wall. After penetrating this dis tance, Manager Jones started drifting both ways, north and. south on tho vein in good ore. The vein widens with depth, gaining four feet in width for every ten feet in depth. EX-MAYOR OF SANUON HERE. Came to Look Alter Hii Real Estate and Mining Interests. Hubert Cunning, of Randou, Hrlt ish Columbia, arrived in the city last week ou his way homo from San Francisco, and will remain hero some time looking after his interests. Mr. Cunning Ih among tho old timers of Hulnpter. It was ho who' otetied up tho H. and K. and was foreman of tho mine. He has real estate hohU lugs In Hourne which ho la horo to look after. Mr. Canning is ox-mayor of Saudou aud in largely Interested In mining property thoro. Sumpter, ho says, lias made a vast improve ment since his last visit. , Ice Cream! Ice Cream! On, aud each day after May 1st, the renowned Hazel wood Ico Cream aud Ico Cream Soda will be had at Sturglll's. 10 cents a dish, 25 cents per pint. Mining deeds (or sale, at this office. Capital Stock $25,000 OFFICER J. H. ROMINS, J. W. SCRIBER, R. H. MILLER, H.S. 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