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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1903)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 27, 190$ STAMP MILL FOR ALPINE. MACHINERY TO ARRIVE IN A FEW DAYS. Colocxl Grytoa, Gtocul Maatgcr, tad H. W. NtUoo, New SuptrinUaacat, ArriveAlpine Compwy Reorganized During Ibe Coloncl't Laic Visit to Cincinnati Officer and Director! Prominent BusincM Men New Mill To Be in Operation by October. CoIoiihI John Tom pi i Grayson, of Portland, mogoikI vlco pronldnnt and Keneral nmimKor of tlio Alpine Con Holldatod Oold Ml rum company, operating in thn Cablo Cove !! triot, arrivitd hi tho city thia wook with hia now Huporlntondont, II. W. Nelson, of llrodlo, California, who tulcoH tint placn of Itluhurd AiMomih, who rttoontly niHijtmxl tho Hiiporln tmiclonoy of thti property to look nftor other IntereatH. The now Htiperintenilent la a practical mining man of iHrjro experience, havltiK mannKed n iiiimher of well known California proportion. The Alpine ia to have a twenty Htainp mijl of alxty tons capacity, ami a sawmill with n dully capacity of 10,000 feet right away. The order wuh placed hovohiI days ago with the Kladou Iron WorkH, of San Krauclaco, and the coiiHlKiimont la expected to arrive within the next two weeks. A force la now at work making ready In the way of InilMlng aud other preliminary work for the limtallatton of the machinery when It arrives. It la exuctd to have the mill In operation liy Octolter. During IiIm recent visit to Cincin nati, Colonel (Irayaon effected a reorgauizatlon of the Alpine com pany, aud Mocnred the neceiwary fund a for rxuipplug the mine with tip-to-date machinery, and continuing work on a more extended acale. The new ollloerH are well known Cincinnati liiiaiiittH men, wIioho natnea in thia connection carry great weight. Following 1h n lint of the olllcera and dlriHilem: Thomaa Lee, prcnldont; Luke Lllley, llrat vice president ; Colonel .lohnT. Grayson, second vlccpresldent and general maiiager; Unhurt 8. Alcorn, secretary; A. II. Applegiile, treasurer; DJiectors, William II. Gibson, C. I. Tallmtt, George II. Vuuderahe, and G. J. Wrampolmcicr. With the exception of Colonel Grayson, whose residence is in Port laud, these gentlemen are all connected with well known business Institutions of Cincinnati. During his absence Colonel Grayson milferetl quite a severe illness, tail has now recovered his usual ifonilj lwntli, The new 'superintendent left for the property, yesterday, and Colonel Graymiu returned to Portland. He will Ui.ltiick in it short time when the hiiow gels oir and visit the iu'uiui tif operations. for the Gold Pan Mining company of Sumpter, Oregon," said Albert Golsor of Hakor City, Oregon at the Hotel Pflster. And then the man from Oregon pulled from his pocket a bit of quartz as large as a hickory nut which contained f 233 worth of gold, remarking, "That's the kind of ma terial we are taxing out or our prop erty. We have a close corporation, In which sovoral of your wealthy Millwaukeans are Interested, and tbero is not a dollar of stock for sale. Mining is lively In Oregon. I am engaged In the hotel business at Baker City, and devote a great deal of my time to the Gold Pan mine. However, we don't depend on gold mining for our prosperity. You know we are a great wheat raising country. Why sir statistics show that the states of Oregon and Washington raise 10 por cont of the wheat crop of the world." WHITNEY TOWNSITE COMPANY. R. T. Herodoo and BualatM Associate Secure Bend on Company' HoMtogs. It. T. Herndon, town recorder of Whitney, was lu the city Saturday to perfoct arrangements for launching tho Whltuoy Heights Townslte Development company. Mr. Hern don, J. D. Grove and other business associates have seen rod a boud on the holdings of tho townslte company, organized some time ago, and will placo tho property on tho markot. Tho holdings of tho Whitney Heights Development company in cludo eighty acres adjoining tho town of Whitney. Tho lota will be placed on tho market at from 120 to 900. WORK AT SCANDIA. Leng: Crosscut Being; Driven and Development Vigor ously Prosecuted. GB1SER IN MILWAUKEE. To Purchase $20,000 Worth of Mining Machinery (or the Gold Pan. The Millwuukcc Sentinel contains the following relative to the visit of Albert Geiser, of Gelser A lleudryx, to that city: ' "1 am here to purchase about 20,000 worth of milling machinery W. Wade, superintendent and general manager of tho Scaudla in tho Alamo district, is vigorously prosecuting work on tho long crosscut which la to tap the threo lodges on tho property. He Is now in 2,200 feet and has 1,000 foot furthor to drive. The crosscut will catch tho first vein at a depth of 000 foot and tho last at a depth of 1,200 feet. Tho veins are well defined on tho surfaco, ranging in width from four to fourteen feet, aud carrying values of from $t to 30. The lodges have been traced a distance of over 1,000 feet. No headaches from Giant powder. ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS ALL STYLES WE SELL THEM HAWLEYS T. M. LAVIN'S Tonsorial Parlors and Bath Rooms I have just renovated my tonsorial shaving parlors, and at a great expense placed a compressed air plant in my shop ::::::::: COMPRESSED AIR Is one of the latest modern con veniences of an up-to-date barber shop. It imparts a refreshed feel ing and healthy glow to the skin. No extra charge. Give us your pat ronage and assure us of your appreciation of our up-to-date, Twentieth Century methods. Face Massage ::::::::: : Two Doors West of First National Bank WHEELER & S, BANKERS 32 Broadway, New York FISCAL AGENTS FOR BLUE BIRD MINING CO. AND VALLEY QUEEN MINING CO. Write for Prospectus. Mention No. 60 and we will send you a copy of "OREGON'S RESOURCES," an illustratdd pamphlet on Ore gon's famous gold mines, and a three months trial subscription to the NORTH AMERICAN MINER J. H. CONNORS. J. L. HARVEY. ...The Bar... High Grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars Club Rooms in Connection Headquarters for Miners SUMPTER ' OREGON IF YOU WISH TO I -INVEST IN MINING-.: .......... ' Either to buy Gilt Edge Stocks, a Prospect that is "the Making of a Mine," or one that is already made, write me what you want and permit-me to submit' a proposition. ADDRESS rRsiERSONsSTHl SUMPTER, MINES AND MINING STOCKS OREGON