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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 3, fooj The Sumoter Miner HUHLISHEI) BVBRY WEDNESDAY BY JAMES LOOtE T. O. OWYNNfi. EDITOR Entrrea at Ih pottofltcc In Sumpler, Oregon, lor lrnmlnlon through the mills at second class natitr SUHSCHIfTION HATES One Veaf ... Sl Months . 1.5 ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Ur Tint Fourth of July committees uro getting down to business mid 11 glorious ouciiHlon is assured. If Murk llaiina U becoming Intor OHtud in Moxlciiii silver iniiiuH, iih it Ih claimed, uould it not Im about mi oven break if Hilly Ilryiin worn to ac(iilnt 11 block of stock in some Sumpter gold mine? It Ih to m hoii)il tlmt the v 1 h i I. of !ouuty Commissioner llrnoks to Hiimptor HiIh week will result In tint lioftoimoul of Iho loads in IIiIh vicinity. It mux tlin cnininlsslouoi'H Hint trip to tlin district, and Iio ox piossod a livuly Intoicst In tlin camp, anil exhibited a willingness to do all in li 1m power to proinoto tint fount ruc tion of tint highways which 111(1 HO liailly needed. TIiIh Ih a mattiir to wlilcli tlin county should give IIh curly attention. Mi no operators am irmly to ship oro lint ant hold back on account of tint exorbitant freight charges duo to the liad con dltlon of tliu roads. Too milling In forests of linker Cotity shnuiild receive llic proper oiicotiiagomout from tint county In tliiri direction. REMOVE HANDICAP ON JOHN DAY VALLEY (CONTINUI.ll I MOM PACE ONI!) portal Ion. Again, aside from tho heavy tonnage which his own milling operations will film tnli tho road, thoro uro already several mines in position to ship oro as soon iih transportation at reasonable rut cm Ih supplied; lint can not alfoid to pay 'J0 a Ion, nil en now providing. Tho oro Unit now corner) from thin district Ih all sorted and Ih necessarily limited. Tho Pralrlo Diggings mill lias resumed operal Ioiih and, aside from the gold sin oil on tho platen, iroduccH largo (piiinllllen of $10 cou 'onliatiH. Theno uro accumulating, waiting for rail transportation. It Ih Iho same with other iiilncn. Moilern coiiccutiatnrs uro now being In stalled in tho old l.uwrauco cimtonin mill. The Standard, tho big con Holidatod proper! len now uildtr con trol of tho Klllen, Warner, Stewart Doinpiiny, will put In a largo concentrating plant thin season, and tho Dixie Meadow hint ordered machinery for a twenty Mump mill. Theno four companion alono will furnlnh 100 tonn a day for nhlpiiient. Mines that will lie developed and tho tonnage they will nupply Ih ii matter that cannot Iki cntlmutcd, lint that it will he cunrmuos there In no )Onnllilo donlit. Tho writer rode over Iho Prairie City end of thin Hue for a distance of hi uillen to the cant, where the iermaiieiit nurvey stakes havo lieeu net. Thin I'tiuiut'cilug corps, con sisting of twelve men, in In charge of Frank Hobson, of Samptor. There are two other crews In the field, the throo aggregating thirty-four men. At that time Mr. Hobson was run ning HuoH through two passos, to dotormiue which Ih tho nioro fuvorablo route for crossing tho divide. When thin matter Ih dlnponcd of, bo will Hiirvoy tho route to tho Oregon Wonder, nix or sovou miles In a HouthorwcHtorly direction. Tho starting point of tho survoy Ih on tho othor sldo of John Day river from the present town, a part of the platted townsito owned by Cloavor lirothors. Tboro tho site for the dopot hun boon soleoted, near whioh tho company's headquarters otllco building will soon bo erected. Tho road will bo operated by electricity, gonoratod by water powor. Tho olectrtct eqiilpmenut has boon contracted for and 00-pound Btool rutin havo boon bought in England. Thoy will bo whipped hi nailing vohhoIh from Liverpool to Portlund. Thoro can bo no question but what, when thin road Ih complotod, Prairlo City will at onco bocomo nuo of tho inoHt important towiiH in custom Oregon, with a record breaking rapid growth. Already, in anticipation of thin devoutly hoped for event, enterprising men are contracting for IoIh anil preparing to erect hunlncnn limine and rcnldcnccn. Since the flro of a year ago there linn not boon a good hotel In the town. A gentleman of ample meaiiri and long experience in tho IihIiiomh was on tho grouuud at Unit time negotiating with Cleaver Unit hern for tho erection there at an early day of a comodiouri hotel. In tho presence of the writer, another man ntatcd he wiih prepared to put up a stone and brick building mid havo It Mulshed In time to nhlp u r?'JO,OI)() ntock of mcrohndlso over the road when completed. "And thoro aro others." This Ih the mont attractive mid advaulageouH nlto for building a wide awake, proHporous town that luyn out of doom, beneath the blue nky, and many dolliirn are to bo made there by thone unterprlning ones who get In on tho ground lloor. All theno ntiitoniontH aro facts of common knowledge to renldentH of eanteru Oregon, who have waited for yearn and wondered why it railroad wiih not constructed into that country and rako In the big, sure dividends. IOWANS INVEST. Visit Standard And Arc Well Pleased With Property. A party of Iowa gentlemen re turned Friday from a visit to the Standard, aud were so well pleased with tbo property that tbey invested hoavy sums boforo leaving for the oast. Wbilo thoro tbey thoroughly inspocted tho mine and had a number of assays mado. From tho two distinct vein systems, carrying respoctivoly gold, cobalt and copper, aud gold values alono with which tho mountain seems ribbed, these assays woro made. Tho formor avoragod about 8100 while the latter ran somothing ovor 820. This was sufllciont to convince tho Iowa pooplo what an iuvcstniont in tho Standard moans, and thoy woro not hIow to hoIzo tho opportunity. Tho Standard company has re tained the sorvlces of W. A. Irvine, u competent metallurgist, who will Hiimplo all oro us a guldo to devel opment hi tho prosout and prospec tive operations. Tho company advisement plans treating plant to property UiIh full. tho dally capacity will 100 aud '200 tonn. now has uudcr for an exteuslvo be erected on tho It is stated that bo betwecu RICH HIGHLAND ORE. VISIT STICE'S GULCH. Satisfactory Work it Reported at Plaeen by Operators. 1). L. Klllen, president of the Klllen, Warner, Stewart company, his brother .). K. Klllen and F. V. Taylor, manager of the linn's (J rand Itaplds branch, came in yesterday fiom a trip to the Slice's Oulcli placern, operated by the company. They report satisfactory operation at the property. The sawmill hus cut over half million feet of lumber, aud several hundred cords of wood have been finished. On account of such little rain during tho early spring, there may bo n shortage of water. The present rains may, however, prolong tho season. The company has fifteen mon at work, and expects a good cleanup. This Is one of the biggest plueor propositons in the state. Shoot Encountered Continue! to Gain Strength. A lino lot of oro samples was sent in today from tho Highland mine, oporated by Neil J. Sorouson & Co. Thoy wero from tho rich shoot on the Glasgow drift and show heavy sulphldo values with a spriuklo of galena. It is an exceedingly good grado of milling oro. This shoot, when It was encoun tered a distance of forty feet from tho Glasgow crosscut was eighteen inches wldo. It has boon drifted on now forty feet aud has strengthened to four feet, with every ovldenco that it will gain further strength as tho work advances. Tho vein from ten to forty ranges width. proper feot in AT THE BLUE BIRD. Good Ore Shown in the Number Three Level. President O. C. Wight, of tho llluo Bird, returned yesterday from the property bringing back a flue lot of samples from tho present workings. Tho oro, ho says, Is showing a marked improvement as tho work advances. Tho drift in tho No. 3 lovol is now lu tho best oro which has boon oucoutored ut tho property for somo time. Married in Portland. New Insurance Fitnv The real estate aud Insurance II nn of Manning .v. Welsh has been appointed local representative for the Hart font Fire Insurance company. Dr. Ed W. Muollor, gonoral muuagor of tho Oregon Smelting aud Hellulng company, aud a member of tho Klllen, Warner, Stewart firm, aud Miss May Frick, of Portland, were married at tho First Congrega tional church of that city Sunday oveuiug. Tho newly married couple will arrlvo hero next week, aud will take apartments at Hotel Sumpter, until a dwelling house cau bo obtalued. Shoes of all kinds at Neill Mercantile company's. 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 EAT II AT E. P. Bergman & Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, New Building. THE . SUMPTER MEAT MARKET as AUSTIN MEAT CO. Props. Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON