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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 3, 1903 WORK STARTED ON SAMPLER. Laboratory Equipment Already Here And Machinery To Arrive Scon. Work 011 Hid Hiiinptur Humpling workH 1h now under wuy. John Ar thur, who Ih nt tlio htmil of tho now ontorprlHo, Hlurtxl it focro of niou ut work tho I nt tor part of lHt week xcnv!ttluK .fur Uii) l)ull(lln which in to Im located on Cracker Htroot injur Auburn. Tlio (xpilpmont for tho liilximtory iitnl tho iiHHuy olllco arrived h few diiyn hko mill tho main part of tho muolilnery for tho Htmnp mill mill tho Hinnplor will ho hero in hIioiiI two wt'okH. In tho moittit imo tho IiiiIIiIIiik will lio eotnplotoil iih rapidly iikiiohhIIiIo nnil tho miicliinory IiihIiiIIimI iimiieillutitly upon IIh arrival. Tho IiiiIIiIIiik will lio nllily liy thirty feet, ami tho location Ih nilinirnlily hiiIIiiiI to tho iiooiIh of tho now IniliiHtiy. It Ih tlio intiintlon at proHont to Inivo tho plant In opera tion hy tho loth or .Inly. Ah provioiiHly xlatiiil tlio ntninp mill will Inivo a dally capiu'lty of hiivdii toiiH, and tho HiiinplliiK workri thirty toiiH. In aildition to tho hiimplliiu and reennimeniliiiK tieiitiiienl for men Hiiliinlltod, tlm I'onipany propohUH to piiritliiiNii oro and Imlllon iiIho, ami Mittlo ilheetly with tho ' owner. Tho (toiiipany will llkevnln lie well I'ipiippeil of (Minium liHHfiyillK. 'I'llll liiiildlnu will Iiohii arratiKed that if tlio vonlnro proven a tuiccexH tho capaiilty or tho plant can lio Incieiineil. GOLD BEARING TREES. Charred Wood Thai Ctttitt Free Gjld In Tliundtr Mountain. Ari.onu Iiiih her petrilleil fnrext, lint It mih Inn fur tho Thunder Mountain letfinn or Idaho to come to tlm front with a phenomenon that Ih wiuiothiiiK for mtloutlHtH to ponder iivnr. Tho pent coal llelilM of tho world are nuppoHed to huvo vep'tiililn inattor for I heir IiiihIm, hut, in tho Thunder Mountain region, forentH which, for linen have lieen coveied liy many reel of rock and noil are found to exlnt a charcoal when uncovered In nilnltik' operations, TIiIh Ih a peculiar condition, lint not half ho much ho iih Ih the fact that IIiIh chaicoal contaliiH piM in itn native ntato. The exitencco of ohiiicoal in the mines of Thunder Mountain has been known ever hIiico tho dibcovery ot miueial in that region, lint it hits lieen only recently that liuue lieen, "chaicoallycd" in htead of petrilleil, have lieen found many feet under the ground iih tuiue ilovolopment proKicHM'H. In com ineutiiiK upon IIiIh dlhcovery, tho KtiitoHiiiiin, or HoIhc, Miyn: "Aiiioiik' tho many remarkalile thliiKH found in Thunder Mountain, none have canned more comment or provoked more iIIhcuhhou than tho ilUooveery of lurjjo tpuintltle.s of tilmrrtxl wood at ureal depth which hurried ipiiiutitie.-i of free pilil nil throiiKh it. "Many hiicIi (IihIh have been made In tho Dewey and adjoining proper tiort. An entire tree wan recently found, willed Ih denoriU'd in a letter from ItooHOVolt to the Spokesman evlew. "There have heeu varlouHCommentH oil tho 'Kohl-lMarluK tiro' found at a lnpth of 1(10 feet in the Dewey. Tho Iiiiko trunk in aliout Hlxty foot Ioiik. A Hinall t!co of tho charred tree, when ruhhed to powder in tho palm of tho hand, liy hlowiiiK tho charcoal away leaven tho Kold In tho hand. Tho charcoal hIho hurUH, loiivliiK tho puro old. Tho fonnalon horo Ih very ficciullliir; thoro hooiiih to ho a continual (dipping mid slid liiK of tho Hiirfaco, and while this in not notlccahlo, one hoch tho roHiiltH in tho HlautiiiK Hhnpo of tho trees and in tho foundation of tho mil." Salt Luko Mining Kovlow. ROD AND GUN CLUB. (sbt) OF SUMPTER Capital Stock $25,000 Organltcd Lait Wk With a Member- thlp of Twenty. Tho Sumptcr Hod mid CS1111 Club wan nrpuilzori Thurriday ovoiiIuk In tho olllco of MuiiniuK & Welsh with a mniuhorHhip of about twenty. Tho following ofllcorri woro olectod: President, L. C. KdwardH; rlco proHillout, Tom (Jriiy; nonrotary, II. V. Douahuo; treiiHiiror, Dr. Plorco. A captain Ih to ho chosen later. Tho (dull 1iiih ordered 5,000 blue rockH and three expert traps. Tho next meet 1 uk Ih to lio hold Thursday nlnlit. (Julio a number besides tho charter members have Hipiifleil their i tit iii t Ion of joining the (dub and It in probable that tho membership will rapidly Increase. MR. POAGUE AT LISTEN LAKE. Largely Interested In The Property, And Well Pleased With It. orriccns J. H. ROBBINS, J.W. SCRIBER, H. H. MILLER, H. S. DURGANL President Vlo-PrUnt Cashier Assistant Cashlsp Safety Deposit Vaults Gold Dust Bought Does a General Banking and Exchange Business (icoi'Ko W. I'nupin, North Dakota, who Ih leading HtockholderH of Lake, In tho McXnmco of Fnrp), aiiioiiK tho tho Listen dltnrlct, in company with .1. Win Wilson, iiiaiuiL'er and superlntei'ident of tho property, returned Saturday from a live days' visit to tho mine. TIiIh Ih Mr. I'oiipie'n second visit to Suinpter and his llrst to Listen Lake. Ho Ih morn than pleased. Ho says: "I made a thorough examination of the property, and I reel very much encouraged repmlltiK tho prospects or the mine. 1 bid I eve it to ho a llrst class proprosltiou. I stayed there IniiK enough to know what Ih koIiik on and the character of oro lieintf tiikeu friini the shaft. I carefully noted every bucketful! that came up. It in liluli pude ore and Ih constantly uettiiiK better with depth. 'l'lieiii seems to be a marked im-, provemeut tliroiihiiut tho district, ' and minium opeiatioiiH have taken, on a renewed activity since my last visit to Similiter." ' Manager Wilson states that he. Fourth of July, when he will stop I iieni( Kins mr u lew (lays m kivu Ills men a holiday. When work Ih resumed, he says, ho will crosscut tho ledk'o in several placet, tempor arily abandoning tho shaft. t Ih the purpose of tho management to install hoisting machinery some tlmo this Hummer and carry ou develop ment operations more extensively. Ice Cream! Ice Cream! On, and each day after May lst tho renowned Hazclwnod Ice Creuni mid lco Cream Soda will bo had at SturgiU'H. 10 cents per pint. cents a dish, 25 Books and Stationery I huvo added to my stock of Cignra and Tobaccoes a large number of popular novels, the lending Mjrimlicalsand a complete line of stationery ...The Elite Cigar Store... L. 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