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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 17, 1905 '1 it :? BLUE BIRD MILL ORDERED. .DAILY CAPACITY OF PLANT WILL BE 100 TONS. Machinery Ordered and Paid For Will be Here in Thirty Days Plant for Buildings Now Under Adviiement Original Purpose to Erect a Ten Stamp Mill Abandoned on Account of Great Showing Property is Making G. H. Wheeler Here to Arrange Details. hint UL'fk and will oiikiiko in biiriincHs mid remain here permanently. Mr. lilitliulini'il liu.i a couple of hoiih hero who have Ijeen employed by tho Similiter Lumber company for Home i time. Back From the Sound. M. and MrH. It. L. Turner roturned Friday from an extended trip to Seattle, Everett and other Sound ultieH, and iiIho a visit to Southern Oregon. Mr. Turner wm formerly HUierintetidetit of the Mammoth and hari exteiiHlvo mining IntercHtH in tho dlHtrlet. (t) OF SUMPTER ORIGIN OF PLACERS. I'laiiH went adopted Friday by tho rilroutont of tho llluo III id company for tho erection of a Stuitovaut combination mill, having Htandard cotioontratiiiit table and n dally ciipiiolaty of IOOIoiih, on tho property at oui'o. Tho maehiury han been ordered, paid for, and In expected to arrive within tho next thirty day. When completed thirt will be one of tho liirgitHt and lltiext plantn In KiiHtorn Orognn. Tho machinery Ih ho iirriingod (hat it practically con HtltutiiH two plantH, one for free tiiill Ing and tho other for concentrating purpoHOM, or operated In conjunction, it glvon a mill of tho capacity Htated, It will bo tho only plant of tho kind in tho dlHtrlet, and the man ngoinont Htaten that practically all tho oro valueH will bo wived. I'Iuiih for tho building and fruni ing at tho initio aro now under advlHomout and will bo completed at once, it Ih tho intention to IIuIhIi IIiIh preliminary work before ho maohiuery arrlven that it may bo Stalled without delay. Tho pur portti itrt now Htat(d Irt to erect building Hiiitablo for tho ac uommodittlon of a plant of 00 tonn daily oapauity, ho that with tho outlay of only it fow thoumind dollarn tho mill may Im IncreuMed to thin extent without ontiilling additional oxpeiiMO for building purpoHon. TIiIh would glvo tho company tho lnrgiwt mill in KiiHtorn Oregon. ' Tho original intention wiih to eriHit a ton Htamp mill with a dally capacity of about twenty toun, but owing to tho fact of tho remarkably stood hIiowIiik which the mine in iniikiug, tho IiIkIi grado character and ouormouH extent of tho oro riwrren, it wiih thought InailviHalile to put in a plant of hiicIi Hiuall capacity. (5. II. Winder, of Wheeler .v company, Now York, lineal ugoutH of tho properly, .Ih now in the city, and in )UHliiuK thexo constructive mattern to an early completion. Here's Hoping Gen. Warren Will Win Out. ' "(leu. O. H. Warren Ih eiithiiHlaxtle. over the Toiiopah mining dlwtrii't In Nevada," naid Deputy United States Marshal H. D. Klderklu today. "I took a nut down to 'Frisco, after turning over some Chinese ordered from this Htate. to tho purser of an outgoing Tauotua sltainer and fun across (icneral Warren in one of the hotels. Dr. Merrill, another ux-Moutaunu, Ih also diihhllug it. ouopah proportion and ho Ih equally onthuslHstie. (Icneral Warren lw ieves he in on the road to a sure fortune in his Nevada mining ventures." llutte Inter Mountain. To Engage in Business. ', (ioorgo Illauchartl, of Sheiieudoah, -Iowa, brother-in-law of K. L. Keunon, treasurer of the Sumpter XTumber company, arrived in the city Colonel Topping Writes About The Source of Gold in Sumpter District. Capital Stock $25,000 OFFICERS J. H. ROBBINS, J. W. SCRIBER, R. H. MILLER, H.S. DURGAN'- Pr.aidant - Vlca-Praaldant Caahlar Aaaiatant Caahlar Safety Deposit Vaults Gold Dust Bought Does' a General Banking and Exchange Business An article in your last Issue outltlod "Tho Source of Gold" intoronted and Incited me to try to show from whence came tho gold that enriched tho placers of tho Sumptcrr dlHtrlet and Hast em Oregon. Thoro'aro but tliree acknowledged ways by which' placer gold in deposited and these are: First, erosion of gold bearing oreH or formations by the elemeutH and thence carried by Hoods adown tho water courses or volcanic outspews as in tho Illack Hills, and by glacial action which may carry tho metal scores or hundreds of miles until forced by a hunt wavo to dlxgorgo its treasure which thou by tho action of water Ih forced luto tho Hiirroundliig cIiuiiuoIh. lu tho cuso of tho Kastern Orogoti pi acorn there aro no Indications denoting a volcanic outliurst, but iu oue Instance have 1 found indications of glacial action and that in on tho west Hide of and uoar tho dlvldo Imtwoou Sumpter and Oranlte where there is a well detlned terminal moraine. Although some pay has boou taken out there, yet it has not boon found in largo (piantltles and it Ih probablo that tho Kinder had a comparatively local origin. Hut it does appear that tho erosion and Hood theory will account for all of our placer mines. Take for example Uranito Crook, from tho town of (Sratiito for four miles up tho ntreatn tho crook bed wiih sluiced for a width of probably sixty feet and paid well. No pay was foiiud in tho Hide streams for that distance. Then tho streams leaving tho slate entered into a grimlto formation and there tho placer miners worked every draw and even sluiced the side hills. They exposed numberless quartz and porphyry gold bearltiK voIuh and slate, hIiowIiik almost conclusively tho source of tho Uranito Creek nolo. AkhIu at old Kolilnsonvllle and (ireenhoru gulches gouornly where millions of placer gold wiih oxtraotod countless velus and strata carrying lilKh values lu gold aro found on tho high plateau and mountain above. Tho ttlst of the above Ih thin, that I iKilieve that wherever iu thin section a rich placer gulch in found through projecting intelligently performed will disclose its source or parent vein or velus and I bollovo that many rich tlnds are yet to bo found. E. S. TOPPING. Ice Cream! Ice Creaml Ou, and each day after May 1st tho renowned Hazel wood Ice Cream and Ice Cream Soda will bo had at Sturstlll'H. IU cents a dish, 5 cents per pint. Books and Stationery VVMWSM1 I have added to my stock of Cigars and Tobaccoes a large number of popular novols, the leading periodicals and a complete line of stationery ...The Elite Cigar Store... L. HARRIS, Pkopri-toh &'ii A. P. GOSS, President GEO. H. TRACY, Cashier & Bank of Sumpter a Interest Allowed on Time Deposits Dr-fls diawu on al parts of the aoiIJ Special attention to collections. Safety Deposit boxes for rent. 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