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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 8, 190? COPPER ORE AT CALIFORNIA. SOMETHING NEW IN THE CABLE COVE DISTRICT. President Michaels and Treasurer Moullon of Turnagain Arm Visit Camp Well Pleased With Operation of Properties In Which They Are Interested Hoisting Plant for Cracker Jack Extensive Imyrovcments at Cracker-Oregon. JohoiIi MIoIiiioIh, priMldout of tliu Tiirimnin Arm (iotniuitiy, ami Dr. 8. M, Moiillmi, troiiHiiror, both of Mill nmipollH, arrived in tliu city hint week mill lit company with MiitniKor ilollmiui vIhIIihI tint Ciaokor Crook proportion In wliloh thomi Kontlnmon aro intoioHtod. Until oxpiorwod tllOIIIHtllVOH IIH IllKllly HIltiHiloil With (tin iiiiiiuiKiuniit ami tint dovolop montx hIiicii thnlr hint vIhU to tho illMtrlnt. At tlm Criwkor .luck, nun of tholr proportion, , a Hitiklusc plant with a depth i-Hpiidlty of fi()0 fool Ih to liu iiiHtallixl within mIx wookH, anil do volnpmoiit npiiratlniiH In tin) moan time continued full fnrco. A Hluift will Ihi put down on tlm Hnmvlliiko claim ami tiinniillliiK prosecuted on tliu Unoodii. ContriintH aro to I in lot at tinon for oxIoiihIvo development oporatlmiH at tlio Criuikor Oregon. Tint pronont plmiH of tlio inuuiiKomniit Ih to drive No. '1 tiinnol, now In a diHtiiucn of (iUtifoot, nliimil homo IIOO or 400 foot, which will lirliiK It directly under tlm IiIk niititrop of tlm hill at a point of lntiunootlnii of tlio Cracker Oro mm IiIi anil (hi) lodtfo which (tohhch Into tliu Critckor claim from 10. iiml K. Kronnd. Tliu outcrop hIiowh in tlm vicinity a voln width of over llfty-llvn foot. Tlm mineralization of IIiIh ureal outcrop hcoiiih to lio very evenly illHtriliiiti'tl. Ahmivh fiom tlm striiHM rootH avenino from 1 to ?--. Tlio nililltlonal IoukIIi of tunnel No. 15 will kIvh a vertical depth of liltl feet ami an onorumuH amoiint of ntop lug Kroiiml above. TIiIh work In to lio performed liy contract. Tlio mut ter will lio iiIohoiI at once, ami opor- ) atloiiH continued on u more c.xtoiiHlvo hchIo tliuil ever liefore. Tlm iiiMtalliillnii of the concent rut-1 hilt plant at the California Ih lining PiihIiihI rapiilly ahead and 1'renldent MIoIiiioIh HtatcH that lieyoml any ipieri Hon the mill will lie riiiiuliiK liy Anu iiHt 1. The company now Iiiim over 00,000 Ioiih of high Krade milliiiK ore Mocked out, averuuliiK aliont ?lfi, and the Indlcatlonx are that the Cat Ifornla will noon Ihi one of the IiIk producing milieu of Kuxtcru Oregon. Milliliter llellman Iiiih recently heen currying on an extensive line of pro-1 poet work and plannltiK future ilevel-' opmeiit operatonx. IjihI week on the KearHHrste claim where the three and I odd half foot ledge crosse tho creok, ho encountered oro iifsiiyhiK soven and Hovontcou-hundrodtliH per cent coppor mid 81.00 wilver, or a total of about 810, surface value, of which 813.00 Ih lu coppor, something on tlrely now iih yot to the Cable Cove district. What this pyrltlc coppor will develop Into iih dopth Ih attained Ih hard to foretell, but tho outlook is Hiirely very oncouraKiiiK. This la a dlHtauco of 2,000 foot from tho pros out workiiiKH. A HtrotiK purallol IoiIko 100 foot northwent of tho inn In California vein was iiIho proHpcctod. TIiIh varies from threo to four foot in width and carried Hiirfaco values ratitf hiK from 80.40 to 81HJ0. On the Hull Creek Hide of tho hill, tho California voln appears to HtotiKthuu where it smlus a width ao cord 1 iik to Hiirfaco indlcatioUH of ovor twenty-Ike feet. It Ih the theory of Mr. Hollmau that tho mineral zoiio pltchoH in tlilH direction growing HtroiiKer and richer. In accordauco with thin belief tho present workings of tho mine are being carried toward (IiIh point. In addition to thin, show ings revealed In tho proHpect work nieiitioueil above will hooii bo devel oped by tho company. named districts state very positively that thoy mean business, and if tbo sbeopmou do not respect thoir rights trouble is apt to follow. A pronil nout operator says that owing to tho ravages of sheep on his property, not onough provender is left In his vicin ity to feed a single horse, and lio does not proposo to stand for it any longer. GOOD ORE AT THE EARL. Drift in 200 Feet and Improving With Every Shot. M. W. Sullivan, of tho Earl lu tho lUroenhorus, was in tho city yester day and ropnrts an improvement of oro with ovory shot. , Tho drift tunuol is now in a dis- tanco of 200 foot and Mr. Sullivan i Htatos that thoro Ih a steady improve- niout of oro. Tho oro in which ho is now working averages botweou 810 and 820 to tho ton. SHEEPMEN ARE " UP AGAINST IT. Protective Association Formed By Mining Men. Tho Mluort Protective AhhocIiiUou of Eastern Oregon wan organized hint week for the purpose of aiding mine operators aguliist tho oncroauhmouts of Hhcopmcu. The Association in Directive in the Lake Creek, Lu Hollo vue, and Cable Cove districts. The following officers Mere elected: l E. Cabell, of the La Ilellevuo mine, president; Thomas,). Costello, of the Advance and Forest companies, vice president; Mayor C. II. McCol loch, Sumpter, treasurer; and Tom C. Cray, of the Valley Queen com pany, secretary. The following notice was formu lated and has been posted on the several preperties: "Notice Olllco of tho Mines Pro tective Association of Hastoru Ore gon. 'This Is to give notice to all slieepherilers and their employes to keep their IiiiiiiIh of sheep olf tho min lug properties In what is known as Lake Creek, Cable Cove and the La Ilellevuo districts. The owners of the mining claims lu these districts have formed the above association, and propose to protect their rights. All infringements of same will lie vigorously followed up. So, to avoid trouble, keep olf. "TIIK MINKS PKOTKCT1VK ASSO- CIATION OF KASTKHN OHKOON. 'F. K. CAHKLL, President. "TOM C. OKAY, Secretary." The mining men in tho ubove Mlllor cap protectors. T. G. Harrison agent for linker, Grant mid Union counties. All tho latest novelties in lints at Noill Mercantile company's. HOTtL DIRECTORY ...Tho... METROPOLITAN MRS. SMITH CCNTCN NORTH STREETS SUMPTER - - OREGON ...THE CAPITAL HOTEL... EUROPEAN PLAN RATES: SI TO.SI.60 per dav FREE BUS TO 4. FROM TRAINS NO CHINAMEN EMPLOYED A. J. DENNY, Prop. Hotel Griff in H. B. GRIFFIN. P.on Ratu! $1 and 1.25 Par Day All Modern Improvamants Hsadquartars for Mlnars and Workingman SUMPTER . OREGON GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL W. It. MATHER. I'HOI'R. A riist Clsss, Mtdsrn Hetil RiUi; $1.00 ind it.00 pir diy Hslf Black Iron Oisol SUMPTKK OKKGON Delmonico Hotel M. SPENOLER, PROPR. RATES. SI. 26 PER DAV AND UP FREE BATHS ritRMauuN otnoira COR. COLUMBIA A AUBURN STS. ONE BLOCK EAST OF DEPOT Smil'TKK Okkoon COLORADO ROOMING HOUSE GHANITK STKKKT MUS. K. C. M'KKXZIK, l'nop. NICKI.Y rUUNISIIKDUOOMS 1'.50 I'KK WIKK AND l)l SEE THE LATEST STYLES IN HATS AT THE THE UEIV MILLINER ND DRESSMAKING PARLORS KIXT DOOR TO riBtT NAT L ANK, ORANITE T Dress Cutting School In Connection. LADIES' BAZAAR Mrs. J. H. Gray Mill Si., sccnnJ door south ol StoJiarJ's Store Ladies' and Children's HOME MADE APRONS DRESS MAKI NQ MINING IND INDUSTRIAL IHVESTMENTS Books aro now ormn for aubecriptions to tho Pacific Lumber und Live Stock Company, nn intlnstrinl of unusual merit. Look into it. A irroup of mines with MX) feet of de velopment work done, demonstrating value will lie sold as a whole or will sell one-half interest and work the property in connection with purchaser. Best chance in the district. F. O. BUCKNUM SUMPTER, - OREGON 9 oipc s Cafe anb Cobging fjousc. OPEN ALL NIGHT THE BEST SERVICE IN TOWN (5. ID. OlDC proprietor Hear Depot Sumpter, (Dregon fvfyfysysvfyfvfyfvfy AMcmuiM minina ncno; IS THE ONLY J, KNIINE MIIIM NEWSPAPER ( J IN THE EAST J ( Officials ol the national 8eernnient Reconnizi it ts in Authority. No one interested in mining can 1 1 afford to bo without it. Sample free if you mention the !) SUMPTER MINER. a Published every Saturday by ( ' AMERICAN MINIH6 NEWS GO. o 11 t I X Vl. T 0 ii uruauwB, new iuii, 0 V.VBySvSv-.'SyySVyByri New Merchant Tailor MILL STREET, OPPOSITE BANK OF SUMPTER I Have Received a Largo and Elegant Line of Suitings and Trouserings for Coming Season, Which You mro Kindly Invited to Inspect. Truly Yours, & i i & CHARLES GEE