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FEET DEEPER.
Arrangements At Bonanza To
Continue Shaft.
Mining deeds for sale at this office.
It Ih Muted that tlio management
of tho llonaiia Ih making arrange
nioiitH to lot a colli ni(!t for sinking
'J00 feet deeper which will give a
total depth of 1,'JOO feet, the deepest
workings in tho district.
It Ih understood that the oro in
the lower levels is proving eminently
satisfactory, willed accounts for the
pieparations to sink still deeper,
Contrary to the usual rule of ore's
getting baser with depth, It is stated
that the llouaua on the 1,(100 foot
level is practically three-fourth
free, and yields very high averages.
TO DIG FOR COAL.
Will Look iorCarboniferouos Depoiit la Bear
Valley..
The lllue Mountain Eagle says tha'
Judge Sels, who is owner (if a
property In Hear valley, commonly
known as the Hull Spring's ranch,
expects, just as soon as the hay
harvest Is over, to glvo his attention
to the development of some coal
deposits that have been discovered
in that valley. Years ago while
Thomas Crawfoid, the present janitor
of the court house, was digging "
well for HukIi Smith on his ranch
oil Hear creek, a lied of coal was
disclosed at the depth of aliout
twenty feet. Plenty of water was
found at that depth, hut It tasted so
strong from the coal that thu well
was almudoned. This ranch was
afterwards acquired by Judge Sols,
and it is on tills property that he
will confine his first operation to
develop the coal deposit.
It is also stated that coal was
found in a well ly the Ilyratu
brothers, who own property near that
of Mr Sels. Ill each of these
places the coal appears to lie of an
excellent quality, and when de
veloped may prove to lie valuable.
MONEY IN LOW GRADE ORE.
Such
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Propotltloot Appeal to the
fenced Operator.
It is the big low-grade mining
propositions that appeal to the ex
perienced mining man and mill
operator. As a general thing It is
the low-grade mines which pay the
most in dividends and whose
existence are continued for years
where a really rich mine is of short
duration.
We know that high grade ore
appeals to the imagination and
cupidity of thu tenderfoot and the
public at large, and that people will
go into raptures over a few Indies
of cM'cdlugly rich mineral; hut, in
thej long run, the mine with vast
bodies of milling ore in Its workings
will win out and maintain a paying
basis long after the small vein of
(hipping ore has become exhausted,
ami it has licuii truly stated that
a foot of ore that yields from 6(10
to H0 to the ton in the precious and
baser metals is not to be compared In
value and source of prollt to the
eight or ten-foot body of ep and
610 ore. In the milling of the small
vein, but few men can bo employed,
while a largo amount of dead work
has to be douo in order to extract
the extremely high-grade rook. In j Only the oest brands ot liquors and
a large zone of low-grade or milling cigars at Dunphv'a -The Club"."
ore, a small army of men may be
employed In mining operations.
Cross-cuts, drifts, upraises and winzes
can be driven on the ore, and
thousands of tons extracted at a
nominal cost and without the waste I
incident to tho operation of a mine
where Nature has deposited her
treasures in small but rich veins
Tho investor, seekiug a producing
Resolution Authorizing the City
Attorney to Employ Assistance.
lie it Resolved by tho common
and paying mine, is generally much , couu tl City of Sumpter that
more Iiivciriihlilv lnmfouNfirl with n . "' "J .niuimj . ...,, w.
ureal low-crado nroi.osltinn than ho Sumpter be, and is hereby authorized
is with a initio having rich ore but
Wednesday, July 22, 1903
slst of establishing a grade, of said
street, removing all obstructions
therefrom, grading the same to the
grade so established and laying all
necessary gutters along said street.
Said improvement is to be made at
the expense of the property owners to
be benefited, as provided by the
City Charter.
Adopted by the council this 27th
day of June, 1903.
S. S.' START,
Recorder of the City of Sumpter.
in small bodies. Nearly all of tho
great camps of tho west are low-rgado
propositions, tho rich mines which
have made fortunes for their owners
being exceptions to tho general rule.
Furthermore, thu low-grad mine is
much better for a camp than is a
mgn-grado proposition, as such ii
mine necessitates the employment of
more men, tho erection of mills, I
Muellers and reduction works, whilo
more money is m circulation as a
result and the masses are accordingly
more benefited than If tho camp
possesseil mines of small veins but
of rich ore. Salt Lake Miniug
view.
mid empowered to employ such as
sistance as ho may find neccssarry in
connection with the work being done
and to bo douo hereafter in connec
tion with tho establishment of a
sower system iu the City of Sumpter,
and tho opening and grading of
streets. Auy person or persons em
ployed by said City Attorney to as
sist him iu said work to be paid such
I compensation as may be reasonable
, by warrant drawn on tho City Treas
urer, tho total amount to bo ox pond -led
therefor, to not exceed tho sum of
saoo.oo.
Re-
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Little Maggie Warren Shot Near McEwen
Wednetday Evening,
Little Maggie Warren, aged fi, tho
only daughter of J. W. Warren, was
accident ally shot between i and
7 o'clock last Wednesday evening
near Fisher's ranch iu the vicinity
of MuEwcu, and died at 1 :II0 Thurs
day morning from tho effects of the
wound.
Mr. Warren, with his wife and
eight children, was moving from
Spokane to take up his residence iu
the Rogue River valley. Ho was
going through thecouutry iu a wagon
and had stopped to camp for the
night when the fatal accident occur
red. In unloading tho bedding a
revolver which happened to be rolled
up iu it dropped out and was
discharged, the ball striking the
little girl in tho chest.
The remains wero burled from
Case's undertaking parlors Friday
morning at 10 o'clock, the Odd
Fellows and Knights of Pythias, to
which orders Mr. Warren belongs,
taking part lu tho service. Rev. J.
M. Wilder conducted the exercises
at the grave.
Passed tho council this 27th day
of June, lilO.'l.
S. S. START, Recorder.
Resolution of Intention to Im
prove Auburn Street.
Ho it Resolved by tho common
council of tho City of Sumpter iu
I meeting duly and regularly assem
I bled, that the City of Sumpter
! through its proper officers, Intends
to improve Auburn Street from tho
West line of Ibex Street Easterly to
a polut where the West line of the
alley lu tho center of block 11,
Sumpter Heights, McE wen's addi
tion to the City of Sumpter, as shown
ou the plat of said addition, of rec
ord in the oltlce of tho Recorder of
Conveyances of Raker County, Ore
gou, extended Southerly would inter
sect said Auburn Street.
That said improvement shall con-
A. L. McEWKN, M. E.
Resolution of Intention to Im
prove Auburn Street.
Ho it Resolved by tho common
council of the City of Sumpter, iu
mooting duly and regularly assem
bled, that tho City of Sumpter
through its proper officers, iutonds
to improve Auburn Street from the
East Hue of Ceutor street Easterly to
a point where tho West lino of tho
alley in tho center of block 11,
Sumpter Heights, McEweu's additiou
to tho City of Sumpter, as shown on
tho plat of said addition, of record
in the offico of tho Recorder of Con
veyances of Baker Comity, Oregon,
extended Southerly would cross said
Auburn Street.
That said improvemut shall con
sist of establishing a grade ou said
streot, removing all obstructions
therefrom, grading tho samo to tho
grade so established, and covering
said street with a layer of gravol to a
depth of seven-tenths of a foot in tho
center of the street and to a depth of
four-tenths of a foot at the gutter
line, which shall be laid on tho top
of the earth, aud the laying of all
necessary gutters along said street.
Said improvement to be made at
the expenso of the property owners to
be benefited thereby as provided by
the City charter.
Adopted by the council this 27th
day of June, 1003.
S. S. START,
Recorder of the City of Sumpter.
O. McEWEN, B. Sc, E. M.
Married la Baker City.
Mr. James'1 Lane, bookkeeper of
the Ktlleu, Warner, Stewart com
pany, and Miss Myrtle Williamson,
daughter of Isaac Williamson, both
of Sumpter, were married In the
parlors of the Uolser (Srand Hotel
In linker City, Thursday eveuiug,
by Rev. .1. R. N. Hell. Mr. aud
Mrs. Lane left the same evening ou
a wedding trip to ball uiKe c-ny.
Hurl at Gold Bug Grl::lv. (
Last Friday John llanralmu,
employed by the (Sold Hug (iri..ly
company, drilled into a missed nolo,
canning an exploi-lou. Tho drill
iutlictcd a severe wound ou his right
hand and he was Injured somewhat
about the face, though not seriously.
Timber and Homettead Filing. ,
Timber and homestead tilings, us well
as tlnnl proofs, can be mmlu before j
Charles II. ChniH-e, United States Com-1
mlssioiier, ollice in First National Rank
of Sumpter building, Sumpter, thus sav
ing applicants expense of a trip to Ijt
Grande.
McEwen 8c McEwen
MINING ENGINEER! AND
ASSAYEM
Having purchased the Plant and Outfit of
Messrs. Browne & Smith, we are prepared
to do General Assaying and Complete
Analysis of Ores. Alio Concentrating,
Amalgamation and Cyanide Tests. j .
OFFICE CENTER STREET PHONE 85
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