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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1903)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT THE CAMP LOOKS GOOD TO HIM. AUDITOR WARNER TAKES GEN ERAL SURVEY. Various DUtrieU Prosperous Vast Im provement Sine Last December Travels 500 Mile, aod Visits Num ber of Properties Proepecti Have Be come Minn and General Activity Uuprecedenled. K. R Warner, aiiilltor of tho Kll leii, Waruor, Stewart cutupauy, who hiiH Hpuut tho ItiHt throo wooktt Iti tho illHtrlot, loft today for Milwaukee, whoro In connection with tho com putiy'H ottlco in that elty, ho will upend tho uoxt fow wi'okm'HtalillHhliiK now oHIooh mid orKiuilzliiK tho Luttl di'hh throiiKh WIhcouhIu and IllinoU. UiirltiK tho throo woolen which Mr. Waruor spout horo, ho truvornol be tween 400 aud 500 in 1km lunpectlUK tho varioiiH proportioH with which liU conipauy Ih connected aud tiikiuit h Kouoral tturvoy of the ditttrlct. Ho whh horo last Htiiniiior and iikhIii limt December. Tho cIiiiiikoh which ho notod and tho Kenernl proven of tho dUtrlct will undoubtedly Ihj of In toroHt to tho avoriiKo reader. Ho MyH : "Am a matter of courxo my 11 rut In tert'Mt naturally wiih to vIhU the mov oral proper! leu in which my company Ih Intended, 1 do not clexlre to Hpeak of theno in particular hut of the varl ouh ilUtrletH which arc comprehended in the Sumpter dlidriot In Kcneral. Ileyoud any iientloii (hero Ih tho mo-d ma ik (mI Improvement ulnce my vIhU In December of any like period ever wituettdod during tho lilxtory of miiiiiiK hero. My travelH while hero I am Hufe in Hiiylux, reprcoiit coiiMld cralily over 100 milex. I took In Cracker Creek, Cable Cove, (irecu horn, (JuartburK aud neveral other well known dlNtrlctt. Cracker Crock liax made toady problem. , The reg ular producer! there are fniiiif! ahead, tho K. and K. hart rexumed aud coutluuourt work Ih UIiik done on a Hplcudid anay of prospective dividend piiyern. The Cable Cove hart been expei'lully active. Here the California mill Iiiih been completed aud a win Id of woik Iiiih been lie complihhed duriuK thehumuier. The G.cjnhoriirt uu not to lie overlooked. Thlrt dirttrict hart pcrhaprt made ax k'leiit a hhovxliiK an any othmn within the bound of the Kcucral dixtrlct of Similiter. When 1 wax heie lunt De cember, the MoruliiK mine wax ie caided ax only a pronpect. Now it hart a mill in operation aud Ih dantcd aimiiiK the producer. Not only thin but there ant M'oron of other proper tlert in thlrt dint riot rapidly coming to the front. "Now, then, of courxe 1 wax iu tho QuartzbiirKdlxtrlct, where our Stand ard Ih located, and without KuiliK into detallx, 1 am convinced that 1 alii correct in HiiyiiiK that there are ton men employed there today where there wax only one thix time last year. "On tho whole the district pre Hontx a most prosperous outlook, and I am Kroatly pleased to And the rain iuK ludiirttry on such a Arm hauls. " TALK OF THE TOWN. F. R. Mollis, of Baker City, was in Sumpter this week. Manager Parker, of the Phoenix, was lu tho city today. Mm. E. A. Case returned yesterday from a visit with frleuds on the coast. Editor Houdryx, of the Uraulte Gem, returned today from a business trip to Portland. J. U. Counoll returned several days since from a visit with his daughter on dray's Harbor. Miss Jeau Keoves left today 'to take a courso lu bookkeeping; aud stenog raphy at Poudlotou. Colonel E. 8. Topping and VV. E. Sanders loft yesterday on a mining trip to Spanish Gulch. M. Caxxldy, of Chicago, interest ed lu tho Forest Mining company. Is hero to iuspect the property. Mrs. N. C. Richards and Mrs. A. li. Ilrowno, who have been visiting iu Portlaud, returned this week. Oriu Ij. Patterson, one of the pro prietors of tho Illuo Mountain Eagle at Canyon City, Is in Sumpter today. E. J. Godfrey, of tho Hod Hoy, wiih in tho city today. Mr. Godfrey has juxt returned from a six weeks' trip to Nome. ThomiiH Welsh, of Cripple Crook, brother of L. M. Welsh, and A. J. Seed, also of Cripple Creek, arrived hero thlrt week to look over tho dis trict with a view to locution. Thomas Gilchrist, of Coiitralia, Washington, arrived lu tho city this morning. Mr. Gilchrist Ih an old mining man will forty years experi ence iu Montana and Nevada. He will look over the situation horo. (t. E. Allen returned yesterday from the count, to Hud that ho had been appointed justice of tho peace for this precinct, to succeed the late Justice l-'ollx. He promlxcrt to cinch E. A. Case at the llrxt opportunity. ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS ALL STYLES WE SELL THEM HAWLEY'S I A Few Facts Worth Knowincr ! IN SEPTEMBER NUMBER OP "MINING TOPICS" If you have not already received It, batter aand for a copy at onca. You will find It Interesting and Instructive. Remember It costs you but a postal card to bring It to you regularly.jljijl Marr 5c Davidson, Sumpter, Ore. J. H. CONNORS. J. L. H4RVCY. ...The Bar... High Grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars Club Rooms in Connection Headquarters for Miners SUMPTER ' OREGON .Vwwv & A Large Stock Of Sash and Doors Red Cedar Shingles Sumpter Lumber Co. SUMPTER OREGON HOTEL SUMPTER ,-. J i u V w I ..rSuy- "- i?:j -" . -K "j&j L. J. HAZCLWOOD, MANAGER Dining Room in Connection. American Plan. Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. Sample Rooms. Stages for All Parts of Camp. Electric Light and Steam Heat. .. Rates $2 to $3.50 a Day.