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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, September 9, 1903 PROSPECT OF CAMP GOOD. OPINION OF MINING MAN FROM ILLINOIS. Mr. Smith, Who Has Extensive Mineral Holdtogi, Thinks Veil of Sumpier District Vuiled a Number of Klllen, Warner, Stewart Properties Says They Will Make Great Mines. .1. I'. .Smith, of lniivlllc. IIIIiioIh, who In lniKely IntcicHtcd in tin) An ion) (111I1I Mining eiinipuny, upend. I11K near llukerClly, hiiiiI the Kicnlcr pint of lusl week In IIiIh illHtrlct, vIhIIIiiu viiiIimih ('iiii'l(ir ("leek pmp cMIoh, 1 1n Itcd Hoy, Hliitiiliiril mill Oregon .Moiinicli, Hit huh peiilly pleiiHod with wlmt ho miw. Mini Mill en tlllll III) will llCCIIIlie illtcicidcd in MIVCIIll or Illicit pillpCltlcH. 'I'd M .Minor icpieninlulhe ho Mild: "I Imvii heen miiklnu mm 1111111111I trip for thi) IiihI four yeniH to linker City In cmi iii'i't inn with my minim; IiiIiiiiihIh iiitnr Iheio. 'IIiIh Ih Hid IIihI tlmi), however, I hiivi) heen to Hump tur, or Iiiivii iiiiiiln liny extended e. iimlniitloii or tiny of tlm n omi I i ih nenr hcio. On my uny went I fell In with K. !'. Winner, niiilitiir of Hid Killon, Warner, Stewart company, who induced mo to extend my trip to Snmptcr. After HtoppliiK awhllu at Thunder Mountain enronto, where I am 11 1 ho iiituicritcfl, 1 cm no on to Miiimilei' mill tlirimuli tlm rnnrtcHV of I ' I - r" '- .7 'Mr. Warner, 1 wiih hIiiiwii orer Hid dlntiict pietty cxtciiHlvely, vImHIiik tho Htmidiird, Olefin Monarch, Cinckcr Summit, anions the Kllleii, Wiimei. Hleuint nioiiertlcH. and a i ' i niimlier of other well known iiiIiich. My InipieHHioii of tlicMi propel tien Ih most favinalile, iih it Ih of the entlro dlMrict. TIiIh mineral one Ih iiii- donlitedly olio of the rlclicHt and inont evteiiMivi) in the conntiy. Tlio mak ing or Mtf pi mincer Iidid is only n pictlnn of jnillcioiiH maniiKi'iiiunt mid cxneiidlhiii) of iniiiiev. Tlm ore iloponltn are hero in elionnoiiH extent and if the vnrioiiH lironortloH under jeouiMi of development which 1 visit- ed do not become lil payers tlieio Is iiotliint; to which tlm failuiD can lie iittrilmted except had liiiinimeinciit, or lack of capital for development piirpiii-cH, and Irom what I oliperved, no tears urn to lie cntcilnlncd in this seme. If I wciD to ni into details icuaulliiK Hid properties which I vis ited it would consume prohalily too much time, hut in a wind 1 have no hesitancy in saylui; that they hold out Hid piomir-o of liecomliiK peat mines. "I spent Home lime Inspecting the Siimptor smeller. This is a ery complete and u very excellent plant. It is liiiuuil to do a KH'iit deal toward the development of the mines of Hid dlhliict." (SB4T OF SUMPTER Capital StockT "r - $25,000 Surplus, $500 OFFICERS J. H. ROBBINS, . PraslcUnt J.W. SCRIBER, - Vlc-Pr.idnt R. H. MILLER ... Cashier H.S. DURGAN'- - Assistant Cashier Safety Deposit Vaults Gold Dust Bought Does a General Banking and Exchange Business NEW DREDGE COMPANY. Colonel Grayson and Business Associates Will Operate in Eastern Oregon. Colonel .liiliu Temple (Iim.vmiii of Hid Alpine mine, In Cnlilo Cine, has cntcied Hie Held of dleilun milling, with Hid M'elin of his opeiMtloiis III southein Oickoii. He mid Cnptnlll T. KIiik Mull', funnel ly of Sumpier, ate Hid pilucipal sloclthnldeis ill Hid Hold Placer Dicdu-liik' company, a j?,ri(l,((Hl corpiiiMtlou just loimed in Portland. Assot'ialed with Mci-hh. (iiaysou and Mulr in the cntcipiUc me (!. W. U'lldemnn, of lliooliville, Illinois, and P. II. I'.niiuht. ot I.iin Anueles, Ciilifoiula. The liiouud to he winked liy the new compiinv is locnteil on the head wateis ol the Illinois Kier, on lloliiu Clock, in .loM'phliie couutv, tint I con tains proliilslliK hodics of until nilil platinuiu. A pioce-s never lieloio iimmI will lie emplojod to woik the uiinol. The uuichiue, which was patented ill .May this year, Is a now Idea to hwliatilic in i ii I DK- The lulu) thinuuli which the snivel Is canted may he any sle, Tlm bottom of Hid tulio has no con nection with water, hut a distance ft mil the lower end the water Is foiced into the lill'o and tlm Miction cullies Hid kiiiii out ot the upper cud, Hiiowluult any iciimiiiiiIiIc ic tpihod ilihtnuce. In Hiih way u twenty-llui Iioimi power plant is cap able of liiiudlilik' tin oo cnlilo yanls of dill per minute, u-inn a twelve Inch pipe. A tent has liccii made and has proven a complete mhvoi-h, it Is stated. ' There is no iliuiKor of Iiiijjo incksi lodiliK' and choking Hid tube, it lin ing so constructed that the lower end Is smaller than Hid top, Hid pipe ta pering all Hid way thinngh. One of Hid miicliiues Is on exhibi tion opposite Hid Chamber of Com meice Imlldlng, In Poitland, whoio it is In oneialion. I Alter Hid guivel is lifted to the re ipiliod height II Is pasM'd inorncop- I per plate, which cuutiiiiisiiiicksilver. A row of lilies extend acioi-s Hid plates, which also coutiiin "ipilolt." ''I'he ipilcksihcr iiudciKoes a piocis boloieil Is used, by which its nihility lot uohl is ilioioiihod to ii uiaikcd ile glee. A chemical piocess Is lined by which Hie Millie of the "quick" is letained and none of its ipinutitics winded. One of the principal values ot the "ipiick " is its Mixing of plat inum, which hcretofoie has been lost to the placer Illinois. The heavy deposits of platinum in Southern Oiegtin hae been of pi no tion I ly no miIiio. because of inability to mio that element. The company piopo.-os hnxing its plant in opeiatlou witliiii thirty days. A lei-ting plant Is alieady on the gunnel, and has proven satlsfactoiy. Sit of Placers. The linker City llciald mi.vs that a deed hm been tiled with County Kc colder Koboit Homy, showiui; the sale ot 'J, 1)00 acres of laud In Section S, touiii-lilp I 'J, lauuii III), to the Oit'Koii-Toiiiii'hM'o Cold MlnliiK com pany for three thousand dollars. The land is located near Pine Cieel; a few milch fiotu lleieford, and is coMilcicd a licit placer nxioti. To Start Work. J F. N. Wlieaton, of Seattle, who is iiitcict-tcd in the ,lo.-io roup of ( claiuiK in the Cable Cove district, was hole liiht week makiiiK arraiiKcmeiits to stint work on the piopcrty. Mr. Wlieaton states that development woik will bo under way in a short time. MINES PROSPECTS STOCKS Investors desiring to place $20 or more, can learn of an excellent opportunity to become interested in the purchase of a mining property, situated in a good min ing district in Oregon. Full particulurs, address, E. A. CLEM & CO. 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