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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1903)
THE SUMPTHR MINER Wednesday, Septembei 30, 1905 CORNERS ON THE TABOR. This An Item of Vast Im portance to Owners of Victor in Cracker Creek. oucu unH given tho roportu for tbo roiiHoii that nil tho viicniit toiritory in Unit roRlotr has within tho lust fow (Inyo Ijpoii bought up lij'ropic-cn-tntlvi.'H of tlio Luild Molnln coin puny, of Portland. Then! Ih pnr tlcttlar intcrarttri In tho reported coal (linuorury. for tho reiiBon thut If it proven correct a railway in cuio to lie built Into tliol'anliantllu. which Ih 0110 of tho fond (liemiiH of tho people of linker City mid tho north half of tho county. ADELENE PEOPLE ARE WELL PLEASED. A I hint (iolHor.i uf tho (lolHer-Hend-ryx InvoHtiiiiinl 'Voiiipany, which' Iiiih oharKo of tlin (lovolopinuiit of tho Vic tor in tlin Criiiikiir Crook iliHtrict, HlatoH that Hleady proKri'HH Ih IioIiik luado on tlin properly. Tho loilo hiin lieon drifliMl on over 100 foot,, and tho valuoM hIiiiwii , am extremely on '(MiriiKlli. A Mhoit time nun Tho Minor pnlillHhed a Jint of hhhuj-h irorn (ho Victor hIiowIiik a uniformly IiIkIi urmlo of ore. Tim hiiiiio HiitlHfaclory ihhiiIIh am coutlniiiiiK. An Item of viml iinportiiiieo to tho Victor people Ih tho rocout rich wlrlko at tho Talior friuitiou, from' t)ih fact that tho Victor coruorH im tlie"'iiVperty, and it may lie (lonlldeiitly priV'llcited that future devolopmelitH will reveal tho witno (piallly of 'ore. : Kvon without thin tho Victor Ih in ii , locality which at ouco a r ii oh ItH'rodiictivonoHH with ilevolopineiit. It Ih on tho well known Criickor Crook vein Hyntein which him furillidied Home of tho din trlct'H IiIk prodi'ic'erH. However, the Talior Htrlko Ih o'f 'viihI Iinportiiiieo to Victor people in view of tho uoaruoHH of tlio propertied.' Tho property, ll will lie reiiiem lmroil, wnh taken over hoiiiii time iiko liy Adrian (I. Iliiiiiiuer, of Spokane, mid IhihIiiomm iiHHoelateH. It Ih luting devolopiMl under the HiiporvlHlou of the (liiiHor-Uondryx luveHtmoont com puny thruiiKli which the deal wiih tiirnod. ArranitemeutH are ImliiK iiiudo for tlio ipHtMlliitlou of a hIx lrlll coinproHHor. TIiIh will proli nlily o In, It Ih Mated, nome time thin full or winter. A mmI force of men Ih luting worked and a HyHtematio develop ment polloy chitIimI out. Work will tie prosecuted nil winter. Mining men of oxiierloure, from theHttnation of tho Viotor with riwanl to tho big Cracker Creek milieu, regard it an a very prointMlng property. Think The Sumpter District is The Best in The Country. MYSTERIOUS COAL MSCOYERY IN THIS COUNTY. A recent tliHpatch nayn: MyHtery HurroiuidH the rooouUy reporttnl dinuovery of a live foot vein of lltfiille coal Homewhere in the Panhandle of linker county. The report wiih oiicuallcd In thin city IiihI week, at which time a rather noted mining engineer, wIioho iiiinie Ih well'Mt the top of wcHtern e.xpertn. hut who traveletl "Incog.," made an luvcHtlKntlou in the iuterent of a Hyudicate of eiintern men. IIIh move ineiitH were inyHterloiiH, and he ! partml for the cant after having made hln examiuatlou without announcing either IiIh iuIhmIou or the rcHiilt there of to the local uowHpapcrn. Heportn place the bceue of the coal ' dlccovery on (Jooho creek. Ilfty iiiIIch northcant of thin city. Crod-J Warren Calilo, Htipprlutondoiit of the Adolono in tho Ciackor Creek dlHtrlct, uamo in hint night from tho property with L. C. Finney, a direc tor In tho company, and J. A. Dom ouillo, a Htockholdor, hoth of Now ciiHtlo, I'eiiiiHylviinla. TIiuho gontlo men made a thorough InvoHtigation of the Adolono ami oxproHHthoniHolvoB iih well plowed. Mr. Kinney Hays: "The only objection I can urgo to tho dlHtrlct Ih the mountaliiri. I ami mil uhoiI to tiiem. and 1 am worn down to a frazzle. Hut thon ono would hardly expect to find gold anywhere o!ho. When it coiiich to mineral wealth, tho Sumpter iliHtrict Ih tho dent in tho country. Wo aro highly pleiiHod with tho Adoloue, and confidently bollovo it will niako h lilg producer." Suporiiiteiidoiit Calilo ataton that the periimiient level reoon ly wtarted Ih now In Hoveuty feet, with about fif teen more to drivo before encounter ,lug the ledge. TIiIh Ih the iiihIii lead of the property and tho one on which are located tho Highland. Maxwell, HaiHloy Klkhorn. lluckoyo and Croat Amoriuaii, nil of which are properties of Hiiperior merit. Mr. Cablo nays that everything in now In ahnpo for whiter work. EVENING STAR GROIP. Potor Itaache nnd Dr. Fanll, of Maker City, rcturnod yoaterday after noon from tho Creenhoms, where they weto looking nfter the develop ment of tho Evening Star group. Arraiigemontii aro lioing made, they Htate, for continuous work on the proiorty. 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