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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1903)
? M s 8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, Octobei 7, 190$ s h MIDWAY TO SINK. Hoist Practically Completed and Operations Will be Started Oct. 10. . Low Walker, superintendent of the Midway, and C. II. iinruard, who hiiH Inid chargo f tho Midway sawmill, itro In tho city today. Mr. Daruiird finished cutting tho liunhor for tho Midwuy hulldiiigs lit noon yesterday, nnd tho mill Ih now closed In definitely. Tho shaft Iioiiho Iiiih boen com plotcd, Huporliitoudoiit Walker says, and with it fow minor details tho iiiuohtnory for tho hoist Iiiih nil Itoon placcd. Tho (Jynaiiic Ih yet to go In Init nil tho purls are on tho ground. Tho shaft Iioiiho, it Ih claimed, Ih tho second largest build ing of tho kind In tho Htnto. Kinking Iiiih liccn hold buck hoiiio what on account of tint delay In obtaining Hiipplliiii, hut Mr. Walker MiyH thliiKH will Imi ready for opera tion hy October 10. Thu nlmft Ih going down on the foot wall. It wan put down about sixty feet by hand define (lie machinery wiih iiiHtn'lled. Tim now IioIhI Iiiih a depth capacity of 1!, 00(1 foot. VALLEY QUEEN VEIN NO. 4. Shows Good Strength And a Satisfactory Quality of Ore. Tom C. Gray, superintendent of tho Valley Queen, came In hint night from tho mliio to attend tho meet. Tho drift on tho vein No. i, ho Mate, Iiiih been carried In ilfty feet, Hhowiug good Htrougtli nnd a Hit Inflict ory tuallty of ore. Mr. Gray'H plan Ih to continue thin drift for the main lend of the property making a shorter out than it would to drive the crosscut to tup the ledge iih wiih the original inten tion, it Ih thought that the vein can bo reached in about neventy-tlve feet further, and tho distance from the face of the prevent crosscut Ih perhapH greater than thin. The crosscut, however, Ih to furnish th main wot king level, aud It will be completed after tho neeecMiry ex ploration work Iiiih been llulshcd. HIGH VALUES GONTINUE. Albert Gelt-cr, of the Uelser lloiidryx company suys that tho third shipment of the rich Tabor fraction ore will bo made just as coon an he can get tea inn to haul it to tho railroad. This he think ho can do within the uoxt few day. The former shipments are now being treated at the Tacoma nmelter and no H returns havo been rcelved from them. The rich shoot, Mr. Uelser says, continue!) to gain In strength with depth aud there is no appearance of tho valueH diminishing. WORKING JUNIPER CLAIM. George Day returned from the Cable Cove district yesterday, where ho has been working on the Juniper claim, near tho Valley Queen. Mr. Day says ho drifted about twenty feet on the roln and ban twelve feet of mighty good ore. He made his headquarters with Tom Gray at the Valley Qtieen Hwhllo bo was working at the property. Another Shipment. Captain Paul, Hiiporlntendont of tho Imperial, has mado another twelve ton shipinout to tho Sumpter Sampl ing and Testing Works. It is not known what tho ore will average, but it Ih tho samo grado of oro which tho company has been shipping. SNOW CREEK MILL. Excavation For Foundation Completed And Work on Buildings to Start Soon. Fred I). Smith, general manager of tho Snow Creek mine, nays that tho excavation for tho ton-stamp mill to bo iiiHtnlled on tho property Iiiih been completed and that tho llrst conHlgiimeut of machinery Ih now on the ground. Tho rent of tho machinery wiih uhipped from Chicago Inst wook and Ih expected to arrive in a short time. Mr. Smith Iiiih purohiiHcd teams mid Ih having the lumber for IiIh biilldlugfl hauled from IiIh sawmill a 'inilo away mid a half. Construe tiou Ih to Htart at once, aud Mr. Smith says It Ih IiIh intention to have the plant in operation lu a very short time. ORE SHOOT FULL OF THE YELLOW. Superintendent Smith Telephones That Tabor Fraction Ore is Gelling Better. A. I'. Smith, who has ohargo of tho work at the Tabor fraction, telephoned Al Uelser hint night that tho oio lu tho nliaft was looking better than ever. The rich rock he said Is simply that full of tho yellow metal to be held together by it. It in tho Iwst oro yet eneouuteni ami iih vaiue io the ton ylll go high. THE NATIONAL BANKER 14 II li Sail St. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A journal of National circulation. Ih rend by hankers, capitalists, in vestors, retired merchant). If you want to reach a good clam of buyers and the inouexetl and inventing pub lic, advertise in the National Hanker. Thousand of copies of each issue of the National Hanker goes to investors throughout tho Middle West, Kastcrn and New Knglnud states. The bent journal in the country in which to reach investors. Sample copies free Advertising rates on application. 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