THE SUMPTER. MINER
Wednesday, October -21, 190 i
RAISED HAY ON
LOGGED-OFF LAND
W. R. Hawley's Successful
Experiment This
Year.
pauy, has a force of men at work on
that property and be goes out to
Inspect and direct. The shaft, which
1h now down fifty foot on the vein
will be flunk another fifty and then
the ledge will be crosscut and drifts
run in each direction. Some Tory
rich ore was taken from this prop
erty laflt .year, and when work was
HUspoudod it was thought that solid
ledge matter had been reached Dig
things are thorefore expected to de
velop thoro within tho 'near future.
LiiHt spring The Minor published
a story about W. It. Hawloy buying
at tHx sain it lot of loggod-olf land,
that Ih generally considered worthies.
His Idea was that be could ml ho hay
ou it and tlmt iti time it would
become valuable. ' During tho past
hohhoii ho Iiiih boon experimenting
with It on n small scale, with satisfy
ing results.
He selected throe acres on which
water could bo easily tinned. A part
of this he sowed to timothy and
clover mixed, the other to ill fnlfn
mid grain on all of it. lie cut this
grain before It was ripe and neon red
six torn of liny. The timothy, al
falfa and clover never do very well
the first your, butho Is entirely satis
fied with the experiment mid is its
siired of u luxuriant growth next
season. Of tho three, the clover Ih
Ibe most promising. It is now live
or six inches high, and (bo stand Is
good, and if the weather continues
favorable for two or three weeks
longer a fair crop of buy can be
harvested.
This particular piece of laud he
bought at private sale, at a cost of
two dollars mi acre. On three acies
ho raised 51 dollars worth of hay
the flint hohhoii and the crop Increases
with ago.
There Is prollt enough In this to
justify biiiigiug water to the ground
iirtlllcliilly. The bind can be easily
mill cheaply irrigated. Mr. I law ley
also hm-vented a crop of native grass
from I'JO acies of meadow laud,
Hocuilug a ton to tho acre. Ou a
portion of this ground the growth of
grain was very light. The yield can
bo easily doubled by planting It In
cultivated guiHses. This laud cost
him ou an average of thirteen dollars
nil acre. Dealers bete are now paying
seventeen dollars a ton for bay and
are retailing it at nineteen ami twenty
dollars, He says the net prollt ou
one yenr's crop paid for the laud.
Computed with t he possibilities
in mining, these llgures appear
small and not very alluring; but
this Is a sure thing game mid will
appeal to many men as a more invit
ing Hold for Investment than the
uncertainties of mining. Should the
time come when the thousands of
acres of Idle, hcietoforo consid
ered worthies "stump" land
surrounding Similiter shall be placed
under cultivation, It would mean
quite us much, directly, to the
buriluoHs Interests of this community
as the great mining Industry itself.
RICH ROCK
ON ROCK CREEK.
WORK RESUMED BY THE
SUNRISE MINING COMPANY.
VV. C. Cider and A. II. llrowno
left this forenoon for the (Jreenhoru
mountains. Hulgueer llrown has
some surveying to do at the Diadem,
which propei ty is being patented by
Keuator leo Mantle, of Montana,
who now owns a control. Mr.
Calder, as president and general
manager of the Sunrise Mining com-
Ike Williamson and Albert Weiss
who own tho Snow Top and Pine
Treo claims on Rock creek, have
just flnlrfhod thbir assossmoui w6rk,
and aro showing some very rich stuff
,roiu tho property. The oro was
taken from n short drift on tho voln
and the samples shown Tho Minor
wero well shot with free gold, and
hud every evidence of carrying high
values. Mr. Williamson says tlmt
the vein carries a width of about
twelve feet, and that thoro Is a good
bunch of the high grade stulf.
Ladies Inspect Highland Mine.
Frank Hhelton. of Neil J. Soreusoii
k Co., went out to the Highland
mine Saturday afternoon, uccom
piiuled by his sister, Miss Calllo
Hhelton, Miss Frances Hchuidor,
Miss Nellie Sherry, and Miss Norlno
Starlau, all connected with the firm's
otllce force. The pitrty rode ou horso
buck, climbed the high , steep divide
between Cracker anil Itock creeks,
went through all the underground
workings of the mine and the ladles
claim to have stood the trip like
veteran prospectors. They returned
litis afternoon.
BLUE BIRD GETS THREE
MORE CARS OF MACHINERY.
A consignment of three more cars
of lllue llird machinery arrived hero
yesterday morning, and will be sent
out to the mine as soon as possible.
Much of the machinery has already
been sent out to the property ami
work ou the new mill Is going rapidly
ahead. The force Is being increased
and Manager Wright states that no
time will be lost in the mill's early
completion.
Nick Allen's Alpine Contract.
Nick Allen was awarded (he con
tract for excavating the site and
building the retaining walls for the
Alpine mill. He started work a
week ago and now has fifteen men
employed ou tho job. He says he
found no trouble In getting all the
men he needed. Machinery for tho
mill Is arriving and will be ou the
ground as soon as the foundation Is
ready for the structure.
WORK AT CALIFORNIA.
Superintendent Towuseud, of tho
California, left this morning for tho
mine, after spending a few days in
the city. Work, he says, is moving
along rapidly on tho reverberating
furnace, and the cyanide tanks aro
to be put in shortly. The aerial
tram has been adjusted and the mill
will be ready to resume in a short
time.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
CAN BE DONE AGAIN.
The Making of the North Pole, Eureka and Excelsior, Colum
bia and Qolconda into big producing mines by systematic, intelli
gent development work is a record of success in the history of the
Great Mother Lode of the Cracker Creex district.
THIS WEEK
. ......
Tho Consolidated Fraction, lying between the Columbia and
Eureka and Excelsior miness, opened a body of ore of phenomenal
richness, onhanolng Its value thousands of dollars.
THE NEXT IN LINE WILL BE THE VICTOR
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Because its properties adjoin tho Consolidated Fraction, and a
tunnel driven from its group will open the great ore body .just
proven.
THE VICTOR
Is bolug doveloped in a systematic, intelligent manner, undor
tho supervision of an experienced mine manager. This fact, and the
constantly increasing valuos In tho oro bodies, ASSURE THE SUC
CESS OF THE VICTOR.
You can loarn all ubout THE VICTOR and its near location to
thoso m in os by sending for a Prospootus and Maps.
YOU WILL NEVER REGRET AN INVEST
MENT IN THE VICTOR.
For Full Information Address
ADRIAN G. HANAUER
FISCAL AGEiNT
p. o. Drawer 1726 Spokane, Washington
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