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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1903)
7 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, November 11,190$ BpNTA RETURNS TO BUILD ROAD. Reached Baker Thuursday Accompanied By Party of Capitalists. I will be siven a new impetus through! the proviHloii of a'cheap ami rapid I iiiciiiih ut transportation of ore iiud ' Hllipll(!rt. TIiIh forenoon Lon Cleaver tele phoned K.K. that the Citizens Leiiguo of linker City, hold n meeting last evening and adopted a retmlu'tioii recpieHting Major llonta to huild IiIh road from that point and nlTcrlng (heir lirarty co-opicntiou. TIiIh Ih Hiirely rut her lale in the day for such ' action; hut it evidently nieatiH t hut . the skeptics have hcen convinced that the llontii road Ih not a hot air line. Tlin CitietiH League Ih endeavoring to secuio Hi'iitH oti the hand wagon. ' Now it Imlmovcs Humplcr to got. in and drill on the proposition tiiiide' hy .Major lionln, to huild a lino to Humptcr, a hriuiil gauge road connect ing direct with the O. It. A- N., that Kliner Cleaver leceived n telephone message yurileiday iifleiunoii from iniKor i ny nun .iiajur noma nail w, w.vo lolnading charges and give arrived nil the delayed liain ft mti ' f tiHjiilj(? ,,,((.H. the oast; that ho had announced that,' Theioulll ImthingH doing in Hiitisli.etiiiy lltiiitiriul ariangouifiitH ,,,.. Oicumi. ,,. WI1V nf mllmad and that hirt (dectrio ,.miui,M,.ii ,i,,, i., ti. ,, i,.i.. I'lairlo City and I lie Oiegon ,,,i.-. ,l If H.iil,.r ever .timiintM i to anything more than it in Ih today, IIh cIIIcuh iiiiihI .-how a spirit of rivLJii A Beautifully Illustrated Pamphlet' of 16 Pages Showing OREGON'S Great Dividend Paying . Mines Any person contemplating n mining in vestment should not be without the Information contained in this valuable immphlut. WRITE TODAY (Mention No. 00 and it will he promptly mulled you.) WHEELER & CO. 32 BROADWAY, N. Y. he the hull!. Maker had liiinii i ii in I i road In Wonder mine would Itcgiiiiling thin matter, City Humid mivm: Major lliiula, of Philadelphia, arrived in linker City last night, acciimpiinied liy IiIh wile and child. They aie at home in the handsome l''illlll residence on Koiirth slicel, which Major lloula Iiiih leased for two yearn. Accompanying' Major lloula Ih .lacoli l!rpiiulii)cl(, uf I'hiladelplila, a capitaliHl. Majur I tout ii will huild a railroad from either linker City or Hunt ington In I'lalrie City, near which town ho iiud a Hyudli'iite of l'ciiusyl vuniii capitalists own some of the richest mining pinportlcH in I ho Went. Surveys for thin lino have nliendy linen iiiade, u company Iiiih lieeu funned for I(h construction and opoin tliiu, rlghlH of way have lieeu secured from the United Hlntes government mid nil iletailri have heeu arranged in the mutter. Major llonta left for Philiiilcphla aliout a mouth ago to lluaiice the proportion and. it Ih leporled, Iiiih heeu Hiiecossful. He Iiiih sold, it Ih tilidrostiind, enough of tlin IiiuiiIh of the Itnilway company to provide for Uh Immediate coiiHtriictiuii. The Hiirvcyed route of Hie line Ih from a point near .South linker to the Ninth I'Mrk of the .lolin Day river, via t Upper Huriit river. Major llontii wiih seen hy a Herald reporter thin 'morning. He refiiHcd to hiiv anything aliout IiIh success In llliauciug th( piojeel, hut hIiiIch emphatically that the road will he liullt Idlest ioned iih to the time of commencement of count met Ion, he mild (that no dellnlte date had heeu net, ljul that' the oik of guiding will ,'piohalily not he taken until uet spring. "It' will he impiHslhlo to complete the Sunk thin winter," said the Major, "and Iheicfiiie we will not heglu, to move dlit until after the SIIOwJlllN lilll." The llontii project Ih one of the iiiohI important enterprises for the liuliiHt rltil development of eastern Oregon and Hiiuthern Oregon ever undertaken. Primarily the railway Ih iiumiit to ntrord an outlet for the mineral properllen controlled hy Major llonta, hut nltlnialely the Hue will he exeuded Into that vast doinalli ill hoii th central, and southern Oregon, wheieln arc cmtiriiccd mill- Ioiih of actes of laiidwithout aiailwiiy enterprise and act in harmony. "Knock the Knockers." OFFICERS VISIT PRAIRIE DIGGINGS Eastern Stockholders Of Company Here to Inspect The Property. IN THE RICH GREENHORNS ARE LOCATED THE PROPERTIES OF THE Smuggler Gold Mining Company Nearly 1,000 fret ol Development Work, Tunoels, Shafts, and Cross cuts have Proven a Continuous Ore Body lor a Length of 3,00 Feet, The Ore Assays From $4 to $150 per Ion, and la Placet the Vein is 48 Feet Vide. WE WANT TO SELL 100,000 Shares of Treasury Stock at TWENTY-F1VE CENTS Per Share, to Install a Sinking Plant. J For Full Information Regarding This Really Gill-Edged Proposition, Address ELI ROWLES, - Fiscal Agent 409 Hayden Building, Columbus, Ohio. Or SMUGGLER GOLD MINING COMPANY SUMPTER, OREGON. Michael (iroMHiiian mid J. V. Ilaarer, of Ann Arhor, Michigan, vice. president and secretary renpuu lively of the Jupiter Cold Mining company, operating the I'rallle Dig gings, arrived here yesterday and left t IiIh morning for the property. The t'.veuty-tlve stamp mill Iiiih heeu Idle for home time, while sinking Ih under May, and the eastern olllcerH of the company slate that it him not lieeu decided yet when the mill will lie Htarted up attain, prohably not till spring. The doiihle compartment shaft Ih how down something like 100 feet, and It Ih the intention to Hiuk to the not) foot level. It Ih staled that the new hoist and pump. lust plant are giving good satisfac tion. Speaking of the situation in the east, to The Miner, Mr. (irossmnn said: "While it Ih (rue Unit the industrial slump him frightened smaller in-, vestorH away from mining st ticks to a1 certain extent, it 'Is hiking the, tendency to tiun linger capitalists : touiud thin industry. They are' hcgiunlng toicnlie that a good mine Ih the hent paying investment in the couutiy, and 1 look for more money to go into mining properties in the near future than ever In the past." IF YOU WISH TO i. invest 'ifi' 'mSeng : Either to buy Gilt Edge Stocks, a Prospect that is "the Making of a Mine," or one that is already made, write me what you want and permit me to submit a proposition. ADDRESS eTsanderson smith SUMPTER, MINES AND MINING STOCKS OREGON TO INSTALL A LARGER PUMP AT GOLD CENTER. 10. J. Wallace In In from tJold Center today, where he Ih operutiiiK IiIh placer ground. Mr. Wallace will install a larger pump in a short time, The llonta railway will also provide i mid he states that it Ih IiIh intention tiraucli linen to the various mining j to operate nil winter. He saya he camps along IIh surveyed route . will nave some Hurpusen 10 announce (Irconhorn City, Susativllle, Hupinter, Mount Kasttis, Auliruu and others. ThtiH development of those canipa when he iiiakeH the spring cleanup. Mr. Wallace also Iiiih live quartz clalniH in tlievlelnlty'of Cold Center. msmesat teX ' A'TLr. HID GRAND lM&sfe?m THE SCENIC LINE Throiuli ShU l.nke City, Indville, l'nehlo, Colorado Springs and Denver, himI the Frtiuous Kooky Mountain Scenerv hv Daylight to nil oint8 Knst. 3 FIST TRAINS DULY, BETWEEN OGDEN AND DENVER 3 MODERN EQUIPMENT, THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOUR ST SLEEPING CARS AND SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE STOPOVERS ALLOWED For rnteH, folders and other M. C. M'BRIDE, Cien. Agent, Information, address 124 Third St., POUTLAND, ORK. m