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EASTERN
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IN
OREGON MINES
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CONSTRUCTION
WORK STOPPED.
Water Company and New
Alpine Stamp Mill Have
Closed for Winter.
TIh Storm King, or in other words
U0 llClllltiflll HIKIW, )IIH to HOIIHI OX-
tent crippled tho construction in
dustry in .Sumpter mid vicinity.
Tho Siiiupti'i' Light iinil Water com
puny Iiiih found it necessary, on lie-
count of the extra expense itud gon
oral disadvantage encountered to
illHOoiitiinie work on Its now power
house and pipe line. It Ih stated
tliat it Ih not prohuhlo tliat auythiiiK
further will lie done until tint season
oieiiH up. it wiih the intention of
tint company to rush work to cnmple
tiou HiIh fall, lint the early hiiow Iihh
made the undertaking next to Im
possible. All (ho men employed
Imve been laid olf.
The Alpine Cold Mining company,
which Iiiih under construction a
twenty-stump mill, Iiiih iiIho dlscnn
tinned eoiiNtriictioii work for the
winter. The force of carpenters
employed on the buildings liy Laid
law iV Steadmaii, who hare charge of
the work. Iiiih lieeu laid nir, and
came in ycHterday. It in stated that
it wiih found dillli'iilt, owing to the
hiiow, to continue without Incurring
heavy additional expense, and it wiih
thought advisable to wait for lietter
weather. Ill the mean time develop
ment work at the Alpine will lie con
tinued. .Superintendent AiIiIoiiih Iiiih
letalued IiIh force and will concen
trate IiIh energy in thin direct Ion.
Laldlaw ,V Kteadmaii iiIho have the
contract for the erection of the
(inldcu Wizard mill, and the carpen
ter force at the Alpine will lie
trausfcricd to thin. Hut it Ih not
thought that the mill can lie com
pleted thin winter. Dr. L. ().
Miller, president of the company,
who spout h line time here, left a few
days ago for IiIh home at Three Itiv
ers, Michigan, it Ih understood will
ndvifi the board of dlreotorn to wait
until trrliiK before attempting to
complete the plant. Work will con
tinue, however, until advice are
icceivcd from the cant cm ottlce.
Thcitc advices, it Ih licllcved, will lie
to clone down for the winter.
Woik on the Tipton extension of
the Kuiupter Valley road will uImi
proliuldy he culled oil' A good many
of the men have quit on account of
the snow and the company Ih (hiding
it a hit; undei taking to continue
under the existing coudltioiiH
The hiiow Iiiih come very much
em Her thin season than iihiihI, and
those who had counted on good
weather until Christmas to complete
outside work, huve U'eu simply
caught in the Htnrm, and uliout thu
only thiiiK left for them to do Ih to
wait till spring. The construction
work which wan fiirt her along wheu
the huow cunio will probably ho con
tinued. For instance, the Blue Dirt,
Snow Creek, 1. X. L. iiud Alamo
people, who either have their mills
praotically completed or well under
way, will proceed with oporatiaons,
and have their pluntB ruuulng liefore
the wluter is over.
PRAIRIt DIGGINGS MINE
CLOSED. REASON UNKNOWN.
Development work oil the Prairie
DigglngH mine, II vo miles east, of
Canyon City, which had heon going
on for a couple of months, was
ntopped Baturday. Two of tho
promiucul. ottllcnls of the Jupiter
(iold Milling company, tho owners of
tho property, arrived last week from
the eiiHt and at once ordered work
to CCIIHO,
There is a good plant on tho miuo
and deep winking Iiiih boon iu
progiuBH. tho nhaft being nuuk to a
depth of 104 foot. It Ih poHitlvely
knowu only to tho miuo owuors
jiiHt why work wiih ntopped. hut from
the hoHt information obtainable it iu
on account of a uumlier of stock
holder not putting up their share
of tho expenses. Tho stock in tho
mine Ih iiou-assessable.
Tho property consists of three
quartz and thieo placer claims, with
a mill Hito. Tho spleudld equipment
Ih well known to all minora of tho
Canyon City district. Development
coiihIhIh of Hiirface outs, a tuuuel
more than 000 feet long, and tho
shaft that is now 101 feet ileop.
Much of the ore taken out for tho
llrst run of the mill wiih from surface
cuts on Xon 1 and '2 veins. Blue
Mountain Kngle.
phouolyte district. Jim Cleary,
the veterau miner and prospector,
reiterates his statement that the
camp Ih all right and says that
regardless of tho opinions of others
aud tho knocking thut has been
going on, be knows that there are
great values iu that camp aud that
development work will justify his
faith In it.
O. II. Moulton, who has just
returned from Mount Itastus district,
brought iu a lrago quantity of ore
samploN, a portion of which ho sent
to tho Corvallis College for analysis.
Mr. Moulton says that liko any other
now camp, it will take a great deal
of work thero to dovelop it aud show
what Ih iu tho ground, hut be is
perfoctly 'confident that gold values
are there iu paying quantities,
Democrat.
A Choice....
New Line of Ladies and
Gentlemen's Gold
Watches, Chains, Fobs,
Rings, Etc.
Other Goods Arriving
Daily
f
Sumptar, Oregon
...F.C.Brodie
JOHNS AND BENNETT WIN
DRILLING CONTEST AT BOURNE.
In a double rook drilling contest
at Uourno last night between Johns
and liounott, Henderson und Dunn
tho former team captured the stakes,
making twenty-eight inches in thu
allotted tlfteeti minutes, against
twenty-six and ouo-eightb made by
the lattor.
It is reported that a good crowd
was in uttoudance. After the contest
was over adauoo wasgivou in tho new
Minora' Unlou hall.
VfVtVSySyVSySyfVtVVl
Lowney's
Candies
One Thousand Papor Covered
Novels at 15 Couts Each
All the Popular Magazines.
Elite Cigar Store
L. HARRIS, PROP. at
ANOTHER MINER SAYS 1 HAT
MOUNT RASTUS IS ALL RIGHT.
!. W. Sherf, an old time miner
and prospector, with Charles Levis,
arilved ill linker City yesterday from
the new Mount llastus phouolyte
Held. Mr. Sherf brought with him
some samples of ore which had the
right appearance. Ho says that tho
phouolyte rock Ittolf has no value,
but thjit with a proper contact It
carries gold values the same as in tho
Hull Hill Cripple Creek camp.
The surface formations at Mount
KastiiH, Mr. Sherf says, are identical
with the formations on Hull Hill,
where he mined for some time. It
will take motley to prospect and iu
vcstlgtato Mount Kastus the same
as it took time and money to develop
Cripple Creek. Mr. Sherf says
there are enough gold values on tho
surface iu the Mount Rastus district
to justify Its development. He Is
associated with the Pittsburg company
which is operating there and says
that tliev will uo ahead witli do-
. ... . ... ... " .. I
reiupiiieui nurn on ii iiiik1' miiic.
"Don't condemn a mining camp
until It has been thoroughly in
vestigated and proven." Democrat.
TO COMPLETE ASSESSMENT
WORK ON THE GYPSY KING.
A. C. OtucHS has been awarded tho
contract to finish assessment work
on the (tipsy King. Iu the Cable Cove
district for this year. Ho will leavo
with a force of men for tho property
tomorrow.
Want to purchase 1,000 shares of
lllue lllrd Mining Company's Treas
ury Stock, of Oregon. Must be
cheap. Address "Inquirer," care
Erie Hotel, Duukirk, N. Y.
La id law & Stead man
MILLWRIGHTS
& ENGINEERS
Plans & Estimates Furnished
Otllco on Cracker St., opposite
bumpter Sampling & Testing
.... Works ....
SUMPTER . . OREGON
Olnca Phone No. oi KrtlJtnce I'hont No. 71
DR. L. T. BHOCK
Physician and Surgeon.
Sumpttr, Oregon.
I am now prepared 'o recehe and treat patient
toth medical and turcica!. In tht rc.i equipped
prvale lanltarlum In Ihr country Nice qu'et homr,
wiih trainrjand rp rltncrd nure alw In at
endance. Up-lo-Jate turtrual wnik a ipeclaltv
V
i Hotel
PHILBRICK Sr FENNER
STILL. fILING ON CLAIMS
IN MOUNT RASTUS DISTRICT
County Recorder Heury yesterday
received for record nineteen location
notices from the Mount' Kastus
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