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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, November 18, 1903 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. Custom Mills Will Be Built In The Cove Next Year. cnnferenuo with T. J. Csotollo, man ager of those properties. , He loft thin alfcruoon and will visit Portland, Seattle and other coast points. Ho baa a brother living In Seattlo with whom he will spend lomo time. JOHN DAY VALLEY MASS OF COAL BEDS li. Monitor, of Cincinnati, mm of tho dlriMilorM in tint Daby MoKoo ooinpiiny ami hiiio'ik IIh hoiivlnsl stockholdera, iirrivnl Intro a day or two allien to vlalt tli initio and taken Uotiornl atirvny of iho camp. Mr. Monitor aiiya Hint no partluiiliir hIkiiIIIchiioo' iri to In nttiiohod to hia vIhII. II'h IiIh IIi-L trip lioro, and lie eiuiin for 11 roHtitiK apoll and, in oidonliilly,torooliiiw tliiiiH itrw kIK Tim Hint hiiow lio alrtiok iih Iio canio wimt wiih at 'ronnoHNo I'hhh, Colorado. Kor tlio mat of tlio way till lio atrnek tlio III110 Monntiilii teuton tlioro wiih heavy niiiiri. L. (!. Lillny, Hiiporinlondont of the llnliv MoKoo, i'iiiiio down ycstor day to niool. tint vialtltiK stockholder, and timy will ( out to tlio proporty hoiiio tlmo today or tomorrow. Mr. Lilloy aiiya Hint tlioro is not tlio romotiMt doubt but that thotitistoiii tut Hh whloli ho and Hiiporlutondoiit Townaniid.nf the California, are behind will bo built uo.xt apring To a Minor rnprnaontiitlvn Mr. Lilloy uiado thl'HO HtatoiiieutH: "Wo aro koIiik to atnrt In with olio mill iioar tlio lliiby MoKoo, but wo will put In jiiHt iih uiiiiiy nritho doniiiud warriinta. Wo aro fully oonvliiood that thin Ih not only a iiiouoy niakliiK ontnrprlait forourfolvori, but wo boliovo it will do iiioro toward tlio odvolop inout of tho Cabin Cove district thiiu nluiOHt anything olxo that could lio inoiitiouod. 1 inn in a poHltiou to ntntn tlntt wo will ritart work on tho mill iioar tho llaby MoKoo in tho opriiiK, and if tho hI t nut ion doinandH it, wo aro prepared to follow thin with othorH wherever conditions warrant. Wo liavo carefully IlKtirod on tho uiNtlor mid wo think wo know jttNt about what wo aro ilnintt." MANAGER MOIIR THINKS BUFFALO VEIN IS NEAR Tony Mulir, iiiiiuiuior of tho llutfii lo, wiih out at tho proporty yostoniy. Work Ih piouri'HHliiK atoiidlly, Mr. Mohr nayn, and ho thinkrt tho cross out from tho Wind Crook sldo will roaoh tho voiu in a idiort tiuio. It iri in now a dl"tiinco of 1 1Tt foot, witli iiidU'iitiotiH that tho voiu Ih IkiIiik noarod. Tho ptoporty Ih equipped for win tor work and development will lio pushed Htoiidily iihciul. For two or three yearn past The Minor bun at dllferont times mado moutlou of the John Day coal deposits. About two yoara ago tho Cleaver lirothora brought out a wonon load, taken from near tho surface, for a test to bo made by O. It. & N. oIIIoIiiIh. Tho pooplo of that Hootlon are now sooniitiKly becoming in terested in the matter themselves, and urn HonditiK tho uowh to tho outsido world. Undor diilo of November 8, a correHpoudotit at Canyon City wrltori tho Spokosmau-Roviow an follewri: It Iiiih just leaked out that a discovery of largo coal deposits, ox tondiiiK for many mlloa throughout tho John Day district, Iiiih beou uiado. Ah yot only a fow know tho cxiatntiro of tho coal in thla country, and thoy aro mailing to secure tho laud. Largo tractH of laud aro being loiiHod mill many locatioiiH aro being mado. ItoportH aro that tho outiro vulloy of Jolin Day la otio iiiiihh of coal boda. It la known that exports have licon in tho country for hoiiio time and It Ih said that coal bed a exist for mlloH up and down tho John Day river, along Spanish gulch, In many placoH up Hoar gulch mid many other placoH. That coal ox lata in largo deposits is thought to bo tho motive for tho forming of a local company, consist ing of Frutik Foster, P. A. Snyder and tho Dexter lirothora. Tho com pany Iiiih obtained h niuoty-uine year Ioiiho on about six quarter auctions of laud in tho inimodiato vicinity of John Day. Tho main body of this laud Is owned by li. C. Trowbridge and John Silvers, but a few smull tracts belong to other residents. It is tho intention of tlio company to sink on tho ground at tho earliest poaalblo date. Machinery has already boon purchased, ami work will being aa (pilckly as tho m'ichluory can be brought into the country. For maiiy mlloa up atid down tho John Day river promlalng crnppiuga luivo boon found, but it la aald critical teats by custom asaaycra (Icimiuatrato tho superiority of tho dopoalta found near John Duy city. It la all of tlio species llguito and tho quality morclal. Tho bods lio in capped with slato. In a number of so mo high is pronounced coin- sandstone aud uro Thoy aro exposed dilferout places, of tho cropplngs being ou tho bills. Some of tlio deposits STOCKHOLDER IN FOREST COMPANY VISITS CAMP. John Itoton, of Stevens' Point, Wisconsin, olio of tlio heavy stock holders in tho Finest .Milling com pany, opeiiitiug the Ktorm King and tho .McKiiiolcy and ltooovolt groups, omiio in on n hut i led visit tills illum ing. Mr. Itctnii is milking u tout of tho wck( and slopped hcio for ii'shoit havo beou torn from tlio bottom of tho river by tho big dredger. Six Bits in a Chicken's Craw. Uncle Hill Stluson, an evening or two since, killed a young chicken that ho hud raised at his homo across tho river, aud, liko tho good man ho la, dressed it himself for tho misses, liko most Indies, di ends that part of tlio work. In tho ctaw he found a gold nugget weighing about six bits, it was worn aa smooth us glass, doubtless having assisted tho bird in lt digestive process for weeks. Mr. Stlnsou's homo ia ou tlio old Kills plucer ground, now platted us an addition to Sumpter, mid theio ia nothing btr.iugo about thitjtliid. i( I L'li Li'L' A Beautifully Illustrated F JaJ-JZi Pamphlet of J 6 Pages Showing OREGON'S Great Dividend Paying Mines. Any person contemplating a mining investment should not be without the information contained in this valuable oamphlet. WRITE TODAY (Mention No. 60 and it will bo promptly mailed you.) WHEELER & CO. 32 BROADWAY, N. Y. .. IN THE RICH GREENHORNS ARE LOCATED THE PROPERTIES OF THE SmugglerGoldMining Company Nearly 1,000 Feet of Development Work, Tunnels, Shafts, and Cross cuts have Proven a Continuous Ore Body for a Length of 3,00 Feet. The Ore Assays From $4 to $150 per Ion, and in Place the Vein Is ' 48 Feet Wide. WE WANT TO SELL 100,000 Shares of Treasury Stock at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Per Share, to IoMall a Sinking Plant. J For Full Information Regarding This Really Gilt-Edged Proposition, Address ELI ROWLES, - Fiscal Agent 409 Haydeo Building, Columbus, Ohio. Or SMUGGLER GOLD MINING COMPANY SUMPTER, OREGON. IF YOU WISH TO I V.7ifivTEST IN mSkNG : 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. 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