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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1903)
COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT CRIPPLE CREEKER5 STAY WITH RASTUS Believed That Formations Are Sim- liar And That Development Will Reveal Rich Deposits. "Tliti old Cripple CreekerH aru nlaying with Mount ItiiHliiH, because they iiiidcrHtiuid tlio formation iiml know wlmt it moans," says V. C. Kulnmn, of Ilouriie, who returned yesterday from the Mount ItiintiiH district. Ho was accompanied by M. W.llm'kwith mill H. W. Ollno.wl.o urn Interested with him in live claims, located on tho southoru slope of ItiiHtiiH. An assay from the Itil Nig ger claim made In linker City 11 fuw iliiyH ago wnt 11. HO, aoordlug to Mr. Kidman's statements. Hit liroiiKht back with him h lino of phouollttu anil porphyrltlo quartz samples whlah ho will have assa"od hunt and lit til ii vnrlniiH iiiIIIh In tlm Cracker Crook iliiitriot. Thephniinlitol iippunrM to uiirry heavy Iron sulphides, with tlio nuijor values in the oxidized (tmrl7. Judged from the appearance it Ih good looking orii. To n Miner roprsotitntlvolast nllit Mr.Koliiiau, after exhibiting IiIh ltastus rook, con cen tinued: "I u in not mi npoHtlo of hot air. anil ilo not hid love in unwarranted booming. There Iiiih boon too much of that oven about Mount ltastus. Ah stated to you on my tint return from our claims, tlm stampede, in tho imiln, wiih a wild cowboy niHli. minors, mid thuy aro anions tlio Htny ors. 'I'd urn aru others Ihchh fiimilliir to llio'pulilie whom I could moiitloii. Mr. jlliitchliiH Ih going liai'k in a fow days. Tlio Major now Iiiih a forco of iiidii employed in building a road from Uimtuw City to tlio forks of Kast Ciimp crook, whoro hit tunnel site ih located. "Tlio Valium aro not In the phono lite, lint in tho contact, iih Ih the i'iihd In 'Cripple Creek and in tbo Mack HIIIh, the only other two places 1 know of where n Himlliir formation Ih found. And In ouch liiHtiiuce tol lurtdPH aro encountered with depth. "Two-thirds of tho clalniH located In tlm HrMt mad rush aro now vacant. Only a fow pooplo are left there, but they think they know what they are about." Mr. Keliniin and IiIh partnerH will return to ltastus In about two weeks and remiilnjthero during tho winter. SUMPTER SMELTER MAY BLOW IN NOW ANY DAY porphyry ledge from which the ore can bo literally nuari-ied, reducing 'mining expenses to tlio inlninnini. For this charnctnr of ore it is thought the Klukead mill will give the best of ! treatment results. THIS THE GREATEST MINING REGION EVER Its Greatest Drawback Is The Per sistpnt Butter-In, Who Never Lands a Victim. winked at random without tlm slightest regal d to the liHiatlou of mineral In place, iih the law requires. Others, who were not cowboyH mid sheep herders, went In, ate their dinners, and bi'CiiiiHe they didn't hih gold Htlcklng out of tlm country look, cuine back anil gave the tlintrict a black eye. My associates and myself were live weeks in making live loca tloiiH, Our clalniH are on the south cm Hlopo of Hunt iih, adjoining tlioni) in which Major llontii Ih iutereHted. Wo prospected nur ledge and saw wlmt wo hud before locating. Ou the Ited Nigger oliilni we have' a shaft down llfteen feet, ou a porphyrltlo and phomilltlo quartz ooutHct, las tweeii phouollte mid traobyte. The vein Ih four feet In width, and thorn Ih every indication, if tho formation couutH for anything, that sylvaulte and other tollurides of gold will.be cnutinterod with depth. I am familiar with the geology of Cripple Creek, having npetit four yearn there iih an HHHayer, and I am fully convinced that this furiuatlou Ih practically identical. Ah hhIiI at tint the Crip ple Creekera are staying with the proposition. They kuow what it means and wlmt may bo expected with development. "Major Honta's chief euglueer, Mr. Hutching, and Mr. CSrabaai, of linker City, are old Cripple Creek John U. Cassiu, of Spokane prosl dent of the Alamo Mining company, piiHHod through Sumpter Sunday, on IiIh way home from tbo mine. Mr. CiihhIii Isjjn mining mini of wide ex perience and IiIh favorable opinion ou a dlHtrict Ih of value. He says that he boliovcH eastern Oregon con stitutes the greatest mining region ClalniH were ou tho globe, so far iih its natural ro source in miuoralH and tho necssary iidjunctH to work tho ores, wood and water, aru uoucorued. Notwithstanding all this, ho says, this country has one sorloiiH drawback : It Ih a dltllcult matter to Induce capital to invest heio. One reason for thU Ih thut tho tnlnlug men who live here don't work together, and whoii men aru not united in any elfort, they are very apt to bo antag onistic. On this point, Mr. Cassiu says : "Ou a previous visit to Sumpter I was accompanied by some gentlemen from the east, whom I was trying to Induce to invest. A local broker hutted Into' tho ganio aud endeavored to got them Interested in another prop osition. He whh doing his work in the lo 'y of the Hotel Sumpter u'-d I ha to go to tho mauager of the bouse and demand protection from that variety of pliate. That Ih the only trouble of tho kind I have ever had hero lu Sumpter, but In llaker City this species of Interference Is a positive uulsuuoe, a menacing dauger. "And the strauge feature of the proposition Is that they porslts In this, wheu they have never 'lauded yet aud never will. The ouly result Is to drive men and money out of tbo country. Vou people ought to organ ize against suob practice, for it is working a great injury." Two cars of ore from tho Uolcouda wero sotit out today for the Sumpter smolter. TIiIh makes tho first con signment received here from this well known Cracker Creek producer, and while there is no dclltiite Infor mation obtainable relative to this I phiifo of tho mutter, tho natural sup-1 position would be that the Uolcouda Intends transferring its putrouage to the Sumpter instituiou. ' The fnot of tho (inlcouda's ship ment would also scum to warrant tho conclusion that the smelter peo ple havo made au arraugomeut where-' by all ores offered may bo purchased. When approacahed relative to this aspect of tho situation, Dr. Ed W. Mueller, mauager of tho smelter, had nothing to say oithor lu confirmation or denial. Again, tbo activly at the lime kiln, aud the geuoral overhauling and fixing up of tho maohiuory at tho plaut, leads to tho belief that opera tions may start now auy day. Dr. Mueller was also uon-conimuuicatlvo on this point, but admitted that early blowing in is contemplated, though be declined to name a date. WILLIAM WELLS ELMER CONSULTING MINING CNOINCCR Office Hold Sumpter. SUMPTER. OREGON CDFOND McNCILL'S COOC La id la w& Stead man MILLWRIGHTS & ENGINEERS Plans & Estimates Furnished Office on Cracker St., opposite Sumpter Sampling &. Testing .... Works .... SUMPTER . . OREGON :A Choice.... WILL BORE AN ARTESIAN WELL V. It. Moado, than whom no one' : it : : : : f New Line of Ladies and Gent emen s Gold Watches, Chains, Fobs, Rings, Etc. Other Goods Arriving Daily ...F.C.Bredie: knows the Blue mountain couutry J J T SHrnpUrf Oragon more thoroughly, says hols of tbej"J opinion that, artesian wells will havej to bo resrted to to solve the water supply for Sumpter. ' His reason for this bolief Is that in every shaft sunk on this slope of tho range, water is eucountered at from fifty to 100 feet, tho supply growing greater as depth Is attained. The greatest flow yet encouutored waa found in tho Ooldeu Wizard, ou Door creek; where, at less than 200 feet depth, ho great a volume was eucountered that uo machinery yet Installed has boon ablo to keep tbo shaft sufficiently free from water to permit It being worked in that par ticular place. j So convinced Is he that artesiau . wider cau bo fuuud, that bo has de cided to buy a drill aud bore a well on his Mill street lot, where he lives. Tho machinery will bo ordered so J that it will arrive here In time to beglu operations lu the early sprlug. If Mr. Meade's theory Is proven correct, it will prove of vast benefit to thU whole secttou nf couutry. HAWLEY IF YOU WANT HARDWARE CROCKERY GLASSWARE Charter Oak STOVES Ar Tho Best DIXIE GROUP MILL STARTED OPERATIONS A report from the Dixie group states that the Klukead mill recently completed ou the property began operations Monday, and so far the Dlant baa glveu eutlre satisfaction. 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