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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 2, 190$ OVERLAND SOON IN PRODUCING CLASS President of The Company Inspects Property and Says It is Good Enough For Him. Dr. I". Itoy, pioHiilmit of t ho Over lutiil Colli Mining c(i!iiiiiii.v, Father P. iiliiiin, who hiiM frlmiilH tlntt aro inteiestcd in tin) property, I10II1 ui St. Paul, mid Father T. Hosor, pro fiiHHiir of mineralogy at All IIiiIIowh college, Hull Lnko, mill (jouonil Man ager M. K. II11I11, ruhirncd from an Inspection of tlm i .ipmly .Saturday evening. To 11 Mirer representative, President Itoy statcl yesterday : "I inn not 11 inhr'ig mini iiiymilf, lull became liiliiiv' I in (lit) Over- 1(111(1 lllHt Htllllllllir t.ll'Otlgll till) ll'dllll- iniiiiiliiliiiii of frlmiilH who know .Mr. Itiiin. I know Unit huge capital Ih iifoi'Hiiiiy lo ilnviilop ami equip u mini) ho iih lo ninko il a producer, so I determined to coinn out hero nnil look inlo I lio IiiisIucsh end of (lio liropoHilion myself, iiml got tlm judg iniiiit of 11 coiiipiitiiut export niliitivi) to tint viiliiii of tlm propnrly licfoio I put tiny ninri) moiiiiy into tliu enter prlHO myself, or link my fi lends to ilo HO. "1 am poifcctly satlslled on liolh polutri, ami will see Unit Mr. Iliiln Ih mipplioil with limpid Hindu to eon tlniin work uiilnturrupiiidly from now tin 1 1 1 tlitt Overland Ih ii dividend payor. 1 am convinced (hat Mr. I In in Ih ii (loinpiilniil manager, mid iih you know, his standing in thin, IiIh homi, community Ih ahovii reproach. Through tlm iidvlco of my friend, Father ltuliiiln, I engaged tlm nor vIcch of IiIh lilclid, Father Honor, who Ih not only an educated, scieu tilhf luiuoiiilngist. who Ih cnt IiiihIuhI I -eally diivotnd to tlm Hlinly, but Ih hIho, mini of large practical ox piirliiiicn, to expert the mine. IIIh report in favorable, and I feel that I ci in inly with cnulldeuco on his judg iiieut; ho now I ciiu enter morn heartily into the oiitui print, i ul ready feel the riisfi nation of the husl iichh iiml hopo to aid in adding mi other piiiducer to your wonderful Hold mining count i, v." Kutlii'i' KiiHer Mild: "I inn hotter plcased with the Oveilnud than 1 n.x peeled to lie. Mr. Ilalu Iiiih been very cnnseiwitlvo in lilsuiltteu state uuintH icmiidlug the pioperty. It Ih, of cniiHit, only a pinspuct iih yet; hut Iiiih eveiy iudicatiou of the making of a mine. On Hid Overland ginuiid there am tour elns, two of which have lieeu opened up so that I could cMimliut tlm ledge matter and formic t inn. The wiiIIh ate clem ly delliied. and the ore IioiIIch me largo. It Ih my opinion that now it Ih a meie matter of lutiiiiiik' In to thu pay shoot and blocking out the me. "Through the courtesy of .Superin tendent Tuwiihciul, wo weto hIiowii through the Ciiliforuia, the adjoining property, and a great niliie it Ih, too. There I hiiw a niiinlier of ledges all carrying values Hutllciuut to pay a profit on mining mid milling. At a depth of 470 feet there in it megnlll cunt ore body full llfteeu feet in width, every inch of which will pay to put thruughtho mill, that will lie-in operatloiiHMonday orTuenlay. In fact, the California proven that t ho entire mountain ii a series of highly min eral I red parallel ledges. The forma tion Ih identical with that of tbo Overland . and 1 can neo no reason whatever why the Overland will not in like c(unlly iih valuablo u mine." Mr. Haiti Iiiih bcou worKiug on tbls proposition for more tlniu two years, staying with the property through j thick nud thin, and in naturally highly pleiiHed over IiIh ultimate success in raising money with which to opou it up. He Iiiih orderd rails and cars for IiIh tunnels: bought the old postofilco building at Cablnvlllo from Tom Cos tollo for a boarding house, which will form the niicloiis of a pornuiuont camp, mid Ih making other prepar ations to increase IiIh force and push the work of development iih fast iih possible. The gentlemen left Sunday after- noun for their homes. Father Hotter expects to return iih soon an the snow disappears and make another exam ination. He Iiiih advised that the third tein be also opened up, and that the tunnel be started farther down the mountain, ho that mure depth can be attained. Mr. llaln will proceed to carry out this advice at once. RICH PLACERS AT EAST EAGLE Owners Will Dig Ditches And Install Giants in Spring. NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR WATER COMPANY J. V. Hall, of Mountain Home, Idaho, accompanied by bin family, arrived here thin morning to assume Ills duties iih Hiipeiiuendent of the Humpler Light mid Water company. Hlnco the resignation of K. E. Mo Cammoii, thin olllco Iiiih been filled by A. (!. Smith, who Ih tieasurer and consulting engineer for the company. Mr. Kmlth will shortly no into winter quarters at Spokane, to return in the early spring, when work Ih roooin- meuceii on the improvements now under way. , There wiih some talk about slartliiK up again this whiter, but this waa deemed inadvisable and uothliiK furth er will be done toward the completion of the pipe line and power hoiieo till spring. Ah hooii iih the season opens up the work will be rushed to com pletion. This includes flnhblug the pipe Hue, power Iioiiho, and laying the maliiH through tho business por tion of the city from the new plant to furnish aiixllllary lire protection. President Htrahuru Ih still hi Chicago. Late advices fiom him statu that he Ih rapidly improving from the opera tion he had performed foi appendicitis. It Ih understood that former super' luteiideut McCoininou will not leturii ift0t. to humpter on account of the climate not ngicolug with him. He is now- in I'llll-Hgll. T. A. Hrown Is back again from tho Hrown Hear placers near East Eagle in which ho la interested with Jack llazlewood and C. A. Ilallford of East Eagle. Mr. Ilallford accom panied him on his return. It waa tho i intention to begin work again on these placers at once, mid that wiih ' Mr. Hrown's mission, hut owing toi business matters which called Mr. Ilallford to Haker City, tho Htmting Iiiih boon delayed for a few dayn. These placers, it Ih stated, exeep- ' tioualiy rich, avcraghiK 81 to tho cubic yard of dlrl. It was from them that Jack llazlewood gut thoi 8180 nugget which he sold to Hon. Jako ItobbhiH some time ago for Ins collection. Tho location Ih near the continence of Kant mid Main Kaglo creeks, Home twelve miles nbovo Spin ta. The partners control 110 acres of ground, mid tlioy state it Ih tholr purpose to dig a ditch from Main Eagle, a dtstauco of nbyut throo miles mid install giants in tho spring. Much preliminary work will bo dono this winter. Tho gravol Ih from four to twenty feot deep and shows good values throughout. district, where they bad been for several days sampling tho Climax, which property thoy expect to buy for Philadelphia people. Tbey wont to Haker City this afternoon, but Mr. Hogga will return iu n day or two and spend moBt of his time bore in future. To a Miner representative bo said: "You pooplo hero don't know vbat a great mining country you baro; or at least you aro not making tbo uoiso about it that you ought to. You also havo more activity here, aro producing moro bullion than any otbor district in tbo west with which I am familiar, with tbo exception of Cripplo Creek. In driving in from IJourue, u distanco of only seven mllos, wo passed six teams loaded with oro and concentrates, and that was Sunday, too. You don't seo that any whero elso in tho Northwest. " O.O N.WILL BUILD SNAKE RIVER ROAD WORK STARTED ON THE PULASKI GROUP Joe Jacohson, to whom a contract was awarded by the management of the Pulaski company a few days ago, started work driving tho crosscut to the main load of the property yester day. Supplies have been taken in mid it in understood to bo tho purpose of tho company to push operations steadily ahead. Tho crosscut on which the contract was lot will the ledge at a depth of about tap 100 Men And Money For Quartburg. A pmty consisting of A. Arlington llihhs, gouoinl manager of tlm Ore. gnu-Idaho Cold Mining company, and his sou. Dr. J. Ollliugliiuu llilibs. chemist and mlueraloglHt ol the Uui xerslty ot Pennsylvania, and Edward id. Jay capitalist all of Plilladelhpia Pa., arrived in this city this week mil will remain about teu days. TIicm) men have bought some promis ing mining property at Quartzbuig, mid aro hero to put a force of men at work to develop the property. A contract for this work waa to be awarded on Thursday. A detailed description of this porperty and develomeut work to be done thereon will be given hi next week's issue. Prairie City Miner. MAY RESUME AT THE OLD BUFFALO Confectionery. Fresh Cauoiea and Fruit, Cbolco Lino of Cigars ami Tobaccos, at STUKOILL'S. N. llerkeley, of Pendleton, who has a bond on the llufliilo mine iu the Magnolia district, arrived here tbls morning to look after matters re'ativo to this property. Mr. llerkeley states that he may resume work before long, but that no dcllulU arrangement has yet been reached. The Hulfalo la one of the old properties of the district, having at one time produced some rich ore, but owing to tho death of ouo of its owuora uothlug has been done within tbo past two years. A press dispatch from Portland, dated yesterday, says that the in corporation of the Oregon, Washing ton & Idaho Iiallroad company, at Letviston, Idaho, for tho purpose of building a lino between Lewlston and ' Itiparia, 1b tho llrst step hi a plan of tho O. Ii. & N. to build a lino from Huntington, Oregon down tbo Snake Hiver to Lewlston and through to Hlpiirla, where it will connect with tbo ninlii lino Into Oregon and Port laud. This uow Hue la to be tho ' maiu freight liuo from the southeast j hi to Portland, tbo routo affording I a water grade all tie wry, thus mak ' lug a material dilfeionco iu tbo cost of operating tbo road. While (Lo routo will bo longer than tie present ouo, heavy loads cau bo handled with much moro ease, with less exponso, aud a consequent reduction in height rates will bo tbo result. This Ih one of tho most importaut pieces of proposed railroad work that Iiiih bcou auounccd In sonio time, aud an oitlciiil of the O. ii AN. Ih author ity for tbo statement that tbo road will surely bo built. Itoutea havo beou carefully examined, the country , Iiiih beou studied aud the company ; Iiiih decided to build. The tlino of commencement of work Is iudeliulto as yet. Tho olllclala declare that no decision Iiiih been mado relativo to ' that point, but it is asserted that iu jduo time the Hue will bo constructed. Tho incorporation of tho company at Lewlston Ih taken iih an iudicatiou that something will be done in tho near future, mid as this project is au O. Ii. & X. one, it Ih looked upon as ii good guarantee of tho fulfillment of tho rest of tbo promise. Tbo scheme will probably mean a renewal of tho light between tho O. Ii. A K. aud Northern Pacific for tbo right-of-way between Lewlston aud Itiparia. Tbo through passeugor service will be over tbo present liuo across the Hluo mountains, but tho diversion ot heavy freight trade will enable tbo company to mako better pastenger time. GEORGE W.BOGGS, MINING MAN PLEASED WITH DISTRICT. Dave Fisk Believes in Rastus. D. H. Flak, of Mount Rastus fame, stopped over last night on bis way from Whitney to Daker City. Mr. Fiak la interested iu several Raatua claims, from which he has received Messrs. Dorrs, of Tacotua. and bsbhvh nnnrnuchlno r.n rio i n.n. Troubolm, of Spokane, returned 8un- believer iu the district and thinks it day afternoon from the Cracker Creek ' will mako ajgreat camp. rc-w-