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VOL V.
ATTORNEY POR
RED BOY RECEIVER
Judge Eakln Mouday appointed
N. O. Richards attorney for the Bed
Boy receiver, In pursuance of an or
der Inued last week on petition of
Receiver Thompson asking for same
Attorney Richards at once pre.
pared a petition, which was presented
to the court, asking that a day be
fixed for the creditors to meet and
show cause why the mine shall not
be sold. Accompanying this petition
was the receiver's report, showing an
approximate indebtedness of f 50,000.
The court granted this petition and
ordered citations Issued for creditors
to appear January 25.
This is all that the court records
show In the matter. But E J. God
frey returned from the east a few
days since and the general supposi
tion is that he has the purchaser
ready to produce when he will do the
most good. i
The impression has gained currency
hereabouts that Messrs. Godfrey,
Tabor and Benson, the original own
eis of the Red Boy, had the great
property placed in the hands of a
receiver in order to protect them
selves; that people who havo in ore
recently acquired an iuterest in the
company, through tho cousolidntlou
with the Concord, have not shown
a disposition to bear their sharo of a
merely temporary burden, and that
these gentlemen were forced to tuke
this step for solf preservation. The
sympathy of the public is with them
and every ono hopes they will win
out.
No one doubts the great value of
the mine, or that as soon as theso
legal complications are untangled it
will again produoe its unknown thou
sands in gold monthly.
WORK AT GOLDEN
WIZARD MILL.
The excavation for the Golden
Wizard mill has been completed and
the battery pit is almost finished.
This pit is 40x4 and teu feet deep,
all In solid rock.
Three car loads of timbers have
been delivored at tho siding at Mo
Ewen. and will bo transferred to the
property at quco. Superintendent
McPbeo states that a force of carpen
ters will be set to work on the build
ings in a few days, ile went out tn
the mine this afternoon to look after
the work.
ARTISTIC WORKMANSHIP
BY CAMPBELL A LAN0RETH
F. A. . Starr, attorney and min
ing man, is wealing an elaborate
SUMPTER, OREGON,
ohaln with gold quartz stettings from
a Greenhorn .property in which' he is
tntereste. The chain Is the product
of Campbell & Landreth 's jewelry
shop and the workmanship and
artistic design show these people to
be masters of their trade.
The quartz used is full of big
chunks of free gold, but Mr. Starr
deollnes to say just where in the
Greenhorn district it came from.
WILL START ACTIVE
WORK IN SPRING.
Jacob Erphenbook, of Philadel
phia, who is asso Mated with Major
Bonta, and E. A. Hutohlns, Major
Bonta's head engineer, returend yes
terday from Prairie City and the
Oregon Wonder. Mr. Erpbeubeok
has lost none of bis enthusiasm for
esatern Oregon.
He will leave about the 10th or
12th Instant to return in the spring,
when he says be will bring back with
him a bunch of twelve or fifteen cap
italists who are Interested with him
self and Major Bonta in the pro
jecetd railway and mineral holdings.
The depot site has been selected at
Prairie City, Mr. Erpenheok says,
and aotlve construction work on the
railroad will "begin in tho spriug. Ho
brought back with him u lino of sam
ples from tho Oregon Wouder, which
bo thinsk was correotly named, for it
is iudeed a wonder.
ENGINES FOR THE
VICTOR COMPRESSOR
The Getser-Hondryx people re
ceived today tho engines and milling
machinery from the Friday mine, east
of Baker City. Tho mill is or the
Cbilllan roller type, of thirty tons
dally capacity, and will probably be
placed on one of the company's prop
erties, though this matter has not
beeu settled, or at least the members'
uf the firm have no Information to
give out pertaining to it.
The engines and boilers aie for the
Victor six-drill compressor, which Is
soon to bo lustalled. It is stated
that the machluery for the com
pressor is expected hero ubout tho
first of tho year.
BEAR GULCH PROPERTY
RESUMES OPERATIONS
The Bear Gulch proporty resumed
operations yesterday, after a shut down
of a few days due to the accumulation
of water in the shaft, on account of
the soft weather.
S. Camp, one of the owuers, states
that the rfeezlng weather has choked
the water oft and work can now be
DECEMBER 9, 190J
carried on without "difficulty. The
skaft is down thirty-five feet and
sinking is to be steadily continued.
CUSTOM MILL WILL
HELP CA6LE COVE.
Judge .Newsberry figures It out
that the property owned by the
Forest and Advance Mining com
panies, in which he Is interested, will
be greatly beueflted by tho custom
mill going In near the Baby McKee
in the spring. He says:
"The Storm Klug group on Sloau
mouutaln, near tho hood waters of
tho North Fork of tho John Day, Is
only about one and a half miles from
the proposed site of the new plant.
The McKlnley & Roosevelt, operated
by the Advance, is also near. The
new enterprise will not only greatly
aid In the development of these
properties, but will stimulate the
mining industry throughout tho
Cable Cove district. "
CALIFORNIA MILL
READY TO START
Everything at tho California, with
the exception nf tho supply of ohoml-
cals, Is ready to start operating the
mill. The revorburating roustor bus
been finished, tho cyanldo tanks
placed, and as soon as tho chemicals
arrive the plant will bo started up.
The consignment of chomloals is
looked tor any day, and it is stated
as probable that they will get here
in timo for tho mill to start tho last
of the week.
CAYE IN LAST NIGHT
AT THE COLUMBIA.
A report from the Columbia today
states that there was a cave iu last
night on the No. 2 level, carrying
down a big stope and part of tho
track. -rr
No one is reported hurt and the
damage, it is stated, amounts to but
little.
Homestake Ledge 500 Feet Wide.
At the surfuoo of tbu Homestuke
Minlug compiiay, South Dakota,
there are several veins, of which
three have united in depth, wheio the
main vein ruuges from DUO to 5U0
feet iu width. Tho 1,100 font level
is the lowest at present. Tho rook of
both walls is, so far as known at pre
sent, carbonaceous slate, uud the
country rook is penetrated by a system
poipbyry. The output of the com
pany up to September, 1903, has
been approximately, 170,500,000,
from which dividends amounting to
$12.2035,550 have been paid. Ex
change.
NO. 14
TOR POSSESSION
OF WATER RIGHTS
Last week The Miner published m
story about the work W. A. Mo
Naugbten is doing over In the John
Day country, in the way of develop
ing a water and electric power
proposition. A few days later" at
Item appeared In these columns,
stating that R. II. Kemp had passed
through town on his way to tho soeno
of operations, said he had been ap
pointed manager of the company and
was going over to take possession.
In The Miner today is published a
card from Mr. MoNaugliteu notifying
the public that he owns the water
rights and warning Kemp to koep
away from the property.
Of course, there Is a story tehlnd
all this.
When Mr. MoNaughten was In
Sumpter last week, Kemp and some
of his queer moves were under dis
cussion, and the former informed
The Minor that early last spring,
whllo ho was In San Francisco" and
Kemp was acting as an assistant
manager here, be filed location
notices in his own name on 't'h&so
water rights, instead of In the namo
uf tho company. When Mr. Mc
Nuughtcn arrived some weeks 'Jitter
and learned what had been done, ho
forced Kemp to sign deeds convoying
the property to him personally. Ho
signed tho deeds on the advice of his
owu attorneys, White A Wlnfrae, of
Iiukor City. Iu relating thin Inol-
dout, ho left the Impression that ho
had Kemp In a legal comer, posslbla
criminal, though he 'didn't say so In,,
so many words. . i
Before he had signed the deads, ,m
member of tho cpinpuuy while paeaiug
through Baker City ou his way .homo .
to Sau Francisco, was iufonnedi by,
Kemp that the title to the property
was in his name and that 116,1)1)0.
woud have to bu paid him to get tho
matter straightened out. After, sign- .
lug the deeds, ho began at otico.aiwsr
ou MoNaughteu, knocking biro, to tho
ofilcurs of the company, aul tenuis i
temporarily tn haw won hlsipofut,.,
uh IiIh claim to have Hiiucoodod,,,,,
MuNaughteu us muuuger Is, thought. Ui,
to bu based ou an order, issued
from tho San FrauclHco office.
C. II. Chance, attorney for Mo
Naughteu. practically .confirmed the,,,
accuracy of ' the' above' 'stain- I
meiits, when seen by a Miner ropro
Hontatlre today. He stated fq'ijthor
that his client has furnished the
money to make the improvements,
that tho officers and stockholders of
tho company have failed to produce
and, us u matter of fact, McNaughten '
personally, uud not the Great Eastern
Power and Light oompuuy. owns the
property and has paid for ita
development.