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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, Decembei 16, 19a; 0 1 1 PLANT AT THE DIXIE MEADOWS Charles Thomas, the Fairbanks Mnrno man, who furnlHlieJ the inn chlery for fur the Dlxio Meadows 100-ton concentrator returned yes terday from the property. The mill was Htartod up Inst Thursday aud a short run made which riemostrated the Huceciufiiluera of the process 'I'ho tailings ahow practically nothing. )ue sample showed tweuty-flvo cents, and the rest were barren of values. Tho values of the concentrates prove tho hlKh efficiency of the sav ing. The water, however, froze on tho plates, and owing to tho fact that there la some additional work to be completed at the mill, It la not prob ble, Mr. Thomas atatoa that permanent operations will be started before the first of the year. The mill, he thinks, will save practically all the values. Regarding develpmeuts work, Mr. Thomas saya: "The vein shows twenty-five feet of ore of a good milling grade in tho lower workings, and there Is a suffic ient amount iu sight to carry the mill tor years to come. The Dixie Meadows Is one of the coming proper ties. Tho company has the ore. it haa been proved that Its present mill furnishes suoooessful treatment, and the productiveness of the mine is only a question of time.' AN ADVERTISING MAN ADVERTISED PLENTY L. T. Terr, who somo time ago did bundles for northwestern news papers, Is receiving some advertisiuig himself which usually is uot of tho most advantageous kind to the persou advertised. It seems that Terry took a position with the the Dally Mining Heoord of Deuver, Colorado. He acted aa traveling representative for that paper aud when last heard of, had reached the northwest In that paper's Interest. The Keoord la now carrying the followlug announcement at the head of Its editorial page: "L. T. Terry, formerly travelling representative for the Dally Mining Record, la no longer connected with this paper In any way, aud has uot been foi some time. He haa uo au tbrolty to solicit buslnos for the ReoorJ, to contract auy aooouutsjiu the name of the Record; uor is the management In any manner respon sible for any of his acts whatsoever. Noithwesteru papers please copy." Traveling newspaper representatives have many courtesies extended them In their travels, the courtesies ofteti times Mug meant indirectly for the newspapeis they repieseut. Thoy also have certain privileges. Sometimes these privileges aud the paper's con fldence are abused, aud it becomes necessary for the newspapers to pro tect themselves by such a public an nouncement aa the foregoing. Papers such as the Record take such atapa only as a last resort, ao it la fair to presume that the adwrtaad Individual has overstepped the mark pretty widely. Misuse of transportation and working too much credit on the strength of bis paper are hinted at. LOGATED DEAD-OX FLAT RESERVOIR SITE From parties living on Dead Ox Flat, wo learu that a party of gov ernment surveyors have been eugaged for the past three months surveying for a site for a reservoir to be built by the gnvernmout. The site selected Is on the Harper ranch, about twenty five miles from Vale, the water to be taken from the Malheur river. Partios who ougaged the surveyors In conversation repored that while they were somewhat reticent they stated tho site for tho reservoir had been selected, and a favorable report would bo submitted, favoring the one on the Harper ranch. They stated the cost of constructing the reservoir alone would be about 12,000,000, ex olulve of the ditches. Aa projected the reservoir would cover land on both aides of the Mal heur, taking In a strip about forty three miles long by thirty in width. It would cover all the land on Dead Ox flat, as far back as the second bench from the river, and Moore's hollow. The reservoir would catch all the drainage from Malheur lake, and the Hums and Harney lake country. The surveyors gave out the infor mation that the work would be tnken up by the government iu a short time. The importance of such a reservoir aud its canals can soaroely be compre hended, aa It will prepare for the rancher thousands of aoresof splendid land that Is now practically worth less. Welser Signal. Will be Assistant General Manager. J. M. MnPheo. snerlntendent of the Golden Wizard left this afternoon for Uakor City to meet R. L. Frary of Nottaway, Michigan, vice presi dent of the compauy, who is to act as assistant manager duriug the con struction of the mill. Mr. Frary will arrive with his family here to morrow aud will take up bis resi dence iu Sumpter. He will assist auiierintendent McPbee in looking after the details of the construction of the mill uow und,er way ,., SUfr Line to Mount Rastus. C. M. Kellogg, the veteran stag man, haa acquired one or two Con cord coaches and a good string of stock and early in the spring will put ou a stage line to Mount Rastua mining district, which promises to have a big boom as soon as the snow goes off. From all aooouuta locators in tho district who are doing develop ment wnkare meeting with tucess in gating jood ore values. Demo crat. CROSSCUT FIFTEEN T001 VEIN AT RED CROSS A. V. Irvine who has had charge of the work at the Red Cross group across Powder river from the Buffalo came Id this afternoon after cotnplet" lug the assessment work for this year. He crosscut a fifteen foot vein carryiug good values, thirty feet be low the surface while engaged at tha property, How to Get Interest If you wish to deposit money for a specified time and get interest, bring it to this bank 2nd take one of our lime Certificates BANK OF SUMPTER SUMPTER. OREGON A. ). COSS. Pff ldnt and CtMtt Svdniy S. FOSTER. Attt. Chlcr Capital Hotels EUROPEAN PLAN- THE 'BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS OPEN WIGHT AND TA Y UO CHINAMEN EMPLOYED Granite Street A. J.' DENNY.tPrearleter Sumstar, Oraejon Railway Equipment Including New and Second Hand Locomotives, Care, Logging Trucks. Relaying Rails and Fastenings. Sawmill Machinery, Stationary En gines and Boilers. ,,,, MINING MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS A. J. McCabe. TACOMA, WASHINGTON His First Complaint "The writer regrets the necessity of lodging complaint concerniug voui usual excellent service, but in a friendly spirit begs to submit the follewing: Yesterday youold-maJower, nine, car three, on The Pioneer Limited. But you neglected to advise me that it would be necessary to have the porter waken me in the morning, and as there was so little motiou to the car, I overslept. I have covered a large area on some of the famous trains of the United States and this is the first complaint of this character I have made. I trust you will see to it in the future that passengers are advised." The Pioneer Limited runs daily from St. Paul to Chicago via the Chicago, Milwaukee &c St. Paul Railway H. S. ROWE Gasiaral Afasit 134 Third St., Portland, Ore. ra--trcE: