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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1903)
r" 10 ME SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, Decembei 2. igru V MINED AND MILLED ORE rnn ifi PCWTC A TAM TUK 4UlJLnloA lUll. "" ''' hi) Inn proven tlml hu can mine mill mill mo lor roily 'iiiIm ii ton, Colin Molnloh, a tormiT Spo kano minim! mid civil ouuinccr. has been nllctod A,i,0()U niiniiiil siilnry to lllkl! I'llMI'UII lit' (III) plOpOltifS (if II London I'liinpiiny in Kiiiith Africa. Mr. Mel nt (ih)i has uccoptoil the nll'cr mid Is in Spolimin toiliiy on IiIh way to IiIh IIOlV pllsl. Mr. McIiiIihIi left Spokmio uhoiit lluco yeais iit;o to accept the position 'I " il mummer lor the l!i In ilimi .Mliiiiii: coiiipmiy. iipiTiitiim ii piopeny lour mm one nun miici u iiiitnlicr ot perxinn ut picM'iit em Hiiiith ot lli'li'im, Monlmiii. Tlm pie- ved in the interior ilepurtmciit ul riiiiirt live yeiiM he hud Hindi) IiIh U'n-liiimloii mid eli-ewhe.e Nmmit lioiiic here. j mix unchl.-me evpecled to follow in Spenklim nlioiil the Montmin prop- hIiiiiI older .Hid mimiii emiiloyeH who (irly .Mr. Mclnlo-h miid yiwli-idiiy : v t . un,.!.,! will l.e dlmiii-ed "We huvii a iiiomituiii of low uinilii f, the mtvIcc. it id llllln wuler. Novel niiuiie- ' Tim mivcni ill iittorneyH. Arthur mniilh went Ihereloie necerMiry. ()iirl. I'uuli mill Olivtir l'lifln, Minted in nl.Nty Hlump mill in hein iHM'iitcil 'nsklnif fnr tho luruo hull lioiul for with Iml lw(iiity-fooii milloiiH of , wnter per iiilnnto, liy nnlii the wnter over mid over iiKiii.i. Wo mine mill mill our oio cheuper tliuii miy whore , oIho in the world. It. cohIh nlinit forty coiiIh miixlm.im. Our oioh run a few coiiIh hIiovii (!!. on nn uvoruo. "Wo mini, in mi open pit mid IiIhhI tho oio into the hIiooIh. riom them it in dropped Into enrn mid trmiimed to tho mill. Ono .nun and a mnlo liuvo hmidled iih IiIIi iih .V20 Ioiih in ton hoiiiH on tho tinin. Our mill 1h arranged m tlmt tho luilliik'H run into a eciii'H of nix HottlhiKH tankH and from theno In turn tho wnter 1h piimped I nick to use in the mill. The result is Hint wo suve seventy per cout of the wnter and use It over mid over imuiii. "Kneh of tho Mittllui: dinks in of ISO, (Hill kuIIoiih cupucity mill they mo ununued to llll one after hi. other, so thut while the sixth Is liein: lllled with tho lailiiHs. tlm Hist hns settled ho tlmt clear water cun lie poured l.nck 1 1 inn it to tlio mill. "inir mill wns pioiiuoiy ine nisi in the cotinlry to he operated enllioly liy electricily. Power is seemed from the Mis-ourl liver ami trulismitted mine (linn thiily miles lo our pluilt. We work alioiil twelve men ut tho initio mid Ihieo shifts of two men ouch at the mill. Oiiemuu tends the crushes mid conveyon un.l the other, il l niinii ii'f. iiii. in,. 1 1 1 mi int. iiiiiii' ' to tho mill. Ilelweou live o'clock at j niuht mid seven o'clock in tho morn- in only two men arc employed at ' " ' '" ' ' . ,, ' rmv l'i,iutillu mid Wallowa Is ono! ,. . i homo from a trip to tho Mount lias-, row. t muiuiu nun vtniiowii, is one un iiitipiiit. i ...1..1..,, .lutiiot IIk lirniiL'lit In "f the largest and most important in To InterloperH and trespunserH "WcaiohaudlliiK about IlOO ,,, Hw ihIiiIiik ilimii t. lie l.ioHkl.t n , ' Notice Ih hereby kIvoii to Handall II ,, .1,.,. , , , .in lk, 'several sacks of ore for assay and tho nm uiimu miiii, .ynnu is miuuj kimii hi juiimhiii nl. v . i Tin tr li '"-""' u..i ii imtiiriMi to i.l Th" ",,,,,",t ",'''' ""P.o. Kemp and the (lre.it Hasten. Powe ,,,,,,l f. '".,.1" rlK'..f,r '!"' most ......Mi excitement. M).. mihiiiIii l"l'"" '"'"''n !,:'. ":i " ""k"'- '1 I'lht '""M'ny, or any of it come. imiiiyi( ih :iiu in .nm loot ; .,, ,lLl ..." .... .... mitinfv: tho m-coiiiI In Wnllowu. lolireselitatlveH. thut 1 liuvo st mi II 1. i. ., Hit, .1,1., omitnln ..fossiljlil en -t o.e. Coudillons. of course, ur iiiiusuully fuvo.ublo for cheup opeia tlo. is, still wo teel p. mill of the win Id V low icco.d of miuiiiK and uiilliiiK at lorly cents." Mr, Mclnln-li iei.iu.ied Ills poi.1 (loll n Itli dm Montana compuny He cemlier l-'i. He bus eiiteied into u cmil i net witli Hie South Afiicun l'. ilorutinn compuny foi u term ol years iind will lepo.t for duty in South Afltci pill 1. Spoke iiiiiii lieview. PRINCL 01 LAND SHARKS lUUIcmt 111" llUlliruv Annl.dlLH lUrt imlDLHl An Asoulateil Pies- dispalcli finiii , Wiisliiuutou, duted yesterday, says: John A. HeiiMtu, ii weulthy Sun l'ltiiicihco leal estate opeiator, j eliurucd by the interior ilepurtiiie.it with MiiK the head of the aliened ' bind frauds exteiuliut; over a doen territories, wiih ' nrrosted hero toiliiy. The churim on which the nrre-f was mndo win lirlhiTy.lt Lclnc aliened In mi iitllilnvlt by f lin-iiH inn) in tlm , win mill Hint lieusou hull paid 8.VI0 Woodtmd I). Iliiliim, foimerly ,fliicr of lt sii-iliil -frvifu livltifiti t 'ho imuoiiil land ulllco iinri now vleilc in tlml ulllce, on Mutch of HiIh your lor the imrpo f cH.ietiuK tutor- initio L'litilini: the operation beini: Hindi' hy Unite I State- Coiiimls-ioner Anson Slnlor. llcn-oii mive (?.1,000 Imil tor liN appcmanco Dfccmhot 110. 'I'lic htiitcnif.il v tt- Hindi! by mi oHIoor () the unveiinm-nt tonlu'lit (hut tlm iut'nitiiutinn obtained .cmud- Intj Hie iillct-ed cniispitney implicates J.iHiitit ho hud lieen guilty of lirlli- ,.,v dnrln IiIh preM-nt vlnlt ut WiihIi liitoii nlmu liiit Momlny mid In thc niiiir dcpurtiunnt t.f, notwitli. Mtuiidlnu thut ho wiih fill I v u.vnro that W'Oster.1 stlltl'S 1111(1 IiIh connection with tho ulleucd (,1 1 8!)8 ni,lk, dlnputoa wcro not friniilH wiih fully known liy tho do- i,i i,v l-Vili.ml HtntiitcH. In 1H!) p,,,!,,,,.,. ''ho Htiitomont wiih mudo later tlmt , iSocmliiry Hitchcock wiih ho Incensed ut. tho lliiKriiiiuy of HiIh alleged otreiiso ho told tho ottlcorH to liavo IIouhoii arrested at. onco, nlthoiih it hud not lienti planned to apprelioml him at. present. IIouhoii Ih a member of tho llrm of IIoiihou and llyd". Sun l'muolsco, and it Ih assorted, Iiuh defi milled tho Kiivornnieiit out of at least 100.000 acri'H of Intnl. liy various schenies since tho passnue of tho forest leservo net in 1 H!7. It Ih allcu'cd that lleiisou ohtuiiicd illforilllltioil lis III (he Inllii that would j, ,, f,. , icmtvoh and hy J UU.,IU of riuiiilule.it entiles, or liy iiiiiicIiiinc, initneiisi' tincts of such , Junds wi ilital I and alteiwaid (,.N,.mm;,.( tur vnluulile milillo lauds i Wiishl.mlon. Oiej-o.i. Calirornia. Montana, Idaho, Novudu, Utuh, Wyomluu, C'olorndo, Ninth Dukotu, South Dnkota, XchrU'.ku, Kiuisiih, Miiiiiesolii, Ari'.ouu mid New Mexico. mm RASTlJS WSTRCT IS COMING TO THE FRONT J U Sotniiiers. tho IiIk mcichant. is , n.",,s ",,,,ol.,,,., '" ,,M w. l,,,,.,1,, ,,Jf (ieoii!i Pevnolils. one of the nioneer i IiicuIoih of thut celebreutd distiict. Mr. Summers bus vnluulile holdi.ii:s. . Key. mills huvi.n: locuted him u num ber of tho choicest clnim-ueur Mur- ruy hill. "One 111... deed men me in (he iciiuip, " siiid Mr. Somiiie to tho 1 lie. uh! mun. "I conlldenlly epect to sen ."i.OOO men (here next summer, 'l'lte wliole icu'iou is hiuhly mine.ul ied." Tl ''"" ',,"""-1 n;"'""-1 ,"-,;11" "-snvs of o.e from the llontu hold- UB Munay hill prove tho elst- eni'e of sylvmiile oie in plucc. ilucob M. phonbeek, the Philudelphia cupltullst, who is heavily iutc.cstcd in tho Mount Kiisttis region, hns a force of men uorkiiiK his cliiims und he oxpectn to expend 0,000 before , summer opens. lleiald. i' i inn. .in. tliuii- C. A. JOHNS TALKS TO I IlktllCDCITV CTI ITiEMTC UNIVLKoI I Y O I UUtll I O - i Hon. C. A. .lolni-. of Unki'i- City, Himkc bcfmo tho students of the mil ver-ity ill "Mini- am' lit Cuuciic Wedtienlny on id MIiiIiil'. " Tin spenker ,, ( 1 1 r n putt: ln till mro- ininl.m hns hugely omit nil led tho de-tlny of nations. Then in no mithi'i.tii' ui'coii.it ih to uhli'li of the piffioiM ini'liil-' un- Hi ft ilUcnvfi't'il. m.il whrio mid how mill inu II it hfumi. The olik'-t coIiih which me in titi'iic(i wi'ic ii-cd liy the (iii'ck" M'vcii ccntmii'h hctoic tlu Cliiixtiun cin. 1 lot h the old mid new t iliiiiiciit eniitiiln- tunny lefei In Hold .....I silver. Ii H0 H. C. ittilil mid silver wo.e sued us it nirdluni if cxohni.c. At th.' ti.no of II... d.-nlh of KinpiTor AiiiiHtn-. 11 A. I).. It IlkI nmnlwl Unit. (hoi.. m..h i?l,(il l.ooo.OHO of old In cxthtenco. "Cold niinln in tho United Stuten it riiiillueil plnclpnlly to the Weft. Miiili.K ill tho Wi'ht lieun with tho .ilM-nmrv ul unlil In 1K4!I. ki1(.i, jdlKwiiiKH hud ltn own Iiiwh. liiuht J mien un.l overy .nun wiih foenro In ' )iiH iluhtn. . "Tho Hint mini im law In Ori'unn I ..u ,.Uu..,i in mm it..i ..,.,... init i Smith, of H.ikor county, lntroiluai.fi u HW for ri'KulutiiiK mii'liiK (iluiniH. "Mlnlnir In lit-uuiiiliiu tho ureal In- dnntry of (Jri'uuii. Time ulono can toll what Ih in store for us. Tho Kunerul wolfaro of the cltioiis Ih tho prlino olijeot of tho state. So In fur therliiK HiIh end tho Statu of Oregon should foster IIh mines." OVER 25.000.000 ACRES PUBLIC LAND IN OREGON In tho six luuil districts of Oiol'ou limn, .till ri'inuiiiM onin In wntl liuin.nl many million acres of puhlio Intids. Duriim tho preM'iit year t hero huvc ,c,. l,u,.r numher of entries tliuii usiinl, hut ii viit men ot u'noil liind still remains uucluimed or un-etlli'd it pou. Miwt of the heft Intids ueaicft the ritic mid M'ttleinents linvu liuen taken, tho only dilfereuco oll'eied tho now settlers hetween the p.eMut iinil p.evious yenrs hei.ii: that ho must now t;o tin titer away from tho towns and villuu'es. More tlmu 'J.'i, 1)0(1. 000 The La Oiando district, coniprisinK ""' "unties of linker. Union. Mor JO.iiT, and the third largest lu l"'"", -i'.'l'. UW totiil area ot In. id sin fiice in the distiict Is S, HI. 'I,- 000 ucies. Of the uuuppiopiiuted laud mote than -, 10'.', 000 ace.-are. ic-crvcil, either peimaneutly or tern-' po.arily. The total number of up- propriated acies Is about 000,000 ' '"ore iiiiiii uie iiiiiippropi linen ill'll's i ... . . .i ... .. . . . .....i . i ill (lie dlsttlct. j Totul men nt luiid in the Stute of Ofiioi., ill. JTT. 1 10 uc.es. A. eu uppiopiiiitcd, .'.!, :!l!!l,S'J I. j Area iCMTwd. I'J.lOl.SOO. j Totul ot vacant lands, Jll.r.l.l.Slti. ! Surveyed in uuuppiopiiuted mid uusu.veyed lands, IT. IS'J.T 11. PROBABLY MORE THAN APPEARS ON SURFACE There may lo more to the story of ithe disappearance of Miller Swift I thmi hus yot appeared on tho surface. Whl lo tin ono discredits Mr. Hyatt's ' statement hs published in Tim Miner ; of ruccnt flute, thut ho saw Swift .it, iCriinilc, it i understood tlmt thi'to Wll -mill! (Iimoiiliy roiwceu owiii. mid liyiin in ich.imI t the ownership ot ourtiiin minim: property in tho Clicker Creek district, mid tho for- iiiit'h frli'iidH nllr-no th.it Kynn Is uiixinus to iiiukii it nppL-nr t tin t ho mls-iiii,' mini litis mint st, with n VIl'W llllllsl'lf lo tukiiut possession of tho olni.iH mid lining the nssosst.icnt WOl'rf. Whatever merits these statements niiiy hiivi'. Swift's ussnoiiites hero do not cri'dit thoieport Unit he bus koiio iiint. S. S. Tun ill, who Iiiim known Swift ititimutoly for tho pust lmu0 ""' "''""' ""- "u " J 'llli-r perished In tho snow or s to l' '" ' "' noil.lmrhood or Um""- lh' w,-vh: t , , "III UliilirM pim-u. awiti-Hiimiio ih i ""' J-'oip! H. hh tho pnporn luivo l""1 "' ,,"t !nr,1"n Hnrk Swift, hnv- I '" l',,,('" l,",,l l,ftur U" llrt ov- ! t,r,,or l( Now Vork, of which nl.ito ho ! Ih n nntivo. Ho wiih Hl.Nty-ono yuiira old last Novomhor. I saw him horo juut sovoti weeks no today, mid ho Hiild uotlilnir wlmtovor about any iiitoutou to K" t'lint. It wiih a week later when .Mr. Kynn saw him nt (ir.iuito. Ityati stutod to mo that ho mot Siwft In Attorney Hiinnon'H ottlco, and also mentioned tho story about IiIh IhivIiik ii ticket from friends or relatives in Illinois. He said further that Swift wiih out of money and ho tfnvo him So, thoiiKli ho left tho Impression that Swift wiih expecting money from tho east. "l'ho truth of the mutter Ih that Swift never left. Ho is either stoppniu around Alamo where ho litis friends and where ho formerly did prospect work, or else ho has perished in the snow. Had ho re turned to Sumpter to leave for tho oast, somo one would have seen him. "Amiiu.ho would have slopped with his old friend ). P. Winner at Cold Center on IiIh loturu hioki than likely. Waitncr knows nothing about the missing mini. "Swift wiih a well ediic.ited man, u civil cuiuuccr by priitession and was formerly connected with tho Denver A: Itio (iraudo in this cupuc ity. Ho iliiink a nonil deal and was slightly intoxicated when I last saw him. I rear that ho has fallen by tho wayside ami died from ex posure." NOTICE. ,-er H riotly 'complied with tho law iih to my water I IKlUH II.IU Illlll worK is iieillK sieaillty prosecuted. Ami I hereby jjivo notice to Itunilull II. Kemp, the (!. I''. P. V Ij. Co., or any of of its icpreseutativo that 1 will protect my stiid liuhts ut nil liiixurds. And that Kandall II. Kemp, tho (!. 10 .P. ,V L. i... .... ...... .. i. i . ". n any in us uiul'sl-iiiiiiivi'm lire lii'icliy uotllleil to keep oil my property without my written consent. Dated Stiawlierry Camp, Deceirber lilOIt. W. A. McNAUdiri'KN. Owner. Timber and Homestead Filings. TimlHTiind homestead tilings, as well as ll 1 1 ik 1 proofs, can he made before Charles II. Chance, United States Com missioner, ollice hi First National Ituti of Sumpter building, Sumpter, thus sav itiK tipplicantR expense of a trip to I .a Grande. H. V W'" gsacj.?"-'' r ;TTiI5rxW