V
COVtRS
THOROUGHLN
THE
OOI.D MELDS
of Ihc
INI AND I NI'iRI
EASTERN
INVESTORS
IN
OREGON MINE?
(F- lor
AND READ IT
TO START WORK ON
BLACK BUTTE AT ONCE
Hoist Will Be Installed
Early Spring
Begun.
(). C. Wright, iimiiiiKitr of tlx l)luo continued in tho rich oro. In fact,
lllnl, mill also of Ihu lllaek llutto, ' Mr. Wright states Unit hoisting ma
sent out Miiplk-H yesterday from lohlnory would bo of littlo advantage
.John Day to tho latter pioporty for hit tltlu tlino. Tho present tunnel
immeuiaio operations. Tho Uliiuk , Ih In 110 foot to tho volu. It
Hutto, it will ho romomliorod was was nt tho point of intersection horo,
taken over some tlmo ago by Wheeler that some exceeding rich oro wan re
.V Company, of Now York, which contly tiikou out. A chunk of oin
firm N financing tho propoHltiuu. A about tho size of an ordinary water
reorganization of tho company Iiiih ' pull yioldod 8700 hi gold, liesides
boon olfectcd, anil development work , this vein, whioh Ih tlmt to be ex
on an extensive scale will bo carried plorod, there tiro Horvoral others par-ol1-
, allollug U, of equal richness.
Tho imiuagci it oontoinplutoH tho Mr. Wright returned lust night
oroctloii of it hoiHt in thooiirly spring, and wan a I ho at tho Hluo lllrd during
Tho plan for present work Ih to ralso IiIh iiIihuiico. Ho states that every
to tho surface from tho tuuuol level, thing Ih how enclosed thoro and in
a distance of miiiiu eighty foot, and practical readiness to start installing
with tho iiiHtiillatlou of tho sinking , tho machinery for tho 100 ton con
plant in I he spring tho shaft will bo coutriitor.
WILL BRANCH
OUT NEXT YEAR
VY. i:. Iliinl, or Cortland, general
manager of tho United Kxplomtlou
company, npet at lug various properlloH
in the Ited llov mid (irccuhnru ills
trleth, in rived thin morning, and
left at oueo to look after develop,
meiit work. It Iiiih been hoiiio 'ooks
since Mr. Hind Iiiih been at his
propel lien, but in tho meaiitlmo ho
has received, ho s.iys, iiiohI favorable
report h.
Tho company of which Mr. Hind
Ih general manager Ih developing
the Rod Hoy ritenson, the I'oIohI
group, Smuggler and other uolgh.
boring elniniH, Rcpuits state that
all or them mo making satisfactory
sIlOwlugH.
Tho concern Ih teproeuted by
llostou and Ohio people ami Mr.
Html will make a dip oast about
January 1 In round up the yeai's
business, ami it Ih the puipnso of
the company to iuaiiguiato an exten
sive line ot development work for
the coming m'mmiii.
HOW NEGROLS ARE MADE
TO WORK IN GOLD MINES
I). C. lohuiiMi, formerly con
nocted with the smelter trust, now
with tho Xorthport independent )
smelter, one of tho bent known and I
On Property in The
And Sinking
moHt successful oro buyers on the
continent, Ih in town .icnterday, be
tween traiiiH.
IU iIooh other llilnun lienideH buy
liiK oro; ono of which into collect
information royiirdhiK miulnu opera
tloiiH in all IIh pIimhoh. It is thought
that thin trip Ih foi tho latter pur
pose; but, of cuurxo, no ono will
over Hud out from him what ho Ih
drivitiK at. Incidentally, Mr. John-
huh always him n Kood story on tap '
or appreciative iilKlllorH, some
sketch from leal lite, ami this is his
latest.
Ho is Interested in a old mine
down in (ioorKia, where only nouroes
mo employed in underground work.
Ho says tho best lesiilts aro obtained
from them while they sIiik. ami they
aro encouraged o do so. While
drilliiiK they hwIiik their hammeis to
tho cadence of their souks, ami if a
drill point breaks at tho llrst stroke,
or any other accident happens, they
will pound away to the end of the
vol so.
AciHii'dini! to his stiileiiiciit. his
company has working tor it a cracker
jack vocalist who leads the sIiikIiik;
who. on tho unlet, is imlil two liiu
lay ectia to siiii; in fast time, that '
'he hiiiumer slioke.- iimv tall
....i.i. ...I
ipiu h I '
anil more work tie accoinpllHhed. Hi
says it Ih a woinleifnlly payim: invest
ment, this twenty-live cents a day
e.Ntia uiikos for the coon with the
Kift of soiik'.
Greenhorn Deal Pending.
Andy Larson, ouo of, tho owners
j ill the .-minimi t!iiiiii, in I In' i t'fll
hum-. wii tn llii-city Inliiy relative
In ii ili-iil which N iinliiii! I'm' ili"
I'Uii'lni-i' ill ii ( i i ecu liorti pmpcity in
j ulilcli he i inlciiHtcd
NEARING THE VEIN
AT THE RED CHIEE
V. X. (innluor, one of tlio owners
of tho Hod Chief, in the Cable Cove,
ami manager for the unmpuay operat
ing the property, ciiiiio in this morn
ing on IiIh way to hi homo on North
Powder, whom ho will spend tho
lmllila.VH . Work lias boon suspended
until after tho llrst of tho year, and
Mr. (Sardnor'H force of men caino in
with him.
OperatioiiH wore prosecuted stead
ily at tho Rod Chief, and Mr. Gard
ner thinks tho vein will be reached
within tho next fifteen or twenty
feet. The crosscut In now in over
.'100 foot.
PROGRESS AT THE DUE BIRD MILL
. J. Thorp, superintendent of tho
Hluo Hlrd, canio in today from tho
mine and weut to Haker City to visit
his father, E. A. Thorp. ReitardluK
tho coiiHtructlon of tho Hluo lllrd
mill, Mr. Thorp say:
"The mill Ih onoloned, the build
Iukh aro boitiK roofed, tho bollerH
are -net, and whou I left today tho
force w an ouKiiKi'd in putting up the
HinokeHtiiokH. The entire plant will
bo under cover within tho next tow
days. All tho machinery in now on
tho ground, and tho work it boliiK
puwlied to early complotioii as npeod
lly an possible."
DEAL PENDING EOR
CABLE COVE PROPERTY
John Arthur, of tho McKweu
Arthur A- McKwen Test Inj; and Saiupl
iiiK workn, returned last niulit from
tho Cable Cove district, where ho
""",0 "" "'""""Htloii of a minliiK
property tor eastern people,
It is undoibtood that theio Is a
deal pendliiK for tho property in
question, which Is likely to be closed
within the next few days, but Mr.
Arthur declined to make any state
ments for publication.
HOMESTAKE HAS PAID
$546,300 THIS YEAR
Tho authorbed capitalization of
the llomestako is 8Ul,81O,0lH). Tho
number of shines issued is '2 18, 100,
hvaviiu; a par value 8100 per sliaie.
The company has paid dining I he
piesiiut year eTi 10, DUO in dividends,
iiicludim.'Itho dividend of October.
Ill lltlllir U'llitlri. ftill illr liliiliflh uf '
'" " '
twoiltv.llvn cents tier hIhiio Iiiivk Iiukii
paid since January 1, 1JI0H. Tho
total paid by tho company lu divi
dends to this date is 81'J,r8,l.'i().
For several years this company was
paying a re'ulai dividend of twenty
live cents a share per mouth and a
special dlvldou.l of twouty-tlvo cents,
in ak I UK tlfty cents a share per mouth.
A. B. FRAME BEGINS SUIT
AGAINST POWER COMPANY
A.
Ii. Priiinii lux extended lile
leual lluht imnlii.-t the OickoIi Klec
1 1 it Tower company into linker
county.
Tin ninth his attorney. T. II. Craw
toid. he tiled a complaint lu tho
Ciicuit couit this moitiliiK against
tho company, iiiiiklnu all of tho
pi'i'soiiH InteioHted ill nelly or in-
illicctly In the iiioperty partios to
! the suit.
' In a lengthy complaint lie sots out
cnutiiicts and sales and allegations,
iiumeiniiH and voliiuiiilous, charKhiK
overybody mid everything with fall
iiiK to perform its or their duty and
obligation and utters a swcopliiK
prayer askiiiK the Court to decree
everything lu nlKht.
Ho claims that by sundry and
divers lapses of duty uud performance
all other persons have forfeited all
rights in the company aud the prop
erty and that ho is tho whole cheese,
tho owner In feo simple, fee talo aud
feo in male. Ho asks the court to
Rive him tho property without any
strings on it. and to declare all of
tho others oif tho earth so far as
rlitbts in the franchises and equip
ments of the Oregon Electric Power
company Is coucerued.
It la claimed that Frame Is leav
ing no stone unturned iu bis at
tempt to wtcck tho company. -Herald.
IRRIGATION FUND NOT
FOR OREGON JUST YET.
In a roviow of the reclamation sur
veys iu the west, before ho joint
mooting of tho cougressiouaal irriga
tion committees, last Saturday even
ing, Frederick II. Xewoll, chiof hy
drogiapher, gave out tho llrst oliiclal
information on tho status of tho gov
ernment irrigation work iu tho
diifereut states, iu which plans for
government irrigation are under con
sideration. Mr. Newell stated that the work
that has boon done in Oregon is tar
from complete Tho information
gathered last summer gives no defi
nite Idea of tho possibilities of the
several projects examined, aud further
surveys will bo necessary before It
will bo possible to determine dell
uitoly what ouo of tho several pro
jects is best.
Tho prelllmliiaiy examinations lead
him to belioro that tho Umatillla
project is supoilor to eitbor the Sil
vio river or the Deschutes, so far
as it has beeu explored, but ho la not
yot satisfied thi.t tho Umatilla pro
joct should bo taken up by tho gov
ernment. More data are needed aud
will bo gathered next summer.
Until further details aro available
aud more thorough surveys have
beeu completed, tho department will
not feel justilled In authorizing tho
construction of any project in east
tern Oregon.
In tho couoo of his general ro
minks Mr. Xowell brought out tho
fact that tho great bulk of tho rec
lamation iutid is to bo used at tho
outset iu slates aud territories that
aro most iu need of irrigatou. Tho
very states that have couti United tho
least to tho reclamation fund will
got tho greater share
paid out at first.
of tho money
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