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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 30, 1903 MORNING MINE IS PRACTICALLY SOLD Papers in Escrow And Deal to Be dosed January People. Tim deal for tliii triumfor of Hie Morning mini) in tho (Iroouhurii iIIh trlct Id eastern iiio)li) Iihh boon prac tically closed. ItumcrH to this effect hiivi) liimii current for some lime, mid II. II. Aiiiiih, nnn of tlm ownorH of tint property, confirmed Hid stntouiout to it Minor representative this morn ing. Tim iiiiiiih urn now in escrow hikI tlio transaction will In perfected iiliunt tho Unit of tliu your. Mr. Aiiiiih declined to niitntion tho until involved or tit give out tho names of tllO plirollllHOIH. Ill) stilted t 111 t Hllllll) limit ago thorn wiih ii ileal practically oIohimI, mid when it hociiiiio known GOOD WORK AT THE BUCK JACK Professor II. II. .Nicholson, of Denver, who Ih connected with the department of chemistry In tho Uni versity of Nebmskii at Lincoln, no oompHiiiod by Tom Molfott, returned Inst night from u trip to tho lllack Juck in the Hod Hoy district. I'm feasor Nicholson Ih consulting engin eer for tho llliink .lurk company and ulso Interested in the property. Ho! arrived hero novum! daya ago and will I visit the Cracker Cieek and (Juartz- , burg districts bofoie leturuliig. At the Hindi .lack, Professor Nich olson statim that satisfactory develop ment progiens Is being made. The crosscut litiing driven west for the main lead, Is now in over 100 feet mill he thinks the lead for which It Ih being driven will be encountered within the next soveuty-llve feet. In going the distance stated a half doen veins, ranging from two to twenty feet, tmvo been cut. Work Resumed on Gipsy Queen. WIIIIhiii Kummory left this fore noon for the (llpsy (jucou, with ii wagon load of men mid provisions, to resume work ou that property. A shaft Is being suuk at the mouth of the tunnel, which runs ou the vein, In most places above the ore shoot, for m distance of U00 feet. At pros limit 110 attempt will be made to sink tho shaft tielow the water line, but as soon as pumps can be installed, i will go down several hundred feet. HEAVY TRAfflG OVER SIMPTER BOURNE ROAD This foreuoon a Miner man drove in from the Midway, making the drive from llauover to town in forty minutes. In, that time anil distance fourteen, wagons were met, loaded " il ' I -Goes to Eastern tho hammer brigade got in IIh work mi effectively that it whh declared oir. This time vory little whh hIi about tho matter and tho kunukors fulled to get in their work. The Morning is owned by II. II. Ames, who now makes Humptor his headquarters, I. J. Simmons and Colin CliiHliolm, of (Irmit county, ami Frank Cooper, of linker City. The property 1h equipped with n live foot Dry 1111 rool mill mid two concentrating tallies. It Ii rcgardod us among tho most promising of tho (Jroeiihnrii mines. Tho new owners, it Ih understood, will operate It oxteiiH ively. with goods bought in Sumpter, with the exception of three wood wagons. The road Ih now lu excellent coudi tioii and heavy loads can bo hauled. There Ih doubtless more tratllo ou this thoroughfare than any other in eiiHtoru Oregon, for the mmioj dis tance. It Is no exaggeration to say that fifty or sixty teams pass over it dally, hauling in ores mid concen trates and transporting supplies from Humptor to the mines. It is over this route that the rail mod will bo built next season. MIGRATION OF BRAINS TO THE GREAT WEST Accoidlng to "Who's Who?" a directory of Americans who have "accomplished something," the west is gaining the brains and culture of the country at the expense of the east. In California's list of notable Americans the state Is the birth placo of only nluety-three, yet there are Ml now living iu the state, showing that the community has drawn heav ily upon the progressive men of other states. Nearly nil of tho states west of the Mississippi river have shown liko increase, and Illl- I .i.ilu .ililittlt .Inn In III., tiiuirll.ttium of Chicago, has IM1 "distinguished residents," though it has given birth to only 5'.l'.2 of these. On the other hand the figures show that, with tho exception of Now York and Florida, the east is losing its smart sous aud daughters. Were it not for New York city's exceptional advantages in tho matter of study, evidently that cen ter of brains would also show a fall ing olf. These figures, however, aro not surprising when it is considered that the west still holds glowing induce ments to youth aud energy. Amerl cans have always been prone to go where opportunity Is to be found Instead of waiting for opportunity to hunt them up. It was this instinct that sent the first prairie schooner across the great American desert, and It is the same instinct that Is Ailing the west bound trans-continental trains with bustling easterners today. The east still holds its opportunities, but, with larger population, the competi tion is much keener and the chances of success are comparatively smaller. The "Who's Who" of ton years from now will show even more con clusively than tbia year's edition that the west has drawn the best blood and tho best brains away from the east. Denver Republican. GYPSUM DEPOSIT ON BURNT RIVER. D. Iioup 1 iu the city today from his mining property ou Hiirnt river, and exhibits somo pretty specimens of , crystallzed gypsum, taken from the surface of bis claim about three miles from Durkco near tho Tom Moore ranch. He also shows sam pler of gypsum in its commercial mid most valuablo state. Only sur face work has so far been douo 011 the claims, and the stuff appears iu isolated and disconnected strata. Mr. Iioup, however, believes that tho various veins will run together and occur iu it compact aud valuable de posit. Mr. Iioup represents Dr. F. O. liiidnutt, who is general moiiugoi of the Multnomah Miulug, Milling aud Development company of Spokane. J This company is becoming interested, through Mr. Itoup, iu the mines of Ilakor county. (ionoral Mauager lluduutt is expected to arrive iu Ilakor Ciy iu a few days to look over the properties on Iltirnt rivor, which have recently beon located by Mr. Iioup. Assessment work on the Hurnt river gypsum claims will bo douo at ouce, aud next spring development work 011 a large scale will be inaugurated. Mr. Iioup brought iu ton pounds of gypsum specimens aud will send it to the St. Louis World's Fair. A pieco of crystallized gypsum, placed on a stove will iu ten minutes become pure and morcbautablo plaster of paris. Herald. Advantage to Northwest Lumbermen. The enlargement of tho Erlo canal will alford the north Pacitlo coast lumbermen Increased facilities for reaching tho far east with thoir lum ber, timber and shiuglos. They will thou be almost as near Now York as they uowaro toliuffalo, so far as rates are concerned. Tho enlarged canal will lengthen out their rail-aud-lnke haul to tho seaboard. Tho question Is, which will bo dono tho sootier, the Pauama canal or tho Erie? Whou both waterways shall have beeu completed the transcontinental ralrlouds will have to make lower rates or lose much of their lumber tratllo destined to territory east of Buffalo. If the coast pooplo could hold thoir atumpage for six years, they would find themselvos rich from tho rise of its value Amerlcau Lumberman. Settlement Between Companies. Sheriff Harvey tirown was hero to day ou prlvato business relatiug to a settlement between the Stico (lulch Placer Mining company and the Wis consin aud Oregon Lumber company, In which companies he is interested. He roturud to Haker City ou tho train this afternoon. CALDER'S VIEWS ON OUR MINES. W. C. Calder, b few days since, handed a Portland Telegram reporter the following good, "warm" stuff about eastern Oregon mining: "I am just finishing a trip of two months visiting the mining interests of Western' Oregon, Washington and Hritisb Columbia. I am surprised to learn of the largo permanent minirg interests of western Oregon, aud of of the production of the same. "I have had miulug Interests iu eastern Oregon for more than ten years, and have lived thore for five years. I have seen our producers work their way to tho front. Somo of them have had mauy difficulties to overcome, aud have actually become pormauetit, profitable mines from thoir owu product, without tho aid of capital, wbilo others havo bad some capital to work with. Tho east cru Oregou miulug district is much linger aud more extousively develop ed than tho public realizes. Tho district is over 100 miles long aud averages about thirty miles iu width. This is demonstrated not only by tho presouco of minerals as reported by prospectors, but by profit-paying mines. The Union Coruulop 111 1 no is in the extremo east aud the Had gor mine iu tho extremo west, with the Bonanza, lied Hoy, Columbia, North Pole and Uolconda at various points betweou the Cornucopia aud Uadger. "Tbeso miucs produce regularly, aud tbero are many others that havo plants aud produce a portion of tho time. "Five of those mines lire now work ing more than 1,000 feet below tho bui face. Part of this depth is gaiu ed by tunnel aud part by shaft, flie deepest vertical shaft Is the Bonanza, which will soou reach its 1400-foot level. Tho next deepest shaft is at tho Columbia. "Thore is uow over 100 miles of opoti underground work iu the east ern Oregou tonltory. There is much more actual development work going 011 now thau evor before. The pres ent payroll Is twice the amount of auy previous winter, as wo have several miuea about to become regular pro ducers dividend payers. Tho Dixie Meadows Is oue, the Snow Cieek an other, the I. X. L., the Morning, tho Phoouix, tho Tabor Fraction and tho California. Somo of tbeso promise to surpass our presout mines." paying NOTICE. To interlopers and trespassers: Notice is heieby given to Randall II. Kemp and the Great Eastern Power aud Light company, or auy of its representatives, that I have strictly complied with tho law as to my water rights aud that work is bolng steadily prosecuted. And I hereby give notice to Randall II. Komp, the O. E. P. &, L. Co., or any of of its representatives that I will protect my said rights at all hazards. And that Randall II .. Kemp, the O. E .P. & L. Co. or any of its representatives aro hereby notified to keep off my property without my written consent. Dated Strawberry Camp, December 2, 190U. W. A. McNAUUHTEX, Owner.