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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January ij. 1904 I 1 ALMO MILL TO START AT ONCE A pin t v of Aliiiiio people from Hpokimo was on llio liiiia TImiimIii.v Kollig mil to Mhi mini1, ultli (hit new mill mini, In stint . operations. They woto .I11I111 K. I'lmin. hccictii-y mill ti ennui cr of tin I'litiipmiy, II. I). Trouhnlin, W. It. nii-i'iiliiiur, slock Jiolili'iH, mill (tuigu II Dean, llin lien mill innn. Mr. Kipoiihnui In also KOtiitMil niiiuagor ol the llig Piniliii'ur. Tim stinting (if llio Allium mill Iiiih 1)1)011 (ll)lliycil HllllOWllIlt 1)11 llCCtlllllt of a mill mini expected fiiim Ailnun. JIu fulled to miitci lullo mid tliu fDin pimy could unit 1111 lougoi. Mr. Cousin said: "Wo could not very uiill niroiil to til) up a 100,001) plant ami properly witiUiig for a tardy mill mini to put in an appear nee. Tliniu in i) others jiiHt iih guod. IIDll WO llllM) SOCIIIod tllU HLTVleCH of .Mr. Doau, of Spokane. Wo nro go ing out to Mtart mill operations at unco. Spunking of Hid Interest which Spokaui) mining people aru taking lu llio Bumpier illHtrlci, Mr. CiimsIii mild : "It Is beginning t look liko Hpnkiuiti niiiiiiiK midii aio exhibiting 1 ti t to a good iloiil of, concern regard -Iiik Huinptiir mining proportion. Tlmy aro putting in their mniiey nil right, and am reaching out uftur now proportioH. Whllo I am from Spokane, ami It Ih porhapH iiuhouom Iiik to Hliy a posoy at Spokano mill liiK folkH hi general, inasmuch iih a few of tlio petals might alriku my In dividual person, but my observation has lixl inn to tlio conclusion that iih general pnipoHltiou thuy moan bus inew nnil aru to tin fotiml In dlHtrlotH which imirlt development. In (IiIh respect, while t Ih quite initiiiiil for me to think no, I believe Hpokano operators urn far in advance of tliOHu who uomii from I'ortlaud, and aro oaloulatod to do the mining Indus try an iutluitoly gi outer amount of Hood." In thin connection, It might hero lio Htatod that there Is a rumor cur rout to tlio otfect that Larson A XSroouuugh, of SPokaiio, amini tlio largest mini oporatorH and lallroad rout melius in Iho WohI, will pioha lily takn charuo of one of tlio big mines In oiih orti Oregon at no ills taut day. PROGRESS AT BLACK BUTTE (louoial Manager Wright, ot 'tlio llliio lliid, and iiIho of tlio lllaek llutto, hud a telephone message last night fiom K. (J. Alton, superintend ent of tlio lattor pioporly, stating that tlio work of nicrhauliiig in tlio initio and getting li In shape for oporatiuii Ih proceeding uit'oly. It Iiiih I10011 several years since tlio iiliiok llutto wan opoiutod and iih a result tlio workings mo sadly out of repair, and It will do some t lino ho foro thoy fan ho rotimlioiod and mado ready for dovoliipmont. Upon tho completion of thin proliiuiuary worko it Ih tho purpose of tho company to install a hoist with a nOO-fmit depth capacity. Thin will piohahly lo ilono. Mr. Wright Htaton, in tho ourly spring. Tho pIhii of oporatiuii aftor tho re- tlmlioriuK and overhauling Iiiih been completed, in tu make a -raise from the main rkiK U o Jhe , face. 11 dlHtiiueii of some eighty foot. thou install tho hold aud jjegin,sink Iiik. TIiIh pioporty Ih Ino'iited in tho I'raiiio City dish id ifud was tjikdu owr Hfliui' miiiiiiix ago ny w noisier and cotiiinuiy. of Now Vurk. , At tho Mho Hlrd, Mr. Wright 'states Unit tho underground foiru I Iiiih hooti lncioued mid iooil work a j liclm- (Iciim! in 11 il('M'li)init'ii't way. T MINING PROMOTERS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO diHiiati'h, dated yenter - A Chli'iiKO day, hiij'h: l''runk JiiKor aud John JiiKei. well known throiiKliout the United HtateH iih mliiiiiK ntoek lirokern and proinotoiH, worn arronted on the com plaint of PohIoIIIco Inspector Ketch am on the charge or iitdtiK the iiiiiIIh in a Hchemu to defraud. Tho arrentri wero ordered hy tho Kovurniiieiit oIIIcIhIh after an liiuulry had lieeu made into thu hiiHlueHH uiuthodH or thu Model Cold Minion company aud thu .Inner Oil com pany, ol which couceiiiH Frank .lner Ih pruHlduut mm treiiHiirer and John JaKer HL'cretary. Moro than 8800,000 Ih involved iu thu chho aud thu federal aiithorltioa declare that Honnutlotiul riMolatlona will Ijo iimdo whou the prisonerH aro arm tuned in court. Tho two brothorH were taken bo foru h United StuteH commlsaioner. Their liouda wore fixed at :i,000 each and they wort) released on bail. At the requent of Fmuk Jimer, who Huld lie intended loavlnn CIiIciiko a few bourn tutor with u party of ntock holdern to attend the annual meutiUK of thu company at I'roHCott, Arizona, CouiiulHHiouer Fonto continued tho heariiiK of thu ciiho to Jautiary 15. CB.WADE. Or PENDLETON. HANKER. FAILS FOR $200,000 Charles II. Wade, cashier of tho First National bank of Pendleton, and one of tho niuut piomluoiit men iu tho state, yenterday aHslKUed his pioporty to F. W. Matlock and T. C Taylor for the bouetlt nt his cred itors. It is eHtimated Wade failed lor 8-200,000 or $'.!r0,000, althouuli W. F. Matlock, one of the trustees, duos not helioto tlio liabilities will exceed 8 lot). 000. Wado Iiiih lenlnned his position aud is at homo Htiickeii with nervous P'ostratiou. Mr. Wado has been a heavy In vestor iu eastern Oregon mines, and It is Hinted the heavy drain of uupro iluctho properties lias occaMoned his j euibarrasH.nont. His friends state; ,u;u,u'' ; K V , . that his lluaucial troubles are only , '",. " Kreck and John Day, and temporaty. The rumor that Wade's;''" ' ' '0H employed conttu- airalrs were involved was circulated "" tl10 wotk- Saturday aud it caused n ruu on the' m bank, which was only stayed by the aiiHouucemeiit from the stockholders that Mr. Wade's atfairs wero entirely separate. Senator Ankeuy is presi dent of the bank. Completed Assessment Work. W. S. llalley, foreman at the Over laud, returned this morning after mukiug proofs of labor on vaiious Cable Coo properties, where he has been dolim assessment work. Iu all Mr. llalley Iihh completed work on j (even Cablo Cove prospects. His JUMPIRS HAVf LOCATED - .TREE COINAGE CLAIMS. It is roportod in town today that CluirloH Hull Iiiih j him pud tho Fico CoimiKo cnlini-j, two in iiumljor, out ill thn Crai'kcr Crook dlntik'tj and 1 that Arthur I'liilluiuk Ih in on tlio I pluv with him L Hall Ih thu man who jumped tho l CJruy KuKfu claim of tho Iinpurial Kro,upa year no, and cnut-od tho com 1 puny uoiiHidorahlo troulilu aud ox- poiiHO. Hois reported to hare a de cided leaning towurdri-Htich truiiHuc-i I tillllH. j riiilhriuk Iiiih iiIho been mixed up j ' in uvornl hiicIi deala, fractional) icliiiina heiiiK IiIh Hpeuialty. lie Ih a jHiirreyor mid in this way necures in-t side Information. It Ih related that had he appeared on tho labor fruc tlon Now Veai's niht, he would have I IihiI his fiioo spoiled; as one I)r miner, so current rumor says, had i, ecu offered a combination purso of 675 by three different parties to fix him plonty. Ho Ih accused by both sides in that coiitovorsy of being the ciiiiho of tho trouble. Tho Free CoIuiiko was sold five years ago to Vic SchlllliiR, then city passoiiKer ngeut of tho O. It. & X. at Portland, by Bert Husk. He organized a company, put on a hoist and did consldorblo work, hut uevor showed up any ore of much value. Tho claims are said to be on ono spur of the Cracker Creek Mother lode. Homothlug over two years ago Mr. Schilllug disappeared very suddenly and mysteriously, and, so far as the public knows, has never been heard from since. Ho spent considerable time tu aud around Sumpter tbreo or foui years ago and was popular with every oue. Ed Cannon, who was nt oue time interested with Seymour II. Dell in the electric light plant here, is in charge of Freo Coluago Mining com pany affairs at present. The Miner is Informed reliably that ho paid for the assessment work last year, aud Hurt Husk stated today that a notice is posted on the pioporty, stating that thu work had been completed. SPENT $4,000 ON WATER RIGHTS. From reliable sources it is learned that the statements made iu tho linker City Heiald that neither Mr. Mo- Naii(ihteu nor Kemp JIiiih made any well dellued attempts to dereolp the Straw borrv water rights, aro untrue. McNaughteu spent last fall, it is "-' u" reliable authority, 84,000 r jn.r, pAN AND onrUfD EMPLOYED IN CHICAGO i j Tho methods of tho placer miner are being used by the Chicago po- j lice in recovering valuables lost iu I the Iroquois theatro disaster. Three big wagon loads of dirt and ashes were taken from tlio theatre tire yesterday aud to the basement of a store near by. A placer mining outfit, iucliid , tug sieves and gold pans, was erected aud City Custodian Creiger started the search for valuables among the JnnuaL$tbQkhpfder.s. Meeting.' Tn Whom It Mar Cencern: No- tiQe is hereby Riven tbut the regular annual stockholders meeting of tho Colcouda Cciisollduted (lold Mines company will bo held at the otllco of the company in the Pendleton Sav ings Hunk Iiii lid I hi.', iu Pendleton, OreKon, nt 10 o'clock a. m. on Tuen day, Jiiiiiiiuy 1'J, 15)04; at such iiunuiil meetluK nil election will bo hold for the election off, Diiectoia of the said coiporatiou, and all other and Kcneral buHinecs pcrtnli)ii! to tho affairs of 'the company will bo tiaiifactcd tlint iniiy come before Mich niectluK. C. U. WADE, Piecldent. .1. II. UAI.KV, Seciotary Dated Dec. 0, lilOIJ. 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