THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, January 20, 1904
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DEVELOPING WHEELER
Tony Mohr and Sumpter Associates Have
Eight Foot Bed of Good
Tony Mohr returned Sett r lay from
Wlieolnr county, whore bo aud Sump
tor asauoiatea Hro extensively in
terested in coal lands. Low Walk or,
forumr superintendent of tlio Mid
wny, mid ill ho iutoiOHlod 111 tho prop
osltlon, has charge of tho develop
metit work, aud according to Mr.
Mobr'a atatomonta, Ih making excep
tionally Reed progress. Day and
night ehlfta tiro now hoi tig workod,
and tho tunnnl reooutly started Ih
into tho vein of or 100 foot.
Tho hod being oxplorod, Mr. Mohr
states, miMHtiroa eight foot in thick
ness, and thore la a constant lm
(iroveniot of tho coal aa tho tiiunol la
carried farthor In. Ho brought hack
with blui a uutnbor of specimens
wbiob, judged from tholr appoar
DM,00 tinor coal la to be found on
ibe Paolfla coast. AnalyBoa mado
Iron tba outcrop aome montha ago,
bowed a good por ceut of flxod carbon,
with avery roaaou to believe
that the dopoalt oontaina an
xeellent variety of coal. Wbllo
nothing more than ordinary Are
and forge testa have oeu mado
tilnoo tho lato dovolopinouta, thoao
bow, however n vastly bettor qual
ity, in fact, a vory auperior product,
Mud It U beliovod there Ih a much
Ligber per ceut of llxod carbon than
levealed by the early analyses,
though these were encotiraKiug Mr.
Mohr tried the coal In a blackHinlth
whop with iiiohI satisfactory rpHiilta.
Aa a ateatn coal it appuiira to poHKOSH
liigh merit, and there la everv roaiiou
to believe Unit tin cooking iiialitlea
tire among the best.
The intoriiNtH with which Mr. Mohr
la asaooiatcil, control 11,200 acroa of
4oal lauda in Wheeler county, four
toeu iuIIoh Honlli of Fossil, Besides
the eight-foot vein now being devel
oped, thoie are two othera above it
lu the hiiiiio mountain. The dimou
tiioua of those liave not yet been de
termined. The only drawback at
liroaent la the luck of traiiHportatlon
facllltlea, but there are iiBHuniuces
that theac will come in the near fu
ture. Car and Locomotive Construction
Olllolal returua from all but two
car bulldlug plauta in the Uulled
Htatoa ahow that 154, HOB cara were
built during the year HHKI. Thin
tlgure includes all freight and paHeon
ger car built by the railroads at
their own chops, and exclusive uf
those built for street aud other elec
tric service. Of thin total, approxi
mately lfi2,H01 are freight cara, and
'J. 007 are passenger coaches; in;), liifi
for domeHttc use, and 1,0111 for ex
port. In 100'.! the total number of
iara built, was 101,574, which Ih'
iiliout 0,700 in kcihh of last year.
The' decrease ban occurred in the lust
two months, as up to that time the
COUNTY COAL FIELDS
o itput for 10011 was equal to the out
put for tbo tirat ton months of 1002,
During the year just closed 5,152
locomotives were built at the various
locomotive works lu tbo country, as
ugaiust 4,070 in the previous year.
The numbor inoludos 8 olectrlo
locotuotivos. The incroaao ovor 1002
ia tho largest that has ovor occurred
in one year, ai d is possibly duo to
tho fact that tln locomotivo works iu
tho country Ii id such a voluroo of
orders placed during 1002 that they
wero unable to make Immediate de
liveries, aud many of tho ordors were
bold over until lOO.'i.
HIS FAITH IN
SUMPTER GREAT
Former Owner of Badger
Thinks This Among Best
Camps.
(2. W. Do Witt, of Pearl, Idaho,
the former owner of tho liadgor, and
the man who put this property on a
paying basis boforo turning it to the
Hunker Hill-Sullivan people was
here yesterday aud today looking
lifter business matters. Mr Da Witt
is now main owner of tbo Wolverine
group, in the Pearl diatriot, and la
tugaged iu stonily devolopmeut work.
He says that Pearl Is alnwly "coming
to the front though much work ia
needed to open up tho camp. Itu
gardtug Sumpter, Mr. Do Witt says:
"My faith In tho district horo has
never been tthakon. I have tho most
abrioluto coutldeuce In it. Tbo sub
stantial interests which have grown
up lu tho town of Sumpter aro evi
dence of the stability of tho mining
couutry back of them. Sumpter
nover could have made such headway
had this not been the caso. Sump
ter ia holding its own with otbor
mlniug towus. Iu fa:t, moro thau
holding its own, alnco it is leaving
many of thorn iu tho rear."
Mr. De Witt returned this after
noon
SENATOR MITCHELL
LIVES MINING A JOLLY
Indicating uilllugue to act as
chatrmau of tbo legislative committee
of the Oregon Minor' enunciation, a
letter lias been received from United
State Sountor John II. Mitchell by
Colonel J. T. Grayson, of Portland.
At the session of the American
Mining Congress, held last Septem
ber at Deadwood, a resolution was
passed for tho purpose of having a
legislative committee appointed,
whose duty it should be to look
after the legislation pertaining to the
mining industry and to have the
chairman of this committee at Wash
ington, D. C. As the objects of the
Oregon Miners' association are iden
tical with the congress, Colonel John
T. Urayaon requested Senator John
H. Mitchell to act aa chairman of
this committee. Following Is the
reply:
"I beg respectfully to acknowledge
receipt of yours of December 20, in
which you state you had been some
time previously appointed a com
mittee of one to communicate with
me, and you state you want me to act
as chairman of your legislative com
mittee at Washington, D. C, for (be
coming year.
"In this, as I understand it, my
dear Colonel, you represent an asso
ciation in Oregon a state organiza
tion as you say over 700 strong
scattered all over the state. You do
not givo mo the name of the or
ganization, however. But I tako it,
it is an organization intended to ad
vance, promote aud develop the min
ing intoresta of the state. And I
judgo from your letter your associa
tion is represented by different com
mittees on different subjects, having
one committee known as the legis
lative committee with headquarters
In this city, and it is this latter
committee as I understand It, you
deslie I shall act as ohairman ef:
"At first glanoe on reading your
letter the tboght occurred to me that
probably aa a senator tber would be
an Impropriety in me aoting in the
capacity you suggest. Rut on reflec
tion I do not see that there is.
"I certainly feel a deep interest
in tbo mining industry of our
country, and whether chalrmaan of a
committee or not, I am ready and
willing to do everything in my power
both aa a private citizen and as a
Beuator, looking to the promotion of
this importaut industry. I have
thoreforo concluded to conform to
your vory earnest request, and will
aot aa chairman of the committee re
ferred to, and as requested I have
wired you to that effect today."
FIRST SHIPMENT
OF COPPER MATTE
Tbo first shipment of copper matte
from tbo Sumpter smelter was made
today. It consisted of seven car
loads aud was consigned to Salt Luke
for further treatment.
It ia the result of the short test
run made by the plant, which in
every way demonstrated its high effi
ciency infaaviug, aud Its complete
adaptability to the character of ores
produced by the district.
Lumbermen Visit Sumpter.
A. L. Deerharamer, R. C. Warner
and E. A. Lufkln, ot Beloit, Wis
oonsiu, interested iu tbo Wisconsin
aud Oregou Lumber company, were
hero today on matters connected with
tho firm. Mr. Warner is a brother
of E. F. Warner, of tbo Killeu,War
uer, Stewart company.
LOST Large silver belt pin, Sat
urday oveniug. Return to E. P.
Bergman uud receive reward.
MAYFLOWER VEIN CUT
AND PANS FREE GOLD
Mr. Lambrigkt, one of the owners
of the Mayflower claim, Cracker
Creek district, was in town a day or
two since, and Informed L. C. Beck
witb that be had encountered the
vein in the crosscut tunnel and the
showing is all that could be asked
for.
The tunnel from mouth to banging
wall was 280 feet in length, where a
depth of 125 feet is attained. The
ledge baa also been jrosBCut.' and at
this point ia twenty-five feet wide.
There ia more or less ore from wall
to wall, four feet of which is solid
and high grade, panning free gold.
Mr. Beckwith Bays he was ahown
some of tne rock from tMs four foot
shoot, and It is Identical with that
found in the Orleans, the adjoining
claim, the development of which he
superintended. On the other aide ot
the Mayflnwor is tho Ruby, owned by
tho Idaho-Oregon company, the head
quarters of which ia in Kokomo, In
diana. Thia ia conceded to be the
great mother lode of the Cracker
Creek district, on which are located
the four big mines of the state.
MIXING BAD MEDICINE
FOR R. E. STAHORN.
Members of the Sumpter city coun
cil will read the following dispatch
from North Yakima to the Spokes
man Review with some interest:
Robert E. Stiahorn, the new owner
of the Yakima Water, Light and
Power company, arrived here yester
day from Spokane to take formal
charge of the plant. He was accom
panied by A. G. Smith, who will be
the general superintendent. From
all indications the city council will
give the- company considerable
trouble during the next few months
unless some concessions, other than
what have been made, are assured the
people of thia city.
At the last mooting of the city
council a committeo was appointed
by Mayor Fachter, who is at the head
of the movement, to confer with the
company relative to securing cheaper
rates on llgt and water. Unless this
is done the Mayor says the council
will revoke the ordinance passed by
tbo old counoil laat fall, wboreby the
franchise of the company waa ex
tended twenty-five years, when the
old franchise had already twelve
years to run.
When this information was carried
to Mr. Straborn, be laughed and said
the counoil might repeal the ordi
nance, but that act would not affect
the agreement entored into by the
last city oouuoil, and the company
with regard to its franchise. Mr.
Strahorn says as soon aa be has gone
over the situation he will make a
statement as tn what he will do.
Sharel.olders Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of the shareholders
of the First National Bank, of Sump
ter, Tuesday, February 10, 1001, at
their banking bouse at 1 1 a. m.
R. II. MILLER, Cashier.
Dated Jan. 11, 1904.
Tl nber and Homestead Filing.
Timber and homestead filings, as well
as final proofs, can be made before
CharleB II. Chance, United States Com
missioner, office in First National Ban
of Sumpter building, Sumpter, thus sav
ing applicants expense oi a irip to i
Grande.
"-i mens