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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January 20,1904 JUMPED THEIR BUCKEYE GROUP Doane And Gleason Bring Actions Against The Balsleys And Paytons. J. N. Doane ull W. II. Gleason Imvo Med action against Jerry C. Ilaialey itud-M. A. Halsloy for the possession hiiiI ownership of tbe Huokoyo hiiiI Dixit) Quern quartz claims, located on IIih divide be iween I took and Little Cracker creeks, an the recovery of damages for unlawful entry to ho extent of 5,000; and hIho, against J. C. Halo Icy ami K. M. I'aytou, under tbo Name head, and for the recovery of the aame amount of damages. The complaint seta forth "that do fendauta herein are cloHely related to inch other hy marriage and have buou ho related at all Union hereinafter mentioned," and theu goes on to atate that on or about the month of June, 190'.!, plaintiff were negotiat ing for the aaln of the property for the mini of 1(1(1,000 to repouaihlo purchasera, and were ready to givo a good and aiiltloieut deed. While theao negotiation were pending, the aaid Jerry C, Haisloy, fot the purpoae of clouding title and fraudulently compelling plalutllfa by blackmail, etc., and during the tem porary ataMDcn of plaintiff ataked mod olaiBid the ground lit questlou. It la also olaimnd that there waa collusion between the defendant and that Jerry C. Ilalaley should act as aoot or employe of hi co-defendant. Then followa an alienation which la quoted : "That aaid defendant. .). C. Bail ley, baa repeatedly committed the mi mo ,fraiid on othera, and ha for years laat paat, habitually made it hia disreputable IiiihIukim to clcud lu I ll I iik tltlea by jumpliiK thu lawful mining location of othera for black mailing purpose, art in thin In tttiiium. " The location in quetlnu aie known as the lluckeyu group, Includ ltK the Huckeyo, Crown, descent iind Dixie (jiimm iiiartz claim. It wit on the lluckovu that a rich Htrike wit made last Hiimmer, attiactiug much atteutlou. The rnn.ton alleged foi relocation In that llm hhhchhiih'IiI work ha not lieen completed iiiTiirdlug to law, and J that in one iuilHiice too much ground la claimed. Mr. Gleason I now In linker City, but Mr. Duaiic. tli other plaintiff, wtatoa that not only Iiiim tbe aHHeaameut work beeu done, but that In the iutauce where llalsley olaliim too niuuh ground I Included, It fall HO feet abort of being uuough. Mr. Doane Hay: t "Tin man llailey i a chroulu claim jumper, lie doe hi dirty ' work in the name of M. A. Hailey, i hi wife, and K. M. i'aytou, bla sister-in-law. He ha now sixty-two i location that I know of uljacetit to I our property, he la trying to hold. I lu the aumnier of 'M)'l he located u tunnel alto on our lluckeye cliiim. , V informed him that he wa ou our j ground, and he moved farther down, but still within our Hues. We unti tled bl in to get otf, aud It was theu he set up the excuse that we bad too much ground. We had the claim tiurvoyed aud found It was 111' feet too short. "Later be went, and., located, the j DiamoDd fraction and tbe Treasure Vault, on Dixie Queen around, belonging- to tbe aame group. Last fall, after we bad completed our as sessment work, be wa there making a ahow at doing h'la. He is u cbrouio disturber." HOIST STARTED AT MYERS GROUP Klmer Cleaver If bere today. He is just back from tbe Myers group, near Medical Lake, operated by the Indiana Mining company, in which he is interested. Tbe now bolst, recently Installed on tbe property, was started up last Frday, and Mr. Cleaver says Is doiug good work. Pumps were also in stalled. Tbe hoist has a depth ca pacity of r00 feet. The shaft was sunk eighty feet by baud on the ore body beforo the machinery was put in. It is tbo present purpose to con tinue sinking. J. W. Messner is geuorul manager of the company, and also of the Prairie Diggings, opeiated by practically the same people. MIDWAY PEOPLE WELL PLEASED L. Van Hecke, of Soiux Kails, South Dakota, a director in tbe Mid way company, and W. II. Rogers, oue of the stockholders, were out yesterday at tbe property with Harry Heudryx. They are both highly pleased witb the management and with tbe mine itself. Tbe crosscut from tbe 100 foot station in tbe ahaft, cut into tbe foot wall of tbe vein while tbe party was there yea terday. The distance driven to reach the vein was forty-eight feet, lioth Mr. Van. Hecke and Mr. Hogera vis ited several of tbe neighboring prop erties, and aro well satislled with tbe general outlook. Mr. Van Hecke aays: "I am exteuslvely interested In mining property iu both California and Utah, iu fact more so thau 1 am here, but 1 pin my faith ou my Humptur holdiugs more tbau I do ou tbntti in either of tbe other states. I wa hero u year ago iu February, aud the progress of the district has vastly exceeded my calculations With good management aud proper devel npmiMit, in my opinion Sumpter in a few years will be one of the lending gold centers of the country." PRESIDENT OF KEYSTONE COM PANY ARRIVED THIS MORNING G. M. Anderson, of In wood, Iowa, president of the Keystone Mill ing company, orearatiug in tbe Quartzburg district arrived here this morning aud will remain several days. The Keystone, it will be re membered, was taken over by the (lulser-lleudryx company last sum mer. Mr. Aulerson Intend spend ing some time at the property before returuiug. Have Gone East. Mr. aud Mrs. W. L. Killon aud children departed for tbe east this afternoon. Mrs. Kllleu will visit her old home iu Nebraska while. Mr. Kllleu goes further east to visit tbo various brunch otllces of tbe com pany. They will probably be goue a .c,oule.of.iuputb.. MORNING DEAL CLOSED SHORTLY H. H. Ames, oue of tbe owners of the MorntDg mine, In the Greenhorn district, came in yesterday afternoon. Tbe deal for tbe transfer of the Morning property to eastern people, Mr. Ames states, has not been com pleted, but be thinks it will be with in the next few days. As stated gome time ago, tbe papers are In es crow, and all tbe details of tbe transaction bave been arranged, but tbe papers have not yet passed. ALAMO MILL TO START TOMORROW A report from tbe Alamo today states that tbo mill will begin opera tion tomorrow. Tbe matter has been delayed ou account of tbe water freezlug in tbe flume. Wbon J. R. Cassin aud his party went out some days Bgo. it was expected to begin at ouce, but the flume was frozen tight and tbe dolay was due to this fact. Tbe report states, however, that tbe water is now through tbe flume aud everything In readiness to start tomorrow. GENERAL WARREN ON BlITTt MATTERS "Butte mines produced $35,000, 000 this laat year and will produce 100,000,000 this year," aaid General Cbarlea S. Warren, of the Montana metropolis, yesterday. General War ren ba.i beeu a pioneer In most of tbe western mining camps, back almost to the time "when tbe memory of man runneth not to tbe contrary." His experiences bave included most of tbo vicissitudes of western mining life. Despito bla gray hairs be re talus a cheery optimism aud bubbliug enthusiasm rarely equalled. He can make as hopeful guesses on output as anybody. He added: "Take tbe Pacific oceau aa a west ern boundary, Mexico as tbe south ern Hue and draw a line north, 400 miles east from tbe oceau to tbe north pole, aud the little territory within three miles of tbe court bouso at Butte last year produced more thau half of tbe mineral wealth of that vast section. "Today there are 9,500 men em ployed underground iu the mines of Butte. By May 1 this number will be swelled to 12,000. AH tbe ground that lloluze aud tbe Amalga mated Copper Mulug compauy are fighting over could, be forgotten with out interfering witb this output, ileiuze iu tbe Cora baa 150,000,000 os ore iu sight. Tbe Amalgamated has 9100,000,000 in sight iu ground that is not iu litigation. "Should some third persou get all the properties that tbe two interests are lighting over, it would be tbe best possible tbiug foi Heiuze aud tho Amalgamated aud tbe camp. Then tbey would bave to treat tbeir own ores aud uot spend so much time try lug to see bow much of the other fel low's ore tbey cau corral. Neither of them are saiuts. I am a Heiuze mau. 1 kuow that tbe A. C. M. compauy is uo saint aud I bave a suspiciou that Heiuze la uot oue, either." .Responding to the quest jou of a market for such Increased ouptut, in view of recent reports of overproduc tion of copper, General Warren said: "There Is plenty of market. Copper is about 12 li cents now, isn't it? Well, tbey can produce copper for 7 cents in Butte." Spokesman Re view. PREVALENT DELUSION ON RUIN OF SMALL DEALERS Bradstreet's makes the interesting statement that of the number of per sons iu business in this country iu 1003, only seventy-six one-hnu-dredths of one per cen.t failed, this being tbe smallest percentage re corded in twenty-two years. This ought to put a quietus on tbe Dotion that baa prevailed in some quatera that tbe consolidation of in dustries and growth of department stores, wblcb has been going on iu recent years, were bringing ruin to mulititudes of small business con cerns. It is noteworthy, too, that 1903 was a year in which busiuesa in many lines fell off materially. It waa marked uot only by curtailment of production in many braucbes of man ufacturiug, but by the laying off of many railway employes and by an epidemic of strikes in nearly every part of the country. His further significances Brad street's points out, that while there waa some increase in tbe total liabil ities of insolvents In 1003 over those of 1002, tbia increase waa due chiefly to tbe suspensions of financial insti tutions and ," heavy manufacturing concerns." These facta are commended to the prayerful consideration of those poli ticians who bave beeu making a great hue and cry over the cruel and crush ing effects of tbe "trusts" on small tradesmen and shopkeepers. New York Commercial. PROSPECT WORK AT THE GOLDEN FLEECE G. W. Boggs came in from the Golden Fleece this morning, where he has beeu looklug after tbe work now under way at tbe property. The Golden Fleece, also knowu as the Anderson claims, it will be remem bered, was turned over a short time ago by Mr. Boggs to Tacoma people. Tbe operations at preseut, Mr. Boggs states, are confined largely to prospecting with h view to getting everything in readiness for inaugu rating exteusvie devlopmeut work iu tbe near future Mr. Boggs weut to Baker City thia afteruoou, but will return iu a few days. DEVELOPMENT Al THE YANKEE GIRL S. A. Pelkey and Guy E. Pearson, owners of tbe Yankee Girl, near Bear Gulch, came iu today from the prop erty. Tbey bave been cutting the veiu, and are now in ten feet without reaching tbe wall. So far tbe ledge, shows a good quality of milling ore. High values, however, are expected ou tbe foot wall, as iudicated by the surface showing. Work is to be, contiuued. To Rent Large bouse on High street. Low rate to tbe right party. Apply F. O. BUCKNUM. .".wa