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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January 27, 1904 OTHER SIDE OF THE KEYSTONE LAW SUIT Rev. Hughes, Manager of The Equity Gg.tv pany. Gives His Version of The Trouble. Kov. .). W. llunlion, of linker City, i quired it on u olonr title diititiu liiick pn-Hl limit, Kiiniiriil iiiiiiiiikoi- mill prill-1 for fifteen years or more. It inn clpnl owner of thn Kiiity Copper 1 cli-iir enso of the Keystone trying to mill ittlil Mining I'oiiipiiny, operation ! not what it in nut jiiHtly "iitltlcd to, in thn QtinilliuiK (IIhIiIuI, punned J hunt A 1 1 u 1 1 h t thin company sent on throiiKh tin city thin iniiriiiiiu on iiiccrH over to uiiiko n survey of Hh IiIh way to Canyon City, to ho pros-j location, km i iih Hid Keystone (int.nl thn honrliiu of thn t'tiiitumpt oliiiin. Then " 10 fi'i't of our Orison lirtKMMIllillKH instituted IIKIlillht IliH I Clllitll WIIH (Milled llltlliri HIIIV('V. !oiiiiiuiy liy thn Keystone .Mining ioiiinitiy. i Thn enno comes up for trial tli in week. Ilov. IIiikIich denies any violntion whatever on behalf of hin company wo linvc 1,100 feet of Keystone prop of the loHtmliiliiK oiilnr Kiiinted lii.ciiy, when iih n mutter of lnct, our fuvor of thn Koyntotio people, the Krnuiid on which tint notion for eon- tempi wiih iiiHtituteil, l''urther. he dates that Urn claim which t lit) Key stone Ih tryliiK to not poHnessioii of Iiiih lieeu owned liy Mr Lawrence mid j since tlio Issuance of tlm roHtraiuluK the Kipilty compnuy for tlm pant llf .order puuiliUK a hearing for purma toon yearn. To n Miner represent!!-, neiit liijiiuclion, there in uuthluu to five IIiIh moriiluu, lie nnld: "Them Ih iio tiiontlou iih to the ownership of thin property. Wo lic NO STRIKE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW There wiih really no strike nt the Mountain View, an reported in thu Mining Itepoiter, ,1. N. Kssolstyno, luauatier of the property, wan here today on unite to linker City, and HtntcH thai the nix men did not strike, but lueiely applied to bo tiaiisleiicd from nluift work nt i' Till n day to drift work nt 6!I.(K per day, with the iliireieiicii lit two bouts soivico In belinlf of tlm Inter employment. Shaft work pay 611. fill n day mill drift woik fit (ID, the latter Iiiiuih tctiulntlnn service, mid former eiulit hours. Iteally thine wiih iiii strike. ten the No walk out. The men did not want to do nhafl wink, they weie uetthiK rich ton mpidly, mid they wanted to try their IiiiiiiIh nt nhalt work nt a lower whkc, nt louder Iiiiuih, that was nil, The nccenniiry complement Iiiih been supplied, mid work in proceeding iih iihuiiI. The Miuern' Union refuned to countenance a ntrike, according to thu HtHtemetitri of Mr. l'.nHelntyne, niiiniiKor of the property. Mattern buve been adjunted, and there in no further dltllciiltv. Food for Thought in Oregon. Thu Cnrnon paperti are advocatiiiK thu appolutmeut of h ntato iiiluural olnt for Nevada, to have his .Minim; liureiiu nt (7nrMon. We think Hint Hut thin illil i oixl thn mutter. In December inn her survey wiih iiimle which toiiiC in 1(H) limit) Tent of tlm On'k'on. Now it Ih ('(intended Hint Inciitiou stakes Incye, been In skill for! the IiihI llfteeii yearn, and no, ipieti Hon Iiiih lieeu asked. "Relative to the cIhuko of our tak ln our from tlm disputed! mound it. We hnre obeyed the order and have taken no oer from the ground In ipicntion," experience nlnnvn that the lieadipiar tern of a ntate inliiernloKint ouuht nut to he In any commercial center, but rather ilnht in iiiiioiik the miiien. There Ih not one ciihu in a hundred whole the common miner think it worth hit) while to vlnit a uiiuiiiK bureau when he in away from home. Ah nuch ilintitiitiiuin aie for bin lien elit they oiiulit to be in harmony with IiIh eiivlronniontn, mid to thin end nhoulil lie entaldinhed near thu home of the miner, where hu would not have to put on IiIh Sunday clothe bcfoie vlnitinn them for lilini uenn oi pleanure. There in n lcat deal In thin idea which wo hope tlmi nlnte of Nevada will ii'coynio if it i ovoi luilulKen in the liiMiiy of a Male) iiillieniloyint. I'ucillc Coast Miner. THINGS LOOKING GOOD AT THE STORM KING T, ,1, CnMcllo, Kcucrnl mauiiKer of t ho Stui in Kiiit;, is back fiom a stay at the property of several days, mid teports material prokrets. Hu is iiiakliiK anaiiKcmcnts to add live men to his force by the end of thu mouth. On the Honest Dollar drift, Mr. Costello says, thu horsu is nettlou out of thu way, and thu led no Is lining up and taklnn its true direction. Thudrltt is now iu l'J.'i feet, with a depth of about seventy feet. The ledtto shows seven feet between walls carrying from sixteen to eitiliteeu inches of IiIkIi tirade milling ore. Thu entire face, he says, is piutty well shot with piod stulf. The 'crosscut on thu Storm King is now ! within thirty foul of thu vein. ? 1 .Mi. Co-deWo wiih over lit the Vnl li'.v Queen 11 ilny or mi before ho came in. Thin pinpeity, hi mi. v.", In milk inn thi' Ijf.-t showlnu in its histuiy. The No. ,1 (hill Iiiih. lull four feet of' on- in tln f lire, inn) is cniistnutjy InipHiviiiu. .Mine water Is ! uhiK en ('nullified, which is mi iudicnlinu of, still hotlei ore. PROSPERITY A I DUUKINl. II. S, Motrisou, n prominent ' mer chant of IJourne. la lieiu today. Mr. Morrison tuye that. Hourue la enjoy ing a season of unexampled prosper ity. Here Ih the way hu puts it: "iiouruu was never more prosper- I nun, mid I believe. It 'is' (Uiiof the livoliurit inliilnu camps In thu conn- (try. Kvery house in town in occu pied, and there is n lnrKO domiind fur more residences. They could be rented without nny dllllculty. This olfeiH mi attractive field for invent liiollt. If uoini) enterpiislljK llldhld ual would put- up tiomo houses he would real io ii Kood return on hin inotiey. With thu hie producing mines around IJourne working stead-- ily there Ixereiy reason Hint times theie will Kimd." DISPUTE SETTLED OUT Of COURT ., , ,. , ., ' TRESTLE COLUPSED. The llaby McKeu company and tlio Imperial people lutvu ndjtiHted tholn A prosn dpspatcli from Stilt Lake, illtrereiiceH relative to disputed , of recent date. iy: Krouud, and the lltlKtitlon now pond- Advices from the 0deii Luclcii iiiK iu the Federal court will bo dls- 'cutorT acrosH tlio Great Salt Lake, nilHHed. Captain A. M. Paul, super- ."tute that 1,'JOO feet of tlm trcstlo intendeut of the Imperial, oporntcd collapHed. The damiiRO la near liv the Kiiulo eomnauv. L. 15. Lillv. ' caiuii 10 at mldlake. Hy roasou of Kenernl mnunuer of the Hnby McKee, met with Chnrlen 11. Chance, nttoruoy tor the latter, last niuht ami nu ami cnblo Hettlolimut cf Hie unit tern iu controverny wiih reached. Captain Pun 1 Iiiih also fixed up matterri with L. K. llellnuin, of the California, in ieard to Kround claimed by both, hi each inntnuco a iHvihIoii wiih iiKreed upou. MUDDY AND DUTCH CREEK IRRIGATION COMPANY. vent the ultimate eiicco.-rt of tlio en- Tlio Muddv Creek retervoir mid : terprlte. The situation wan further Dutch Creek Initiation company. ImJcciiiiiillcatiMi by thu wreck which oo- been incorporated, the object of II compnuy belnn to fuiulsh water for iuiKiitliik' seveml tlinusiind ncres of Iniid beloutiinii to thu stockholders, The capital stock consists of 5,000 shares nt 61 per share, nil of which, with the exception of about 400 shares have lieeu subscribed. Follow int; are tlio names of tbo stockhelder: ,lobu Hand, Jiimes , llenriiik'. A. J. HartuuK. Jobu Aius-; worth, H. 11. and li. W. Pratt, D. L Speelmnii, Seth Hart, C. W. Vork, lieu Fisher, Lottie Clark, W. R. Hutchinson. ,1. L. Savac, Frauds Weeks, W. J. Welch, Jacob Ens mitter, J. F. Heuner, S. P. UeariuK. Otticers have been elected as fol fel fol eows: President, A. J. HartuuK! vice presideut, S. P. llearlut:: secre tary, W. J. Welch; treasurer, J. L. Savao. Haiues Hecurd. EXPLOSION AT PLATTS Blacksmith Shop Blown to Pieces This Afternoon. But no One Hurt. Telephone Message to Harry Hendryx, But Details of Accident Not Staled. An Indellnlte account of an explo nion at the Ph.tt'n uroup, in tlio Hock Creek din'trict, reached hcru thin afternoon. A 'telephone mot-sat;e from Ilett liunk, who Iiiih cliaruu of the rtevelopii out work for the (IcImt Hendryx company, to Harry Hendryx Hinted Hint nil explosion occurred in thu blacknmiHi nliop, thin afternoon, blow Inc. the nhop to plecen and M.'it leritiK eitiipmeut and tooln in every direction! No otib wiih , Injured; but coundieriibln diiniae wan done. No detniln, if kuowu, iih to tlio caiii-e of the accident weru Kiven, mid to believe! it wuh not learned hereto what It continue j vvna attributable. If any of t ho men 'employed at the mine had been near int t lie time it (lectured, nerioun in jury would probably hart1 lennlted, I hut na It wan, no one happened to bo nenr enough to net hurt. OGDEN-LUCIEN CUTOFr this fliuktiK of tlio truck nil Mipplllert niunt ho neut around the lako by way of IIuKiip and Tocoma, lust end of beiiiK neut direct from Onden, hh heretofore. Tlio euHlncera now ntato that it will bo Into iu tbo spring beforo pimneiiKur trains can bo run over tbo cutoff. A locul railroad otilcinl today stated Hint the present trouble wan iioHiIuk unununl and Hint the trentln had lieeu nlnkhiK rlfiht nloiiK. He snid tlio present sink was about six Inchon, and added that thu dnmiiiic would soon bo re paired and Hint notliitiu could pre raura ii iu iiiijn uku null which pru- veuieii wie runnint,' nt kick irainn. i A heavy wiudetorm tested thu trestle about the name time and this prob ably hud somcthitiK to do with the collapse. The OkiIoii Lucion cutnir, tlio most costly piece of railroad ever at tempted iu the west, was first es timated to cost 64,000,OUO. Eh- Kiueers now say privately tbat tbo cost will foot up from 610,000,000 to 614,000,000. Shareholders Meeting. Notice is hereby Riveu that there will be a meetiuK of tbe shareholders of the First National Hank, of Sump tor, Tuesday, February 10, 1904, at their baukliiR house at 11 a. m. R. 11. MILLER, Cashier. Dated Jau. 11, 1904. tfcr