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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1904)
VOL. V. SUMPTER, OREGON, FEBRUARY j, 190.1. NO. 12 SNOW CREEK PAYMENT OE TEN THOUSAND MADE Last But One Met Promptly Through Bank of Sumpter Yesterday by Owners. be last payment, but one, on the Suow Creek mine, watt due yesterday and promptly met through tbo Bank of Sumpter. It was a payment of 110,000, and went entirely to Sump ter people, wtin figure among tbo original owners. The ono remaining payment will tie duo June 1, 100-1. The present owners of tlio prnporty have met enoli payment promptly, which, together with the efficient management in development and' In- tit 1 lut ion of niaohiuery, argue their business ability. A few words of history in this connection will not he out of pliice. I On November 1, 11)01, the prop. erty was leiitctl by V. E. Banders from the Into Thomas MoKwcu. Mr. Sanders proceeded with development work until April, 11)02, when he hnudcd it to T. W. Davidson aud associates for 807. BOO. On April 10, 1002, Mr. Davidson sold out the Snow Creek property together with other adjoining Interests for 875.000, to the Oregon Mines Ex. plorntlon company, of which Fred D. Smith Is general manager, and which company has procoeded uninterrupt edly with development operations. Sluco tho dato of acquisition the new owners havo sysetematically dovoloped tho property aud placed on it a ten stamp mill, which went into commission only a short time ago. As a rapidly developed mine, the Snow Creek stands near tho heml of its class. lu this brief time it has lieon taken from tho prospect to the producing stago, and is now regarded among the most promising mines of the (ireouhnrn district. Tho mill is in successful operation and every thing points it a successful future. DR. BUM LIKES I NEW VEIN AT THE standard! BLACKBUTTE Or Samuel illume, of Now York, aud Dr. Kd V. .Mueller, manager of the Standard, returned from this property last uight. Dr. Illume is a stockholder lu tho oompauy. ilo likes the way thiugs are going there, aud is greatly pleased with the mine. "I believe it to be a llrst class proposition," he says, "and I am well satisfied with my investment. Aud say, the people do treat me royally here. At all the mines I visited I found the best of cooks, aud the tlnost of thiugs to eat. One woman who had charge of the cook ing department said it was wash day, and she hadu't time to prepare much. But I don't see what more she could have doue. It made mo want to go back tome time when it wasu't wanti day. I am most favorably impressed with every propety 1 have seen lu the district." O. C. Wright, general mauagor of the Black Butte, In Fox Valley, bad a telephone message yesterday from Kd C. Allen, superintendent iu charge of the work, stating that a new ledge had been eucounteind on a crosscut recently Btarted on a claim adjoining Black Butto propor. The Information stated that a twenty inch seam of talc was first encountered, aud that beyond this was disclosed a body ( f flue looking quartz. At the time of the message this had beeu entered five foot without reaching the opposite wall. Exploratory work will be continued at this point. Iu the meantime Mr. Wright states that the old Black Butte workings are heiug overhauled preparatory to installing a hoist lu the early spring. Tbo tuuuol will bo rotlmbered aud i. raise of about eighty feet made to the surfaco before the installation of machinery. When the hoist, goes lu extensive sinking operations are cou templated. The Black Butte prop, erty, which was taken over by Wheeler A company, of New York, last summer, represents thirty-four claims, nine of which are patented. During the early workings some fabulously rich ore is reported to have beeu taken out. OPERATIONS AT THE MONITOR E. O. Stevenson, ono of tho owners of the Monitor, In the Susauvllle dis trict, is here today on business con nected with his mill. The IIto foot Huntington mill, which was recently installed on the property, has not yet gouo luto commission, ou accouut of the fact, Mr. Stevenson says, that the tailings which are to be run through it are fror.eu solid. The first work to be done by tbo plant is tho running through of 11,000 tons of tailings, but this can not bo benuu until the thaw comes. This Is only a temporary set. After the tailings have been disposed of the mill will be placed on perma nent foundations to treat the ore from tho mine. This will entail tho addition of it rock bleaker, which will be made as soon as the change takes place. MACHINERY HERETO 15 Twenty Stamp Mill For Bdcher is Coming f rom Chicago Soon Superintendent Brady Says That Raise WW be Finished In a Month SUMPTER WINTERS SURPRISED HIM. W. E. Lncey, or Detroit, Mich- j Igau, who is hugely interested In, eastern wrcgon 1 1 in nor, arrived huh morning, to remain three or four weeks, looking after business mat ters. The thing that Impressed Mr. Lacey most when he got nlf the train was the flue wen her uuw being ex perienced, lie tays: "I didn't expect this I left one of the most rigorous Michigan win ters ( have ever known, and I rather thought 1 would run into something similar here. This weather Is great, almost like spring. I am familiar with the Sumpter summer climate, but I naturally supposed from the ' altitude that the winters here would ' be much colder than they are. Tho surprise is very agreeable, I can assure you." P. A Brady, superintendent of the Belcher aud Bed Lion, accom panied by P. L. Dallies, son of (1. W. Dalucs, one of the owuera la here today, aud states that be ex poets the arlrval of the twenty stamp mill from Chicago about the middle of tho month. The machinery has been shipped and should be here by this time. It is a gravity stamp proposi tion of the usual type. Things, Mr. Brady says, will be got In readiness for the installation of the ma chinery with the opening up of spring weather A mill will also ho Installed ou the Bed Lion during tho coming season. Details of Its con struction, however, are not so far along. Begardlng development work at the Belcher Mr. Brady says that good progress is being made ou the raise from the lower tunnel to the surface. He thinks that the distance, which is probably between .'100 and 100 feet can be completed within a mouth. The perpendicular distance Is easily determined but owing to the dip of the elu it is moie dldlmilt to llgtire. HIS OPINION OF THE VALLEY QUEEN Wheeler County Coal. Lew Walker, who has charge of the development work of the Wheeler county coal fields, in which he aud i Sump'er associates aro interested, arrived this morning. Mr. Walker says that everything there is looking good, but decliues to go luto details. (ieorge Day got back last uight from the Valley Queen. He took u good look at the properly, making a somewhat critical examination. Here's what he fays about It: "The Valley Queen has pat-veil tho nrosiiict stage beyond any iiuestioii, and has the making of a mine. I went through the workings mid I am convinced of this fact. 'I he drift on vein No. i is lu betweeu 1 1lfi and 140 feet. The entire fare is iu ore, aud a recent crosi-cut shows a rapid stiengthi-niiig o( the vein. The main lead will be reached lu qbout twenty live or thirty feet more, aud at tho iutert-ectidii may le expected some good values. 'Ihe outlook for tho Valley Queen is ceitainly eiicourug-lug." u