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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1904)
T-mwwsv- Wednesday, February 17, 1904 THh bUMPTER MINER I STRIKE AT THE LISTEN LAKE. J. Win Wilson, general manager of tbo Listen LhIco, In tbu Green horns, came In from the property last night, and reports the best ore yet encountered at the mine. There ia a three foot body on the foot wall and when assayed it showed values of from 118 to 845, mainly in gold and copper. The crosscut from the fifty fooM level has entered the vein twenty even feet and there is still ore in the face. It Is a big ledge. Its width has not yet been determined. The shaft is down on the foot wall, and it was here the ricn body was at ruck. The first fifty feet of the shaft is 3x5 feet. Mr. Wilson is preparing to enlarge It to 8x4 for the rest of the way and continue sinking. WORK AT GIMLET CREEK PLACERS A. II. Huntlngtou, owner of the Gimlet Creek placers near Whitney, was on the train this morning, re turning from Baker City. Mr. Huntington has had bis family at the property all winter and baa steadily prosecuted the work. He is drifting on bed rook, which was enoountered at as average depth of fourteen feet, getting out a dump for early spring work. Mr. Huntington saya that the gravel pans on an average of ten cents to the pan. He baa gotten aa blgb as tlO and 912, however, In a number of instances. NEW SAWMILL AT PRAIRIE CITY. George Steadman, of Laidlaw & Steadman, who has the contract for constructing a sawmill at Prairie City, for William MoNaughten, who ia developing the Strawberry Lake water power, will finish the work, bis partner, Mr. Laidlaw, states, in the next two weeks. Everything is on the ground and construoiton is going rapidly ahead. The new mill will have a daily ca pacity of 30,000 feet. CHINESE CELEBRATE THEIK NEW YEARS DAY The Chinese of the city are cele brating the beginning of their new year. Monday at 3 o'clock a. m. began the month Jin-Yew and tbe first day of tbe year 3,230. Tues day evening there was feasting among the Celestials, chicken and ducks forming tbe ohlef articles of diet. Tbe celebration continues for aeveral days. Last night there was more feasting and a display of fire worka at tbe Chinese quarter across tbe river. The festivities will be continued until Sunday, when a big delegation will leave for Baker City to participate in a grand blow out with tbe brethren there from the Flowery Kingdom. I The celebration here has been aloug tbe line of eating, drinking ana display of fire works. There have been no general public meet ings, or patriotic demonstrations. Chinese chronology Is rather a mixed up affair to the average man It la reckoned by moens: Since the accession of ibe emperors of the Han dynasty, 206, B. C, the civil year of the Chinese has begun with the first day of that moon in the course of which the suu enters, tbe sign of the zodiac, which corresponds, to onr sign Pices. The Chinese divide the time of a complete revolution of the sun with regard to solstitial points Into twelve equal portions, each corresponding to thirty days, ten hours and thirty mlnrites. These divisions have all sorts of outlandish names, which the encyclopedia man from whom this Information Is de rived, tiives In full, 'but which It is thought wise to withhold her. Ten Thousand Quartz Specimens. F. R. Mollis, 'of Baker City, su perintendent of the' Oregon mineral exhibit at 'St. Louis, ' attended the meeting of tbe 'state exposition com mission In Portland Saturday aftei noon. He says 10,000 quartz speci mens will be shown at tbe fair. Tbe floor space allotted is thirty or forty feet. The center of this space will be used for office purposes and tbe exhibit placed around the sides on tbe walls. Mr. Mellla bad charge of the Oregon mineral exhibit , it Buffalo. He bssthe largest private collection of mineral specimens In the state, which be has offered for the Oregon exhibit at St. Louis. Port land Journal. OFFICIAL RECORDS. The following Instruments were filed at the Bakur county court house during the week ending Feb. 16, 1004. REAL E8TATE TRANSFERS. DBIDS. Feb. 11 Dry Gulob Dltob and Irrigation Co., to Dry Gulob Dltcb Co.. Dry Gulch Ditch of Eagle creek; $1. Dee. 24 S. M. Haines to S. C. Barnes, lot 11 block 7, Haines; 130. Jan. 23 R. S. Clark to B. Flynn and Wm. Kitchen, lota 2, 3, and 4 B. 3, sunnyside, Sumpter; $750. Oct. 24 Melvin Clark to J. B. Stoddard, lots 11, 12 B. 3, South Sumpter; 1880. Oct 31, '02 I. B. Sturges and wife to B. G. Hobbs, lots 20 and 21 B. 3, Stewart's 2nd adn to Baker City; 9130. Aug. 5 Jas. Palmer and wife to M. Buchanan, lots 17 to 21 B. 7, Wllovale; 8100. Jan. 11 Central Trust &. Ins. Co. to S. O. Conuell, 100 acres Sec. 2 and 3 T. 0 R. 40 E. 81,000. Jan. 22 Victor Gieensdalo to 1st M. E. church, 8H lota 11 and 12 B. 28, Huntington; 8125. Sept. 28 Andrew Bowman and wife to Pine Creek G. M. Co. 1C0 acres Sec 2 T. 12 R. 30 E. ; 81. Sept. 30 State of Oregon to Alice A. Fain, NEtf NW Sec 4 T. 10 K. 40: 8150. June 20 R. Wallbrunn to L. Lev Inger, one-half interest in lots 7 and 8 block C, Do Rooa adu to Baker City; 81. MINING MATTERS. DBIDS. Feb. 5 M. C. Smith ,and wife to J. H. Pearson, one-balf Interest In Centipede quartz claim; 8500. Jan. 3 Leah Paul to Eagle Mng Co., North Eagle & Winchester quartz claim 910. Feb. 8 F. A. Williamson, to Guy E. Pearson, 13 interest iu Yankee Girl and Mary Belle quartz claims; 60. Feb. 12 Cluy E. Plerson to Sophia Plerson, 10 interest in same as last; 8100.. Sept. 30 -Wm. Qlvlns to Portland Trading Co., Gravel Bar quartz claim; fl. Hotel Griffin FIRST CLASS MEALS AND ROOMS RATES H AfcD fl.SS PKR DAY O. M. 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Tickets to and horn all parta of the United States, Canada and Europe. Through Pullman Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars dally to Omaha, Chicago, Spokane; Tourist Sleeping car daily to Kansas City ; through Pullman tourist steeping cars (per sonally conducted) weekly to Chi cago, Kansas City; reclining chair cars (seats free) to the East daily. For particulars, call on or address H. O. Bowmas, Agent, Baker City, Ore. - - OREGON 4i .. Uv". .-. . ...,-u, A.,4'3