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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1904)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February 24, ior-4 J LAST PAYMENT ON THE MIDWAY MN E been handicapped by luck of water, wblch lank will be remedied by' the installation of tbe pump above de scribe'!. Herald. CAMP NO 2 GOING AS USUAL Original Owners Received $5,000 Through-'' i The First National Bank on Time. i I ( J I t ' TIih last payment of do, 00(1 011 tbe paymclils AtlllMuo on thit's.u , Midway was made yetenhiy through Tbe pnyint-iit m on the Midway have tbe First National Imnk, to tbe orig- been met promptly mid eveiythlng imil owimiih, The piiyment was mudo icgiiVdlug ihurtiunsfer of t ho pioperty to Al Jones on IiIh own behalf mill iih but ' been ountfiuifed in a hiifdnsess ndinlnistiutnr on tbe estate of bin like manner, Tbe new 'people have biotber, tbe lale Samuel .loncs. l carried on development work cuutlii IIiiumt, .luhu .lone-, of Sboiboiie,lu(in8lyihimr-thTiriwtnl4ltloT'iiifthe 'Idaho, and ('barley Stair. mine, electing one of the largest 'i'blti eompleteH the piiymeiitH on hoists in the statu. It in a Cracker .Midway group, which , Cieek mother lode property, and (inijit lietjdes, of the Oregon Lnm- borccainpuny. is here today, leniysi that camp No. 'J, at Dean's siding. the greater poitlon of tbe men ' nut on uncouuf of n reduction of wages, fa Kidnii now full blit., ' 'With, the e.Nception of two or tlnte;, instances the place-- of the quitting logger- have been tit piled, and everything Is cuing us ii.nwil, Oil' account ot the dul!ne-s of the lumberl market tbe company bad to ictienoh, and a reduction of wages was thought, advisable. l ' ,, , i SPECIAL NOTICE K you want to read a free and inde pendent paper, devoted to the inter est of mining and current events, which is not controlled ity any pro moting concern, such as most of the 'jinpuTH in tbe east are, cent! for u free -ample, copy of ' NEW YORK BANKER .':i jiltOAJWAY, NKW YOKK the original was taken nc 'thiough tbe puny, hater home hide cbiiniH were iicipilrcd by t lio hiiiiii company, fiotii (he oilgiiial nwncis of the Midway by .Hiouv FiiIIh people gives tbe promise of becoming one of (ioiser lleudryx com-1 the big mini's of IIiLh district. Tbe vein leceully cut oil the oiosseut from tbe shaft shows gieat strength, cairylug the chaiaotcristiu Ciacker gioiip pioper, and theie me some Cieek uies. 1 SNOW SLIDE AT fuse'd to sell 11 foot of laud to settlers al any price. The applicants have -rtir Ol TTC rDAIIDlll'l''l!r""'1' 'wl' 'ur "ll' pill pose of f InC I LAI I O uKULIl I lighting the suit which is to be insti tuted by tint Southern Oicgnn com-piiuv. 'I LARGEST PLACER PUMP IN EASTERN OREGON. licit Husk, who has chuige of the I development wink at the I'latts gnlupl i'l the Konk Cieek dlstilet, Is in to attend the K of I. cnmcutinii. Mr. ISiIsk tells 11I1011I 11 couple of snow slides at the piopcity Sunday and .Monday, but loituuatcly they did no. Tbe biggest placer milling pUUJp damage, beyond blilcklng the build- In the "VCsV1uih iiirIverTi"ITuk'ef lugs up with silow. idly for -hlpnicnt to the property nf The suii' at the lear of the build- j the .Meichauts tinld, .NHuilui coin, lugs was bunked up and the sides puny, eighteen' mlieif wet tt Jinkir went oxer without doing tiny injury. I City, owned liv u stiong 'syndicate of Mr. Kiisk savs deelopmeiit at the , east I eu men. The mound is rich in I'latts group is torlly. pioccedlug sutisfuc- coarse gold and. was formerly con trolled t"lfle!il lllisihei-s and pro fcssioual men, at the bead of whom weic Dr. I), II. .McDauiel and V 11 IImiii ,1. Puttetson, of the Queen City Fuiiiltiiio company. A coutrnllitig iiiteiest in the company was leceutly The dlscoeiy by a .Maishtleld law, sold to ea-tein men, the local pintles llrm of a delect in the title to a bilge i retaining u hem v intere-t. Tin. Iili- known as the Coo- Hay nuuin which Is now at the O. If. A- N. LAWYERS CLOUDED TITLE TO RGETKAGT OF OREGON LAND. tiact ot laud wagon load lauds, held bv a coi posi tion kuniwi as tbe soutbeiu Olegoii company, has ciiummI tbe tiling of '.'00 applications tor iiiarler sections on the tract, which in one ot the mo-t valuable pieces ol timber land in tbe iiortbwe-t It is claimed that this immcut-civ valuable tiact of timber is held in tiust liy the Southern Oiegou com puny for the people, the clause In the original giant to the state of Ore gnu tiom the fedeial government being npeiavtUc, in which It iccltes the laud shall not be sold to Individ uals other than citizens of the United Stutcb mid in 1 1 nets not larger than 100 acre- mid at a price not to exceed f'J.fiO or less than gl.'JD. This laud hits always been held us a whole by the corporation ami upon thin point hinges the fate of tbe .'()( Hppllcutolns to purchase the laud. Intense excitement prevails us the reMilt of the diaolokurvM rrgardluH the title. ThU eouipuny hut pemUteutly re- depot, lielug tiaufeiied to the Sump ter Valley for shipment to I.oekhart station, was made by tbe Aiueiican Splnil Woi ks of Chicago, and Is ot the Knowles make, weighing ,."il)0 pounds, capable of lifting I, 'J 100 gal lons of water per minute. The boiler accompanying weighs l.'i.OOO pounds, imil the total shipment tips the scales at :i'.l,:UHi pounds. Piesident n. F. .Inn, of Hough ton, Michigan, uccnmpuuicM the ship ment and will personally superin tend the itiuugiirutiou of woik In the eaily spring, Tbe giouiid to lie worked by the Merchant company lies along the bed of Pine creek, Jl'.wOO feet In length. The big pump will be Installed on lliirut river and the witter will be pumped In the bead of the grouud for sluicing. The undertaking is a gigantic one, and its operation will be watched with Interest by tbe mhisr ot the entire weit. The Pine creek placer have long been noted for their extreme rlchnew, bat have STICK TO OLD TERMS .EVENl IF INCORRECT. Tfieroi i if' glowing IncllunHDu among some o'f the high-toned writ eis for eastern scientific journals to .UIDWt.oliJiJiud..i.w,lpu q,ut .JIjb cherished old mining terms with which wo have been familiar since the pioneer ilayo begun. For ex ample, they don't like tho word "chute" to designate a detlned ore body; therefore, have substituted "shout." Next, they tlud fault with our good old term "tipiaiee," saying ll is "an iiiifoitunuto collo(iiltilism which bus ciept Into mining par lance. " A raise must be "up;" it would be quite as proper to say a "down winze" as it In to say an up raise." That may be all right'. iu a technical sense, but why attempt, to "jar no loose" from it lot of things we are well used to and don't like to let l'ii ur? Next theie In an objection, almost I violent, to the term "country rock."' It' ought to be written like this "tbe country is gianite. " or tho "lode peimeates a schist country," or "the vein exhibits limestone on boli-wulls.'1 That w)lT do for Uostou or London leadeis, but we will stick to the old vernacular, however crm ii-'may neuni. Most of our mining teruis nave-been imported fiom Cor ulshmeu and, having learned their style, it has become ingrained, soit of grafted on o'every memory. q'( fild times when drill pounding was u de light. lien. Hull lu Denver Post. Summer School of Mines. ' A novel experiment in mining education is to be tried this summer under the joint direction of the School of Mines of the Columbia uulvcislty, tbe mining dcpuitmctit of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech oology and the Lawieuce and Shef Held. Sciuiitlllu School of Hurrd and Vnle Universities. It Is pro posed that the senior mining students of the four Institutions named, and possibly of tbe Coloiado School of Mines, shall hold a joint sesi-iou for the study ot piactical mining and mliiu engineering this summer iu one of the mining districts of Colorado. The students will go into camp at a mine to be located for the purpose, a small force of skilled miners will be employed us instructors, and the students will engage In actual gold mining opciutlaus. Professor Henry S. Mu'uroe, of Culumbiu, has been appointed director of the school for the tlrst year, and he will have under him h corps of competent instructors. drawn from the several institutions, (ieoige Crocker has offered to pay the cost of the school tb'it Bummer, and bin donated 11 'J, 000 for tbh pnrpoie. Kxcnange; ' THE NATIONAL BANKER 14 16 U Salt St. CHICAGO, - ILLINOIS A journal of National circulation. I? read by bankers, capitalists, in vestors, retired merchants. 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