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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, February 24, ior-4
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LAST PAYMENT ON
THE MIDWAY
MN
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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-''
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The First National Bank on
Time.
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' 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 ' ,, ,
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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
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.':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.
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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.
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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;
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' CAPITALIZATION $100,008
F. C. BUODIK,
M. F. MUZZY,
F. O. RUCKNUM, -O.
II. CHAXCK,
C; II. FKNNKK,
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Sec. and Trent)
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