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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1904)
LuMm VOL-V. SUIY1PTER, OREGON, MARCH 2, 190 NO. 6 MACHINERY FOR THE NEW YORK ARRIVES tiu reading pnhiiu into i'iIh "I'li-'CTADM UINC I FftTF kiint, liv sityltiu thiit ho .lot' nut do-1 0 I "111 VI IVIIlU LLUUL sire to meet with tlin ininiHtriittoiiH ' -,.... ... -aaiv tr of the Oregon knocker, iilinut whom J f T !U HOiIII flnF ho has read u bit and hi'tuil 11 .KM'iit1 Wl mUUUI VHL. (I fill more. Herald. 1 Indications Are That a Manager Nepple Went Out Today to Super vise Installation of Hoist And Stamps. C. C. Xepplc, of linker City, imiu agor of the Xmv York group, in the (iroouhorns, wont through this morn ing to superintend tho installation of now machinery at tho property. This machinery consists of a hoifit having 11 500 foot depth capacity, two steam stamps, pumps and hollers. A car load, including the last con signment, went ovortho road to Whit uey tndny. Mr. Nopplo hm made arrangements tu havo this transferred at once to tho mine. The distance from Whitney Ih uhout tlfloon miles, lint tho roads nro well broken, and no (llUlculty will bo experienced in making tho transfer. Tho foundations for the machinery are now under wuy, and all tho buildiiiKH are practically completed. Tho work of installation will start as soon as tho last car arrives. Mr. Nepple thinks that in the oourso of fl.xty days, or loss tlmo, everything will bo in readiness for operations. It la the purpose nf tbo - management to go to a depth of 000 feet without cessation. Tbo two stamps will handle from seven to eight tons of ore a day, and it Is tho policy to add tu thee as dovolopmnnt proceeds and couditous wnrrant. The additional capacity of tho holler will run forty stamps, and u material increase of stamps is the oud In viow. Tho Now York adjolim tho (. X. L.. and is regarded 113 one of tbo most promising of (Iroenhoru prop erties Its location will at once justify such a conclusion. BIG INFLUX OF HOMESEEKERS Dan Norman, of Portland, for merly of C'bioaKO, who is largely In terested lu thu (Jolconda, arrived here this morning and will spend several days iu tho city and at the property. Ho and Manager Howard will go out to tho inino either tonight or iu tho morning. Mr. Norman was greatly surprised upon arriving to Hud such 'Hue weather iu Similiter. "Why," said lie, "when I left Portland ponplo told mo that I should take my heav iest oveiocoat with mo, hut I find I do not need it at all Tho fact is that very fow persona hero appear to have any use fur this garment. And why should they, for the weather is like spring. It is vastly preferable to the eternal rtfln of Portland." Mr. Norman left Chicago iu Jan uary, and therefore Is lu close touch with the eastern situation. The thing, however, wbicb strikes blm most forcibly Is tho heavy tide of bnmeseokers and investors coming west this spring. Ho says: "I am familiar with 11 good many railroad people and I know that they are expecting the largest immigration this spring to the Pad do states in the history of tbo oounrty. People are' coming to Invest in homes, iu mines and various lines of activity. Already I have been Informed Mint the cash receipts dally at Irrlgou for Irrigated land la 810,000, aud this represents only 11 ono-twoutletb payment." VICTOR COMPRESSOR WILL SOON START. New York Millionaire Here. Alexander Chandler, of New York City, a millionaire steel magnate, is iu liakor City, having arrived from tho east last evening. He expects to remain here a week. Ills mission is count I'tcd with mine Investment in this loglon. It Is rumored that if pending negotiations are consum mated 0110 of tho biggest deals in' the history of the stato will have been pulled otf. Doing a millionaire Mr. Chandler has loug sluco learned the efficacy of saying nothing. He ob serves a golden silence with reference to his plans in tbla part of the world. He exouses himself for nut taking Tho Victor compressor plant , it is thought, will lie ready for operation by tho middle of the month. Tho buildings uro pratclcally completed, aud tho delay lu stinting Ih now mainly duo to tho foundations. Those have not yet dried, aud it will require some little tlmo for this to tako place. Tho Victor plant is 11 live drill one. Al ti'oUor, of tiolsor it 1 leu dry x, tbo company having tho man agement of the property, and J. X, Esselstyn, consulting engineer for tbo firm, went out to the property today to look after tho work. Stranqe Elastic Marble. In one account uf Jtomo an author mentions live or six slabs of elastic inarhlo as being iu tho possession of Prince Durghcsc. Doing set 011 end tlujy bend backward and forward. When laid horizontally and raised at end they' form a curve. If placed on a table and a piece of wood or any other substance Is laid under them they fall Into a kind of curve, each end touching tho table. Tho Aline Portls was told that they wore dug up near tho town of Moudragou, in the kingdom of Naples. Tho grain is like that of Hue Ciarara marble, or perhaps of tho finest, (ireek. They seem to have sulfered somo attack of lire. A slab of marble similar lu every respect to tlioso described aud highly polished has been exhibited for fears at tho Drltlsh museum. M. Kleiivlau do llelviie succeeded lu making common granular quart com- pletly flexible by exposing It to a 1 coital 11 degree of heat. In Lincoln cathedral. Kiiglaud, there is 1111 inch built of white iniirlilii which lu 1111II1, eli.stlc. yielding to a heavy tieail mid' returning or leboui ding to its orlg ' iiiul position on elastic principles.- Hxuhaugo, Psyche People Back. Judge J. P. Dreeu, of Omaha, lie I comauied by his brother K. .1. Dreeu, ' of Fort Dodge. Iowa, and (Seorge II. 1 Woodhouse, of Hstorville, Iowa, who are interested In the Psycho returned from a mining trip to tho Ornouhorus today. Judge Dreori stopped off lu ' Humpter aud the other two went on I to Portlaud. j Vast Ore Body Will be Opened up in this Drift. A telephone moHssago was locolved Sunday from tho Advance company's properties iu Cable Cove wbicb stated that tho hanging wall on tho Storm King ledge had just been cut, expos ing a lino looking body of quartz, similar to tho shoot opened up lu tho drift, --ri toot higher up tbo iiiuiiu- tain. Ah tho urosHCtit strikes tho lodge at least '250 feet to the west of the old workings, tho chances nro that, a vast body of ore will be en countered while drifting under the old tunnel. It la the purpose of tbo mausgement to double shift 'on the Storm King until the ore body la opened up lu the best possible shape, thou the work will be dlrcontlnuod at this point, owing to tho fact that no preparation has been made to caro for tho ore, and It might us well re main iu the mine until such tlmo when tho one handling will place it lu reduction works. Mauager Costello has bad somo of this ore just opened on the Storm King assayed, the two assays giving tho gratifying Kresnlt of illl.UO and MO. 10. iu gold and silver, the former predominating. This Is at 11 depth of only fifty feet. Tho work lu tho Honest Dollar drift Is progressing very nicely, and with most encouraging result, the nro looking better than over. This Ih undoubtedly owing to the fact that greater depth is being rapidly gained. This, In turn, has a tendency to straighten the lodge Into place, 11 slightly wider width becoming more manifest ouch day, as the work pro gresses. The Jessie and Ooldeu Utile arc being explored lu a limited manner by shaft. At pi ennui tho shaft la down about twenty feet, with tho nro looking better each day. This Is u very big ledge; so far as prospected it is more than sixty feet lu width. It Is highly probable tho shaft will bo sunk at least fifty feet before tho molting snow will cause enough water to How lu 10 stop the wink. Of all tlin possessions belonging to the company, of which they are justly proud, tbo one that they are placing fill Hi iu is I he I r uuigulfli'out water rights on tho John Day river. They hare more than enough for future Improvements as at present outllucd, but as time goes 011 ami they open up tho different minis, li Is highly prob able uses will lie found for every Inch of water. " 1