THE SLIMPTER MINER
Wednesday, March 2$, 1904
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ORE BUYING FUND
FOR THEJMELTER
Representative of Eastern
Stockholders Has Finished
Investigations.
F. I), Fuller, of Now Vnrk, who
Iiiih boon hitrii for suvoinl weeks fit
tllU illHllllK'n of tin cantum stock
holilurH of tlm Oregon Hmoltlng ntiil
Itofluiug (oiiiiiiny, in I tut matter of
form 11 ln( I itu 11 rcmimumudatinu ruin
tl vi (o mi on1 purchasing fmiil, iiHkiil
for by 1 1111 Iiicnl niiiuiiuciiieut, Iiiih com
plnliiil IiIh IiivchIIuiiIIiiiih. Mr. Fuller
lofl on (IiIh iiflitrnooti'H Iriiin.
While tin iIih'IIiidh to tinikn any
Hpcclflu Hlalomoul for publication iih
to tlm character of IiIh report, tin)
glnt of It, iih fur lln till) 010 purchasing
fiitnl Ih coiu-orncd, Ih no ilonlit pio
figured In whnt ho Iiiih to say iiliont
Hid smelter mill tin) (IIhUiIcI hi gun
onil. l'Voiu I IiIh it in inferred Unit
IiIh roooimiiondatlnu Ih highly favor
able. Mr. Fuller, although liandl
ciipnod liy Imil weather mid mi extra
ordinary miionnt of sun, Iiiih visited
thu principal producing properties In
tlm district with 11 vimv to dolor
tnlnliiK thn iiiiioiint mill valuo of nru
thoy ciin fiiriilHh. Ilo Iiiih tmiilu n
syHteiiinllu riinviiHH of thn Hittiiition,
omitting not thn smallest detail in,
collecting 1I11I11 on which to Iiiiho IiIh .
report. I In says:
"Von, no iliiulit, appru'lato tin'
liiiHition in will iih I nut placed. I
wiih mint hum by tlm eiisloui stock- (
lntlilorH of thn Smelter compiiny to
report to them in thin mutter. While
DOES NOT THINK DAMAGE
AT CHLORIDE VERY GREAT
II. (J. Armstioug, of linker City,
tumiagur of the Chloride, wIioho
buildings weie recently demolished
liy a snow Hllde, wiih on the train thin
morning, going out to the Green
lioriiH on mining business.
Mr. Armstrong says no attempt
will be made to opeiate the property
until thu huh roliovcH the weight of
Know now- covering tho mauhiuery
mill IiouhIiiuh, These are buried to
11 depth of some thirty feet. Ilo does
not think, however, that tho dmuauo
will amount to a groat deal. The
mine, he says, will bo operated when
thu snow Ih none, iih IihiiiiI.
franklin Group At Pine
Itny Clarke, of Juessen A- Clarke,
thu uUKlueerlnK llrm formerly located
here, was iu town today between
traltiH. Mr. ClHrkii ha tho superln
tendency of tho Franklin group at
l'liio, Idaho. Ilo says that work ia
proceeding satisfactorily and the
property makluR an encouraging
howiug.
I realize the fuel tlmt tlio conclu
hIdiih 1 Imvi) riached unci tho rccom
iiitiinliilioiiH I Iiiivu to offer lire of
mori) or Ii'nh Importance to thin min
ing district, yet lit tho hi mo time,
t IiIh liitormiitloii Ih for my employers
mill not for tho goncral piihllc.
Thorefuie, I do not feel lit liberty to
give It out. 1 wish I cuild. for I
fully reiilio thu iinportmit relation
tho monitor hiikIiiIiih toward thu min
ing liiiltinlry of thu ciimp.
"Hut I will say thin: After n
thorough examination of thu smelt
ing pliint mid thuorcH of the district,
1 llnd that thu plant Ih thoroughly
adapted to their rediiL'tlon. It Ih
modern in equipment and appoint
ment, in fact A 1 in every respect.
Of Uh kind and capacity, very few
butter smelters are to be found In
tho coimtiy. Tho only thliiK Uou
which I(h success hinges, that lean
nee, Ih 11 Hiilllclunt fund to purchaso
1111 udeiiiatu ore Hiipply."
While, iih Htated above, tho general
character of Mr. Fuller's report inny
bo inferred, yet ho decline for rea
sons Htated, to go into detailH. Thu
coiicIiihIoiih reached by Mr. Fuller
relative to the district are very
favorable and coming from the emi
nent authority on Hinulturn and mili
um that hu Ih, carry more than ordl
miry weight.
MOUNT RASTUS CLAIMS
SHOWING UP GREAT
ClaluiH on Murray Hill, iu Mount
ItiiHltiH district, upon which develop
ment work Iiiih beuu carried on all
winter are turning out to bo boumi7ii8
mid that there will bu Kreat activity
In thu district an soon iih tho weather
mid roiidn will permit Ih without
pcradvouturo of n duubt.
Dr. II. K. Curry, of Mils city Ih In
receipt of a letter from a mine owner
in tho camp under dato of March K,
from which tho followhiK excerpt Ih
Klveu to tho public by the Demecrat:
"Tho 1 1 ay coed Minion cuuipauy
have Htruck it rich In their tunnel.
Thoy arc offered 80,000 for their
group of claim. They hare a put a
door and lock ou the tunuel aud will
not allow any strnager to no Into the
tuuuol "
A uuinber of liaker City people
who last fall located claims in Mouut
Kastua dUtrlct are preparing to send
in supplies to carry ou development
aa aoou aa possible.
Pittsburg, Peusylvauia, capitalist?,
through local representatives, have
already forwarded to the camp several
wagon loada of auppliea and will
operate there on a large scale the
coming summer.
Thn Democrat has good reasons for
believlog that the Mount Raatua
gold camp will produce many rich
mluoH this year and before fall
several stamp mills will be iu course
of erection. Democrat.
WAS MISSED
BY AVALANCHE
ChnrlesVarren,vico president of the
Valley Queen compauy, Is iu from the
property Friday. Mr. Warren has
been Indisposed for some time, but
is much Improved. ?
As ho mid Tom Gray, superln
(undent of-tho mine, came ovtr to
thu California yosteidny, they uiir
rowly missed bolug ongulfod with a
snow slide. It ciimo thundering
down tho mountain suow slidox
always thunder aud stopped dead
Hhort wlthiu three barleycorns ot
thelt fcot
Mr. Warrnu hii.vh the mine Is look
lug mighty good. Drift No. 1 hat.
proceeded thirty feet, uud has about
four feet of lively luokiug quartz in
thu facu. The formation has
changed from talc to quartz.
Superiutondcut (iray sent iu a lino ot
HiunplcH today.
SATISFACTORY WORK
AT MOUNTAIN VIEW
II. S. Cake, of Portland, presldout
of tho Mountain View Miuiug com
pauy returned homo today after a
week's visit to tho property. Dr.
Tectinw, supeiltitendout of the mine,
ciimo in with him and will remiln
over until tomorrow.
President Cake says that every
thing is looking good at the mine. A
force of eighteen men Ih being worked
and operatloUH are advancing with
nut Inflatory lesults. Mr. Caku went
agaiiiHt about ton feet of snow, how
ever, however, which was not much
to his liking
Revival of Old Times.
That it Ih hard to estimate thu life
of a mine ia evidenced by a recent
development iu Ophir, that old Nova
da honan7a. After twenty-four years
till tt CouiHtock proposition has como
forward with a dividend nmouutiug
to 25 cents a share. Ah in tho days
of old, when California was Corn
stock mad, fortunes were made and
lost In a day, Cotnstock la tho en
chanting spot wboru wealth's rejected
suitors love to liugei. It Is not the
brtlliaut memories that cluster about
this spot, but the stories ot the now
wealth that holds public interest.
It was said that Ophir has had Ha
day. This la no doubt true, but it
ia also true that it my see better
days. It whs thought that tho old
bonanza bad been worked out. It ia
do wonder theu that the report of a
wonderful discovery of ore Iu the
1800-foot level of this property
should seud Comatook shores soaring.
The old treasure vault has been ro
opeued, aud was uot this fact alone
enough to start one of the old
excltemena? During the first week
of tola month over two huudred
carloads of ore were mined from the
Ophir. Uondaand Mortgages.
I.X.L WILL DOUBLE
MILL CAPACITY
Consulting Engineer Carter
Confirms Report of Rich
Ore at Property.
U. A. Carter, who runs an nanny
ofilco at Greenhorn aud ia consulting
engineer for the I. X. L., came In
last night and loft for Uaker City
this afternoon.
Mr. Carter sayb that the I. X. L.
will double tho capacity of ita mill
within a short time. Tho preeeut
capaci'y is about teu tons n day,
which will be Increased to twenty by
thu addition of now machinery.
Mr. Carter confirms tho reports
recently puhlipchd In The Miner
regarding tho rich ore at tho prop
erty. Ou the No 1 aud No. 2 levels
oio tins been encountered which ruua
as high as 8H.000 to tho ton. Tho
mill, he says, is running full tltno
aud the property making a most excel
lent showing.
CONTEST OVER POSSESSION OF
A WONDERFUL ARIZONA CAVE
A dispatch from Tombstone,
Arlzoun, says that tho government
last week entered suit against M. J.
Duffuer, asking for a permanent
lujuucttou restraining him from en
tering luto possession of a wouderful
cave ou the Chirlcabua forest re
serve. United States Attoruey Nave,
who filed the suit, also gave notice
that he would Iu teu days apply for
a temporary injutmtlonu.
The cave iu queatlou 1b said to
rival the famous Mammoth Cave in
Kentucky. It was discovered somo
mouths ago, and Duifuer located it
aa a miuiug claim, which location
tho government disputes asj fraud
ulent. Duifuer has takeu 83,000
worth of specimens from the prop
erty. Tho beautiful crystals have
been sold lu all the large cities of the
southwest. Tho government sent
an inspector to the scene, aud Duff
uer threatened to feuce iu the prop
erty.
Forest Supervisor Charles T.
Mcliluuo investigated tho envo and
found wonnerful labyrinths, beautiful
chambers, underground lakes, marvel
ous specimens and eudlesa corridors.
Tho envo has never been fully ex
plored. It is located a mile northeast
of tho S. U. ranch, ou the Chlrlcahua
forest reserve, in Cochiso couuty.
Tho applications for a temporary
injuuetiou will be beard by Judgo
F. V, Doau in chambera iu
Floreuce.
WHITTIER HAS DONE AN
OLD FORTY NJNtR IN CLAY.
A. D. Wbittier, who does things
In clay, baa turued out auotber ex
quisite piece of work at bia studio
over against the sign of Olympus,
where d Hauser passes out refresh
ments. The oew work of art is a study Id
clay entitled, "From the Frontier,"
and Is a typical Forty-niner. It
shows the early westerner to perfec
tion, aud as a character study is a
work of uousual merit.