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VOL. V.
SUMPTER. OREGON, MARCH jo, 1904
NO. 30
DR. BROCK GETS A BOND
ON GOLDEN CHARIOT.
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Ledge in Lime Formation That Garries Phe
nomenally High Values in
Gold.
Dr. llrouk returned from l!nlur
City thin forenoon and brought with
lit m 11 bond oti tho (joiden Cluiriot
miulng olaini, generally kuowu iih tho
"Door (Juloh" proporty, on which
Wado nni Camp hold nn option for
some months mid which has expired.
The IcdKo Ih on patontcd ground,
owned by tho Oregon Lumber com
puny, and the bond which Dr. lirook
has secured Is signed by David
Eccles, lt preHldeiit. Tho exact
prico tho parties ton tho agreement
will not imiko public; but is under
stood to bo somowhero in tho neigh
borhood of thirty or forty thousand
dollars. Tho boud runs for ten
uioiittiH from yesterday.
No property in eiiHtern Oregon ex
isted mnro Interested attention last
year than did the Coldeu Chariot.
Local miiiiiiK men were especially
interested In tho proposition, for tho
reason that it Ih the first instuueo
whore sold values were fouud in a
lime forniutlon ill this section of
country; though such Is not au un
usual occurrence hi either Muutaua
or Colorado. Then, too, it had pro-
vlnusly been thunght that thero weio
no gold ledges In that vicinity. The
laud had been tiled on for tho timber,
which had boon logged nlf and tho
ground was considered prautlrallv
worhtlosa until thin discovery was
niado. " It was another and strikingly
surprising proof of tho old saying
nmn iik minors that "gold is where
you llnd it."
Messrs. Wade .v. Camp uncovered
some remarkably rich oro while they
wore working the pioperty, running
into thousands of dollars in gold,
which wiih plainly visible to the
naked eye. It wiih the sensation of
last season, and every mining man
who visited this section trlfd to got
hold of it, but there was somo troublo
about h previous bond that had been
given aud duriiiK the life of the
VVado & Camp option a dear title
could not bo given. ' Now, however,
overythiug has beou stiiilghteued out
aud thore Is no trouble ou that score.
Dr. liroek's bond provides that ho
cau mine aud sell the ore, uuder cer
tain conditions, aud he aud his nsso
elates will probably work the prop
erty during the coming eeasou.
MINERS STRIKE AT
E. AND E. SETTLED
liy ou almost unanimous voto tho
llnurnn Miners' Union passed a res
olution at tho meeting held Satur
day night to end tho strlko and
return to work. V. P. .Mo.Mulleu,nf
the Miners' Executive committee, was
hern today having some notices
printed declarinK tho strike at an
end. ilo stated that the E. and E.
miners reported for duty this morn
ing, but owiug to the fact that some
little repair work about the pumps, is
necessary, it will probably be a
couple of days before their services
will be needed. Hut all is quiet,
everything is settled, harmony pre
vails aud there is a general lejoio-
lug among the business aud mining
interests over the turn tho matter has
taken.
Tho notice in ipicstinu stales that
the strike by tho llnurno .Miners'
Union, No. It!, W. I M., against
the llnurno (inld Milling company
(E. and E. ) nn the issue of com
pulsory boarding is declared nlf, to
which is appended thefollowiug names
of the cemmittee: (S. II. Mon
kittriok. .1. D. Moore, W. P. Mo-
Million ,1. C. Ilurton, and A. il.
Uileasou.
Notwithstanding tho fact that
linker Citywants to butt in and
claim the credit of settling the
strike, it remains that whatever good
or bad effects are to be accredited to
the presence of some Uaker citizens,
the settlement was largely due to
Cato HfJobns aud Claude Uasohe. of
Sumpter, as a brief history of the
transaction will show. In the first
place, Cato Johns, on buhnlf'of the
business interests of Sumptcr, ad
dressed a letter to,l. S.JWyatt, su
perintendent of the E. aud E., sot
ting forth tho strko condition which
ho understood to exist, it's probable
oirect on tho district if allowed to
continue, and concluding that if tho
matter were presented in u concilia
tory spiilt the disagreement could
bo lived up to the mutual ndviintiigo
of nil concerned,
Ituplyiug U to this Mr. Wyutt
stated that the hoarding house ar
rangement was not compulsory, there
wiih 110 disposition to discriminate
against the union or other nllllln
tloiis, lesorvlug (he right, however,
to hire or dlsclmigo whomsoever he
pleased, lie evpit'ssed no desire to
Injiiie or nttu-'k iinr association or
ludvldiiiil, and hoped that the dllfor
o h'ch would be speedily settled to the
advantage of nil. Acting on Ihuse
fair and reiisouiiblo statements, Mr.
IrlitiH Snturdity morning took with
him Claude Uascho aud proceeded to
the sec.1- of tmuMo. They wrestled
with tho factious all day, uldtd
mayhap by tho linker City contin
gent, and their efforts bore fruit.
Snt 111 diiy night, by the almost unani
mous voto of the .union to buiy the
hatchet and return to work. H will
bo soon from this that it was Sump
tor men who took tho unifier of ad
jusmeut up mid carried It to a suc
cessful terminal. on.
WORK PROGRESSING
At THE STORM KING
T. J. Cnstolln, mauager of tho
Storm King, stated today that there
Is some water In tho Jesse aud (loldoti
Iiule shaft, but not enough to caiiso
any serious apprehension at this
time. Tho shaft Is all In ore which
is improving in iiuallty with depth.
Work ou tho Honest Dollar drift
is proceeding and Mr. Costello slates
that ho Is almost certain tho vein is
in place and will lino up to its true
direction. Tho Storm King drift Is
rapidly improving with disfnijce.
Tho vein now measures fiom sl.v to
seven feet between walls Mr. Cos
tello will return to tlin properly to
11101 row.
Weaver Brothers Back.
Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Weaver, ami
Joseph Weaver returned this morning
from (Josbon, Iudlaiia, wfaoro they
spent tho whiter at their old home.
The Weaver brothers, with W. It.
Hawloy, own the Uuck (Jnlcb placers
out the Uranite road. They made a
Reed clean-up last fall, and will
operate the property extensively the
coming season.
NEW LEDGE STRUCK
AT COUGAR MINE
A report comes from C.ninifo that
au exceedingly rich strike litis been
made at I ho Cougar.
It Is slated that Isiinc Nail, who
hns charge of the development work
tor the Hpoknue ownets of the prop
erly, a few dnys igo encountered u
ledge hi the crosscut he wiih driving,
1 0 veil ling me which to all appear
raiUMis wiih of a vciy high grnde.
Hampli- of it have been sent In Spo
kane for assay. The leporl stales
Unit the ledge measures between seven
mid eight feet, din-losing tho best
body ninl highest guide of ore yet.
disclosed at the property.
SUIT TO SET ASIDE
FRAUDULENT MORTGAGE
.1. .1. llmmi-Hhv Iiiih instituted suit
against the Cracker Cradle Hold
Mining company and Colburu &.
Peck, of Milwaukee, to set nslde tho
mortgngo given by the company on
ItH propercty, the Dewey, Lost Lodo
and Molalla claims, Cracker Creek
district, to Colhuru Ar T'eek, for
i? 11 III, and make his judgment of
(H'i the first lieu ou the properly.
In the complaint It Ih alleged that:
this mortgage is fraudulent: that It
wiih ulveu for the purpose of prevent
ing plaintiff from collecting a judg
ment, when the ofllcers of the com
pany learned that he was about to
sue.
Tho company made no appearance
In tho first suit, and judgment whh
taken by default. Attorney Smith,
of linker City, received a letter from
0110 of I liu oillcors asking him In take
the case, but when he suggested that
a retainer would be necessary, thero
was no response.
And that Is tho kind of outfit tho
Mllwuakee biiuch seems to be.
SAMPLING WORKS
GETTING IN ORE
The Sumptcr Sampling mid Testing
works started in today on consign
ments of ore from (he Occidental and
Phil Sh ridiiii. Shipments arc coin
ing In regulailv'ii'iw, and the Indica
tions are that the company will have
all It can do in the future. A run ou
TaherFiactlon oro has just bren com
pleted. Tho ccmiHiiy is in a position to
treat ore fioni the imaller piopertieH
aud give ridy ifluius, in eddithm
to Its recommeudation relative to the
process required and the reduction
machinery neoded in any given in
stance. '
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