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Wednesday, April 20. 1904
THE SUMPTER MINER
WORDS OF PRAISE
FOR OUR MINES
ores nre shipped tn Holee. Jlolomt,
nud Sim Friinaisco. We iiro entitled
to nil assay olllno mid we should,
must nud will huvo ono soon.
Eastern Oregon One of The
Richest Fields in The En
tire Northwest.
VAGARIES OF FORTUNE
AMONG MINING MEN
Ralph Royer, uow iu Portland,
after a trip troubgh Idaho, Utah and
motions of Oregou, has Riven the
Telegram the following interview
oonorernlng his opinion of the mln
lug wealth of this state as compared
with ethers:
"It would take a whole issue of
any paper in the Northwest to write
up the mining interests of the east
ern seotiou of this great state and do
the job thoroughly and well.
"We owe a larger proportion of
our success in business to tho min
eral resources of this stato than to
any other resource, business or in
dustry, and it Is uow time to come tu
the front in support of auy uud all
legitimate meusnros aud menus which
are now beiug inaugurated for the
purpose of fostering Oiegou's niln
ernl interests, encouraging our homo
investors nud iuvitiug euatrti capital
into our country. It is nothing more
than a statistical fact Unit over
83,500,000 is spent by prospectors,
miners and miumgers nud owners iu
this state every year, and that over
00 per cent of this immeiiHo sum Is
expended iu the purchase of goods
which are shipped from Portland, tho
business uud supply center. In ex
thaugo for this the cash returns to
bis city. In view of the magnitude
of these figures and the truth of these
statements, I do not believe that there
1h u morchniit in auy line of hus.
11 ess iu the city who will disagree
with me when 1 say tbut wore every
mine iu tho state to oIomo dowtr to
night for an Indefinite period, within
throe months every uiorcbunt would
miller aud some would go nut of
business.
"How about Sampler aud Dourue,
aud tho Ureeuborus and Cableville,
and Cornucopia aud Rastus, and the
Mormon Uasiu, etc., etc
"Well, as you know, when I was
there it was undor great difficulties.
Of course in jumping around over
the country I want to get a look at
the lay of tho land aud then go un
derground aud pass upou the forma
tion, development, etc., but up iu
that country a mouth ago there was
no land lay, at least I could not fceo
auy. There was nothing but suow,
and snow, uud on top of that was
more snow. But I got around pretty
well, enough to get a good start foi
my trip next July, aud I call sny that
eastern Oregou is one of the richest
tlelds for mining iu the entire North
west country.
"I cannot uow enumerate nil of
the mines, operating or developing,
and prospects iu that VHst territory,
about which you ask, but 1 may sny
brielly und approximately that hero
are probably ten properties and plants
in the several counties east of inert
dlau 119 and south of Suako river
which aie producing annually an
average of 8300,000. Without u
thorough investigation I Mould not
attempt to euumerate the prospects
and the mines under development.
You must understand that it is well,
nigh impossible to get data ou the
output of the mines of Oregon, be
cause we have no assay office and our
A Short time ago some parties sent
I out a prospecting outfit into Snnorn,
Mexico, searching for gold and nolh
' ing else One of the prospectors, In
1 particular, was a gold bug, and auy
' thing but gold was so much country
I ock iu his estimation.
I After knockiug around the country
I for a few days these gold hunters
struck a country that was particularly
promising iu copper anJ silver. A
good ledge of silver bear lug rock was
struck and the two prospectors chip
ped off a few p locos with their pros
pector's picks, just enough to boo
that the rook carried silver, but was
note very promising as a gold propo
sition. They turned this down and
left for parts where the yellow metal
might be found. In their hunt for
the gold they ran across an old pro
spector and mining man named
Magnrell, to whom tho prospectors
told tho story or the silver ledge
which they hud truued down, because
It carried uo gold. Magnrell went
to the place und located and pros
pected it thoroughly uud provol to
his own satisfaction that tho dis
covery wns h valuable one. After
doing a little work ou it he met
parties who wero looking for a silver
proposition. Ho had just what thoy
wanted. Thirty-five thousand dollars
was offered. Mugnrell accepted the
olfer and a bond deal was made.
Five thousand dollars waspaid down to
.Magnrell In nuglnss, Arizona, within
the last foiv days and the buyers
will begin opening up the silver ledge
at once. Tho two prospectors, who
had turned down this silver mlno
have returned to Douglass. Tholr
search for gold hud proved fruitless.
In tho meantime tho silver ledgo that
thoy hud not thought worth taking
hud been bonded for 8115,000 uud u
poor prospector mduu a fortune.
Mining and Kuglneorlng Journal,
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OF SUMPTER
Capital Stock - $25,000
Surplus. S1000
orriccRa
J. W. SCRIBER . . President
ED. W. MUELLER, - Vlea-Prealdant
R. H. MILLER - Cashier
Safety Deposit Vaults Gold Dust Bought
Does a General Banking and Exchange Business
Queer Things In Concentrates.
J. L. Salford, has for some time
been working a Cornish jig ou Milo
creek, Idaho, with excellout results,
having recovered a large quantity of
conoeutratos from the creek, lieforo
the Empire State-Idaho Mining com
pauy built its new mill at Sweeney
the old concentrator, which was
situated iu the upper part of the
town, dumped its slime and talliugs
iuto Milo creek. Mr. Safford con
ceived tho idea of sluicing the creek
aud treating the tellings with the
Cnrulsh jig. A Hume wns constructed
along the creek through the center of
town and tho jig erected nenr the
Amerirau house. The talliugs are
then sluiced down In tho jig and
there tieuted. Silver aud lend con
cent rntes are not tho only valuables
saved from the bottom of the creek.
Thus far Mr. Sufford has taken out
three watches, two of them gold,
four revolvors, axes, hutchest, chisels,
hammers und hypodermic needles.
Timber and Homestead Filings.
Timber and homestead filings, as well
as final proofs, can lie made before
Charles H. Chance, United States Com
missiouer, office in First National Bank
of Humpter building, Humpter, thus sav
inic applicants expense of a trip to La
Grande.
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