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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, April 27, 1904 lf ! GOLD COIN AND OREGON KING Both Properties to Be Worked This Summer, Says Manager Kennedy. T. H. Kennorly, president of the Gold Coin, in tint Greenhorn district, was 011 thn train thiH iikii iiIiik return ing from linker, whore ho attended tin) iiiiiiiih Htookhnlilcrs'iiieotlng Monday, lit wlilnh thn following oHIeers find directum worn elected: T. H. Konuorly, president and gen- earl manager; J. Mack Konneily, of Philadelphia, vice president ; 1-Mwnrd It. WilltittH, of Trenton, Nmv Jersey, tioasunir, H. O. Corrull, of linker City. secretary; directors, X. J. ItlohardH. of Hunipler, T. 8. mill J. Jllnck Kcuncrly, mid Charli'H Hedges, or Philadelphia. Mr. Kotiunrly hiij'h tlmt npcnrtinuH hiivn been HiHiimi'cl.iit tlni property, though iimler Home dillli'tiltleri. Owlng'tn tlin luck of w I supply, thn coiiipicHsor plant cnnnnt Im lined, iinil', hunt! win l Ih being done for the tltiio. lie Ih going to put In u hot 11 1 r hIovii to iilliird ventiliitlon until cnudillniiH win unit the starting of the eompii'HHor amiiu. lie took out with him thlH morning 11 couple of uiiic.hlim men mid 11 cook to ineiciiHii the tiiiiin. F.xlonsivti operutioiiri me contemplated for the coming season. Mr. IIiiIki'h iiihI IiIh (iiinlly. Mr. Kennedy hii.vh,iiio coming to Kumptcr to inside ulioilt .lime I, III order to lie J in doner touch with the colli' pnny'H interests. In hddilion to the Cold t'oin. Home of the hiiiiio people (outrol the Oicgnn King in the Cracker Creek distiicl. It in piopot-t'd, iiIho, to leHiime opcnitiniiH lit thin properly in the nem- fiituic. CATO JOHNS PREDICTS FLOURISHING TIMES. Cntii .lohiiH, who Ih well next to the IiiihIiichh situation here, Ih of the opinion Unit the coming season Ih to lie one of unprecedented prospcrlty In the district. IIiisIiichs wim kiiikI hero IiihI milliner mid full, mid in fuel fur into thu winter? hut Mr. loll IIH SCCS f 1 1111 piCM'Ilt llllliClltillllH 11 fur gicalci volume nt tinde. A 0111 etui analysis ot I lie nat-Dlls he assigns will flnnv the nveingo permit Unit IiIh foiecimt N fouiulcd on u con semi! ic est limit loo of the proimlilc causes mid ell eel h. Mr. JoIiiih says: "Utiuslderlug the husiiieH imic peetH (111111 the viewpoint of one who Iiiih npeiit much time heie, mid should know Hiimcthlng of (rude coudltioiiH, I Inive no hesitancy in saying Unit it Ih Hiy linn helief Unit business will he viiHtly lietler thin than last, though I have no kick coming for last year. Of course 1 will admit that we tire now having a dull time, hut not worse than wo alwujs ex perience during the spring tueiik up, when the roads are iilmoHt impassa hie. 1 know lntH of people who have planned trip to Sunipter to Ih)' iu their spring goods, hut they cuuuot get heie now ou account of the roads. A hou t May 1, business will begin to levlve and hy June or July we will again nee prosperous times, nnd if I am not very much mistaken they will ho the most prosperous Sumpter hna enjoyed in a long while. "1 base my conclusions ou these fnclH: The 10. and K. will he i'i lull lil tint again this summer, employing perhaps a hundred men; the K. mid K. sawmilling and logging operations jiiHt nutsldo of town will take close ou to Hlxty or seventy: the smolter will doubtless start, up with a full crew; the Cracker Orcgoun Ih to re sumo In the near future, and the same may ho said of the California; nor should tho llourne railroad ho over looked, and there are scores of smaller mining properties preparing to operate, hesldos the old stand hys employing their usual complement of men. In the nature ot conditions, these things are hound to hriug pros perous times. Wo will have the name pay roll ve bad last summer, besides tho additions I have men tinned." WILL INSTALL SAW MILL MACHINERY SOON William ItohertHou, who entered into a contract with the K. and 10. a day or ho ago to take charge of tho Hiiniiilll to he iiiHtalled j lift nhove town, left today to transfer the ma chliicry purchased ot tho Oregon mid Wisconsin Luinlier company at Slices gulch. Mr. liiibertsnn will wet things iu Hhape for operation just iih hiioii as possible. The mill Ih to he put Iu nt once, and Iodine opeintioiiH iu migurntcd. Mr. Kohertsuu will em liloy a Imue loicc oi men, peihaps sixty or Hovcnty-llve, and will get things in motion at an early day. HchIiIch Ids cunt met with (lie K. mid K it is piolialile that t hern will he it lot of other lumher to cut. SOLD TO FRIENDS OF THE CORPORATION .lames A. Howard, manager of tho (inlcoudn, returned last night from Pendleton. Mr. Howard says that the Wade holdings iu the company were sold to fiiends of the corpor ation, and will be need to its best lliteiestH. Just what changes, if any, will bo Inaiiguiatcd. Mr. Ilowmd did not state, but Iriini geiieial talk with him it was iuferied that the prospects of this old mid well known piopeity me exceedingly bright. Mineral Survey Tee Reduced The government will require- less In fees of apolicauts for mineral Mirveys than foimerly. The follow ing Mihcdule of prices for otllce work ou mineral surveys will lie iu eirect ou mid after April IS, 1H01: For lode claim, 8110; for placer claim, i?:i,r.; for uiillsltc, ?:i0, formillslte included iu tho survey with a lode claim, 8'JO; for each lode claim within and included in the survey of a placer claim, 8-0: for several lode locations included iu one sur vey, the tlrst location mimed, 8110; all other locatious included each iJ'JS; for several placet locations in cluded in one survey, tho tlrst loca tions named, 8115; all other loca tious Included, each 830; supple mental order for survey, additional. PROGRESS AT VALEY QUEEN. Thinks No. 3 Vein The Same as Shown in Tun nel No. I. Tom C. Cray, superintendent of the Valley Qiieeu, and Colonel E. S. Topping, who has been .1oing some engineering work there for the past few weeks, came Id from the property thin afternoon. The Colouel thinks there Is little doulit hut that No. 'A vein, on which work was recently started, is the same that appears iu tttuuel No 1. lie says the oro is practically the same, with the oxecptlou that it car ries hetter mints iu the lewer wck iugs. These are extremely satisfac tory. Ouo dilfcretico between this vein mid tho others is that the hang ing wall Is syenite instead of gran ite, which is regarded iih ii good indi cation. The drift Ih now iu twelve ieet mid the ledge shows a width of ahuiit three. Work is also being prosecuted ou tho other drifts. PROBABLY LOOKING FOR A PROPERTY. A. lltirch and Frederick llur bridge, well known mining men of Spokane, came iu this morning mid left immediately after noon for the Cracker Creek district. It Is pre sinned they me here to examine some propcily, though no hint was droped as to what property it Is. or what their ultimate intentions are. Hitherto they have shown a decided inclination to become interested iu Sutnpter mines. The Hrui owns the Crane Flat placets, which are to bo operated this summer. Messrs. (lurch & llurbridgo will visit these placers hofore they leave tho district. WILL JOIN HUSBAND AT GRAND ENCAMPMENT Mrs. J. I. Itlchards will leave tomorrow to join her husband, who is carpenter foreman for the Kuciimp ment Smelter company at (irmid Kucmiipmeut, Wyolmug, Mr. Itich mils having left a week or ho ago. She had u letter from him yesterday stating Unit he has eighteen men under him and is well pleased with Ills new situation, He also stated that ho had dis posed of the liner portion of tho gold lie took fioin an Auburn pocket, mentioned some time ago iu The Miner, at lloise for 8TS, leaving tho nuggets, which are probably worth considerably over 8100. 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