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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 18, 1904 J. G. ENGLISH OPEN UP Sells Property in Washington And , vest The Money in Work ! Here. Jt Ih aluled liy those who claim In' have Inside Information that J. (t, Kuglish will Htnrt work nu his Ama zon iroMirtv. near Hanover, adjacent , to the Auniiliilii. aud In the Cracker Creek district, at mi early date. After the Rid Hoy aal Mr .Kuglish left llaker City for Portland, but la expected hi Horopter on his return from tlin metropolis. The Amazon group Iihh lieen exteiiHively developed by IuiiuoIh mid shafts, mill It Ih stated to lie Mr. Kugllsh'a purpose to renew work .IIiIh season mid bend every J eueigy toward placing lliu pioperty oil a paying IiiimIh. It Ih located In the vicinity of the Colcouda , A111111I11I11 mid other well kuuwn nilneriil holdings , mid Ih I'liiltncd tu have a showing to warrant extensive development. Mr. Kuglish, with other Inteteiitcd TO START UP ON THE ARCTIC CITY GROUP I.. I'. Ostlaiid, who returned a few days ago ftoiu The Dulles, where lie spout tbe winter, left today to hegiu pi'olliuium'y work toward the npeia 11 011 of Hie Aietlo City group, near Hanover. Mr. Ostluml left here last full after speulllfglhe eeasou developlliw bin mine. He put In tbe winter at Tbe Dalles, oaipeutertug and contracting aud Ih how ready to resuuie work at his iiiluiiiK property. He bat been working there for several yeaia mid has what he uonsldera a Reed ehowiugj Dm Ion his absence, it baa been brought to IiIh notice that thieves tiroke Into 'the cabins and helped themselves to his tools aud supplies left over. Ill addition to the Arctic City Mr. 0tlaud Iihh other minion interests iu tbe vicinity. OVERHAULING THE MIDWAY MACHINERY It. ,1. Kitkmmi, superintendent of tbe Mliliwiy, ciiine iu hum tbe mine this nun ill iik mid let) on the after noon (mill foi linker City. Opeiiilliius at the Mldwiuiy, Mr. Kiikuimi says, will be lesumed in abuol live (lays. The suspension of development work temporarily was due to th tact (hat tbe miichleiiy hud to be overhauled mid put iu shape for continuous work. This has been under way for the pHst few days, and will be completed soon. The management will soon be rcHdy to it'Mime development aud pros ecute work fo- the entire seasuu on mi cxteuslvo scale. WILL THE AMAZON In- persnus, recently sold several claims In the DarrluRtoti district, state of Washington, aud the presumption la that be luteuda devoting faia atten tion in a mining way to bia proper ties In eastreu Oregon. Ills letting Ko of the Cascade prnprety would aeem to argue that he baa greater faltb In eastern OreRou. Tbe Dar- riiiKtou property( it la stated, wan sold to eastern capitalists at a Reed IlKtire. J. F. Conroy, supposed to he ae'lng for the Stuudard Oil conipmiy, had a bond oil tbe Amazon at one time and is reported to hare spent 610,0110 iu developing the property. He huh looking tor the rich oie found iu the mother lode, and, not tludug it, Ih supposed to Iihvc for feited the bond, the ptoperty leveit iug to Mr. Kuglish. MILWAUKEE MAN THINKS LUCY GREAi M. I'. Keogh, treasurer of the Lucy company, operation in the Oreenhoru district, left this mnruiuu for tbe property. Mr. Keogh returned a few days iiko from Milwaukee, his home, tn where he made a hurried business trip in collection with a pending deal. He will probably remain iu the district the greater part of tbe sum mer, hi connection with tbe develop meut of the Lucy. He is greatly pleased with the property, aud thinks tbe ahowlug sufficient to justify a miue at least equal to the Moiuiug, nu the vein system of which tbe Lucy is claimed to be located. The water vein recently cut has been drifted around aud work Is guiug steadily abend. TWO MILLION FOR MALHEUR IRRIGATION An Associated press dispatch fiom Washington, dated yesterday, says: Apropos of the formal approval by it lie secretary of tbe Interior of new irrigation projects under the reclama tion law lu California, Oregon aud 1 the Dakotas, the interior department today issued a statement covering the disposition of the reclamation fund which is iu part as follews: These approvals mark practically 1 the close of tbe preliminary stage cf I tbe reclamation work. Tbe projects in each state aud territory are now I well outlined aud provision made .for all available funds. I The situation iu Idaho, Washing ton aud Oregon is us follews: Idaho, Minidoka ptujuct, for which about 811.1500,000 baa r.eeu provisionally allotted Oregen: Malheur project, costing about 8:2,000,000: Wnshiug ton, reclamation of IhuiI uear Pasco, at 11 cent of 81,.")0O,U0O. Iu all tbe projects outlined will cost 827,000,000 and will require for construction two or three yeais, they will reclaim iu round uumbers one million acres of land, all of which will be susceptible to intense cultivation and should be capable of supporting a population of 500,000 or more. GOING TO FIND THAT BLIND VEIN J. H. Brown Has The Treas ure Vault Located With in Fifteen Feet. Mr., aud Mrs. J. il. lirowu left to day for the liiirut rivet country, where they will remain a mouth, at least; possibly all season. Mr lirowu bus some mining claims there that he has held for three years. It is as near a certaiuty as any thing can be iu mining, based uu observa tion mid theory, that ou bis ground Ih the ledge from which cornea the gold found iu placer claims that have been worked for twenty years, for the placer ground is situated below, within a horseshoe shaped valley, ills claims ate above, near tbe sum mit of tbe not very high bills. Tbe placer gold found is allcoaise, aud "local" beyoud a question. Tu much of it quartz still clings, u sure indication that it is from a ledge near by. For tweuty years past prospectors have been searching for this ledge. It Is a blind one aud evidently is covered by a deep wash. Mr. lirowu tbiuka be baa this treasure vault located within a ilia tauce ot tlfteeu feet. liy pauulug be haa found tbe line at wheh tbia local gold ceases to occur lu the gravel. Further up tbe ridge uu occasional color la fouud, but tbe gold Is entirely different in character, ilia Intentiou la to locate that ridge, "if it takea all summer," to use Oraut's famous expression; aud furthermore, if he has to shovel off all tbe wash ou that bill with his owu bauds aud every oue who knows lirowu also kuows that be will do a whole lot of thinking aud scheming and heavy sitting around before be will waste that much physical energy. New Telephone Line. The city of Huutiugtou is tn have a uew telephone Hue. Kuterprisiug business men of that city have plauned tbe construction nu a tele phone line duwu Snake river, il is said, to tbe Iruu Dyke miue aud to connect with other miulug aud agri cultural sectiuus in that region. Foi the purpose of carryiug out their enterprise, articles of iucorpoiatiou were tiled yesterday in tbe office of County Clerk Combs by J. II. A it ken, Victor lireenalade aud A. W. Suther land. Tbe capital stock of tbe com pany is 12,000. Tbe name of tbe corporation is tbe Snake River Tele phone aud Telegraph Cotupauy. Democrat. FIRST GOLD MINE FOUND IN AMERICA Dig Nugget Accidentally Discovered by a Boy in 1799. The Held gold miue. in the liluo Ridge mouutalus, near Fayettville, North Carolina, was the first to pro duce gold iu tbe United States. Tbe first piece of gold found at tbe mine was iu the year of 1709 by Conrad Reld, a boy about twelve yeaia olr. and a son of John Held, tbe owner. Tbe discovery was made iu au ac cidental way. Tbe boy above named, iu company with bis sister aud y uuuger brother, wcut to a small stream called Meadow creek, for tbe purpose of shoot lug fish wltb a bow aud arrow.aud whll so engaged along tbe bauka of the creek, Conrad saw ii yellow substaiice shining in the water. He waded Into the creek and picked II up aud fouud it to be some kind of metal aud carried it home. Mr. Held e.xmuiued it but as gold In native state was uukuowu.uot only iu North Carol I uu, but lu tbe country, he had no idea what it was. Tbe piece was about the size of a small "smoothing iron." Mr. Held kept the piece for several years iu his bouse ou the floor, to keep the door fiom bluwiug shut. Iu the year 1802, he weut to market ut Fayetteville, North Carollua aud car ried the piece of metal wltb him. At Fayetteville, be showed the "stone" to a jeweler, who immediately told him it was gold aud requested Mr. Held tu leave it wltb him, saying that he would tlux it. Mr. Held left it with tbe jeweler, aud ou returning several days later, was shown a bar of gold about eight inches iu length. Tbe jeweler then asked Held what he would take for tbe bar. Mr. Held, not kuowiug tbe value of gold, thought be would ask a "big price" aud accordingly demanded "three dollars aud fifty cents." Tbe jew eler readily paid tbe price. After returning borne Mr. Reed ex amined tbe locality aud fouud gold ou tbe surface aloug tbe creek, fla tbeu associated wltb himself F. Kisou, James Tool aud Martiu Phiter. In tbe year 1803 a piece of gold weighing twenty-eight puundu was fouud. The following is tbe weight of tbe different nuggets found at the mine from 1H011 to 18115: 180:i, 28 pounds; 1804, 22?4 pounds; 1821, Ilfl ls pounds; 18Ui, :i0?4 pounds. In Jauuary, 1848. 11.") puuuds of gold, standard weight, was dis covered, aud it is estimated that tbia miue bus produceud two millinus iu virgin gold iu the form of nuggets. It is still being worked iu a small way. The claim now contains about 800 acres of laud. Miulug Reporter. Will Probably Locate. (juiutard Jobusou, of Chicago, a uepbew by marriage to President Straboru, of tbe Light and Water cmupauy, Is in towu wltb a view to locutiusg here. Mr. Jobusou is au experienced chemist, assayer aud cyauide man, and was lately con nected wltb tbe mines at Searchlight, Nevada. He likes tbia dlatrict, and his desire la to become attached to some miue In tbia sectiou,witb a view to briugingjbla family to tbe camp. rg'iiirQMniiHrtMMFaiK