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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1904)
VOL. V. BEAUTIFUL NUGGETS FROM STICES GULCH 1 shoot has been explored. average sain- . amm i pies show it to carry about iSlftU per j ton in cold and silver. The more : work done on it the better it shows McLaughlin Copped Off About $30 Worth;'"'r, ,,.,,.. ,,., ,, for more than twenty-tlvo years, and ( AiL; x Tl riSyyiIriyir ' in yotirf ptiPt considerable work has Millie 31 I 1)6 LIOUindS I been done on it. It has been thought Yesterday. I. A. McLaughlin, Nebraska, secretary of of Lincoln, the Killun, Warner, Stewart company, and Ed W. Mueller, manager of Dr. the Standard, were out at Stieos' (Juleh placers yesterday. This is one of the company's holdings. Dr. Mueller mis been iu constant touch with the work, but Mr. Mc Laughlin who has beeu away for several months is especially pleased witli the progress being made. Hy some hook or crook, he got next to the tlume and as a result is exhibit ing ten or twelve beautiful minuets, worth about cWO, today, lie says the water was turned oil' to give him an opportunity to net in his work; but anyway, he ha? the making of the coin to show for it. Day and night shifts are being OFFICIAL GALL FOR MINING GONGRESS A dispatch from Portland says that the otlicial call of the seventh an nual session of the American Mining congress has beeu Issued hy Secretary , Irwin Malum. The congress, which will meet in that city August '2'2iu, is expected to draw a largo attend ance, not only from constantly in creasing interest iu minim,' but because of the scenic beauties of this state and the perfect climatic condi tions prevailing here during the summer. Hvery elfort will bu made by Portland to givo them a royal welcome. 1 Many questions of national inter est will lie acted upon d tiling the session and the benefit to be derived from the Lewis and Olark exposition will be discussed. Thore will bo an ulfort also to establish permanent uational headquarters for the Ameri can miuiii.: conference. Many addresses will be deliverod by men of national reputation and e special attention will be given to SUMPTER, OREGON, MAY 25, 190.1 """" worked whilu tho wator head la good, and about :$()() yards of gravel ate being moved a day. The face is from seventy-five to a 100 feet and twonty-Hvo feet deep to bedrock, Work has been prosecuted since April ft, and it is thought the water supply will hold out till about July in with enough left, for the cleanup after piping and sluicing has to be discontinued. After the cleanup, work will be concentrated on an extremely rich gravel bed on the bench above the present diggings. This bed lies under twelve feet of soil and is tour feet deep by thirty wide, and so compactly cemented that it will require milling. It is vety rich, and will go, it is estimated, 81 ft or 620 to the yard. tho discusion of subjects "of the re- lation of milling to the industrial , development of our country" and "the creation of a department by our government." This later ques tion has long been agitated, and for several years groat intlueuce has boon and congress to authorize the estab , llshmont of such a department but so ! milium iu uuiir upiiii win ii i.'Miiem. i far without avail. RICH ROCK UNCOVERED IN THt EAGLE CLAIM Two weeks ago John .Mountain iniido a discovery on ti rani to creek about four miles from here. The liud was made on the Haglo claim of i the group, in which is located the Sheridan, from whioh a quantity of very rich ore has been shipped, and is owned by C. S. Miller, one of the first quart, miners to operate in eastern Oregon, and the man who first opened tho old Monumental mine. .Mr. Monahan took a lease on the, property a short time ago, and after ' crossoutting six feet from an old tunnel, ho cut into a three and a half ,w,-ittfr"2sf?sT3' i foot win, iu which there ate sixteen inches of h i k b grade- gold and silver ore. The ore is of much the same character as that usually found in that locality, being base. The shoot has beeu followed for several feet, and tlio ore being taken out is saved tor shipment. So far as the oie for many years to contain a very rich 'shoot ot ore, but all efforts hereto ' fore to uncover it have failed. No' less than three tunnels have beeu run ;to tap the ore. One of these Mailed I directly for it but was abandoned a few j feet before reaching it. Another was run within a few feet on one side, . while the other, and the one from which tho six-foot crosscut was made, passed tho ore on the opposite side, i within six feet of the vein, and was j driven a hundred feet further iu the hill along a striiiKor. They are opening up the ore body j as rapidly as possihlo.-tiranito (Jem. ! GETTING READY TO OPERATE PLACERS Dan Simpson, of Hufl'alo, .N'ew Vork, who acquired the McWills placers near (Jeiser from Shelby brothers, was on the halt) today going hack to the di unions from Hot Lake, where he spent some time for his health. Mr. Simpson purchased these pincers the first of the year and came on himself iu April to take charge of operations, but was taken sick recently and went to Hot Lake to recuperate. He is much improved. Mr. Simpson has had a force ot men at work for some time digging rtitolion tul getting things In shape f,,r "xtimsivo operations. INDIANA CAPITALISTS INTERESTED IN COVE A. K. Press, and W. K. Kirk pat-, rick, of Marion. Indiana arrived to day to look after their mineral holdings in the Cable Cove district. They are intoicsted with rlugetio Harthtolf iu the Nevada group, near tie Constellation. Work will lie started at the property juat as soon as the snow gets out of the way. Thoy will go out to the Cove with Mr. liartholf tomorrow. mimmmmmmmmmmmm E. L. Keunon, Whitney, Oregon, lumber, sash, doors, shingles, build, iug material, mining timbers. NO. 38 BACHELORS PLENTIFUL Burnt River Country is In fested With This Class of Genus Home. T. R Thompson and (?. W. Whitod, from the llurut river country, who were here a day or so, returned homo this afternoon. Mr. Whitod was here to meet a machinist from linker City whom he has engaged to make some repairs at. his sawmill on Polo creek. They think that it will not take very much more money to put tho liurut river road in good shape, though they talk of another route which the people iu that vicinity seem to favor. They prefer Sumpter as a marketing point, and, are sn.vi oua for the completion of a road making it accessible. Speaking of the butter and egg crop, Mr. Thomp son said: "Wo might send in a good many eggs, but the nutter supply is con sumed mainly at home. There nio within our immediate vicinity fif teen or twenty old bachelors who do their own housekeeping, and who do not keep any cows. These consume the surplus butter of the neighbor hood. They are all democrats and won't get married for fear people will think they were iutluueuced by linosovolt's race suicide ideas." GEISER-HENDRYX PROPERTIES WORKING Tho overhauling of the Midway machinery has been completed and operations have been resumed at tho property. Work will now be carried on uuiterrupfedly. The order has beeu placed for the compresor plant, mentioned a few davs ago, and tho machlnnery is expected here hy June 10 to 1ft. This will probably be as soon as the roads are iu condition for its transference. Kucnuragiug reports come from tho other (Jeiser Heudryx propeities. New pulleys have beeu received for the Vii.tor. The cuuipressor theie is doing first class work, and ten feet a day on tho crosscut are now being made. The crosscut is in about .'iftO feet. Work on ihe Platts group was re sumed yesterday, with Mert Husk iu chaige, as before. Sinking is being continued at tho Tabor fraction, with the same high grade ore iu the shaft. This, it is stated, goes from $'.200 away up into tho three ciphers list.