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VOL. V.
SUMPTER, OREGON, JUNE 15, icW
NO. 41
MILWAUKEE PEOPLE GO
HOME SATISFIED
tho project in 11 big one, lint ho in
confident of tho suiH'i'HH of tho enter
prise Last Sunday a parly of eastern
railroad magnates visited lluUcf City
mid wore tln guests of Mr. Vinson.
Tho party consisted nt W. C. Unnvn,
vino president of I ho Now York Con
tra I railroad and vioo president, of
Stockholders of the Lucy Inspect That
Property and Say It's All
Right.
in now in Portland and will lio homo
in a tow days, whon wo will proluilily
ho in pnsltoiu to ontlino tho work to
ho accomplished horo during thin
season anil in tho tut mo. Yon, my
son will romiiin and work with mo."
It, in known that tho Killon,
Warner, Stow art oonipany Iiiih nr
riiiioil to prosecute dovolopmont.
(J. A. Hergluud, Maurice Camp
boll, W. A. Knowlos, 1 l. MorriH,
John Phillips and CharloH Soholl. of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, stockholders
aud olilcors of tho (Jieouhoru Gold
Minos hdiI Dovolopmout oonipany,
ownora of tho Luoy group of mines,
in tho Groonhoru district, paused
through Snmptor yesterday aftornoon
on thoir way homo.
On Saturday they hold a stock
holders mooting at tho mino, and
elected thoHO officers for tho Dunning
yuar: G. A. llorglnud, of Milwau
kee, president; Sam H. Stott, vioo
president; Charlos Soholl, secretary;
M. I1. Kough, treasurer; Morris
Sullivan, assistant secretary; I'd
Sullivan, manager; those and P. 1.
MorriH, directors.
Soorotary Soholl Iiiih uoiit Tho
Minor tho following statement re
garding this trip of iiiHpootiou, tho
property aud tho futuro policy of tho
cempany:
Tho stockholders who visited tho
proporty wore woll pleased with tho
work that has boot) douo during tho
past. Tho tunuol in now in about
400 foot aud Iiiih cut throo lodges,
which assay from 61 H to 600 por ton.
Tho proporty has been woll managed
aud ovory one of tho HtockholdorH
was woll satlsflrl with tho futuro out
look of tho company.
Work will bo continued until tho
0. K. lodge had boon crosscut, when
tho company will deoido what plant
to orect to treat tho ores. Tho
working fnrco will ro increased dur
ing tho summer mouths. Tho prop
orty was rceently inspected by an
export milling engineer who made a
very satisfactory report to tho com
pauy. Tho stock holders of this
company arc woll ploased, not only
with tho proporty. but. also tho way
tho property has been managed by
tho officers aud directors, uh ovory
dollar raiaod thiough sale of stock is
being spei.t for tho dovolopmout and
improvement of tho property. Thoro
wero no saint led o Ulcers aud no office
rout to pay; no commission allowed
for soiling tho stock.
Tho company Iiiih not sold any
treasury stock for some time, and
will not place any further stock on
tho market until tho management de
cides what plant Ih necessary for tho
troatmont of oros, thoro bolng plenty
of funds on hand to carry on dovolop
mout work for some time to come.
Word From J. H. Brown.
Tho Minor is in receipt of a letter
from .1. II. Hrown, who is trying to
Hud that long looked for blind lodge
that supplies tho gold for placer
mines on liiirnt river, lie says ho
Iiiih no near neighbors and that Mrs.
Hrown accompanies him to the claim
aud Ih "learning to be a hard rock
miner." Those who know lirowu,
however, are of the opinion that the
wise lady keeps in sight to bo sure
that her other, but not better, half
keeps digging and Hooking. Mr.
Hrown writes that quartz mining is
inactive in that district but that tho
placer mines are all being worked,
with plenty of water and a big
cleanup is anticipated. Tho weather
couldn't bo improved on aud it is a
pleasure to be allro there.
the Lake Shoto and Michigan .South- 'work on its various proportion on an
crn railway; II. A. Parker, vioo o.touslvo scale, though no detailed
statement has yot boon made public.
It Ih report oil that work will soon bo
resumed on tho Oregon Monarch and
that proporty crowded Into the pro
ducing cIiish.
!.i....i .. II... 11.1 H....I. i.. i
in titiiui.'iii. oi i in) v.'int'iiKii. mint iPiiiuii i
and Paoillo railroad, and 111111108 A.
Drake, a wealthy Now York banker.
Tlioy arrived in Mr. Mrown's pri
vate car.
The entire party wont over the
route of tho proponed railway as
far as the mouth of Powder river.
Tho const ruction of tho railway
moans the development of the agri
cultural and timber resources of
lOaglo and Pine valleys, the copper
mines of Goose crook and Snake river
and the gold mines of the Medical
springs, tho Snartu aud the Cornu
copia d (strict h.
William L. VliiHon passed his early
youth in Helena, grew to manhood in
this town and horo ho began his
career as a promoter. He scoured a
largo amount of money from eastern
and local people which was invested
in developing mines in tho McClellau
gulch and Warm Springs districts,
.lelforson county. The properties did
not turn out well, aud Mr. Vinson
went to Seattle, aud from there to
the Sumpter mining camp, where he
was at one time reported as the big
gest operator in that legion. Closing
out in Sumpter he removed to linker
City, Oregon, and there he has
undertaken something 011 a larger
scale than any operator in that le
gion, and seems to be on the top
wave of prosperity.
ANNUAL PES1S
"IN OUR MIDST".
EMINENT MINING
ENGINEER HERE
Miners Discussing Plans
for Driving Out Sheep
and Their Herders.
W. L. VINSON'S CAREER.
PLUNGING PROMOTER
Prolfesor II. II. Nicholson, who
occupies the chair of mining in the
Nevada State university and registers
fiom Denver, a mining en
gineer of wide and favorable repute,
accompanied by Ills sou, 10. 10. Nlehnl-
son. ot Minneapolis, who is also a
mmmmmm"mmmmmmmm iniiiing engineer, arrived in Suiiiptor
A special from Helena, Montana, ( today,
to the Hutte Intor-Moiintain, dated ( ProH'oscr Nicholson is well known
tho eleventh Instant, bays: William ' in eastern Oregon, having been heie
Vinson, formerly a resident of this ( frerpieutly during the past thiee
city, hut no living near Maker City, ! veins, as consulting engineer for the
DriiLxin. iu iibmiL to undertake some ! Killon. Warner. Stewart company. He
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Numerous par'los went out into
tho nills from Sumpter Sunday, fish
ing and picu Icing. Several of
them report that they saw IiiiikIh of
sheep in various districts. 10. t.
Manning says that a troiiindoiisly big
bunch was grazing in the Deer creek
section.
This complaint Ih of annual occur
rence in this section and has hooouin
quite a decomposed chestnut; but.
the evil Iiiih not decreased, notwith
standing repeated piotestH. It Ih a
fact that the mountain grasH Iiiih boon
almost entirely destroyed, the water
supply materially lessoned and
polute:l, to the great injury and in
convenience of tho mining industry.
'Verbal protests and kicks are of no
avail to lemedy the nuisance, and
unless Die Illinois unite In fnrco to
drive out the sheep and thoir herdeiH
(his calamity will lie reeateil every
year. Occasionally some o.xaspoiatod
miner will kill a lot. of them; but.
the hheep men expect this ami arc
willing to pay so small a pi ice for
the grazing piivllege.
II is said that saltpetre spread on
the niiigo will kill sheep, but no
other animal, and this method of re
taliation is being seriously discussed.
It should not be adopted, for it Ih
a cowardly proposition. Killon
woueld serve the purpose bettor. Hut.
thing pretty big in railroad building, jcomes here now, however, to lemain the lies! plan would bo for minora to
Hois remembered in this city as a j aud take charge of all that company's ' organize and force the herders to
mining promoter of no small energy , mining operations. This Infnrma-' jVo thoir (locks elsewhere. This
mill mi nil iii-oii nd hustler, but IiIh I ton was given out by D. I;. Killon
latest project throwH all his formal
enterprises into tho shade. It is no
less than tho building of a railway
lino from linker City to the Seven
Devils country in Idaho.
It is admitted by Mr. Vinson that
several days since. To a Miner rep
resentative ProlfesHor Nicholson
said :
I don't care to make any state
ment regarding our plans for the
future until Mr. Killon returns. He
can be done.
You Arc Invited
To
try a cup of Crescent. Cream
Coffee served free at our store. 10.
P. HIOUGMAN.