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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1904)
r Wednesday, June 22, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER HISTORIC BUILDING FOUND NEAR GRANITE! 1 FOR SALE ffif" -cS 1 4 Vi Captain Miller Found Old Cabin Used as Store House in Early Placer Days. Captain C. S. Mlllor, who has ox tensive mini ti interests on Oranito Crook, is in town conferring with Manager Fuller of tho Snioltor in re gard to tho shiptnont of ores from his proportion. Captain Miller waH reticent, an to tho quality of tho rock which IiIh claims aro now pro ducing, hut from outside sources it is loarnod that ho liau mighty rich stuir. Captain Miller told Tho Minor thin morning of a discovery of his toric interest whiuh ho recently mado on (Iranito Crook. Ho discovered tho ruins of an old hulldiug near his properly, whiuh had hoon used as a store hy lOphriam Day, in tho palmy placer days of (.Irnuito Crook, to uos a somewhat, over-worked phrnso. This was not. later than 1KIM. And what adds to tho in truest of I ho mttor, is tho fact that tho stock of goods handled hy Mr. Day was sold him hy Captain Miller, who was then in tho wholesale business at. Tho Dalles. Tho hullding is practically in ruins, Captain Miller says, only a part of tho frame has withstood tho ravages of tho olomontH. Ho secured bovoral of tho nails usod in its con struction ,and tho interesting feature to him is that ho sold these nails to Mr. Day, ovor forty years ago. Ho got teupeunles and shingle uials and they aiu still in a good stato of pros orvatiou and could ho used ovor aaiti. Tho hullding itself was constructed of whipsawed tamarack, which is to say tho lumhor was sawed hy haudj alter tho primitive manner employed in those days. Forty years ago (iranlte Crook was at tho height of its prosperity, tho rich placers pro ducing untold wealth in tho yellow metal. Since then tho richer gravel has hoon worked on, hut (hero yet remains vast wontlh to ho yielded up to modern machinery. This is especially ho in tho instance of tho quart. Judges whiuh were the feeders of tho old time placers. WILL OPEN HAINES GRANITE QUARRIES Kocoiit development in tho gimiilo hods of this locality have demon strated that (hero aro hundreds of acres of the lluest granite in tho known world lying on tho oast and adjoining tho town of Haines. The nature, extent and quality of granite deposits iu this locality wore, until recently, an unknown quantity, hut as work has progressed under Sup erintendent K i 1 1 , who arived hero iu tho month of May, equipped with the experience of a quarter of a century in tho famous granite qiuurios of Hair, Vermont, It has now hoon fully demount ruled that tho quality is superior to that of Hairo, uliiHi locality has horelotoro enjoyed Iho distinction of hoing Iho greatest pro ducer of the llnest granite si one for huildiug and oilier commoicial pur poses iu (lie world, and tho (.stent is almost unlimited. Tho holdings of tho Northwestern irnuito company alone aro now in excess oi four huudtod acres and this company is not supposed to have all tho granite laud iu this part or the country, and in depth of deposit Sup erintendent King says thoro is no limit. Tim quality of granite, nays Mr. King, a I ways im,rovos with dopth and the only limit ii Hie dopth at which operation hocoiiioa impractical. Tho output of tho qiuiriios of liflrro, Vermont, is thus heoouiiuy I i in i tod a. id tho demand is cooking supply ulrfowhoro. Tlioio aro many (jnprrlos ropruiuntluy largo uajiital with holdings in nrga of from gi.x to llfteeu acres, hut the eomhinod hold ings of all the companies now oper ating in that locality would ho! small compared to tho hundreds of acres now owned, controlled and accessihlo to tho Northwestern (Iran ilo company of Haines, Oregon. The fiuce of men engaged iu the; work of cutting nnd polishing stoiiiii at tho quarries of llano, Vcimnut, has for years represented an army of two thousand men, to say nothing of those ogiiagod iu tho quarry and in ' other tiihulary hianches of this in dustry, A force of twenty men uri more will ho put to work iu the HaiiiHo (iiarry iu a voiy short time, and tho foico inorenM'd from time to lime as the occasion icquiros, to I open up and develop tills one of tho most valuable and promising in dustries on the I'acille coast, along tho lino of modern and conservative dovelopmeul. - Haines Uooorl. EGKMAN WILL OPEN HOTEL AT TIPTON. t A. I'Vkman, who recuutlv disposed, of his stock of gondii at Uroonhorn, loft thin umriiiiiu for Tipton, to open , a hotel nl tho now lorminu of tho SuniptiT Valley roiul. Mr. KoliuiHii will got hi IumIIpivi goiny jiifct hi, soon um ponnl hit, . iiml It i Ik hM intention laler, when tho town liulldi up, to add a tdock of good iu connection. $2,000 Ten Roomed Residence. One of the Best Locations in town. $2,000 Home. Completely Furnished. Location and GroundsIDelighth.il. Piano, Large Range and other valuable Furniture included in this. Barn and Outbuildings. New Six Room Mouse and Lot, nicely lo cated. Easy terms. $250 Choice Resident Lot near center of town. $50, $"75, and $100 Buy Choice Resident Lots not far out. $300 Buvs House and Lot with Barn. A Com- fonable Little Home. LAUNDRY BUSINESS I am instructed to sell the Steam Laundry business, of Sumpter, which is the Best Pay ing Business in town for the amount of capital required to bundle it. Call and see me and get figures. 20,000 Acres now under irrigation in one of the best localities in Oregon. Arc you interested in securing a home of this kind, from 40 to 160 acres. 'Ihese laiuis in three years will be worth three times what they can be bought for at the present time. Call and see maps and get prices and terms on this property. PLACER PROPERTY Do you want something good in a Placer Proposition? We have rich placer ground near Sumpter, and an opportunity to secure .in abundance of water for long season's w oik. Here is an opportunity for a person with small capital, to secure a proposition with such merit as will increase on investigation in the estimation of the most critical ex aminer. II interest. d, call and see us and get particulars. 1.280 ACRES One of the most attractive large bodies of land in Burnt River Valley. Leel as a meadow. HI can be irrigated. Can be sold in size tracts to suit the purchaser, at $15 and less per a; re. 15. I.i. Kouuou, Whituoy, Orugoii, iumljor. such, doors, bhingloe, build, ni; inatoihil, mining timUorg. INLAND EMPIRE INVESTMENT CO. j JESSE HOBSON s . MANAGER HOTEL SUMPTER 't-W. iCVr 0