Wednesday, August , 904
THb bUMPTER MINhR
QUARTZ LOUSY WITH
GOLD fOUND IN TOWN
SUMPTER-BOURNE ROAD
IS ASSUMING SHAPE
A few oveniuga aiueo Mr. and Mrs. !
h. G. Sterling wore taking a walk
over tbo bills in the northorn part of
tovvu, when, and as is the formur'f ens-1
torn, ho bad bis eyes "peeled' ' fori
till UUJUIUB Ul lUlUIL'Hl, UH)UU Jllll.Y
nnytnug in tho waj' of quartz. On
ibis occasiou bo was rewarded by
finding a pieco of wbito rook "lousy
withhold." Ho bad brokou opon
sovoral pieces of float, which woro
fouud to be bull quart. Finally bo
picked up a chunk Hbout tho si 7.0 of a
ben egg, brushed olf tbo dirt aud tbo
gold was there, visible to tbo naked
oye of a nearsighted man.
During tbo last fow years a balf
dozen or more similar piooos of float
have been found within tbo limits of
the townsite. A little ovor a year
ago a teamster wbo was bauliug wood
from tbo hillside oast of town, fouud
a rook about tbo size of his flat that
coutaiuod twenty dollars in gold.
Tboro is Boarooly a doubt but what
a ledgo rich in froo gold runs under
tho town. As tboro are uo out
croppiugs, it probably lays far
bolow tbo siirfaco, but tbo float fouud
indioatoB beyond a doubt that it was
thrown from a Udgo iu.tbis imiuo
diato vicinity, by some upheaval of
. nature. No attompt has ovor boon
made to looato tbiH vein witbin tho
townsite, bouauuo tbo ground 1h
patented and ownod by tho Sumpter
Townsite company. Deods convoying
ouo or two tracts of this land to the
vompauy oontaiu a oIquho rosorving
miueral rights; tbo owners having
evidently entertained a suspicion
that there was something good hid
den under the surafao. Tho placor
gold found in different parts of town
also substantiate this theory.
Just to the north of tho city limits,
however, it is belioved that this
same ledge has been found, on the
Pulaski. . The quartz is identical in
appearance with that found here, as
is also the free gold it contains.
Then, too, the known trend of the
Pulaski ledge would oarry it through
that locality to wbero the float has
been picked up within the city limits.
OWNERS OF THE GYPSY
QUEEN HEARD FROM
Tho Boston people who paid cash
for tbo Gipsy Queen mine last fall,
having mado tho deal through V. II.
W. Hamiltou, and whom no uno ovor
could loam anythnig about, 01 aa to
their intontiouri rogarding tbo prop
potry, ..have boon board from again.
Tboy didn't do tho HHHOssmout work
last year, ho lOuguo IJurthnlf and
William Riimniery did it and ro
located the claims. Tboy wroto tho
gentlemen what tboy bad done,
Htating that if they would pay for
tbo work, tbo property would bo
(ioodod to thorn, but novor received
a reply to thoir Jotter.
During tho wintor both L. V.
Swieggtt and T. W. Davidson mot
them while in HoHton and say tboy
are oltions of large moans. Some
days since Mr. Davidson wired thorn
that the claims were about to bo Hold.
A day or two slnoo he received a
reply by mail, stating that they
thought the property was patented,
of course they would pay for the
assessment work aud thanked him for
liis kindness.
Messrs. Bartbolf aud Rumraery
will do the square thing, of course.
D. L. Killou, of tho Killou,
Warner, Stewart company, bad a
wire this morning from .1. M. Van
borg, tbo Omaha banker aud capitalist
who is Huauoiug tho Sumptor-limtrno
railway project, stating that bo
would leave Omaha today with an
engineer to put the enterprise in shapo
for construction work as soon as
possible
If uo dolaya aro ouoountorod Mr.
Vanborg will arrlvo in Sumpter
Friday. It was bis intention to bavo
boon hero at least a mouth ago, but
he was dotaiuod on account of his
wife's siokenss, which proveutod his
carrlyng out tho origiual plan.
Theto wero s6me matters aud
agroemonts on tho part of the Sump
tor citizens to bo arrainged and if
theso aro satisfactorily settled
it in understood that, work on tho
preliminary survey will begin at
onco, and actual construction of tho
road will soon bo under way. Mr.
Vaudborg, himself 1h a wealthy man,
aud besidos roprosenta largo iutorests
amply ablo to finance tho enterprise
If bo moots with the proper en
couragement looajly, and tho con
ditions horotoforo mentioned aro
mot, no doubt is expressed but that
tho road will bo a go, aud that
work will bo inaugurated at an early
date.
JOHN DAY ELECTRIG GO.
COMPLETES ORGANIZATION
The Consolidated Electric Light
oompany, of this plaoo, has comploted
their organization by tbo elootiou of
directors and ottlcors, and In many
ways farthered the work of installing
the machinery for lighting tho town.
At the 'last meeting of tho stock
holders three directors wero oleotod
and they immediately ohose exooutivo
officers. Tho directors eleotod were
H. M. Basford, Clarence Johnson aud
H. Newell. The board chose tho
following as the officers of tbo com cem
pany: H. M. Basford, presidont; II.
Newell, vioe president: Ciarouce
Johsnon, secretary; and G. P. Jobu
son, treasurer. The officers appointed
Mr. Newell as managor.
When askod hh to tho progross
being made in tbo work of installing
tho plant aud stringing tho wire for
distribution, tbo secretary gavo to
tho News tho following Ueiuh:
"Tho machinery Iimh buen Holootod,
aud will bo shipped in as soon mh it
is neodod. Contracts for polos call
! for their early placing on tho ground,
aud tho oompimy'H agent in Portland,
Mr. Amis, Ihih been instructed to
iniilco arrangements fur shipping tho
wire. Perhaps tho part of the work
that will most delay tho turning on
of light will be the polo contract.
Everything olso is now in Hbapn to
be placed on tbo ground as soon as
ueo'led, and their actual iiiHtallmout
will bo governed somewhat by tbo
1 sotting of the polos.
"Tho ditch Ih already constructed,
and is now undergoing repairs.
Turbins aro already iu plaoo and au
englno will bo supplied boforo tho
wiuter bquhou. With all thoso
things iu readinosss and all tho legal
phasos of tho system adjusted, it will
certainly uot be long boforo tho plant
will be in full blast, furnishing our
towns with the best of modern electric
lights." Grant County News.
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