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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1904)
urn VOL. V. SUMPTER, OREGON, AUGUST 10. 1904 NO. 49 HIGH OPINION OF S1ANDAR0 A Cripple Greek Operator Thinks it Will Become One of World's Greatest. S'. E. MoCurdy, a well known Michigan lumberman iind mining investor, roturnod yostorday after noon from tbo Standard,! u which bo is interested and left on tho aufteruoon train. Aside from tbo timber industry Mr. AJcCurdy baa been a very successful miunlg mau. Some time ago be aud assooiates took over tbo Sburtliff No, 2 in tbo Cripple Creek distriat, which boy succeeded in turning at a big profit. The now people recently made a shipment from tho propotry, which it Ib claimed exceeded in richness auy shipment ever miido from tbo district, surpassing oven the famous Independ ence and Isabella. Mr. MoCurdy likes this district, gonorally, aud bo likqs tho Standard in particular. Aftei a careful ex amination of tho property, aud bo it understood from tbo standpoint of a miniug man aud not a tenderfoot, bo baa no hositauoy in Maying it is ono of tho biggest propositions ho has evor soon. Tho gold cobalt values are sometbiug new to him, and the high grado ooppor-gold oro induce tbo opinion that tho Standard is bound to become one of tbo groat mines of tho world. GOOD ORE STRUCK IN THE GOLD NUGGET GROUP Ueorge B. ilomlor, who is inter ested in the Gold Nuggol group on Fruit croek, came down from tho property today aud loft for linker City ou a short visit. His bou ac companied bim. Mr. Homier brought with him a fine line of samples. They woro largely gold sulphides, some of them goiug as high as 8100 to tho ton. The group includes five claims with five distinct ledges, the largest of which measures nine feet. Tne others are two, three, four, and up. Mr., Hemler is from the scene of the recent wholesale sheep poisoning.. He says that all told thirty-eight sheep were killed with cyanide on Fruit crook. Thoro was enough poison put out to kill tho ontiro flock but tho herders got ou to it and moved away to provout furthor loss. Ho says thoy know who put out the poison, but no names woro mentioned, however, atlhough ho has an idoa prosecution will likoly follow. Tho trouble arisos largely, ho thinks, from tbo fact that some prospectors aud claim holders give sboopmon tho privilogo of grazing on their ground for tbo consideration for a oripplod sheep or so, aud tho hordots coustruo this into a privilogo to graze tbo entiro country. Ho doos not antioipato auy furthor trouble, however, as tho borders have had a valuable Icssou in tho recent cy auiding. THE HUMBOLDT MILL WENT THROUGH TODAY Judgo WilliumjB. Richardson, of Spokane, vice president of the I'ortuno Miuiug company, operating the Humboldt aud lied Lion in tho Ureonborn district, accompanied by Dr. R. N. Jackson, manager of tho company, woro ontho train going out to tho mines. Judge Richardson, who is on tbo superior bench in Spokane, aud heavily interested in the com pany, will spend several days at tho Humboldt aud Red Lion. Tho now Merrill mill recently ordorod for tho former wont through to Tipton this morning. It was tho first milling machinery to go over the oxteuisou. The plant- is to bo installed at once. All the lumber for tho buildings has boon cut jud everything is iu roadinesss to start construction work. Tho ' boarding and bunk houses havo been com pleted. Tho company will also place a mill on tho Red Lion at an early date. Tho plants aro under advisement but havo not yet been completed. EAST TO ATTEND RED BOY MEETING B. J. (jodfroy, former manager of tho Rod Hoy aud one of tho stock holders iu tho company, left Raker City Saturday night for Chicago to attend a mooting of tho directors which Is to effect a reorganization, and lay plans for tho operation of tho property. Tbo date of the mooting has not Leon set, but it iu understood, it will take pluco at once. To a Mluei representative who saw Mr. (Jodfroy before be left be stated that there was nothing more to be said than bad already been published, that there had beeu no change in the plans. The meeting will act along lines in dicated, and it is expected . that the property will resume at an early date. SUIV1PTER-B0URNE RAILWAY PROJECT J. M. Van Morg, .nd party, of Lincoln, Nebraska, who is interested iu promoting tho Sumptor-liourno railway, arrived iu town this morning with bis engineer. Tho engineer is ,1. A Croer, of Lincoln. Accom panying Mr. Van Rorg was his wife, J. Waggnor aud family, of Lincoln. Mr. Waggnor is a man of largo cap ital, tho father-in-law of Mr. Van Rorg, and Is interested iu the enter prise. Mr. Van Rorg will proceed immediately with tho survey. Tho plan is to form an estimate of tho general cost aud submit it to tho eastern people interested, with a view to throwing dirt at tho earliest pos sible date. Tho ouguioor will make tbo survey at nnco, aud present tbo calculations as to cout to Omaha and Lincoln people, who aro behind the projoot. fills will consume only a short time aud tho construction work will probably begin at an early date. Tho enterprise is a Klllen, Wat nor, Stewart promotion, aud athlough tho citizens of Supmtm havo failed to make good ou cer tain mutters promised, tho company hupos to lino them up, and make tho enterprise a go. Tho eastern end expresses a willingness, aud if tbo Sumpter contingent brings up itnotid, whlon is not doubted, tho scheme will go through beyond doubt. The enterprise has been delayed on account of tho sickness of Mr. Van Rorg's wife, aud tho delay in procur ing an engineer. Rut things look good now, aud thoro is small doubt but tho work will bo inaugurated iu a short time. Mr. Van Rorg aud his engineer, Mr. Clreor, left this afternoon to go over tho route. LOU WALKER IS BAGK FROM WALLOWA Lou Walker, tbo miuiug man who is interested in Wheeler county coal properties, aud who has been uou uectod with various prominent prop erties of tho tfumptor district, io till noil this inmning from Wallowa county, whore ho was superintending operations at tho Radger mine in that district. Mr. Walker took an assay outfit out from Raker City, aud spent soma time sampling the property, regard ing which he has no statements to make public. He speaks very highly of the- Ashing near Joseph but has nothing to say regarding the mlulng possibilities of the distriot. ARRANGING TIME CARD TO TIPTON Joseph Rartou, general freight aud passenger agent of tho Supmter Valley wont out to Tipton today to arrange matlors in regard to tho now schedule or tho extension, which goes into oiroot in a few days. As stated iu yesterday 'h issue tho first train wont, through from Whitney to Tipton over tho now road. This, however, was composed only of tbo engine and baggage car. Tho same equipment will go through today, but it will only bo a few days before the regular schedule will go Into effect. Mr. Rartou Is now ou this business ar arrauglug maters. J. W. Studied, of Rakoi City, was with him this morning. Mr. Stuohell is to havo charge of tho forwarding business. Spoaking iu regard to the matter, Frolgbt and Passenger Agent Jlarton said : "1 have alieady read the proof i of tho revised freight tariffs, and tho now schedule will bo in effect in short time. There will be only slight changes as far as passenger time is concerned. Wo figure that thoto will lie but littln difference be tween tho new schedule and that now in force. Ry cutting down the time which tho trains lay over in Kiimptor, wo will bo enabled to make tho schedule practically (he same. I am not prepared to say when the new schedule will go into effect, but as mattera now stand it will be in a very few days. Tho extension is com pleted, aud wo aro now ready to make the now town of Tipton the chief forwarding point for (ho John Day aud contiguous country." Doane Will Huild the Road. In speaking of (ho purchase of tho Thornburg placers by W. L. Vinson, and tho work to lat done thereon, tho (Irauile (Jem says: In addition to tho work mentioned above, Mr. Vinson will put In a new road (o the mine at once, The road is to be built from Crane flat down Crane creek to the North fork aud will bo completed in tho next thirty days. It is estimated this will cost close to $l,'2fi0. Mr. John Doane, of Sumptei, Mill havo charge of the work. Ho is at prevent in Sumpter, whore he will get a crew of men for tho work, which will be started Monday or Tuesday. This change iu (ho road to the North fork will be ii groat improvement over the present one to that point, which ia noted as ono of the worst iu eastern Oregon, Mr. Vinson is greatly pleased over bis new acquisition, which, In hia opinion, are the richest placer nines' iu the country, au3 he says are ahead of anything he has .to a. placer way for fifteen years.