THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, September 14 1904
THE OLD TIME
PROSPECTOR
To Hit) prospector lor gold mill
Hi Ivor Hit: United Stales owes Hid
111 p Id development ol tho West.
Tho tremendous tnnul indued hy
tho dlsoovorinH of gold i"l Hi Ivor in
California, Nevada, Ulitli, Montana,
Ididio, and Colorado undoubtedly
!HiiHod tho building ol a transcontin
ental railroad at least' twenty years
Hoonor tliiui otherwise would have
l)()n the cami; It would ho in
credible if tlio uion wlio dared tlio
terrors of what, wiih thon tlio (Stoat
American J)oHort and tlio IiohIIIo
Sioux and Apaches worn forgot ton.
Vot. it Ih a fact that tho narnoH of
-C'ottiHtook, Gregory, O'Koilly, Me
JjMiiulin and scores of others aro
utmost mh completely forgotten iih
if thoir work hail hoon that of
obscure factory handM. Surely thoHo
hiuii'm natiioH Hhoiild ho remembered
arid honoiod tiy tho wtstorn com
monwealths. Jtoforo it is too lato,
iind whilo inon yot livo who know
thorn, tho facia, iih to thoHo forgotten
heroes ahonld ho nil looted and
.prosorvd for lutiiro generations.
Too generally an improHHion pro
vails that thoHo old prospectors woro
(ho emigrant concluded to leave.
ConiHtnck thon divided what wan
taken out and, seeing it was too
Htnall for a man to travel on, said:
'Now we will divide my half again;
you will need it !'"
Nor wiih Comstook an isolated man
of thin class. Wo cim recall many
Hiich prospectors in our travels
through tho western mnuutaitiH.
'PI...... II. ... ,,1,1 f,.llM,U ..u,n,.i..u.,
we are proud to have knewn: ilno
Campbell, known all through tho
desert h of Nevada, California and
Arizona, .Jacob Mright, of ConiHtock
days; Calloway, of Montana. All of
them loyal, guuerouH, courleoiiH men,
strictly temperate and of the fluoHt,
trucHl character. One, at leiiHt wiih
Hcholarly and of wide and deep
reading. Truly thoHo men are worth
more to humanity than the schemers
who rule the money markets of the
world.- Mining Reporter.
McLEOD-MWDERN
ARTICLES SIGNED
OREGON-IDAHO COMPANY
BUYS SIX MORE CLAIMS
not "nlco" mot). I'lio fact host
known concerning Grog or, tho first
discoverer of quart gold in Colo
rarlo, Ih hix picthuioHiiio hliiHphomy
when ho uiado IiIh epochal diHcnvoy at
Jllack Hawk. What tlually l.ecamo
if (Srogory and what kind of a man
tie really wan, tho hcIiooI children of
cif Colorado aro not Informed. Ho
far iih wo can find out it Ih not known
with certainty, oft"', whore ho died.
Kecently, whilo digging out some
llgiiroH from old government roportH,
which iiIho aro not appreciated iih
they should ho, mo i'iiiiiii on an
jiccount of the last dayH of Henry
!nniHtook, after whom wiih named tho
roat CnniHlock lode of Nevada.
The old man wiih living at llutto,
iMoutaua, in 1H07 and in 1HIIH, wo
Jin! in tho "Mineral Hohouitch of
tho United StW UiIh pathetic
jiccount of 11 magnlllceut charactet':
"Although it man of the HtriotoHt
temperance, uning no Htlmulant
htrongnr thati ton or octree, and not
ovMi toliacco, years ami tho liHrdHhlpa
iind excitement incident to a frontier
life aro tolling painfully on IiIh
faciiltloH. In m couvorHHtioii with
Mm ho referred to IiIh piiHt career,
Hpclally hia connect ion with the
lode that boars IiIh name, ilia
intoloot appoatH to wander, although
his IihikI atill rotaitiH its cunning.
Ho Ih n Hk ill f til proHpector lint
IiIh fading recollectioiiH carry cloudy
imagoH to IiIh darkened understand
log. He imaginoH he owns the
whole Comntock lode, and tho titles
of Cold Hill and Virginia; hut,
Contract For Big Dam Awarded.
DIiIh were received hy the Kilama
iua Lake and ivesorvoir and Hook
Creek I rigid ion company for tho
cotiHtructiou of the mammoth dam to
he forty feet wide on the hottom,
iih 1 llfloon wide on top and 108 feet long,
tie Iiiih no imme.liate uho for them, he and were opened and the contract
Time Iiih not hung idly on the
hiiiidH of the eaiiHtern parlies ropro
Hontlng tho Oregon-Idaho Cold Min
ing coi.ipany. Tho general managor,
A. A. JlihhH and Or. Jitown, mining
export, have gone over the property
of the company, making a Htudy of
the geological featured with an eye
to oxtetiHive future operalioiiH.
In addition to the clainiH now held
hy thla company, nix adjoining
clainiH have heen acipiirred. During
the piiHt week A. A. Ilihhs, ropro-
Hcutiug the Oregon Idaho Cold Min
lug company, Iiiih purchased one
claim from .1. Fence, one from Chan.
Crear, one from A I Forroo one from
A. K. WilHou and two from Crain &
Kooho. TIioho are all contiguoiiH and
form a very valuable adjunct to their
holdingH.
During the pint nix tnontliH, 100
feet of tunneling have hoon competed
and a contract wiih lot thin week to
A. 10. WHhoii and Chan Crear for
100 feet addition work. AIho iiii
extotiHive order for mining material,
including a ton of rails, Iiiih heen
placed with a local Iiouho.
Tnoho in charge of UiIh onterpriHO
aro of the coiiHcrvativo type, who do
not rush head long into a milling
proportion until nHHtirod of sulli
dent ore in Hight to warrant tho
maintenance of hiicIi a plant, Owing
to tho lack of time Dr. llrown Iiiih
not been aide to make iih oxhaiibtive
research iih ho doHired, hut from what
he did nee ho Ih please 1 with the dls
tiict and Ita poHHibilitioH, consider
ing the newly opened CopperopollH
vein moHt promlHing. Prairie City
Miner.
The MoLood-Maddorn single drill
ing content Iiiih passed tho atago of
Hpeculation and is now within tho
realm of certainty, it will he, but.
whore Ih conjectural. If Sumpter
hangs up tho largoHt purpe, it will be
here, and ho with Maker and liouruo.
ilnurno Iiiih already, it is understood,
put up 81 HO, and Sumpter and linker
aro to ho heard from, lien Wood,
tho hacker of Maddoin, Iiiih ho far ox
proHHod no preference, but. it is
natural ly supposed that he favors
Maker. Ho Ih hero today with
Maddern gutting the meet in shape.
MoLood's friendu incline toward
Sumpter or Hourne, but the town
getting the largeat purse in eight will
pick tbo prize.
The following artioloH of agree
ment wore signed in thu law office of
F. A. I'j. Starr this merning:
"TIiIh agreement made and entered
into thiu tho 7th day of September,
HUM, hy and between W. T. Mad
dern atid M. D. MoLood, witness,
that a drilling contest sliall bo had
between the parties to this agree
ment, to bo hold in either the town
of ilourne, tho city of linker City,
or the city of Sumpter, the one put
ting up tho largest purse by tho 11th
of September, to be tho place. This
content in to bo for a purse ot 8500
on each Hide, and the same to bo
deposited in the bank on the 11th
of September. The contest Ih to take
place on tho 20th of September,
1001. The Hteol Ih to he three
(piarter inch, not awodgod, and the
hammer Ih not to be over four
poiiudH.
In tho event, that either party shall
fail to appear at tin contest, he shall
forfeit to the party appearing the
8100 forfeit money, providing that
hiicIi non-appearance shall occur
through hicknoHH or accident.
In witness whereof, the said parties
have hereunto Hot their hauls seals
in duplicate, this the 7th day of
September, 1001.
Signed W. T. MADDFKN,
D. M. MoLFOD.
MORNING TO
RESUME SOON
II. II. Nicholson, consulting en
gineer for the Killeu, Warner,
Stewart company, Clark Suyde, in
terested in the Morning, and II. IT.
Atrics, one of tho stockholders uudor
the Morning reorganization, loft this
forenoon for tho property, in the
Or'jonhoriiH. J. A. Green, obief
engineer of tho Ilourno railroad,
went along with them, ostensibly for
the trip.
Tho gentlemen iu question had
nothing to give out for print, but it
is genorally understood that Mr.
Nicholson is getting the matter in
hand preparatory to .the resumption
of operations. When this will occur
is not known, but the reorganization
has heen effected and the operation
of the property is the thing con
templated. This will probably take
place tit a near day.
GRANDf RONDE ROAD
AN ASSURED SUCCESS
Ledge 1200 feet Wide.
41
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Hows others to livo in IiIh houses. , awarded on Monday to Loontas Foe,
I he people aro poor, and it would bo
hard (o turn (hem out, especially in
I he winter This feeling of beuevo.
Jeuce in the old man is genuine, and
one that he actually practices. Ho
Iiiih a small claim that pays little
tho lowest bidder. The work im
plies a considerable undertaking iu
the lino of civil eugiueeiiug and yet
will bo executed at a tlgurc bordering
on the thousand dollar mark. The
bids were opened by the board of
juote tli.iu wages. If a poor miner ' director, ranging from the amount
comes along without means, he given
him an opportunity to work in tho
claim until the sulferlug stranger has
tho iuomiih to go on IiIh journey.
"Joconily an emigrant came along
who was Hick and could work but
little. ConiHtock and he worked
together In tho claim, tho old man
doing thu most laborious part, unit!
named by Mr. Fee to the sum of
'J,ir0. Work will he pushed
rapidly forward, as it is a case of
make hay while the eun shines iu tho
altitude and the region of Kilamaque,
and the take will bo expected to
supply the large and increasing
demand now anuailv levied upon her
oxhausless resources llalues Heoord.
A dispatch of receut dato from
Philipsburg, Montana says: A re
port of what is believed to have been
one of the greatest gold strikes in
his state within the past twenty-live
years Iiiih reached this city from
Frngpoud biiHiu, iu the Mooselake
district, where the Miller brothers,
who livo here, are interested.
William Neu, who is iutertesed with
the Miller brothers in mining opera
tions there, came to town Saturday
with the report that a ledge of gold
ore 1,200 feet iu width had been
located iu what is known as Whet
stone mountain. Severn I assays of
the ore taken from the ledge have
been made and they show values
lunging from thirty cents to several
bundled dollars to the ton, the
average being about ST a ton. It is
said that tho mountain i almost a
solid ore hearing body and that the
extent of the ledge is almost incal
culable. Great excitement prevails
as a result o( the strike.
A special from Pendleton to the
Spokesman-Keviow says:
W 10. Davidson, secretary of tho
Fnstem Oregon Development com
pany, and member of tho llrm of W.
F. Davidson & Company, mining
brokers of Pendleton, says that tbo
electric belt lino to be built in
Grande Hondo valley is au assured
success. His father, T. W. David
sou, is hi the east now interesting
capital in behalf of thu project, and
at the present timo tho outlook is
most encouraging.
Grounds for a terminal and depot
have boon donated by tho residents
of Cove. Tho Amalgmated Sugar
company has agreed to raise COO
acres of boots aloug thu lino, whore
heretofore as tho prico of hauling has
made thoir culture prohibitive. Tho
right of way Iiiih boon socurod, and
had it not boon for Chiof Fugineer
A. H. Urowno being called to Canyon
City as u witness in a suit at law, the
suivoy would have boon completed
at this time.
The power proposition on the
Minam river has not beeu looked into
except to ascertaiu that at least 20,
000, horse power could be developed.
WORKING ON JOHN
DAY EXTENSION
Hotel Sumpter.
Meals If) cents and up; bottle
Haker City beer f cents per glass:
good rooms 50 cents.
Joseph Iiarton, general freight and
pnssoufcor agent of the Supmter Val
ley road, was out to Tipton today
and returned to linker on the after
noon train.
The Tipton station, Mr. Ilartou
Hiys, will soon be under construc
tion, llids for its erection are now
being considered.
Kegardiug the John Day extension,
Mr. liarton says it is tho pruposo to
get iu as much gradiug as possible
botore snow falls. A force is now
at work gradiug beyoud the divide,
and although the completion of tho
lino cannot bo aimed at, it is the
purpose, Mr. Ilartou says, to got iu
as much work as possible before
winter sets in.