9. .,
Wednesday, September 14, 1904
THE SUMPTER MINER
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GRADING KOAD FOR
AUTOMOBILE LINE
Arobie Alnaou, n woll kuowu rail
roa'i coutruotor, left Portland yes
terday morniuR for Shauiko, with hu
extonsivo outlt of men and teams to
Ho to work ou tho road for the pro
posed automobile Hue botneeu Shau
iko and Bend, says a press dispatch.
The road will bo eighty miles
lung" said Mr. Mason, nud its cost
will average three thousand dollars a
inilo, making 8240,000 the amouut
required for its ooustruotion. Wo
Lope to complete the contract within
the next seven months.
"The Deschutes Irrigation and
Power company is at tho back of the
enterprise. It has large holdings of
laud in Crook county and already
baa 150 miles of ditches in position
and will finally bring f00,000 acres
of laud uudor irrigation. In order
to soil this laud it becomes nocouqary
to build a good road into it. This
will uow be done and travelers by
automobile will be ablo to make the
eighty miles in five bourn wlion wo
get the road completed.
"The average grade of the road
is not more than three per cent,
although there are a few short
strotuhoH whore it runs as high an
twelve pur cent. Tho width of tho
road will bo sixteen feet, which will
permit of automobiles passing each
other in perfect nufoty. No teams
will ho permitted to use tho grade,
as tho company has a deed to tho
right of way fot tho entire distance.
ore shoot has been uncovered. It
has always been the theory of those
most familiar with this property that, i
higher values would be fouud as the
lower tunnel penetrates the moun-
! tain, because tho surface valuos at
'the summit tell thin story, and the
.theory is now being substantiated.
STOCKHOLDERS AT
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Judge H. M. Cake, of Portland,
president, of the Mountain View,
, president of the Portland chamber of
commerce and promoter of tho Ore-
J gon Development League, accom
panied by Walter White, also of
Portlaud, returned today from tho
Mountain View and left foi Port
laud. Mr. White is a stockholder
in the Mountain View.
ludgo Cako is well plopaod with
i the progress being made on tho mill.
lie names no time for its comple
tion, but thirty days will probably
see it ruuiiing, it is thought.
' Dr. Techow, superintendent of the
property, accompanied tho gent lemon
to Portlaud.
LARGE TONNAGE IN
SIGHT FOR SMELTtR
While in Maker City yesterday,
Mauager Fuller said to a Democrat
reperter:
"Vou, the operation of the Sump
tor Hineltor is au assurerd fact. The
furnaces were blown in yesterday and
the slag is ruuniug. 10 very depart
ment of the smelter is being
operated and what is best of all the
smoltor will not shut down unless it
be for repairs. I am glad to say that
very satisfactory arrangements have
been mado for ores and tluxes. We
expect to receive and treat every
clas-f of ore from every section and
mining district of eastern Oregon and
southern Idaho. Our contracts
justify this statement.
"I have traveled over every foot
of tho mining sections of eastern
Oregon on horseback during the past
few mouths, and 1 can say nothing
strnugor than that I thoroughly be
liovo in this mining couutrv and its
future. Vou icight say that in the
past its products have only been
shipped out by tho thimbleful! ami
mining done in the most primitivo
manner, exoopt in a few notable cases.
Largo tonnage is uow in sight and
scientific mining is being done."
I. S. ENGINEER TO
INTERIOR COUNTRY
John T. Whittlcr, of the United
State-) tioologiol Survey, and land
and reclamation service, passed
through Sumpter on this moruing'H
train en route to Burns and the
interior country.
Mr. Whistler hud no statement, to
make for publication, beyond the
fact that his trip is oue of general in
vestigation along the line of irriga
tion work, lie will probably bo out
couide or three weeks.
INcw Assay Office.
Charles Knlit, the well known
assayer. will open au otlice tomorrow
! in the Sumpter Sampling and Test
ing Works building ou Cracker street
Mr. Kaht says that he had several
locations in view, but this scorned
tho best adapted to his purpose,
ills outtlt is hero and he will bo
ready for business tomorrow.
Twenty-Dollar Magnolia Ore.
Al Jones received bis assay
return this forenoon for the sample
of Magnolia oro brought iu yester
day, of which meutiou was made iu
The Miner. The ore carried 820 iu
gold, which is considerably better
than the average ore from the mine,
it being about eleven dollars. The
appearance of the rock, the forma
tion Mud the solid character of the
four feet of Jedge matter and this
assay all indicate that a valuable
W II Make Great Showing-.
Albert Loy and (ieorge I lowland,
who have mining properties at the
head of North Powder and Little
Cracker, came to town today. Their
properties iu the vicinity, they say,
are looking good, and they are of the
opinion that, the district will iu time
make a gtcat. showing.
Sorting Ore at Listen Lake. '
Colonel 10. S. Topping came in
from the Listen Lake this atlorunnu,
where he has been porting ore for the
company. The colonel says the work
is progressing good. The shaft is
uow down to the 100 foot level, and
the company is preparing to crosscut.
This is one of the big copper prop
ositions of the district.
Tipton Telephone.
C. II. Barnard came in lust night
from Tipton, where be has just com
pleted a telephone pole contract for
the Wbituey-Titpou line. The
poles have all been distributed, and
it is understood that the line will be
finished in a short tim.
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