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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1904)
Wednesday, September 28, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER DREDGE SHIPPED FOR CRANE FLAT PLACERS Made by Risdon and Capacity of Yards A. Unroll, of tho firm of llurnh A: Ilurhrldgu, of Spokane, 1h in town foday. From 11 notion published d-iowhoro. it will bo Htitui that lio Ih udvurtlHiiig for IjIcIh on 11 lot of hauling himI grading. Mr. JJurnh InforniH Tliu Minor Mint h Iiiih bought and Iiiih shipped a Hindoo drodgn for thn Crnnn Flat planum, whi oh III! (IWIIH, and will mdonvor to gut it iiiHtnllud IIiIh fall. TIiIh Imi nan do, if t lio muohlnnry Ih delivered on (ho ground without (In lay. It will Hrrivn hern at an narly day. The dredge in of tliu nominal impunity of 2,000 nnliln yarlH pnr day, hut Mr. Unroll thinks it will handlo from l,:t()() to 1,500 cubic yards of gravol daily. Thmn nro nearly it hundrnd drudgoH of thin iiinkn now In HiiccuHHftil operation mid thorn Ih no quuHliou iih to Itn nhlllty to Hiivn thn gold. Even If I ho machinery is not dn livnrnd in tlinn to hnvn it Installed 125 MILES ACROSS AL ALKALI DESERT Tony Mohr, who rot u mod yuntur day from At hint in (Mty, Wyoming, iikim i.ililitli uliiiiii In, mill .t i in Ijniwl Ill-ill iiimiii I'iihi" '-' ...... ....... . hold a hood on a promlHlug iiiiun, rolatoH u Htory of hard travnl through an untoward ruglou. "Hum In thn Hupmtur gold llnldH, we ridn in railroad cum to within a low miloH of hlg miiiuH. (iood wngon j i-ondH radiate to tliu varloiiH nampH. TraiiHpnrtation Ih compatatlvuly rapid and cheap. Ovor thorn in Wyoming 1 hunrdoii a Htagu at Hock KpringH, hniidod for Atlantic City, '1U miloH away, iioiohhh an alkali, Hand and HiiguhruHh desert. It wan ho hot that thn sand lliirdn urawlud into prniriu dug IioIuh. Vim ran iiiingiiiu thn plniiHiuuH ot Htii'h a trip. "At tliu hiiiiiu tiiuo 1 think thn Wyoming camp Ih a good nun. It in tliu only absolutely frnn gold camp I hnvn ovor visited. Thn IndguH arn narrow hut rluh. 'I'hn greatest dupth no far attaiiiod in MOO funt, hut thn fion Ktild values hold thuir iIcIioh. "Them h hound to tin a railroad into tliu mmp hnforn long." Tuny Mohr and Dr. Pomnroy drovu out to tliu llnll'nln inlno, a fmv inllot aliuvu Supmtur. thiri morning and returned (IiIh afturuoon. Saying Nothing and Sawing Wood. Conornl Manager Fill lor. of tho Hini'ltor, in quoted in thn Dumocrut an haying: MVou nan simply say vu am talking little an) Hawing wood, thn Hinultur in running day and night and wo mi all ho busy wo have'i't limy to think. All wo kuow Ih that alktnwtW, is of the Nominal 2000 Cubic Daily. thlu fall before tho had woathnr soto in and it hucomoH impiaotical to haul hnavy loads over thn roads, thn grading and uxnavatiou for tho pond will ho eomplotod and tho hull for thn limit will ho hulit. Lumhur for thn hull will ho bought olthor hum in Surnptor or at Lawton. It requires only ahout thirty minora' iuulluH of wator to oporato a drodgo of thlH oapauity, iih thn wator Ih ukoiI ovur and ovor again. DredguH arn now madu that will hand In gravol to u dupth of nighty foot. At Crimu Flat planum hud rock Ih encountered at a dupth of only ahout thirty font. Thin ground Iiiih lioon thoroughly tustud during thn proHont your, on a Hinall hoiiIo, with a modillnaliou of thn olovator, and it Iiiih hoon dumoiiHtratud hoyond douht to ho a prolltahln propoHition. Next huiihoii it will ho opuratud ou a morn oxtuusivu hoiiIo and and will add largely to thn gold output of uiiHtuin Oregon. thn oin in doming in daily in car IoikIh and wo hnvn to tnko euro of it, and thoro is morn in night than our contrautH nail for. Thn minim in thn uppnr uampH nro doing wall, and arn now flipping mh oru which hnlpu to pay thuir dnvulopmuut u.xpunsuH. TIiIh thuy could not do hnforn, and wo arn gutting (mm from tliu Hnaku rivur and Idaho campH " WILL ST0PE ORE FROM THE SCANDIA TUNNEL Thn longoHt piono of duad work iu thn Sumptur gold llnldH will ho com plntud within two wuukHtimu, accord lug to Wait Wudn, of Sumptur, man agui of thn Scaudia tunnel undor Quebec mountain. Loan than 150 font rumaiu to ho drivon in order to roach a point directly unduruuath tliu apex of thn mountain. Nnurly a scorn of hlind vuinn hnvn hoon erosH cut at approximately right augloH hy thn tunnnl. These ledges vary iu width from two to twenty foot. No drifting Iiiih huou doun on any of thorn, ho mauiigumnut prnfurriug to complntu thn main crosscut hnforn attempting vein development. Man ager Wndo now auuouiiceH olllcially that within two week's time, drifts will he Htarted ou a numher of thn Intersecting veins and thipmuntH of oru madu regularly to tho Sumptur Hiuelter. Thn Scaudia tuunul within lfiO additional funt will have attained a total length of a.OOO font, Kvory foot of thin work Iiiih hueu hy hand. For the greater part of thn dlstaucu tho tuunul h wido enough for m douhln track. Ventilation is superb, hlowern being employed. yxiiaJ The greatest vertical'depth attained is 1,000 feet. Upon the completion of the jorssout, upraises will he made, " and stopping incidentally inaugurated Tho Scandla tunnel is tho longest pieco of orosBcnttiug iu tho 13lue mountainfl. Tho United Elkhorn recently Htarted a 31 00-foot crosscut and tho contemplated .'1,800 feet of dead work at tho Cornucopia mine are tho only pieoos of work in this roigon to compare with tho Scaudia. ANOSHER MESSAGE FROM JUDGE EVANS J. II. Hrowu received a lottor to day from Judge Eviidb, iu which ho roitoratos his previous statement that Ooldflold is the greatest yellow motal camp ou oarth; alleging that during the past six mouths more gold him beontaken out of tho three mlnoH bolng worked there than Cripple Crook produood during the first two years of Its oxlBteuno. lio says, however, that tho ground for twenty miles around has boon staked ofr and for IIiIh reason thoro is no ohanco for a prospector in that immedlato vicinity. Tho three minuH that are hnlug operated wero oponod up hy leaBoiH, and only the vory high grade ores is boiug Hhlppod. Any quantity of com paratively low grado oro is hoing mined and loft on tho dumps, awaiting transportation, or a local roductou plant. Tho Judgo piuos for a dog house that ho toro down just beforo leaving horo, and used tho lumber forfuol; says it wiih a hotter building thau the one ho Bleeps in thoro and pays 81. 00 a night for a bud that (Ioob duty ou two shlftB. Kostaurant charges, howovnr, ho jiij'h are reasonable, considering couditioiiH; that thoro aru many of thorn and competition Ih strong. MORMON BOY TO SHIP ORE W. 10. Ciraoo jmd Charles M. Sage, tho former of whom 1b president of thu CitiuiiH National bank of linker City, and llilio lattor vloo pipsidont and general manager of the Hmoho Sago Hardwaro company, with head quartors iu linker, roturued to Sump tor today from tho Mormon Hoy minu, in Cahlo Cove, and passed through'Jlhis afternoon to thoir homo. Thuy own tho Mormon Hoy, which Ih under bond to K. M. Wilson, of Malliuur, whoso tlmo iu ho occupied with varloiiH othur mining propurtius iu thin region that Messrs. Sagu and draco decided this year to do ttiolr own asses unont work, to guard against accident. In thn uviuit of thu lapsing of the Wilson bond, It Ih thu announced In tention of Messrs. Sagu an Ciraco to place a crew of men at work this full an anango for stoady shipments to tho Sumptur smultur. Shlpmuuts havn beun iniiilo from tho Mormon Hoy of sorted oro worth 8100 pur ton. Thu owners bulluvo that thuy can eaHlly tako out enough SG0 oro to make up a fair daily touuago for shipment. Tho Mormou Hoy never looked bettor,' said Mr. Grace to a Miuer mau today. . -T?- -. Jtf lWKm j tbt - OPEN THE RED BOY Alexander Prussing passed throuh Sumpter today, en route from his home In Cbicngo to tho Ked Boy mine, of which ho is president through a recont reorganization. Mr. PruBsiug was instrumental, if not wholly roBpouisblo, for an amlcablo adjustment of tho tougled financial affairs of tho throe million dollar Rod Hoy merger company. With Joseph E. English, of Dan ville, Illinois, ex-owner of the Uolconda, Mr. Prussing brought order out of chaos and so arranged things that immediate resumption of operation at the celebrated old producer hiiB been made possibble. 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