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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, September 28, 19U4 TOPPING'S BIG DEAL paper tlio toll how Hump tor, A squib in a Maker City othur day purported to Colonel 10. H. Topping, of locator tho now fuiuoiiH Lo Hoi in I no. The itotn wiih it ihihh of inaccuracies. Today Co I otio I Topping told tlio Miliar limn tho straight of it. "In IHiJU," 'u '. "' wiih run ning a Htoro at Nelson. Two pros pectors, Jon MnrlH and Joseph liur gaols, located four oIiiIiiih whoro Rowland is now located and drove 0110 Htako 011 a fifth. Thoy brought down hoiiio 010, which I had assayed and found worth 10. Moris and IJurgooh worn prodigiously dis appointod and wore for abandoning thu InoaliniM at oiKio. I pointed out that 610 rock wiih at IoiihI. an ndioaliou of tho existence of gold, and advised furl hoc work. Thoy Mintlly 111111I0 a proioHiliou for mo In pay tho cost of llliug tho flvo notiooH of local ion In rolurii for my cliolco of any claim In tho group. I did ho and selected tho claim which l)ii(l hcoii only pint hilly Hlakod. I namod il. Lo Koi (fho king) and Hunk a Hovoii'foot hole, showing eighteen tool or 610 rock. "That wintur I wont to Spokano and Hold a lO-MOths IntoroHt for $,'10,000, ton por cent down. "And tlnit'H how I cnino to locafo tho faino :s ho Koi iutin. " "In thoHo days," continued Col onel Topping, "I wiih wllliim to take a uhanco at anything in thu mining lino. One day a friend of mine iiiadii a deal for tho puiohmo of the Gertrude initio, near tho Lu Koi, for throe Millions of whlHkoy. Itoforo tho goods were dollvorod lie got cold foot, ho I took tho deal oil' IiIh hiimlH and paid over tho hooo to tho HiitiHfiod pronpoctor who had located tho claim. A couple of tiiontiiH later I wiih down in tipokuuo, ami culled to hoc a Hocondhaud denier, wIioho business included the purchiiHo of anything from a doen toothplckH to a church and ouugroga tlou. After tluee days of hard labor 1 unloiidoYI the Gortiudo on him, receiving in return $fifi in cash, a good watch with a mighty thin chho, a sowing nuichlue an 11,000 cigars. "It wiih an out-and-out chho of 'Hight-atid-uuHoou' trade, lie never Haw the mine and 1 didn't wimple thoHo cigars, otherwiHo negotiations would have been all oil. 1 mi may talk about Hkuuk onhhago wrappern and gum-shoo fillers, but thoHo cigars beat anything in the line of pro digitus odor ever invented. I took them along with me when 1 went buck up north and fell foul ot a otiHtoms inspector tit Maroon. The duty on olgaiH wiih tl 'u cents each, with an ailitional 'JT per cent ad valorem, which would make those cigars stand me about $.'100, if 1 wanted to got buck home with 'em. 1 spent three duys at Miiicuh, arguing with that ciiHtouiH iu-ipector, and filially compromised by allowing myself to bo appointed an in ipcctor, which poBltion 1 held for two yiiiirH. "The cigars? Oh, yes. Vou nee, as Htoro keeper, tavern keeper, mine investor, prospector and noldler of fortune, up there, 1 hud made a number of enemies. 1 used to natch for 'em at Marcus, and be fore 1 would let them cross over tho Hue 1 would make 'em smoke out of thoHo cigars. "Six thousand of those cigars finally got past me aa inspector and found their way to my Nelson hotel. Ceorge Turner, then part owner of the Le Koi, later United States seiiHtor, aud now the demo cratic candidate for governor of Washington, whs one of my patrons. Turner only smokes imported cigars. "One day he called for his favorite brand aud 1 palmed off five of the second-hand dealer's stinkers on him. He lit one, took a puff or two, eyed me HiiHpiclously, aud asked: l I. ...... ..I...1 J.ltV I " 'Sure,' said I. " From whore?' ho nuked. " 'Marcus,' suyH i. "Turner never got the taste of thoHo cigars out of his mouth. Vours later 1 met him in Chicago while he wiih on hie way home from a sitting in Loudon of the inter national boundary commiHsiou. " 'llowdo, Colonel,' said tho Honntor. 'How'h the importing business V " "1 reckon the Gertrude was worth the money. Over $i00,00() has ni uco boon Hpoiit. on thu property, hut tho dividondH lo date wouldn't pay for I hat three gallons of whiskey." F BLUE BIRD BUCK HORN VALLEY QUEEN BLACK BUTTE Are the greatest money-making stocks on the market today. Investigate them. Write for annual reports and prospectuses- WHEELER & CO., BANKERS Dcpt. 60. 32 Broadway. New York. Sole agents for above companies. THAT RESERVE WITHDRAWAL Chief 1'lnglneor Joseph West, of the Sumpter Valley railway, passed through from linker tills morning, on IiIh way to Tipton, beyoml which point he IniH a couple of surveying orowH in thu field, carefully Holectiiig a route to the ,lohn Day country, and endeavoring to find a feasible grade into (he Qunrt'.burg mining district. Mr. West announces that no exten sion will thin year be bulltj beyond Tipton It was largely, if 'not mainly, through tho personal. effortH of Chief lOnigiieor Went that the recent with drawal of a large area of timber laud wiih ordered from the Dine mountain fnroHt reserve. Mr. West went to Washington on such a mission, pre Honting to the administration the fact that'the withdrawal of a 'tremendous acreage of liltio Mountain laud for forest reserves made impossible the extension of tho Sumpter Valley lallway through to the John Day country aud on to liurns, the terminal point named in the com pany's articles of incorporation. The Oregon oongrossltiiil delegation heard Mr. West's plea aud offered to use its influence with the department of the interior, provided the railway company could aud would give iiHsurauues that the John Day aud Hums extension would be built. Mr. West evidently made good, because it 1h a mutter of record that all the membeiH of the Oregon delegation exerted their influence toward bring iug about the throwing open of various township described by Mr. West. Strenuous opposition to Mr. West's petition was met with from Secretary Hitchcock, who, according to reliable information, was foicod to accede to ttie delegation's demands by Pros dent Koosevelt himself whose evident desiie was to placate the people of Oregon and pour balm up on the many political wounds inflicted on influential Webfoot re- publicans by the honorable secretary of the interior, whose bitter policy MgHiust Oregon and Oregoulaus is undoubtedly duo to tlio feud oxisting hotweoti himself and Congressman Hinger Herman. Mr. West enlisted the support of Gilford LMnchot, chief of the forestry diviHion of the Interior department, wliofco representations, and the roprcHontatioiiH of Mr. West to tho Oregon delegation, resulted in 1'resident Koonovolt taking the matter out of the hands of Socrotiuy Hitchcock and ordering a big area of laud restored to entry in the UIuo Mountain reserve. Mr. West says that tho area eo restored was not so large as that petitioned for by h Unhand recom mended by Mr. i'lnohot. There is teason, however, too Jholiovo that when thu prosout temporary Illuo iti on mm ii iorcsi. rusurvu is iiuuiiy made permanent, other tracts will bo eliminated therefrom, so that the original petition of tho Sumpter I Valley company will ultimately bo grunted. GRANT COUNTY PLACER MINES IN OPtRATION a cut on tho property, which is ample evidence that the ground contains ample of what its owuurs woro look ing for whou they located the prop orty last year. Mr. Poo tie is of tho opinion that the ground will pay well when properly opened up, as it pros pects woll at the present stugo of development. John Clemonts came ovor from his mines on Myrtle crook whoro lie went some timo sinco to nrrangc to construct u new ditch, in ordor to acquire ample water for tho opera tion of tho property. Ho has niado surveys and finds that bo can secure atiiplo wator by tho expenditure of about 812,000. Ho is now waiting word from Sumpter pooplo who arc intorosted with him, but hopes to bo able to oompleto tho construction of the proposed new ditch and have everything lu roadiness for spring work boforo wintor. Canyon City Kaglo. The placer mine owuod by C. L. Koddick aud J. R Kiink on Quartz gulch is still being operated and from all appearances will coutinuo until the cold weather of wintor puts a stop to it. Mr. Koddick, who is superintending the woik at the mines, says that thoy still have ample water for a nine hour run each day, and the cool weather is expected to soon increase their watet supply. Where they are oproatiug this season, thoy have a bunk of about fifty feet in height which contains several stratas of pay gravel. They aro not work ing on bedrock, nor have thoy any idea how far it is to bedrock. The ground is easily worked, aud before the close of the season, thoy will liavo sent through their nice and down Quart, tiulch a vast quantity of oarth aud gravel. Ho expects to make a fair cleanup this season, though they have been bothered considerable witti the sliding of the high bank against which they have been work ing. L. O. l'eotie aud Ceo. Culp re turned Sunday from Meadow creek in the North Fork country of tiranite, wtiere tney nave noon lor Severn: weeks doing assessment work on some placer ground owned by Judge i Davis, Errett Hicks and A. D. 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