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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1904)
Wednesday, October 19, 1904 RAILROADS IN OREGON BUSY FORCE 4T MONUMENTAL CHEAP MINING IN OLD MEXICO SAYS COUGAR DEAL IS A GO THE SUMPTER MINER liailroiid linos to interior Oregon points nro ox poo tod hh it roHiilt of tho prosont Htriiiuud railroad Hlluatioti. TIiIh Ih tlm opinion of I'oitlaml rail road oIIIduIh, declares tho Telegram, Meno of whom ptsrinit thotmolvcs to ho iiotutl.' Humors of continued war, which tip to tho present timo lias hoon Waged Hololy with woapoiiH of finance, oomo Wont from Wail Htroot, and it Ih daily expected that oirootn will ho.tnmo noticeable in tho NorthwoHt, which appoarH tho object of battle In tho piiHt, mIjhoijoo of building operations huri, it is olaimotl, hoon duo to (ho oxintonco of C. J. Allot), of Portland, ono of tho ownors of tho Monumental mino, fourteen milofl from Supmtor, oamo up from hlH Wohfoot homo today aud drovo out to tho property, whoro eighteen mou aro umployod in re opening tho property and placing it again in tho liHt of produeors. The Monumental wan the flint quart, ntiuo opened in the upper camp, aud in thu HO'h yielded heavily In Hilvor, being the only producor of tho whito motal in the Hint1 mountains. Kiel, ruhy Hilvor oro, awaying from 8 'J 5 to 1 00 per ton, Ih being Hacked from the lower tunnel for shipment to Similiter. Abandoned ulmiioi urn (mint; nlmiiind (Hit. II 11(1 ill " r,n,,!T1' ,, .. ' . ri,""u' 'onoinHtamJoa flue hody of oro I.i.h rondotod Ineffective through change of , )() oxpomicl. inloroHlH, work Ih expected, j ,,, . ,',. .,, ilw,rilllllllli imi,i . " ' I'l-"1 '" " " !"--- 'OgOllj i Iwiliiii iitiimiititiiiwiil. 'I'lui iirnMitiit mill, ivhlnli in uriiiiiLM'd for a.oa ol country in (ho Northunst at l ,,, ry criIHh,w )y ,, Ih.iptoHoul limo tinlappod hy rail-1 I(1.,.(1I1hMm .. nilll imil,lumnMnn. I I . til I I a - f- --.- i -i" v nni.s, ih ....... tie,.. mc. "Knnii H,,r( ,, ,,,, iiinii ami grazing il.Hlrlc h a,o out ,,, ,, ,, mi 1 1 ii ii iii.imiii) i.i i in iii ii ii i i;n 1 1 1 1 1 1 u.- '..., i.i.... ..I.. i i ...(I.... It.. i;i limn iih, iniiii 1111111111111111 iwii, j if That cnnlral and Houthorn afford tho liugost and uioHt profllahlo entirely (Hh HfampH for wot tho primitive inolhodH of tinpt. hy ((mining. IndtiHtrial export t and niiiroa.i men do uoi iioHltalo to pre- . . nun i urn. wiiii ii i in i rtiiiu, ur wiin Hovotal Hpur liniH tapping thin iIIh- I trict, tho population of Orison i would doulilo within a short timo mid tho witiilth of productH would ho largely multiplied. It Ih now lie- linvod that, uuloHH proHont railroad hostilities cease, tho linoH will ho lin ill. it hashing hoon an open secret I that tho llarrimau interests have ro frainod from building now roadH or extensions of proHont Much under a mtmploto understanding that coin-j potiug riyHtoniH Hhould do likewise. TIiIh agreement followed a building concentration, mid oyauido. A TonnoHHoo Hyndicato recently a working intoroHt in tho Monumental, paying, it Ih Haiti, 6(10, OOU, tho full Hum to he ov pontlod in reopening tho property under tho HiipervlHlou of Mr. Allen, who in an old Cripple Creek operator. I. coveted Hiiur l IIIh Ml (TH MFhhlh ' 1 UILI ITIUVll IlLLlLI ROAD IN CABLE COVE Civil Ktutlnoor Frank llohnon aud liiiruny Flynu aro up in tho Cable Cove district Hiiivoyiug a routo for a iinin five years ami, which ronul.nl , u nmiI fnm lho 0vrIuJ(, ,, in the Snake Mvur Valley out-oll. a mJn,8H m (vlIJ ,, W, t U0 move that found counterpart In the Ull1Hlll,lllloll Kronl hl mK Llmllor purohalsng of right " way hy tho ehi T,0 r(ll( wI v t,,0 Qw, Northern INu, fin or a (liHtauce.HavinK Un, Ku,,)himt, If that company lino f.o... I.imls ton in WiiIIiiIh. ,(uci t0HlllirothB oxpeuHo; other cutting "II the Sopkauo haul. Iwhb othorwHO Since the inception of this agree-, Tn) n , t'n llMI U0 r0U(, u,h . . , .' . """" y , I '" " vo It apply on jiwntMiiiu in iiiiiiii'ml inn inn riiiiiiu ....... 11.... 1.. ... 1. 1 ..t. .. ....I.. ..!.... I .......!.. n...... ...., R.u...,.....H,,u......u,. honellted thorehy, llll lllltltl III VUDKIMI, WIIII mo n.Miup ti.... ,.r .. ..!... v ..-i i....... ii.. ..in.. .. ... ,M ...... ... t....... ...U...U 01mJt t0 nm(, wJ, J,,, U mtIot fur iiiIimikii and the ,. Kmy hump or ,, tJ KK ,,,, Qnwn m, by Valley, in iixIuiimIiiiih. KvhhIvo ( xlollllMl ,t n hlllf mlIu, w, reilob hiihwiim Imyu bmiii kIvuii In iipiiitnlH (, U(1 Kuu A f tht80 ...... priiiiiiHH nave noon iiiiiiio, mi iril,urlllH ,lllV0 ,mm, or lotiH oro j.u ,,..,.,. ................. ............ ,H ,0 Iin,lMl,,y dipped ;i.uir.i. Mini Miiiiiuiirii urKiiii "nvii ,.,,. ,lliril ,,.. tlll- ,,,, , illllM '"""" .....J.. ..... aw.... ...,..., i hut Meno of them can do ao until I.HHOHHIUOnt work for the ml. .oh that will ho honellted thorehy, which tho law allowH. HoHidori tho mines mou- John 13. McMautis, on of Ex-State Senator John R. McMautis, ot Seattle, pasod through Supmtor this mornitiK, en routo to Vincent creek, in the Bonanza district, whoro he la heavily iutoroatod in miuiug prop ertieH. He recently returned from Mexico, whoro bo aud his father acquired a group of producing silver lead miuea. "Mexico Ih undoubtedly tbe cheapost country on earth to operato miuoH. Nativo laborors draw fifteen coots por day in our money, which is equal to thrity cents per day iu Mexican money. Wo are sinking a now shaft, on our property down there, aud tho work costH loss than 81 por foot. We adjoin a property which Ih outputing KI.M'JO tons of nro por day. Tho camp numbers fully 1,000 hoi. Is, and tho minors are tho dirlioHt, grei.Hiest and most unreliable lot of men on earth." Mr. McManus' trip to etuloru Oregon at this time is to arrange for winter work on the J lei ma group, in (..rant county. ALPINE OEflCERS MUCH PLEASED that to tho gone on without railroad connection, .....i i,. ...i. ...... ...1.1..1. ...ui. .....i.i "" "" """" '" ,,u ithon, as iniiiMi wiiiuii roiiio in i'oiiiiiiki, uas boon divmtod to Kan FrauciHCo bo- j ciiiiho of oariinr travel for Iouiiih in! (hat illroctiou. Now, with the rail- j road liitunihtH lighting among thorn- j flolvt'H, it ih tho hope of residents of, the belated district, an uell as Uioho iMigagod in buHluoHd iu Portland, that Mimethii.g will bo done to relieve (ho Hiluatiou. "Lack of railroads is holding : Oregon tiMok," has often tioen nald. t it will not stand tho ex- piM.Ho of packing from one aud a half to ho miles over the Hteopot, loftiorit summit in the Hluo tuouii- tlllllH. This is one of the w incut iuovoh yet made In mining matters iu that ! district and L. V. Swiggott Is credited with putting tho scheme in to operation. Down in that gulch Is found tho richest ore in the dis trict, aud several of tho properties will iliirt.liin t limit mi I vim uftar (miiN That this condition will no longer , lorlUo ,, provl(U(,. I'XHl IH IIIU llllIO (11 HUH UUIIV I UI p(hon who are watching the tlnaucial buttle being waged between the llarrimau InteroUs, Could and liockofollor against .lumen J. Hill aud J. 1'irop Mo. gun, his backer. Twjutv one the Dadger. men are work lug at Tho Kockofeller group, iu the lireenhoriis, owned by Portland met), is sloping oro for a tost ruu at thu i. X. L. mill. If the saving by amalga mation aud concentration is jatis factory a stamp mill will be erected in the spring. Messrs. C. K. Talbott, J. F. Dlotz, Thomas Leo and W. Gibson, of Cincinnati, came i i from tho Alpine mine last evening and left for home this afternoon, accompanied as far as linker City hy Superiu tondont Dick Addoms. Those gentlemen own a controlling Interest iu tho Alpine company, aud aro also stockholders in the Jiaby MoKoo. Whet, on their way to the mine a week or ten days ago, to in spect the property, one of them said iu conversation, aud his statemout was endorsed by the ethers: "If this Alpine proposition pays; that is a reasonable Interest on tho investment, we can get all the money for dovelopiuont of oaatern Oregon properties that wo want. There is plenty of money east looking for investment, but it is a trifle shy of mining, though temptod to tako the venture. Convinced that it is a safe Investment, as woll as tho most profitable, as you fellows out bore claim, when it does pity, aud there will be a flood of money turned in to that channel." Today tho party, individually and collectively, expressed perfect satis faction ovor the way thiugs aro going up at the Alpine. Develop ment work will bo continued aud the mill operated all winter. Superintendent Addoms said: "We are dropping only ten stamps at prosont, experimenting on the ores. Tho mill is saving a satis facatory percentage of values, con sidering tho short timo it has been running; but it can bo improved aud more values saved. Wo have already made oue or two minor ohauges that are working good results. Wheu perfection is approached, the other stamps will bo released. Tho gentle- mou from Cinolnuatl are as good people for this country as ever in vested a dollar here. They are level beaded business mou; no quitters, aud aro sure to wlu out aud make big mouoy. " J. W. Larkin, one of tho owners of tho Cougar f mine, near Granite, passed through Suruptir today on his way to Spokane. He still suffers from tho effect of n recent runaway accident, in which ho suffered a broken bouo and two frnotured ribs. At tbe time of the accident Mr. Larkin aud Mr. Rausford, a mining eugiueer from New York, were re turning from an examination of a group of claims on liuffalo mountain. While descending u steep declivity the team becamo unmanageable and started for tho bottom at tbe rate of a milo a mit.uto, according to Mr. Larkin. Tho tongue foil, striking a root and precipitating tho occu pants of tho buggy about fifty foot in the air. Mr. jjtirKtu, in couvorsaiou wuu The Minor man this morning, said that the ponding deal for a sale of the Cougar mine to at. eastern syndicate bids fair to bo consum mated at an early any. An optiou. Iihh been given to tho Spokane rop- rcsoutativo of tho syndicate, and a second payment has boon made as an evidence of good faith. The Cougar is equipped with a 'Jno-tnu oyauido plant. A good force of men ia doing special de velopment work "While the Cougar deal is not yot closed," says Mr. Lnrkin," I have ovory leason to believe that it will soou bo." 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