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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1904)
EASTERN INVESTORS IN COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT , TOM GOSTELLO DRAWS LONG BOW ON GOLDFIELD Says Ore is So Rich That They Seal it In . Coal Oil Gins for Shipment Underground. Editor Sumpter Miuer: ll'iro I urn In tho laud of guidon realities; at IuiihI It. ho lookH from it casual impaction of tho oro dtimpH and Hacked oro ready for tlio toaiiiH to haul to tho nil I road at Tonopah. Tho .January in I no Ih workod hy Iohhooh; tho work being In charge of Sol Camp, and to Hay tho loiiHt, tho HbowitiK Ih Homothlng nut of tho nrdl nary. Quo Hhot tho othor night knocked down a hunch of oro which screened Hltxy naokH, valued at hovuii dollars per pound; thin Ih merely an occurrence In tho daily routino work at thin famoiiH property, which Ih being rapidly plaood In the top notch undor SoI'h management. Tho dump will run oanlly seventy five dollarH to tho ton, hut It will not ho tounhod until a looal rod no tion plant oau ho orontod at tho proporty. Tho J u m ho Ih oii tho dividend paying list, Uh oro running into tho UmtiHiiiulH of dollaru por ton. Tho Combination, tho Baud Storm, and tho Florence, aro all recognized iih dividond payoiH wIioho onm aro valuoil from i?fiO por ton up to tho aluioHt untiollovahlo hiiiii of $:i(),0()0 por ton; oro ho onormoiiHly rich that tt Ih ho.iIiiiI In coal oil oiiiih In tho ml no, thou plaood in waguiiH with a heavy guard In attendance, to ho oHOortod twenty hovoii iiiIIoh to Touo pah; thouoo hy rail 2 10 iiiIIoh to Keno; hut at no time doon IIiIh oro twoapo tho clone HiiporviHlou of tho guards. 1 iiould go on and ouumorato a largo uumlhir of producing mines in this section; hut tho Htory of ouo Ih tho aluioHt idoutioal hlHtory of all; ho will desist, for tear hoiiio of tho hoyn might think I wiih Htrotohlug tho truth; or giving "hot air". Suoh an argument would not apply in thin camp, howovor, an it would ho nttorly Impossible to make tho hot air Htrouu oiioukIi to ho rlohor than tho oro lu Hlght. Dm old frioiidH Phllhrlok and Fouuor aro vory miioh Lu evidence iu tho upbuilding (f t IiIh section. In taut thoir huHluuns Iimh grown to such propoitioiiri that thoy found it uiuntssary to enlarge tho tlrm; ho it now road), Hookor, Phi I brick, -Fouuor. Mr. Hooker Ih a man who has spout many yean In Nevada, Ih thoroughly up to date in tho know I edge of mining, hs well as survey ing. In ouo uiumhor cf tho tlrm of Herrick A Scott, 1 tlud tho gonial, smiling phiz of our versatile school teacher, Scott, he of the pretty curly hair, and the over ready pleasant word to one and all. Ainu tho curlH aro a departed glory uh thoy have gone houco with the aid of power driven cllpperH, iih thoy woro too many for the puny Huears. L. O. Hookwlth Ih here with Mr. Rlloy, a goutlomau with a mining oxpoilonoo exceeded only by the man wIioho age Ih many tlmou greater thau his; ho hetweeu Hookwlth and Riley the chances are they will find some thing which will warrant Mr. HI ley In jarring loose a few plunks for a prospect that will resolve Itself Into a mine under Hookwlth's mauagemont. Tho camp la full to overflowing with Idle men; and as all necessaries are exceedingly high; the chances ate there will he much suffering here thlH wiutot ; hb each day IncreaHOH the popualtlou from fifty, to a hundred, or even, over. Of courne, tho miuoH aro placing men at work iih fiiHt iih placoH can ho found for them, hut the fact munt ho horn lu mind that, thin h the youngest boom camp today, and that almont all the huildingH are hastily coiiHtructed adohoH, and teutH. Still, denpito the ImmouHo diHcomfoitH of hucIi radical doparturoH from former mod oh of living, attended at tlmoH hy veritable cyclonic Hand HtorniH and iuade(iiato water Htipply, every cue hoouih to he happy; conscious that iu tlmo comfortahle dwellings will ho orected and HtreotH laid out, and that muchly prized element ho dear to woman, hot water, will he given nut with liberal hand, while at preseut she HtlntH herself. CotiHldoriug the cosmopolitan nature of the over huntling crowds contluually puuhing, shoving, ami Showing on the main street, the conduct Ih remarkably good, as the authoritioH have no trouble In main taiuiug the peace. Of comae, con dltiotiH may change after cold weather uotn in, Everything Ih run on the wide open order; women mingle with the men at all bourn iu tho saloons, aud it Ih no uncommon sight to see an many women drinking as there are men standing at the bar. Thousands of dollars are won aud loHt each night. Judge hi van 6 is hero but I have not seen him yet. Tho other night one man lost over (S, 000, aud arose from the tablo with the laughing remark, that six weeks ago he would have been broke had he lost only six dollars. He is one of the made rich faat men of this camp. No papers are issued through the geueral delivery windows, so you might send me a few to box No. 7ft, so 1 can show these people what a good mining paper looks like T. J. C03TBLLO. Goldfleld, Nevada, October 30, 1004. Beautiful Columbia River Folder. The passenger department of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com pany has just issued a beautiful and costly panoramic foldor eutitled"The Cnlmubla River, Through the Cascade Mountains, to the Pnciflo Ocean." From Arlington to Portland, aud from Portland to the Pauiflo ocoauj every 'curve of the river aud every point of interest are shown, while Mount Hood, Mount Adams, and Mount St. Holona, perpetually cov ered with hiiow, stand in nil thoir boauty. On tho back of tho map is an interesting Htory in detail of tho trip from lluntingtou to Portlaud and, from Portlaud to tho ocean, not overlooking tho boaohos aud tho San Frolscn trip by ocean. Acopy of this folder may be aooured by Rending four contH in stamps to pay postage to A. L. Craig, General Passeuger agent for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation compuuy, Portlaud, Ore gou. Hy seudlug the address of som friend in the oast, aud four cents In poHtage, the folder will he promptly mailed. Placer Dry Separator. Fred O. Hloom, of Helena, Mon tana, Iiiih secured lottors patent on an invention which, if tho claims of (ho inventor aro not oiigoriifod, promises to almost revolutionize the placer mining industry. Tho machine Ih called a "dry Hoparator, " aud thoso who have ox a mined Mr. HIooiii'h model pronounce it a HiiccoiH. It works on practically the iihiiio principle as that utilizod iu panning gold with a common gold pan, except that where iu the panning process water Ih used, a blast of air removes the lighter Hand aud gravel aud allows tho gold to settle into rifllos prepiued to catch it. In tho machine are a large number of scrcons of different moshoH, through which tho gravel is pijt before beiug subjected to the air bliiHt. Iu addi tion there Ih an apparatus for drying the gravel, thus enabliug a quick separation. MontesuiTChBunker Hill. Warreu Cable has been appointed manager of the coiiHolldatod Monte zuma aud Hunker Hill mines iu tho Cracker Creek district aud will take charge at mice. Tho properties are located on tho mother lodo aud it is reported on good authority that the company iuteuds to run a 1,200 foot tunnel this wiuter. The ore is of high-grade, and it is expected to make a mine os the property uext spriug. Democrat. Hotel Sumpter. Meals 15 cent? and up; bottle Haker City beer ft cents per glass: good rooms 50 cents. MINER KILLED AT THE BADGER Fell Down 230 Foot Winze While Working His Shift Under ground. Sovnral days since The Miner men tioned the fact that the Case Furui turo company had, on au order re ceived by telephone, sout a coffin to SiiHiinvillo. At that tlmo nothing was known hero regarding the maltor, nor could any facts he ascertained. it has siuce been learned that .Johu Peualuma was instantly killed at tho Hadgor mine by falling dowu a .'120 foot winze. The mine is worked through a crosscut tunuel, which strikes the ledge at a depth of 000 feet. From there it is worked through a winze, which is 320 feet below the GOO foot level. Peualuma was working iu a drift no the level, aud while coming out for diuuer walked into the winze aud fell to the bottom. The maugled body fell at the feet of two men, one being tho dead man's cousin, who wore workiug t tho bottom. Peualuma bad just arrived from Cornwall, England, but a fov days ago, and whilo he had workod four or llvo ahlfta for the company, this waa ' IiIh flrHt shift in the Hadger. He leaves a wifo aud four small children in Cornwall. Hughes Sells His Standard Stock. V. W. Reoso aud .1. 11. Hughes returned from a trip to Pendleton tho drat of the weok. While at Pen dleton Mr. Hughes disposed of his iutorost in the Standard miuo. There is a good demand for this stock and all that is beiug offered is quickly taken up. Mr. Huges also closed a deal trausferiug his title to claims joining tho Copporopolis, to the Oregou-ldabo Hold Miuiug com pany. This compauy has of late In creased their holdiug ooiisideialy iu this district aud Mr. Hibbs, who is heavily interested iu the compauy has communicated to parties here that the compauy iuteuds to proceed with extensive development work. Ho is expected to be here about the first of tho year. Prairie City Miuer. Don't Go to St. Louis 'Till you call at or wrlto to the Chicgo, Milwaukee aud St. Paul rali road. Office i:t4 Thiid Street, Portlaud, Oregou. Low rates to all points East, in coueuction with all trauscontlueutals. W. S. ROWE, Geueral Agent., Portlaud, Oregon. I The Miuer does job printing.