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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1904)
VOL. VI. POOR MAN'S COUNTRY Sumpter Gold Fields the Evergreen Tonapah and Backdoor Klondike , Harry T. Hendryx, juulor member of the Gelser-Hendryx Investment ooapeny, returned this morniug Jr id extended trip to the east and south. The majority of bia time waa apent In Chicago, lu conference with Alexander Pruiaing, the gentle nan wbo waa an Important figure in tba successful reorganization of tbe Red Boy mine, and wbo, with tbe Ueisar-Hendryx company, la eugaged in tbe task of endeavoring to perform h like service with Uoloonda affaits. "Plaus for a reoiganization of the Golcooda aompauy are uearlug con summation, " said Mr. Heudryx to a Minor reporter this morning. "I bave strong hopes that everytbiug will turn out right without friction. Tbe old stockholders who are favor able to the plan of reorganization of Alexauder Prusslug, wbo bas been made trustee, are already sending In tbeir stook for exchange for certifi cates iu tbe new company, wbiob be hopes to abortly organize uppu a basis of one-third tbe capital atock of tbe present three million-dollar corporation controlling tbe mine. 1 am not at liberty to give tba details or tbe negotiations now in progress toward a reorgauiaztlou of the (Jol conda, but you may quota me as saying that shortly after tbe first of next year the old mice will he re opeued on a large scale and made agaiu to add its wealth to tba world. This is a consummation devoutly to be wished by all tbe mining men of eastern Oregon. The Uolconda has too loug been permitted to lay idle. Its closing down has hurt the whole camp iu a laige measure, for tbe reason that outsiders wbo are not familiar witb tbe facts in the oase are impressed with a wrong belief that tbe mine is no good, that it has been worked out, and that Its stockholders have been buncoed. We who are on tbe ground know that tbe Uolconda i a good mine, and with, cpmpetent management it can be umage one of tbe heaviest dividend payers, in tbe Sumpter gold fields." Asked by the reporter regarding SUMPTER, OREGON, conditions iu tbe east witb relation to western mining investments, Mr. Hendryx said: "There la plenty of eastern mouey for Investment iu western mines. This mouey is lu tho hands of a different class cf people than obtaiued a few yeara ago. Those easterners who during tbe past year bave been gambling in industrial stocks oh tbe Chicago and New York exchanges, have come to a realization of the error of their ways, and are now plaoiug their coin ou the winning card weBtoru mines. "1 wa- surprised this trip to dis cover that easterners have a thorough aud complete knowledgo of the con ditions obtaining iu eastern Oregon. They know, for instauce, that tho Sumpter smelter bas trausformed this camp from a region of half a doon big milling plants into a rogiou abounding in hundreds of shipping properties. They know that eastern Oregon is th poor man's camp to day; that no longer Ib it necessary for a small mine operator during tbe Initial stages of his operations to go bead over heels iu debt for a stamp mill and concentrating plant, be cause tbe smelter la close at band, affording a ready market for all the oie be can ship. 'The statement that eastern Oregon is a poor man's camp may muiid odd to thneo wbo labor uuder a bo lief that such a term applies only to the Klondike aud h! hi inlr out-of-tho-way places, where gold can bo washed out in a dish pau. Ami iu this view of tbe matter sight is loHt of tho fact that it is worth a mau's life to mako tbe trip from tbe states iutn the god-forsakou northern country, aud that it requires a small fortune in tbe way of fare to mako tbe trip, with tbe changes largely in favor of failure wheu tbe jouruey is com pleted. "Here iu Oregon, where Pullman oars run witblu a dozeu miles of mine i wbiob are Bteadily outputtiug thousands upon thousands of dollars moutbly; where tbe climate is far from aevere; where wood for fuel, water for power and milling opera tions, and timber for buildings are abundaut; where wagou roads witb easy grides make mountain trans portation easy and cheap; where every tlssure vein goes down as deep as modern miuiug machinery cau go; where every pound uf ore taken from tbe giouud iluds a realy market at tbe highest market prices; whure every natural condition is favorable to cheap miuiug and easy prospecting here, in Oregon, is tbe poor mau's oouutry par excellence. And that is tbe reason why, after visiting almost every mining camp ou tbe face of tbe map of tbe west, 1 am II no iu tbe belief that Oregon is good enough for me. Touopabs and Onldflelds may spriug up and attract stampedes ; Klondike may rise aud fall; but old Oregon stands always in tbe front rank of money-making mining states. NOVEMBER r6, ,90,1 "Tho Lewis and Clark fair next year will result in tho hringiug Into this camp of thousands of people prospective investors and men with money looking for a chauco to make good. Sumpter can show thoao people something worth while, aud the result will be that following tho fair visitors will come a Htroam of easteru mouey for investment in our mines. We want to lay asido our petty personal differences and worn together to show up tills camp as it Bhould bo shown a policy which will build light bore iu custom Oro gon tho groatost gold mining camp iu America." Oregon Looks Good to Him. M. P. Bluok, a mim oporator from Mnuice, Indiana, arrived iu Sumpter yesterday on a trip of In apeotlbu of tbo Sumpter gold Holds. He was met at the depot by Anthony Mohr aud driven to tbo string of big Craoker Creek mother lodo miner, James A. Howard, president of tbe Flrat National bank, of Suupter, accompanying the party. The North Pole, E. aud E., Columbia, Taber Fa rot ion, Ooloouda aud a few other mother lode producers wero visited. Mr. Ulaok returning iu timo to board tho train for a western trip. He ox prosed himself iih highly pleased witn this district, saying that ho had no idea that Oregon could boast of Hiinh groat mines. Ho expects to return sometime iu tho near future aud identify himself with this region. Goes to Mormon Basin. Warren Cable started today via Bourne, Hock Creek aud IlHkor City ou a trip to Pedro mountain and Mormon basin, where he is directed by eatsern mine buyers to make ex amination of the Hoyuods aud Piatt properties ou Podro mountain, near the Ooldeu (late quartz mill, and aho properties lu tbe Mormou basin, near by. From recent reports from that section there will bo seven mines worked there this winter aud much activity is predicted. It is expected to resume work soou ou tho Morning Star group iu the Mormon basin, Tbo Hainbow and Hattie U. are being worked aud tho oro milled from these properioi. P. (I. Wells aud A. Otnefcs will work there all winter. Work at the Morning. Three sbiftu of miners, uuder O'Haru aud & Cheyuo, contractors, are rusluug work on tbe now crosscut at tbe Moruiug mine, wbioh, accord ing to latest reports, is in forty-live feat. They are' making live feet a day. A good sized force is also employed ou tho outside, gettiug out and framing miuiug timbers aud erecting better wiuter quarters, iu preparatiou for uninterrupted work duriug tbe snowy season. U NO. ij BELLEVUE SENDS TEST SHIPMENT 30 Tons of Concentrates Delivered Today at Sumpter Smelter Fied 10. Cable, one of the prin cipal owueia of tho fahioua La llollovuo mlue, arrivod In Sumpter yesterday from Oraulto oh buslneaa connected with tbo smelter, to which he la making shipments of concen trates. Two four-horse teams are engaged in transporting the" product, wbiob la tbe accumulation at tbe old tiellovua mill, which shut dowu several years ago. Tho first whip mont consisted of thirty tons as a test. Itopnrt comes from Orauito that should tho test prove satis factory, La ilellovue will again be come a steady shipper. Mr'.' Cablo when seen by a Miner reporter tbia morning, would neither nltlrm nor deny tho 'truth of tho roiOrt. From hia reticence is deduced tho Hiisiolon that negotiations are ponding for tho property, which la one of'th'e most valuable iu the Uraiilto district, but which has been tied up'ftir many years by warring stockholders, who have so far boon utiahla' iti" get to gether on auy reasonable Was Ik. Fred Cablo Is one of the ' pioueera of this district, having bean lu timatoly idontllled witlk .ojlulng de velopment hereabouts for! the past thirty yoaia. All Ready at the tied Boy. Johu Tbouiseu, acting manager of the Hod Hoy, mine, came up to Sumpter this moruiug, accompanied by bis family, aud this afternoou drove out to Uranlte. Ho says that everything is now in rcadluess for re sumption of operations at this famous old producer. Timber for milling purposes and lumber for building h as ijcoii out by the May Quean saw mill. Surface work has boon cleaned up, ami all that now romiilna is for tbe reorganized company to assume churgo aud carry out its plaits for operation on a large scale. After a shut down for three days, to mako some repairs ou tho blower, tbe smelter is again iu operation. This forenoon tho wiud blew tbe sulphur smoke over town aud every oue deoalred tbe odor was delightful from a busines staudpoint. N i! - ;-V