Wednesday, November 16. 1904
THE SUMPTER MINER
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60LCONDA WILL BE SOLD
AT PUBLIC AUCTION JAN. 4
J. A. Howard returned home to
day tfter au absence of a couple of
weeks. Wherever else be may have
been during that time, be was iu
Peudletnu early this week, attend
ing the meeting of the stockholders
of the (Joluouda Mining company.
When asked as to tbo result of that
conference, he deoliued to bo inter
viewed; stating that bo would prefer
that the Information be obtained
from "headquarters;" as if the re
porter was not then eudeavoriug to
secure it from headquarters, Ho
was firm, however, in his refusal to
talk about tbo mattur, so The Mluor
culled into Bervlco its wireleBS
telegraph operators and communicated
wiht other authoritative sources.
Au anthontiu report from Peudle
tou Htatos tbut the stockholders met
thero Novembor 8 aud adjourued
until tho next day, when they
Important Court Killing.
Tho supremo court of Utah handed
down a decisoinn last week that is
of the utmost importance to the
mining interests of that and other
states. According to the decisciou
the construction and operation of
roads and tramways fur the develop
ment of mines is a public us, and
the statute wbioh gives the right, to
condemn such property by right of
eminent domain is dealared to be
constitutional. The opluion handed
down says, among other tbiugs,
that the construction and operation
of irrigating ditches iu Utah has
been held to be a public use; there
fore, "since tbo miuiug indiutry is
second iu importance only to that of
irrigation" and "siuco it is of vital
importance to the people that tho
coal as well au the othor hidden re
sources of (ho stato be opeued up aud
doveloped aud that tho miuiug iu
dsutry iu general, which has been
the soruce of ho much wealth to tho
people of this aud other we Hern
states, be conducted on the same ex
tensive scale in the future that has
characterized its opreatious in the
past," it la "therefore the public
polioy of the state to encourage the
people to open up and exploit the
mines with wbioh the state abounds,
aud thereby not only give to tbi
state the weatlh wbioh will enable
other iudsutries to be created, but
furuish thousands of laborers with
remuuerative employment." Mining
World.
Revival of Mining Camps.
Tbo history of mining camps, like
that of nations, repeats itself very
often. The recent announcement
that the ouce famous Tiptop silver
district, near Castle oreeek, in
suothern Yavapai couuty, Arizona,
is about to fceoome a gold producer
occasions no surprise. For twenty
years the miners of Colorado mined
up Clear creek to tbe top of the
divide for silver, and there discover
ing gold, mined back ' for gold.
Leadville, at first a gold placer
camp, uow a producer of gold, silver,
lead and zino. Hutte City, Montana,
was origiulaly a silver camp.
Eureka, Nevada, once a great silver
lead camp, is now produciug gold,
authorized the president of the com
pauy to offer all of its property for
sale at public auction, iu front of
the court houso in Peudhton Jauuary
4, 11)05, at 2 o'clock p. m.
I The proposition submitted by
Alexander Prussiug, of Chicago, was
rejected, at tbo first meotiug, hold on
the eighth iustaut, for the reason
that the time required to carry out
the plan would be too loug.
It is understood that a comwiteo of
the stockholders will be prepared
to bid iu tho property, aud that the
plan to sell is merely for the pur
pose of making title and to reorganize
iu the shortest time possible, hh some
of the larger creditors are said to
have refused to grant au extension of
timo.
liy the proposed plan it is hoped
to have tho mine iu operation by
February 1 to In.
aud ho tbe list might be continued at
length, but the localities aud in
stances mentioned are merely in
dicative of the chuugoH which time
aud opportunities briug. Tho poor
low-grade mine of today becomes the
profitable producer of tomorrow, be
cause of the changed conidtious, in
crease in knowledge aud improvement
iu methods. Miuiug and Scientific
Press.
Famous Blue Gravel Mine.
Some figures regarding the famous
Hluo Gravel miue at Smartsvillo
were published iu the Marysville
Appeal on July 21, 1807: "This
claim coutnins upward of 10 aoros,
averaging 100 feet from surface to
bedrock. Upward of 91,000,000
have been taken from it, though it
was not opened until March, ISOi.
It occupied nine year of incessant
labor, aud the expenditure of upward
of 8100,000 to open it. it has rour
miles of sluices, three feet wide aud
four feet deep, in which three tons
of quicksilver are distributed to
eaten the gold. One hundred aud
twenty flvo thousand pounds of gun
powder are annually expended in
blowing up aud breakiug tbe cement
where it is too hard for the hydraulic
to wqsb. The water used in washing
costs 125,000 per annum,"
Ueu Land filings on Mineral Lands.
Captaiu Alexander, special agent
of Tbe Interior depaitmeut, pased
through town ou tho aftornoon train,
from the Jbu Day country to his
headquarters at La Grande, lie
had been to the Hlack Hutte to in
vestigate some roported illegal lieu
! laud filings in that district, aud
learned thab the report was true iu
t two ways. Some parties bad made
tlliugs on mineral lands, aud others
were outtiug timber from govern
ment lauds for mining porposes.
G. R. Aldrin Goes Crazy.
C. R. Aldrin, a prominent mining
man who has for several years been
operating In tbe Greeuboru district,
was taken to the county jail by
Sheriff Brown at au early hour this
morning and a charge of insanity was
I placed agaiust him. Mr. Aldrin was
at one time financially fixed, but
loBt considerable mouoy in speculat
ing aud ouo reverse following after
another was more than his mind
could stand, and bo becamo montally
derauged. He will bo examined
some time today aud a disposition
made of his case by the county
judge. Tho sympathy of the entire
community is extended to his family
iu theit misfortune. Herald.
J. M. McPhec's New Job.
Mr. aud Mrs. J. M. McPheo have
gone to Portland to romaiu during
tho winter. Ou his recent trip oust
it was decided that no work should
bo do no ou tho Golden Wizzard until
spring, except to survey the property
for patout, for which he has atiauged.
Among he stockholders iu this corn
pay are the miiufactutors of a pro
prietary article known as "Kooky
Mountain Ten," which has a large
sale throughout the east. They have
appointed Mr. McPheo their Pacltlc
coast agent. He will open au otllne
iu Portland aud will put iu the.
winter introducing the goods.
DRIFTING AT THE I. X. L.
AT 300-FOOT LEVEL
Malinger Fred T. Kelly of tho I.
X. L. miue, who has been spending a
day or two in tho city on biiHinoHS,
states that ho has now reached the
MOO level with his main shaft and has
commenced drifting on the ore vein.
The shaft has boon in ore all the
way down from the 200 level, where
they struck the splendid ore u few
woekn ago.
What will dovelop with tbe drifting
is hard to predict, but it h uxpeoted
that withiu sixty fot tho main oro
shoot will be lapped, for which Mr.
Kolly has been driving. Marvelous
rlchiH may bo opened aud all who aro
acquainted with the property believe
that it will prove to be a woudor.
Mr. Kolly will start (he mill on
tho loth of tho mouth, aud begin the
shipping of onucoutrntoH.
Mm I.I.I,!,... 'Illoliulirn mllin .wlt.illl-
..IIIJ MI1.1IUI4 ..lUlinillll IIIIIIU, III.JWIII- 1
ing the I. X. L. and belonging to the
company, will be operated through the
1. X. L. shaft aud drift, as it has
been demonstrated that tho two
veins are coming together In ouo ore
shoot, which can bo tapped ou the
1)00 level by a short cross cut, which
will be undertaken an sunn as the
main 1. X. L. ledge has been out by
the drift now being run. Democrat.
In the Wilds of Alaska.
W. W. tilmer, the Sumpter miuiug
engineer, who returned Monday from
a tclp to Alaska, tells some stirring
tales ot tbe hardships eiicouiitered in
the far northern country lie left
Sumpter about two mouths ago,
having been retained by a big mining
syndicate with headquarters iu tbe
east to examine and report upon a
property located several hundred
miles inland from Resurrection Hay.
The trip was a most difficult one and
the weather was nothing if not
wretched. Mr. Elmer believes that
Alaska is a great mining country,
but eastern Uiegou holds out far
superior inducements at this time.
Dr. .1. Jackson aud Arthur Hooth,
of Spokane, were passengers yester
day to Raker City, en route home
from the Humboldt miue, iu the
(Jreeuborus, where they made survey.
General Manager Fuller, and
Superinteudeut Kirchen, of the
smelter, aud Mrs. Kirabeu were
passengers ou tbe iiaker bound train
this afteruoou.
WHY THE JAPS
WANT MUDKEN
A correspoudebut writing from
Mukden gives tho true version of
the reason why the Japs want to
galu posession of that territory. Ho
says :
"To judge by tho foreign papors wo
are getting here, public opinion
abroad kuows uothiug of the roal
importance of Mukdeu to the Japa
and its value to various Russian
general, aud high ottlclals as a
business proposition. As a matter
of fact tho possession of Mukdeu
will go far toward replenishing tho
gold resorve in the Mikado'H coffers.
"For hero, iu the auburb of
Neekuan, without the gieat wall aud
the jurisdiction of tho Ohiuoso Vice
roy, aro the tint works where Aloxiolf
aud othor Muscovites have the gold
ore, taken out of Korean soil, ground
up, refined mid made into "yellow
boys' for uso in Paris and Monty
Carlo.
"Tho ,laps were too hot after
Aloxieir and his successors to remove
oven part of the treasure, though for
a time they loaded military tralua
returning to tho Western frontier
with the preclotiH dirt and quartz.
Vet again the .lap's surprising alacrity
spoiled their calculatioiiH. Thoir
lightning movements made it imperii
tive to rush troops to Manchuria at
in unheard of pace thero was no
tame fur private enterprises, even
those of the viceroy aud other
'greatest' men."
DEAL ON FOR SALE
OE THE EARLf GROUP
A deal is pending for the sale of
tho IJiirlo group of iiiIimh, adjoining
the Morning, Iu the Greenhorns, to a
WIhoouMii syndicate. A bond for a
deed has been signed by John and
Morris Sullivan, owners of tho
property, and a first payment la dim
on December Ifi. Morris Sullivan
came iu from tho mine yesterday
to vote for Parker. Ho confirmed tho
nows of the pending deal. "Wo
have bouded the iOarlo group,'1 ho
said, "and believe that the sale will
be consummated."
The Karl consists of six clainiH
on a ci os vein abuit 1,800 feet from
the end iiua of the Morning, A 4
foot tunnel has entered a good oro
body. Where the Morning ledge in
tersects the Karle a big pay shoot la
confidant ly expeoted. A force of men
la uow driving toMard this point.
The recent sale of a controlling
luterest in the stock of the Luoy,
anotler contiguous property, to a
wealthy Mlllwaukee company was
chronicled in this paper.
Sinking Plant for the Monumental.
C. J. Allen, of (he Monumental,
passed through Sumpter today on
his way to Portland He says bo
has Installed the pump aud holvt
that ariived here two weeks since. A
station was cut iu the lower tunnel,
l,0fi0 feet from Hh mouth and at a
vertical depth of &00 feet, aud tbo
uiechiue placed at that point. -UIh
of small capacity, but suftloieut to
sink a wiuze 200 feet, which will bo
rusheu to early completion. That
will give a total depth of 700 feet,
which will demonstrate what tho
owners are endeavoring to ascertain.