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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1904)
VOL. VI. INJUNCTION DISSOLVED Tho federal court of Oregou baa dissolved another injuuotlou rostrnin ing tho smle of tbo Coruuoopia mine, aud Shoriff lirowu will proceod to dispone of the property at pubile auction on November 22 aud 28. Tbo Injuuotlou proceedings wore brought boforo Judge Hollluger an cillary to proceedings instituted in the Federal court of Now York by II. H. Rogers, vice president! of the Standard Oil compauy, who brought suit to foreclose a tlOO.OOO mortgage held by hiui and who secured a tem porary ibjuncttou teatralniug the sale of the property under execution. The order to bow cause was made returnable before the federal oouft of Oregon. Onoe before the Oregon oourt die eovled an injunction issued out of the New York oourt, the prior one being secured by Jnbu E. Searles, bankrupt owner ot the mine. It is believed that the principal bidders at the forthcoming sale will be a foreigu syudicute, for which Pierre Humbert, of Sau Francisco, recently exported the miue and re po rted favorably. There is no certainty that the sale will uoute off. Rogers, as well as iiuukrupt Searles, are expected to make some move iu the state court. The present situation, briefly stated is thin: The Cornucopia ,Miuiug company has tiled a petition in bankruptcy; H. H. Rogers, of New York City, has started suit to foreclose a mortgage; the Circuit court of Raker oouuty has ordered the property of the mine sold to satisfy claims of creditors; the Federal court has declined to interfere to stop the sale becsuae the statutes of the United States for bid it from interfering. Just what the outcome will be from this mass of litigation oaouot even be coujeotured at present, but the scene of active effort will likely be sbiftted to the state courts. Making Artificial Rubies. Artificial rubies are made by a process of the chemist Verueuil, by melting a mixture of clay and oxide of chromium at an even tempeiatura of several thousand degrees. The two substances are carefully placed above each other in layers so as to prevent cracking in the crystallized mass. It is stated that Verneuil finally suooeedeed in producing an artificial ruby weighing five pounds, which bad a value of about 1000, SUMPTER, OREGON, FIGURING ON A RAILWAY FROM HERE TO GRANITE Ishhc V. Audersou, of Uolso, ar rived in Sumptcr this morning. Mo wus met by Ex-Reprosontntivo (icnrgo Rarrett, of (Jraut county, aud drivou to (Jranlto, whoio ho will look ovor tbo field with a view to determining tho foaslbility of au uloctrio rail way front Sumpter into the Rod Roy miuiug dhtrict. Mr. Audersou is a railroad build or. Persnoally aud individually be is wealthy. Furthermore, he represents a sydulcate of inventors iu industrial enterprises who accept his word as final. He is now engaged iu the projection aud promotion of an electric line from Pearl, Idaho, to some convenient couuectlug point on the Oregou Short Lino. He baa worked up sufficient interest in the project among miue operators of tbe Pearl district to btiug about the signing of a number of touuage pledges, including oue with tho Friday aud Leviathan, au adjoin THRILLING ACCIDENT AT THE IMPERIAL MINE. John Arthur, of the Imperial mine, who returned this morning from Raker; John Shauks, one of the original lessees of the property; J. O. Kitchen, superintendent of the Sumpter smelter, aud Johu Royce, hoisting eugiueer, were the joint and separate heroea of a thrilliug aocident iu the Cable Cove last week. Tbe tale is told iu the following words by the Sumpter correspondent of the Portlaud Telegram: A hoist located iu the maiu tuuuel jutt over the shaft, is operated by au engine, and a smokestook leads from this to tbe surface, a distance of about 175 feet. This smokestack caught fire, with tbe result that the smoke was forced dowu into the station chamber. Johu Shauks, who was operating tbe hoist, wai oveicome with the fumes and forced to give up. He called for Johu Royce, who worked tbe opposite shift, aud who had just From this price it may be judged that tbe product is uot first class, and probably just pays tbe costs of manufacture. In order to produce tbe exoMdiugly high temperature NOVEMBER 23, 1904 ing initio, both contributors of con siderable ore to tho Sumpter plant ; the Lincoln, Checkmate ttitil Poarl, other properties iu that ciitnp, ship to Tauoina aud Everett, smellers. Tho contracts signed with Poarl district miue oporators provide for tho completion of surveys by Febru ary 1, 11)05, tho comiuoucomout of construction by March 1, 1005, and completion aud operation of the road by March 1, 1000. Powor for the operation of the trolloy is to be de rived fiom the Payette river. Mr. Anderson's mlsslou to the Humpter-tlranlte district ia to make a crusory examination of tbe con dition obtaining hore, with relatiou to tho feasibility of an electric or steam road from Sumpter to tho Red Roy mining district. Whou ho de parted this morning Iu company with Hon. Uoorge J. Rarrott IiIh last words to a Miner reporter were: "Wait till I come hack; then Til tell you something." received a sign to hoist tho bucket iu which Johu Arthur was coming to the top. While holding the lever Royce becamo almost uucouscious from the smoke, aud before he could stop tho reel, had drawn Arthur clear up to the sheave. Theu Royce became utterly un conscious aud foil to tbe floor, while Arthur tumbled out ot tho bucket. Mr. Kircheu, of tbe Sumpter smelter, who had just come oat of the shaft ahead of Arthur, saved the latter from a heavy fall by catching him, aud the two theu got Royce to a place of safety. He did uot regaiu hh -tenses for some time, but finally got out of the tunnel. Had the hoist been going with its usual rapidity, Arthur would have undoubtedly heou killed or seriously iujured. iloth Shanks aud Royco were quite ill for some time after the aocident. The smokestack finally burned out aud veutiiatiun was re stored. whicb is iudispensable for success, Verueuil uses a blast of ox y hydrogen gas, which acts direotly on the mass from the top. Tbe hardness of the ruby is the result of quick cooling M NO. 14 BRADLEY INJURED Fred W. Hind ley, tho noted miuiug niiin, was badly injured last week iu a San FranciHCo apartment house by a giiH exploHiou, uncording to it special dispatch to the Spokane Spokesman-Review. While learning to smoke (his wife lushting that ho practice In the hallway) his lighted cigar Ignited a large quantity of gas which was escaping from u defective pipe. The explnlanu wreak ed the entire floor of the flat and literally tore tho clothing from Mr. Rradley'a body, and threw him out of tbe window aud halfway across tho street. He was seriously bruised and burned. Mr. Dudley la well knowu In Sumpter. He was until .recently m managing engineer for the Le Roi, at Rosslaud, R. C, and he is now the executive head of the Hunker Hill & Sullivan at Warder, Idaho; tho Radger gold mine in eastern Oregon; tho Tai'oina smelter; tho Orovllle, California, dredger; the great Alaska-Tread well group of gold properties ou Douglas island, Alaska, and tho Marlpns-draitt properties iu California. He has other Interests in Nevada, Montana aud Alaska. Ha represents some of tho richest mining men iu tho country aud is popularly credited with being able to secure 61, 000,000 ou his unaided word whenever he wants to awing a miuiug deal. He is about forty years old, of simple habits, aud his recent de votion to My Lady Nicotine Is un known to most of his frieuda. caused by sudden interruption of the blast of oxyhydrogeu. The artloflial ruby is said to be very pure and brilliant, possessing all tbe physical properties of natural rubles. It can be cut, and takes a very flue polish. Exchange. Nothing Doing in re Goiconda. Attorney N. C. Kichardrt returned this morning from Pendleton, where he went with II. T. Hendry x aud J. A. Howard, ou IjusIuohh pertaining to the pending (Inloondit deal. Ho tmyi no agreement wits reached rela tive to the PriiHHiiig proposition, some of the stockholder favorlug and others opposing it. Mr. Richarda expressed the opinion that tho two factions will not get together ou tho terms proponed ; but hopes they will on borne modification thereof. Mr. Hendryx went ou to Portland aud Mr. Howard is still lit Peudletou, working ou the deal. "N k