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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1904)
.fl EASTERN INVESTORS IN COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT ! ' i ALLS FAIR IN LOVE, WAR AND MINING PROMOTION d (Japtaln Kctohum (Jumiulug, tlio Hnkur City mining priiiiiotnr, who formerly niHidnil In Humitiir, lint who removed lo tho county neat In order to be iimirur tliu beaten path of fiiiiii), hiiiiuiiucl Into town tho other day with a couple of uiiHturn Invasion, whom hn guarded like 11 gaoler "Thay Imvo unallpnx," liu whlHpored lo a couple or Sumpter ml ii I tiK pruiiioteiH who exhibited higiiH (i! a doHlre to Introduce them kivIch to thn stranger imil verbally deliver lo I hem Hid keys to tha whole camp. (Japlaln Kiilohum (Juiiimlng wiih approached liy'ii timiil Miliar reporter wIiohij thlrrit for iiuwm Ih iiIiiiohI. iih grant, iih Ilia aaptaln'H till rat for aohn llkkah. "Whan I ooiua liaak from thla trip, hiiIiI tha captain, "1 will ha pluiiHail to acooid you an Intarvluw upon any Huhjcot you may designate, .lust ut IIiIh tlma, though, 1 am in no poHltlon to talk for publication. I am negotiating, in tha capacity or a middle man, for tha win or a group or uiimtH to an aiiHtarn syndicate. ItapiaNiinlativiiH or that. ayiiiltanlo ara now with ma. If tha dual goes through, I Html I prohahly ka roily or fifty ociiIh- no mora. I am giving my lima and lalantH to those nc gulialiniiH simply through a plillan thropln doidro lo develop tha camp. Tha aimtarn gentlemen who ai'ooui puny ma did not aoina uimi to look at ttia property whlah 1 will hhow tham. Thay came on an anliraly dlH'oienl piopoHilioil, connected with a mina in Cable ('ova. Tha pro molar who win lo luiva mat tham al tha liakor City daiot unrcrtunatcly mlHHad aonnaatloiiH, and maraly through accident I came aorosH the 4MiHtarnarH at a llakar City hotel, 1 engaged them in conversation and discovered thalr iiiIhhIoii. Now, I am paiHOUHlly ai'iiialutad with tha Calila Cava minu toward whli'h thay were headed. It Ih a fairly good mina, and may ha worlh I ha uionay; hut 1 liuppaiiad to liava Mimothlng a whole hit hut tar to oltar. It wiih hut natural, tharatora, that out or tha uttual kinder or my lu'uit, I tdinuld hava Hwltchcd tham away from tha Cable Cove pioposltlon. "I polutad nut thai tha promolar or tha Cahla Cava daal wiih arookad; that hln rapulallou In tha upper camp in that of a huifcthler and hank robber; that tha tltla to tha mina wiih I'lnoried, (hat tha promotar could not dalivar tha goods; and (hut tha (it a wan of ton low tgiado to ha piof Untile. I explained that uudar tha oirfumitauoos it would ha a waste of (hair tima and mouay to iiiaka tha trip to Cahla Cove, hut ir thay de sired something good in tha way of a minion invahlmaiit, 1 could accom module tham rvadily. CoinuMiueutly sa aiu haia, on our way to look at u ttiiua upon which 1 hold an option for SHOO, and which I hopa to turn to I hiiHU uHHturimrH tor $50,000. 'Tha property Ih superbly develop ad hy a tan -foot, opan out and a location notice. The ore body Ih strong and permauoht, iihhiij'h running high H'JIIO raat iihuva huh level. Tha deal is a vary importmit. oua, in thai It. maaiiH that 1 aim, If HiiccosHtuI in itn promotion, buy regular meal lickatri for auothur yaur. 4,J am Horry tor tha piomotar 'if lha Cuhla Cava mina, hut you miiHt ramamhar that thin Ih an ago or keen cumpotilinu, and that everything Ih fair in lova, war and mina promo tion. " SUMP1ERITES IN TONAPAH SMILING Mala Kadlah, owner or tha Maker City Sampling works, now under luHHa to tha Sumpter Hinallar; and who, with Fred 8. Lack, or Maker City, recently removed toTonopah to oHtnhllHh n sampling worka there, Ih in Sumpter today, having at rived rrom tha Nevada bonanza laud liiHt weak. He HiiyH that, tha raporlH or Tonopah'a and (ioldllolu'a rlohnoss lira not exaggerated. "It Ih tha greatest gold camp in tha world," HiiyH ha. While in 'louopah Mr. Kadlsh mat a number uf SumptorltcH, all or whom aia doing well mid luakiiiK mouay. Ha and Mr. Lack have pur ahiiHed mauhluery for their sampling winks and ax peat to have the plant i mining by the llrst of the year. II Mr. Kadlsh saw JiHge tivitnv. Arthur lMillbriak, and C. K. Fanner In the Nevada camp. He nay Wesley Warren made a lot or money on a luaky deal, not Ioiik ago, but that it llltered away. Rich Ore In Rye Valley. The Couloy quartz mill iu Kye valley has crushed a couple or toiiH ot ore for doe HuhIi. It in learned tlmt the cleanup was larna emuiKh to daraty all the coata of a nummer'a developmant and provided for a full wlntur'H work. V. I). Welli, or the Summit in I ue, near Mormon HhhId, also ran a raw toiiH or ore through he Conley mill with ood reultti. Kitchen ExpeJilion Heard from. A latter has been received rrom Charlesa S. Wnrmiu junior member or the Cray-Warren InvcHtuient com puny, and vice president or the Valley Queen mine, who accom panied tha Kitchen expedltlou ovcrfi laud to Tonnpah, via lUirtiH aud Wlunemucca. The letter a mailed at Dlamoudjbetween the Nevada line aud Hurna, 185 miles rrom Sumpter, aud bore data or November 20, sbow lim that thu expedition is tnakiue raphl proKieBH. Mr. Warren tells of haviuK met the Horlocker-noruor-Croanleo at Narrows. He aaya every one In tho Kitchen party Is Iu the pink ot condition. He eatimated that the drive rrom Diamond to Winuemucca would require five days, ho that the party probubly crossed in to Nevada yaBterday. Warren says the weather has been tine but that the wind IiIowh like fury. Ncls Qually Dead at Granite. NelH Qually, foretnati of the Snow Creok mine, died Saturday at (jranito, aged torty live. Ho wiih formerly foreman of the Ued Hoy, aud wiih one or the hoHt known miners iu tha camp. Interment, will probably ha at (Irani to today. Tho nowH ot Mr. Qually'H death wiih ro caired iu Sumpter yesterday and created HiidueHH amnuK a latc circloj or rriendH. Tha Immediate ciiiihh of death Ih reported iih alcohol Ihiii. Mr. Qually wiih a member of tha Workman'H lodo of Cranite, under wIioho auHpicoH the funeral will he held. McGuigan to Jo'n Stampede. T. (!. McCuiiiau, or Spokane, who la heavily Interested iu (Jreeuhoru mountain uiIuoh, notably the Alamo, paHHed throiiKh Sumpter today en route to Whitney, rrom which poiut he will drive out to the properties under hia control. A recent reor ganization or the Alamo was effected by tha incorporation or the Alamo Amalgamated company, In Spokane. I'eudliiK a Huauciug or the new cor poration, the minus owned thereby will leinalii Idle. In tho meantime, Mr. McUuinaii will journey to Tono pah, to look over thu (laid there. "Glory Hole" at Auburn. Alderman C. K. Do Nafta, a hoavy Htockholder iu the Auburn Deop Sinking Million company, has re ceived rrom Manager Joe iiced a uumber or samples or wash gravel, taken from the 100-root level or tho Aubuiu Deep shaft, near the mining camp or that name. The gravel Ih very coarse aud indicates great age, which bears out tha holier that the Auburn Dean shaft is situated on a prehistoric chaunel. Eagles! Eagles! Eagles! Uusluess of the utmost importance will come berore the Aerie, Thursday evening, December 1, 1004, at 7::i0 sharp. Do nut rail to attend. Hy order of the Aerie. A. (i. DAVIDSON, Worthy Secretary, JAMKS PKU1TT, Worthy Ptesldent. Work Being Rushed. Anthony Motir, general manager of the Wisconsin Miuiug compauy, operating on Little Cracker creek, will leave tomorrow or Mouday for the scene of operations to inpect the progress or development uud arrange , for coutluued work. ' $100 ORE IN 1 HE BAISLEY Rich Strike in Lower Level of Resuscitated Old Producer of Bullion. Word comes down from the sky line summit of tho Hoisley-iOlkhoin range that 8100 ore has been struck iu tin old IJaiBley-Hlkhoru mine, now operated hy the Uuited-iOlkhoru Mluing company, under tho control of Krndorlok P. Hayes, of Pittsburg, formely president ot the Jlouana. Details or the itrlko aie unobtain able, but it is helievod that it was on one or tho lower levels of the old shaft, from which, in years goue by, a cool million dollars was taken. Work on the Installation of elec tric machinery at the liaisley la pru grseslug rapidly. Energy will be transmitted from the plant of the Rook Creek Power & TrausmisHiou company, four miles distant. A tramway from mine to mill is also being constructed. Peudiug tho in stallation of electric power, hand drills arc being UHd to drive the (i, 000-foot croscut tunnel, which will tap the Haisley lodo at a depth or approximately Fi,00U feet, and the Heaver Vein system at still greator depth. Thin Ih one of tho biggeut. piecuH of mining work ho far attempt ed in Oregon. Concentrator for Vinson's Placeos. The "Now Standard" concen trator, which has been on a flat car at the Sumpter Valley depot for a week, billed to W. L. Vinson, and which hiiH been a caiiFo for worriment on the part of the depot rubbernecks, who have been unable to determine what mine the machine was for, is dentition for the North luirk placers, owned by Vinson & Patterson. One of Tom Taylor's six-horse teaniH this morning transported a portiou of the big vauuer, aud another load remains. The macbiue will be used to concentrate a fced of auriferous black saud found iu the North Fork placers. What's the Machine For? A Standard contractor, billed to W. L. VIihou, arlved at the Sumpter depot this morning. What it is for, no one kuows. VIihou operates the Kmma miue, six miles northeast of llaker City, but owus no quartz miue iu this camp. It is suspected that the macbiue is designed for uuuu Vinson fc Patterson's North Fork placer, aud may be used here to concentrate auriferoiH sands which coutaiu gold of such character as cannot be caught in sluice boxes.