m VOL. VI. -.(-$- SUMPTER, OREGON, JANUARY 2$, u NO. 22 RICHEST STREAK YET OE COPPER-GOLD-GOBALT Opened in the Main Drift, at the Standard Mine, 730 Feet From the Por tal of the Tunnel. Fred Lane, chief clerk lu the bead offioee of the KtlleD, Warner, Stewart company, was a passenger to Tipton this morning, eu route to the Stan dard mine at Quartzburg. He ia armed with check book, money bags and payroll, and goes to make the new Standard crew happy by handing out wagea. At the depot be told a Miner re porter that Supriutendent Heath bad telephoned news of the opening in the main Standard drift of 14 inches of the richest cobalt-gold ore ever uncovered in the world, the streak being almost solid cobalt. The strike was made at a poiut 730 feet from the portal, where the drivo entora the Copper Ridge No. 2 claim of the multi-metalled Staudard group. It will be from this shoot that the remainder of the proposed lti-tou test shipment to u Denver metallurgical laboratory will be made. Already deliveries of ore for this abipmeut are being made at Tlptou, the rich rock oomivg from the upraise from No. 2, which has penetrated 120 feet into aa flue a body of copper-gold-cobalt ore aa ever was created. Prof. H. II. Nicholson, chief consulting eugineer for the K W. S., Co , aud geueral western mauager of its various properties, will acaompauy the Denver sblpmoutt aud perHoually make the final tests, which will deter mine the exnet character of the ro- iduction plant to be erected at the Standard in the spring. Assistant Kngiueer Kuebu ia at the miue, making elaborate surface and underground surveys and laying out a site for the proposed mill. The old Staudard crew, which was discharged a few weeks ago because of trouble In the boarding house, has beeu replaced by experienced miners recruited from various portious of the oamp. ANOTHER MIX-UP TOMORROW AT PtNDLETON IN EIGHT EOR CONTROL OE THE GOLCONDA H. T. Hendryx and N. O. Richard departed thh afternoon for Baker City. Mr. Hendryx, who ia ill, will return tomorrow morning, while Mr. Richards, bis attorney, will prooeed to Pendleton to be present at the Golcouda stockholders' meeting, which will be held tomorrow. Mr. Richards ia attorney in fact for the Ueiser-Hendryx Investment com pany aud for Aluxauder Prussing, of Chicago, trustee for the minority Golconda stockholders, whose dogged fight for control ol the mine bids fair to result in success Mr. Hendryx Mid to a Miner re porter teday: "The Ueiver-Hendryx company has aobmitted tj Ihn Uoloonda company a proposition to take 970,000 worth of first mortgage Uoloonda bonds and pay off all the indebtedness against the mine, leaving a good sized working fund for reopeniug tbe property. The ouly bitch in this plan is caused by Mr. Prutslng's proviso that this in debtedness shall be proven correct. Tbe mortgages against the mine are in process of foreclosure and tbe court will soon determine the ex act aum of Money due to Carter, tbe Wade estate, to Howard, and tbe others. Tbe other debts of tbe mine will be adjudicated later on. Tbe matter can nd but one way in the Prnssing plan being accept ed. Mr. Howard favora our plan." RAND THINKS SMITH BILL WILL DIE IN THE SENATE It's Not the Measure the Mining Men of Eastern Oregon Would Like to Have Enacted. While, sending the lutorlm bntwnnn seaslouH of tbe legislature, Senator John L. Ram), of Raker county, Sun day evening, in a special lutervlow with tbe Democrat, stated that tho bill for h division of tbe eighth judi cial circuit would undoubtedly putts this legislature. The bill was Intro- j duoori in the hnuto a numlior of dayai ago aud has passed second reading. Mr. Ratid atates as tho homo is tbi most dillicult body of tho legis lature through which to pass the judicial bill, it was first introduced tbere, and will not bo introduced separately in eeuato. When thu Iioiiho bill comes up to the senate, it will tie passed by the latter body without; question. A number of important matteis arc before the legislature of interest to east Oregon, and beside? the judlciul i bill, the bill amending the Eddy law is perhaps uext lu importance it seems that ReproBeuatlve Smith, of j Raker, has introduced a measure winch is exactly contrary to tho agreemeut entered into by the com mittee wblob met lu Sumpter a abort time ago, representing the mining interests of eastern Oregon. A few days ago Mr. Suiith left Hakor county for Sulem with u draft of tho bill which was agreed upon, but the infoimatiou cornea now that an on tiroly different bill and ono which ia not uearly uh good aa the Eddy law, has been adopted by Mr Smith aud will bo or Iinh been presented to tho Iioiiho, aud an elfort will be mado to puss it. It ia understood that the chango whh made by an agreement with representatives from Houthei-u Oregon. The bill as proposed now, mining men say, h not nearly ho good for their Interoita aH the Kiddy law itHalf, and it will be interesting to note what will be done with it, OpomtorH geuorally do not favor tho proposed bill and quite a delegation has gnno down from here to mio what cuti be done lu the way of withdrawing tbia new move, or having It killed lu the senate. The latest Information in tho innmiHHlon of the Democrat ia that the bill will be killed lu the sonate. .Mr. Rand is confident that hia other bills will pass, especially tho ono increasing the salary of tho sheriff of Raker county, aud for abolishing the olttoe of couuty re corder. Democrat. Option on Hot Springs. The famous Rluu Mountain Hot Sriugs, siutated at the head of tbe John Day valley, may change hands within tbe next few wanks, as an option baa beau takeu. Raker City meu have been after thtisa springs this week, but arrived too late, as others had slipped in aud tied them up in optloua for 00 days, aud it lu believed that they will be sold. Thu owners of tbe springs sitto that the cuutraot to purchase is let for 1211, 000, but decline to disclose the par ties interested, Co laiderable specu lation has beeu indulged in as to the probable customers. From the way outsiders have beeu quietly alippiug iuto this country and bonding every thing, it looka from tbe outside as if somebody had some Inside railroad nowH aud on the atiength of it are getting ready to invest much capital. Some important development are looked for within the next few weeks. Prairie City Miner. Pounding Out BuHton. Fred D. Smith, geueral mauagor of tho Snow Creek, returned from a busiueHH trip to Portland this morn ing, aud will depart for the mine to morrow. Tho Suow Creek mill ia again poundiug out bullion, and both the surface aud underground forces have beeu doubled. Three faet of 1100 ore shows lu a 205-foot tuuuel at the Iowa group ou Cow creek. l MUtau"-'