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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.
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