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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1905)
4f --' EASTERN . INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE L 7i jm$immmmmmmmmmmmmi GEORGE BARRETT, OF GRANITE, DEAD Hou. (Jeorge J. Barrett, of Granite, died Ht IiIh homo in that town Ht 9:20 tblH morni-ig. "' pneumonia. He had t)enn ill Itut h abort time. Sat urdny night telephone mossagcH were received In Similiter, saying tlmt tho imtient whh in it critical autidltioii. Hope were entertained yesterday evening HiHt the cHhIh hud boon huo (juHHfully iiNHHud, but the end aiinie UiIh morning. (loorgo Barrett whh one of tho hoHt known men In tho oiiHtorn Oregon gold IIIucIh. Since ho nnnin to ciiiHturn Oregon Mild located in Uriiiillo ho Iiiih been n foremost figure, not only In uphiiilditiK the mining mdiiHtry In tl.lH oHiup, hut In interior Oregon polltioH, In tho twentieth Mild twenty-Unit assemblies of the Oregon legiHlaturo hn ropreHontod limit, (lllllam, Wheeler, Sherman, Morrow Hiid Whuuii In the lower Iiouho. He whh hii active uioiiiher of that body Hiid made iiiiiny friend i among the state liiKlHlMlnrH llirniiKli hln nover varying good-humor Hiid oleannoHH of purpoHe. Mr. Barrett, clurlim hln career hh h mining niHii in tlrmit Hud linker count Ion, Iiiih been foremoHt in tho promotion Hiid development of many important properties Ho win tor merly genem! superintendent of tho May Queen iiimiiiu, adjoining the Hod Hoy, Hiid Inter of tho Ohio, on Oritokor rrk: At tho time of hln death ho whh developing the rich Wolverine group, near UrHiilto, Hiid confidently expected to make it MtHke on the atrougth ut thlH nter ling properly. Up to tho hour of IiIh sickness Hiid deHth ho whh iiihii eglug Muperlutendeiit of tho Blue liircl mine, itud whh operating under Iohho Mud bond tho well known (iraud Union group. Ho owned scores of romlHliiK oIhIiiih In the Bed Hoy aud (Jreouhorn dlntrlotH. Mr. llHrrett Hulfored hii Httnok of pneumouiH iHHt Tuesday. The Ht tHOk. according to IiIh phyHlciHiin, whh merely m mild one, but the imtlmil'H vltHllty Iim1 been sapped iiy m solgo of tyhold fever from which, bo liml jiiHt partially recover e), when pneumonia developed. HIh lung tlwuiwe weres but Hlightly Mlllicted, but hln auualltiiMou had been ho devitalized by typhoid Hint be wuh uiiHble to withstand tho lavagon of tho iHter disease. A brother of the deceased, who Uvea In NebrwHkH, nud who whh untitled Wednesday ut Mr. Bairett's oriticHl illiie8, was expected In Sumpter thlH morulng, hut fulled to make connect I oiih. A rather peculiar colnoldeuoe occurred upon the arrival of the Sumpter Vnlloy tralu. A travel I ni umu arrived aud registered at tbe Hotel Sumpter as E. T. Barrett, of Omaha, Neb. - . 1 i He wbb not the man expected. The deceased whh a member of the MhhoiiIo lodge of Baker City, the Workmen's lodge of Oranite, und the Elks lodge of Baker City. Pending the urrlval of hii brother, nothing dotiulte Iihb been decided hh to time Hiid pIhuo or interment. Pat tertrou & Eppiugor, the Haker City morticians. hHve been Hent for to embulm tho body, which will prob ably be Hhipped to Nebmuka for bur iitl. If UiIh iirrHUgomeut Ih delluitely decided upon, tho body will bo es corted by the Uruuite Workmen as fur hh Sumpter und horo turnod over to either tho Ihikor City Mhhoiih or Elks or both. Mr. llHrrett whh 42 years of age and Iohvoh a wife aud two childreu Ht Uraulte. MINING NOTtS. The new mill at the Maxwell wai etarted Monday for a steady run. The fumoiiH old Mouumeutal made a tent Hhlpmeut thla week to tho local smelter. Two foot of hiiow on the level in toll Quartzburg camp insures a good plucer HOHHon. Reooiptri thlH woek at the Sumpter HUielter included a car of torted ore from the Equity mine. MHiiHger Kelly Hiid Foreman Cuh ick, of the 1. X. L, took a cleanup to Haker City TueHday. Two feet of hiiow Ih reported on tho Hiimmit of tho Uroontu run, Lgaiust three feet at thin timo last year. Another shipment of ventilating Hlr pipe for the Imperial mine wan Hent out to Cable Cove by Baeohe to day. A four-borne wagon IohiI of cyHiilde of potiifttiium und zinc HlmviugH were Hhipped from the Sumpter Valley depot to the North Pole uiiue thla morning. Kepreseutatlves of the Calumet aud Hecla copper mines of Michigan are Haid to be uogotiatiug for a group of copper mining claims oti Uoose creek, in the Panhandle of Haker couuty. A carload of air pipe arrived at the Sumpter Valley depot thin mom lug fur tho Columbia mine. The pipe will be lined for long-distance trans mission of compressed air at the big Cracker Creek property. Joku ThouiHeu, manager of the lied Hoy, Ih critically ill with catarrh fever at bin former home in Fremont, Neb. Hie wife aud daughter are at hii bedside. It in Haid that Mr. Thomseu'a chauuea for recovery are few. Sam Nutting, who waa recently struck In tbi eye by a flying piece of ateol at tho Dixie Meodowa mine, bus gono to Portland to consult an occuliRt. There is danger of loaicg the igbt of the injured optic. It la reported that N. Berkeley, ot Pendleton, holder of a bond on the famous old Buffalo mine, near i-a Bellevue, baa floated a strong com pany iu Washington, D. C, to op erate the property on a large scale. The recently completed roller mill at the now-famous Mountain View mine la handling a heavy daily ton nage of high grade ore from a new shoot. Steady shipment of concen trates are being made to the Sumpter smelter. General Manager Fuller, or the Sumpter smelter, is quoted by a Baker City paper us saying that the forco at the looal plant will shortly be iuoroiiBed to handle unexpectedly heavy ore shipments from all parts of the camp. Two shifts, uuder Superintendent "Hilly" Hoyuolds, are doiug record breaking work iu driving the Blnok imith tuuuol at tho Bed Boy mine, to crosscut the Monarch aud Blaiu ledges iu Couoord territory. Haud steel ia being used. Privato advices from Pittsburg are to the effect that the Bonanza Con. Mining company is In process of re organization, and that resumption uuder entirely new management will probably occur in the spring. Fore mor Manager Thatcher is in Touopab, makiug big money. Alderman Jack MoWatty aud bis partner, Bob Evans, who with E. P. Bergmau, owu a group ot claims iu the Miuersville district, recently brought in 700 pouuds of ore, 200 pouuds of which will be presented to the city for Us permanent ore ex hibit, aud the remainder sold to the smelter. Harney Flynn returned last even ing fiom a trip to Susuavllle, where he weut on Imporaut mining bul lions. He saya that is the great camp of eastern Oregon, aud will be the big gold producer. He met Sam Stott and F. D. Laue golug In, evl dontly making a "sneak," not want ing anyone to kuow what they aio driving at. The work of installing a Hun tiugtou mill, to work iu conjunc tion witb three stamps at the Im perial mine, is progressing rapidly. When the rolls are In place the Imperial's milling oapaoity will be 40 totis per day. At present au average of 7 tous per day of ores aud concentrates are shipped to the Sumpter smelter. Six foet of ore, ruuning irom 830 to $80 per tou, nave been opened in au upraise between tunnels 3 aud 2 iu the Dixie Meadows mine. The mill is ruuuiug full time, aud the uudergrouud force bas been doubled. It is said the monthly bullion clean ups amouut to 10,000, exclusive of the concentrates shipped to the Sump tor smelter, whioh aveiage two car loads a week. W. U. D. Dodaon, one-time of Sumpter, Is mauager of a company whioh has purchased the Paoiflo Miner at Portlnud from Phillip S. Bates. The latter Iiiih taken over Tho Pacific Northwest, a monthly illustrated journul "devoted to the exploitation of Portland aud the American Occi dent." Dodpnn retains his positions as mining editor of the Portland Journal aud as ptesideut uf the Ore goo Miners' association. C. J. Allen, of the Monumental, came In from that property today and left for Portland, he havlug received word that one of his children is very sick there, with scarlet fever. Mr. Alleu says he is now iu the best ore at the Monumental ever found iu that district. He bad eome of It with him that goes 300 ounces of silver aud three ouuees in gold, aggregating better thau 8200 a ton. The Cornucopia Miues, of Oregou. will not be aold under Sheriff Hrowu'a hammer to satisfy h judgmeut of about $30,000. Voaterday, Joseph N. Teal, the prominent Portland lawyer, aud his iisaocinte counsel. Colonel Gmmott ChIIhIihii, ot Bnker City, gave formal notice to opposing couusol, Colonel W. F. Butcher, aud to Sheriff Brown thnt ou tomorrow morning tho property would bo re doe mod. Duriug January a full complement of stamps at eaab of the three big Cracker Creek mother lode mines, tho H. & E., North Pole aud Colum bia, dropped uucentiugly aud the roller crushing plauts t ttio North Pole aud Columbia worked full time. Notbiug detlnlte is known regarding the bullion output of these prop erties, owing to the fact that each is controlled by a close corporation. Popular belief, however, is that tbe average mouthly cleanup of any oue of theso three mines reaches 800,000. Report on Dredger Operations. Tho representatives aud niauagerri of the Empire Cold Dredge company, which operates tbe most exteusive placer aud dredgo orks of eastern Oregou, have left for Portlaud aud Sau FranciBco, where it is surmised they will make a report of their operations to tbe board of directors. It is understood that tho board meets iu Portlaud ou tbe 28th or January, at whioh time tho roport will be re ceived aud examiued, aud the future polioy of the company considered. Accurato aud systematic records of the work doue by the Keystoue driller were made while tho macbiue was iu operatiou, aud will form the bisis of tbe reports to the executive board. In the meautime, both the driller aud the dredge have beeu sus pended and tbe large crews operating thim temporarily laid (if. Mauager Walker left for Portland early iu tbe month. Foreman Theller, who had cbarge of the drill, weut to Califor nia last week, aud Stenographer Garrison left for Portlaud the last of the week. The Pomeroy brothers, who operate the dredge, have beeu in Portlaud for some time. Thus every iuteiest will be represented at tho meetiug. It is not likely that the work of dredgiug the large areas which tbe company have explored will beabaudoued at this stage of tbe game, aud it ia greatly to be hoped that it will uot be long postponed. (Jrant County News. ! rzzsss? Jyi V .