) - THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February-1-5, iM5 CONCENTRATING PUNT FOR OVERLAND MINE A reduction pliiut al. (ho Overland rnliif) will ho eroded next spring. Work will begin us hoom iih I ho woalhor permits. M. 10. Hiiin, gon- oiiil manager of tbo Overland, who returned this week from an extended i llnwovyr, wo know il. Ih 1 i!0 fout eastern trip in I lie IiiIimuhI of lil-i long, ranging In width frnm liiroo to company, vIhIIiic tlio mine WihIiios-jhIx fool, mid that Ih good uiiuiikIj for day lo liiHpoot tho work accompllshon" limyhody. Tim oro Ih of 11 suporb liirliiK liU al)Hiiut!f. Ho returned to csiiticsuiitnitliiK grade, and tho ontlro Suniptor yoHtordny. Ho found that vein will ho sent to tho mill, which during tho IiihI. two mnntiiH tho vo will hiiild in tho aprin, juat iih iniimiH at tliu Overland dcr tho early iih (ho wonlhor will pnrmit, and foromaiiHhlp of Frank MoUarvol, linvo Ijd concentrated at Hid rate of lun in Hoonmplishud rapid work In extending ' lo ono--a practice which ropoiilod drifts and opening ore reserves, j (ohIs of tho oro Iiiih hIiowii to ho "Tim miiin dovolopmoiiL at. proHonl. jpoHHlhln. TIiIh will give nu a con Ih being dono in No. It tunnel, whore joontrnlo worth from 6100 to 81200 a ii breast of good cnuoouliallug oro (on, which will ho shipped (o tho hIiowh, A mngtilHcoiH shoot Iiiih been Suniptor smelter, onfnriid in No. I (iimml, (ho IiihI 07 ' "I iiitonil to donhlo tho fotco at feet, being in Holld oro. Hm Overland in a few dnyn. "Tim amo hIiooI. Iiiih Iiooii exposed inn Hhafl 00 foot hoyond mid '200 foot . above Iho present, face of No I , mi ( (hat thh Hhont h iiiidoiililodly con- tinuoiiH for at IoiihI 120 fool. ROY H. MILLER WRITES ABOUT G0LDEIELD CAMP Undoi dutn of Hold Hold, Nevada, February 0, liny Miller writes (ho following intoioHtlng lot lor to Tho Miner: Von may think I liuvn gotten lust on tlmiloHorl and iliod; lint no, like a had ponny, 1 am mill In tho ring and nlivo. TiiIh is Hiirluy it gioat minim: country, hit along with the wonderful oro are hoiiio drawbacks, iu the hIiiiiio of lack of water and fuel. 1 made a (rip hoiiHi m here of fiOO iniioH. going iih far iih las VegiiH on (he Chirk road, which Ih a I own iu umbryo iih yet. iih (he railroad Iiiih J the who o hiiv and won't locale (ho (own (or a while. There If a wnndni fill country south n( time ami fahuluiiwlv rich out Iiiih been fou nd iu the Mull Frog ilinlrict, j eighty iiiHiih Miutli, where the coun try I Htnkntl hoIIiI lor leu uiiluH Hiiiare. aud wheie are loi'iited the ; would bu lown.s of Mull Friig, Anna i guHsa, Kyollte. Mooiinii, Cniil Cenlei I nnil lloatlv. the latter boliiu the! metioiollH, ) in 100 the otlieis beiuu horn two touts up; uo frame building; some half mid half. The district Is simply loculeii aud no work being done except at two oi thiee places, wheie high grade ore was found, but the country is lull of mineral. Water and fuel is the question, wiilr being two t i II irirrel and wood c.lo tlve to eight cents per pound, uml gmiu seven to ten couth, aud general hiipplies high, with freight nt four and tlve cents per pound, blago - fun HO miles from (ioldllold, 8l!0, (wo days trip. oenU and one .Meals seventy dollar, beds Hv one dollar mid up, South of Mull Frog is good coun try, into Funeral range aud Johnny "Tliu vuln iti the HlmfL furtlmr more, hIiowh Unit ho hnot Is pitch- lug Hlilt further into (ho hill, mill thoro 1h every reason lo bollovo IH...1 II I I. I.. ....... ,w ( Iw. llllll. lb in iimii.ii imitji " i humid' level '.hail I have mentioned. i llllll. 11. IH 111111:11 IIJ1IUUI ifll inu "Thiirii Ih Iohh hiiow in Cable Lovo Ihiiii Ih usual at HiIh huiihoii of tho your. Whnlovor hiiow fnllH from now on will not. seriously inlorforo with mining oponitloiiH." dlHi-tict, whoro I hiiw ore lifty per coot gold; iiIho on Slump innuntain, good spring on tho edge of Douih Valley. Hut it Ih ii toimh country and growa only Hcorploun mid llunls. Tim only way to got into Hm unproH poctod, or I diould Hiiy tiulocntoil- -Cot' (hoy don't piospeol. junt locate- country, in to uo two followH to jgotbor, tlmn hue a niiup lender tu haul or ii'k in water and niipplifH, ami thai ih (he only safo way, and there is rich country there, too. In my opinion, (ioldllold and Ton- opah aro ju it one end of HiIh im- iiuiuko ueu, running souiu ciear to Ctilonido river aud Si)archlight, after traveling over a largo parL of it, which you will remember was my theory when I left humpter, and 1 believe (hat the southern country is a winner, if one nulllts properly aud uooh after it, Later 11 ' the hoiihoii, when grub Htakes run low and the mercury goes high 1 expect to do biiHiiiesri iu Mull Frog aud shall make (he Death Valley aud Funeral mtige (rip when 1 can. Seventy miles east of lioldtlaid j two big strikes of veiy rich ore on surface blowouts have been made iu (he (he Kawich (formerly Cow itch) range, southwest of Keville. Lida valley is attracting attention, also a new townsite, while Kawich vii bucks ir!,,,,H ,we: " 'uru'1 h' nwoiiil. ' ur coid, hi.y i lloltl Jm,k HIH l,lH l,rM0f Ui' Imtnle continue lo stream in here i ,,, ( ioldllold is improving at a won - ()iu ful rate; building night aud day. eho rallroid will bo extouded frmu Tonopah at once. HusIiiosh is ! I over-done some at present, but can't (() how soon the boom will bo ahead 'agii'u. There ate four banks bore and more coming, all doing big but muss. The two bunks of Touopah have depoBitH of over 81,200,000. Uoldllold'a population is about 0.000; Columbia, one and one-half miles away, closer to 'be mines, is a good town, though small. Die moudflold Ih four inllos northwest. Lots of northron inon bore. E eolstyno and Voting, formerly with TboiiiEon, are in tho Lida district. Judgo Bvmuh made a winning at bank, paid his dobtH and has gone proH pueling at tho now striko near Silvur punk, woHt of (.told Hold. W. A. Weatherby Iiiih guno somo placo south of Imro. Or. Pumoroy Ib dulng woll practicing huro. Philbrlck k Fomior aro doing loiH or worK. .joiuj Miihonoy Iiiih cashed in bis chucks pneumonia. Fred Luck and Spauld ing aro at Tonopah, Walt Groniti aud lotin Miller wlthjthom. Kitchen is ruining stago trnni 'Uoldfleld to Mull Frog and will soon put on a lino from Hull Frog to Las Vegas. L'haeher was last see heading down I'tilo cauyon for California. , Sol Camp is Hiipurintunuut of tho January ind owner of Ityollto towuisto. He Iiiih mado a alotinup. thoy say. L. KomiUHky is watchman at tho Janu try. Won ley War run Ih in Kawioh, villi tho Diamondlluld Jack crowd. UharluH Win run and Jack DiivIch aro surveying tho now towiiHilo of Nixon in Kawioh. Tom Costolln is work i in.- at Ho Mine Mull.Muzy made a part of tho southern trip with mo, aud as ho in wearing a 11 moo black mnusliichu and a forociouH goatuo and my whiHkcrs wore nllamu in all their glorious red auburnuHH, wo played tho black aud rod to win aud ovorybody turnodoutwhen Hmy saw us coming. COLORADO'S MILLIONAIRtS AKt WORTH $260,000,000 Colorado Ih tho stiito or "viibI lu divlrlunl forluni'H, outranking any othor Htatu iu the union on a par capita IiiihIh. It has the further din tiiiction that most of its vast foriuues woro mado within its boundaries, not iilouu Iu mining, but in tho cattlo indiiHtry, iu realty spi'dilution, in rruit, sugar boot culture, potato farming, aud in manufacturing and other mercantile pursuits. Many people of wen I Hi have moved into tho stale iu the lust fow years ( , nv08tt,,i i,,rK0 huiiih in mining corporations, in the stocks of banks aud other enterprises, aud are not iudividaully known to tho commer cial agencies. Still another class represents the retired country capi talist, who has moved from tho section iu which bis wealth was acquired to Denver or Colorado Springs. His individual belongings, too, umIoss they aro iu realty, are uucesriaiily hidden from the tegular commercial iuioniiiitiou soiuce.s, Who is the richest mini in Colo- j iniloV David Moiral, capitalist of Denver. The most conservative est l mute of I 810,000,000 was given by two per- sous whii would naturally bo ex peeled to exaggerate Mr Molfat's i wiMilth, On the other hand, from, i those ururust him, those who ought j lo know, aud yet would not allow an exaggerated estimate to lie given out, the estimate was between 8110,000, 000 aud 8:10,000,000, giving him tMiay T,or( lead iu the Colorado list. re aro ion millionaires, ami if to these could lie added the names of those who have left Colouido after, making fortunes, it could easily bo doubled. The total wealth ot tho 108 millionaires of Colorado aggro gates about 8200,000,000. There is probably uo section of the world with a population of less than 000, 000 that can show such home pro dutlon of wealth. Douvor Times. HENDRYX BUYS OUT 4L GtlSER Tho old-established mine promo tion llrm aud fiscal agency known aB tho (Joiser-Houdryx Investment oom pauy, of Suniptor, has been dissolved. The junior monitor, Harry T. Ilon dryx, has purchased all tho interest (herein held by Albort CJoisor, wlio will depart from Maker City shortly to assume general managerial ctiargo of a group of mines in Arizoua, owned and to be 'operated by tho Pittsburg, Pa., syndicate of Stan dard Oil stockholders, who compose the Uoniiii7.il Consolidated Mining company, owning tho Bonauzu initio, eighteen miles "outhwest of Sump tor. It is understood that Mr. Uoiser is under a live-year contract with tho Plttsburgors at a big salary. Mr. Ilotidryx, when seen today by a Miner rupirter, con tinned tho above factH, and said: "1 inivo purchased outright all the holdings of the (joisor-Houdryx company iu this camp and will here after conduct the business under my own name. M Tho (iolsor-Heudryx company Is heavily interested in this district, baing (Iscal agouts for aud operators of such well known mlnen as tho (juhi, lit Sparta; tho Victor, at Mourno, the Platts group, on Hook crook; tho Tabor Fraction, adjoining (bo Columbia; the Midway, on Silver creek, and a iiumtier of other prop erties iu various stages of develop mont. Mr. Ilondryx Ib also a di ootor in the First National bank of Suniptor. HERE IS THE ROLL OE HONOR Harry T. Hondiyx - - - t2fi0 N. J. Sorensen fc Go - - 00 KHIeu, Warner, Stewart company 00 J. I Holland 00 Horgman Sc Mo Watty - - 0o Suniptor Moat compauy - - 00 First National Hank 00' Above Is the roll of honor of sub sorihora to the permanent oro ex hi bit fund. Tony Mohr circulated a subscrip tion paper thin morning and recolved tho signatures of the three enterpils lug local business llrms anove. The three mine promotion companies signed their names last week. A liberal spirit is bolng displayed by Suniptor muronants, who realize that tho permanent oxhibit will bo a tnaguiticuiit advertisement. Chairman Mohr, of the board of managers of tliu exhibit, today closed a deal witli A. P. Itoss for tho Vin son building, opposite Tho Minor olllco. A throe-year loaso will be signed with a rental of 80 per month for (ho llrst year, 810 a month for (ho second, and 810 for tho third. Mr. (.Joss acta as local agent for Seattle owners of the building. The work of remodel I lug the interior, aud installing tables aud shelves for oro displays, will begin at once. FOR SALE. On easy terms, The Ilonuesy house aud lot on Warren Heights. Will sell cheap. Less than half tho cost of building alone. Abstract of title aud all taxes paid. Seymour II. 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