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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1905)
"its. COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT DETAILS OF THE GOLCONDA DEAL Messrs. Norton, McCarthy iiud Vort left thin afternoon for the went. (Oontiuued From Page One. ) hikJ liuy it in at ahoriff'H hhIo. Ho refused, (tiite poHltlvely, to become h party to liny plan which did not alford iimplu protection to all slock holders, big and Jlttlo. Ho was ulwayH in favor of a bonding proposi tion, and to carry out such a plan, he interested IiIh friend, Mr. Norton, who in turn, Interested Mr. McCar thy, and together the three liotmht for oiihIi complete control of Go I conda stock, hacked by ownerHhip of unsigned mortgages, 'and are now in a position to float a bond Issue and reopen the mine. The entire plan Ih a good, clean, honest and equit able Holutlou of a very puzzling prob- lem. "Ah I Hitid before, and now repeat for the HitKe of emphasis, Monsra. Norton, Jackson and McCarthy are in absolute control of the Uolcouda company mid hh Secretary Bockwith nay in IiIh circular, any and all frenzied HnaiiCH plans of reorganiza tion are absolutely precluded." Mr. Norton, who in a mtniug man of ten yearn practical experience in California, Idaho, Colorado and other western states, wan present when Mr. Vert made the above state meut to The Miner reporter. He continued with aillrmative nods all the above HtatumeutH. NOHTON TALKS. "1 would like to add," Hiiid Mr. Norton, "that too much credit can not be given to Mr. Vert for IiIh part in the closing of MiIh deal. Mr. Vert ha i been a nort of angel of peace, wIiohc mission ban been to bring the various contending factioMH together on a common ground, and to put a atop to uuwIhm discussion and criti cIhui in the newspapers We have gone into thin deal with the intent and purpose of making money, and to do ho we miiMt make money for the Uotoooda Colti Mine company, in which there are many HtockholderH largo Mini hiiihII. We have already started work at the mine, having employed a crew of men to nvorouul the mill and make needed ronaii-H In preparation for early rcHumpliou of operatioiiH on Hiich a scale mh may Huem jiHtitlalilo. " M'OAHTHV MANACIOK. Mr. McCarthy, the third in the trio of new (iolcouda controllers, Ih a practical miner and mine manager of many yearn expoi'lonco, He is eu thiiHiaiUc over the future of the prop erty in which he haw boco ne inter tHtcil, iiinl uHi in) the general man Ki under the new regime. Mr. Mc Ciirthy Iiiih u long leourd of Huocoscful luaiiMgemciii in thin Htate ami Cull foi uia ami bus for yearn boon known by many Sumpter minion men. Of the propmed bond Ihhiio. Mobsrs. Norton, Jackson mid Mo Carthy will take an equal auinuut with the public. They will do thin In viow of tho fact that Sutnptor and eaHtoru Oreuou aro destined to Dee a (treat deal of It. E. Norton, of San Frauoisoo, one of the three gentlemon who are now in control of the famoiiH old Golconda ,"'miue, I'; may bo of interest, to know what sort of a man he Ih. and incident. ally, what sort of men hia associates are. The trio of gentlemen who hold tho dcBtinoB of the (Jokouda In their handM are C. S. Jacksou, 11. II. McCarthy and the aforemen tioned Mr Norton. Neatly everyone in the iulaud Empire knows "Sam" JackHou. Something liko twenty yearH ago, "Sam," wIioho people aro among the First Familieu of Virginia, came to Poudlotou and began publishing the East-Oregonian. He made a llttlo mouoy, many mends for hia papor, ami carved out a namo for himself In early daya his oditor wiih J. P. Wager, who will go dowu in history as tho only man who ever got the bout of ilarvoy Santt, of the Portland uregouian, in an editorial scrap. Scotc tried to dispose of Wagor by calling hint the "Wild Ass of Uma till County," but East-Oregoniun readers preferred the title, "The Dana of Western Journalism." Sam Inoksou ootHtituted himself Wager's pupil, with the result that he has come to be reaogulzod as a better editor than Wager over wiih, lacking tho latter'H thlrHt for icouoclaism and pomading none of IiIh embitterod belligerency. Since Vol. 1, No. 1, of the E.-0., Jackson harbored a yearning to butt into metropolitan journaliHiu. He could Milord the experiment, having laid up quite a bit of money as neuior membor of tno JackHou Dickson InvoHtment com pauy, of Pendleton, dealers in Uma- One of the foremost figure- in the upbuilding of the mining iuduatry of southern Oregon has heeu H. H. Mo Carhy, of Jacksonville, Big, stolid, solid, with an irou jaw but half-concealed under heavy jowls of fat, showing the health of him; ilow- moving, quick -thinking; blu If, brusque, yet withal about hb jollv a chap as ever endangered the iutregity of a hoisting cable by more weight than tho exact ruloB of physical oul turo classes allow such is tho future goneral mauager of the (Iolcouda mine. For a dozeu years ho has boon a gold miner not an oil-olothed mombor of au underground shift, nor a sad-faced humau who sbuuts ore oars from cage to crusher floor, but a mine manager and superintendent, with his big fat fingers on every pulse of a miuo from collar to sump, from grizzly to slime trough, from shuavu-wheel to the ultimate face of the farthest drift. Oiih cannot bo this sort of a minor for a dozen years without learning something about tho tilla wheat and wheat farms. Two or three times ho all but succeeded In edglug into the Portland newspaper field, which, us everyone knows, was being throttled by tho OregouianTel- egram newspaper trunt. It was not, however, until mine 'FHhoo meu started the Portland Journal, a weak little aftertioon sheet with tho Scripp'a now service, aud went bump, that Jackson Haw a real good opening. He entered, took over the Journal. which was then tottering on the edge of the boneyard, aud iu two mouths made the entire northwestern uuws paper world sit up aud take notice. Today the Oiegou Daily Journal Ih one of the beat newspapers pub lished went of the Mississippi river. "Sam" Jackson wiih the genius who made it ho. Personally, Jacksou is about the homliost man that ever sucred coyoten on the Tuitulla hills. Tall, ungainly, with a faco that would itop a clock, he Iiih a head buHiuess. McCarthy ouu't see any further into tho grouud than tho next man aud cant' make 820 ore yield $25 on the plates. Hut he can Mud ore, if tbore is ore to be found, and he can make a mine pay, if any mau iu the west cau. "This McCarthy person," says Mr. Norton "this 'pard' of miuo, is a prince. That's what be isa prince." au or wuiob la here told merely incidentally. The purpose of this articlo Ih to point public attention to Itoy E. 'Norton. His real name is Leroy 10. Nortou, but because his frieurtB, of whom ho hai pens to have a couple of millious, call him just plain "Roy," why, he lot it go at that. Which show that we are what our friends choose to make hh. mid the aforementioned couple of mil lious ought to be pretty proud of having a baud iu the making of Hoy Nortou. Shorifr Harvey K. Hrowu, of linker City, lays no olaim to personal detailing the immortal Slocum's ox perieuces iu Japan, whither ho went to suporvise the transshipment of seme miuing machinery sent to Korea by Old Bill's boss- "a canary bird miu ing sharp, corrugated corduroys, fore aud aft cap aud yellow cbnps the regular type." While iu Japau Slocum got lonesome be almost cried for the eight of a coyote. The tale relates bow and why Bill whh so "chuck full of sympathies for Old Mistar Cupid" because he is some on that himself. He tells how be played the game played it, too, with a full house, nine hundred iu tho pot aud no limit." The story warms the cookies of the heart. It's a pippin. All of Norton's stories are pippiun. Material for them be author gathers as he goeB from mountain trail, from cow camp, from miuer's onbius, from all tho western world. Thus there grows a fear that from Sumpter Nortou will some day draw iusniratiou and data for u talo tolliug, mayhap, something about us that will mako us laugh aud then swear. Speaking ou behalf of the eastern Oregouians who have with mental profit aud physical enjoyment read Norton's tales; who bave perused with pleasure Sam Jacksou's Journal, aud who bave watabed with com prehend lug eye McCarthy's good work iu westeru gold miuing, The -Miner presents to the trio the utmost freedom of this camp, aud all that it contains whether iu the way of news stories for Jacksou, gold for McCar thy, or literaiy material for Nortou. They are good meu to bave in any oamp. Terrill Inspects Dixie Meadows. Terrill, beauty; nevertheless, he is a "dead ringer, "a physiological couuterpart, a facial "double" of Hoy Nortou. Clean-faced, clear-eyed, square jawed, broad-shouldered be is good to look at. For (lfteeu years he has been miuiug in the west. As a con sulting eugiueer he has nosed arouud from Kooteuai to Coolgardie, from the Coeur d' Alenes to Chihuahua, fioui Butte to Bakorsfleld. He knows rocks; he knows meu. Three he knows Slocum," Maga'.iue also. They Vlrginlau," meu pretty well "Old Bill "Alkali" aud "Bed." reader" kuuw these meu aro as famous as as well kuuwn as "Tho Dau Qulnn'v old cattleman, as Emerson Hough's leading citizeus of "Heart's Desire," as Hex Buache's westorueis. Hoy E. Norton created "Old Bill Slocuia," sometimes known as "Cupid,' aud out of hia braiu he on Ills shoulders, aud a heart under lso brought Alkali aud Hed-thieo tils veH. Jacksou, Doing iu the newspaper bulsnoss, aud being also somewhat of a financial miner in hh old home town, has made some enemies. But ask any Peudletuiilan aud you will bo told that "Sinn" lfl a "squaro"mau aud iu these days of out throat competition, of freuzied tiuauce, of rotten political deals. " w ...w i ....wM.w, ui IUIIDII I'UllllUHl Uf out of a belief in the mine's rlohuess. I that is a pretty high eucomium. of tho most lovable aud comical aud enjoyable characters in auuteru porauiouH fiction. They appear in "Tho Bed Book" on accasiou aud are read with avidity by the euuuied aud branded as the cleverest stuff being printed by the discerniug. Norton's latest contribution to popular eujoy meut is his story of "Old Bill Cupid," iu the Hed Book for March, buporiuteudent Terrill, of the Baker City Forest reserve aud who has charge of tbe Blue Mouutaiti re serve, was in this district the first of the week. He was .called to this locality to make impeotiou aud make report ou oouditious as he fouud them at tbe Dixie Meadows mine. More than a year ago final certificate was issued from tbe laud office, but by a ruling of tbe department, before patent is issued it must be submitted to investigation by a government inspector, aud it is ouly upou bis recommendation that patent issue. This is not onlv true of minim? claims, but also timber Hi lugs and homestake eutries. All the regula tious aud requirements made aud provided by statute must be fully complied with and in uo case will pateut issue uutil uot ouly the letter, but spirit aud iutoutiou of the Jaws met. This ruliug is just and proper, ouly it h about teu years late, but there is still time for its opera tion to accomplish much good. Although uot intimated by Mr. Ter rill, it is understood that the im mense holdings of Tbe Dalles Military Head company will undergo the most rigid aud searching federal investiga tion aud if these lauds burn Idah acquired, iu whole or iu part, through fraud and collusion, then thoro are breakers ahead for some one. Prairie City Miuer. J. M. J cues weut to Baker City.