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LEASES THE
BONANZA
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"Lucky Al" Geiser Goes
Back to His First
Love.
Tim report gHlued ourronoy yester
day thnt Altiurt Uelsur--"Lucky Al"
Iiiih bought tiio liuuitiiu mitiu. Tho
rqporto on Id ho traced to no author
Itatlva Hoiiroo. llHrry T. Ilendryx,
former partner of Mr. (Joiner In tho
Uelsie-Houdryx InvuHtiiiBiit com
puny, profonsd to know nothing
Mbout It.
It ! known that John M.PatteiBon.
of Pittsburgh. uu ol tho hoavlost
stockholders In the HonanzH, has
beeu lu llHker for h week, conferrliiK
with Mr. (leher. The Utter was re
touted not long ago hy the Pittsburgh
owners of the property to assume
geueral charge of hII their western
miuluiC Interests, which urn said to
be Muttered rrom Baker ooiiuty to
Old Mexico. Keceutly Mr. Uelser
whs ordered to examine the Bonanza
mid render m report thereon. It was
to reciere thin report, hikI to rejuut
or Hdopt tho siiggwstlons ooutalued
therein ,that Mr. Patterson, repre
senting Uie boHrd of Bonanza
dlreotorM, ohiiio went. Humors iroui
Baker City. growing out or that con
fereuuo, were to tho orient that (Selsor
advised hii ImmodlHtu resumption of
oporHtlouH Mt tho mini), presumably
u ider hi owii management Hiid sup
orinteiidouoy, whluh. by tbuso who
are familiar with Oleaer'a record, la
ojusidarud m safe guarautoo of sue
cess. Whether or not Mr. Pnttoraou
hsw the mutter in t hut light, Ih a
umtter fur uohjeuttuo. At Hiiy rHte,
uothiiig publicly has boon done to
ward renpeulug tho property. Now
corner Ihu teport that (Jolser has
purchased tho in I no, which leads to
the oouclusion, based, of enurav, ou
premises not yet oitabllsbtMl, thnt
Pattersou refused to blud hlH com
pauy to reunite work, aud that (Joiner,
kuowlug (uoue bettMr) the true worth
or the in I no, otrurod to Jo It ou hie
own hook.
It Ih by no iiiohuh Improbable
that Mr. (falser Ih negotiating for
a lease on the Bnuauza, mid it ie
ant Impossible that If ho eemiraa it,
au option tu purchase outright will
be attached,
A loual minimi iniiii, who Iihh
watched tho progress or roeeut events
relation to the Hoiihuzh from h van
tage poiut close inside, thus out linos
his personal opiulou. :
"It'd h good hh(o gamble that tho
Bonanza people have not yet re
covered from their yoarold case of
frigid pedals. The uiiuo had paid bin
dividend, but the board of director
ha alio levied some snug-sized assess
uanta to pay for the 9150,000 hoist
ing plnut And for the sluklng of a
1200-foot flhuft, during the progress
of which work the mill whh ldl) moat
of the time. If tho mine Ih to bo
reopened very soon,' I'm hero to
pioguoHtloate that it will not be done
by the old company, but by nn out
sider. We hII kuow that Geiser
knowH more about tho Bonanza mine
than any mnu on oarth. He devel
oped it from a proHpoot luto one cf
the, biggest producers in this camp,
aud Hold out to tho PlttHburghorH for
half a million dollars, agreoiug to
wait Hvo years for his monoy. know
ing that he had delivered good
goods. If the company Iihh turned
down his woll-grouudod advloe to
reopen tho mine, I'll wtigor A I lias
asked ror a leaso. If ho gots it, it
will bo tho best thing for thu camp
that has happened for a long time,
bucaiiHo tho mine la a big one and
UuiHer Ih the mau of all meu to hau
die It."
As predicted lu The Miner last
Thusrday, Albert (ioisor baa leased
the Uouaanza mlue. The Ilaker City
Democrat gives the following report
of the deal:
"Mr. Albert (Jelser, who made hie
torlcal the Bonauza mine, which be
eold six years go, after having worked
It eight yearalu Ita development, to
Philadelphia and Pittsburg syndicate
tor about half a million dollars, yes
terday repurchased the property for
himself under lease aud bond from
that syndicate ou most favorable
terms aud will at ouce reopen the
property aud begin its development.
"About two years ago, Mr. F. P.
Hayes, of Phlldelphla, oue of the
syudioate, sold out hia Interest In
the property aud took up the United
Klkhorn mines in Elkhoru or Rook
Creek district.
"Mr. (Jolsor, yesterday, purchased
thirty-live thouiaud pounds of sup
plies, including hardware, tools,
mine rails, etc., and will start a
force of meu at work immediately ou
tho Bonanza. The Bonanza mlue,
which has produced Ita millions, it
will be remembered Is situated lu the
(JeUer camp near (Jreenborn north
west of Buinptar, aud la already a
dtep sunk mlue. The former iuc
cess of Mr. Clelser promises that tbe
rahabllatlou of thh property will
put It again ou tht producing list.'
On a Visit to Blue Bin!.
J. K. Wright, of La Uraude, Is Id
the city vlletlng his brother, O. C.
Wright, geueral mauager of the Ulna
Hlrd, Black Uutte aud Buokboru
mlues. Together they drove out to
(Jranite for a visit of luspeotlou of
tho illue Bird mine, wheie steady
operations are belug kept up. Mr.
J. K. Wright is secretary of the La
Ciaude luvestmout company.
Fine Ore from Valley Queen.
Tom O. liray, geueral manager of
the Valley Queeu mlue. arrived thl
morulng lu Bumpter fiom the Lake
Creek hills. He brought dowu with
him a quantity of samples from the
Valley Queeu, taken from a winze lu
No. 1 oroaaont. Tha samples show
quantities of galeua aud heavy sul
phuiets. Assays will be made to
day. High returns ara expected.
$75 PER DAY
CLEAR
BImer and William Kitchen, Jr.,
left Sumpter thh morulng for au
overland trip to Goldfleld Nevada,
driving 20 head of borsea. The trip
is boing made In response to orders
from William Kitoben, St., who Is
runniug a stago line from Gold Held
to Uullfrog 80 miles for 20 being
tho scheduled rate. The f elder
Kltabou announces that bn is clean
ing up $75 per day, aud that with
more hones he can double his
profits. As a result, his sons
rounded up all the horses In the
Kitchen livery barn In Sumpter and
started this morolng for the get-ricb-quiok
camp. The journey Is
expeoted to require 20 days. The
elder Kitcheu will return to Sump
tor during the hot summer months
aud leave the boy! in charge of the
Nevada business.
Present Need Bonded.
W. E. (JlfTord returned from a trip
to Portland Thursday, ills plana
have culminated to hla tiutire satis
faotlou and he uow has a bond aud
lease ou the "Present Need" mine.
He expressed th belief that within a
short time he would have a dozen
meu at work on this mluo, and
possibly he would Install a mill at
thin plaoe. Early last fall, Mr
Glirord returned from a trip east, and
uuaselsted aud aloue, ho weut to work
lu the old tunnel of the "Prosout
Need." He has beeu at this work
all winter, aud uow has rive men at
work. About two years ago he
worked this mine, and lu a short time
took out about 815,000. The rich
py shoot slipped and was loat, aud
sluoe then has been worked only In
a perfuuotory mauner. He euter
talued certain theories regarding the
slip, aud from the faot that be uow
Intends to work a arew of meu, It la
a reasonable deduotlou that he has
agalu struck the old ore shoot, which
was ao r'ob. On this point, how
ever, he Is uuoommuuicatlve. He
says that he holda the bond aud lease
aloua aud the ouly money that goes
Into the mlue la that which oomes
out. Aa be Is uow working five men
aud expresses the inteutiou to double
that uumbur, it is a pretty good In
dication that he la not working lu
barren grouud. Prairie City Miner.
Chloride Leased to Armstrong
Mauager II. C Arnistroug, of the
Chloride mlue, has just returned
from the east, where he speut a
couple of months ou businesi abd
while there secured personally a
lease aud bond on the Cblorlde
mlue from the stockholders and
directors of the property. Mr.
Armstrong will at once begm devel
opment work with a foroe of man aud
If ha carries ou the terms of bis bond
will araot ou la property this aaason
a large stamp mill. He says it la
bia purpose to make that canyon
bum with business this year, and
between the Chloride property,
United Elkborn and other neighbor
ing properties, the Elkhoru district
caunot fail to make a splendid show
ingp. Democrat.
ANOTHER STARTLING
MAYFLOWER STRIKE
Another surprise whs sprung ou tho
mining world of Baker City wbeu
Superintendent John A. Wilson, of
the Mayflower mine in tbe Cornucopia
camp, tahphoned to Mauager Ueorge
W. Boggs yesterday tbat be had sent
him two days before a sack of tbe ore
from the new strike ou tbe lower
level of tbe mlue, which outshone
auything yet found ou tbe property,
and the ore arrived in tbe afternoou
and was viewed by several mining
men who are Interested in the dis
trict. The ore from tbe new strike is
white quartz which is simply filled
full of gold nuggets and was takeu
from a new drift on the 105-foot
level, where the men are proceeding
with tbe general development plans
In blookiug out ore bodies prepara
tory to general mining and milling
operations. The vain Is about three
feet In width and tbe rlcb ore stieak
wide enough to satisfy tbe most en
thuslastlc. All who are familiar
with tbla camp say tbat the now
celebrated Tonopab country has
nothing to offer tbat will touch this
wonderful district of eastern Oregon.
The owueis of the Mayflower will
ooutiuue their conservative plans of
development and will have a mine
before putting up an expeueive mill.
Thoea who have sean the property
say there Is a mlue there uow
Democrat.
Power for Ontario Light Plant.
Seymour H. Bell has purchased a
big 100-borae power Corlia eugiue
for use lu bis uew electric light
plant at Ontario. A 3000-ligbt
dynamo ha also beeu purchased to
gether with a battery of boilers.
Seymour Ball la associated with
Henry Hewitt, the millionaire lum
berman of Taaoma, and baa expeudwd
huudreda of thousanda of dollars vu
behalf of hla principal iu eastern
Oiegou. He apparently possesses the
faoulty of selootlng only good in
vestments, aud for that reason bis
baoklug is praotisally unlimited.
Mr. Bell returned to bis home iu
this city yesterday from h trip to
Moutaua.
Imperial Resumes Shipments.
The Imperial mine resumed ship
ments to tbe Sumpter smelter yester
day. Shipments have beeu suspeud
ed for some time, owing to tbe almost
impassable coudition of tbe roads
above Halfway. Only about three
tone per day are at present being sent
to the smelter, but tula tuanage will
begiaoreetd next week.
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