The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-07-18
COLORADO MAN HERE.
Many Operating Successfully
in the Sumpter District.

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Casper wrote 10 the Denver Post an IL
'rresting letter, Of the personnel
former Colorado mining men who ar
now operating here. With the oft rt
peated story OF the paying mines elm
mated, the article is ~ follows:
II th- gold fields OF eastern Oregon
were situated eight or nine hundred mile
north OF the boundary IN the Norihwrs
Territory. or two or three hundred mile
from a railroad IN the heart 0f the Sicfr
Madrr, IN Mexico. accessible only by tn
toughest kind ci roads, or hreak.nrcl
trails, there would be 4 stampede to ge
there.
There i no romance connected with 'h'
name ot Oregon. II is not a name to con
lure with. There is no room tor any pla,
Of the imagination. 1t savor> oi web
feet" and "mossbacks." ~ its lnhabi
tan,s have been called tor several genera
iions, and viii continue to I've called tor !
long time tn come, because the climate j.
tN,cVtlO'liilN HVh'''N. w Np'N w w
name. or its people, Oregon Is grra,
state, aud II i 4 question whether any
other state has greater unde>rIoprd fr
sources.
There i plenty oi room, though. for the
intelligent, Well'rlulpprd ptosrrtiot, es'
pe,nlIy the Colorado pro>pr,tor, who I'M
doub,rilv stands al the head oi this pr,u'
liar calling. There are many oi them
here. too. Some oi them have succeeded,
while others are digging awav quietly IN
the hills. Al oi them, wi,hou, u single
~x,rrtion, ,oih those who have "strutk
it," and those who haven't, agree that Il
Is u good country. ], reminds them oi
CoIorado and ,ha, is u pretty good sign.
The oldest Coloraioan ! have met is
G,rn. Charles y. Warren. who was IN
Iarryall. Park county, IN iS6,, with his
father, oi the ilrm oi Bowers n Warren,
who were the principal placer miners
there ut that time. As ! understand II,
that was somewhere across the range
from Breckenridge.
Since then h- has mined extensively IN
Montana and british Columbia. tie has
invested largely here, and has come to
stay. llr saws II is pity these gold
fields are not IN Colorado. Next IN line
is Harry 5. McCallum, who takes pleas.
ur- In telling how he drove u team into
|. l.raiviilc IN 1877. where he remained I'M.
III 1881. hr was u deputy, under Sheriff
Tucker, and was one oi the guards who
held the Chty>olitr mine at the time oi
the strike in 1880. remember him we'll
~ one oi the number who protected Mai.
4. I. Rohn from 4 threatened attack hv
the ,,ri,kerS IN Harrison avenue. IN front
ct the Clarendon hotel, rs the Pitkin light
cavalry were acting as IN escort IN bring
ing over the Red iiill the stand OF arms
which had hreu sen, there hy Governor
Pnkin.
After thl, he mined IN Utah and Idaho,
coming here less than two years ago. At
presen, he is general manager and treas
ur~r oi the Mammoth and Raid Mountain
companies, twQ sspera'e and distinct cor
pora,ions. owned Nv New York. Boston
and Lowell capitalists.
Both mines are we'll equipped with ma.
chinrrv. lhirtv.iire thousand dollars
has been expended on the Mammoth, aud
they sank through "horse" no feet
thick before reaching the ore body, which
had given on, a, thirty FIVE feet. This
property had produced over 100000 in.
side ot thirty.ive teet, and was thrown
,,n ~ h.,no Al ,sl.sy II is StSnptsl Ssven