The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-07
IN THE MINING CAMPS.
Much Work Done but No
Boom This Season.

preparations are being made for what win.
ter work Is to be done. Although a great
deal Of work has been done In many di.
rections, and although important advances
have been made, the season has had few
startling features. In the face Of this,
therefore, the promise Of quite exceptional
winter activity Is interesting and encour.
aging. II Is true that In the last six
months Rossland and the SLOGAN have
been put on their feet once more after the
blight of long labor troubles, the boundary
has become a producer, rich new areas
have been opened in the Coeur d'Alenes,
the Buffalo Hump has been proved at
depth and fitted for production, and Re.
public has given important new proofs Of
its permanent value.
twill be the coming winter that will tell
even more than the summer, however. In
another month the success or failure OF the
pig Republic mill will be known, and In
three months II Is probable there will be
railroad connections between there and
Grand Forks. BY that time also two
more smelters will be ready to take ores
from Boundary and neighboring camps
and It Is probable that plans for other
large treatment plants IN the kootenays
will have been made public.
Unless general confidence proves false,
within four or five months the plucky fight
that the operators Of Republic properties
have put up, the occasional doubt and dis.
trust that still exists, the difficult problems
that have had to be met with nerve and
patience, will all be Of the past and the
camp will be on It's feet to stay, u large
producer, its treatment problem solved for
good and wealth at last returning to those
who have faithfully paid out on It's be.
half.
In four months also the Big Buffalo and
Vesuvius mine should have made def.
mite and substantial showing Of actual re.
turns for the large investments made
there. The winters work there will be
important, though II will be largely In
preparation for quite remarkable activity
that Is predicted for It as soon as spring
opens.
IL the same time also II Is probable that
important ,hanges will have been made In
the Palmer N Mountain disadvantages
that will mean another large influx Of cap.
ital there. This district is depend, nt to
great extent on the promised uansporta.
ton facilities, the keynote to the success
OF several of the most promising camps.
Even without this convenience, however,
the district Is to 60 ahead, tor It is In the
hands of men OF resource aud strength
and 1t is rapidly nearing the time when II
will be in a position to Weld immense re.
turns. The same Is true Of the upper aud
lower Melhow and other Okanogan coun.
~ camps, where the past summer has
seen greater amount Of work than ever
before, and where promise ot rich returns
has been given in the results obtained in
development.
The season in the Occur d'Alenes has
been chiefly notable tor the commence.
ment Of shipments from the copper belt,
the opening Of several sections that have
been passed over as worthless tor years,
and the large schemes Of improvements
inaugurated by several OF the big compan'
les. The district is too we'll established to
see great change as a result Of the work OF
one season, but half dozen or more new
discoveries in the past season promise to
add several to the list Of shippers next
spring, while the giant plans OF develop.
ment being carried out in a number OF the