The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-07-04
SUMPTER STILL LIVES.
Because Our Mines are Great
and are Being Worked.


IN the ioNn, there are more men IN the
hills, more actual and intelligent develop.
ment work gong on, more faith and hope
IN the ultimate outcome oi thr whole dis.
tritt than ever before. This is as /, should
I've. Mines are made in the hills and no,
in towRs. A. the mines increase and i'm.
prove, the town grows. Develop the
mines aud the town viii take care OF il.
>elf-ihr mines are still here.
II takes reasonable time, some money,
patience and good management to make u
productive mine, even with fair merit to
begin with, here oi elsewhere. II took u
good i've years 10 bring the Red Boy,
BOnanLa aud North Pole up Ia th"ir pres.
ent productive status. All successful
business demands the application oi the
same principles. Why deny /, 10 mine
Ike worlds, are no, made IN a day. Don't
esped Il, iot there viii be disappointment.
Il is regretted that there Is a mrrtrnary
element IN this camp not mhued with 4
TI''HR NlHN' 'N'D '''' Vde'' w ''hV UlV
pfocred, ol the miner and prospcttor, hu,
refuse 10 take u solitary chance with him
10 develop the me industry ,ha, makes /,
possible iuI him To live and make money.
Aside from tins, there Is better class
a. investors aud experienced mining men
entering this ucld than N any time since
the iuSt discovery WIs made. The mos,
hopeful sign, i,nong others, l. that many
who have been hese before have returned
t0 invest, imhuri with glra,,r confidence
than cNri. All points oi the financial
compass l. represented here; outside cap.
it,l II predominant. London, Canaia,
New York. Boston. Lowell, Spokane.
Butte. Chtago, Srattlc, Denver, san
Francisco, Milwaukee. tprand Rapids aud
even New Jersey aud Connect iitut are
represented IN these gold fields. Within
the state Pendleton is largely 10 the front.
The enterprise m tha, place has built
Whole town. to begin with. There are a
lew good men IN Baker who have the
m,ni.g ,n'rrss, =, heart. but they tanno,
accomplish miracles. Put Pcndlrton
where Baker Is, anL there would I've u city
halt ths size oi Portland IN iive wears. ,
We ate glad To- ,rc that Portland has I
tn0Mghly awakened to the vast Opportu'
mites ~ the mines ot this section. aud
nothing but irevrlatlon oi facts could have /
brought this about. Eighty per cent
q! the mines aud their immense products
IN Colorado are owned aud controlled hv /
the people at that state. Portland tan /
accomplish the slime result here. Nv well
directed enou>. Nothing inspires out ,
s.Je capital more than Ia see examples at /
tith ~ home industries Nv these who re.
side within the state. Whatever atti. |
tIdc they take. Viii certainly influence /
toirign investors inr ~ against becoming
Interested.
The tr,rut >,iir nl the Bunker lilll Is
one oi the events oi the month Every
ni0e here IN course ot development,
that had reasonable basis to begin with
Is Improving With depth. Under the
able Managrmen, ot T.. u. M,Calaum, ot
Colorado. the Bald Mountain and Nam.
moth are rapidly developing into mines,
and will soon add twenty stamps and
take their place rs producers. Over
500 teet 0t work has Neen done on this
miae. Al the 200 foot level, after cutting
through porphyry dyke iSo teet thick,
the continuation Of the old surface ore
chute Was encountered again, after cross.
cultiag. Fine stratas ot ore, varying from