Mohave County miner., 1900-01-27
The New Fl Dorado.


visiting friends and interesting Canad-
ian capital in the New Ell Dorado, says
the Rossland (B. c. Miner He says
"There are but two new stars in the
heavens in the mining world that now
are all brilliant-Sumpter and Cape
Nome. Cape Nome will do for the
Young men and adventurous spirits.
Cape Nome is now closed to the out
side world, and will remain so until
next June. Sumpter is always open,
is at the end of railroad, and is the
center of mining district, so far as
has been explored, second to none up
on earth. Within 20 miles of Sumpter
are more dividend payers than in the
states of Montana, Washington and
Idaho com bined. When / left there,
cars of mining machinery standing on
the sidetrack awaiting shipment to the
different mines in the vicinity of
Sumpter. There are now II quartz
mills running, IL in process OF con
structlon, and Mr.. Unzicker, the gen
eral agent of Fraser 4 Chalmers of
Chicago, has Al applications for mills,
cyanide plants and hoisting works.
Prosperity seems to be in the air. Over
500 of the best of the Butte miners are
now in the district. The many sales
that have been made in the past three
months, the marvellous growth of the
town, which is up-to-date, with its
water works. the equal of any in Amer
lea, two banks, both in two-story brick
structures, 30xl0O each, hotel for
which a contract has been let which is
to be three stories. and made of brick,
townsite unsurpassed for natural
beauty, the distributing and mining
center of what may properly be desig-
mated as the Rand of America, a town
insignificant, forgone and overlooked
II months ago, makes it the Mecca and
bonanza land for 1900 for practical
miners all over the continent. Every
afternoon about 80 there is drawn up
in front of Thomas McEwan's stage
office from six to ten coaches headed
for the surrounding mining camps.
Hank Monk, Jr., gets his orders, and
when he starts off and turns on one
wheel it reminds us of the early days
when the 205 gold-pieces went over the
bar and no change was returned. la
word, the Sumpter district of Oregon
is such mining district as has not
been developed in the United States
for the past twenty years. Several cit
izens of Rossland have invested in the
Sumpter section, and can now sell out
at profit of 800 per cent. OF course,
the success of all mining camps de
pends upon the value of its mines. 1t
does not take even layman long to be
in Sumpter, and see the gold bricks
chucked off the coaches and on the
sidewalks to become convinced that
he is in gold producing country. The
mining money is now trending that
way. The stories of Bret Harte ana
John Hay are being re-enacted every
day. We have there John Oakhurst,
the outcast of Poker Flat, and Ten
nessee's partner and all the rest, two
generations after the originals were
active. Virginia City in its palmy
days, Treasure Hill, after crossing the
desert, Phoebe, Cripple Creek and the
Rand are now altogether mingled in
one, the Sumpter district of Oregon.
"Baker City is not rival of Sumpter.
1t is, however, to Sumpter what Den
yer is to Cripple Creek, what Salt Lake
is to Phoebe, what Carson is to Virgin
ia City, what Johannesburg is to the
Rand. There seems to be mistaken
idea on the outside As to the relation
ship that exists between the two places
Baker and Sumpter. Baker City is
the county seat of Baker county, and
Sumpter is the best patron, the best
friend, the best rival that Baker City
has in Eastern Oregon. The success
of one means the success of both. Tens
of thousands of dollars of British and
Canadian capital has been invested in
, Sumpter. Something that has never
! been known before in town Of this
size is that failure has not been yet
recorded there. Governor Macintosh
has many thousands of dollars invest
ed there, and all of his properties are
on dividend paying basis" General
Warren leaves for Sumpter tomorrow.