The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-05-23
EASTERN OREGON
GOLD FIELDS.
Baker City Chamber Of Com
cree Second Edition.


OF eastern Oregon Gold Fields" com
piled by its secretary, O. /. Miller. II is
a comprehensive, exhaustive write up OF
Baker county, giving much interesting
interests than mining. Stock, fruit and
farming are all represented In the pam.
phle,. II contains about sIXtypages,a map
OF the county, and Is proiusly illustrated
with halt tone cuts, that are not very good
nor very well printed.
The book printed last year by the
Chamber OF Commerce, II will be remem'
bered, made no mention Of Sumpter nor
of the Sumpter mining district. That was
the Baker City policy al that time. That
policy has been abandoned. This edition
contains a page cut OF the town and the
following article:
"NrStled at the foot of the EllShorn
range Of the Blue mountains, beside a
switj.ilowing mountain stream, the waters
u, which flow over sands laden with gold
for nearly 700 miles, Is a thriving and
lively city. For many years the miners
and prospeclors OF the Blue mountains
have made this little camp their mountain
home and headquarters, and the great
boom IN mines which has given Sumpter
worldwide fame Is no, the result Oi a
new strike or a newspaper 'write'up.'
For many years the mines 0t Cracker
Creek. Granite, Bonanza aud the Green.
horn districts have been shipping gold
dust. gold bullion, concentrates and high
grade ore. Few mines were worked by
companies, and there was little or no
stock for sale. and no one cared To adver-
,Sc. But one ri,h dividend payer after
another Vas added 10 the lis, oi paying
properties. until stories that read like
fairy tales reached the busy world, and
Sumptel a, once became the scene OF great
activity.
"lhe little camp grew rs II hy magic,
IN nine months June, 1900, I'LL March
igool, from 500 to 5000 population, with
two banks, several hotels, two hardware
stores, four general merchandise stores,
warehouses, assay offices, repair shops,
livery and stage stables, two neN SpapcTs,
numerous lawyers, doctors, real estate
aud mining brokers, 4 large opera house,
brewery and lumber yards, and almost all
lines oi trade ana business ate we'll repre-.
scented. FIRST class gravity water sys'
TEN has been put IN operation, and the li'N
is supplied With spring water ior domesti-
use and ilie protection.
"lhc Sumr,cr Valley railroad is kept
busy hlnuiing the immense freight aud
passenger TRAIN, now necessary 10 supply
the needs ol this thriving camp. The
mining districts directly tributary to
Sumpter as trade center ave Cracker
Creek li>,Ti,t, seven miles north, where
.s companies are now operating, the thiei
producers being the North Pole, the Co
lumhia, the Goltonia, the lheN and the
Imperial; the Granite district, ~ To %
miles west, where numerous mines are
worked, and four new mills have been
constructed during the past wear, the chief
producers being the Red BOY, the May
Queen, the Little Giant, the Magnolia,
and the Cougar; the Bonanza district, 10.
Gated 10 miles south, where the famous
Boranza mine, with lo.s,amp mill is To-
Gated, the mos, promising properties be-
ing the Empire group, the Black Bird, the
Elephant, the Richmond, the Rising Sun,
the Hall group and the keystone.
"The mines OF Greenhorn, Susanville,
Quar,zhurg and Strawberry mountains
lie farther on TO the SOUTH"