Show OREGON the bradford smelter at sumpter is about ready to blow in charles laughlin will have charge of the new works word comes from eastern oregon that captain J R delamar through all his agent ag ent george kislingbury Kisling burg has purchased the blue ribbon group of mines which are located a few miles north of granite the purchase price being 11 baker city democrat charles M mcentire a mining man mail of mercur utah who has just returned from a trip to goose creek and the surrounding district brought some fine samples of copper ore obtained from f rom the mines there he visited ted the property of the north american mining maning company and says that about thirty men are areat at work at the mine sumpter miner J S hughes who was the original locator of the copper king king 1 and other claims comprising k the standard group in the quartzburg Quartz burg 1 district and who is largely antei ested therein with zoeth houser and associates socia tes was down from there monday and will vill i remain during a portion of the week there is no better posted man in that district dietric t than mr hughes who is now on oil the he t way to wealth through his holdings in the best properties of the camp sumpter miner charles laughlin of the sumpter smelter lias has made a study of and search for all varieties of ore rock and geological formations since lie he lias has been here some S ome days since in liis his search for lime rock wh which ich lie he found in abundance and of elc n 64 quality lie he discovered of fire fir within a few miles of sumpter kumpt ile he brott bro in a piece and exposed it to a heat of 2001 2 grees fahrenheit for one hour the 4 stood this extreme test to his perfect saw tion he has also found a small body of 0 asbestos baker city democrat the red bov v ing company owning the celebrated kean mine situated in granite district b hagl plans matured for the greatest feat in de sinking ever attempted in oregon 11 it is i intention of the company to sink a shaft feet in depth and to that end ton sofi chinery have been purchased of Fras fraser serl chalmers chicago and will be shipped J ip this month in the shipment will ivill be ali boilers weighing P g 2000 pounds each H extensive development on the martof thel boy people will determine the per permanence permanent manena I 1 the ore veins of this entire section and f do more to inspire capital with confida that eastern oregon Z ore veins go down fc all things thinas else combined |