Show OREGON sumpter american the pleasing information reached american this week that at a special meeting of the directors of the turnagain arm company held at the com banys s office in Ariz arizona they had unanimously decided to issue bonds to liquidate the indebtedness against the california and provide a development fund sumpter american N F heath sup superintendent er in of the standard returned to the mine monday morning after a short business trip he stated excellent progress is being made on the milling plant and five cars of the machinery had arrived to date work in the mine is concentrated in the drifts on the intermediate level and side issue vein the property is looking fine and fine reserves being established sumpter american from well up toward the timber line with snow ranging from six to eight feet in depth superintendent lew walker made the perilous trip into bourne during the week to telephone to manager don willard that a very promising blind vein had been cut by the working tunnel of the little cracker the new vein was cut at a point feet from the portal of the tunnel and is about five feet wide and mr walker stated was a good grade of milling ore judging from the bannings pann ings mr willard will go to the property monday and bring in a line of samples for assay grants pass mining journal L B wickersham superintendent of the granite hill mines was in town this friday and saturday arranging for the shipping of a carload of concentrates to the selby smelting smelling Sm elting company on saturday mr wickersham says all the electric machinery for the changing of their plant from a steam to electric power has arrived and is now at the mine so that in a week or two everything will be installed and ready to start up with the electric power he says we will then have one of the most complete and up to date mining plants in any mine in the state of oregon baker city demo democrat crat manager F D fuller of the sumpter smelter who has just returned from new york is entertain entertaining in g mr W E lindsay of new jersey the president of the smelter company in conversation with the correspondent mr linds lindsay ay stated that he was particularly impressed and pleased with the magnificent plant at sumpter and the prospects for the development of mining in eastern oregon and the feeding of all classes of ores in the plant the furnaces are now running full blast and the side tracks at the smelter are full of cars of ore waiting treatment new contracts are being made every day with copper and gold mines throughout the district and mr lindsay predicts that the year 1906 will be most prosperous to all mining people here and to his particular interests in this mining field john day news while workmen were excavating for the annex of the elkhorn hotel in canyon CRY city they picked up a large chunk of quartz that was completely studded with free gold the specimen was unearthed friday not far below the surface it is as large as a small fist and probably represents a good many dollars in value to its present owner landlord bauer had the ore been found in place one of the mightiest mining excitements excite ments that ever shook the once famous camp would have resulted but the beautiful specimen had been either washed or carried from some hidden ledge in the mountains As such it serves not only to recall the departed glory but to remind prospectors of the fabulous untouched wealth still lurking in its treasure hous on the rugged hills and stimulate them to renewed activity in prospecting |