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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1904)
Wednesday, June; 8. go4 , . ! 10 THE SUMPTGR MINER DAY IS PAST FOR MINING FAKIR Industry is Now Firmly J J Founded on a Legiti mate Basis. With tho present legitimate basis upon which mining is founded, there is no longer need for methods fo carry mi thu IjiihIimihh that, hordes along Ihe shores of charlatanism. ' The days of lucky Hilda are past, hut ' ... . .. i I I I the days thai call lor hicim, lecnnieai nhility and the employment of rare business judgment have arrived. These coiidil Ions arise from the im proved melhods in processes in ham ling ores, from the rapid changes Ihtil have evolved a butter and higher . . ch.HHof miifliliioiy lu bring results aud Ihe crowding to Ihe wall ol that class of Imiihimih win )k upon rnlu- ing as the one liranch ol commerce " I II I hut. could be used tn cover plans thai could nut stand Ihe light ol I inspce- tlon. The business ol mining calls fm met. of scientillo attainments and iiiuiii I fiiniiiiil u lluiuii inmmmHi ml? an i ""' ' ' ' ' "." ' , " . uudeiHlamliugol Ihe best, and most ,, met leal met hods ol applying their knowledge. The opinion long existed that, milling is but one gigantic gam ble no louuer is tenable. No branch of business calls for a greater amount of hklll from Hie . ... .... ..t.. .1 i.. ii SKIIII'll IIIIHMiaillC. IIIIWII III I nu mini , who hits the drill. No business pays larger or better wages and none is as rOIIIIIIII'rilllVli in hid niiuiii hum in- ilUHlrlous. Tim average iiiiiik casuier- i iocs uoi rmiK in IIOCS IIOI III II l( ill miiiiH'iirni urn "im i. i .ii.... ...iii. (he manager of developed properties, while foremen and iiHHiiyers earn per day more than any bank clerk could think of being paid. Willi expansion ' ol the hiiHluchs demand is greater tin those puhsesmng talent, and no class , ,1HUuI(ll, , tl((t, ,, ,,, ,,(r j,8 mining camps, wlu contiguity of buslnehH olleis as rare opportunity j (( Tn Kjn )mv((, f),Ht.lniltlllK, 'contribute to the greatness of the for n.haiieement as does that of mill- ,,,,,,,, l(1 MiL,lti Went along ' Sumpter district. Tho town do ing, as mining no longer Is a roman wUU llllmiltoll until the next j mands it and the mines compel it. Hi'dieam. i day's Min aiose and was still going , Over there in Qmirlzlmrg are some of Kxaggeiatlon Is not needed in vvmMM,lu.Umri ,. Ilinn, U), As ' the biggest copper, gold and cobalt mining, lor If u punpector has a , h ,lV(l(,t TinrllH1.K ,.auk whiskey . mines In the west, which simply property that is developed and shows !lj( ((. t m? ()f Hl(l) (,jlllmH. ror tin construction of railway viiliin ami nosst'HK virtue, the triilh. ... . ,, it.... ;..i nu iim f SiK.lfin- CVimlc ..r,!" I,'' ! I illlclent. Oapltal '' about lil-i ledge Is si wi" "-; -?-:.;;;:;;::.::: ; n:;:;,;; ::;z:l;;: tnlMiilor a high o.der is employed, i?in WlklllllllK ,H n,.-t thought 10 ""'VlT'hm! T "It's pinched out. I may delude himsell into thlnktni, hv ,,,is lmjM ,, , ,H,,,, H,i,," , that his riches run into the billions, . . .... ,. ..,,,.., '' '"W mathematical problem III II ItailllMi nsii'ii miihii iii'iii'n n. thi pioiieity will britiK the real eon .... .. 1... 1 11........ 11 1 """ "" i"'""""" ." lieciiliiufl necesiiMiry lor owners m m .. I ... I.. I.... .I....lll ..U lllik Id 1 Vllllii in u H"""' i.'..ii, ..d ...... " what the inieiiigmi investor nu mauds. Capittil today is becking I 1 1.. I. ..I II lu ii.tl mill. millll l llil'l I l., ...It ,. in ..-' ..... tiiiiUim.' with Hie cut husiest 01 the boomer, who does thinuuh laaes co oicul ' by bib nwic iu)iii'iitiiiin ol wealth that bin grouiiil pibihly may co 11 tit III. Tu be able to calculate the value 01 a 111 111 1 lit: piiivii. na in' " ' . .1 i- ,1 datarmiue thu moiiiiil to bo moved . ba.iket, who owiimi heavy iule.ePt in ol the cute, prl.e by pooling Hiep.o Oil 11 inlliuad, u iiiiuly polble. , the Mellevue mln,e has gone to Salt motion or so called munition block nf ti iniiiiiiL! iitciiiHitv. an one wouli i,v....v ..,.,-. 1... indued in.liviclu. nllv. foi no lvo are alike. Itile toilimge may be cmtluititiKl in many cMiMiik MccuiHtclj, uluen are uol m ijniily llet. Pliaio 11m eumuiercial I'liks lu mluliifj ttliloli (tumuit h no iHiruluiy uieMuroil, ituy uioiu Hum Limy mti Uo In uioaiirnoturluK. ! bnr cost may change, freight and smelter charges may alter, copper, silver and lead prices vary, supplies fluctuate in price, floods aud flrea and cares may come. All these aro risks. tSengraphically. one may say that the ohaticeH aro an ore oouy win con "" J1"1110, 0M0.";1 aco"rnt?ly miv wJiut. It vii tie will ho. In min the ohaticeH aro an ore body will con ing there is a profit of .'100 per cent, while manufacturing ranges from 10 to '25 per cent profit, with failures of 85 per cent i Low grade properties aro tno nest ' .....I....... 'HlinK iinimull.llli llirtlll canital for opoartlng, hut they are Hiiro. invosiors " '""" properties of this kind and not tor mines carrying narrow seams o. mK.. gra.le ore. Low grade mines, ah a rule, are more salsifaotory, and yilu in the aguroagto, much larger ....i .. ...... f.aaaatitl Cmi I tiul 1 1IU rumi-un.- -.Minium .. . .....,.. "", STORY OF VIRGINIA CITY'S ..... - ,...,. ,w....r- mnv, ulliiiiuuo i mini. niiii iii.i iifiiii v - TJh Jh j( h wumii moral. , . , , , ,.... , , . irue line, nuwevci, nun irainmni ,,,,,,,, m,!liv,,H of ,,10 Washoe club i.h ' Iin,lllm(nUll ,,.,. , pi,(.r nm hm,(1 ,,,,,.,, HJ iihHin.lion of Hiimn! inma hannonod in HOW I IllllgS HUIIC'I IIIIH3 lllliIUIIi;il III VK,( (Mv,H mmI? delirious prime, ,,,,,,. of thlH (.IH,(. from Ihe, (jiv h(U.m)ls ,VH w , Thornherg, ...,', ..,,,,,.. ..,. ,rnl made a .'. ... .. inline for hlmsoll as seiiriu ol l uim (Jn ,, ,H ,,,, nmv, M1,, t10 , . ,.,,.... fmm((.(, .. . ,,, , ,,,, uMII ,,..., ! Thornherg had been speculating in Savage. His lillle all was tied up! in Ihe slock, which was steadily dropping in value. As the stock 's ' worth waned Ihe greater waxed , 1 1 mi i u, .u,..,i ..I iiiui.iwili.it iif i ' - " - i iimi hi in l.' n iiiruiinn uu iiiii imiuhiw iuvestinelit. I'm UoillL! III.. !. I.. ui.ll my Savage . , ... ri'ii II 'It " riifiii aw v nu nun u irn'ini. goes lower aud linviir and llrst thing , I know it won't bring enough fo buy me a ticket to San l-'rancisco. " On his way to order Hie sal" of his stock, however, Thornherg dropped I., l.. il... V'...jI..w. ..lull u-liniM Im VVMH ' 'mill the generous How of liquor wore .. , , ... 1....1 i niiii i im itniiiii'niii. nmv in iiiiiiiii- v iii it Cllll'. lit. 11 it. 1 Ills aching! ,,,,..,.,,, visit his broker land Iniim the worst. Soon alter Thoriiberg stinted to 'i.liiv noker rumors nf 11 htrike in . , i,.1,ii imi,. niliiii' iimi . .-it. '.-- .r..... ,' 1111. . drooping stock levlved. 'Ihe rumor was continued. The stock until tin hv leans and bounds.. When j ,., ,......,,... hnruberg returned to earth it was, Iciunlcd at ?:U0 11 sha.e and when he told his hnldiugs netted him nearly SUriO.iHHi. San FianclM'o Call. I 7riT 1 ConClTllilUI I IlC llelleVlie. .1 11 P..i-i...r tlm Itnkiir Citv I Luke, aud trmn reliable advice it 1 1 ....1 11., 1 1... i,..., ....iniim. iimii IB H'ttl UV'tl mill lilt; luiih ....... ...p, ... ., for a reortiaiiistitiou of ihe mine is IIONI IlltJ OiiiMUIHllllllloil. Med Cabell, Compel im promoiei, to ,mu, ..,.., -S wi.nesses: MoirS H. AIM. TImmms iiuol nor heavy owner, is homo Horn block until the proposition was un j , we.. Rti AWad. and Van Redsieioer .Mood, California mid i o.v pout oil to pas a dividuud puyiui: bsis, or was j ''VnVwiaMW'ecWii'ninj: adversely Hie above IhroushSuBipUrTucMKhiyonhisway.lli.nuccHl thoie would ho but a y'T.ff;kT to Hio iiroporty. .swiall Mold fur the mil into broker. J & w uavis Riw. . . . . THE NEBRASKANS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC Return From Quartzburg Loaded With Samples And Enthusiasm. I David L. KiJlcn, of the Klllon, i WllPll0Pt stowlirt company, returned t)(, fmm tri) to (ho standard ,,,, lt QmirtzlinrK. H0 was aocom- jro,,J0,f ym D K jomu ,H ,t Holltrlot,f ( Vh,, , t0 ' tf .Nehhraskahanker, who is here to look , over the Sumptor-Uourno railway pioject. The party returned from (llllir Z llll'L' 1)11(0 (IOWII Willi HIIIIl- tV tilns mid enthusiasm. The former was of tho SHOO per Ion kind and the t..u.k . ..r u..,.). vm-iniv nu tvmilri mmi ...m c..v... .. j .. naturally result Ihercfrom. "The .Standard looks good," said Ihe Honorable David. "Four shifls of men aro working aud some crackin' " in.;.. ...u ......... . line ore is being taken from the face of I ho main Standard tunel. 'I'lit Willie Hoy drift is also in great ore. It would do your heart good to go in . i it inu iniiits Han. Klllon, who still persists in 'asserting that he is a younger and a i.iinilsmmii' man than than Dave, said to The Miimr man this afternoen: "I don't protond to Know a whole lot about mines, hut when I see such ore and such assays of oio taken from a properly as nig as i no aiiuni- hi ril. it is conducive to ii deep and 'abldlni! fiilth. We chaps in the -'"! - -- . . .. .Middle West read much about eastern 'Oregon mines, but all 1 have read and all I have heard pales into in significance compared with what. 1 have seen on this trip." Mr. Vanherg said: "There's siinnlv L'ot to he a railroad from Slltllllt l!l' 1 lit t) Hit) !lOIII't (if t llC'Sl) Villi- ...... t . . , , J lines -jit as the C u..i.... f m..thi.i l.wln - Oeek v t i i iii'n iiifi iii? ' -iiaw houail'llS do- f ..Huiournei line. This count ry Is rich in p. oven mineral resources. ";II1 ll. can tlgure to a cent in tralllc. It isnH a ,,. of estimating; It Isn't ..... .if,...' ." - -- I....M .. .....M.,i. ir ,il imiilini. il U11M Isn't a matter of OMiimanng, u isu ' a matter of guesswork. Ihe Held IS! ; lioro and the railways , it local con- clltlons are tavoiauie, win ioiiow jusc so Mire as death and taxes." Moth Mr. Vanherg aud Mr, Klllon, tho younger. departed for linker City this afternoon en route to their Nehraiika home?., - SGIIfM I OK SIIUniNl) ) our cur-rnKOArtRS ',,,1U l,,l"1 mJMl,l eompany of to- any U the one in which the pro- moteib show their laith in the future until mo company mi uihmi iiiihuim..., lie until it is a dividend paver. It . all the companies teliini; stock would iii i . . . . .. ......1 i..i .. ... If this system was strictly adhered to the mining industry would be on a firmer fluancial basis at tho present time. It is always in tho power of the investing public to better conditions in their particular Meld. If invest ors would refuse to invest ill stocks whoroiu the promoters were in a posi tion to unload at the first good op portunity, compauies formed along theso lines would soon bo compolled to go out of business. Not only would tho promoters find it uocessary to work aluog moro conservative busiuoss lines, but tho entiro busi ness would soon respond to the' chango aud capital for investment would bo more easily secured for tho rn In ing industry. Tho cut rate broker would also tind that under tho now systom thero would bo no demand for his kind olllces. ilo would find that every stockholder had tho sumo confldonco in the 'future of the enterprise as did tho olllcers aud promoters of tho oomnan.v. Asa result there would unit he the large blocks of promotion and tioasury stock thrown on tho- inai'KOL as uiuiu i in mu i"" (lmil 3rvory ,i,iy ,0 mining in- i(lllHtrv ,8 .ting nearer the point w l0,.y u will Iju on just as firm and .....uinnihil n basis as is any business market as there is at tho present Hit USl llll I llll II UIIHIS 110 in IIII.V iiinmt.co ,, In ,,. 001,ntry. It is up to - tliu invuutor t dumtiiicl that tho pro- motinn Htoek of companies ho invests ... ,)0 ll00i,Mi if this stock is not ts pooled he should refuse to invest. Pacific Oil Iiopnrtcr. NOTICl:. UnlleJ Slnlcs LanJ Ollicc. l..i OrnnJi', OrvKoiii .May 7, iW' Notice In livrvby ulvcn llml EJwurJ H. Pcrrln, ulioke iiostolllci! iiJJrL-NS Is Williams, Arizona, by tii'virour II. Hell, hi atinrney In (aci, whose hs uliicc aJJress Is Suinplfr, OrcKon, JU on ,-' 7lh Jay ol May. ic04,maki application in select. unJer the .ictnLlone 4. iB07 (o Stat.. 0), the lollowlnB de scrll'ed trad ol land In Maker county, Oroon, In the La (Ir.uule. OreKon, land district, to-wlt: The southeast iiurter ol the northwest iu:irter ol section Twentv-one (si), Township Nine o) Soutli, Wanee Thlrl -seven (37J liasl ol the Willamette Meridian. , .... That the purpose ol this notice Is to allow all per sons claiming the selected lands, under the mlnliiK laws, or deslrltu; to show It to l-e mlneial In charac ter, an opportunity to hie objections to such selec tion with Ihe cancers ol Ihe U. S. Land Ollice, at La (irande. Oregon, within thirty days alter the lath tf.IV III iMflV, lJ04, SO as lO vsi.ieiisn men mii'icai. therein or the mineral character thert'i'l. I:. W. DAVIS, Register. Tlrst publication .Mav 11. n04. Last publication June 1?. 1004. NOTICl:. United Slates Land Office. La (Irande, Oregon, April 38. 1004. j Notice Is heuby lven Hat lUw.ird H. I'err'n, whose postotlue address is Williams, Arizona, by Seymour II. Hell. Ills attoreey In lad, whose Post- ..n.'...k , I lr.,LL I. Ciiiiiittiir rirtiiiitll. .11 ii. nn till I UIMll' MUHIUi " "iM'li .'t,w.., .,.-., ....... I Bth d.iv ol Apill, 1004, make application to select, I ,..,.l..r ih.. An nl .liini a. iKot fio s-t.lt.. 6). the hullowlnt; described tract ul land, In Haker counlv. - - - ' - ; The on cla,m,;,u. W seleced lands under the mininK !'r!!:H.!!','" '1":-!! 1 mmi. vimiiimK ..'.- -....v.. ,.,,., " Maws, or Jeslrmc to show it to be mlneial In ch.ir.ic- u.r ; 01,pi)MU,v l0 ,,ie 0tMl.c,ions to such selection with the olllcers of the I'nl'ed M.ues land uince llll MIV WIIIUM Wl ..... - -x.. ...- at la (irande Oreuon, within thlitv das alter the 4th d.iv ol .Mav. wi, so as to establish their Inteiest therein or the mineral character tlieieot. I: W. DAVIS. Wei;islcr Dale of tirst publication May 4, ti 4. Date of la-.! publication June 8, uoi. TIMBER UNO. ACT JUNE 3. I878.-N0TICE PUBLICATION. FOR. I'nlled Stales Land Ollice, ) l.a (irande, creRon, April a8lh, lyui ) Nonce Is hereby i:lcn that in compliance with the punlsums ot iliead ol confess ol June 1, 1878, en tilled "An net lot the sale ol timber lands In the states ol (..iliturnu. oreKon, Ne.id.i uiU Washington Ter ritory," as tenJed 10 all ihe Public Land states by act ol August 4. 189 j. HARRY K. Hl'NKI-K. ol ijumpu-r, loumv ot linhur, stale ol Otenon, has tins da tiled n this oitue his sworn statement No. iki, tor the pui.hase ot the I: V S 1: ii. and SWl Si V, 01 section No o in township No. q south, ranee No. v i.w, and will unci pioot to show that the land sought Is more valuable tor lis timber 01 stone titan for agricultural ............. . m uviiikllvli Ins. .-Linn ii) salJ lun J Im- lure Chat Ii. Chance I . S. Coimiilssionar, at wiiuinur nrutnH. an SriturJav. the ibth daV QI 1 .- -.y, "t -" .- 1. 1. .. . i I