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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1904)
Wednesday. June k 1004 THE SUMPTER MINER WORLD'S COPPER PRODUCTION .. t 1 1.. 111. i :., 1 Muit uupprr 111 1 iit'ii 111 v-iiimi, n is J impossible, however, to hsooi tnlii ' iitiy facts .vltli regard to this, 'and , therefore it in not icnludcd in any ot tho reports. , Wo have reason to anticipate a somewhat Kreator increase in out 1 I.. 1 1..11 .1 1 i.. ini) put. 111 i;u-i mini wiis siiuwii 111 li'v.i. hniiklnl in Tunlin Vnorc I The Unitul States production will be 1UUUICU III I nxjilXJ I JMi o, , mtintor, unless conditions should But increased Only Slightly of Late. Tho world's production of coppor. which has shown an increase of 118.5 por cent in thu lfi years since 1888, nud which has almost exactly doubled in the VI years since 1801, has shown in tho last three years a more modcr ata growth, l-'or ton or twolvo years tho average increaso each year was between 8 and 10 percent, but last year it was only 1.5 por cent, as compared with 1!)02. We give on another page tho esti mate prepared by Messrs. Henry K. .Morton Co. of London, whoso long expotieneo and ncuainlanco with tho trade give them exceptional facilities for collection statistics and estimat ing (pmut itles where necessary. The Hguros pcreparcd by them arc gener al ly accepted as very close approxi millions to absolute correctness. l''or the past year thev have used for thu United States tho output as collected and estimated by the Knglnoorlng and Ml ill ut,' lourual. In the following table we give a condensed statement of tho woild, as estimated by Messrs. Morton, for 1H0'J and lSI0:i, tho In ures being in long tons, of 12,2 1 U peunds: 15)02 L'iKM Tons lct. Tons Pot. United States.. I'KL'.STO 51.1 UOS.IWO 52.8 Other No. Am. 25,270 10.2 Ii0,;.)5 11.8 Snath America. :)S,750 7.2 -10,(185 7 2 Kumpu ,.l.5IO lll.ll 01,020 1(50 Afciu 20.775 5 5 111, MO 5 0 Africa -1,-I50 Australasia.... 2S,(il0 arise which cannot now bo fereseen: and a larger output may be expected from Mexico, whore tho conditions aro very favorablo for growth. Some falling oil may bo looked for in .lapan, but ttho loss will not bo im portant in telatou to tho total. Tho world's consumption of copper scorns to iucroaso about as fast as tho production. Lower consumption in the United States this year is mot by more active demand abroad, and it seems quite likely that our own consumption will improve later in tho year.- Engineering and Mining Journal. I I BEAUTIFUL JOHN DAY VALLEY 0.8 5.:i 5,2:10 20,000 0.0 5.1 Total". . ..511,205 100 505,820 U0 Tho total iucreas-o shown last, year was 21,525 tons, or 1.5 por cont. Nearly one-half of this was from the mines of North America outside of tho United States; that is, from Frank 10. Ilobson, thu civil en gineer, who is spend inn a few days in Sumpter, having arrived last week from Portland, nays that, he and his company will make 110 attempt this year to develop thu John Day Water powor. According to Mr. Ilohsou, the country Is not in shape to con duct, for electrical power in sutllcieut amount to warrant, the expenditure at this time of a largo amount of money for generating machinery. "The .lohu Day valley," said Mr. Ilobsou to a Miner representative yes terday, "is 0110 of tho most beautiful and most tortile in all tho noilhwest. It is lich in varied rosourcco, most, of which are in a latent state, pond i uk tho provision of cheap trans portal inn. When a railway is built into that region it will at once de velop into 1, gioal count 1 y At pies 011L the citi'eus of tho .lohu Day region are laying on their oars, waiting until such time as the whistle of locmotives gives them the signal to net in" and dig. The people of .lohu Day are not par ticularly enthusiastic over the piom ised adovut of the Similiter Valley railway. Thev look forwaid to the Mexico and Canada. South American mines Khowod some gain, chiolly ' mln,, ()f .. irnmi ,, n)m. They owning to more active work in Chile, , lin, K,.,,al things from Mainl and nut to tho opening of new mines. ,()ntlf mcj ,mv() WMkened to too The Ururopoan iuscreaso was nearly jm,,0,.,.u f the llondryx projected nlj; from Itiihsla, while that of Asia j nim f.om ,,, c'olumiila to the was from .Japan. Tho gain in Africa ( Sm vj, j, )y ,.jtv , t, was due to Hie recovery of mines i" ( Mnlliiir pass. Namaiiualaiid from tho injuries in- au ,f the resources of the Inland tllcted in the Moor war. Tho mitinil : k,,,,,!,,., .,,mprising the counties of of Austnilustii whm stationary and wo, (;,.(, ,im,y IIII(I Malheur, will do not M'. tho promised gain from mimj, , i 1 hoir present condition uu.v mine.", in Nv Smith Wales and j tt,iy vuivh. Hut wl a Queensland. As for several jours jll(, r steol links that iaulatol 10 mist, the creator part of the pro- Kon wtli thu niiliir woi 111. IIiito u 1 1 1 dud ion win, from pyilte dopoblth of fnmv ,nield development. Mount Lyell. in Tiihinania. "My eniii anv will hold Its vain In twt.tliu new fcnuicos of capper I nMo w'lo. fjtit hy doing the norm supply opened in the jimI two or Blliy UOil Ihlti 3inr. W'.ien a railway three yoai are all in North America. ollturH and the countiy leap to the The now mines of the LnkoSupeiior r(J,t jt ne ilably will, wo will region and of tho Uisbeo district in (.mp,,t0 ,. pinna and generate Arl'.'Uia, in tho United Slntiia; the 00j,, ,,ttir (,, tuni every wheel Caiianea and Nacozaii deposits in jn ,il0 j,i(j Umpjn-." Mexico, ami tho mines ot the Mound- ., ary riUtiiot in Canada are the impoit- )on'l (J) to Jjt. I.OllfS nut copper piodiiceia lately devel oped. Wo have heard 11 ureal deal 'Till you call at or wiiteto tint about tho deposits or copper in , Ciucgu, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail Uhodeaia, but very little has been mad. Oilleo l.'il Tin Id Slieet. done then ; no proof ot thir valiiu In Portland, Oihuoii. Low rates to all tho form of actual shipments of metal , points Kast. in conenction with all I...O linnn rnnniflo.fi. I t lailSCOIIt t IJOIl t HIS. FOR SALE MaiaHaMMakMaiaa I $2,000 en Roomed Residence. One of the Best Locations in town. $2,000 Home. Completely Furnished. Location and Grounds Delightful. Piano, Large Range and other valuable Furniture included in this. Barn and Outbuildings. New Six Room House and Lot, nicely lo cated. Easv terms. $250 Choice Resident Lot near center of town. $50, $75, and $IOO Buy Choice Resident Lots not far out. $300 Buys House and Lot with Barn. A Com fortable Little Home. LAUNDRY BUSINESS I am instructed to sell the Steam Laundry business, ot Sumpter, which is the Best Pay ing Business in town for the amount of capital required to handle it. Call and see me and get figures. 20,000 Acres now under irrigation in one of the best localities in Oregon. Are you interested in securing a home of this kind, from 40 to 160 acres. Ihese lans in three years will be worth three times what they can he bought lor i.t the present time. Call and see maps and get prices and terms 011 this property. PLACER PROPERTY Do you want something good in a Placer Proposition? We have rich placer ground near Sumpter, and an opportunity to secure .in abundance ot water (or long season's w ork. Here is an opportunity for a person with small capital, to secure a proposition with such merit as will inciease on investigation in the intimation ol the most critical ex aminer. II interest, d, call and see us and get particulars. 1.280 ACRES One of the most attractive laige bodies of land in Burnt River Valley. Level as a meadow. All can be irrigated. Can be sold in size iiacKlu uit the puichaser, at ft it; and less per acre. NLAND EMPIRE INVESTMENT CO. JEShE HOBSON , . MANAGER Huaidea tho production ivnn above, it is believed that there is W. S. KOWK Cenetal Aeut., Portland, Oickou. HOTEL SUMPTER -