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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1904)
Wednesday, June 29, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER RED BOY WILL SOON RESUME OPERATIONS The Property Will Probably Start Up Again Soon After July I. Lt is generally reported that the .Rod Boy will resumo operations under the new management soon after the first of the month. Nothing, howevei, very definite cmi bo ob- tained as to the reliability of the re port, though it iu understood through authoritative sources that an early resumption is contemplated. Travel ers returinng from the Ked Hoy dis trict state that the impression obtains in that vicinity that the date of the starting is July 1. John Thompson, recovier for the property, was here yesterday and stated that the obligations of the company will be liquidated between the iinth and '21 I h of this mouth. The conllrmation of the h1o was to have taken place tomorrow, but if the money to discharge the outstand ing dobts is not forhtcoming, or in sight, this will probably be delayed for a few days. Those who are in a position to know more or less what is going on with reference to the Kod Hoy, say that the money will probably not be produced before duly 1, and that, the mine will not get to going until later in tha mouth. It is a' difficult matter to get any information of a very defluito character in regard to the proposition. The general status, however, seems to be that the nlu obligations will be met in a very short time, that the conllrmation of the sale will follow, and that opera tions on a big scale will be resumed if not in July, at the outside on August 1. No doubt is expiessod as to the ultimate results, but there is some difference of opinion as to time. THERE IS NOT A ROYAL LAZY ROAD Though Mining Fakirs. Di vining Rod.Process Men, Etc., Say They Have Found it. Mining fakes, fakirs, divining rod, process men and the like are amongst the banes and necessary evils of the mining profession, and yet they are not without their redeeming features. All so called fakirs are not impostors, and all process men are not swindlers. Some are quite honest and others are of the fakir business and of those who believe iu and employ or support them. Men are apt to think for Instance, that veins can be discovered and their riches iu depth predicted by spiritual mediums or by personal magnetism instead of by the labor of the prsopector with his pick and shovel, or the toil of the geologist. To aid this delusion is also the pop ular infatuation for quackery, the preference for the supernatural over the uatuial and over the dictates of reason and the products of science. It might be laid down as a general maxim that if a thing does not appeal to scientific reason and common sense there is nothing in it, e. g., take the witch hazel delusion iu find ing or locating water veins. In what scientific principle under heaven can there be any grounds to suppose that a crooked stick held in a particular way can have such an affinity for water below the surface that it will proceed to wiggle iu the hand of the holder when he passes over the spot where such a vein lies concealed? The stick certainly is dead and inert, very ingenious and often industri ous men. We have known "diving the vital power must bo iu the man rod" men with their witch hazels who holds it, yet what allluity can who sincerely believed in their I man havo with a vein, what toloo bending twig as much as did their pat hie influence can a vein have on dupes. We havo known procoss men him? Tnis is al! "poppy cock" and whose ingenuity was most commend-1 delusion of the wildest and most im able, and who thoroughly believed iu i becilo character, the efficacy of their machine or pro- j Veins, both of water and mineral, cess. We ran even believe that t must bo discovered by work, by toil, spiritualistic mediums believed or I or by the use of the student's mid had fcolf persuaded themselves iu I night oil--there is no other road, their delusion. "He (hat seeketh fludeth," there is What is fundamentally wrong with ' no loyal lazy road. There are some these human phenomena and with tho j contrivances that have something principle? Tho root of tho matter, more reasonable to bay for t'loui- in unnui itn.ita iu tlitt uliirUimr nf ll'iif HPll'OH. IIS for i llflt IIIM'f'. Certlllll !((!- ... ......... .- .... - "---"""----"""-" divine impiauiou principle, uouesi mu imuui ivuih'uh hi- ui use ui me, work. The supposition that certain , magnetic needle. Undoubtedly ninny things can be discovered and made valuable iiou deposits have been easy by so.tie other way than by1 located by the deflecting or pointing legitimate work, that theio uro other downward of the magnetic needle of aim royal roads to heaven than the; the surveyor's compass, and many narrow way, this seems at the bottom j precious minerals veins may to a certain depth carry iron of a magnetic tioual With admirable ingenuity character, but the use of these con- he Invents a machine that seems to trivances is at best very limited and j completely and absolutely fill the uncertain. hill. The working and success of it When we come to the metallurgical is as obvious and sure as the sunrise, and process side of this question, wo Tho machine Is tried, but somehow are amongst, a fraternity whose name doesn't work What, is the trouble? is legion. These almost Invariably The trouble lies in the incomplete start with tho suposition that all that, knowledge, training and inexperience has been slowly euvolved from theofthe inventor, who, whilst over laborious past in the treatment of j coming the main and obvious diffl ores is radically wiong, and it re- cultles, has not boon able to see the mains for some ingenious idnlvidual, , subtle dilltculty that, makes his in whoso training has boon distinctly volition abortive. The old and ex otlior than technical or metallurgical, poriunood man has long seen this pur to solve tho difficulty by some happy j Moulin difficulty and has been think thought, some sudden invention, ing a lifetime how to oveicome it, some bright Idea. Again the quack 'and still thinks and hopes whilst Is preferred to tho trained practi tioner. Few great inventions or discoveries aro made, as the Latins found and well-rounded education say, "per saltern," or at a jump, i and experience that we believe is Those that aro of value and that stand 'at. the bottom of so many failures in tho test of" time come usually on top the otherwise Ingenious inventions of a slow and gradual evolution, the and devices of the process man. He result of work and experience and of has the Ingenuity iu no small degree, long training. but he lacks the scientific education Tho ingenious mail a doctor, and the necessary experience. These lawyer or green grocer -that takes it'ar" not born iu a day. -Mining into his head that, ho can solve the Reporter. difficult problem of how to treat certain low grade or refractory ores, or to Invent a process by which gold ' K. L. Keuuon, Whitney, Oregon, "fools rush iu where angels fear to tread." lt is this lack of a pro- can be redeemed fiom dry placers in an arid region, is liable to be iria- lumber, sash, doors, shlngloH, build- iuu material, mining timbers. (A147 Oh SUMPTtR Capital Stock Surplus, $1000 425.000 omenta J. W. SCRIBER . '. Praaltfant ED. W. MUELLER, - Vlea-Praaldant R. H. MILLER - - - Caahlar Safety Deposit Vaults Cold Dust Bought Does a General Banking and Exchange Business AT a stock bottlers mooting held recently at the Lucy Mine near (ireon horn, Oregon, owned by the (ireeniiorn (Sold Mines and Develop ment Co., the ollicerH and directors decided to sell One Hundred Thousand shares of Treasurv stock at L'fc per share, par value f I tM), for the purpose of fnrt her development, to erect, an electric power plant and to purchase necessary machinery, etc., to put the l.ucy Mine on producing basis. Wo own seven claims, have plenty of timber and water. Our tunnel is now iu over Four Hundred and Fifty feet, have cut three ledges which asay from f Ift.OO to f Mt 1.00 per ton. Wo are now driving into the O. K. ledge, whoso surface showings show that it is (lie richest ledge iftlm property. Our property is fully equipped with bunk and boarding Imiiiho, lilacksmith shop, stable, store house and tunnel house, We have worked two shifts steadv for the past eight mouths and our ore dump Iiiih several thousands of dollars of ore ready for treatment. The property is well equipped and the l.ucy Mine has' the ore. The property will soon be on a paying basis and will stand the closest investigation. Stock can be bought in monthly installments if desired. fL'i 00 will buy 1(H) shares; fl'oO.OO will buy 1000, etc. Auvoiie who will invent $1000 or more we will furnish free transportation and all expenses to visit the proneity and in spect it. -: : :- : : (!. A. itergland, Lumber Dealer, Milwaukee, Wis., President. Sam It. Stott, Luev Mine, (ireenhorn, Ore., Vice President. M. I'. Keogli. Merchant, Milwaukee, Wis., Treasurer. Morris Sullivan, Lucy Mine, (Ireeniiorn, Ore., Asst. Secretary. hid. Sullivan Lucy Mine, (ireeniiorn, Oro., Manager. F. It. Morns, (irain Dealer, Milwaukee, Wis., Director. ('has. Selioll, Itroker, Milwaukee, Wis., Secretary. Make all remittances to ('has. Selioll, Secretary, Milwaukee, Wis., and send for further information to The Greenhorn Gold Mines & Development Co. 307 Matthews BIdg. Milwaukee, Wis. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a