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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 6, 194 MYSTERY OF THE INCAS' TREASURE Fully $80,000,000 in Gold Escaped the '.Hands of Cortez. Whether the mport or the dls covory of the Incus' hidden treasure at Chayaltaya, Hollvla, Ih triii) or not, it Ih certain that the eon qliiHllnilotDH did not. get all the gold of Iho'liiHt Inch of Pern, nor all the , gold and ri'i'lniiH jcwcIh ol tin; Mexican uiiimiicli. The Hloiy Ih that the Iiiciih' treaHiire, withheld horn i'l'arro and now dlscovoicd in llolivla. Ik worth aiO.OOO.OOO. and ..... n... i u i... ii. .v.. iiinii lw wtlll much iiiiiiii hirhlcn away. I'izairo inan hii.vh, ami he has been forced to received a great huiii fitim the luca, (seek it elsewhere, wliom he ho cruelly liealcd and then, Mr. ZinniHirinnii'H work this year killed, but in ho doing ho iiiIhmmI a has been largely of a prollminaiy grimier amount, which the Inca, , natiiic am! he is not expecting much hoping In save his life, promised IiIh In the way of a cleanup, lie has 'f.iiriiiiiiiliir. ,H,,,n "Pi'iilug his giavol beds, lu lu thiH country mm sometimes stalling ii hydraulic plmil, putting in i......u fi.llr nr n uri.i'il cnhlcu sun and fluiiiu ami doing general pi epiuatory other treasure hidden M-cnicly from the early Hpiiuliirila. One gentleman who Ihih the blood of Muiiotzuina In IiIh vi!iih and in wIidhd family the traditloiiH of the I ilium of the eon hiidmI Iiiivm been iiiosorvod. has Hit it! thiil. probably fully 680,000.001) .worth of Iioiihuio escaped the hands of Onto, ami IiIh followers. Where J Ih (IiIh treaHiire hidden? Hume have jaiid that it wan thrown into Lake Texcocu and not many years hack a J company, well prlovided with funds, j .mil.t KvlniiHive nxcavallniiH III the! Pcd regal, near Coyniicau, on the spot. indicated by tradition. A series ol Hubtorraueiiii chambers was found, ; dml no golden Him. ! llolli in Mexico ami Peru mild was bidden away from the giecdy con. iiulsitailoies by the Indians, who cherished the hope ol making a sue- cossful lining agaliiHt their co.iu.uor .urn. Thai hope has biuu died away, though much of I lie haired for the race of the coiiiulsilmloies lemaiiis ,i it... In.mrit ol Hie iihinicliio. It. ih tiille probable that some Hue day much of Moiileuma's hidden liiiiibUic may be louml heie by a liniky hit. Perhaps It Is concealed in an idol cave ill the southwestern pari of the Siena sui rounding (his valley, a cave of which stories Save Iiiiiiii t.ll.l 1111.011! (lie IllllillUh. Whence has come Hie gold that! ). Cartwright has sold to l. A. Iiidiaus living i , mountains, mi ,m,i D. L. Carlwiight and .lohn W. close lo the elly, have hiuught heie j ),,nv w Vo Valley palcer claim, mid hohl lo their leal lepreseiitallveV j',0 ,,.,., urn) Hied today with I'li.ue is a mvsteiy ill all this, and a (.'ouulv Kecorder Henry. The con- greater uiystery in the uheioaliouls tit the Monteuina's treasure, which remains untouched, - - Mexican Herald. Wire Hope on Anciem Device. The wire rope Is generally con rildered u modern invention, a pro duct of modern Hklll, and it will nurprUe many to learn that its inanu faoturo is really t lost art. Although the AhHyrlauH prnoticed the art of wire beutlng, no evidence has been found to indicate that they used wire for making rope. Tho excava tions of Pompeii have, however, brought to lltfbt a piece of bronze Ire rop Hourly fifteen feet long aud iiboiit one icnb in clrciinifcrenco. Thla rope Ih now in the Mnsio Uor- bonicn at Naples. It conslta of three 'stranda lairi spirally inind being marie np toegther, each uf fifteen wires ! listed together, and its construction doeH not, therefore, differ greatly from that r)f wire ropes made today. Pgmpeli aa hurled A. ). 70, over I.Hon viMiiHii wo. hut how long wire, ; rope's had then been t known is im l.posslblo to tell, t liniiKli. jndgng o.V " I h the knnwierlge hIiow'ii In Hioxjon Hlriiclin, it' may ha snfoy y con cluded that tho.v hud been Icnouii for n considerable time. Exchange'. .. BIG CREEK PLACERS NEAR SUSANSVILLE .). K. Zimmerman, manager of the Mine Cliiiuiiel placers on Hig creek, near .Susiiinille, Is in town Jooklng fur men to work at his diggings. KallHtaclnry lal.or Is scarce in the viclnltv of Ku.-iiiivillc, Mr. Zlmmor- unrlt. lln lias Hccureii a guou km of pipe in the Crcetihoriiri which will bo scut lo the placer at once. Tim Hume has been completed all but three fourths of a mile. Mr. Zimmerman will be in a position to work the diggings tago next year. to good advan- WORK AT LAST CHANCE AND BABY MCKEE - L. S. Lllley, manager of the llaby McKee company operating the llaby McKee and Last Chance in the Cable Cove district, returned this morning from a two months' lilpeasl. He spent much of the time at his old home In Cincinnati, but was also in NewVoik, Philadelphia and other casein cities, Mr. Lllley Ih back lo continue oiieiations at his properties on an ex- leilsive scale. Miniung ai i ne i.iihi ( 'linnet will be continued 1111(1 illill- in., mill cioxM'iitlinL! at the llaby ! McKee will! an luciensed force of men. Siiie ol Rye Vdllev llcircr.s hideratiou paid was $1(5.000. When seen in reference to the matter today by an Evening Herald representative, one of tho Cartwrtght boys said: We shall open work at once. We will start a drill within two weeks and expect to push ilghi through to bedrock. Wo will work a large crew of men throughout the summer and within a yur expect to have a large paint there to handle the output.'' Herald. You Are Invited To try a cup of Creaeout Ureaui Cotfeo served free at our store. E. P. U KRIS MAN. w STOCKHOLDERS 10 MEET IN PORTLAND W. W. Uibbs, .superintendent of the Coppe.ropolis, accompanied by A. Dunn, of the Yankee Hoy, of tho, nlKlil. Mr. GibbalHon his way to ; by a rovolution of eentimeut which Portland to vsit his family, and ot ,a to bo' inaugurated ih Egypt and tend the annual stookholders' meo,t- I.jll(Mt U appears odd that a chango ing of the company, which takeaplace 6ucQ hlbut on the Mill iiiBtant,. Mr Dunn, fis ' , .. recently stated, sold out his holdings'!" this caso.the oddity ia very likely 1,1 iw. nmnw.rnnolls. iiinouutini' to ! to becotno a reality. Ji6o,000 shaies, to the-ticorgia capi- lalists who visited the property not principle Inculcated by tho decreo of long ago witli President Wiilett, of the Koran, abhors usury, and thla Portland. Tho proceeds of tho sale, ;fuciIK Ihih through centuries become It Is undertsood is to bo invested in eo Htrong that even legitimate iu Vankee Hoy improvements. , lurest will 'not ho taken by a Moslem. Work ,at tht 'Copieropolis Mr(. Tlicrp are .about 20,000 liBnk de (lllibs'says, Is being concentraterL mi posuorH in Egypt, and of these less a crosscut, about '200 feet from i tu t,000 are Moslems, and amoug whe,re the ledgo was recently tappod, , (u,a uotv oileot them will acccept. This crosscut is n'ovVjwiHijn ilftoiiAcir jutotot ''legally accruing to them uw.nl v ...! Ill I III VI! III. T 10 VOID is of great width and carries good values, as previously stated. TOSTARfATONCEON iiilit aili tiriif Mil I 'Jiidlii K,(1 producing country, MOUINIAIlN VllW.IVIILL the imports of gold huve exceeded the exports by over one billion rlol ' lars during the past forty years. 'The supposition is, and it is probably Dr. Walter Techow, superintendent well founded, that the Indian people of the Mountain View, came down have an almost incalculable wealth last night to confer with II. L. Mo hidden away in uooks nud corners, Lain, who is to have charge of tho J all expressed in gold aud jewels, construction of the new plant at tho To bring ths wealth to tho light property. Dr. Techow returned this, of clvilizalton students of economy afternoon and Mr. McLain will go j ha vo speut thuir etrorta for years, and up tomorrow to tnka charge of tho It aeeuiH tlmt at last a solution has work at once. Dr. Techow states beou found. Lord Cromer, tho urit that he exnects to have the mill flu-' ish plenipotentiary iu Egypt, lias, ished and iu operation within three mouths. As prevlousl'' stated, it is to five foot liryan mill, uapablu bo a of treating fiom twenty five to thirty tons of ore a day, equipped with four .loluiHon conceutratois. slime plant and cyanide. Much of the machinery is already on the ground and the rest is expected fiom San I-'ranelsco in ow ilays. STICtS GULCH PEOPLE EXPECT BIG CLEANUP Khoriir II. K. Urown, of linker City, and .1. S. Kenyon, superintend ent of the rftices (iuleh placers, came up this morning to attend a meeting of the stockholders of the company, to transact some iiulinished business from the lntt meeting. Mr. Kenyon says ho will start iu to cleanup in a short time and that tho prospects for a bin one this year are good. Don't Go to St. Louis 'Till you call at or write to tho Chlcgo, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road. Otllco i:U Tin Id Street, Portland, Oregou. Low rates to all points East, in cononction with all trauscontineutals. W. S. KOWE, General Ageut., Portland. Oregou. Elk Head Saloon. Elk Head Whiskey, old, flue aud mellow, at the Elk Head saloon, Ceu ter street, Old OlynipU sUud. Try it. WORLD WILL GET MOSLEM'S GOLD The World's supply of gold will "xu0 "Moslbm character, through a from llJfir savings rioposiis. In India the same condition pre vails, and for centuries it has been the custom there, as in Egypt, for those who are thrifty to place thoir savings in the ,'purchaso,'of gold aud jewels. Statistics show that although Hirmiuli Hopirnl eniifcrences with tho grand mufti and other executive oflicials of the Egyptian law, oh- talned a roviaiou of their views re- gardlng financial iustiutitous, and tho payment or acceptance of legit 1 iiuitu interest uiion loans, securities ( tttul savings deposits. Those otilciala , buvo consented to promulgate an interpretation of tho law of the Koran, which will modify tho ro- jstrictious of that document so as to laid in disipatiug the inherent pre judice amoug tho Moslems towards I fiiancial institutions. If this iutor .pretatlou works aa it is intended, the liritish lluanciers are conlldont that many millions of the present hidden treasure will lie r.rnught forth aud placed in the channels of civilization. Tho sudden accretion of so much additional gold to tho present world's supply would undoubtedly cause a depieciatiou iu its value, but as it lias taken centuries to overcome superstitions of the Moslems iu other particulars, it is in ore thau probable that many years will pass before even a largo proportion of tho immense wealth possessed by them will be turned into modem cash or sercuritles. Tho gradual distribu tion of this weatlh amoug the world's flnanolal institutions, which will undoubtedly occur, will be more thau commensurate with tho world's increasing ueeds and the uu covering of this wealth will there fore mean a coutlnued supply of the yollow metal suitable to the world's uecesaities for wauy years to come. Omaha Commercial. FOR SALE New set light bar ueaa, oue second baud wagon aud two trucks. Sumpter Lumber couptuy, Sumpter, Oregon.