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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1904)
Wednesday, September 7, 1904 THE SUMPTER MINER V The Sumpter Miner MUHLISHBI) BVBMV WBDNBSfMY MY J. W. CONNKLLA T. O. (WYNNE, - - EDITOR tntfffd at the postofflce In Sumpter, Oregon, for iransnhMon through ttie mall as second class natter. SUHSCHU'TION HATBS One Year al Months '$ ALWAYS IN AltVANCB. Death Valley iH located in Inyo 'county, California, near tho Novndit border. Tho iiituiu wiih lv?n hy a aurvivur of 11 party of immigiants, thirty In number, who in 1H40 lost Choir wity nml, after enduring riih -fu suffering, inoHt of (hum died in tho hot hhimJh. It 1m. hhIi! Ihiil no other hiioIi tract of ground Ih known. It HiiH from north to Houth, with 11 length of nhoiit fifty mllitH Hiiti width of thlrty-llvo, and Hh surface Ih 'J 10 loot lowor thou thitt of tho ocean. During August thoio Ih Iohh than one half of 0110 ior cent of molHturo in tho atmosphere. Summer hout rises to 137 dogroH !'., ijnil J GO hitH liuon known; u higher touiiraturo Ih tin iknown on tho western hemisphere 'The valloy hiioii from Iho hiimmiiIL of iPunamlnlriUigo presents In Novomlior hi long gray waste ot desert, in which thoro are narrow hands of white, niHtio hy thin deposits ot horav. anil to tho Houth Ih soon a thin linn, tho Amarguso tivor, a loor, sluggish htroaiu, dead iiiohL oi tho your, ulnorptlon tak lug it all in 41 thort time. Iho mineral woalth of Death Valloy Ih ilouhtliHH largo, hut outside of lioim nothing oIho Ih JOlltlod. In tho Unitoil SlatoH copper Ih olussillod in throo grades, lake, elec trolytic. Mini costing i'0iitr, anil Ih hoIiI in t l.o form or ingots, anodes jiml wiro InirH. Lake cupper, 11101111 .ing copper from tho Lake Superior, Michigan, Hold, Ih moHt puro and tonh and for many yoarH Iiiih sold at an advanoo ovor all othor grades II iH well adaptod to tho making of ooppor wiro. F.lootrolytio (Mippor in ooppor olootrnlylioally worked and moro of it in Hold than nt the lako mid in now tho standard iihoiI in mar kot iitiotatioiiH. It Ih proHiimod to have not iiito tho purity of tho lako and Ih thoroforn ooiiHidoied loss dur able for electrical uses. Casting ooppor ( 1 h 1 1 1 1 1 1 y (HMiluliiH impiiritioH that impair itti toughness and olootrlo conductivity, those impiiritioH being Jirsoiilo, antimony mid iron. Tho vMV smallest percentage of aiHcnlo in (Mippor spoils the ooppoi for wiro mult Ink'. Casting cupper Ih iiHiially oold in ingots. I.ako and oloctiolytio in ingots, wiro lutrn and anodes. Onpor anodes are hoiivy shoots of tho metal UHod in copper plating hy dectrolvsis. Tho Mining Magazine, ot Now Vork, ;u til IhIioh an important artiolo by Mi. Frederick Leslie Kuiihomo, of Mii ruitod Stiiten (.cnloglcul Survey, in which are found miiiio statistics of hitiTt'.-t oven t those not especially tnu"uod in mining. Among other Miings Mr. Itunsomo says: hi tho year 1N02 tho total value of tho iiiolullifornus proiluot of tho United HtatoH was etfJ l,ajrS,n8 1. Iron is oatlly tlrst, tho output being valued at 1:172,775,000. Next in Impo'tuuoo conies gold, with a pro duction valued at $80,000,000, illosoly followed hy ecpor at 70, .VKI.OM, thin value being loss than that of tke procedlug veur, although the tonnaue was greater. Tho value of Hi Iver produced in 1002 wan 820, 4in,()00, of lead $22,140,000, aud of zinc M,2 5,500. The United Statea leada tho world in the pro ductlon of lion, copper and lead. The United States now furniflhofl about twenty-eight per cent of the lead of the world and twenty-aix per cent ot the Bpelter, beaideH a cou aiderahle amount of zinc oxide. Over one-third of all the gold mined in the United StateH comes from the southern division of the Rocky mountains, chiefly from Colorado, which produces more gold than any other state. AliiHka supplies about, tou pur coot oi the total gold output of the United States. Thj proaent your hus witnessed a greater numlior of reorganizations among what may bo tormod the "popular" mining companies than have occurred for many years in tho mining industry, hh.vs tho Now Vork Commercial. Hy "popular" mining companies is meant those organiza tions which since 1H0H have been moro or less in public favor, and wIioho notation was insured largely by the action of tho investing public in co-operating with tho promoters in organizing tho companies. 1 ifc a noticeable fact that among a given number of mining flotations a cer tain percentage is always more popu lar than tho others. This popu larity Ih sometimes duo to tho iiuiiHual opportunity which the invoHtmcut foetus to otter; tome times it is due to tho wide publicity which those in control have given the venture. .Sometimes both reasons concur to attract. Among these so called popular mining companies, whoso i-cilnd of promotion covers from throo to live yours, about eighty per cent have boon obliged to yield to the knife of the reorganize!. This piucuss diirors in detail in almost all instances, but tho object accomplished is the same. Tho majority of tho lonrangizutions thus far completed have boon the moans ot adding bond issues to the original liabilities assumed Others have made nuoopiug reductions in the amount (if outstanding capital stock, with a view of increasing a treasury leservo which, under 0 former maiiagomont, may not have boon husbanded with solicitous care. The natural icsult of these various phases of pinning has boon to do prociato t!ie market value and price or the slock on the open market. If tho VHiious ovoutH which have led up to these diltlcult times, among tho minintr companies pro vlously reforrred to, are analyzed, one will tlud that incapable man agemout lies at tho root of a large majority. To make a mining venture Mtcoessful a groat deal more is necessary tlniii tho acquisition of a mine, which on its face seems able to demonstrate its earning capacity. The iiest of mines have been ruined by improvident maiiagomont, and by taking for granted contingencies that may or may not follow the pre dictions miide. Frequently the popular companies start out with what may lie termed good prospects, which, it results follow as expected, develop into mines. Hut the haaid in mining, as in other ventures, often disappoints and ex ni'i'h'il oniiditioiis sometimes do not ..it.irlul I v.i MIIIm nml MMiaiiHlvo mlllinc machinery are often erected ....... i...r ..! .,... in doM ivlll r iiaiaa . .aa.j i i &ia mm v justify tho expenditure. Again. tber.) Ih tho company formed to .nwirili) thti m I mi thut hus a oust record of millions in production. Here, again, the management often fails to couBider the fact that uie ore has cbauged in character and that new appliancoB win oe neceHaary iu operate the property proniaojy. iuh rwHiilt iudicatuH that more con- BorvatiBtn, properly applied at the start, leaving estimates of future earningB for later reckonings, would help bring about a needful reform. An important electrical diBOovery was made at Stocktou, California, tho other day. It has been held heretofore by electricians thut it is impossible to syuchionize electric currents on the same wife without seriouH realts. This waa done, however, when a break occurred in tho Standard company's lino and the Hay Counties power turned on. The currouts mot on the wires, aud thore waa no accident, although the heavy load of 55,000 volts waa carried. The discovery la said to be of va-it moment. BIG ORDER FROM A CRACKER CREEK MINE Tho Sumpter Lumber company's sawmill, which was shut down temporarily on account of tho break ing of a shaft, rosumod opetatious yoaterday afternoon, tho breakage having been repaired. Tho company has an order for 150,000 foot of lumber from a well kuownCrackor Creek mine which it is now working on. IMPERIAL SHIPPING TO THE SMELTER The Imperial, recently taken ovor under lease and bond iiv McKwon, Arthur A' Mottwon, made its llrat shipment to the smelter today. It was seven tons. The now mill is going full blast aud tho quality of concentrates ih high grade. Manager Fuller, of the amoltor, was at tho property aud expressed himself as hiuhly pleased willi tho character of tho work and tho quality of concentrates being turned out. beautiful Columbia Kiver Folder. Tho passenger department of the Oregon Kullrtiml & Navigation com pany has just issued a beautiful aud costly panoramic folder ontltlod'The Columbia Klvor, Through tho Cascade Mountains, to tho Paclllc Ocean." From Arlington to Portland, and from Portland to the Pauillo ocean every curve of tho river and every point of Interest are shown, while Mount Hood, Mount Adams, aud Mount St. Helens, perpetually cov ered v.ith snow, stand in all their beauty. On the back of the map is an interesting storv in detail of the trip from Huntington to Portland and, fiom Port hind to the ocean, not nvni-lnnkillL? tllO lieacllOS lltld t llO Sail ovor.ooK. .g no ueau.it. u, ; , . ... , Frcisco trip by ocean. Acopy of this. folder may be seemed by sending may four cents in stamps to pay postage to A. L. Craig, Oonorul Passenger agent for tho Oregon Rail load fc Navluation company. Portland, Oro gou. By sending tho address of some friend in the oust, aud four cents - --- it lu poHtuge, me folder will be I promptly mailed. The Miuer does job prlntlug. OFFICIAL REGORDS. The following instruments were filed at the court house in Baker City for record yesterday : REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. nKKnff. August :J0. Juo. LivingBton and wife to W. H. Strayer, 1 100x100 feet on Spring Garden avenue, Baker City; 700. March 27, '02 Lee CaBaidy and wife to M. J. Hlndman, 240 acres in Sec. 12 T. 9 R. 39 K. ; $2500. August 2 Mary J. JenklnB to Surbeck Brothers, lot 5 block 99 Parker addition to Baker City; 8890. August 20 H. C Bowers and wife to D. L. Wyatt, lots 10 and 11 block Heilnor's addition to Baker Citty; 81. August 20 W. N Baylisa to M. J. Hlndman and wife, lots and 11 Warren Heights addition to Sumpter: 8127. April 14 J. N. Holconib and wife to Loouard Oohb; 85 acres in Sec. 11 T. 9 K. 45 B. j 83,000. Dec. 14 K. B. MoDanlel I to W. J. Patterson 440 acreB lu Sec. 27, :i:i aud :I4 T. 9 R. 39 E. ; 81. Sept. 1 .ino. N. Coialor and wile to K. X. Craves, lot 12 block 3 Sumpter Heights; 8300. May 12 Isaac T. Bowman and wife to V. Robertson, et al, 120 acres in Sees. 1 and 2 T. 7 R. 41 E. ; 80,000. August. 31 Alpha Pilkov. lot 7 block Sallo to S. A. 3 Sunnyaide, Sumptoi". 8500. M IN INC. MATTER. DKi:ns August 10 .las. A. Wright aud wife to H. P. Mills, M. and E. quartz claim; 8300. August 20 A. F. tJarrisou to .1. W. Holland, et al, Accidental No. 1 and 2 quartz claims; 8100. .Ian. 29 - (liiy E. Plerson to P. A. Nelson, Yankee Oirl 3 quartz claims; 8250. May 17 Plerco Cold Mining com pany to Eklhorn Consolidated Oold Mines company, Klondike and other claims; 833,000. August 27C. U. Croon aud wife to L. L. Carter, lj interost in White Cloud aud 0 mining claims; 81,200. Gold Coin Compressor Plant. ,1. M. Doyle, superintendent of tho Oold Coin in tho Cracker Creek district, was down today for supplies and things. Tho compressor plant at tho property hiiB been practically completed, and will bo ready for work in a few days. It is a six drill plant, thougli only two oi throo will bo used for tho present. Eastern Oregon Enterprise. Three pounds of oro was tho total of eastern Oregon's mineral exhibit at tho American Mining congress iu Portland. Aud the chances are that this much was taken from Craut and claimed by Hakor. In tho meantime, it is coutidontly expected that capitalists will soon bo falling over one another to invest in a country so .UT1U: OH DlJ,SOLlTION. The co-partnership heretofore existing between R. I'hllllber nnJ Win. U Palmer, unJer the firm name and stvle of Phllllber & Palmer, dolrjc business as butchers at C.elser, Haker County. Oregon, is this Jay JlssolveJ by mutual consent, Wm. L. calmer re tiring therefrom. All accounts Jue to the salJ firm of Philliber & Palmer are payable to the saU k. Philllber, ho re alns the salJ business at Greenhorn, Oregon. DateJ at lielser, Oregon. July 16 1904. Philliher k Palmer, R. Philliher. Wh. L, PAmtR,