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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1905)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February i, 19 PERMANENT ORE EXHIBIT CINCHED Tho alt) council last night appro priated f rtf0 (or a permanent miuorul exhibit iu Sumpter. Tho appropriii tlon WMH madu tiiidar that section of tho charter which prevides: "The olty ohaae, loaao, of Humpter may pur hold or reoelvo prop orty, real or personal, wlthlu said olty for public buildings, public water works hiii! mII other tntiulclpul purpnaoa; aud may t purcbuin, hold aud receive. property, both real and pun annul, within or beyond tin hound' iirivH of tho city, lo bo used for city parka, oomotorleH, hoHpitnlH, Hiid for other tiHiifiil, bono- fie I a I or ornamental proposes " A petition for mi appropriation for II poimauout mineral uxhibil boro wiih presented to thn council nt tho liiHt regular mooting of (but body on Jnu miry 17, by Anthony Mohr, Hiorotiuy of tho Sumpter diatriut hiutich of tho Oiogou Minora' iiHHOciiillon, who urged upon thu council tlm juIvIh oblllty of eiiaourngiug liny move which would tend to wldoly udvortiHo thh chiiip'h riuhuma, and thuroby at tract capital for liivuHtiuunt. Tho mayor and all momhora of tho council heartily uudnrMod tho project, but feared that thn charter would not permit of an appropriation for thu puipoHo named. Thn iniittor wiih tloroforo rnfnrrod to thu judicinry ciiiiiuiittun, with liiHtructiouH to con fur with thu city attornoy and ruport liiick to an adjourmid mooting of tho council, which whh hold laat night. The judiciary couiiiiittcu failud to tind any loophole in the cliHrtor, til lowing an appropriation for auch a purpuao, aud decided that thn only oourao to puruie woulil lie to ap propriate a huiii of money for lifting up a buildiiiK for Urn department mootluga, which mluht then be turned over by thu lire department to the Mi 11011 ' attHooiattou for mineral ex- III lit t Ion purpoHiiM. Thu committee wiih prepared to report to this elfuot, when Secretary Mohr t hoovered Mild pointed out to tho committee the provision quoted above. Ah a permanent ore exhibit may correctly lie eoiiHldn'od lioth "ilHoful, beiiellcinl nod oruamont'il,'' the legality of the appropriation cannot be quoHtioood. The old VIiihuh building, on Mill Htreot, between (ininito and North, oppunlto The Mimir olllun, will be uli oho 11 art the poriiniuoiit quartern of the exhibit The building in owned by 11 lady In Seattle, A. 1. Uohh being the ronl lent agent. The rent Ih merely nominal, and only n cnmiara lively Hiuall Hum will be required to lemodel the interior. The exhibit will lie purely a city itihtitutiou, but will be under the HtiMpli'OH of the Huiuptor Minora' hhho elation, the Huorntary of which, Mr. Mohr. will personally attend to thu work of gathering the exhibit aud installing it in the most attractive .manner. Kocrotray Mohr announces that hu will shortly call a mooting of the association, particularly of the big mine operators who are members, for (ho purpose of concluding arraugo- I montfl for an early delivery of oro for oxhibitiou purpoaes. Aa provloiiHly ouuouuood, the per matiHtil oro exhibit will not be a apeolmeu display. Instead, if Secre tary Mohr's pliiiiH do not miucarry, it will consist of a collection of bjg pyramids of ore -500 or 1000 pounds eaob properly labeled aa to char acter, aatiay value, etc. Photographs of the quartz mills operating iu this camp, aud detail maps ot the dis trict, will adorn the walla, so that a viaitor at a glance may dotermino thu higuoKH of tho miuural iuduatry in eantern Oregon. Too much praise cannot bo ac corded Mayor (JIuiihou aud thu mem- bore of thu council for tho liberality and public ipirlt displayed by thum in carrying to a successful oonsum mati'Mi tho purmaiiont exLibit plan. It Ih evident that a spirit of piiHh pervnderi the atmouphuro of the city hall. LiiHt weuk Mayor (Jloaaon. when referring thu exhibit mutter to tho judiciary committee, Hounded thu keynote of tho new udmiuiHtratiou's policy, by saying: "Thu council miiHt build up Sumpter. That ia what thu council la for." Laat uiglit, hu further outlined this policy by cordially inviting all ulti zona of Sumpter, who have tho ill toreutH of tho city at huart, and who have pliiiiH an propositions for Sump tur'a material wellfuro aud ndvauoo meiit, to meet with tho council aud present auch plaiiH, iiHHuriug thum that If it ia within thn council's power, aid aud enoouragumuut will bu invariably forthcoming. Mr. (iloiiHon said : "Uoi (lemon, wu luivo now passed upon tl ia mutter, which Iiiih always had my heart lent support, aud ia evi dent to me that wu aru entering upou an era of unanimity iu thu council upou mat torn purtaiulug to thu well fare aud advancement of this city. During my previous term of otllcu, 1 adopted tho open-baud policy of couHultlug with my aaaoolatei iu thu council aud with the people of Sump tor. 1 wIhIi now to extend to thu htiHlnoHH men of thla city an invita tion to attend the dolihora'.iona of MiIh body and to bring before uh any matter pertaining to thn advance meut of Sumpter. 1 can assure thum that they will meet with thu heartiuHt Hiipport from myself and tho council. And 1 wlah the citlzuns of Sumpter to uuderHtaud that an long aa 1 oc cupy the pouition of mayor I will be ever ready to llHten to any auggeatlou for our wellfare from them." Tho Houtimouta aa expressed by the mayor met with hearty applauao from thu other mumbura of thu council aud from thn busluoss men present. Thu formal motion to appropriate l.'tno for thn miuural exhibit waa made by Counallmau MoWatty aud waa aucouded by Mr. Stewart. Tho vote waa unanimous. Sucrotaiy Mohr announoos that ho Ih arranging to aeoure a four-year leaae on tho Vinaon building, and guaranteed that the exhibit will be maintained by tho Mluera' associa tion for at leant that length of time. RICH COBALT-GOLD ORE FROM STANDARD AuBlataut Engineer Kuebu, of the Killeu, Warner, Stewart company, returned yeBterday from the Standard tniue, whero he huB been engaged during the past mouth iu making surface and underground surveys. He has fitted up a draughting room in the K. W. S. ofllces on lowor Mill street aud will at once reduce his field notes to detail and topographic mapB. Eugiueor Kuebu roturued with a complete line of samples from the Standard, selected with great care Lfrom tho various payshoots in. tms multi-metalled mine, where copper, gold, cobalt, silver, nickel and other valuable miuerala are so abundaut. The recently completed laboratory in connection with the K. V. S. offices will shortly be equipped with an electrolytic apparatus, aud pre parations are uuder way to supple ment the elaboiate toat to be made iu Douver by Prof. NioholBon, by thorough aualysia iu the local laboratory. Prof. Nicholsou, chief consulting enginoor for the K. W. S. Co.. and uenural western mau- ager of the vhHoiib propertlea under its control, departed yeBterday for Douver, accompauyiug a 10-tou Hhipout of Staudard oro, which will be lined in a tost to detoruiino tho character of reduction works to bo erected at thu ml no in tho spring. Eugiueor Kuebu survuyod a situ at the Staudard for tho piopoHed mill aud ran levels for two new tuuueh. Some of the gold-cobalt oro speci mens brought back by Mr. Kuebu aru almoat fabulously rich. WONDERFUL OLD AZTEC MINES Murk W. Muagrovo, pionoor min ing mau of thin city, who ia kuowu in most mining camps cu the Pacific coast, bsH returned home atter a visit of soveral months to the old Aztoo miuea Iu southern Colorado. Tbeae miuoa are twenty-live miles southwest of Maucoa, a towu on the Hlo Ciraude Southern railway. Hegarding these wonderful niiuoH, Mr. Musgrove said: "Located high on tho mountaiu aide, tho mines command tho moHt magulllcont view of tho world; and ah.nv to what length tho Azteo houbo of tho beautiful must havo been do vulopod. Ah ouo ridua gradually up toward tho miuea the grandeur aud muguitleunoi) of thu vlow of hill, dalo aud mouate crag dawns upou one. At the labor aud skill of this so call ed ravage race, a mau of today can but wouder. llore aru cltioi that covered a thousand aorea; aud iu the town aro to bo found siuglo buildingH of 100 rooms aud some of these bulldlnga aro today almost aa porfect aa at the time they were iluiabed. Iu these cities were vast auditoriums, where thu multitudes muat havu gathered. There aero public equarea iu which had been built puLlic or baptismal fouutaius; aud at preaeut many of these ruim are far out ou thedosert, mi lea from the ruuniug water of today. "lieneatb some of the nil us pot tery has been uncovered, aud has the appearauce of haviug been used for cooking purposes; aud other pottery has been found that is aa bright aud new aa though it had never beeu UBed. "Most remarkable of all, perhaps, are the remains of an irrigation system that must have been one of the greatest pieces of that class of work ever carried through by engineers, aooient or modern. So vast were the Humes carrying this water that moun tains were cleft to make way for the projects. "The present tenants of these laudB, the Utes and Navajo Indians, are as interesting as the ruins by which they are surrounded. Although these tribes herd their cattle, goats aud sbeop on the same ranges atd trade at the same stores, the oue cuts bis hair short and the other wears bis hair long. The Navajo women weavers make blankets that when folded ' hold water; and the Ute womeu wouldn't make a blanket if it Mere to save their lives. Navajo lndlaus are expert jewelers, fash ioning beautiful bracelets aud orna ments from silver; but the Ute ln dlaus can do nothing of the kind. 1 fjund that somo of tbeso Indian jewelers make porfect Msaonlo em blems, causing mo to believe that at somo time thoy must have beeu up in Masonic rights. "Added to the mysteries I have just related 1b the mystery of lost rivers, madly flowiug stroams rush ing along, ouly to disappoar iu the earth aud be seen no more. Such are tho things tu be fouud in tho district tou miles from tho four corners, tho corners whero Colorado, Arizona, New Moxico and Utah meet. "But this country is also great iu its resources. Huge coal veins, in mauy places showing ou the surface to bo from six feet to fifty feet in width, run through the country. Copper depoaita, some of them very rich In native copper, aro to be found in the hills. In some of the oau yous natural Hows of oil ure tr bo fouud, somo of them without work haviug beeu done seepiug tlvo or hIx barrela of oil per day. Plauer deposits are both rich aud exteu aivo aud aro near tho surface, the gold beina fluo aud flaky, getting coaraer aud heavier aa work pro ceeds to bud rook. Proipoots have been fouud frequontly showing as many as 200 colors to the pau. Theao bars exteud for miles, aud conservative miners estimate that they would yield 00 centa per cubic yard on the averago, although ruuuing much more at places. There are no large bowlders aud no oe meut gravel aud ample coal aud water is to be had. "Mauy minors are takiug from &1 to $n per day with rocker. ''nr dredgo work thu bars could bo worked with a dredge at '2 ceuts per yard. The high bars could bo worked with giants. So far tho groat troublo has beeu to divert tho waters of tho Sau Jauu river. " Spokeaman-Kevlew. out the low Pendleton Railroad Builders. Articles of reiuoorporatiou will be tiled tbia week by the Peudletou & Southern railway with tho couuty clerk. The reasou glveu Is that the actual builders' uamea w'U appear then aud the capital will be raised from, 10,000 to a auttloieut sum tu make the survey and build the road. The possibilities of this pro posed road are immense. It will reach iuto a hitherto isolated coun try, in central Oregon, rich iu min erals, lumber, stock aud agricul tural products. The smelter today shipped out two carloads of high grade matte. i F- -