Wednesday, April n, 1900.
THE SUMPTER MINER.
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Nervous Debility in Men!
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If the patient suffers from a weakness peculiar to men,
one of those disorders resulting from youthful dissipation,
the very worst thing possible for him to do is to put med
icine into his stomach. The drugs all doctors use for such
cantharides, morphine, strychnia, etc. are poisonous, and
either stimulate or deaden. I have seen more drug wrecks
than whisky wrecks. 1 give weak men a natural remedy.
1 use
ELECTRICITY
in its 'purest form. There is no chance for injury in using
the galvanic current. It never stimulates. It must strengthen.
But for proper results you must have a continuous application
several hours a day. I recognized this fact over 25 years ago,
and at once got up the portable battery. This developed into
my present Dr. Sanden Electric Belt, with attachment
for men, now known and used in all parts of the world.
CURRENT INSTANTLY FELT.
You adjust the belt to body night at when retiring to bed and
take off next morning. Do this for two or three months and
take care of your general health. That's all I ask. Over
8,000 men, young and old, restored to strength during 1899.
r n I J f li a Drop In nt my office and consult me free of charge, or write for free book, "THREE CLASSES
rTRfi KnnK AMI LnnSlllTfllinn OF MEN," sent In plain sealed envelope. In buying one of my Helts, see that the letter "S"
riCC UUUrV ailU UUIIOUIiaUUII pe"(oraj up(m each cell of the battery, as all others are Imitations. Write or call today.
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DR. A- T. SANDEN
Dept. 19. Russell Building, Portland, Oregon
MINES AND PROSPECTS.
Worth What They Are Worth No One
Can Look Far Into the Ground.
There is no end of discussion and argu
ment concerning the relative value of
producing mines and prospects, as Invest
ments. The question will never be settled, for
the simple reason that there Is no way of
settling it. No fixed or even general rule
can be laid down. Every case must de
pend upon its own facts and circumstances.
A producing mine, no matter what the pro
duct, whether large or small, will not be a
good investment If the purchaser pays too
much for it. The real value of such a
mine depends not merely upon the im-j
mediate output, but also upon how long it
will last.
It has been well remarked that no min-.
lug geologist, however highly educated'
and skillful, can look with certainty very '
far Into the ground. Following the strike
and dip of a ledge there may be two de-.
veiopmenis ai pumis suuic uisuiiiic ii.im,
giving fair assurance of a continuity of
value between the two points. But be
yound the outermost point at which actual
development has shown the values to ex
ist, there can be very little of certainty.
If a body of ore has been followed down
to a considerable depth with no diminu
tion of size of richness, there is a good
strong probability of its continuing for
some distance further, but the absolute
certainty exists only to a very limited ex
tent. Within the zone of actual development
much can be affirmed with certainity, but
when we get beyond that we leave the
domain of certainity and enter that of
probabilities, which will be more or less
strong according to circumstances. These
nay be such as to make the probability
almost a certainity. But in any event, if
the purchaser pays more than the mine i
worth', it will not be a good investment.
The same is true of "prospects." They
are worth just what they are worth and
nothing more. Hut in the case of a mere
prospect there are more chances to take
and still greater care and skill are neces
sary on the part of the purchaser. In
short, a prospect, however good, is not
really a mine until it is developed into one
and the values proven.
More men have become rich from buy
ing prospects than from the purchase of
producing mines, and there are good rea
sons why it should be so. There are vast
ly more "prospects" than there are pro
ducing mines, and little more opportuni
ties. Besides, while there are more chances
to take In the case of a prospect, the price
is usually very much less than that of a
producing mine, and In the event of suc
cess the profit is greater.
Comparatively few producing mines are
bought outright. Of course, wliere they
are owned by Incorporations or joint stock
companies, the stock frequently changes
hands, but this Is largely a matter of
sneculatien. When a mine is Individual
or partnership property, the owners, as a
rule, either want to keep it themselves or
they want a higher price than they can
get. Dally Mining Record.
Party of Poritandert Coming.
H. C. Bowers, manager of the hotel
Portland, with a party of eight or ten
Portland friends, will arrive here tomor
row, Thursday. The gentleman has some
claims in the Cracker Creek district and
is on his way to Investigate them and
other properties In that section, where so
many Portland people are becoming Inter
ested. The celebrated Jed Clayton brand of
whiskey at the Mint saloon,-corner of
Center and Sumpter streets.
Quartz and placer location blanks of
the most approved form for sale at THE
MINER office.
Ask for the Columbia beer, brewed in
Sumpter.
THE
SUMPTER MEAT
MARKET
A. MANNS, Rroprlctor.
Butcher and Packer
Fresh and Cured
Meats and
Sausage of all Kinds
SUMPTER, OREGON
LINES OF THE
Sumpter Transportation Co.
CARRYING U. S. MAILS.
SUMI'TER-CANYON ROUTE.
t top. m. I.v ,'. bumplrr. Ar io:o a. m.
j:jo p. m. Ar. CM (lor J . ..I.v loo a.m.
l'4o p m. Lv Clifford ... .Ar r.fo a. m.
r.o p. m. Ar .Austin. , .LvJ J' f "
..... In An.iln tvltli &la0 fnr (!iflvnn Cllv
and Interior points.
fo p. m. 1 i.v iimurd .w 1 7i, ".
510 p. m. I Ar. ...Bonanta. ... Lv6:jo am.
Connecting at Ronania with states lor Pyx.
Rorlnsonvllle, Worley, Virginia, Don Juan an4
Hclchcr mines.
SUMITER-iRANITE ROUTE.
itu p. m. TLv Sumpter Ar I 10:00 a. m.
ii,JnJ-Ai."i ..jrnlle. . Lv LJ!m
Livery at Granite to North Fork, Red Boy, Ban
itttt and adjacent mints.
SUMPTER-BOURNE ROUTE.
is:o p. ss.
1 00 p. m.
VY P-
Lv.,,... Sumpter Ar
Ar...... Bourne Lv
Ar Columbia Lv
o:k.
too a.
Including North Pole, E. E., Climax, Ohio an 4 ad
jacent mines.
O.R&N.
TO THE EAST
Gives the Choice of Two Trauscoutlneut
al Reutes:
GREAT
NORTHERN
RAILWAY
via
Spokane. Minneap
olis. Paul,
Chicago.
THE
OREGON SHORT
LINE
J
via
Salt Lake, Denver,
Omaha, Kan
sas City.
Lowest Rates to All Eastern Cities.
Ocean steamers leave every 5 days for
SAN FRANCISCO !
Steamers monthly from Portland to
Yokohama and Hong Kong via the North
ern Pacific Steamship Co. in connection
with the O. R. oV N. For full particulars
?all 011 O. R. it N. agent, Baker City, or
address
W. H. HURLBURT,
General Passenger, Agt. Portland, Or.
New Harness
Shop.
MCEWEN & SLOAN, Proprietors.
SUMPTER, OREGON.
REPAIRING - A - SPECIALTY
J SHOP Jt
OPPOSITE THE LIVERY STABLE.