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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1900)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, May 2, 1900 PYR1TIC SMELTER. Suinpter's Plant Completed, Will Soon Be Blown In. Last week 'I Ml: MlNhK published a statement from I:. 'I . hradfnrd, nf Den ver, Milling lli.it lie had made a thorough test of Hie pyritlc treatment of eastern 1 iccount of lack of water. In the great deserts of the south and southwest there are vast expinses of rich sands that tnleht be made to give up millions of dollars' worth of gold if the necessary writer could be obtained. A friend of Edison's, a scientist of no mean repute, says: "To mining men this has been one of the greatest problems and the fact that a man like Edison was engaged in trying to solve it has been a matter nf the great-1 est interest to them. In fact, they have unbounded faith in the ability of the wizard of electricity to make good his t . ! The Sumpter Lumber Company l ores at the smelter using that system in promises, and there are few people now l.eadvllle, and that the experiment had who will dare to assert that the secret been eminently satisfactory. He declard process will not prove a success, that the ores are peculiarly adopted for "While ore concentrators are not a new this improved smelter process. 'I he chief tiling, Mr. Edison's machine Is unique In difference between this and the old method every respect. The only man, however, of smelting, is that it does away with the who knows the secret of Its construction expensive roasting of ores, the chief pur- is the Inventor himself, and even when it pose ol which is to get rid of the sulpher. Is put In operation no other person will All this is of especial interest to Sump- share the secret, with the exception of a ter and the mining men of this district, for trusted employe who will be taken from the reason that a smelter of this kind Is his New Jersey laboratory to assist Mr. about completed and ready for operation Edison In Its operation. The only thing here. Charles I aughiin, who has been which the outsiders, or even the workers constructing the machinery and erecting at tlie mines, will sec of its workings will smelters lor the Union Smelter Manufac- be the gravel being dumped into the hop hiring companv, of St. I.ouls, for lifteen per at one end and coming out at the other years, is m charge ol the work here. He end, separated from its precious burden of says tlie company satislied itself that the gold, which will be delivered at another plant would be a success here before it part of tlie machine ready for the work of made a move to put It In: that lie, after the reliner. 'I hose who construct the examining the various otes produced in machine will have no idea of how It Is the district, hasn't the slightest doubt on operated. 'I hey will le given certain the subject, lie says he can treat ores parts of tlie machine to make according to carrjing as high as is percent sulphur, designs furnished them, and they will I he institution is practically completed, have no knowledge as to the purposes for but will not be blow n In torses eral weeks which the parts are Intended. Some Idea vet, lor the reason that it will require that o( the secrecv with which the concentra length of time to collect a sulliclent quail' tor has been built may be gathered from tlly mid variety ol ores. Considerable has tlie fact that although it lias been In pro already been contracted for, but none has Cess ol construction for more than a year, yet been delieied. I lie mads are now hi tlie fact that the strange machine was to condition in most pines to begin hauling be used (or that purpose was not known ( and It will not be long before this obstacle by any employe at the laboratory until a . will be out of the way. A shipment of few weeks ago. I ore Is now eu loute from Moutaii i, on "As soon as the Inventor was per which a tt l.tl inn will be made. If It suaded that he had accomplished his ob-' piove-. successlul, a smelter of this make ject, he proceeded to organize a company will be elected at the mine. to operate tlie machine. Mr. Edison then Ah. I .iiighllu deslies I Ml .MlM.U to purcha.scd the abandoned Orte (irant, in s.iv that the statement made in a Maker New Mexico, paying about f 3,000,000 for Clly paper, that his muipauv had untitled the 51,000 acres, and it Is there that tlie the mine ow nets of Cable Coe district it machinery is now being Installed. 'I he I will not buv or attempt to treat ores from lust plant Is to be located at Dolores, and th.it section is eiitlielveironeous; that the others will be set up at diflerent parts of. sineltu will have no dilliculty whatever tlie teiiltorv. I la lediulug their product, and is now "Doloies lies in the very heart of the leadv to buv all that thev have to sell. Ortc grant, but no one would imagine to In lad, It Is already hi the maiket .in an look at the suiroundlug country that I oie buver Iroin eveiv district in eastern Oregon. He s.is that wheie there is a small pet cent ot lead In copper rock, he c.iii not pay lor tlie lead, lor the reason that it goes into the matte and reliueties will mil pav lot it. ll suituient quantities of ote M be se emed, the plant here will be increased to .1 t.ip.ulh ol ux. tons a dav bv next tail. I his can be done without suspending iveiatlons. Sampling works will be built and opeiated beloie tlie end ol tlie je.tr. EDISON'S GOLD MACHINE. millions of dollars' wortli of gold was con cealed in the sun-baked sand. Metallurgy Isls have estimated that there Is between j 5oo,ooo,coo and fSoo.oco.ooo in gold bur led in tlie rovks and gravel of these 54,000 acres of barren New Mexican ground." Exchange. Cow Killed by a tear. Ernest Stansel brought down wind last Aloud ij that they had missed one of their tat milch cows from the ranch the other dav. Upon investigation the remains of the cow were found near the Crawford . c. nun, in a uiuiiiaieu condition, runner Will Work Drt Sands Without the Aid Investigation revealed the tracks of some of VTulcr. It was announced some lime ago that 'I limn. is A. l-.disou had invented a secret process bv whUi the sands ol the desert 4.011M be relieved ot the gold which lies in them. Hut the scheme, while, very commend able, seemed too ambitious tor success. I.atelv It his developed that the "Wiz ard" lias not only completed his inven- Immense animal, which at lust they sup posed to be a cougar. A more careful in vestigatlon, however, led the boys to be lieve that It was either a grizzly or silver tip bear that had done the work. It is very seldom that this species of bear Is found In this country. A few, however, have been killed, one by Walter Hrown.of tills city, w ho still has the skin in his pos session. '1 he boys are keeping a lookout for him and will give him a dose of lead lion. im is Kecui.K .e..u, w I'm .1 it. jf , a clalKc.Grailt County wmk' News. The Import nice of tills Invention may 1-f e.-itlirrrd Iroin tlie tact that such a tun- Voters Attention. cess, working successtullv, would inultl- The voters of the North and South 1 ply uiaiiv times the production of gold 1ft Sumpter precinct can now register at the this couutiv. i'hete are thousands ol city hall, E. 1.. .Manning, city recorder, square miles of gold bearing lands in the having received the registration books United States that cannot be worked on from the county clerk for that purpose. can sell doors and sash five per cent cheaper than any other concern in Eastern Oregon. Full stock of dry lumber now ready for the market J. B. STODDARD, Manager "THE GOLCONDA" SMS D. M. FERRY & CO., Props. Only the best of everything, including first-class music, day and night. Family rooms up stairs. Sumpter, Ore. STAR SALOON ALLEN - DEWEY Proprietors Handles the best of Liquors, Wines and Cigars. Draught beer a specialty by the pitcher, bottle or glass. Opposite Depot - SUMPTER, OR. W. S. BOWERS ABSTRACTS Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Mining Patents Obtained Years of experience in Raker Countv Records. No. 2104 Court Street, Haker City"; Oregon. E rwin & Co. 1 and Mines.... ..... Opera House Block Mining Stocks and Min llurlaclllilckfor telllnc mining kkI ol comr-antes with olU financial lul.ell ofticereJ anj cll nunaseJ. Compan) mu.l MnJ Ihoiojgli Investigation. AJJress, with rirtu ana rfer- L. W. Tulleys, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Can place mining properties of merit. a 14 - r