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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1900)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, July 18. 1900 RICH SURFACE ORE. Most Attractive Proposition in Cable Cove. I he iiM King property, consisting of thric claims In the Cable Cove district, h.is hern bonded to VV. II. W. II imiltiin, of Sumpler, h the owners, hurnr M irl linlf, A. (.. Otness, Win. Nunisev , ( ten. H. DedricK ;inil Ir.i Isaacs. Mr. H.imillnu started lor .Montreal I ri day, U hrre he expects tit interest Can.i di.iii capital in these claims. I hev were located mils Inst month, bill In doing tlir assessment work Ihc owners hive iiiicnv ered such ;i sIiowImk f re with the high values charncterlstii of tlie Cible Cove district, th'it thev had no trouble in get ting .1 good Iwmd, which it is prohible will be taken tip. S.nnples ol ore shown here List Prlday taken from two fret below the surface gave values trout ft, oa to 546.42. A loo-pound lot of sulphide ore brought In to receive ;i mill test will he tried .it the Sumpler Miullrr. The fact th.it tlu-v h.ur two distinct veins, both, of niuisii.il width for the Cable Cove district, and considering the slight wmk done to rurouuter stub ore, makes thr claims vrrv :ittr.utive proposi tions. Expoting the Nome Conlldtnee Game. I he Alaska .irgou. nits li.ive now louiul nit fur themselves th.it the attractions ot ,ape Nome were grossly exaggerated. All thc.iv illible tliims in the vicluitv ol Nome C.itv .ind nloug Sti.iUi nud Nome rivers nud their tilbut.iries liive been t.ikcn ii foi mote th, in lill miles. I he lumlr.l It. is been everywhere staked. I he plndtlCtlvf hr.ldl is lullv Occupied. Notlc lug is lei I tor I lie gie.it throng th it joined the wild rush tliiuugh the ke covered eis, Inviting perils ,iud hudsliips ,iihI il.itiug miN t.il imitv In llieir ins me e iget ness loir k It the gold lields. Now 111 in v nl them lompl tin tint thev were cruelly ilrceivid. Itul the truth w. is plaiulv and bluntly told, .ind thev s iw .nul he.ird .uul irlusnl to heed. I hey believed fantastic t.iles localise the u lilted lo believe. I hey decline to .ipplv the test of common sense ;ind experience to .ill thev he.ird, to weigh the proh.ihle ;iud the imprnh ible, .ind to rv. inline the iiedibility of the w It uesses. If anv one h.id repeated lo them the stale ( ible th it there is a pot ol gnki at thr end of v, under rainbow, thev would, ol course, have rejected it as ridiculous; hut when Kiev were entertained with a new version about the riches ol the annua bore.ilis waiting tor all miners, thev wrre tillable to resist, and oil tlie rushed.--I'lirllaiul Mining Review. Miner Front Mtxicn Hero. A. M. Siieath, of the Viigiuii mine, near tirlsci, .iicompjinied bv I rank N. Mitchell, leieutlv trom Mecko, where he Is supriiuteudiug large milling interests, ame up from Maker C.ltv I rid iv on their w.iv lo the Vtrgiui t. Mt. .Mitchell is on a visit to his r.ithei Jolm II. MiUhrll, ot Maker Citv, ind is also brie to iuspel the Vhgiui.i, Horn whkh smli rich ore his been taken, and of wlikli his latlui is one of the ptlucipil stockholders. Hiving lived hi Maker countv , .uul being t.imili ir witli this section in ih.Si to i8.Sj, his Ideas itgardlugthecnuntrv. hereabouts are inter esting, particularly as he Ins Ind I irge xpeiieiiie in other mining districts and tan in ike the compatison between them and what is to W seen here. Mr. Mitchell will piobably not tetiuu to Mexico tor several weeks. Pint Valh-y an Earthly Paradiv. 1 here Is no prettier spot in nature th in I'iue valley in June and July. I111 iglne it you can, our gentle but untoituuate rendet who knows not this g.iideu spot, a fiftv mile trip from Union over moun tains, across streams, up and down gulches, then tone up your imaginative abilities and behold, a thousand or more . leet below, a valley ten miles long and a hilf a dneu wiJe, through which several ' 1 streams run, the banks lined bv groves of 1 J pines, thr I ind being divided into farms I audueirly every one in a high state of 1 cultivation. I in igine a mixture of or-1 (.hards, gardens, grain and hav fields, the 1 ! likeness of which can be seen nowhere else in this world. Auycrnpth.it can be raised in a temperate climate can be pro duced here in its perfection. Imagine 1 your gradual descent Into this paradise and your being greeted bv the most hospitable people ynii ever met. Your Imagination being limited, we advise a personal visit, which will repay oti a , thousand fold. locsin. RICHNESS OF ORE BODIES. Question of Whether or Not Values Increase With Depth Unsettled. I here has been much controversy over the ipiestlon whether mines grow richer with depth. The dispute probably never will be settled, for the reason that ther seems to be no way of settling it finally and detiuitrlv. Some mines get richer as depth is attend, others get poorer, and some give out entirely. Man ricli sur- l.ue "finds" have little or no depth, while in other cases rather ludilfereut surface ' showing have developed into mines of great value. I As a broul geuer.iliatiou, there seems1 to be 110 reason why there should be anv malrrlil difference. I here c 111 be no doubt that the uselul metals are very widelv diflused through the earth's crust. I lies exist in small tiianlllies almost evervwliere, but thev onlv ikiiir in large misses where the conditions h ive been favor ible for their deposition. I his mav be near the surface or deeper down. Where the metals have been deposited Itmii solutions, it would seem that the tendency should be tor them tu seek low ei levels by reason ol their speiilu. gravity; but gravity is onlv one of many tilings whkh mav determine where the deposition sh ill take pi ice. I he char.ic ter of the country rock, the foiui ot the crevasses or lissures, the presence of dil leieul kinds ol mitals or adds, together with conditions ot temper iture leading to t hemic. il combinations, all have their ef-, ted. Hence, there seems to be 110 uni formity or regul uity about it. Where the deposit is in a true fissure vein, and it would seem as it uniformity, should pievail, it frequently, indeed al most iuvariibly, happens that portions of the vein will be rich and other parts bar-, reu or nearly so, I his is equally true whether it Is taken horizontally or verti-, call v. If the lissires into wiiich the mol ten in isses have been pouted are deep, time Is no appirent reason why the metals should not extend down with them. Il they are shallow, obviously die ote bodies, cannot extend to gieat depths. Mut within the range ot their deposit so far as in iii'n explorations h ive gone, the metals have been lound to occur very ir legularlv. I he same ledge is sometimes rich In mineral it a depth of a hundred feet, poor at live hundred and rich again at a thousand. I hese alternating condi tions in iy extend downward indelmitely, and prohahlv do. It is, therefore, futile to argue the in itter, for it is one ot those questions which do not seem to admit of positive solution. Compared with t tie i enormous bulk of the earth's mass the ' gre itest depth man will ever be able to' reach must be considered as "shillow," and it Is idle to spedilite upon the com mercial value of what lies below. Ana coin! 1 Si indird. Vaa- the hilt way house ut C. II. Miriurd on the llourne roul Is a well conducted,' lespectable place where ladies or gentle men can stop tor ke cold relreshments and lunches. .THE. S-f Union Smelter Mfg. Co. ; OF ST. LOUIS, MO. Our Sumpter, Oregon, Plant of From K to 40 Tons Daily Capacity is Now Ready For Operation. A spur of the Sumpter Valley Railway Company and easy wagon roads facilitate the delivery of ores right at the Smelter. Owners or controllers of Sulphide, Carbonate and Oxide ores, who can contract for their delivery hi lots of 10 tons at least, are requested to forward to us from too to 150 pound representing the average character and values of the ores. Such samples will be analyzed and assayed by our analytical chemist free of charge, for the purpose of establishing the value of the corresponding ores to us. and for the guidance of their owners. Our treatment charge, com paratively moderate, will be goverened by the special adaptability or de sirableness of the respective ores for our purposes. The product of our Smelter will be handled by the First Bank of Sumpter and payments for ores accepted by us will be madt through the same channel. Special rates of treatment charges will be made to parties in position to contract for .1 steady and large supply of desirable ores. SAMPLES AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED The Union Smelter Mfg. Co. a k bub mm bbv m m na Ll.ock Box P H. Ml-INHAHD, Sec'y. C Bousum & Spalding CRYSTAL !( Company Free delivery of Pure Ice. Leave orders at office of Columbia Rrewing and Malting Co., next door to MlNhK office. SUMPTER BOTTLING WORKS M inulJcturiTmt jll UnJcnt CatlonjtoJ Drinks aiU Clierc. OprritrJ In connection olili the Kentucky Liquor House WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. GAGEN & SLOAN, PROPS., SUMPTER, ORE. W. S. BOWERS ABSTRACTS Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Mining Patents Obtained Years of experience In Haker County Hecords. No. 2104 Court Street, Maker City; Oregon. LErwin & Co. Real Estate and Mines.... .. 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