Wednesday, September ;, 1900
THE SUMPTER MINER.
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EXPENSE OF
LESTINGAMINE.
Figures Given No Fixed
' - Charges Can be. Made,
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1 Several Inquiries have been received
from eastern persons regarding the prob
able cost of the examination of mining
properties, and leading brokers report
that they are constantly In receipt of let
ters, asking for information on this mat
ter. In many of these cases the writers
exhibit a remarkable Ignorance of what
Is required of a mining engineer in the ex
amination of a mine. One broker was
asked to employ a competent man at an
expense not to exceed S50 to examine a
placer mine In the western part of Routt
county, containing nearly 2,000 acres.
As traveling expenses would amount to
more than twice that sum, no one has yet
been found willing to go, and in an ex
amination of a placer property recently
concluded, an expert was on the ground
nearly six weeks in arriving at an approx
imate conclusion regarding the value ot a
tract of 2,500 acres.
. The expense ol examining a mine or
prospect varies greatly, important factors
being the character of the property, the
character and extent of the ore body, the
amount if development, the distance to be
traveled, the modes ot conveyance and
the eminence of tlie engineer; for prospects
with trilling development the charge of
engineers ate comparatively light, but for
mines which haev large bodies of ore ex
posed an examination frequently runs up
into thousands of dollars, as besides the
tee of the engineer, numerous assays
must be made, assistants are required to
aid the engineer, and frequently many
tons must be run through a testing plant
tn determine the best methods of treat
ment. Less than "two years ago "the ex
amination of a lame mine In this state
involved the making of 1,100 assays at a
t'ttet of more than 51,500, and the treat
ment of 500 tons of ore. In additiju to
these expenses must' be taken Into ac
count traveling expenses, hotel bills and J
incidentals, such as the purchase of ne-1
cessary tools, the employment of extra
labor, etc.
Average engineers expect to receive as ,
fees not less 111. in $i$ a day and expenses. I
This is not extravagrant, as few even at 1
that lit urc make more than an ordinary I
proless1011.1l income during the year, while I
many are loitunateif tliry net the average
wage of a bookkeeper. Engineers ot es-j
t.iblished reputation make much higher
charges. There are several engineers in '
this state who will not I00U at .1 mine lor
less than J 1, 000, and many instances can
be cited in which the engineer's lee, ex
clusive of expenses, was as high as
J"3,ooo.
This class of expert engineer, as a rule,
declines to examine anything but develop-.
rl mines, or niaue general reports cover
ing large areas of mineral territory, which
include geological and topographical fea
tures, water supply, engineering possi
bilities and matters of that kind, which
require exception il skill and experience.
On the other hand, there are in this city
not fewer than 100 good engineers who
will make examinations of small mines
and prospects for $100 to J 500 and e.V
penses, dependent upon the distance from ,
Denver and other factors mentioned.
Large mining syndicates usually em
ploy their engineers by the year and pay
large salaries. Several Denver men re-'
ceive J 1 0,000 a year with the privilege of j
making outside examinations, and one '
Colorado man In the employ ot a Loudon !
snydicate receives an annual income of
about 50,000 as consulting engineer for
.xveral companies.
To make the trip to Routt county, men.
tioned above, would require 1,000 for a
competent engineer, f 200 for traveling ex
penses, f 125 for hotel bills, and the wages
of two men at $2.50 to t j a dav for six
weeks. The engineer co ild probably be
secured for $25 a day, an I by increasing
the force of laborers to as to cover the
ground more rapidly, the total expense
would be materially reduced, but in that
case it might be necessary to employ an
assistant to the engineer to enable him to
keep his record of extraction up to the
work of the men digging the pits. Den
ver Republican.
Old Gem Mine Cracker Jack.
The old Gem mine, near Sparta, is
proving to be a cracker-jack and the Port
land people who got control of It for al
most a "shoestring," as the saying is,
have reason to tickle themselves under
the fifth rib. Manager Perkins was hi
the city yesterday, and continued the re
port started a week ago that in the Gem
had been struck an exceptionally rich
shoot of ore. extending from the 300 to
the 450 foot level, the ledge running from
two to four and a half feet in width and
averaging bv assay from J13 to $102 per
ton. and the concentrates from the same
ore running f 145 to 826 per ton. Such a
showing as I made bv the Gem lends
confidence to the merit of properties work
ed in a prlmative way and abondnned as
It were in the early '7S the Gem was
worked by stamp mill under, every
stress of extravagant management and
Impractical methods. Of course the
natural results followed. It was closed
down and ever remained so until Mr.
Perkins took hold of it and bv exploration
work found sulliclent ore bodies to war
rant the expenditure of money in develop
ment. This he has done and today the
Gem gives promise of becoming one of
the big niineu of the eastern Oregon gold
fields. Baker Democrat.
Hot Tama let.
"Much depends upon your point of
view," said the man who travels for his
health. "There was a parly of us went
down south last winter for the first Hme,
and we were keenly alert for all the typ
ical southern things of which we had read
and heard. We were on a buffet car
when we entered Alabama, and wheji we
were served with hot tamales you should
have seen and heard us.
"Now we know we are in the south."
" The dear things are wrapped in a
sheaf of com I"
"Never tasted any thing so Reed in my
life!"
"The ninth isn't lu It with the south
delicatessen."
We contributed a lively fee to the wait
er and then asked him where he managed
to secure them.
"Dev's on the bill of fare, sail."
"No! Where?"
Sure enough there they were, and an
nounced as specially manufactured by a
prominent Chicago canned meat firm, and
warinuted nut to spoil in anv climate.
And the cry of "hot tamales" had no
charm lor us w lien we heard it on the
streets, for the romance had been commer
cially killed.
Water Nolle.
The lawn sprinkling hours are from 6
to i) o'clock p. 111. Consumers are res
tricted to their own grounds, and will not
be permitted to sprinkle the public streets.
Running water through an open hose at
any other hour than those mentioned,
cannot be allowed. The water will be
"shut off" whenever these rules are vio
lated. SUMPTfcR WATKR CO.
"The Portland", conducted by Gus
Woodward on Mill street, is fully a
representation of its name. A visit will
convince you of this.
Five quart bottles of Olympia beer for
fl.ooat Henry Finger's.
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MACHINERY. RIVETED STEEL PIPE.
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OREGON
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