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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1900)
THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday. September 26, 1900 8 CHANGE MINING LAW. Numerous Objections Raised to the Present Statute. As the tmiier ot cistern Oregon are not entirely s.itislirj Willi thi-ininini; laws of the si, lie, .i-. .it prese.il I'oiistltuteJ, Mime r.iillc.il leKhl.itinii in the interest (it the iriinniK industr) tiuiy he looked fur at the Coiiiint; srssimi (( the state l.enls latiire. I he pii'ser.t law, known as the Smith law, irinK named alter the maker, S-nator William Smith, of Hnkcr City, Mhile Intended In remedy all the ahuses I rcvlinisly tempi, lined of, does nut appear to me:t with the entile approval ol the iniiiers til eastern Oregon. Senator Smith himself ircoj'.nirs the fact that the law infill he imnnvrd in Mime respects in the interest of eastern Oregon, hut mnteuds that the changes must desired hy the people of th it section were opposed liy the mining men ol south rn firri'oii ulii'ii they were tinder coif siJcrati 111 dining the last session of the I ghlaluie. Hy tt ison of the dlllereuif in the seasons in eastern and southern Oii-gnu thcic- is a conflict of mining In teiesls lielween these two seclliios, Uiidei the piesent law the lot.ilot of .1 mining claim li is three das hi which tn s' ike his Imi.iiil try liaesallel limiting 11 luxation, o it is in ulikli to ne lite lo.a tii 11 foi icioid, and jo days in whlih to do tin- hiv.ilmii work iKies,iiy to hold the tl.ilin. I lie location uorK, w I1IJ1 is nut to he i-ousidried a part ol the assissment file reipiiied under the United States miuliiK laws, must ioiisst of a shift not less than 10 leet diep, or .1 tunnel or cut not less than 10 feet hi length. liastetn Oreg 111 mining men contend til it llu-te is ,111 inpistiie In the e.uliins of this law. It is J. limed that three d.is Is not siillnieiit time In uhkh to propel ly st. iltr the giniuid, especially when the miiiw is deep, as in the mountains id eastern Oregon it is dining .1 good por tion of the yea 1. Another oljettiou heard against the present law is that more time .limild tie given in which In lemrd. I he time lor doing the location work, it is be lieved, could he shortened to 00 or even 10 days, and the time hi wliiJi to record retended to 00 days. The reason given lor tills is that In many Instances it is not Known whether a claim Is wotth record ing until after some little 111 If has hecn dam-. It Is argued also that the shortening of the time In which to do relocation work would have a salutary etfect upon the mining Industry in that it would discour age (he holding of many claims for specu lative -imposes, to the detriment of those who might develop them If they had.) 1 hance lo locate them. Under the pres ent law .1 man making a relocation of a claim lias the same lime In which to do hN work ns the man making an original location 00 days. This facilitates the holding of claims without doing work, as ti locator can relocate his own claim the moment the 00 days expire, and hold It vo days longer for the purposes of specu lation. He knows the exact hour his time up and can be on the ground promptly 10 post his new notices. Although pel tups not many take advantage of this loopkole, still the opportunity Is there, and a claimhog can hold any number of tlalmt for an Indefinite length of time without doing work If he so desires. While It Is not likely that the Interests ( the mining men of southern and east rru Oregon can be entirely reconciled or that the wants of all can be met, It Is cer lain almost that some changes in the present state mining laws will be made this winter. Hasten- Oregon's mining interests will again be looked after by Sen ter Smith, who is familiar with the sub ject by reason of previous legislative ex perience, and an extensive mining prac tice; V. I:. Grace, re-elected representa tive from Maker Clly,.'ind George J. Bar rett, of Granite, representative-elect from Grant, Gilliam, blierin.ni, Wasco and Wheeler counties. Mr. It irrett lias had a mining experience ol iK enrs, and being in close touch with the owners of eastern Oregon, among whom lie has operated the past live yeirs, lie will, in all pronabllity, he called upon to champion the cause of the milling men ol his section. 'I elegram. FUTURE OF ALUMINUM. This Metal Will Soon be a Dangerous Rival to Copper. Aluminum Is without doubt .1 coming metal. It is already displacing copper in many uses, and it mav eventually prove a formidable rival of even Iron and steel. In less than forty years it has come down In market price from thirty dollars per pound to about as many cents, and for al most every practicable purpose it Is cheap er than all the cnmmoii metals excepting zinc, It- ul ami iron. I hemethoJs of man ufacture have been constantly improving, andexp-ii'Miie has wrought inanv changes in the preparing nfartklesth.it in cruder conditions, were less favorably received. In the matter ol utensils for instance, tin- products ol a few ye us ago were too lightly made and were easily put rut ol sh ipe. I Ids has been remedied and alu minum vessels cut 1 ow be had as strong and durable as that made uf topper, lis adv int iges are 111 itsinmhiued lightness and stiength, Its easy workability, Its cheipness and Its abuud uue, the latter being estimated as thirty times as much as Iron in bulk for the uses of man. It is pr.Ktiially impossible In li. the limit ol its uM-tuln-ss. In tnmpetition with topper It Isaggtesslte, ami one or the other will bemastei ol the situation hia tew decades. In eleitilc equipment ills aheady vigor ously disputing the special claims ol copper. It has over sixty per cent of the con ductivity of the red metal, and has ecpial resistant qualities to weather iullueuces. in a review of the aluminum industry hy Professor id. hards, it is stated, that an aluminum wire one-fourth as large again hi diameter as .1 copper wire, weighs only half as much as the latter, and costs only two-thirds as much. Long distance trans mission Hues and trolley-line feed wires are being put in of aluminum as fast as the makers can supply the metal. Over five hundred tons were used for this pur pose last year, and probably double as much w ill be used this year. As five hun dred tons supplant one thousand tons of copper, It will not be long before the cop per Industry will begin to feel the compe tition of Its new rival. Fifteen years ago the entire output of aluminum the world over amounted to only two and one-half tons. These are strong statements but they are backed by facts, and o'ie need not to weir the man tle of a prophet to foresee the sharp rival ry yet to be between aluminum and cop per nor is It likely that this rivalry will stop at the old metal. The world may yet ee an Age of Aluminum. -Exchange. Immmmmwmtmjmmmmmmtii I About I 1 ....Building.... I Why don't you build when everybody else quits? Why do ycu all want to build at once j - when lumber is green and covered with ice and when prices and labor are high? Now is !gE the time to build, like "Brother Perry" when 'g- there is no particular rush. - We are offering special bargains in Hats, g Shoes, Gloves and Clothing, also other General g- Merchandise, because we bought at a big dis- count and we give our customers the benefit. : We also sell : E LUMBER 3 - cheap but we do not intend to sell at retail for- Sp less money than we can get on the outside j market as some of our competitors do. Sumpter Lumber Co. 3 SUMPTER, OREGON - ftUlMUlMUliUUllugiuluuiUiiuUiUirc J. B. STODDARD Rocky Mountain Scenery By Day Light. Day light stop over at Niagara Falls. Through first-class tourist sleeper from Pacific Coast weekly for Chicago, Boston, New York and other eastern points via Rio Grande Western (Great Salt Lake Route), Denver & Rio Grande, C. R. I. & P. and Illinois Central to Chicago,, connecting in the Union Depot with Mich igan Central's similar car for points east. For full particulars call on or address, ., R. H. TRUMBULL, Com'l Agent Ills. Cent. R. R. 14a Third St., Portland, Oregon. SadoTcaaiBriik (or Sale In good condition and offered cheap. Apply at THE MINER office. i)c- -ii "t Ni-vl In Hjs hr Hit Jwjri. C ft ,V Happy School Days Near lt$$ SUMPTER. OREGON $tSs& . C?, (jjh fiS rtetft figfifl "THE Public Schools of . I Sumpter will open Sep- I tember 17, and every person should have his child prop erly clothed. Our children's 5 department is complete in every detail and to introduce it to the public of Sumpfer, we offer the following spec ial bargains this week: Roy' Suits $2 to 55. Actually worth 38,'; per cent more. Boys' Underwear, all sizes and qualities. Roys' Shoes, 51.50 to $3. Hub Clothing Co. J. SCIIWAWTX. Succrstor M SALOON A. J. STINSON, Prop. 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