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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1900)
Wednesday, October 24, 1900 14 THE SUMPTER MINER. WOMEN IN THE HELD OF MINING. It is an Alluring Occupation and Lucrative Also. The olJ days when "men must work while women mutt weep" are of the past, and under the new dispensation women are regularly rnrolled among the workers of the world, and the sort of oc cupation in which they shall engagi is limited only by the work to be done in the world. Women like men earn their bread by the swe.it of their brows and are be holden to no one for cake and preserves, and the women are Klad of it, and no doubt the men are too. Mrs. H. C. Atwood,nt the national con vention of miners held in Wllwaukee re cently, made some interesting statements loncernlng women in the held of mining, which seems a uuiiiie occupation for them to engage In. She describes the work as fascinating and lucrative, hut admonishes women who engage in mining to go into it with a good stock ot determination, which must be the dv nite and gun powder to carry them lustiness in the un dertaking. II pursued in a painstaking ind Intelligent way, she says it Is a busi ness that can be made to pay well. 'Miss Caroline Van Itiuiit, who is the secretary ol the Orlord Copper com pany, is also one ol the directors and me ot the incomnr.ituts ol the com pany. She is perfectly l.iinili.ir with all I" dri1 ''"'y K'1 'e! ,,le Wt, of that Is necessary lo be known upon the .course, being ti maintain the supply at subject, in latt hnowns moie about cop- just about an even level with the demand, per, nickel, the general mining ores, the under which condition existing prices can .nunc ol supply, production, consump-, be maintained. It Is Interesting to note lion, t.ullf, state ol trade than any oilier . "' "' I,rr cent of the product of woman, and more than thiee-iiuarteis ol American copper Is now being exported, the men, who claim to I experts upon , """ iimmiiU up to September I was 129, the subject ol mining and the interests re- ,(,ti tons. Exchange, laled to it. She has studied, the subje.t . " " ol making copper l.m.r lex. injurious,' Smelter Trust Profits. audit was pilm.ip.illv through her tepie-1 I he so called smelter trust has a noml senlatlouslli.il emigres', was Induced lo , "! '"I'll"! "I fos.000,000, of which II. give tliose establishments ietuiriug it ,, ooo.cxw has not been Issued. Of this 54, lurlher chance to experiment with miiuUc oo.cxx .-i.tti:illy Issued, f 27,000,000 is pre consumers and odoi eMiaciors. , leired stock and 527,000,000 is common I wo Co'oiado women iclerred lo bv , s"l1- 1'he lommon stock was given as out making them so conspicuous as the aforesaid gentleman. There are many people in the world today to whom $ io, 000 means a fortune. Many have made fortunes of this size by safe investments. There Is no wav open to the poor man, to the man of limited means, except some form of investment nude when the prop erty purchased is first put upon the mar ket and the price is low, and then taken and held until it raUes In value. There are hundreds of men in comfortable cir cumstances today who have become so by the investment of io or 20 per month In some low-priced mining stock issued by a reliable company. Money so used is nut in any sense speculation, it is fore thought. There is every chance for the stock to rise, and when such investment is made at the bottom price, the stock can go no lower. All is in favor of the in vestor. Seattle Mining Record. Interesting Copper Statistics The copper statistics for the current year shows that up to September 1st the production has amounted to 200,20$ short tons, as against 1)8,726 for the period of 1800; and that of the increase (H.470 tons) only 1,287 ,0I1S c-'ime 'rom the well known big mines, while the balance (lo, 102 tons) came from small producers who are not yet in the trust, or who produce the metal as by-product in the operation ot distinctly precious metal producing mines. Tills is .1 very Interesting state of affairs, for it is almost a conclusive proof that the product of the big mines are un der control; that to each is allotted a cer tain proportion of the supply to be pro duced, which allottmeut must not be ex- an Mrs. Atwond weie Mis. Stewart and MWs Dilliugh.im, who successfully man aged .1 mine and coikentiallug mill. Mis. h. C Mi'iN-r, ot Silseitnii, who so ch.iimiugly enleilained .1 number ol club women at the Denser meeting ol the geurial lederatlou, Is .1 snccesslul mining worn in and a member ol the Ameiit.iu Institute ot Mining huglueeis. In speaking ol mining, however, Mrs. Atwiiod asseiled til it she h.ul no led r nice lo spend illon ' In mining stocks ot which Mi. l.h.iiles It Rouse, the iiiultt million. iltr inert haul ol New Yoilt's.iid. "Iheielsoue thing I would most em phatically Impiess upon women keep awav Iroin Wall stieel. IWt speculate; , I hrougli liisi-class touilst sleeper from don't buy slocks. I hit Is not legitimate , !' l'--'st weekly for Chicago, Boston, business, and In Mile, sooner or liter, lo New York and other eastern points via lead to iiiin. Aside limn this their is no , H' "d- Western (Great Salt Lake hue of business in which women may not 1 Kuutrl, Denver - Kin Grande, C. R. I. succeed II thevwill glee their woik Ihe V ' -'"'J Illinois Central to Chicago, necessarv thought and attention." connecting in the Union Depot with Alch- The woman who his l.utli In hersell ig.m Cenlial's similar car tor points east, can move mountains and in.iir luid l-'tu lull pailUulars call on or address, enough uui'k'ets to make het liai'PV tor ! ' " TRUAMUJI.!., 71 5c Henry Finger THE CELEBRATED OLYMPIA silk. BEER ""f On draught or in bottles at five cents per glass or five bottles for one dollar. Full car load just received. Center St., Opp. P. 0. Sumpter, Ore. Henry Finger . i bonus to those who subscribed for the preterred stock. The actual capital there- fme is f 27,000,000. The company's state-1 meut shows that in l lie year ending June loth last, the prolits were ), 524,061, or I over 1 ) per cent on the true capital. The I piolits in the last six mouths of the year were J2,2i,oi8, or at the rate of 54,502, ojfi foi the year, which is at the rate of uearlv 17 per tent per annum on the real capital, which suggests that a further re duction ol 1 1e.1t men l charges should be made.- Western Mining World. Rocky Mountain Scenery By Diy Light. Day light stop oxer at Niagara Falls. the rest ol liri hie. At any rate, she has as good a chance as a man, and the woik is not nearly so hard nor laborious a many thne-houoted employments ol women, and is likely to prove much mote lucrative. Denver limes. Com'l Agent Ills. Cent. R. R. 142 I bird St., Portland, Oregon. Through the Yellowstone. 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