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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1900)
Wednesday, October 31, 1900 THE SUMPTER MINER. y f 0 QUICKSILVER OUTPUT. creasing, Prices Rising. higher, averaging at San Francisco over 5' a flask. The cause of the Increased price during the past decade, and the still greater in . . crease during the past two years, has been Uemand Increasing, supply Lie-: the growing demand and the diminishing supply. The demand has steadily in t creased, while the output of the old and 1 Famous mines, on which the world has re lied Tor vears for its supply, has been ' steadlly decreasing. ..mi me ucmanu mr q ...s yer s n- The prodnctlon of the metal (quicksilver) ca..i.K W....C u.c .W.y . vmu.y u,i. ...- .,,, ot bn ncrMSR,,he output III Cal .snug, may ncamucr o. congr.nuai.on ; ,forn,a( ,,. , produc)1R re0, ,s for dealers in the slippery metal, but it is a I C0U)ryf beinR about8tatonary whe the !.e ,uu .mi k .or go.u pr WKrri ." con-, dabjr deposits ,,, Texas ald OffR0 . . , . . 1,uvfIK" pr. 1N , "" I for which much lias been promised, show u...y U....K lur iiiuuKiii, um me ...c ... , )u eW jjveiopme,,,,. The Austrian out an output sufticient to meet the present I nilHs llp.rll, ,,.,,,,,,.,...,.,. .....c.,,,,, demand would have the effect of Magna-i, .,,,,,. 0nm ..,,.,,,, .. i..r mr, nf lion In gold mining to that extent, for , ,,,,. fl)cR1 M,ppy con)Mi ast year fch,mril i.cc . ..u..... K u. ai . K..UW. iu nuriac , a C0I)S Jerabe decrease. Under these clr wiH.11 ..as u, a.. uin.my .ur ...e irrtiuu , cumrfanfes ,here s ()0 preM.nt probability enowmeiai. of a redncllon In prlces.-San Francisco A lew statistics mav prove nteresting , El,Rneclll,K aml Mining Review., in this connection. While quicksilver is i - touud in various parts of the world It is in i SNKE RIVER COPPER FIELDS. Midi small quantities that in many dis tricts its production is unprofitable. On a commercial scale it is only pro duced in Spain, Austria, Italy, and the United States. Mexico and Russia have produced small quantities for years past, without effect on the world's markets, as both these countries are large consumers and importers of that metal. Since 1850 the United" States has pro duced over two-fifths of the entire world's output of quicksilver, says a noted author' ity. Practically all of this comes from California. Out of the 29,713 flasks pro duced in this country in 1889, 29,454 came trom California. While quicksilver is used in the arts and manufactures, its chief value is in the separation of gold from auriferous ores, in the manufacture of tine paints and the preparation of medicinal compounds and explosives. As an amalgamating agent In the treatment of gold ores it occupies the first place in the mining world, and the demand for it is invariably ahead of the supply. Its use in the arts is also extend' log, and makes a great drain in the world's product of this valuable metal. The ore from which quicksilver Is most commonly produced is cinnabar. 'From tills ore the metal is obtained by roasting. When heated In a suitable manner to 66s deg. F. or higher, the cinnabar becomes desulphurized, the mercury passing over in vapor from the furnace to the cooling chambers or condensors. These conden sers, usually made of brick, are of suffi cient size and numr to permit the mer curial fumes to cool upon the walls and floors, where they gather in large globules of mercury. These globules uniting, grav itate to the reviving trough and from thence run into large receivers, from which the metal is drawn into tlasksaud is ready for use for market. These flasks arc uniform in world over. ' Will Be One of the Brst Camps in Eatttrn I Oregon. J. R. Rowden, of this city, returned ' Wednesday evening from the Snake river copper fields, where he li.is spent the past six weeks looking over the country and having assessment work done on claims In which he is interested. Speaking of the country generally, Mr. Rowden says he believes It will prove to be one of the biggest camps in eastern Oregon. It may take some time to de velop it on account of lack of transporta tion facilities, but sooner or later, Its merits will become known, when It will come rapidly to the front. He believes that next year will show a bigchange in condi tions of that section. Monled men have become Interested there and others are 'ooking that way for Investment. All the work heretofore done In that camp, outside of one or tW3 properties, has been in the way of development. A great deal of this kind of work has been done the past season. While the ore en the surface on many of the properties would pay if means of reduction were near at hand.lhey are not rich enough to ship such long distances. As develop ment work progressed, however, and greater depth was attained many of these properties have shown up ore in large quant.tles that would pay to shta. If reduction works are established in that district next year, well and good, if not you may expect to see a great deal of the richest ore pass through Raker City on the way to outside smelters, while the lower grade rock will be piled on the dumps to await the construction of local smelters. The McDougall group is one of the many th.tt will commence shipping In the snrini:. Waeon roads have been built sire the:n,j houses erected for winter mi.irtrrs. The American producer, how-1 iarge hodes of hiR, grade ore h;ive bef ever, gives a little hetter weight than do the Europeans, the American flask, when filled, weighing 76.51 pounds (usually counted 7 6; i (ounds), its against 76.08 pounds of the European llaiks. The largest production of quicksilver in California occurred from 1870 to 1879, when the average yearly output was 49, 106 Husks, and the average price per ll.isk f47.5). In the next decade the production averaged 20,767 flasks per annum, and the average price was 533.07. From 1890 to 1899 the avenge yearly production was 28,385, and the average price $38.28 per flask. In 1899 the production was 29,454 blocked out and a large amount of it Is on the dump. The richest ore from this grmipwill be shipped in large quantities next spring. In fact several shipments h ive been made from there as a test, and Invariably good returns have been the result. More men will he at work In tint dls trict the coming winter than at any time in the history of the camp. Democrat. 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, flasks, and the average price J47. 70, whUi , New York and other eastern points via was the highest average prke shue 1859. Rio Grande Western (Great Salt Lake The condition of the industry last ear, Route), Denver & Rio Grande, C. R. I. was vety satisfactory. Nearly all (he'& P. and Illinois Central to Chicago, California mines did well and must of , connecting in the Union Depot with MU- them paid regular dividends Rut a much healthier condition prevails this year. 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