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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1901)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 22, 1901 Diadem Gold Mining Co. OFFICERS President J. II. UOBHINS Mayor of Simpler Vice-President N. C. RICHARDS Altorney-.il-1. iw Scc'y and Trr;is...OTTO Hl-Kl.OCKKK At. ChIiIct llul It ink ol bumpier Directors J. H. Rabbins, N. C. Richards, I:. M. Anderson, M. D. Slipt. nf Mines DAVID O'NlilL C.i'lirr I'. O., II.iUit Loumy, OrrKon In nJJItlon to tin- officer of Hit- company ninoni; the MocHiolJert m: lli.ri. lee AUntlo, late U. S. Senator, Unite, Molilalia; Thoi. I. Illnji, lite County Treasuier, llulte, Alontana; Hon. Jotin I'. l'orl-e, Atlorneynl-Liw, Hull; Um. S. Warren, Speculator, llultei lot. I;. I'ar Jie, Miner, I'lillllpU-urir, Mumi.iim; II. M. (Irani, Iniurance AJnlrr, I'orlhn.l; (ieo. W. McDow ell, llioker I'ertl.in.t: C II. KlcliarJton, Contrac tor, WnllA. Wi.ll 1, Wash,; Hector McNe.1, Miller, Kiml.niJ, II. C; Dr. II C. Milt, lort Wayne, InJ., unj many ntlten who have inveitlcalej this premltini: propeily. Mines Situated on Green horn Mountain Baker County 1,000,000 SHARES I PAR VALUE $1.00 EACH Home Office Sumpter, Oregon This Mine is Working Every Day This Mine is a Shiping Mine The Baker City Sampling Works gives the following returns for two small shipments: Lot 68-1. 253 sacks of ore, dry weight, 13,063 pounds. Gold, 7 ounces; silver, 9 4 ounces. Gold per oz, $20; treatment cost 58. Net price per ton, $130.50. Freight, f7 per ton. Net value of lost, $800,24. Lot No. 102. 378 sack ore; dry weight, 18,810. Gold, 6.20 ounces; silver, q ounces; gold $20 per ounce. Cost of treatment, $8; net price per ton $11 5. 805 freight at $7 per ton; net value of lot, $1019.94. T UK .SHAFT in now flown 70 fuel. Tunnel now in over 700 feet. Rich body of ore in shaft (finking stopped on account of water) should Ito readied in the tunnel in .'100 feet, or liy July IT). Thu directory in a jniiiranteo of good faith. It is true that nil prospects do not make mines, hut it is nl.-o true thai all mines were once prospers. Hero is what the exjierls gay of tho Diadem: F. F.Grimes, a prominent mining man of Hepuhlic, Wash., says: "I consider thu Diadem tho host procrty I have ever examined. It is surely a ro uble showing and, in mv jiidgemeiit, the making of a great mine." Hon. Chas. Homier, connected with Granite Mountain mine., in Mon tana, says: "In all my experience as a mining superintendent, extending over a period of 20 years, I consider tho Diadem is by odds tho best mine I have ever been connected with." lion. .1. K. Pardee, 11 mining expert well known all over Utah, Idaho and Montana, says: "In nil the ycais I have mined I never saw api-sccL that made thu showing ofllie Diadem mine." A. L. MuKwcn, M. K., one of tho best known English ixMrls throughout (lit; entire northwest, says: "For an uudcvcloiH'd prostcct, I consider it among tho very best I have ever examined. I believe it will prove to bo a great dividend paver when devolocd." Mr. .lames O. Joiindignn, M, K., of Itepublio camp, Wash., and Boundary district British Columbia, says: "Alter making n large number of assays from this propcty, I am convinced that it is tho best thing in Eastern Oregon for the amount of development work done." The above is a plain business statement of this procrty. Tho management now offer for sale 50,000 shares of tho treasury stock nt 15 cents tier nharo. Applications for stock must be accompanied by tho money and should be addressed to Otto Hcrlocker, treasurer of the company, Samp ler, Oregon. 'For information add re.-', Care First Bank of Sumptcr Otto Herlocker, Sumpter, Ore. CHANGES IN MINING METHODS. Business Offers an Inviting Fit Id as a Call ing for Young Men. The ancients thought they knew some thing about mining, but notwithstanding the experience of many centuries, recent discoveries In science show that .scien tific mining has just begun. Though there is an element of uncertainty in the result of .1 tour of prospecting, when mineral-bearing rock Is once found recent study enables the metallurgist to extract therefrom many products that are of value la the commercial world. The ancients knew nothing of the modem methods of treating ores, and in consequence of recent discoveries many ores that were once thrown away are now found to carry great values. New terri tory is dally being explored, new ledges found and new placer beds uncovered. All of these occurrences emphasize the fact that the mining Industry, If not still In its infancy, has not yet passed through the stages of early development. The methodical prospector and the painstaking metallurgist have advantages over the miners of ancient days that are $ marked as in modern agriculture over the methods pursued when fields were -plowed with forked sticks and grain was threshed with the flail. Invention and chemistry, by their working together, are opening up a new era in the history of mining, and just as the agricultural land .of old ate reworked, so are mineral-bear lug lands that were once 'thought to be exhausted, are beln.g reworked and yield Ing values, even greater than when first discovered. To the young man .who .would achieve distinction as .speclallsts:there is no bet ter field than one wherein the work 'has a bearing upon the .mining 'Industry. The expert geologist, engineer, metallurgist or chemist, In any of the several branches df.hls. science, will always be in demand by the owners of mineral-bearing lands. In conjunction with agriculture, mining Is the prime source of wealth, for manufac turing and commerce are dependent upon the products of the earth. With more painstaking study, deeper researches in all matters of science, the great Industry of mining will reach an importance not dreamed of by the old time miners. It Is quite apparent that the age of mining has just begun. Seattle Times. Pleasant Way to Travel. The' most delightful way to travel to the east Is by way of Salt Lake City the city of the saints and the Rio Grande Western railway, In conjunction with either the Denver & Rio Grande or Colorado Midland railroads. This route not only carries the passenger through the heart of the Rocky mountains and In view of the most magnificent scenery on continent, but it also provides for stop over on railroad and Pullman tickets at quaint and picturesque Salt Lake City, Glenwood Springs, Manltou, Denver, etc. Through Cullman palace and ordinary sleepers, free reclining chair cars and a perfect dining car service via this route to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. Personally conducted weekly tourlts excursions. For printed matter, rates, etc., Inquire of J. D. Mans field, General Agent, 122 A Third street, Portland, or Geo. W. Helntz, General Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City. Letions la Lace. Mrs. Marsh, next door to MINER office, will give practical Instructions In lace work. Materials and hundreds of pat terns to select from. The.Capital Hotel Is again under the management of Mrs. George'B. Tedrowe, which fact guarantees the best of service to all patrons. Never falls Giant powder. FIRST BANK OF SUMPTER Capital Stock $20,000 OrFICERS. J. II. Robblm President J. W. Scrlber Vice-President R. H. Miller Cashier DIHECIORS. J. W.Scrlber R.H.Miller Cbik Snyde J. H. Robblnn Transacts a General Banking and Exchange Business SUMPTER MEAT MARKET AUSTIN MEAT.CO., Props. Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of. all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON Send The Miner to your I eastern friends. ,$2 per year B. L. McLAIN MILL WRIGHT ERECTION OF QUARTZ MILLS A SPECIALTY Sumpter . Oregon CAPITAL HOTEL HSbIH Placer, and Quartz Location Notices for sale at this office. -