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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1901)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 26. 1901 MORE SEATTLE MONEY !A. B. Ernst Negotiating (or The Virginia. A. II. KriiHt, 11 mining mail from So nttlo, whh in tlilHillHtrict liiHt week, look ing over tlio Hitimtion with h viuw to in Vi'HtitiK. Ilo in now iicotliitinn for the piiruliiiHO of tlio Virginia. About a yrar no tliiH projwrty wan lioiiK'ht hy MfuHrH. Hutlor and Mitolioll, of llakur City, and a coinany wuh or jmnl.i'd to oMtratu it, but owing to hoiiiu internal (Uncord, it in reporti-d. tint on torprlfo Iiiih langiiiHlit'd snil now tlio ininu Ih for halo. Tlio Virginia in ono of tlio old .iro.ior- tiuHof tliiH dintrlct, and from it much gold niih tukon in yuurn punt. It Ih Mild to liavn iriMlutT(l tlm riclicHt on-H tliat liavu been taken from tlio Itluu iiioiin taltiH. It Iiiin not licou workud for woiiiu yearn punt and itx Hlmft in now llllod with water. It Iiiih many feet of work iugri and itH known ore bodieH are far from being exhiiUHted. Mr. Knmt in an old neVHiaer man, but left the IhihIiu'hh about two yearri ago to engage in mining and Iiiih met with miieli KueeeHH. Ho Iiiih lieon itlun tilled with thoCireat Northern eoiuany, ojieratiug a copper property In the In dex dintrpct, in which be Iiiih been iihho elated with hoiihi of tlio leading IiiihIiioch men of Seattle. They nro riiHtlern, Hioho renldentH on .l'uget Sound, and it meaiiH miieli good for eiiHturu Oregon to have tlium Invent ing In the iiilucH of thin Hcctlon. Here tofore they have Ih'ihi omnitlng in tlio CiiHcadcH, where there are doiibtleHH ox tennlve mineral deponltH, but euoriuouH capital Ih n-ipilred In order that ruturiiH may I mi iieeured from the ground ; and ill far off AlaHka, where "the other fel low" Iiiih invariably made tlm big Make. Mr. KriiHt Ih the repreHeutativu of the .third Seattle x.vmliciito who Iiiih been here within two weekn, and all have no cured proMrtleH. TIiIh Ih tlio procr place for that puxli to do IiuhIiicbh, and they nro hereby nlhYially notilled that they will be heartily welcomed to tlio gold lleldn of eiiHteru Oregon where in telligent effort Iiiih never yet ncored u failure in the mining I)uh1iuhh. Offer $20,000 a Month Rent for Claims. Tlio Whlto Pine Nowh, publiHhed at Kly, Nevada, IoIIh in a recent iwiuo of an offer made by an eastern syndicate to pay f 20,000 a month rent for a copper proerty in that region, for n term of ten yearn, or $L',400,000 during the life of tlio leiiHe. The projierty is 150 iiiIIch from a railroad, Ih not extensively develoied and earrlen average valueH of only $10.65 a ton, 12.80 in copHr, $4.1)5 in gold and ft. HO in nllver. In tills region of pre vailing low prices for mines, this propo sition seems to bo a remarkably favor able one for the owners, yet it has been refueed. Tlm nowHpapor story bears every indication of lieing authentic and accurate. Several Siimpter mining men, .John Cupid and others, own a group of ten claims in the l'ueblo dis trict, in Harney county, that makes n' much better showing than docs the Ne vada property, that could probably lw secured on more favorable terms. These claims are only 110 miles from tho Cen tral I'liellle, connected by rail with an excellent wagon road. Tho oro carries' $ 25.75 lu valiieH;copter $15, gold $(1,24 and silver $1,51, a difference of $(1.20 in tavor of the Oregon mines. PRECIOUS METAL MINER. Helpi All and Comet in With None. Competition Whitney Buys 1000 Inches of Water. City Itecorder Austin Crulg, of the town of Whitney, was in the city yester day and retried a budget of news from the growing burg. The town council of Whitney yesterday closed a deal by which they purchased 1000 miner's inches of mountain water, known as tlio latrick rights, recently liought by Sher iff Huntington mid by him sold to the town. Tho waterwill lie supplied to tho town from a reservoir about 1) miles out on the side of the mountain, by a pi (hi line. The water rights purchased will furnish siillicient water for n city three times as large as linker City. Work on the Ihi line will commence this summer. The move was necessary to protect bus I lies proorty. Democrat. Will Employ 500 Men. Since the rich strike made last week in the Uiiion-Coiupauloii mine at Cor nucopia east of Union, the company has been making arrangements to ojiemto the mines on an extensive scale. It has been determined to employ live hundred men on tills mine alone, beginning July lit. The recent developments in thin property prove it to lie one of the great est mines on the coast. Already tho town of Cornucopia is taking on new life as a result of the determination of this company to increase its working force. Union Republican. Mining deeds for sale at this office. It has been truthfully said that in this era of consolidation to destroy comjieti tiou It is of note that the metal mining industry is one that encourages and sup Mrts all others and coniieteH with none. A new factory coniKites with establish ed factories; an additional farm tends to lower prices of farm products ; another store cuts into thu trade and profits of existing ones; thu miner, alone, enriches all and conietes with none. His of all pursuits, creates the real wealth, patronir.es every other estab lishment and, producing nothing)thnt he can consume, affords the liest home mar kets for the products of others. The amount of his purchases depends iion the amount of mineral development. His work sets in motion and sustains a legion of other industries, all oorating to u common good. Ah n promoter of railroad traffic, as a creator of new enterprises, as a custom er for manufactures of all kinds, tho miner is the best purchaser, vivifying a wide circle of activities. It has been calculated that each underground miner affords employment for ten men aliove ground, thus putting in motion indus trial waves on which ride to profit the merchant, the manufacturer, farmer and railroad man. Ho asks for little, but self-interest sug gests to every man in every capacity that anything that aids the mining in dustry aids Ids own business. The val ue of the miners' patronage is manifest. Whatever helps the miner helps all ; whatever represses the mining industry Injures to that extent thu welfare of the nation. Thu miner needs no subsidies, concessions or anti-trust legislation; ho does need, however, to have his Import ance more generally recognized. Were it not for tlio miner one-half of this entire nation would still boa wilder ness, and the other half tilled with peo ple preying upon one another in the struggle for existence. Tho miner has created tlio greatest homo murkot in the world and is thus the foremost factor in all commercial development. When tho miner has money to sjend, overbody in his vicinity is prosperous. And tho truth of theao patent facta should be rccognited in the legislature of ovory mining state and territory. Western Mining World. Tho Capital Hotel is again under the management of Mrs George li Tedrowe, which fact guarantees the best of i -service to all patrons. Sullivan Machinery Co. M ) Sr3L 138 ADAMB ST., CHICAQO Manufacturer of Diamond Drills Rock Drills Compressors, Hoists and General Mining Machinery Northwest Ornc;t S. 101 Howard St., Spokane, Wash. W. A. Jones S. D. Sanders R. P. Jones Miles Fitzgerald The Golconda Hiwly Fitted and Stocked With High Gndi Liquors, Wines and Cigars oo Sumpter Draught and Pilsner Bottled Beer, Elk Club, t Ramsey Scotch, Malt and Bourbon Whiskies A SUMPTER, OREGON The New Olympia E. E. HATJBER, Proprietor , Succtstor lo Hinrv Finqer Newly refitted and remodeled. . . . All the best brands of Liquors and Ci gars handled. . . 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