THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, July 10, 1901
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OZOCERITE. MINERAL WAX.
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$15,000 Ssh To be Given Away
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2,000,000.wnd
RECKON, IN OHIO,
MASS.. AND IOWA.
WMAT DO YOU ESTIMATE?
THE PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Will Give $15,000
ID l,UUU uasn mill in inoso iiiiikiiij,' mo neuresi esti
mates 1111 thu combined Ofiiciul Vote of OHIO,
MASSACHUSETTS and IOWA, cast for Gov
ernor 011 thu full day or November, 11)01.
E-tiiuutu the total vote in these three States
combined for Governor ntiil send your estiiuuto
mill 'mik-criiitioii to THE SUMPTER MINER
mid you will receive a eertiiieatu which will en
title you to participate in the distribution of thu
815,000 to lie awarded by the Press Publishing
Association, of Detroit, Mich., to those making
the iicnru.it estimates of the Oliicial Vote for Gov
ernor in thu states of Ohio, Massachusetts and
Iowa, to lie determined liy tho Election to he held
on the Oth day. of November, 1001.
Wo have made arrangements with the Press
PublMiing Association, of Detroit, .Mich., to en
able our MiliMM'iluii'.H to participate in the distrihu
tiou of tliiMO magnificent prizes, amounting to
81j"i,000.
OUR OFFER:
lions will he extended from date of expiration,
ccililicato iibiiliilcly free.
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Your Estimate
and w'll receive in ninny certificates us he sends subscriptions to THE SU
('lull ruNcrs will icccivc a ccrlilicalo lor each subscription olitaincd.
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To nlil sub-ctllier. In (nrmliiK tliflr estimate, we fur
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THAT THE
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$5,000.00
UNTIL FUR
Til Ell NOTICE
every one who sends us Sl.'-Ti for six month's
or SL'.OO for one year's Hub-eription to THE
SUM1TEK MINER will receive a cortilicutu
which will entitle him to participate in the distri
iiuliou of the prize.'. Present s iincribers iiiay
take nilvniitago of this oiler and their suhserip
No advance is made in the price of our paper; you get tlio
In Austria Over 5000 People are Engaged
In the Industry.
Ozocerite, or mineral wax, is n resin
ous substance, in many respects resemb
ling beeswax. It is found in Austria
Hungary, Ilussiu, Uouniunla, Egypt, Al
geria, Canada, and Mexico, usually in
connection with rock salt and coal ; but,
so far, it has not been discovered any
where in siillleient quantities to pay for
the mining except in the district of
Horyslaw, in the Austrian l'rovidco of
Galicia, ami to a limited extent at
Tchelokan, an island on tho west coast
of the Caspian sea, writes Consul Frank
W. llossfeld, of Trieste.
The existence of mineral wax in the
petroleum district of Uoryslow was
known about a century ago, but for more
than GO years it was turned to no ac
count. In 18. 1, one It. Dums, a mer
chant of Lemberg, opened a mine with u
view of utilizing ozocerite for illimiinat
ing purposes. lie also Invented n lamp
adapted to the employment of this com
bustible and bad it patented.
The successful working of this mine
attracted the attention of a largo num
ber of speculators, who proceeded to
buy from the poor peasants' small tracts
of laud known to contain deposits of tho
coveted material, and to sink shafts upon
their holdings, until 18(!5 there were
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X sipiare mile, no less than 1 1,000 ozocerite
J pits, varying in depth from 'Jo to 170
J feet. Want of working surface and bad
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sen you send in your subscription you also send your estimate. Jio carotin to M , tiie larger number oi owners to diseon-
name, address mid cstiinnte us plainly as possible. As soon as we re- 5 . tinue operations, and llio.-o who have
ecivo your silh-cription wo will sj'inl you a eertiiieatu of the Pre.-. Publishing Association, of Detroit, Mich., Si' not been weeded out under the opera
conlnining your estimate, which will iiMiro'you any prize your c-tiniatu may entitle 3011 to claim. We will lilo tion of the inexorable law of the survival
a duplicate certilieato with the Press PublMiing Association. Every subscriber may make as many e.-tiinates of tho litlcst,now seem to do 11 moder-
MlTEIl MINE!!. X ately lucrative business.
1 Mining operations are commenced by
sinking a shaft and connecting it by gal
leries with tho beds or "110.1U," contain
ing the wax. Hoinetimes it happens,
when a nest is being opened, that tho
enormous pressure of the gases shut up
in the same causes tho soft mass of wax
to hj forced out with great vehemence.
Such occurrences greatly imperil tho
2t..i Vf lives 01 the u.iuers. who am comncllcd
Jjo.UC ' ! "00 " I",I,IU higher part of the shaft
710'cM h j for s.ifetv.
An oliicial investigation mado in 1808
showed that during thu previous year
tho oocerito beds of Galicia covered an
are of 1,IIL',S!I.S square yards, and that
there were I'-' different mining concerns,
employing oil:! operatives. Tho output
in that year was 1",0(S,020 pounds.
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INFORMATION
PRI7.CS TO QE AVAHDED AG FOLLOWS:
To ihr ncircM cntrect ctllnutu 5,000.00
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pul'llsli the n.inu's anj nJJirttcs ol llio
Slsli'iucnl 11I Mr. V.
II.111U, Detroit. .MkhU.in:
A. I'unK, I'r vlJcnt 11I the CiiilfAl S Inirs
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JHillJ SIG.OOOln llio Ccntr.il SjnIiii: ll.tnl(, D.liolt, .Mich., lor
thr etptrM utHiv ! vlni; Ihc l'tli' In tin If Oiiili'it on tin com
NIWM OMiClll lilc 111 till" M4lt 01 Uliln, MltklClllltOIII .inj IOW.I,
1I1.1I thlk lunj ran le urJ lor no oilier putHt'
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To tin 7th
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To llio yttl
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'In llio next tnnr.ircit fisrich
To Hie next jj ncirrit JioimcIi
Tn tin' next 14a neirext Ss r.icli
To llio next 160 ne.itrvt $1 e.Klt
To !ie ntxt 1S.1ne.1rot Jie.ich
To Hie next xilnejreil , SitMCh
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Total, 04; filiei, .ntiiountln lo $12,800.00
In Addition to the Abovo Prizes the Following
Special Prizes will bo Paid!
Tn the ptrton nuUIn,' llio neurit Correct oilmile te
(ore July 10th $1,000.00
To tho ttn imUlnj the ne.ueit correct itlmale Ins
tnren July toih. 111.I AttKutl lotl $ 700,00
To the rtrtan nuklns the nctresl correct ejllmale lis.
te en Aui;utl loiluinj September icth 500.00
Tottl, 1,003 I'rlei. aii'ountlni; lo
015,000.00
I'lfklJont Central Savlnut It.ink,
)etioit,,MUh.
In case of a tlf, or that two or more c-llniators are
rquilly couect, prlics will be divided equally between
them.
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Measuring Gold Dust by the Pint.
A press ilNpatch from Walla Walla
says that considerable excitement was
caused there by the arrival of II. L.
Hriggs from tho John Day country, with
a pint of gold ingots which bu had melted
and run together from dust procured in
placer operations. Tho pint weighed
eight pounds and is valued nt nearly
$-000. llrigjiS, who was a well known
farmer of tho state line, has been min
ing in thu John Day country with a
partner recently. Ho will not talk about
bis discovery or its location, but it was
3 i ascertained that be bad washed out tho
gold with a lfiO pound pressure ami an
inch and a half nozzle in '!0 davs.
This is One of the Greatest Offers Ever Made 3
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The Cash Must Accompany Your Order. THE SUMPTER MINER Costs f
You Only 2.00 A Year. You Get The Certificate Absolutely Free.
Addiess your orders to THE MINER, Sumpter, Oregon.
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New Map of tbe Cable Cove District.
Engineer W. II. W. Hamilton has just
completed a new map of 'tho Cable Cove
mining distriet, 17x-':t inches in size,
showing the various properties tboro,
the mountain ranges, water courses,
wagon roads and trails, llluo prints of
tho same are for sale at The Minkb of
fice at $1.50 each, sent postpaid to any
address on receipt of tho price.
Prompt attention to orders for cut
flowers and floral pieces. City Green
House, Uuker City, Oregon.