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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1901)
r ws . i 1 1 I'" ' "" THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 10. 1901 if WONDERFUL SMELTER Of Course Will "Revolution iza" the Business. O. S. Onrri:titi,of Buffalo, Xuw York, line iiiwtuil u nuw Miiollor, for willed liu innki-.s fonio i.'.xtraviiptiit claim. If lie run i-iili-limtliite tliou claim liu revolutionize till! MIH'ltilH.' l)ll.ilH'.H. Ho f aye : "Tliv fiiriuu-o is coiistniuteil entirely of ciipH!r iintl tliu ctliimtiil ixh!Iimj nf liulMinc Is nlwnit f.1VK). The furniiru jnt (oiiiilctcl hiM to Ikj c:ij:iblu of IiiiiiiIIIiiv! l-' ton of oru each 'Jl hours'. "Tins fiirnucu consists of a uutcr-tixht erticnl dmft not very li.-l m i l:i r from thu prcj-eut pyritli: furnace. In tlit (iiirri't-onV furnace, houuvur, the iiiu of fuel Is iib-olutely unnecessary, the re iiiin"il heat helm: m'ncruteil liy thu com Im-tlon of riiilpluir In the ore and oxida tion of the Iron and matte. "While the heated jraM.' ari-e from .Mild out exten-iively, and the old man the hearth of the furnace, iHiuiiliiK the aeinenti retired and pvc place to Kn hiiH run a tunnel pome 300 feet into the ledge, which in Mriners chow free-gold. The sulphides seem to be in the gangue ih well nt the quartz seams, and the leduo is either 'MO or 800 feet wide. Thews llgures look large at first, but when it is taken into consideration that the ledge hIiows in two different gulches come two hundred feet apart, the width must cither Ihs the length of the tunnel or distance between the gulche". From this. ")int down the Austiu-Susanville road the country has. been run over a little, but there are many good projier ties which tiro not yet uncovered. Har ney County News. LONDON MINING INVESTORS. Thty art Eay Matlcs for Promoters aod Fail ai Mine Operators. American prosectors discovered the Kootenay mine". American operators and capital develoed scores of them into paying prom'rties, and distributed millions in dividend". Then came a new era of London dotation, when Americans combustion of sulphur in the ore in the UiKjr Kirtion of thu furnace, the nuts of the charge keeps par-inn downward till it reaches the great heat on top of the slag. There the silica is converted into slag by the action of the lime and Iron, contained either in the ore or sup plied as llux. "The copKr matte, a is well known, sinks below the stratum of tliu slag and here Is. where the value of the invention eouie" In. At this ixiiuLtliere are s6nio glNh exerts and olllcials. I'ress comment from ujwountry ex change" indicates that the chaugu ha" not given Hrfect satisfaction. The Nel son, 15. C, Tribune ii"ks: "Is there a single mine in Itritisb Co lumbia owned, managed and ojier.ited by old countrymen exclu-ively that is now a sueres"? Is there a single mine that iw owned, managed and operateil by Americans successfully previous to Its sale to old countrvmeii which N now (ixtr.1 tuyere" dolixering a blat under succe-fully oer.ited? If not, why not?" And the l-ardeau, It. C, Kagle makes the-e caustic cemments: "The Hople of I-omlon and elsewhere have proved to 1h easy mark!' for the uucrupulou promoter. Three hundred dollar proiertic hao Iwen secured by promoters and turned over to old conn- procure of 7(M) -mini- to the square inch on the molten matter, and a very intmMi oxidation develop" the heal ne oemry to convert the coper that I" yet In a stMte of sulphide into metallic state. Tlnin there are accouipllhel lu one oK'ratiou the roasting, thu mattiiu: and t h reducing of the copier to the metalic ' try comunie- at from SiM.OOO to $100,000. state. i After exenive organization, conies a "t)ne great iioiiit of value lies in tliu t " ' chappie clerks, ollicials,etc.,gen fact, Inasmuch as no fuel of any kind is required, it makes no difference how in necvwiul the mine may lie, the ore can Iks treted riuht there and converted into Ingots ready for the refilling. Pur-' '"K and it eem nacos can also be built of a size to ac-! exerieniv are enilly relative of some of the suckers in Imilon, who draw salaries and'w ear yel low leguius and eyeglasses. Thu truth of the matter is they don't rawer min us though large doses of slow In teaching them commodate the output of the mine's ea- 'e art. And a" soon a one of the hug luoitv. i lishinen does get next to a few things he "I u the old method and up to the Imlldinc of thu Ciarrctsou furnace, the only mode of extracting metal from ore, thrvo separate processes wen' required, llrst, the ore ha to le rxuted, which Is an exHnsie pnKes. Then the metal is extracted from the roasted ore. Uiter, by still another process, the various metals are searated, one from the other. The entire treatment is ex tremely iixi,ii"ie. By the umjo! this new furnace the exense is only one tenth a great. "Tor many years efforts have Ihvii made to produce a machine by which gold, silver, lead, coperaud the various other metals which are found in combi nation In low grade ore could be cheaply extracted. The great exjeiise and im perfect separation under theoUl systems have caused the alMiidonment of many valuable mine- which otherwise might hftve boon worked with protit." Mr. liarrolson has orgauired a com Ktny with f.i,CHK),(XX) capital to manu facture the furnace, and proiHisvs to civet a copier retlnery near Niagara Falls. The tlrst furnace is going to the coper ilistrict of North Carolina and the mvoihI will go to California. Kx change. Ltdgt 200 or 300 Ft Tide. Henry lUthjen, owner of tliu Viiuvut creek placers near Austin, ban located utl worked huvernl claims in this same belt, the ore of which him the apoar nce of the Bonanw rock. Mr. lUthjen generally iise this knowledge to formu late another white elephant company and thus continue thu good work of lleecing his friends in Iiudon." There is a dah of truth in these severe comment", though they carry some in justico a well, it is mere hazard, of course, but the Spokesman-Ueview doubt" If the American owners, had thev ! retained the properties, could have 1 maintained their high record of dividend payiiiL'. lVrhap" if this suspicion had not leu running through their minds, they would not have sold out to the Itritisb couianic". It seems that they knew when to hold and when to sell, and that is thu quintessence of business sagacity and success. Perhaps the inine. were not so rich as our London cousins thought them. Thu laindoners, too, have had other streak of lud luck. There have been serious lalior troubles, and the railroad iwlicv ha" not Kvn a liberal one. Nevertheless it N undeniably true that some of the big miues, at least, and probably a good many of thu smaller ones, hav- boon ojer.iteil with extrava gance, and i"orlmp.s with Kid judgment. This, however, is the common fate of all good milling camps. Like infantile troubles of teething, whooping-cough, measles and mumps, they are distress ing, though seldom fatal. Siokesmau-Iteview. He-ad jwge 10 of this i;ijvr and see what Tiik Miner offers its subscribers. . I- n n FLYNN MriN'S TAILOR A Line of Woolens and Spring Suitings such as would be found In a large city. Look for yourself. Work guaranteed and prices right. DON'T BE A JAY anj wear store clothes Granite Street, Next to first Hank ot Sumpter Sumpter, Ore. Golden Eagle Hotel Rates $1.25 to $2.00 Per Day T. T. DAN'ILSON, PROPRIETOR Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. SUMPTER, OREGON vva'v'5vw'tvvrvi A. P. GOSS, President A. J. GOSS, Cashier eW Bank of Sumptei Triniaols t Cer.eril Dir.klrj Euslncis Interest Allowed on Time Deposits Drafts drawn on all parts of the world. Special attention to collections. Safety Deposit boxes for rent. SUMPTER, OREGON a'U.byQ. v.'av---va.i4' ....The Elite Cigar Store.... L. HAnniS, Proprietor Newly remodeled and refitted. Smokers' resort. We are daily receiving fresh cigars of the leading brands. No stale goods in stock. Healy Blocks- Cor. "Granite and Center Sts. Eureka Feed & Livery Company H. K. BROWN, Proprietor Horses Boarded by the day or Month. First class turn-outs and saddle horses. Our spec ialty is the quick and safe delivery of freight and passengers to any and all points. HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALEHK THE Sumpter Forwarding Co. E. H. HORNER, Proprietor. General Storage, Commission and Forwarding. WHOLESALE HAY, FEED AND GRAIN . Warehouse and office, S. V. Track SUMPTER, OREGON. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUMPTER MINER $2.00 Per Year. Si Jmw,