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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1901)
r THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 24, 1901 MONEY AND MINING Tendency Is Now to Develop Promising; Prospects. DuHtiitu tins fact that tlio attention of largo Hyudii'atL'M Iiiih Ikhjii Homuwliut do Icctccl from ininiiiK unturprlnuH in tlio Went by tli()ii)mr(!ntoM)rtmiticH grow ing out of tlio laro coiiHolIdiitioiiH of in dtiHtrinl and other uuturprixcH, it in in torchtlng to unto tlio Kunural activity of Mimllor cuiltuliHtH hi tlio internioiintiiin regloiiM. Thorii Iiiih boon no period in tliu hiHtory of Iho iiiinhiK Htiitcn orlmpH wliuii inoro activity wiih ovldunt in tlio way of converting proinl(liin rnxH.TtH into iiiIiich. CapitaliNtH of tlio Middio Wont wIiohu intereMtHiiro not syndicated, and who rcalizo their iuahility to mic coHHfully c()inK!to with tlio vast aggro gatloiiH of organized wealth tiiat will in duo time absorb tlio Hpeculatlvo oppor tunitioH at hand, tind in tlio mining HoIcIh of tho Went ainplo cIiiiiicch to ciihIiIoii tho fntiiro with velvetand ipiad rnple tho money they ceo lit to Invent. Tlio trend toward proinlHing proiiectH and partially developed inineH rather! than to tho piiri'liiife of great milling propertleri, hcoiiih to ho well initialed, and proiiilncH a future of uneipiulled i iichlevenient in tho mining Induntry. j When t'iiiltiilirtlri fully reallo that tho liiveMtinent of it few thousand dollar, in development of mining property, that given every geographical and niineralogi vul evidence of wealth when properly exploited, in u safer Hyritoiu of procedure than to expend mlllioiiH for demonstrat ed property that may perchance ho in tlio afternoon of its prosperity, tlio min eral iudui-try will reecho u momentum from which it will never recede. Time was when a tendency in this di rection w'iih checked through tho brutal abuse of opportunity, wildcat schemes of tho mint scandalous typo lielng folstid iimiii susceptible investors. Men with bunco steering abilities unloaded worth less properties on eastern capitalists whodeslied to identify theinsehes with on Warren creek, a tributary to tlio Payette, in Idaho, for some time, and (bids it to work so well on 6(1 cent dirt that ho has no doubt of tho success of tho Grunt county venture. Tho Crane creek pincers are about 20 miles from Granite. The dredge boat and ponderous machinery will be shipped knocked kown from this city to Granite, whence it will bo hauled by wagon to the dig gings. "Tho mines have been ojMjratcd by crude methods for .'10 years," Mr. Itob oris said yesterday at tho 1'ortland, and tho average amount of dirt moved annually has been about 3500 cubic yards. Even at this slow rate the placers have always paid good wages to tho men. Our big dredge will have a capacity of L'(KK) cubic yards a day. Tlio plant will cost about L'5,000, but wo have ground enough for tho next 'M years. "Tho presence of too much water Iiiih worked against operating the mines by tho crude sluice box methods of the past, as the land is so level that tho tailings cannot bo run off. Tho dredge boat will have the advantage, as it will need the water to keep alloat, while the buckets mo reaching down to bedrock and bringing the gravel mid gold on board to bo separated. Wo can run nine mouths In the year, as the frosts will not interfere with us to the same extent as they do with old fashioned appliances. Wo hope to have tho dredge in operation early in tlio full. Oregonian. WATER RIGHTS DEFINED. Supreme Court Decides Willow Creek Cm From Tins County. The Oregon supremo court Iiiih handed down the following decision in tho capo of Asa H. Ilrowu et til., resH)iidents, vs I.. II. Maker et al., appellants, from Maker county, Robert Kakiu judge; alllrmed. Opinion b' Justice Moore. Willow creek risen in the Mine moun tains, Hows through the arid lands be longing to the parties in this suit and empties into Powder river. In the spring it carries 400 Inches of water, minor's measurement, but in the sum mer only ;i() inches. In 18IU plaintiff's predecessor diverted water for irrigation the growth and prosperity of the West. (f ,,, ,,, ,, lnt.r hlcmuil!lI tll0 .,.,. 1 ho losses of money resulted from mich , y (, Hator by ,,,,,, lUier HtrwlIllll work not only deflected capital from mining properties not absolutely devel ops! to the hi1iiI of prolitablo produc tion, but likewise diffused sentiments of prejudice against tho silitical interests of the West, through which the mountain states have suffered Irreparable loss. Now that a tendency to take hold of undovoloHd properties is manifested again, let tho rights of the investor bo scrupulously protected. A milling coun try is not developed by one producing mine, however magiiillceul Its yield, but by transforming proHoots into mines. it' is iiiliuitely better for the mining states for investors to liberally share tho tips and downs of embryonic mines, and uncover tho hidden wealth of our great and a swamp at tlio head of Willow creek. In 1H1I2 defendat diverted L'5 inches of water from Willow creek above i plaintiff's and in 181IU diverted 40 inches. Plaintiffs al lodged that this wiih an in fringnient of their rights and brought this suit for an injunction. The lower court found that tho plaintiffs were en titled to 105 Inches of water up to July 15 ami I'M inches thereafter, and en joined the defendants from interfering with the How of this ipiantity of water. Tho supremo court allinns this decree, laying down tho following rule of law: "The Hrst settler iivon public land through which a stream of water flows nmv either divert tho water ami use it mineral Held, rather than limit the ox-1 f,,r " "" i;nS r ! tlio pendlturo of capital to the nn-lucliuii of ! ""!"""" aw r l1'1 I""1" '; ponillturoof capital to tlio prj wealth already in sight. Mut capital is entitled to honest treatment, and tho man who seeks to inveigle it into wild cat propositions is an enemy of the great j mining industry of the Tutted States Daily .Mining Itecord. DREDGE FOR CRANE CREEK H. G. Roberts Having One Built In Pott land, Cost $25,000. G. II. Itoherts, a prominent mining man of Idaho, is in Portland, arranging to have u dredge built for bis placer mine in Grant county, lie him LX) acres on Crtiue creek, a tributary of tho John Day, where n thorough hi stem of pros lectiiig shows the value of the ground to average IK) cents a cubic yard. Ho has boon ojKiratinga Poi tland built dredge el He coast states, where the modi lied rule of riparian ownership is still in force, and insist that the stream shall How in its natural channel undiminished in (iimntlty, except when applied to the natural use of the upper riparian pro prietors, and for irrigation, if the stream affords a sutllcient (uantity of water for the latter puriso." "Dm Ban no Monk Ranch." I'p in the mountains a few days ago a party of hunters had their wagon broken and a monkey wrench wiih needed to re pair the vehicle. One of them walked over to a ranch near by and asked for the tool, in us plain English us ho knew how, but this is the reply ho got : "No, das bun no mouku ranch ; das ban sheep ranch. Ah tank you strike tho wrong Waco." Huntington Herald. Stdlivn Machinery Co. 135 ADAMS ST., CHICAGO Manufacturers of Diamond Drills Rock Drills Compressors, Hoists and General Mining Machinery Northwest Office 101 S. Howard St. Spokane, Wash W. A. Jones S. D. 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