f THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, September 4, 1901. V i! f SMELTER AT THE STANDARD. Plant on the Ground and Con struction Being Hurried. Tim iiFMiriuici! of 11 Mueller nil Dixie cruck Iiiih (tivcii considerable impetus to the iuirt mining in tin- (JimrtzbnrK difirifl' 11111I coitMldcrablc development work Sh Ix'inn done. A Minor rcprcccntutlvi) vMted the citi' of thu .Standard Smelter cumpany'H new venture, on Monthly. Ilu wan eourtcoiiHly received liy.l..l. Parker, who, during thu iiIim-iico of Mr. Kelly ban cliurpu of tlio work. 'I'liu workH uri! Hltuiitcd u little, over 4 of a inlii! from tint iniiiii clmft of tliij coiiiiiuiy'H mine, tliu CoppiT King. A Hood uniili! Iiiih been cMnbllHhcd'for tint tramway from mini! to Hiucltcr. An cany crude Iiiih been purveyed iivt tlio hill to the Noith I'ork of Dixit creek, mill a roml will bo built, making mi cany Imtil to llic Hiiicltrr front tliu proportion in Unit (llxtriet Tlii) work on tin) Hincltor itnclf in be Inn pushed iih fiint iih it ciin bo, with tint ini'ii available, mill tlm material lit biinil. Tliu ground In cleared, mid tlm founda tloiiH iiro ri'iidy for tliu viirlotiH build lugH. A Hiilirtliiiittul eribb-work founda tionlHiill but ii'iidy to iidiuit of tliu machinery Ih1ii(! nut up. Tlio ImilerH, engine, puinpH, nklpwuy, hot-air blunt, lire-brick, building brick, in fact every thing in on tlm ground. Tlm heuvient work will bi) to get tlii'M) In place; meanwhile the framing mid crib work, under thu olllclent hiiiktvIhIoii of Mr. MiiHbrm'k, in rapidly approaching com plotlnu, mid it in I'oiilldi'iitly expected that the big Want furnace will, iih Mr. HiiHbriH'k naively oxproHM-H it, "lie blown in" with tlm tirrl miow. hi t'oiiviTNitioii with Mr. Parker, tliu latter Miid: "Tliu work Iiiih Ik'i'U neccH-arily nlow fioiu tliu htiirt. To get 11 good, Milid foudiitimi for our i' fib work, on which thi' hi'iiNii'ht machinery will -tmul, wo luidtoi'Ut uwiiy tliu hIiId of tlio hill. It wiih him! mid 1 1 envy work, but nil IiiiiiiIh weiii pulled together, mid, bar ring tliu placing of tin uiiii'hiui'ry, tliu wnit in now over. Theio in not niiieh to chow iippiiruntly, for nil our luird work, but I inn uioiu thmi Kitii-lled, i-oiiflilcrlng tliu ditlh'ultii'H wt liiiM) hud to I'oiiti'iul with." Mr. Parker In a veteran of tin) Span-Mi-American wtir, holding rmik in tlm trmihxirtutioii department of l.iiou, I. I. Ilu in iuui'Ii plcai-ed with tliu out look mid pitslii'tH 11 Hpli'udld future for tliu inlni'H of tliu iJimrUhurg illntriot. I'riiriu I'ity Miner. COPPER MINING INDUSTRY. 'Interfiling Factt Regarding its Rapid Growth In Rtctnt Year. A ruport will MHin I hi it-Mied by tlio Interior department of tho geological nimey on tliu i'opKr miniiiK mid Hiuelt iug industry of tlm I'uilcd Staled in ItHKl.. Thu iniltiHlry wiih exceedingly MirceroiiH during the yeur. Values remained ut a relatively high level and while 'Home of tin; great producers, through a variety of causes, did not eon tribute iih niueli nietiil an in furiner years, others largely increased their out put. Thero mum vory nrt-n nctlvlty lit tlio oningof tho old mines and tlm devel opment of now proper! ten, but only a few rouched tliu productive Mago in 11KX). Ono by one, tlio roort nay, they will itpK.'ar ai H'llvrH in tlio eoper market In 1IK)1 mid 11102. The reort contnlnH figures showing the great strideH niado in the mining of copjier since itH inci-p-tlon iih an industry in the United Stnti'8. In 1815 the total output of the entire country wiih only 100 tone In 18-r0 It wiih (ITii) (oiih; in' 1KC!) 12,500 tons and in 1880, 27,000. Since 1880 Montnna and Arizona luivu entered the field, and the yearly output Jinx increased by leapHiuid hounds. In 18KI! the output wris Til, 57()toiiH, hi lKIK)(),ll5,(ti;(l tmiH and in 1IKX) the uroHH total tonnage of mined cfMipur wiih 270,fi88 tonn. In tlie comparatively early ntago of. the copper iudtiMry, that in prior to 1880, w lien tlm new lleldn in Montana and Arizona hepm to make' theiiiKelveH im portant fartorn in tliu output of the rnited HtutcH, by far thu ftrento.it pur-, cciitiiKu of the total output cuiiiu,froiii thu Lake Superior reuion. In 1840'tlm percentup) of the Lake Superior pro duel of thu total output wiih 1)11 ; in 18ft), HH; in IHtH), 115.1, and In 1880, 8L'.L'. With thu dNi'ovcry of thu Montana and Arizona mint'", however, tlio per t'cutauof the total product of copper inlni'H in thu hike Superior rcKlnn lie Han to dccrciiM'. It wiiHLtt.7 in 1SSH, III. I in I81H), and In ItltV) 111.5. The exportH of copper from the I'nlted Staten, have cteadily liicreiiHed during the hint few yearn. In 1KIKI, HO.IIttU toiiH of fine copper were ex Hirted;iu 181IK, VJTi,VAKi tonn; in 18118, 110,115 toiiH, and in 1000, 100,0S'J tonn. Thu lieiivieHt exportH took place in thu llrnt half of ItHM), when lH),7i:i lotift tonn were nhlpped. Thu product of Montana in 1000 broke all rccordH, being 770,7118, A'M kiiiiiIh, wliilu in Arizona tlieru wiih UHliiiht falling off. i ONE ADVERSE OPINION. IF F. C. BRODIE Watches, Clocks -JEWELRY- j SPECTACLES j OPPOSITE NEW HOTEl, GRANITE STREET. Sompttr, Oregon. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Walla Walla Paper Quote a Prevaricating Thickhead. Thu Walla Walla Union ipiotcH one, Kil (Jroirory, an wiyliiir, after tbrowiiiK a lniuipiet at Maker City : "Smnpter, how ever, about which tlieru wiih mi much excitement uImiiiI eighteen moutliH ago, Ik dead and thu fuw men who havu re iiiaiued in IiuhIiichh and havu nurvived tlio collapi-o may live tliroiigh and con tinue to oxint, hut they havu loon ago lo.-t wliatuMT ideiiHtliey may havu once pom-HHod relatlvi) to thu future, of thu camp. "Maker City will never Iki a largo city. There in nothing to niaku it w. Tlieru in not an acre of what one would call good laud near It. It in iiiiucH, iniiicH, all iiiiucH. The country about there Iiiih all been explored mid all of the mines which uxiftH thero have been found. "A nhort tln.u ago I vinited Smnpter. That place 1h jur-t waiting for Mime one to come along and bury it. There aro pcoplu there who can't get away and there are other who niaku a living. No one in doing more than pacing well and there were hundred who left all they bad without other return than ex perience." Of couri-e, there in hoiiio roanon for a man lying with thin baxelcHH abandon. Whether thin man Gregory was refuneil a hand-out here ; or received a rubuff on a larger wale, Tiik Minkk can't wiy, but it in a mire thing that Hiiuething no curreil in Smnpter to dlnpleaio him: otherwise bo wouldn't havu drawn ipiite ho long a bow. One thing in certain, however, that bin Htatcmont regarding the farm hunk in Haker county ami that other xUrt llngly deprcHdlng information, that "nil the mine which oxint thero have been found," Ih proof inwitive that ho Id a chronic thickhead who knows nothing aUmt thin or any other mining region. Head page 10 of thi paper and see what Tiik Minkk offero ltn MtUcriboni. ALLIS-CHALMERS CO. n hi) 'LtLH ib k 9IHHpU'flBw3iBfiA General Ofiicc.- CHICAGO, ILLS. 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