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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1902)
Wednesday, June 4, 1902 10 THE SUMPTER MINER ALL ABOUT NICKEL. Exhaustive Report by Joseph H. Pratt, of the Geologi cal Survey. Miliuriil ItcHoiiirux of tlio Unltod Mate, 11)01, published by lliu Unlti'.l HIiiIch (irulnjjiral Suiwy, and now In pri'HH, David T. Diiy, chief of illvlnion of Minlim mill .Mliicriil Itiwiiircix), will con tiiin 1 1 it report of Dr. .loeopli llyilo I'rntt on nickel, cobalt, !liiornpai mill cryolllu for 11)01 . 'Pie two prllii'l'ial huiiiyi'M of nickel lire tlin iiieKeliferoiiH pyrrbntlto, the mint widely Hpreuil of the nickel oren, mill Henllille, (Hpecliilly the piriiierite vari ety. In lliln country the iliiiiiwtii! pin tltii'l of nickel Iiiih been ii by-product from the lead ore of .Mine l.iunotle, in .Minioiuri, fitien the hIiiiUIiij.' iIowii of Hie (inp nlcltel nil tit; In l.iuiciiMter county, IViiUHylvauia, about llfty mile wi'A of I'liiladelpliia, alioiit ten yearn uyo. TIiIh mine wiih worked from nliout lKlill to nickel Iiiih been discovered on tlio bead wutern of Tulainccn river, Ilritlnli Col iimliiu. The first uws of nickel wiih in making (icrmati tdlvcr. Nickel in iiImi iiccil (-x-tennlvely for coiimpi by the United tateH and many lluropcan countricH. Nickel in iiImj need, when welded upon iron and rolled into nheetH, for making culinary uteiifiN and other object p. The nio-t iniportiinl nee of nickel Ih in niak inn iilckol'xlcel, now lined in large tpian title in the production of armor plates, turrelH, propeller nhaftH, bicyolen, etc. Nlckelold, a nickel plated idled of zinc. which in iioii'corroivu and iIoch not ox idize or runt, Ix largely '"-fl in mukiitt batlituln, refrigerator linlnyn, etc. A new nickel alloy of nickel, nlutill iium and copper, which can bu rolled Into platen and barn, Iiiih recently been Introduced bv a licillu manufacturer. Tim only nickel and cobalt produced In the Uiiltid StatcH durin-,' 11M1 , were iih by-preduclH at Mine l.amotte, Mi Houii, and the matte containing the nickel and cobalt wiih refined at CoiiHta bln Hook and Canidoi, New .lorcey. There were obtained 0,70(1 pound of nickel, valued at Mfilil, and l.'l.llliO pouuilH of cobalt oxide, iih compared with 0,7lf poiiudH of nickel, valued at IKS0, when work wiih dii-coutiuiicd In caiiH) of tlm abundant nupply of nickel ,KS(I, and 0,171 pouuilH of cobalt oxide matte from (aiiiitln. lriiecn iiikI hiiiiiII ,in,,biced lu HUM). Thin in a i ecreane of iiiiioiiiiIh of the nickel niiueralH e,cntbltii and p'niierito have been found In North Carolina, but not in commercliily hiiIII dent iUiintiticH, tlmuidi it deposit of nickel ore averaging I .ft pr cent nickel Ih reporttd near .Morgantowii, llurke county Similar occiirreiiceH of nickel Hlllcati) are found in Oregon, whom the percentage of nickel ore Ih much greater than In the North Carolina lulueriilH. The Oregon iIuimmIIm urn on Pincy iiiuuii lulu, In DougliiH county, about three inilcH a little north of went from Hlddlen, a Mtatloti on tbu Southern I'aclllc, rail road, mid a high grade cobalt orodcponil Ih lielug developed in the eastern part of IhiiHtaiu. Nickel ore Ih reported to occur hi some ipiantlty nt the CougrcHH mine, In Upper Nine-Mile Hcctloii, iibinit fourteen uilleH north of Keller, Ferry county, Washing ton. TIiIh hccIIoii wiih formerly worked for copper and gold, but wan abandoned. In the latter part of IIHII tlieclalniH were again taken up and are now being devel oped for nickel. The Wyoming nickel oren, near Sheri dan, Sheridan county, do not i-ccni to contain nickel In commercial Utintity; at I'liiey creek, alxo, nickel ore Ih re ported. Near the northern bonier of Churchill county, lu Cottonwood can yon, alxiut forty-live miles from Love lock, Humboldt county, Nevada, depos its of niccolile and gcri-dnrllltu have been prospected as nickel ores ; and deposits liawt alo lieen reported at Ituukervllle, Lincoln county, and near Ciuidelaria, Ksincnildit county. They have not yet been producers of nickel ores, It Ih re ported that the .Magnetic mine, near Tucson, Aiir.oua, contains nickel oren in iiiiintlty and that they are now lielug investigated by eastern capitalists. Nickel oren aie retried also iih found on Spring creek, in the lllack Hills, South Dakota, about eleven miles north west of Custer, and at the St, Joe mine, lllackblrd, U'lnhl county, Idaho. A i it enl discovery of nickeliferous pyrrhotite in rcsrted near the head of Skowl Arm, near Ketchikan, In south eastern Alaska, where the ore Ih stated to I hi In two mrallel veins. Nearly all the nickel used in the I'nited States Ih obtained from the miiies in the Sudbury district, Canada, which produces prol ably one-lmlf of tin nickel useil In the world. Tim other chief sources of nickel Hru tlio mine u( New Caledonia, in tlio Pucitlc Ocvau, uuil of SIIchIii, Autri. Nickel dooltii uro living developed mil JnUetorlly near lUiiKeound, Norway; mid it upjoted vxtennlvu dcoHlt of .'1,01ft pouuilH in the production of nickel and an Increase of (I,KS!) pounds in the production of cobalt oxide. Klaboratu experiments have been uiailo by the Canadian Copper company to rellne, in Canada, the nickel copper matte from the Sudbury mines, but t Iiiih far lu vain, the greater part of this matte being re fined in the United States. The amount of nickel iuiMirted and entered for consumption in the United States in MM wiih 117,:OI,:i:i7 lunds, valued at I,H 17, 100, as compared with r7,0.V,t88 pounds of nickel matte, etc., valued at l.tWII.WOln 11HM). The amount of nickel produced from matte mid ore Imported into the United States wiih I0,l!l",0!7 pounds, worth between live and six million dollars. There was a de cided increase lu the production of nick el from New Caledonia ores in 1101. The price of nickel oxide has been about live cents lower per pound than the metal, while the coh.ilt oxide Iiiih iN-eu sold at fJ.l'O a pound. The nickel industry in increasing iiipldly, mid there ban been, also, a decided Increase in the amount of nickel used in the United Staten. The expoit of nickel oxide and matte from the United States in IIHII wiih n,8l,!,(kV) pouudH, as compared with 5,Hr0,tK)0 pounds in WOO. The amount of cobalt oxide Imported into the United States In M01 wiih 71, 1100 pounds, valued at f l!tl,t.'0S, iih com pared with 51,07!! Miimds, valued at fSH,- 051 in 1000. Ah the United States re fines the greater part of the nickel matte produced at the Sudbury mines, natur ally the Uulluil States exorted nickel to the amount of 5,800,055 pouudH in 11)01, or L'5I pounds less than was export ed in I DM. The production of nickel in Canada in 1000 was 8 7:l,000 pouudH, valued at fl,3(V4,BOO; in Franco tlio production wiih :i,7-)0,K()0 pounds, valued at 1,0:0,000; in fierniaiiy it was 4,.1,75(1 pounds, valued at $1,1)00,010. Mining deeds for sale at this ollice. Investors, Attention. 50,000 shares of best mining stock In eastern Oregon for sale. Write for terms and prospectus to T. Costello, postmas ter, Cablovillo Oregon, Cable Cove district. Hoffman's llakery makes a specialty of furnishing Ice cream for parties. Prompt attention given all orders. 10 11h sugar, $1; sJccs and extract 10c; beans, 6 to 7c; ham, 14c, Racket Store. fi F.GBRODIE iLvV SMFf jQBrTTJB 'Mil Watches, Clocks -JEWELRY . SPECTACLES OPPOSITE HW HOTCl, GRANITE STREET. Sumptcr, Oregon. 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