Wednesday, June 25, 1902
THE SUMPTER MINER
WORK BEGUN
ON SMELTER
Company Has Strong Finan
cial Backing.
Several day since I'rofust-'or V. S.
KIhtiiiuii received a letter (roni Dr.
Mueller, written in New York, giving
sonic intci-cHtlng and Iniimrtnnt facta re
gardint the tlnancial nffuirs of the com
pany which hnH already Hturted the
work of building a Hinelter in Sumptur.
Ah wuh Htutcd in Tiik Minkk of two
weeks nincc, the Htoek wan more than
subscribed for. It Imh been apportioned
among hoiiiu of the InrgeHt capitaliatn of
Milwaukee, Detroit, llnltinioro mid Mac
snehusettH. The letter referred to gives
the tiiimeH of the stockholders, who uro
mostly bankers in the three cities
named ; one is the president of one of the
great harvesting machine manufacturing
companies, all of whom are men prom
inent in the financial world.
The sumo day the letter wuh received,
a telegram arrived ordering the prelim
inary work to be hustcned. In pursu
ance of these instructions, a force of men
lias been put to work making brick for
furnaces, dust chamber and stack. The
first kiln will contain only a half million
brick, that they may be delivered as
soon as possible. Other kilns will be
burned without delay. The stone for
foundations will be quarried and ready
tor delivery before the kiln lias cooled.
Ah was predicted in these columns, it
lias been decided to erect a smelter of
200 tons capacity, instead of 100, as was
at first proiosed, the capacity of which
can be further increased when neccH
wiry. The company now lias contracts
to treat over 100 tons a day and the de
velopment of smelting ore bodies is so
rapid that it is evident by the time the
plant is ready for ooration there will
lx) no difliculty in securing 200 tons of
ore daily. The capacity of the auto
matic sampling works, which will bo
erected first, will bo 500. tons a day.
Manufacturers of smelting furnaces in
Chicago, Denver and San Fruuclsco will
be invited to submit plans and pro
posals. The smelter will be ready to Mow in
not later than December 1.
Professor Kbcrnmu says that this en
terprise is only a starter; that it will lie
followed by other, greater and, to this
district and camp, more iinortant prop
ositions. Chief among these, of course,
is that of transportation. Several par
ties are now working on that problem
and it will doubtless soon be solved, but
if it is not, then the capitalists who are
furnishing the money to build the Hinel
ter will take it up themselves and con
struct an electric belt line, including on
the route the Cracker Creek, Cable Cove,
Red Hoy, Alamo, Hoblusonville and Bon
anza districts
NO MORE MINING ON DIP.
Kurni' Proposed Law Cuts Out Extra
lateral Right.
"While ut Washington," said Patrick
Clark yesterday, "1 discussed Senator
Reams' pnxsed new mining law with
several members of the senate commit
tee on mining. Tills hill is of greut in
terest to tiie mining world. It proMxes i
to abolish extrulaterul rightH on all
claims located ufter January 1, 1003.
Under the present law a mining claim is
(100 feet wide and 1600 feet long, and
claims must be taken 300 feet on each
side of the vein. Ah a rule mineral veins
do not descend vertically into the earth,
but have a varying dip or inclination.
As a result of this many veins, when
developed to a depth of several hundred
feet, are found to pass out from under
the surface area of the claim and into
adjoining claims. This has led to cost
ly litigation over the ownership of the
dipping ore lxdies and to a line of decis
ions by the higher courts defining what
are known us extralateral rights.
"Senator Kearns' bill iroioses to
amend section '2','2'2 of the revised stat
utes by adding the following provise:
'Provided, that as to all claims located
after January 1, HtOK, the locator or pos
sessor thereof, whether the same be pat
ented or unpatented, shall have the ex
clusive possession and ownership of all
the surface thereof, and all veins and
lodcs.thcrciu contained within the sur
face lines thereof extended vertically,
except that claims located after January
1, liRW, shall not be deemed to be in
derogation of any rights acquired previ
ous to that date.'
"Since Introduction of the bill Sen
ator Kearns has added another amend
ment increasing the width of claims from
(WO to 1600 feet. This amendment wuh
deemed advisable in view of the fact
that capital might be reluctant to make
extensive improvements on claims but
000 feet wide and having no extralateral
rights.
"It'.is exacted that the bill will pass
at this.session. The purpose is to get
it before the country and learn the views
and wishes of mining men. If passed,
title to a mining claim located after the
new law takes effect would be on the
same tooting as title to ti farm. The
owner could mine and explore the ledge
only within the surface lines of h's prop
erty. The pro)sed law Is practically
the same as that now in force in British
Columbia.
"The bill also proHses to abolish tun
nel rights.
"I feel that the mining interests can
safely accept any measure of thischarac
ter which obtains the ultimate approval
of the senate committee on mining. On
that committee are a number of senators
who have thorough, practical knowledge
of the mining industry such men as
Kearns of Utah, Stewart of Nevada,
Clark of Montana and Scott of West Vii
ginla." Spokcsinan-Itcviow.
Granite Quarry Near Haines.
A. Vinson, the well known marble
dealer of this city, is engaged in moving
his plant on Kim street to Haines, Ore
gon, where he will develop a new granite
quarry recently acquired. Mr. Vinson
has just returned from his new location,
where he haw leen the past two weeks
supervising the work of four men at the
quarry. In moving his plant to Oregon
Mr. Vinson says lie does not intend to
leave Walla Walla out entirely from hi
business, but will establish a depot here
with a complete slock. The product of
his new quarry near Haines is what is
known as boulder granite, a superior
quality of stone. His men are now en
gaged in taking out n little chunk incus
uriug IMxdxIo feet, that will require tlf
teeu cars to transport to its destination.
Mr. Vinson states he has now the only
granite quarry in this part of the north
west. Before locating his quarry up
Snake river, above Lewistou, till his
stock had to le shipied in from the east,
but now he is Independent of eastern
mine owners and railroads to u certain
degree. His new quarries are located
about three miles from Haines and
three-quarters of a mile from the rail
road. He also secured a tract of forty
acres near Baker City with granite
outcroppiugs that promise to develop
into something. Walla Walla Statesman.
Fresh vegetables at The Market.
C. F. RAHT
Assayer
and
Metallurgist
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE
SUMPTER, OREGON
BLUE BIRD
MINING
COMPANY
Capital $200,000
FULL PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE
MINES LOCATED IN GRANITE MININO DISTRICT, EAST i: UN OKLCON
50.000 SHARES OFFERED
XS,i,p,c" WHEELER & CO., lukirs
j IIROADWAY. NEW YORK
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A
NEW
GOLD
MINE
THE STOCK OF THE
NEW GOLD MINE
THE
CRACKER
OREGON
Located in the same dis
trict with the famous
North Pole, the Eureka
and Excelsior, Golconda
and Columbia mines in
the Sumpter District in
Eastern Oregon, is now
being offered, to provide
money to do the neces
sary development work,
such as run tunnels, build
mill, etc. f This mine
shows an ore ledge which
extends for a distance of
j.ooo feet on the prop
erty, showing a clearly
defined vein of from 10
to 40 feet in width. It
will undoubtedly prove
to be as great a producer
as its rich neighbors. The
price of the stock is
15 CENTS A SHARE
Par value 1.00, Non
forfeitable, Non-assessable,
and no personal
li bility.
Tki MistSurohiHf lnvostiitioi
Is IskMl for This ProiositiM
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DEVELOPMENT
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