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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1902)
Wednesday, Julv q, 1002 THE SUMPTER MINER -- RED BOY STOCK FOR SALE IBiiHiHBlHHBBaMiHBHIBHHiliHn Three Thousand Shares in the most Famous Mine in Eastern Oregon This is the first opportunity any outsider has ever had to get in on this dividend paying mine. This is indeed not a speculation, but a safe and profitable investment. This block is now offered for oF & & & & $1,350 Cash, 45 Cents a Share The buyer will not only receive big interest on his money, but the value of the stock will undoubtedly double and probably trebble within the next eighteen months, as the mine's output wi soon be largely increased ot vtf Address: "B. F." Care THE MINER. SUMPTER, OREGON j ! ARTIFICIAL METALS. For Ovr 1000 Yean Mtn Trltd to Pro duce Gold and Silver. For over lOOOyeais. mankind declared nuil Indieved tlmt Kll uinl silcr could 1mi artificially prislm-ed, ami innumer able seareliers have lalxircd (in t liin priuV 1cm. These workers have not Ui'ii wholly within tlm class of nit'tullurwiHtH, or whut wo ininlit vail scientists, but all ranks, and calling Imve contributed con tingents. The general Impulse which w designate as alchemy remained inllu etitial until the het;inuiuK of the eigh teenth century, and was so widespread that it deserves consideration In a stu dent of social science. While it In prob ahle that in tliu more ignorant ages, a larger nunilier of H.'oplo ls'lievcd In in cantatioiis and ghosts than practiced true alchemy, yet the public, profession of the latter was much more frequent than the puhlie profession of siieriiat ural swers. The history of alchemy has indeed less significance for chemistry than lor the history of culture. The Isilief iu transmutation was pro moted I iv the oh-ervatioii of ease in which the apK-aiance of gold ami silver could lie imparted to h.iser metals. For (sample, copier alloyed with .iue as sumes the ordinary color of gold. Treat ed with certain arsenical suh-tauccs it assumes a silver-like appearance. .More over, the doctrine of Ari-totlc that sub stances, differ, not Is-cau-o of different coniMisitiou, hut hy leason of difference of properties, necessarily encouraged tliu trausmutatioiiistH. It wiin in this spirit that one oerator distilled mercury 1,700 successive times in hopei of I r 1 v i 1 1 j out from il the liquefying principle and thus obtaining tliu solid silver. This ignorance as to the details of chemical eniiKiition ulo led to another misunderstanding. Mine waters con taining copper eoniiounds(thecxiHtcnee of coper as such in the water was not recognized) would, hy the action of iron, deposit the eopier and the iron would dissolve. We havu no dilliculty today iu comprehending the nature of the action, hut there was a time when It was helleved to Is a transmutation, and Iu alchemical language was expressed as being due to Mars (iron; having Irid off his armor and decorated himself with the garments of Venus (copper). It is interesting to note also that ac cording to the (J reek alchemists lead was the generator of other metals. It was esHH'ially the generator of silver. Wu havu no dilliculty iu understanding how this last error arose, I.ead ores usually contain some silver, often very consider able amounts, ami the oicratiou of cu pel hit ion easily burns off the lead and leaves the button of silver, iu which I ulllilM tlllliillllf II kf ..filfl Hr.i jkfli.ll fiiltul ".. ... -... -i.. Henry l.effnian, iu Oassler's Magazine for June. Harrison can tell you why all lucky strikes are made with (iiant 1'owder. Only the Is-st brands of liquors and cigars at Dunphy's "The Club." Shoes of all kinds at Neill -Mercantile company's. Fresh candy daily at Hoffman's llak-ery. Wouldn't that jar yer? What? (iiant isiwder. llar.lewood ice cream will 1st served daily at "KturgillV If you wish to strlku it rich use (iiant Powder. i IN60RP0MTE UNDER JMZOJtt LiWS. Most liberal eoriration laws in tho I'llitcd States. No frinielitwt lm nr - orbitant fees. I'rivate proerty exempt iroin an corporate ileitis, rar value ol Stock made llliv iiliionnt. N'n limit mi ran. Italixiitiou. Stis'k is non-assessable for any purmse. Noamoiint of stock required to In suhscrlltcd. No state control. No state examination of Ixxiks. legislature can't reM-al your charter. Keep ofllcu and do business any where. Wo attend to all business, pay all fees and churgu you but foO.tHI in any case. Write for llooklelof (,'(irHiratlou Laws and other information. Address ARIZONA CORPORATION CNARTEII Ct.v MNIHAN IWIMN. PHKMI. UIZM. 7 fe f4 WI Ll-i m H T I If j'JlMiyUii UM k I il MfllHBHKgHgMM Friction Clutch COUPLINGS 1 POWER TRANSMISSION MACHINERY I SPECIALTY CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED AND- PULLEYS POWERFUL, SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE TOn FURTHER PARTICULARS AODRCaS WILLAMETTE IRON AND STEEL WORKS PORTLAND, OREGON lyvaxim