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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1902)
4 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday August 6, 1902 I 1 SPRIGGS SPEAKS ABOUT SUMPTER Entertains a High Opinion of This District. Hiieu of iiiimy of tliwm illHiicterH. The limn Immlllnir powder Iiiih prnlmlily lropil it wen it burn mill do other Htrmi).'u tliinuH without t'xplodiu, until lit! Iiiih iI('vcIomm1 11 contempt for itH in offi'iihivcncfH, until Hoiiicihiy, when thu eouilitioiiH hapM'ii to hu junt rijtht, lit: in hurried into tin; heyoud without it wc iimlV time for relleetiou. Hu knowH tlmt it will expliMlc under coine eirciiui HliineeH ; ho linen thu coal miner know Former Lieutenant (iovernor A. H. that a naked li(!ht in lire-damp tneaiiH HiiriuifM Iiiih IuhI returned from a trio to 'M 'Xtenniuation ; hut ho iiixuMtoimil to Sumpter, Orison, where hu aecompiiuied ' prtwiiru of tlicw. eliani-en of iintnud lieneral ClmrleH S. Warren. In 11 talk I i,ltM ' 'I"-"' ' lecoin that he will with nil Inter .Moiintjilii rei.nrtr lit t, ' tnk clmillTH tllllt MM'lll like (lelllMTIlto Mutte today, Mr. SprimtH xiihl many nlee ! "','i'l'. tiling ahout Sumpter dlHtrict. "Tl"' "',l l"-m:tiro t vrlmpliiK capK on a lili-o wild llie teem in Ihvipiiiiiik hiim. lete, iiionI of thu advonituri of thin handy and ffTectivu im'tliix! having hitteli thu "Thuru uru iKteen dividund paying mliicH within a rndiiiH of twenty.livu mili'H of Similiter,'' Haiti lit', 'anil two of them an down ahout ILIXI leet. They have recently put in iniHlern tnncliinery that In thu Im'hI that money can buy and the veiiiH are Milil to he iih rich and in vvt-ry way an pwxl at that depth iim above wronn part of thu cap at wmii' time. Illack powder will not ntund llaine, but tlie Klycerine cunijMinndH are nuhjeut to all fortH of vagark'H, and when pure are comparatively nafu. Impurities mieh iim water and acid left in it in itH manu- preHent 'Ukiii thu opeuiiiK of thu new hotel, which wiih ill ho called thu dedica tion of the new camp, town or city, of irccnhorn. "One year a no thin part of the dixtrict uiih practically abandoned, but nlnce then paying prinpuclH have been found until there aru now moru than llfty inincH where pay ore in liehin taken out. "Thu new town of (ireeuhorii in but forty davH old ; that In, it wiih only thought of forty iIiivh aj?o and there aru now about thirty bulldiiiKH and moru than llfty moru in eourxeofcoiiHtniction, Ih'hIiIch ninny teutH and not Ichm than :IUU minerH working- in thu inmiedlatu vicinity. "Our pleiiHiire, or rather, our uiyhtV rent, wiih winiewhat broken," naid thu piveruor, "by thu dance and thu many tiling thitiKH that K '" make up thu deilicalory cerviccH couduuted In true Oregon fiiHhioii. "Anionic other thlntxH, there wiih a dance in prorcHH which lunteil until wo left and many kiiiiich of chance which we, in our old wicked, K'tnihliiiK dayn uiiide it a 'nal offenne to play. From my ItcdriMiui I could hcu thu ntar through thu riHif, the trcen and the lMauti(ul nceiiery throuyli the hIiIch and by tonkins; over my pine bedhead In one direction Udow, I could watch thu clianc-i of fortuneH at thu pinililinu tables, and in another the licautlful elide of the undulation, delicioiiH wait.. "The hotel couniHtcd of hut little more than euouitb framework to hold up a tent, hat I haxe no doubt that it will mmiii Ih' liuinhed up to Ih a comfortable place, "I liaveK'i'eat faith in (ireeuhorii and the Hllinpter ilintrict." concluded Mr. Spriisi!"). Ilutle Inter .Mountain. HANDLING HIGH HXPLOSIVES. Diuttcr it I)jly-Wl Cll Forth Inscrip tion ol Mlnm' Hablti. )eiier Mining ltuHirterf editorially dicuinj tht tul.vVt and e.iHteru coal mine e.ploiouHl ban the following commeut on thu icckk'n carelcHHiiesN that tiMi often charactcricH the daily habltMif the oidluary miner: "We have bad to record thin mouth two mine 'HnaHtcrH, each of which cau-isl ' the Iohh of many liven and the dent ruc tion of much piojH'ity. A larje n-rcent-ace of thu caHiialticH in undoulitcdly i-aiiM'd by nioHh careleoHiiefii on the part of the men iIiciuhcIvch and in dellauce of rctiulutiniiN. Thu hpirit of fataliMii which trrowH Umiii men, after they haw faced death in limulm! of diffeicut wi, specially from powder, is the We were above Sumt.ter about tweu- future, ciiiihu it to deconiMiHU and may tv-llv 1 011 wlmtlnkunwiiUHtireen. ' r!iiK " "'" uxploHion without any out- liorn mouutaiii, and happened to bu nidu iliHturlmncu. Itluntinn capn aru the moHt iianp'roiiH of all the exploHlvn iimmI. They will not Htand HpieuinK, coiicuhhIoii or Hume, and too much care cannot bu c.xcreixed in tliclr uie; yetlhu early day miner would taku a ntlck of (Hinder out of bin IhmiI, a cap and match from bin vent Hckft, a piece of fune from bin hat and then he wiih ready to put in a xhot without thu trouble of having to move aUiut and II ml thenu varloim arti- cIch. Ily thu time hu had crimped thu cap 011 with bin teeth and lit ,tie funu without noticing whetlier bin partne wiih ready to pull him up or not, hu hud done all that human auuucy could do to exterminate hlniHolf, tliun proving that an euHlly avoidable rink, taken often with impunity, in utterly foruotteu or iKUored until thu inevitable occurn. "It In only when u diminter of IiIkIi proMrtioiiH HtartluH uh tlmt public fuel hit; in uroiiHcd and invcHtinutionH aru made. It hIiouIiI Ikj thu rule to invcHti Kate the eaiiHe of every mine accidunt, not only to determine thu rcHMitiHihility, but to IniprcHH, umiii the miner thu ini- Hirtancu of carefulncHM and to elucato him. Kducation in mininn methiHlM uieaiiH the Hrroual nafety of thu men underground, and until they learn thu ucccHHity of prottvtiii); theniHelvuH, niin inn Mill coutiuuu to bu an extra liaxard oiih iH'cupation." llofTmau'H Hakery makeHa HK'cially of (uruiNhliiK ice cream for partien. I'rompt attention uiveu all order. T. (S. llariii-ou, attcut lor thu Giant Powder company. Mining deedn for Mile ut thin oihVc. I FRED G. LAWSON 2J S? WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER '?L Jp We mike a Specialty of Supplies for Miners. &' Heinze's Celebrated Canned Roods and a opera House Block Full Line of Groceries suJ,0rM. J1U 1 Strawberries and Vegetables Fresh Every Day. American Brewing and Crystal Ice Co. E. SIBER, General Manager. 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