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Wednesday, August 6, 1902
THE SUMPTER MINER
TAXATION OF MINES.
Test Cut Now in the Courts Over in
Washington.
Mining Interests in the state of Wash
ington are just now nt war with asses
sors. Mining men Insist Hint milling
proH!rty be assessed as other real estate,
but assessors decline to do so, and have
sent in their reports assessing mining
lroertic8 at the full rate the stock is
selling (or on the market. Judge Neiil,
of Ferry county, has rendered a decision
upholding the assessor, and now the ease
is in the supreme court. Several com
panies joined issue and made a test, re
sulting as above, and will continue the
case in the, higher courts.
The plaintiffs contended that the as
sessment for 1he purpose of taxation was
illegal on account of the methods em
ployed by Assessor Andrew Casey in fix
ing the valuation of the proerty owned
by the respective comenies. Instead
of basing this valuation upon a true and
fair estimate of real value, as required
by law, they claim the valuation waa
.actually based upon the selling price of
the stock of the various mines, and that
.aa a result an excessive valuation waa
placed upon their property.
Evidence was introduced for the pur
lose of showing that in listing town lots
4tud other real estate not held for min
ing purines the valuation was placed at
one-liulf the selling price. The selling
price is made the test of a fair and true,
valuation by statute in the case of all
real estate.
The constitutional provision requiring
uniformity and equality of taxation is
claimed to have been violated by the as
sessment of one cluss of real estate at
half the market price while another
class is assessed at the full market
price.
The tleleiiHu produced testimony to
show that the ussessor went umu each
piece of proerty and used his judgment
in making his valuation. The selling
price of stock wux but one element in
arriving at a conclusion, and it was con
tended the assessor has the right to take
all matters within his knowledge into
consideration in arriving at a valuation.
The defense also claimed the valuution
of the proerty of the various corona
tions was not excessive.
It is certainly ditlicult to arrive at a
fair value of u prosect or mine, either,
for that matter, and unless the stute
makes some equitable adjustment of the
laws governing mining interests, conten
tions will certainly arise, causing con
siderable litigation.
Similar laws to those existing in the
state of Montana should be passed by
each state legislature. In that stute no
litigation is possible, and every mining
man or company seems pleased, or rut her
no objections are offered as to taxation.
Montana levies un assessment of two
per cent on the net output of every
mine. In addition the surface is assess
ed at the rute of five dollars er acre.
Surface improvements are valued and
taxed as in other cases. This system
equalizes the burden of taxation and
causes it to be levied where it belongs.
Mining must be encouraged, as it means
the expenditure of large amounts of
money in an endeavor to muke values
where none would exist otherwise. The
government's system of exempting from
taxation unpatented ptoperty is wise
one, and each state should pasH such
laws as will tend to promote an industry
of so great an importance as mining, in
stead of surrounding it w itli obstacles
almost insurmountable., Western Min
ing World.
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ANOTHER REDUCING PROCESS.
Many People Experimenting With Ore
Treatment!.
Few people real lite what a number
there are of appliances to simplify and
increase the efficiency of concentrating,
milling and by various devices lead to
the cheaper trertmeut of gold and silver
ores. Only a few of these ever reach the
mining fields of the west, but in looking
over the scientific journals one is almost
amazed at the countless numbers of such
things put upon the market. Slathers
of them don't get very far from the
workshops of the producers. Karely
does one come up to the requirements of
the mines. Hut inventive minds con
tinue to experiment. One of these days
theru will prance out of the multitude a
muu with a machine and a system that
will muke u stir among the producers of
mineral and possibly upset all the oper
ators of the present day.
It may Ik- that F.mll A. V. Schultxe,
whose name implies German extraction,
a resident of Baltimore, has struck just1
the thing wanted. He has scnt .he
last five years in completing n new sys
tem for the reduction of gold and silver
ores. His patent covers the reducing of
ores of a complex couiositiou, to lower
or simpler combination, thus allowing u
larger yield by subsequent treatment of
friction and separation.
Here is the outfit he proposes to use:
The apparatus consists of a furnace sul
divided into un upHr, or ore, and n
lower, or fuel, chamber, with suitable
contrivance to introduce atmospheric
oxygen and hydrogen. It' the usoof the
two lutter all sulphurated ores are first
converted into sulphates and then de
prived of their sulphur and converted
into hydrogen and leaves the ores in a
metallic state. The churge will ussuiuu
the consistency of a sougy muss, in
which the minute particles of gold and
silver are exposed and can be thorough
ly extracted by any of the present
methods of bundling. It will be seen
that it does not extend to the recovery
of the metnls, but simply prepares the
ores for easy extraction. Mr. Schultze
states that the advantage of this process
of chemical trituration is in the absence
of expensive crushinu, stamping and
roasting machines. The apparatus is
Mirtuble and can Imj transferred from
mine to mine. The crude ore is broken
up in the line of cleavage, excising the
smallest particles of precious metals.
Churcoul can be used where coke and
fuel are not obtainable. The cost of con
struction, weur and tear, luhor and fuel
is reduced to a minimum.
It seems to resolve itself into u cheap
mode of concentration, cleaning out the
waste uud leaving the metals in small
bulk to be munuged by any method
udupted to getting out the gold und sil
ver. By the description, the apparatus
can bo packed or curried in a wagon to
different mines in uA'district, put to work
011 dump or sorted ores and in a short
time will prepare them for easy manip
ulation. Like most improvements
brought out, it is designed to cover only
n small part of the mining necessities.
Again, it may work very well by labora
tory test in Baltimore, but when con
fronted by the needs of the big mining
fields out here, it may fall down nlti
gether. Butte Inter Mountain.
TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE t. I878.-NOTICE
TOR PUBLICATION. I
UnlteJ Sutrs LanJ Office.
L UranJe, Oregon, Julv n, loot. I
Notice Is hereby glen that In compliance with the
provisions ol the net ot congress of June , I87S, en-1
tltleJ "An act tor the tale oftlmber lanJs In the tate '
ol California, Oregon, Neva Ja an J Washington Ter
ritory," a exteJJeJ to all the Public LanJ states by
act ol August 4, Hos.
MCLVIN W. SADDLER,
ol Des Moines, county ol Polk, itate ot Iowa, haa
this Jay die J In this office hit sworn statement So.
Ilto, (or the purchase of the seK, nwW seV,
neu swf nl section No. ti In township No. II south,
range No. it EWM, anj will offer proof to show that
the Ian J sought Is more valuable for Its timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes, anj to establish
his claim to salJIanJ before the Register anJ Re
ceiver of this office, at La Uran Je, Oregon, on Mon
day, the loth Jay of November, Igoi.
He names as witnesses: Francis tS. Connelly,
Thomas Tweet, of The Dalles, Oregen: I'rank Eag
len, ot La UranJe, Oregon; V, R. MeaJ, of Sumpter,
Oregon.
Any anJ all persons claiming aJversety the above
JescrlbeJ lands are requesteJ to file their claims In
this office on or before salJ loth Jay of Nov., loot.
E. W. HAHUirrr. Register.
TIMBKK LAND, ACT JUNK M, 1878.
xotick nm rtniutwrioN.
UnlteJ Stales LanJ Office,
La (iranJe, Oregon, July It, ioo. t
Notice Is hereby given that In compliance with the
provisions of the act of congress of June , 1878, en
tllleJ "An act for the sale olllmber lanjs In the states
of California, Oregon, NevaJa anj Washington Ter
ritory," as extenJeJ to all the Public LanJ states by
act of August 4, 1841.
JOANNA E. TRUE,
of Pullman, countvof Whitman, state of Washington,
has this Jay fileJ In this ollice her sworn statement
No. I14I for the purchase of the sw) of section No. 11
In township No. II south, range ro. I wm, anj will
offer proof to show that the lanj sought Is more
valuable for Its timber or stone than for agricultural
fiurposes. anj to establish her claim tn salJ lanj he
ore the Register anJ Receiver of this ottice at La
UranJe, Oregon, on TuesJay, the slst Jay of Octo
ber, loos.
She names as witnesses: Rowena WlnJus anj
llarrv E. True, of Pullman, Washingten: William I).
ArnolJ, of La (IranJe, Oregon, anj V. R. MeaJ, of
Sumpter, Oregon.
Any anJ all persons claiming aJverselv the above
JescrlbeJ lanJs are requesteJ to tile their claims In
this oltice on or brfore sal J iM Jav of ctnber, lqo.
E. W IIAHTLIITT, Register
TIMBER UND. ACT JUNE ). i8j.-NOTICE
POR PUBLICATION.
UnlteJ States LanJ Office, I
La GranJe, Oregon, July , . (
Notice Is hereby given thai In compliance with the
provisions of the act ot Congress of June 1, 18,8,
entllleJ "An act for the sale of timber lanjs In the
States of California. Oregon, NevaJa, anj Washing
Ion Territory," as extenJeJ to all the Public LanJ
States by acl of August 4, 184s,
CHARLES O MCHRELL,
ot Pullman, county of Whitman, stale of Washington,
has this Jay fileJ In this office his sworn statement
No. i)og, lor trie purcnase or me e sen, sw 1-4 se
i-4,se i-4 sw i-4 of Sec. No. is In Tp. No. is.s, R.So.
IsLWM.anJ will offer proof to show thai the lanj
sought Is more valuable for Its limber or stone than
lor agricultural purposes, anJ to establish his claim
to salJIanJ before the clerk ol the Supreme Court at
his office al PenJIe on, Oregon, on III Jay, the 14th
Jay ol November, iooj. .....
He names as witnesses: Jothua M. I'almerlon,
Minnie SpaulJInc, AHreJ R. WlnJus, ol Pullman,
Wash., anJ William J. WlnJus, of Colfax, Wash
Any anJ all persons claiming aJversely the above
descrlbeJ lanJs are requesteJ to file their claims In
this office on or belore salJ Ulh Jav of November,
,ooj. E. W. IIAPII BIT, Register.
NOTIGE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Mineral Application No. a7.
, Mineral Survey No. g !
UnltrJ Stales LanJ Office. j
La GranJe, Orrgon, July o, luos.
Notice Is hereby given that In pmsuance ol the
UnlteJ States Mining Laws, A. W. Lllls. whose post
office aJJress Is Sumpter, Baker county, Oregon,
has maJe application for patent for it 60 acres ot
placer grounj embracing the "MeaJow anJ a por
tion of ihe "No Name" placer claims, sltuatej In no
organlirJ mining Jlstrlct, llaker county, slate ol
Oregon, JescrlbeJ as follows, lo-wlt:
MEADOW PLACER.
Beginning at Cor. No. I, Mrnllcsl with cor. to
Sec. o-l. T. u S., R. it E. W. M thence south 8.,"
St mln. west 660.7 ft. to Cor. No. ; thence north I" Is
mln. west 660,6 It. to Cor. No. 1; fence south 81' o
mln, east 66 .s II. to Cor. No. 4: thence south I it
mln. east J7H.9 It In Cor, No. I, Ihe place of beginning.
A PORTION OH NO NAME PLACER:
Beginning at Cor No. I, whence the !. Cor. to Sec.
wis, T.oS.. R. it I:.. W. M. bears north it
mln. east 600.7 ft., thence south 8u ss mln. west 660.8
ft. to Cor. No. 4: thence north o" 48 mln. west 616.8 ft.
to Cor. No. 1: thence souih 84 44 mln. west 616.0 ft.
toCor. No. 6; thencenoilhoa mln. west 614.6 ft.
lo Cor, No. t: thence north 84 11 mln. east hii.s ft.
lo Cor. No. 8; thence south 7" west 644.I ft. to Cor.
No. 4: thence south 8 1" east I41.6 ft. to Cor. No. lo;
thence south I Is mln. east 660.6 ft. lo Cor. No. I, the
filacs of beginning, containing it.6o acres, ani form
ng a port on ol ihe SWJf, Sec. 9 In Township 4 S.,
R.t. fcWM , , .
The locations of these claims are reCorJeJ In Ihe
office of the Recorder of Conveyances In Bakej
county, Oregon, as follows. to-w,t: "MeaJow
IMacer 01 page 64 Vol. Cj, ihe "No Name Placer on
page 6j Vol. (i, recorbs of Placer Locations. AJ
Jolnlng claims are Sumpter Placer Mine, J. D. Young
Co. Placer Mine, Natche Placer Mining Claim anj
unknown claimants.
Any anj all persons claiming ajversely any por
tion of SalJ mines or Surface ground are requlreJ lo
file their aJverse claims with the Register of the
UnlteJ States LanJ Oltice, al La (iranJe, In the stale
f Oregon, Jurlng the Sixty Jays perloj of publica
tion hereof, or they will be barreJ by virtue of the
provisions of the statutes. . ,
E. W. BAkTLLTT, Register.
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