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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1902)
IO THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesdav October nj. ige: THAT UNIVERSAL Has Influenced History in All Ages of the World. Tiiri- 'ttto MMpcrt imiHt Ihj I'luifiilcrcil, for 1 while it niiitiul be denied llmt the tlnrnt THIRST FOR GOLD rrKlt nixl iln infl hi-when nniuircd , have hfn productive of nilleli evil; nn the other liaiMl.it IniH plitved nil important nirt in the iidviineemelit of tin: world mid the lietterinent of mankind. IIIh- lory hIiow thill tlie iiei-lru to mm'ii pild Iiiih led to uiiiiiy important recorded event, from the duy (lint the ArotiuiitH nulled from (ireere to the prt'Nunt time; the foiindiitioii of the rand Hclence of rliemlHtry wiih laid liy the uleheiniHtH, whose only thought wiih to make (told In Ht.'iireh of Kold, mini hui explored the Till! follow Iiil' Ih roiideiihed from t tin-A 11 ihiIh XVI : During the reign of N'ero.ii t'artliatfin inn limned CenelliiiM Hiihhiih ennui to Itome mid rmiHcd a great excitement hy "". lli-tiiiit partn of the earth; to htiitliiKtliatonhiHowiu'HtateinCnrtliiige Kll'r it when din-overed, he Iiiih plant he had found a deep cavern containing a "'I oloniex and laid the foundation of great ipiautity of gold in crude. IngotN, , ow "atioiiH. With tlm iniriiiuiiri capi- Hich an were in iihc in tl arly agex of l " "wpiircd he Iiiih eHtnhllchedexteii- the world, lie toild iiIho that (Jueen nlvu inaiiufaclureH, whicli ill turn have Dido, when nIiii fled from Tyre and ' "'c'XHllated u proKrtlonate commerco fiMiiHliHlC'urtliiiKi'.linHiKlillliiHKiiMuiiil,111"1 ,Ih' ,,"r"''H Mpulatiou hit been ilcNmitiil it in tin) cave, that ho much l)le for a tiinu to live U-tter than ever wealth might not prove tlm liiinii of the ' tfore. new colony. TIiIh trwiHiiru, lie mild, wan I T-"' 'Hwivery and large production of renerved to add to the Hi.lendor of NeroV K"1'1 l'lifiiriiiii, AiiHtralla and New reign, 1 .ealand Htimulateil commerce mid man Nun. and the Itoman eitixeiiH helievrd ! "' '' perhapn than any otlier IhlHxtory, and iK-gan to make luvirdi ex- ,'" in iiuhUtii hintory; mid the nut enditureH, puhlicand pilvate, on the eenHive dlxcovery of the precioiin metal xlrength of it. After a time the emperor ' ' DritMi Coliimblii, South Africa, Alan-H-nt lilHiigentHtotraiiHM.rt thetreahure k" nl elxewhere, Iiiih nerved to main to Home; light galleyn were lilted out, tiiin iinillttuiiM hy the effect of which olllccred and manned hy tliiw Hclecled , rallroailM hae heen built iicroxn the for their IUiichh. In the niemi linn Ameriran iiiuliiiciit, mill ninny vilhigcx lit wiih diiitracted liy hope and fear,,111''" '"'onie reat citien, during one with doubt nod expectation; no other K'"t'rti Mihjecl wiih talked of. The common i-1 tniUHfer of imputation to new Imiili pltt helicveil tiverything, while men of tien invarlalily follown a gold excitement, relleetlon argued in a different manner, When old coiintrifH In-come over pupil The exMftiHl Ircimure wiih the hiihject 1 1""". 'Hxeontent 1 engenderetl, which on which oratorn expatiated and Het8 . 'I" 'lixfunxion mid war; in that con exiiaUHttxl their Invention; the Miiiilitr' '"" ,," I11"!''" econic unhealthy and mind pictured the ruphueinent of ngri- mIhwihu ami famine renult, hy which culture liv ininliig, ami Mltiviil Hint tint nurphm Ih nuturally din.inihhed; other gixlN were working iniracleM to Much the w'"" '" Hitlllcient for their HUimrt reign of Nero. ! cannot Ih obtained; emigration Ih uat- Nero held the name opiui lictiou "rally "low. hut Htiuiulatttl hy a gold pahHttl for truth, ami nothing wan loo I excitement, colonintH follow tlie gold liyiKtrlmlifiil for the cntliillty of the eekern ami tlm imwurt- in re veil. prime, lie launched out into greater' Tlie area of fertile IhihIm on the earthV piofiiHiou than ever. Deluded hy bin Hiirface in ample for the HupHirl of more hoH'H, and Mire of 11 Hiipply for yearH to '''' H tli- human In-ingH who have couie, lie exhausted hlx'treUHiiry ami i lived at one time; hut there muni lie began to anticipate hi imaginary fundx. ' e Htrong incentive to oveicome tlie "The exiH-ctatloii of enormoiiM wealth indolence of an over crowded column- made him the bubble of a madman and iiiiHic rixhcd the public." IScfxiiN returned to Carthage and di rected the men rent from Koine, and many hired lahoreri- were to dig in many placcH, hul no gold or cave wiih found, and he committed miicidc. SctitutiiiiH re fern to thin ciiciiniHtauce in few werdn: "lie, (Nero), wiih encour aged In all thin wild mid enormoiiH pro. uity mid love of home inherent in man. 1 In time, colouintH become indeeudeul mitioiiH, which not only create new mar- ketH, hut hy fending their raw product I inndM the mother country. The lawn of 'nature, which in general act nlowly, may lw in xomc degree accelerated by the line of the prccioiix metal in the IiiiuiIh of man. It in a xingiilar fact that Nature doe fiihiou not iiulv liv the great revenue of at leant pait of her work hy intermittent the empiie, hut by the Hiulileii lioieH inipul-e, which may lie m-imi exeniplilieil given him of mi imiiieiiHe hidden twin. lire which ljueen I ido, iihiii her Might fiom Tyre had brouglit with her to Africa. Thin, a Human knight pieteud ed to iiHHiire him, wiih i-till hid in hoiiic deep caveniH and might witlia little hi iMir Ik recoveiiil." (I.ivch of the Twelve CueMirH, Neio, chapter .'IL'.) A Hiuiewhat HimilarcouditiouofthiugH exixlcil in Caliloruia and Nevada for neveral yearn after the ilixcovery of the t'ouiHtiK'k miller-, which xhowh that human iiatiiie in the name in all agee, irreHiective of diiten, tiold han but little ilit I i iii-it' value, vet owing to iln phyhical propcrticx mid the cxccnxlvc lalxir ieUlied to obtain it, it in accepted an the nlmulard, and it in the bent known meiliuiu in which laUir can Ihi ntorel ; the convenience of colli great ly facilitate the work of man. While I have found hut little rcvoidcd In hinlory in itn favor, I am led by my ntudicn to believe that thin innocent, harmlenn metal, by an occult gift of nature an mynterioiis an magnetic attraction, ban leade hintory and iutlucuccd mankind to a remarkable degree, III the htudv ol thin Iiiihii lanl nubjecl in earthquake, the llow tf oil and g.i well, volcanic eruption, the tide mid wr.ve of the nun, the circulation of blood from the dincovery of America hy Col iinihu to the year 1IKH), I, according to in animal, and epidemic: animal and ! the report of the ('lilted Statu mint, in plant pa more or Icon of their time in round muulier, nine thnuand eight Hleep. Thin law eem to apply equally to gold excitement. I luring long period of uninterrupted prourity, Miible only while gold in abundant, over prouuetion and npecubi tiou prevail, lalnir in diverted from agri' hundred and elleveu million dollar.-, ('I.Sll.UtW.OOO). Thene. Ilguren, wliicli I trut are with out error, hIiovv how uuill a iUiiutity of gold Iiiih nerved to keep tlie world in ac tivity, if not turmoil, for four centime culture, and artinaiiH and trader congre- hut mall an it i, the Htoreil lalior they gate in cominurclal center; tbi unmit-I ruprenent in too great for the human ural condition bring itn own puninbment' mind to conceive; tliey neem to confirm and a train of eviln follow, to which my opinion that if u niugle, nolid ma of attention in beginning to be drawn. It metallic gold in magnitude ciiial to that in iiuinible that prenent iullateil eon- of a medium nixed dwellinglioue,nhoulil dltioiiH can long continue. It Ih an by any Hjsibillty be dlncovered on or undoubted fact that all excitement are near the earth'n nurface, it would haw followed by correM)nding deprennion ; little if any practical value, it would rep there are many alarming nymptonin of a renent no ntored labor and would Ih in neriou reaction in the not far dintant exec bf reiiuiremunt. II. IS. Hank future which tuny lead to contraction, falling-price and eventuul return to con dition nimilur to thone which exinted In-fore the golden age of the nineteenth century. While there in reason to be lieve that retrogrenniou, already com menced, will lie gradual, it may lie nafe to predict that the next half century will nee it many lniMirlant cbaugen a tlie hint. The total gold product of the world, in Mining anil Kugliicc ring Itevievv. Timber and Homottad Filing. Timber and liomentend tiling, an well U8 linal proof, can be made befoie Charlea II. 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