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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1902)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 31, 1902 MILL IN OPERATION. Resumption of an Old Time Producer. Tim Itoiiaua mill lit (telaer in now dropping '-'(I MlninpM on orn -xt rnctol tdiiru tlm time tint cniHucut from tint iiinin xliiift Iiiih M'iiclratcil tint lend, I'ivti hIiiiiiim wcri! Hturted lirHt, hut tint accumulation of milling iiiart. Ihm'iiiimi ho great, it wiih found iieceHdiry to have oint-liulf tlu i'iimi'lty of the mill in Operation. A cniMHCiit from tint HoO fiHit level of tlm tin i II nlmft, which Iiiih Iteeil Mink to that depth in the laxl few inoiitliM, . Iiiih H!iietnitil litt ore lewly, proving tlmt tint wonderful pity .omt of ore, wliieh on tint iiiier litvitlH niinlit IIiIh mint ho fiiniotiH, itxiHtc at tlmt depth to u eer tilllity, and tjioro emi he no tie8tinn hut that il goen down to unknown doptliH, the came an other great milieu of tlm cHMterii Oregon gold iIoIiIh. There In morn pleiiHiiro in recording factH ahout an iiiiiortaut and permanent Htriku on the Itonanxa than on many of tlm other hig mined of tlm ilitdrirt for He vera I reiiHOUH. Thin iroHrty wax tlm meiiiiM of call iug a great deal of attention to thin country. Hh iheniniieiml output, tlm largo llguro for which it wild, and the fact that it lifted more than one permiii out of ohm'iirity into wealth ami iif lliience, together with other romantic rcuiliicHeurcH which cling alxiut il, cauntt many to remeuther hiicIi a mine and Iiiiho their opinion of lint inineH of a whole date, perhaps "" the huccchh or failure of thin one property. (Jniiheipiently, when a few ninntliH piiicn tint llonaua ctunihltd, and came near falling on account of lack of de velopment, llicic were many who could have wiiil, "I told ymi mi." Hut fortun ately the extensive development which WUH living mi dlliu'elltly prohecuted III other MvtioiiH of the dixtrict, and the laige hodiea of high grade ore heiug opeiied up at coiiMilei.ihle depth, i'iiiimmI an nptimiNlif feeling, and people had faith in the old Itou.iua, a faith which need never now he liakeu. Ilenpito the report that the fl.MMKHI hoiht wiim elected and another fO,0M w.ii. expended on Hitf.uii improvemenlH, iix a hlulT, the management have kept ipuetly at work and have arrived at that point where they need cine nothing for puhlic opinion. It in wild that the only draw luck to a complete kiuvcnm of t Inn nuiiou old pro ilucer in that the null will have to he moved to 11 limit convenient location, and the tramway changed to coufonu to the new ciiiiilitioun. All of which will he d me in due time. Quito MiHiu thi mum will he adding Hh iiiotu of fllhl.OOO h' mouth to the gold hillllou yield of caMcm (liegou. Hunker Hill and Sullivan company to remove the hoict from the nurface, and place it on the 5(10. Thus 500 feet of hoifting and pumping will lie mived, and tint prenent machinery will enahle the company to milk JiOO feet further, or KXK) feet helow the curfaco. Shipping couccntrateN Ih Htill the great prohlem hefore the company. They have tried the route to Pendleton and hIho that to Whitney. A portion of the product of the mine Htill gocH doth wayH. The large force of men at work on the road early in the fall had to he laid off during winter' hecaiiHu of the hiiow. A deMil of cnnccntratcH Iiiih heen entail liHhed at TIioiiuim ranch, from which point the company Iiiih hcitn hauling the remainder of the way over the hiiow Ndwh. NEW CYANIDE PROCESS Zinc Shavings or Dust arc Not Required. SUSAN VILLH'S BIG MINK. Wlut it tWlii( Dour on Ttu Badgtr Prop erty. At the llulger mine tliere i- no cer.a lion of work. The chad in now down fiSTi lect while two force are driving the rniM-.Mit tunnel, nhich it to cut the xhaft at a depth of .MM, feet, and oxu aUive the null One foice is drying liom the hh.ifl l.nsaid the mil, while another Htailed at the null and i driven toward the nhaft. Thev will nuvt idmrtly, com pleting the adit level, and tliUH ohviat iug the Mirface tram that Iiiih Ixvn med niiicit the concentrating plant wuh put in oxratioii. Vheii thin adit tunnel lias heen couipietiol, il il the purHXH ol the Dr. J. A. Ogden, an anmiyer mid cheiuiHt of Dead wood, S. I)., Iiiih Ik'cii iHHiied a patent for a proccHH wherehy gold in cyanide Hohitiou may he precipi tated without the line of zinc diiHt or HluiviugH. Dr. Ogden accotiipliHhcH the precipita tion hy the union of other chemical Holution. Thu effect in inHtantitneoiiH. The gold Holution chaiigcH from u clear liipiid to a dark muddy hue. Ah the union Im made an agitation in kept up, to more effectively hrlng the gold notation and the precipitating chemical together. After the union Iiiih liccu accompliHli ed the value are ohtaiucd hy a few ImiirH' Hcltliug, when the precipitated are caught after paHning off the pure water, or hy Uttering. The latter ia much more ipiickly effected and in eipially miticfacinry. Tho preciptatea are then in the form of a hlack piiHtu. Thin Im pacfed over a moderate heat to drive off the mnixturo, and Ih ready then to he melted into hulliou, which in ac- conipliHhcd in the onliuary way. NuiueroiiH demouHlriitioiiH have la-en made hefore Itlack 1 1 i I Im mining and mill men, I Iii'mi lieing conducted in a hiiiiiII way. AriaiigeiueulH are lieing uuide to give the proccHH it trial in a commercial way. Hit piovcH it h iiHcfulneHH it may Hup plant zinc for piccipitation, iih it hih HChHCH certain iidvautageH over the latter, one of the grcatcxt U'iug the dinpatch with which precipitation can he acconi plinhed. American Mining Nowh. Will It Ever Happen? In the day of gigantic trutH and merger no attempt Iiiih yet heen made to form a coiiHolidatiouof the gold niiuen of the world. DoiihtlcrH thin Iiiih nrciv ed Mime thought, hut the undertaking in loo large for ordinary lluaiicierH who only ileal in the "hundreds of milliouH liiNt." of HcciiriticH. Hut men of the (Veil IthodcH Hlaiup men with the world idea are likely to undertake the huge tank of controlling the gold output of the world, and tliere are hiicIi in America. The "gold minetruHl" would ol ncccHMity lie the urightext and grcatcHt ntar in the galaxy of nyndicaten, truntH, comhiiicH ami merger. Mining mid cieulilic I'rcHH. Call II Porphyry. "I'roplijry" in a handy and convenient name for which one doon not know much. It in cany, and generally wife, to call it "piophyry" and let it go at that. I'ctrogiaphy in not iih yet an exact NCiencc, and the precipe Hhaden and tine diHtiiictioiiH of difference hetwecn different "rook", iipproxiuiately of the Mime "hikhmch" are not of ovemhadow- iug. Any recent elementary work on mineralogy will give hh much infor mation on iIiIh niihjcct hh one can as Himilate or liud ueccHxary. U'ad mid Zinc New. DO YOU WANT TO SELL ANY REAL ESTATE DO YOU WANT TO BUY ANY REAL ESTATE If you do, nddrcHH or call on J. I.. KVAXS, Kooin 1, Gleanon Bldg. .Sunipter, Oregon. I'. O. IJox 2 Good Business Lots, Good Residence Lots. Look at the list and see what you want. 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