THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday. January 14, 190?
OUT PUT OF
NOBLE METALS.
OREGON CREDITED WITH IN
CREASE OF W52.365GOLD IN 1902.
Some Comparisons Between Mining. Farm
ing, Stocktaking and Lumbering Min
ing has the Worst of it Either Es
tablish a U. S. Assay Office or Levy I
Ta on- Net Proceeds of Mines.
HtiHtPiiancn for IiIh animals and he can
takti them to tnnrki't on their own feet,
thus saving the eximnw of transKjrta-timi.
With the hliiiht'rinan, hemly follnuH
in tho walcu of other hrancheH of in-
iliintry iih it rule, and in sure of hie
market Ix-fore he benins IiuhIiiphh.
Often the natural waterways of a country
fiirniNh him the mi'iins of uettiu his
pro-hid uheanlv to wheru ho 1 1 iih sale
for it.
Ity thorn few comparisons it can
, readily ho seen that the miner hat the
worst of it, anil if he can net-tire any
' reamuiahle eoneessioiiH from the federal
lor the state unvernnieut, he in purely
en titled to them.
I If a law were enacted that a miner
Director of the mint Koltort, in his I pays his tax act-onling to the net pro-
preliminary eNtimate of the priMlm-tion eeeils of his mine, ho need have no fear
of (?old and Nilver in the United StatcH I that the mineral puhlic: Mill have know
during the calendar year of IIH)'.', creditH ' leilpt of his husincss. Far from it, the
Oregon with a total output of $1,8(10, ll,r j returns are UNiially tjiven into a proHrly
Kold and $it:t.(MM in hIIvit. TIiIh is iui
iucreamt over the figures given for 11X11
of $U.Y',:ULri in uold and a ileernamiof $M,.
WO in silver.
How diNm this compute with an article
taken from the Mining and KiiKiuceriiiK
Heview, of Sail l-'raucim-o, which wan
puhlishM in thin paper on Deconiher
17th hiHt.
Tim article cited stales, after going
into all details, that eastern Oregon Ih
untitled to credit of a pro.liictiiill of
from twelve to fifteen million of dollars
IHir'year.
It liaa iMteu Miiutel out ho often, the
rcKHon for thJH state not receiving pro
xir credit for it production, that it
would Im weariHome torcKiat it. One re
medy Iihh Ikm-ii Htiggestcd, that Ih tho cm
tahlishing of it United Statin assay nlllco
in till) State.
There iMHtilliiuolher method hy which
the correct returns could m obtained,
mid that Ih ly the taxation of the mines
IihkhI mi their net output. Thin law Iiiim
lieeii in force in .Montana for a uuiuher
of yearn ami a hill for u siiniliur enact
ment is admit to h iuliodurcd in the
inalio legislature, i Gold Mning Slft At Any lnv,imen.
l-'or several yearn thin methiMl Iiiih . , . . . . '
heen in force in ItritiHl. Columbia, audi '" ,,,,,,,ttJr l,,Ht '"'"'''"" valueofa
although it did not Kiv the i.tmoHt ! !'''"' IiMl"ril cencern In,
HitiMfa.-tiou to oie.v....e. vet ,,- H, ! .n.ia.ieipiiui HiiruiiK f in.ii.-t.is.H, one oi
iiualilied ollicial under oath. Kaeh in
dividual Htatenieiit it kept net-ret and Ih
only lined in making up the total.
No douht tho representatives of the
mining sections in tho ntate legislative
of Oregon will have moredilllculty in in
troducing and having unacted such a
meiiHiire, than thomi of any other state.
The intercHt of Oregon are ho diversitlcd
that tlu j representing mining are great
ly in the minority.
Vet the mining interesta have pro
gressed with hiicIi leaps nod hounds in
thepa-t few yearn, and the future out
look ia ho rosy, it would not hu out of
place to anticipate that more inti-ruHt I
would hu taken in any legislation which
would tend toward advancing itn wel
fare. One tiling in certain, Oregon, under
the preneut system, does not Hecuru
credit for her precious, metal production.
There aru two method hy which alio
can, and those methods have heen out
lined a hove.
ABSOLUTELY SAFE SECURITY.
many, it in cotiHidcrcd the most eipiit
ahlo mnuiicr hy which to levy taxes on
a minim; property.
If those interested in mining will only
nimlio thiNHiiliject, there is no douht
lint that they will he In-arlily in favor
ol hiicIi a law.
Under the preneut system the laud
comprising a mineral claim iih well iih all
machinery and improvemeutH are taxed.
It uiatterH not whether the mine Ih pro
the reasons given lieing that the com
pany could not horrow money wherewith
to pay the dividend. In the last three
months tho values of gieat industrial
and "standard" railway stock havu
dwindled uw ay ho that they represent
hundreds of millions loss.
And yut H'ople gravely nhake their '
heads over "uiu-crtaiiities" of mining.
How long Utfore they will realize that
the niilv iiltsnlutclv safe security on
ih pro-I ' .
dining or p.iying, the assessor and tax "" '" " "" " K"' ' m""" 7""- "
..,ll...l..r ,.r.. ... .,vi.I..m. ...,.!!.- '"""V oi uie run linn connerviuive in- ,
tin the other hand, the minor only
pa)-H when he can well afford to, when
he has a pro(lui'in and a paymn mine.
Nomie who Iiiih had experience in the
husiiuM douhtH hut th it the minim; in
dustry i.i one that mvdx fostering. Tlie
miner is a missionary in a way. He Ih
compelled to o into the mountain to
tillil'ilhis mine. It is nflen mIiiiiiIiiIiiIv
. . ..... ... ....... ................ ,
mv ry to huild r.mdn ami hridKcH , ,niU,-v ,)lm'r "'','',',. lircluiHe.l a
teresls of this country have already re
alised it and are investinj: their money
in uold mining an rapidly iih possihle.
North American Miner.
The Man Who Bought the Sunrise.
(I. A. rounder, the man who made a
producing mine out of the Kthel in, spite
of hard times, ridicule of knockers, and
controlling interest in the Sunrise Min
in is company, which own a valuable
mine in the (Sreeuhoru district of east
ern Oregon. The ore carries high aluos
in gold, copper and silver. Kverett
Times.
which are iiilo expeiiHive, mo ait to reach
hin proierly. He in coinn-lled to pay
foi Iti-t own surveying and for many
olh.-r tilings which other pioneers do
not.
His possessions generally lie remote
from markets and he is put to great e-1 Timber and Homestead Filings,
pen... ami often oxas.cratiug delay in j Timber and hoiiicMtend tllingM, as well
neeming necessary HupplioH. ( ml ,,r(M)(H, w, iH, made More
With the farmer, the stockman, the iji1Ilre 11. Chance. UniUnl StateM com-
lumlieriiiMii ami othern, it in entirely . ,iHHiom(r , 0Hce in First Hank of Sump-.
,,,,,, " ""' '-"'i- Kovvni-iUTliuiMiiiK. Siimpttfr, tluiH saving ap
iiu-ut pnys for the mirveying of thi-ir ) ,,lcnntH oxkuhu of n trip to I.a Oi-miuIo. I
laud The farmer HoleeU his ranch in I Mhlwllltof dotll, HtHJ NoU Mor.
a Miiul.1.. p acu, if he cannot Hull all ho rom ,
prixliiciM, hu can coiihuiuo a great
quantity of it.
Nature provided the stock raisr with
wny.
T. (J. Harrison, agent for Giant pow
der company.
Victor Mining Co.
THE FIRST BLOCK
OF TREASURY STOCK IS NOW ON
THE MARKET
LOCATED
IN THE RED BOY
DISTRICT
THE PROPERTY
HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR THE
PAST TWO YEARS
VALUES RUN
FROM $50 TO $300 PER TON IN
GOLD AND SILVER
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS
G. M. Rockwell fie Co.
701-702 Herman BIdg. T
Milwaukee, Wis.
VM. II. TIBRAL8, President.
SEYMOUR II. BKLL, Multiuser.
M4444i"iittfiiff't4lifii'4"t'tx
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r.c.u ixourKecxo.
RIGHTS EVERYTHINB FRESH
HI
n 111 m
PRICES l IN GROCERIES i ..
i Cm Kj Cm
& iT9tTSSfS?23SSSS8393
$ Granite St. tfi. Sumpter, Ore.
.
IF YOU WISH TO
I -INVEST IN MINING -I
Either to buy Gilt Edge Stocks, a Prospect
that is "the Making of a Mine," or one that
is already made, write me what you want
and permit me to submit a proposition.
ADDRESS
i'E."sAERSONSMlffH
SUMPTER,
MINES AND MINING STOCKS
OREGON
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