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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday January 21, 190? 12 BETTER RESULTS FROM MINING. THE INDUSTRY PAYS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER BUSINESS. Moit Valuiblc Products, Gold and Copper Decrease in (he Demand of Silver for Coinage Lower Price Advance in Electrical Science Create Larger De mands for Copper and Copper Pro perty. During tlii'MU tlincn of entcrpriHe ami Hreut I'oiiinierrial activity in the United Stnti-H, there in no imliiHtry Unit in re ceiving more attention or in procuring butter rcHiiltH tliim mining. Kvery city Iiiih Itx ureal haiikH with niillioiiHof i'iiiital imil mllliiHiH of le iiNitorH, paying millioiiH in Hiiliirlt'H to their ollleern null liiilliiuiK in iliviriegilH to their xtoekholilerH. Tim yearly product of gold, ttllver, lead mid copper alone, if diHtrihnted among the miner engaged in tint dlf erent mining Htalen producing theni) nictalN, would average from $1000 to f.'IOOO ht man, or LS) tinieH an much iim the per capita of product of all other com hi lied indllHtricH. Mining priMlnctH, with thu exception of coal which in mummied, are liieeiiH inn our nulitl natural wealth, without hcing dcHtroyed, like thu vegctnhle or animal prothtctM. And the iiiohI valiiuhlo product) of inlncH today arc gold and coper. For merly a nllver mine wiih mccoikI In value to that which produced gold, hut the white metal Iiiih Ixhiii Miporticdcd by copper in the public demand. TIiIh Ih accounted for by thu dccrcaNc in the demand of nilver for coinage and the increane in thu demand for copcr in the artN, the rcHiilt of itH growing nxe in the applianceM of electricity and in other HcMh of mechanical energy where metal coiiich in contact with tnointure, for copper iIih'h not runt. Silver hringn comparatively Niuall pnccH in the market when it if Hold for one in tlmartH for oriiameutH and fur table ware, for iiiHtance; and the rcnult ixlhat all through the went hundrcdH of fiher milicH have been cloned. Hut the total mining output of the country Iiiih not nuftireil on account of thin, for copper ban rircu until now it Htaudn next to gold in practical com mercial value. The development to euormoUH pro porlioiiH of the copper mining industry of the country Iiiih come iiIhiiiI in tint last 'Jil yeaiH, the demand having gnnin with the pelted ion of uicthodx of apply iiii; electricity, Tim linehtorn Journal. minting, a hoHpital Ih more of an at tractive place than one of fluttering and mi eery, iih thone not acquainted with a mixlern eHtahllHhment of this kind may think. A well retaliated and conducted lioHpital Ih an attraction rather than a detriment to a town. SINKING ON THE ROSS GULCH Shipments of Ore to the Mill Have Been Resumed. Sinking the main Hhaft Ih the prin cipal work being done on the Kosa (illicit mine at present. TIiIh property Ih located near GoiNur. The depth reached Ih almost L00 feet. An hood iih the Hecond level Ih reached n croHHcut Ih to be driven. The Hhaft Iiiih n full wfdth of ore of the Name grade iih that abovu. The ledge in thin projierty Ih in a con tact between two forniationH, and it Ih exerted that when it in croHHCtit it will have materially widened. The hauling of the ore to the Kmpire mill, which wan HU8iended for a time, owing to the heavy hiiowh, in again in progreHH, and all development at the proKirty are Iwlng crowded for greater rcmtltH. BACK FROM THE EAST PURCHASED THE HOSPITAL. Home For the Sick and Disabled Will Be Much Improved. l.icloi Aiulcri-on V IVarce, of thin i y hae acipiired by purchase, the hoHpital building located on the lHnch iuimeiliatly north of the public m-IiooI. The rapid advancement liemg made by Sumpter and the adjacent tributary country ciiuhch a liint clam iuniiiutiou lor the nick and distilled to bo an MliKolute necehHity. Thene two ellicient phyniciaiiH hac already commenced to reiniMlcl and en large the hospital building niuce they Mi'iuiritl the title to the prcmiecH; when tht-HO iuiproveiueutH are completed, Hiiinpter will have an tine a homo for the leniKirary unfortunate an any mining town can IhuihI of. With cheerful tmrroiindingH, cleanli iH, well prepared food and attentive Captain Herlocker and Wife Visit Largest Cities. Captain Otto Herlocker, of the firm of Neil J. SoretiHeii fc Co., returned on Sunday from an eaHtern trip of nearly three montliH duration. On all Ids travelH liu wiih accompanied by Mru. Herlocker. During their nbnence they vinited St. Paul, Omaha, New York, l'hlla dclphia, HoHton and other large citieH. - The real object which culled Captain HerliK'kcr ciiHt wiih that liis presence wiih ncccHHiiry in thu Hcttlement of his father'H cHtato at Analanka, Wittcanitin. However, lie extended IiIh t ravels and viHlted all the branch ageucicH of IiIh llrni in thu eantern and wchIitu bind iichh center. He alt-o eHtahltalied other conuectiouH which will greatly advance the iuterehtH of hiniHelf and HHHociatcH, and the Sumpter district iih well. Mr. Herlocker found that there wiih great interest Udug taken in thu mining MHHihiliticM of eantern Oregon at every point he visited. The situ of these wonderful gold llelds Ih no longer a terra incognito, and when It Is found a traveler is from Sumpter or vicinitv, he is plied with iUestioiiH about thin mine, or that mine, and thu country generally. lie predicts that there will lien great! Inllux of capital to thin section, and like all others who keep abreast of the times, looks for HKKl to be the banner year for the gold fields in whose center we live, Kimbol.... Restaurant aui foxing JJOUSC. OPEN ALL NIGHT THE BEST SERVICE IN TOWN Jjcwc & (Brant, proprietor llcitr Prpot f umptcr, tDrcvioii DO YOU WANT TO SELL ANY REAL ESTATE DO YOU WANT TO BUY ANY REAL ESTATE If you do, addre8 or call on J. L. KVAXS, Room 1, Uleason Hldg. Sumpter, Oregon. P. O. Box '- Good Business Lots, Good Residence Lots. Look at the list and see what you want. I have good investments for you if you want them House and 1a on North Street 1-750 House and Lot on Auburn Street - -500 Furnished House on Columbia Street 1250 House and Lot on Manilla Street - 800 Hon so and Lot on Columbia Street HOO A Snap, two LotB on North Street ."150 House and Lot In .Sunnyside ... i50 iMtoom House, ground rent very cheap -V0 Pine Residence Ixit on Uonanxa ... 50 Lot on Lower Mill Street .... :t00 4-Itoom House on Parkinson Avenue (150 Two Houses and Lot on Parkinson Avenue 800 5-Rooni House and Ixit, good Stable, in Sumpter Heights 700 Corner Ixit, good location .... ;t50 Desirablo Residence Lot, Uper Mill Street 500 ((Room House, good stable 1175 lxt .'10x150 100 A good thing, Lot 105x150, two good Houses, part cash balanco on time -300 Good Ixnlging House in the heart of the city cheap. J. L. EVANS GLEASON BUILDING 'P. O. BOX 92 SUMPTER, OREGON Is ALL WELL DRESSED MEN In Sumpter and vicinity have their clothes made by FLYNN, the Tailor. Big Line of Fall Goods Just Received. CKNTKII HTHKKT, NKAK TOHTOPKICK SUMPTER, OREGON. THE GEM SALOON A. J STINSOIM, Prop. (Successor to Snyde A Stlnson) Only the Best Brands of Liquors Served Over the Bar SUMPTER, OREGON American Brewing and Crystal Ice Co. E. SIBER, General Manager. Manufacturers of First Class Draught and Bottled Also Ice Made of Distilled Water. BEER The most modern equipped plant in the state. All orders promptly attended to. Telephone, Main 15. BAKER CITY, OREGON.
