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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday January 28, 190; POOR MAN'S I ""1 everything exrept the Iron, need- el in the hiiililini; of an Arastra is on QUARTZ MILL. ' tin' ground or in the immediate locality. i Lumber (or the bottoms and sides of the tube, timherx for shafting Hd a WHEELER & (S. BANKERS IO .,.. .. . ... -. hane for the water wheel and the FOR aN OLD STYLE GOLD , , ., "-- uv"-1' necessary boards mid braces for the SAVER. J power wheel, in iilxnit all that in need. I'd. ItfN'k for ilrntiH and for bedding, in the PLEA 32 Broadway, New York tnliH, run usually Ins had without going 1 to any great instance. Anil slioulil any heavy machinery w required, the AniHtrii man goes to the nearest rock pile and gets it, instead of Fending a long distance for expensive tastings as he would have to if he purchased a stamp mill on credit. Although the Arastra if an old, old iiiHtitutioii, prolmlily the first idea of such a meaiiN of reducing oreH origeual- With the niimlier of healthy projects . edin the mind of a .Mexican I'eoe, yet in Tht Antiquated Arattra Ha Bn the Mtani of Developing Many A Gold District EatKrn Oregon at Well as Othm Why Not Encourage In Un it Createi Independence Among Prof peeton. FISCAL AGENTS FOR BLUE BIRD MINING CO. AND VALLEY QUEEN MINING CO. containing more or less free gold, owned hy prospectors, it in a wonder that them are not more A runt run in operation during the summer season on the gold hell of eUHtcru Oregon. True, the Arastra in a primitho method of Depending the valuahliifroiu the waste, and it inn flow process of re ducing ores, hut never the Ichm, it Iiiin many advantiigcM for the claim owner of limited meiiiiM and should lie more hv that clas of miners. itM way, it in the greatest free gold saver ever devised hy mankind. .Men of scientific training and men of varied mid extensive experience in gold mining and gold milling, when they wish to nave a high percentage of value, either line the crude Arastra or the hiiiiic idea in Home other form. The real rea son for thin in canity explained. When you have your gold conliiied in a tub, used J vou need not let go of it until vou have ,it. Write for Prospectus. Mention No. ti() and we will semi you a copy of "OltK ION'S HK80UKCKS," an illustrated pamplilnt on Ore gon's famous gold mines, and a three months trial subscription to the NORTH AMERICAN MINER '-''' 1 Many wealthy mining men of today made their start mid were enabled in hold ami develop their properly on ac count ofuseiuga little mechanical inge nuity ami having the patience to re main independent by grinding out suf ficient money to keep them going by means of the simple and cheap con trivance called an AniHtra. No doubt the people of the Slimpter district rarely give credit to the old style Arastra as being the means which really caused the mineral wealth in ipiurt. of this section to ho known. It is scarcely necessary to cite the Ited Hoy as an ex ample. Had the owners of that pro perty not used this simple- process, what would he known of the Sumpter gold Ileitis todat '.' It should not lie presumed that if a prosMctor commences to recover the free gold ill his ore hy this means that lie will always continue to do so. Far from it ! the Arastra serves its purine in its time. It makes the prospector more iudcieudciit. It enables him to more thoroughly develop his claims, and no matter if his returns are small, it causes his holdings to become a pro ducer, auda productive mine or claim is much more liable to attract the atten tion ol a capitalist than a uou produc tive one. No doubt there are scores of ambitious prospectors and claim owners now wearily passing away the winter months in some town or in a lonely cabin, who would I hi industriously developing their claims ami taking out ore for the next seasons run, were the advantages of having an Arastra more fully impressed 011 their minds. Many a man would gradually rise to wealth and alllueuce who otherwise is com telled to part with Ins linds piece meal so as to suliHiht or procure the pecessary supplies to proceed with the development of his claims. To erect one of these necessary ad juncts to a sxir man's claim ictpiircs no great know ledge of mechanics or train ing in any branch of metallurgical science. Knowing how to use a few edge tools and cr(nriii a little black smithing isalsmt all that is risjiureil. Should the K'rson desiring to build an Arastra, not possess these requirements, it will not I hi a very huge outlay if he is couiKlled to hire it done by one or more competent crsoiis. After a site is chosen and the materials are on the ground, it does not take long to com plete the plant. lit a well timbered country like this, Were the prospector, the claim owner of little or no means, and in many cases the larger mine owner, who has a reasonable amount of funds, to grind out their free gold by this means, piobably there would ho fewer failures while developing a gold district. It is not presumed that an Arastra will save the values in base or rebellious ores, or concentrate the valuable par ticles making a product for the smelter. The Arastra's work is done when the metallic gold is recovered, and the tailings from it can lie rcscrvoircd for future treatment. Timber and Homestead Filing. Timber and homestead tilings, as well as final imsifs, can bo made before Charles II. Chance, United States com missioner, ollice in First Hank of Sump ter building, Sumpter, thus saving ap plicants expense of a trip to l.a (irando No headaches from (iiaut siwder. 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HARRIS, Proprietor Mining Blanks Quarts and Placer Loca tions, Tumid Claim and Water Right Locations, Pnxf of Labor, Affidavit of Discavery Work Mining Deed, Option to Purchase, Quit Claim Deed, Lease j j j M FOR SALE BY l THE SUMPTER MINER