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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1903)
Wednesday, February 25, 190$ THE SUMPTER MINER j KNOCKING THE GREAT GOLCONDA. Fake "Investor's Adviser" Ex hibits Its Cloven Hoof and Ignorance. t Prom every direction come com plaints of the horde of publications that haro sprung into existence dur ing recent months calling them selves some kind of mining journal, investor's guide or adviser; for tho reason that they are pursuing a sys tematic campaign of attompted blackmail. Thoy. all have a few pages devoted to answering enquiries from mythical subscribers regarding tho merits of various mining proper ties. This is nothing mora nor less thliu uu adjunct to tho advertising doparmeutt of tho papor. Tho prop osition is put to tho mining com pany, with varying degrees of brutal directions, to udvortlwo in that par ticular guardinu of tho Investor's interest, or proparo for a roast. As THE MINER has several times had occasion to remark, thono fako publications have no bottur facilities for ascertaining tho value of a mining proporty than auy indi vidual, than tho prospective investor has himself. In fact, their informa tion, is worso than worthless, for this reason. They will mako no adverso roport ou a proporty if tho company owning it will advertise in thoir columns, or is willing to pay for a favorablo wrltoup. No company that has a valuablo property aud is work lug ou honest lines will submit to this spocios of blackmail. It, thoro foro, stauds to reason that tho wildcats got tho favorablo notices aud tho meritorious mines tho roasts. In vestors should ponder ovor theso facts. Ou tho thor hand, promoters should stand pat aud fight thoso black mailers to a standstill, Iwcauso they can do no pormauout injury; for the patouX reason that their circulation is extromoly limited; thoir editors arb ignorant of all matters pertaining to' mining, aud invariably mako thomsolves ridiculous whou thoy en ter this unknown realm. Hero is a caso in prout A few days since THE MINER re ceived a copy of tho Investor's Ad visor, published at Chicago, in which appeared an article viciously knock ing the great (Solcouda mino, Cracker Creek district. Read theso fow following oxtracts from a half pago answer to a query pretended to have been recoived from Hloomiugtou, Illinois, and judgo for yourselves whothor or not auy one short of an irrodomablo fool would bo Influenced by such a conglomeration of Ignor anco, aud monducity : "Tho mines of tho corporation aro located in Eastern Oregon, near Sumpter, on tho bolt of tho rich ter ritory which has yielded ovor 81, 500,000,000 of gold aud gouorally known as tho Mothor Lodo of tho Slorra Novada range of mountains. "All tho rich ore that was takon out previous to tho construcion of this mill was shipped to othor mills, but since tho beginning of operations with this mill it is said tho work has been unsatisfactory. Tho mill has been blamed for not getting values out of the ore, but we aro inclined to bolleve that tho values wero not in tho- ore, therefore-the mill could not produce. These mines are what is known as tho propyl! tie veins, a for mation which blazes out in extreme richness of freo gold and then van ishes as suddenly,. Tho miner's phrase for his Is "pockotty. " Such mines aro a vory uncertain invest ment and tho mouoy spout in reach lug from ouo ledgo to another la oftou qulto as much, if not more, thau tho pocket yields when dis covered. Tho peculiar feature of tho voiu formation Is that tho rock or oro situated between theso "pockets" does not produco values suttlcleut to warrnut milling. "Wo noto that in thoir Uteraure thoy make a point of tho Mothor Lodo. Practical minora out west do not care to wasto auy of thoir money trying to find tho Mohor Lode. Thoy have had thoir oxnorloucq in that 'down in California .and other places. Such talk may be gqod for promoting purposes among eastern investors who do no know much about mining. "Tho oiilcors of tho company aro all men of good staudidug in tho west and many of them experienced in tho mining business aud it is evi dent that thoy Intend to do moro thau work ho Uolcouda mines. Water, whon stored in sulllclont quantities in that country is a valu ablo asset for hydraulic, work, power aud Irrigation. Thoy also have a couslderablo quantity of tlmlior, tho quality of which we aro not in formed. "Guided by information wo havo recoived from the west, aud tho history of theso mines, wo aro In clined to think that it is" a" plan to unload a disappointing mine ou tho "tenderfoot." Thoso western bust nexs mon need capital to develop thoir country and aro anxious to lnduco oastoru people to invest out thoro. This is commendable and in many cases will prove profitable to eastern investors, but an Investment in tho Uolcouda Consolidated Mines is a vory uucortalu outlook. Such in lues as thoso liluzo out into wonder ful richness aud aro again eclipsed." Tho wrltor is quite as ignorant of geography as ho is of mining. Note that ho locates tho Sierra No vada inoiiiialns in eastern Oregon; get on' to Ills wlso guy 'skepticism CONTINUED OX PAI1K 10. (imt) OF SUMPTER Will he ready (or IniHineHS March 2, UK)!!. Capital Stock orriccni J. H. ROBBINS, J.W. SCRIBER, R. H. MILLER, H. S. DURGAN, Safety Deposit Vaults Does a General Banking THE GEM SALOON A.J STINSOrPrbpf'V. (Successor to Snyde & Stlnson) I Only the Best Brands of Liquors Servfd Ovir the Bar . SUMPTER, MORE LAND OPEN FOR ENTRY. Department of tho Interior, United States Land Otllce, La Grande , Ore., Feb., 0, 1U0H. Notlco is hereby given That tho otilcial plats of the survoys of Town ships Nos. 7 S. R. 47 E. ; 7 S. R. 48 E. ; and 0 S. It. 48 E., have boon received at this olllco and the samo will lie Hied of record in this otlleo ou Weduesday, tho '15th day of April, 1003,' and that on aud after that dato this otlleo will bo prepared to rccoivo applications for 'tho entry of lauds in said townships. E. W. -BARTLETTvRoglster. S. O. SWACKIIAMER, Receiver Mining deeds for sale at this otlleo., . i ,11, - M DR. J., H. DAVIS DENTIST Portland Prces .,' Over Uauhe HarJware Co. ,i i Sumpter., Oregon FA. E. STARR. ' ' ' i Attorney-at-Law Center, cor. High St, Sumpter, Oregon F. K. 1IOUSON. Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor lor Oregon, En gineer lor the City ol Sumpter. UnftitroiM tut Mint Surveyi. line Printing in Orehtln. QHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW Clly AUernijf U. t. Caimluliatr Rooms 2 and 3, First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON L. T. UROCK W. II. VOSU BROCK & VOSE Physicians and Surgeons. Special Attention Given to Ear. Eye, Note. Throat anJ Skin Olieatet. Hely Mot air ap- paratui lor Treating Rheumatism. m . Wilton nlock, Sumpter, Oregon. $25,000 President . Vie-President ... Cashier - Assistant Cashier Gold Dust Bought and Exchange Business - - OREGON Basche Hardware Co. ,', . ."' Sumpter . . . . GENERAL DEALERS IN - i Shelf and Heavy Hardware Iron and Steel Pipe Mining and Mill Machinery Agents for "HERCULES" Powder Fuse and Caps C.C. Basche MANAGER GOOD THINGS TO AT E. P. Bergman & Compa'y GROCERS Mill Street, New Building. SUMPTER MEAT MARKET AUSTIN MEAT CO. Props. Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON )R. PEARCE 4 ANDERSON Physicians and Surgeons phopriitoui iumptir qbnbral hospital SUMKTm.ORtaON. , . I Officii, Main ii. TeJaphont J hospital. Main . EAT