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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1903)
H to THE SUMPTER MINER vVednesday, -April 22. iooj i' ;4 1 hi PROSPECTORS ERA. He Has Opportunities Today Never Before Enjoyed. A capitalist never found 11 mine -lio buys them iitlui- I hoy are found. It Ik (lie pro-tpectur who makes (lie llrst discovery. Ho Is (ho ono who blaos Hie trail, IIiiiIh tho way, mid guides II11.' 1111111 of means to thn iiioiiiiIiiIm era's, tho canyons mid thu hillri to the cropping od,'o, tho nifii oral one In which Nature Iiiim placed her richest Irca-oiios. TIiIh Is tho no of milling mi era of milling. .M011 of wealth have tho fovor. They have come to n roiiliiitou of tho fact Hint milling is 11 Ii'kIImiiiIo pursuit; Hint it in vastly lirollliililo; Hint thoro are moro manner of InvostlKiiHiiK any propo rtion Ih to examine the standing of tho people who 11 ro either hack of it I or promoting it, preferably tho latter. , If such 1111 examination shows tho fact that tho hroker or broker have a succci-sful business rocoid and are well thought of by their banks, and thorn with which they have IiiisIucmji dealliiKH, it Ih safe to iismiiiio that the iirojiiHitiou thoy olfor Is a tfood ono in which to Invest money. I 'L'lio only way that a hulsuo-s mini cnii olitnin Mich a dctdrnhlo name is by Inking euro of Ids clients and pro tecting them from loss. It Is lair to assume, theietote, that any entei prlM with which he is connected is deserv ing of oonlldonoo, for ho certainly can not iiU'ord to put his customer's money into anything which does not posfCi the stump of merit. A broker's principnl a--et is the U'inlidouco of his clientele. In or der to niiiiiitnin this conlldcnco ho GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYS FREE Every Subscriber to THE MINER who pays' $2.00 for One Year in advance will be given an assay for gold and silver free. These assays will be made by ROBBINS & ROBBINS Whose reputation as Assayers, Mineralogists and Mining Engineers stands second to none in the Northwest. mllliouiiiie milling kings Ihnu thoio must continually bo on the lookout 111 o railroad or miinuriicturlug mug- to divert los anil disaster fiom tlicin. iiale-i, and they waul, an i imlilu In . t!onseiuenlly, when ho does give nd- this fiiciuatiiig pursuit and occiipa-' vice, it should be m pled with faith t ion. Iluudieds of investors and laud acted upon iiccordiugly. cnpilnlisls ate of tho saiiio mind, , Hut, on the other hand, how many However, I liny will not llud mines, ' people endeavor to Hud out about tho but they will buy them, after they me all impoitaul facts of a company by 1 011 ml. If thoy can. Ami right liere going to a rival company, or to some GRIZZLY STOCK... 20,000 Shares at le.s tlinii jrroimd floor price. You can Imvo it for 'JA cents in one lump, or .'1 trout- in broken lots. BEST BUY IN EASTERN OREGON Write for particulars to BERNARD FLYNN sumpter, ore. f''V''-V'.-VV'.'-'1 r w. K. III'III.IMI.N' I. II. JONCS Is where the opportunity of tho pros pector comes In. With his ability to truce tho Hunt to the mother lode, his lulling experience, his knowledge ol tnoil III mi life, his trailing III judg ing the value of illH'erout classes of ores, mid with an understanding of tho formations, tho distinction be tween porphyry, granite, liuio mid (piiilllte. it only remains for him to miiko a valunblo discovery in order to comiuatid tlio atlontiou and assls- oi,o who has an a to grind In tho same diieclion. When information is wanted about a hiisiuos house or it lawyer It is not usuiil to apply to a competitor lor I ho informal ion. I Application is usually made to some one wlioxo solo business It is to know about such thiui:s,or oli-o to some one who lias had dealings with tho party in question, Such souices of infor mation me of a reliable nut me. Hut when u prospective investor taiico of capital in order tit transform says that "ho has a friend light down a prospect into a producing mine and dividend payer. While the west Is piiw-oi.od of iiiauy almost matchlcxs hnuniras, tho tact remains that our iiiouutaiii ramies mid canyons have been but handy pro-pooled as yet. In fact, theie lire hi nil ill ens of country in Hie wort, tut it' ll of which are doubt lei.-, ilchly mineralized, that have as yet never boon visited by the prosper tor and ml iter. What such bound le"t tracts hold in "trust" for the fu title, no one can tell, but II will bo the piocctor who will I even I secret, and, in I into to come, it in that putt of the country to whom ho will write and tlnd out all about this company." etc., It may bo taken for granted that (he "Irietid" has some ptopositiou of Ills own to pro mote, and will, in consequence, lie titteiably unable to seo good In any thing but his propoitiou. This limy seem like an cxticnio case, but it is not. There Is not an iuvcMiticiit broker In Hie country who does not encounter just Mich conditions evety day. Thoio are very few men in this tho I world who can re-lot tho temptation will I of oudovuoriug to build up success bo through his aid that the world will bo given Itiiiumetablo metallic wealth l pioducers which will bo tho ecpiiil, if not tho peer, of the great Mottto , deserts' In the end. for themselves by pulling somebody else down. It is ci-unlly true that Ihe.-e people always meet their just Hut they do u lot C'risto propositions of the ct in of damage betore they are found out. which wo all take such justltlablo i Millions of the dollars that have pride In this duv and ago. Tlio puis- I been lost in the milling industry can pector of today has an opportunity never hcfoio enjoyed by his fcllow crallsmau. Salt l.uko Mining Ho view. WAY TO INVESTIGATE. Ptopr FroctJurt lor Iuwstors to Punuc Outtltwd. There is, perhaps, no word In Kngllsh language that Is used more, by promoters particiilnarly, than tho woitl "Investigate,." Vet It would l hard to llud a word whose true meaning is less understood by the public. When a prospective investor says that ho will luvcstlgtao a proposition j 1 1111 lias noon siilnnille.1 to Htm, It Ih fairly safe to iicsuuio that he will adopt the wrong way of going about it. There Is always a right and u wrong way of doing things, and it is to bo regretted that so many Investors take tho wrong way through thniihgtlcss i) ess. Tho really safe and businesslike bo traced to this source, tor it has boon the means of divesting money from good propo-lt Ions into bad ones. KmiiiiIiio Into the stand I lit,' of your broker by means of his banks, cus tomers, etc. If the result is satis factory, tie up to him, for an invest or's money is safer in the bunds of a I good, honest, succcM-ful broker, even (I,,, I If his propositions should turn out badly, than it would bo In the hands of a dishoiicM broker, ntlhnugli ho may have the hcM proposition going. The first one will do all in his power to save his customer's money, but tho other fellow will look out for his own Interests only. American Mining News. All tho latest novelties in huts at Neill Mercantile company's. BURLISON & JONES REAL ESTATE AND MINING BROKERS GILT EDGE STOCKS A SPECIALTY AND SAFE MINING INVESTMENTS OREGON PINE LANDS BOUGHT AND SOLO UP. O. liox Sll' SUMPTKIl, OKKGOX t QjrMEjiifi r.QAMnp DENVER K5M"ia8' 1 LiTL U M Hun) FtJigvr AND 10 GRAND THE SCENIC LINE Throii'.di Salt Lake City, I.cmlville, I'ueblo, Colorado SprinH and Denver, and tlio Famous l'ookv Mountain Scenery bv Payliuht to nil points Hnfit. 3 FAST TRAINS DULY BETWEEN QGDEN AND DENVER 3 MODERN EQUIPMENT, THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOUR IST SLEEPING CARS AND SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE STOPOVERS ALLOWED I'or rates, folders and other M. C. M'BRIDE, t'en. At;ent, Information, mldrcs IH Third St., I'OKTI.AXI), OKK. Mining Blanks Qjjart and Placer Loca tions, Tunnel Claim and Water Right Locations, Proof of Labor, Affidavit of Discovery Work Mining Deed, Option to Purchase, Quit Claim Deed, Lease j j j j M FOR SALE BY THE SUMPTER MINER Jiu".Mifgr