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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1903)
IO THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, May 6, 190$ TO SAVE GOLD. tariff well Thomas A. Edison Invents Machine for Low Grade Gravel. A iliHpatuh to tho Itcconl-Horald from Now York nays: Thomas A. K(Uhoii Iiuh a Huhutuu for extracting the untold lilllloijH of rlollarH worth of gold t lutt llo in tho iiuinutiHO low Krnilo gravel and quart. Im-iIh in Lower California, Now Muxico, Arizona, and N'ortlmrii. Muxico. They cannot now tin worked, Ijccuiiho there Ih not water for hydraulic minium, and tho Hold I'iiiih in too Hinall a iiiautity to the ton to make mliiiiiK it prolltahln under other nyHleniH. An air liliiHt Ih employed hy Mr. rMlnon lu IiIh Holution of the problem to xoparato tint KoM from the iiiiihh. The HyHtem, it Ih claimed, Iiiih iiov reached 11 working ImihIh,. Kxperi ineiitH on the dexurt near Santa Fo hy Floyd M. Chapman, one of Mr. IvIIhoii'h iiHHiHtautH, luivo euiililed Mr. KdiHou and Mr. Chapman to produce a machine which they declare will re claim IK) per cent of the K)ld from the gravel. Ju hydraulic miiiiuK it wiih thought remarkable If 7ft per cent of the ((old wiih wiiHhed out. One mini, it Ih claimed, can run hcorcH of HopuriitorH. Tho gravel Ih llrnt dug out of the ground with 11 Hteiim Hliovel; conveyerH thou carry it to sieves that separate It Into par ticles of uniform size. Hach nepara tor Ih designed to handle gravel of u certain hI.o, and the gravel Ih auto matically distributed to tho hopper of Km proper machine. Tho gravel falln through u narrow slit before a rotary Mower, which driven n full IdiiHt of air against tho falling gravel. The gold, lieing heavier, falln to tho bottom of the machine, hut all of tho lighter gravel and Hand Ih tilown into separate compart iiieutH. and capital to an infamous system. Tho add reus was received. Tho closing featuro of the day, and ouo of tho most successful and pcrhapH tho most enjoyable, was tho hall given In tho evening at tho opera Iioiiho by tho Eagles. It wiih largely attended, and in every way a moat pronounced success. GOLD PRODUCTION IN J902. MAY DAY CELEBRATION Labor Organizations Success fully Carry Out Program. May Day wan celebrated Friday by tho dilfereut labor organizations of tho city. Tho weather wiih excep tloually lino mid the program wiih well carried out. At 2 o'clock In tho afternoon tho varioiiH uiiIouh formed on (iranite and Mill streets, , and headed by tho sHtiker's carriage and the Kumpter liruss baud, marched through the principal streets of tho city, hrcakluu ranks at tho KIIIh Opera house, where Colonel Kiumott Callahan, of linker City, delivered the main addroHH of tho day to a large audience compoHcd chietly of labor uiiloulHtH. Chairman llurllsou llrst Introduced Mayor McColloch, who delivered a tdiort address of welcome. Ho appealed to the labor element to apply tho golden rule in tho t-cttlcnicnt of dilllculticH with capital which might urine. Colonel Callahan went exhaustively into tho detail of tho situation, reviewing the history of labor and capital pant and present, llo entered all encomium upon President Kooso volt, Haying that lie in tho chief executive of the whole people. Tho speaker wild that while ho Ih a repub lican, ho attribute the existence of trusts and tho strife ln'tueen lubor Increue Over 1901 of More Than Seven Million. Tim director of tho mint, Mr. Ceo. E. Roberts, Iiiih Ihhiil'1 a preliminary estimate of tho gold production of the United States during tho calendar year 11)02. During that year thin country produced gold valued at 880,8511,070, an InceniHO over tho previous year of 87, 18(1, .'170. Tho largcnt production of any Htato in tho Union in credited to Colorado, being S'JT.ftO'J, 1121). California coiiich next with 817,121, !tll. The Klondike yielded 81, 1,5(12, 101, and Alaska, Including Nome, 87,82.'l,7!):i. Tho output of Nome alone wiih 85,0211, JfttJ. Tlio following tablo will show tho production of gold from United HtntcH miucH for tho hint ton yearn: 18!CI 8.15,055,000 18111 .'10,000,000 1805 - 40,010,000 1800 - 5:1,088,000 1807 - - - 57,:iu:i,ooo 1808 - - (14,4(13,000 1800 - 71,05:1,400 1000 - - 70,171,000 1001 711,000,700 1002 - 80,85:1,700 It seems likely that in a fow yearn our total output of gold will reach 8100,000,000. In tho year 1800 our production of gold, silver and copper wore nearly epial in raluo. Wo did not Htiiud first among tho uutioiiH iih a gold-producing country, being exceeded by South Africa. Our production of tho precious metal Iiiih grown at an astonishing rate. From 1702 to 1841 our total production of gold amounted only to 821,7500,00. It made a great ad vanco In 1848 when wo produced 810,000,000 in ono year. In 1840 tho proudctiou rose to 140,000,000; in 1850 it wiih 950,000,000, and in 1802 it wiih 900,000,000. In 1853 wo had reached the 805,000,000 mark, but tho exhaustion of the Cali fornia placer diggings canned a dimi nution of output for a number of years. Giant Powder in the bout by test in tho world. Ti.G. Harrison agent. Shoes of all kind at Neill Mercantile company's. WANTED At Irllow tlockhoMert anj attoclatet, lew In vettort t RooJ ttanjlng, the Jltectort pulerrlni; toi;letuch pullet n intMe Jeal rather than tu tienj Hi money In tW rocket tijvcrttt ng. Mai It not been lot the Jealht ol Mettrt. Ilrajley. Wellt anJMetcall. thelormer ownett, Trill PROPCRTV MIGHT TODAY HAVE HAD A HCCOHD Of 10 000.000 PRODUCED. INSTEAD or Ml OOO.OOO. the P'etenl oil met have been carilel fo a vertical Jerlh ol lett than 400 teel. THE PHEMNT DEWELOPMENTt INDICATE THAT WITH PROPER HANDLING THE PRO- DUCTION MAY EASILY REACH ibo.ooo. 000 You can (uJge lor outtelet at lo ihe aJ- anueet ' an inetimrm in ,-i.tiij ... n . ttlilchitluttonlhcthrethoiJ ol lit greatett proi- ........ .. . .if..l .foliar peril), aiu in wiuiii nu r , "";. "i.rr.r -uoith ol tto.k except at It hat been PAID I OH (not In teitlcet, tut hy LASH). Thlt It In the nature ol a dote corporation, maJe up ol a lew mining anj huilnett men, who Jo not court pu I city. loanlnteretteJ,artvethaU 1-eeaJ to terj a tiatementol Ihe lact with rroolt. The lu lett In- a m .. a ... .-llliit u .11 ltd alt. lorJrJ in orJer that ou may proe the .Utements The Sanger Gold Mining Go. 4i K, I'ottal Telegraph HUg. New York. GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYS FREE Every Subscriber fo THE MINER who pays $2.00 for One Year in advance will be given an assay for gold and silver free. 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