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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1903)
T t i I S.".'V. THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 24, 1903 WILL DOUBLE MILL'S CAPACITY. Director Casseday, Of Black Eagle, Is Authority For The Statement. It Ih utiitod on authority of a llroctor In tlio Illiick KiikIo, Miilhour dlntrlct, Unit if tliu cluutiup which Ih to tiiko plueo on tho llrnt of ' thu month tnriiH out uh wull iih expected tho company will double tho capacity of tho mill. I). V. Ciinhodny, of MliimmpollH, J it rid cninuilHrdonor of tho Hoo HyHtum, mid n director In (ho llliick IOhkIo and (lold Uiik Drizzly proportion, returned UiIh week from iivIhII to tho former, and HtntoH that ho Ih 111 oiii than ploiiHod with tho Nuporlutoiidoiico of ). F. Muikloj mid tho Kouorul prospect of tho inlno. Jlo HiiyH: ".Hiiporliitoudout .Molklo Ih makliiK 1111 exceptional iccord, and If our cleanup Ih what wo expect, tho com puny, will put In twouty additional tdampH inukliiK forty in all. Our proHont mill, It will Im) roinoin bored, wim completed Jan, I, and Htiuled in operation uliout a month ao. Ktiporlulcudont Moiklo Ih now run- nliiK through 1'JO tons u day with a total oohI of Hlxty-nliiocuutH a ton for lioth mining uiid mllliiiK, which Ih an exceptional record. When it Ih taken into uoiiHidoratioii tl'mt tho oro nvnriiKOH !l to tlio ton, tho profit Ih at oni'o apparout. Moro than thin thoro Ih practically 11 innuutalii'of low nrndo porphyrltic oro, which ei'in I hi iilwoluttily quarried, thiiH roduoliiK mining expound to a minimum. It Ih probable If tho ltluck Itlvor powor plant gooa In tho mill will ho operated from (IiIh source, tlitiH further reducing ox poiiHiM tduco tjio illHtanco from wood render fuel at proituut oxponnlvo. " oro on tho dump to kcop it going for two months if no moro woro takon out. A largo amount of development work Iihh been outlined. On tho Virginia vein proper there is now over 1,000 feet of tunnels, shafts and drifts. Itealdea these there are two other veins, ouo a fissure averag ing five feet in width and tho other u contact about twouty-Hvo feet. Tho tlssuro carries free gold and pans well, while tho contact carries con centrating sulphides. TIiIh contact vein, crosses tho Virginia 400 feet from tho present workings. Tho purposo is to continuo tho drift on this vein until it reaches tho contact vein and thoroughly explore it. At the point of intersection a depth of .'I'iO feet will ho obtained. The five foot ledge parallels tho Virginia running northeast and southeast. Tho other is east of north. Mr. Krust made a trip to the Cove to look after another property in which ho Ih interested. Ho will leave tomorrow on a business trip to Now York. SHOULD KNOW ROCK. ROTARY.. MILL AT VIRGINIA. General Manager Ernst Says Plant Is Now Working Satisfactorily. Government Publications Give Much Useful Information To Prospector. Hiuco the busiuesri of tho prospec tor or miner Ih not primarily with tho rookH, but rather with tho useful minerals, It Iiiih of ten boon assumed by UiIh class that any Htudy of rocks, iih rocks, was a simple fad and a proper occupation for tho bespectacled geologist or tho "yellow legged" ox pert. This assumption is a foolllsh ono, and often Iihs kopt tho practical miner from real progress in tho broader lines of his business. It is hardly necessary to say that it technical knowledgo of rocks and a familiarity with tho foreign-looking names which men of science have given to t,he dllforout species la not a requirement for tho business miner, but it is safe to urge that tho progressive men in tho business get over their prejudice against the now accepted rock names of the scientist and endeavor to become familiar in a general way with tho presuut day nomenclature of tho rocks. Every camp has Its own Seattle, secretary ' much-reverenced names for tho local of tho North rocks, but when the professional men A. II. Krust, of mill general manager l'aeltln Mining company, operating the Virginia in tho (Iroeuhnrus, was in tho city this week. He says that the Pinker rotary mill now in 4Mirutlnu on tho property is working nil right," and he thinks It a decided success. The mill was llrst started over a month ago, but some of tho machinery broke, causing delay. Only a few days ago (lie mill was stalled again and according to Mr. Krust is doing satslfacotry work. The daily capacity of the plant is, reports. between thirty and forty tons, and learning call the miner's "trap" a "diabaso" or a "basalt," ns the caso may bo, the new idea should be frowned at. The whole science of tho rocks Is in a very unsatisfactory condition, it is true, but out of the confusion aud coulllct much order has already come, and certain general principles are well recognized as to tho classillcatiou of the rocks. These general facts can be gathered from the sclent lllo works aud geological i Ouo of the best means of about rocks in to study Mr. Krust states there is enough I tho bulletin Issued by the United States geological survey, entitled "Educational Series of Rock Specimens" (Bulletin No. 100). This publication is practical and gives references to tho localities where tho typical species of rocks can bo observed. Another excollcnt govern ment publication is "Analyses of Rocks," United States Geological Survey (Dullo'in 1G8). The use of these manuals, with a little observation, should servo as a beginning course in rocks, which lead to a hotter knowledgo as ox- porlenco clothes tho outlines with facts. This rock knowledgo Is useful. First, becauso it enables tho men from different and romoto districts to havo a common language iu which to dcscrlbo tho occurrences of tho oro; second, becauso tho modern book and technical press assumes a fair knowledgo of scientific rock classification on tho part of tho general reader. Rut moro than this, tho rocks havo certain well recognized relations to oro deposits aud a know ledgo of tho names and a familiarity with tho general chemistry and goueslH of rocks is a guido to in telllgout work either iu prospecting or mining. Mining World. SEE THE LATEST STYLES IN NATS AT THE THE &EIV MILLINERY ND DRESSMAKING PARLORS NCXT OOOH TO FIRST NAT L BANK, GRANITE T Dress Cutting School In Connection. LADIES' BAZAAR Mrs. J. H. Gray Mill St., lecnnj door south of SloJJarJ's Store Ladies' and Children's HOME MADE APRONS DRESS MAKING MINING AND INDUSTRIAL HOTEL DIRECTORY ...The... METROPOLITAN MRS. 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