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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1903)
THE SUMPTGR MINER Wednesday, July 22, 190? The Sumpter Miner URIISHRI) DVIHV WRDNMDAY BV JAMI.S LOCilE T. 0. flWVNNL. EDITOR Fntereti fll the poitolflce In Sumpter. Oregon, tor trammlilon through the malls at tecuni clati matter SUHSCMIMTION IMTBS One Vmi 51 Month I irt ALWAYS IN AIIVANCB. Ol I IC.IAI. l'A"i.H Ol 1 UK CITV OF SUMPTLH Tim citizens of Hiimptur have hIiowimI their pintfreHslvuiie-M liy voliiiKMowtliiihilHiit din city oluctlon hold Monday. Tliu city is rapidly building up 11111I UiIh public improvo initiit Ih n ritiip in tint rllit direction. Thiirii 1h umiit activity lit tliii viirloiiM iroiiirtli)H hi tint Humptiir (llHtrllit. A Vllst HIIIOIHlt of ill)- vitliipuiiiul work In lining done, mill 11 grout 1I011I of iiiiii'liliinry Ih doing iiiHtnlliiil. Mom nil J Ih urn going i mill morn are biting planned at thin tlinii tlmii over before In the liiritnry of II111 camp. Mining linri) Iiiih ronitlvnd mi unprecedented impetus thin himhoii iind there Ih every oviiliiiii'ii Unit tliii Industry will grow morn rapidly from tliiH on. Tim truth of tlm old saying Unit gold Iri wlinrn you lltnl It In again llturilrnliMl liy the dlnoovory of tlm ynllow umtiil in llniHutoui) liy Camp mill Wade 011 tlmir Hour (lulcli pro perty. Ho far it nppciirH that tlm deposit 1m viiry rli'h, mid tlm occur rence of koIiI In thlri formation an far an, tlm Hiiinplor illHtricl In cnncurimd In iiiito iiiiiiMual. Thiiro him always liniin a disposition on tlm part of proHpiNitorri to coullim tlmlr nonrt'h largely to tlm tuotlmr lode, mid to niiikit all tlmlr locations in tlm vicinity of big uiIiiiih. VVIiilo there is sumo logic in thiH, yutit frequently ocmira that rich llncls have been iiiudii in itiiiHUHpeetod localities remote from any mother loed. Hclouco has ilono 11 great dual for th mining industry. ,l n"rt reduced operation to n practical IiuhIh, mid has furnished lirollablomnch luforma tiou roUtlvo to tlm formation of vol u, tlm lawn of occurrence ami so on, but tlmro arc many theories more of the Imaginary than NCleutltla order. Hut science la working lnduntrioiiHly, and thu great mystery rgardlug mlimral deposits I gcradually being fathomed. Tbo estimate made liy the treasury dopartinoiit Juim 1, lOOH, of tho available gold '" tlm United States plactMt llgurcs at tlm vast total of l,'JOI,44r,l'J4. Tlm greater part of thiH total doubtloHH represents gold extracted from mines of our own country, and thin Ih doing added to at tlm rate of a hundred million dollar per year, tho United States producing, t)0,UOU,000, aud the romalntiVr from other sources hiioIi mh Canadian, Yukon, Australia, Mexico, etc. Some gold 1m now aud then shipped abroad, and lu financial circle much ado Ih made over hiicIi shipments, but on clone study one can readily sew that a matter of twenty-live millions, or oven fifty mllllouH gold shipped abroad Ih a mora bagatelle wheu compared with the country 'h vant gold wealth. The United State U far ahead of any othor country lu ita gold holding. Tho gold wealth of thin ami other countrloH U mostly held in vaults, but llttlo of It being lu circulation. 1 1 backa up government aud lunik issues, aud throughout the world U tlm one standard nover-cbuugiug commodity. Mining World. Tho Supremo court of Montana Iiiih decided that a proHpoctor or minor ciinnnt enjoin others from exploring ground on which ho Ih working, provided no diHcnvory bun been niiido. In other words, a loca tion cannot ho miido until thcro Iiiih lienn a discovery of mineral hearing lock. In thociiHoof Monrgo (Icmnioll vh. John Swain and ntherri to rent nil n by injunction tho dufoudautH from proripeutiug cortain ground on which tho pluliitiir wiih iiIho operat ing, tlm court hold that tho noticoH poHtcd hy tho plalntilf did not croato any now right or oulargo thono provioiiHly oxlHting. Tho court ikIiIh: "A notice of locution posted upon minora! land before a discovery Iiiih been niiido in an uliHoluto nullity. Tlm mere fact that tho plalutilf wiih enjoined from continuing IiIh work, mid that, too, wrongfully, iih determined hy HiIh court, did not alter tlm relative right of tho partloH or entitle tho nppolliiut herein to mi injunction lu thiH Competing prospectors iiiako iiho of tho writ of In act ion. cannot junction to Hccuro priority of discovery or locution on or apparent Hiiperiority to u mining claim." SEWER BONDS VOTED. Proposition Carried By Major ity Of Fourteen. Tlm city olectlon hold Monday to provide for issuing 15, 000 worth of fifteen year nix porcout bonds for tho construction of a newer system, resulted in a majority of fourteen lu favor of the IioiiiIh, out of n total of 1H(! votes cant. Following uro tlm returns by wards: Ward No. I- 7 for, 25 iigaiunt; Ward No. 'J -27 for, 22 agalunt; Ward No. '. l'. for, 28 ugaiiirit; Ward No. i - 2!l for, 1 1 agaiunt. Total 10U for, Htl agaiunt. Tho council will procood at onco to advortlne for bida on the bondn. Ah ntatod they are fifteen year nix per cent bond with Interest payable Homtaniially. At last nlght'H meeting of the city council Recorder Start was inatructod to advertlao for bid ou the newer boudn and the matter la to bo hurried along bh rapidly an possible. RETURN FROM IMNAHA. Mum. Smith od Hits Vuit ThU Well Known Copper Cmp. K. Sandernou Smith and Kuglneer N. Hbhh returned a few days ago from a trip to tho Imnaha Copper camp aud the adjacent milling nectlou. They ntate that Imnaha ban great poMl'.illltleH, but-lt will riHiuire. much capital to develop tho ronourcos. The return was made ou the ateamor Imnaha, thin being her third trip. On board tho steamer was a gov ernment engineer with a corps of assistants inspecting tho Snake Hlvor to make recommendations for Im proving tho chauiiol to render naviga tion lesa difficult. Vltltt Camp. Judge M. H. Keoae, of Lincoln, Nebraska, arrived In the city this week to look after mining interests. In company with hla sou, II. A. Reese, who has beeu hero some time, ho left today to visit the Rod Hoy district. SAMPLING WORKS. Delay On Account Of Mis placed Line Shaft. I Owing to tho delay by tho railroad company lu forwarding tho misplaced , lino shuft for tho Sumpter Sampling aud Tenting Works, tho company has boon unable to start oporatioua as hoou us oxpoctod. All tho niachiuory Iibh boon act, the stumps in plaoo, tho mortor down aud everything roudy to couoct up the minuto tbo lino shaft arrivos. Tho abaft la oxpoctod any day aud tho plant will bo going in u short tlmo. Tho assay olHco In connection has boon in operation for tho past wook. In the raoantlmo tbo company has boon buying nud storing ores. Tho Institution til Jh ii long folt want In tho district, since It not only furnishes u niarkot for tho small owner, hut tho com puny is proparod to test orcH and muko recommenda tions iih to tho proper mot hod of treating them, thiiH obviating tbo element of chuueo or oxporlmont as far us tho operator who contemplates tho erection of a mill is concerned. CRACKER-HIGHLAND. Company Will Cany on Continuous De velopment. Tho Crackor-lllghland company, which began operations rocontly on Ita Cracker Creek property, Is doing Hiirfaco work to dofluo tho lodges of which thoro are throo, two ten foot aud ouo forty, carrying good values. A crosscut will bo started in a short tlmo at a dlstuuco of about 400 foot from tlm veins which will givo a dopth of 200 foot. Tho matingom out stutos that continuous dovolopmout is to bo carried on. THE JOHANNESBURG GOLD MINES CO. Hrqin-sts'tbat its prnoettion be in vestigated. It is high class. Send for prospectus and engineer's report. 1'rico 50 cents. Dividends assured by October. PMffKNMTIIICtHKal tll-S-4 Wlltti ktlli Int. In aiplM Calif. Rtftrtnct: Suit Bank & Truil Co. fJR. PEARCE & ANDERSON Physicians and Surgeons pRoraiiTOMi luarrn qinisal hospital SuMPTsa.OaaaoN . .. i Orrici, Main ill. Taltphoa J hoipitai. Main !. F. K. HOBSON. Civil and Mining Engineer. U. S. Dputy Mlntral Surveyor (or Ortfon. En Inttr (or tnt City ol Simpler. Utrr(iil Pataat tiritfa. lln Prlatlag I tritktli. QHAS. H. CHANCE ATTORNEY AT LAW City MUritf M. I. CeaalHltiar Rooms and , First Bank of Sumpter Building, SUMPTER, OREGON OMc Phone No. oi Rttldtnc Phona No. ti DR. L. T. BROCK Physician and Surgeon. Suapter, Oracon. I an now prtparti to rKtlvt and trtal palltnta. both mtJIcal ana urlcl. In Ih Nil culpp4 prlvat .anllarlura In Iht country. Nlct qmtt horn, with tralntJ and iprlnccJ nurit always In at tnianc. Up-to-Jait urlcal work a spatially p A. E. STARR. Attorneyat-Law Ctnlir, cor. Hlfh Si. Sunpttr, Ortf on Basche- Sage Hardware Co. . . Sumpter . GENERAL DEALERS IN 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. , THE SUMPTER MEAT MARKET 4S. AUSTIN MEAT CO. Props. Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON LmmmmjT I