THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, October 28. 1903
CLAIRVOYANT
PUT HIM NEXT.
Miner Makes Rich Discov
ery From Instructions of
Second Sight.
A. K. Daguuy in in pohhohhIoii of
a ploco (if quartz which Ih nliuoHt
half gold. Vxt rich Htulf Ih reported
to have 001110 from a myatorlotiH find
in thn John Day country, tho
piirtlniilurM of which hh ho learned
thuin from thn locator, Mr. Dagany
wiih willing to divulge, hut tho name
of tint dlmiovoror who gave him tlio
rich rock, hn will not thu uutil
tlio locution Ih properly made, iluro
Ih tint Htory aa Mr. Dagany tolla it:
"Last Augunt a curtain nilnur,
who wiih Hoiiiiiwlmt down in luck, and
wIiohii name 1 am not at liberty to
mention, went to a clairvoyant hav
ing rooniH at tho Colorado hoiian.
Tho clairvoyant told him that if ho
would travel Houth or aouthwuht, ho
would not have to ko vory far boforo
ho would mako a rich llud.
For a time tho minor (Unregarded
tho liiHtrautiou, and wont to work
for a Uahlo Uovo company. Hut tho
niattor weighed on bin mind, and
tlually, Hoinii tltno In September, ho
Jumped hla joli and lit out for tho
John Day country. Arriving thoro
without Hcrip and an hungered, ho
Joined hlniHolf to a ranchman of that
country, who wiih building a stone
Iioiiho. In addition to hla other
iiccompllHhmiitilH our minor was ii
stone miiHiui, ami wiih willing to lend
u hand to thlH work for a cniiHidora
tlon. Hut ho wiih (UhhuIIhIIimI. There
wiih tMimothiug that beckoned him on.
Ho looked at the Hiirroumllug
iiiniiutiiliiH and Duty called him. It
wiih a noil of "call ol tint wild,"
which llllnd lit n with a yearning
hla mini could not rcHiMt. Tim wohIh
of tho of the clairvoyant rang In IiIh
arH. He cnuldu'l stand it any
longer, ho again Jumping IiIh Job ho
hit the trail In (he direction of tho
mountain which noemed to beckon
him iiiomI. Nor waa ho kiiiiii long
lnforo he Htruck It rich. After a few
days of prospecting he nettled on a
lodge from which hi)' took over $1,
OKU wortlj of tho yellow metal.
Carefully .covering, up tho shallow
hole he hail dug hoi brought a valise
.operations, of hla cotnpapy.upder the,
management of T. J. Urler aro tho
wonder of all mining men. The
roHiiltH of tho year foot up a total
of $1,02,042.04, which is fully a,
quartor of a million dollars over that
of tho provioua year. Owing to in- j
creasing tho aurpliiH on band and tbei
addition of now plants and equip-!
mont dlvidouda foil oir from 81,200,
000 in 1002 to 8810,000 for 1003
Super lutoudout Urlor'a report will
bo found on another, pugo. Mining
World. . ,'
FROM WATER
HE YANKS YELLOW.
rich uartr. trnok to Bump
arrived ' hurt) Friday ami
hia troa'nuru in one of tho
rom him 1 got tho piece I
ami tho rent of it
full of the
ter. Ho
deposited
banks. I
have shown you
wan equally rich.
"Armed with location blanks, tho
miner left Sunday to make tho
ueccHHary legal locatlou on bU claim
and to bring back hoiiio more of tho
rich ore. All I loarmi In regard to
the locatoiu of tho llud wiih tho
somuwhat Indefinite Htatemeut that It
wiih iu the John Duy reglou. Hut
that the miner did striko It rich
somewhere, there can be no doubt,
since ho brought buck ample proof."
Homcstdkc's Annual Report.
Thu hint report of thu Homeotiike
Mining company, covering operatloiiH
of gthatreat Houth Dakota company
for the yeur ending June 1, lttOII, haa
JiiHt been made public. The aplonilld
V. W. McLcren, proprietor of the
Wilholt mluoral springs at Wilholt,
ClackamiiH county, was boro yeatreday
on ouo of tho niOHt etartllngly
HtupundouH projecta over hoard of iu
connection with tho extraction of
gold iu Eastern Oregon. IUh schomo
Ih to preclpitato tho gold hold in
Holutiou by oridnory wator, and bo
aiiya ho haa proved ita feasibility
buyoud tho remotest shudow of
doubt.
Mr. MoLorou has boon working on
tho procuHH for a long time, and he
hii.vh It. haa now paasod tho ox
porlmoutal etago with every poaalbillty
of failure precluded. Tho soorot
houiiib to Jlo iu tho precipitant,
while tho device for handling tho
water appears to be of minor
Importance. It la understood that
it patent waa denied by tho govern
ment on the Homowhut indelluito
gruundH that It would conflict with
the United HtiitoHinlntH. Thia point,
howevur, la not very clear, but Mr.
McLerun suys ho Ih milking another
elTort and thinkH ho will secure a
patent within a cuuplo of wooak.
Tho coat of extraction of tho gold
held Iu solution by ordinary sea
water ia four ceuta u ton. while tho
viiIiii'm run from forty to eighty cuiiIh
for t IiIh amount of water. Hut water
iu the vicinity of gold bcarnig ledges
carry a much greutur quantity of thu
yellow miilal iu solution and t IiIh
iiccouuIh for AicKercirrt presence
in the camp.
Home time ago It suoma, a friend
of IiIh scuurcd u bottle of water from
tho abaft of the (lolduti Wizard, and
took it to him for treatment. The
water proved to bo very rich iu gold,
though on dellnlte pur cent which It
curries Jh atuted; but it goes away
beyond sea water, and it la Under
stood that tho purpoao la to put In
a plant to handle thin water and
extract tho gold t herefrom. Tho
amount involved iu tho couatructlou
of buildings or nocoaaary appurteu
aucea, in not known, or la it oven
very delluito what those samo
necessary appurtouaucoa aro. The
statements are vory positive however,
that thoy will yank the yellow trout
nature's owu bovcrago, and that
ovory spring that bubbles from the
bowels of tho Hluo mountulus ia a
vuritablo bouauza.
Mr. McLoren, tho Inventor of tho
proceoa Ih u lauded proprietor and
a substantial citizen, owning tho
famouH Wilholt minora! aprluga and
sundry acres aurroundiug.
Thu water percolating through the
(ioldeu Wizard ledge la, it ia stated,
peculiarly adapted to prolltablo
t outment, owing to the fact thut
much of the ledgo matter is do-,
composed quartz ami porphyry thus
giving free action to thn water. Hut
any water carries a per cent of gold
in dilution to justify treatment,
according to the Inventor.
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