THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, November 18, 190$
RICHEST
ORE YET
1
Samples From Cracker I
Summit Full of
Free Gold.
Superintendent A. V. (iambs,
of
the Cracker .Summit, soul In a
line of samples Monday from the,
lower ilrlft, to tho Killrii. Warner.
Stewart company operating thlH
property, wlilcli ai decidedly the
best ore yet ei I'ountered. The j
samplim nhow free gold In abundance'
plainly visible to the naked eye, and
will doubtless cairy exceptionally
high valued. The HpeclmeiiH on
e.xhil)ltlou al the coinpauy'H otllce
hIiowii a Miller reprcHeutatlvc, are
well idiot 'with free gold besides
carrying good viiIiidh in sulphides, to
all appearances. No assays have
been made, and an ostlu.ato mm to the
iIoIiiiohh of the ore would lie purely i
II lllllttitl nf oiiltliiiitriirii lull If
iipperauceH are not misleading, the
Htrlke In faliuioiiHly rich.
No iiilviceH came from Supcrliitou
dent (Jambs as to the extent of the
Htrlke, hut iih work la now being con
uoutrated on the lower ilrlft, the
samples evidently came from this
locality. The ore him lieen getting
hotter and hotter here with distance
on the vein, The lent HiuupleH
iiHHiiyeil went iih high iih iih fittl,
which huh rather unexpected, iih the
richer
farther
The
ploted
liody wiih HiippoHt'd to lie
iu.
outHide woik Iiiih I icon coin-
at the mine and operatioiiH
are now being
drift.
coiillued to the lower
MEETING OF SUMPIER
MINING ASSOCIATION
At the meeting
hianch of the Ktate
Hon held Hatuidey
Kheltou appointed
of the Sumpter
.Mining assneia-
night, Chairman
the followhiK
members of the executive cemmittee:
Fred Kelley, manager of the 1. X.
L. ; .1. A. Howard, manager of the
(iulcoiida; It. (I Li Hoy, manager of
the llahy MoKee; .1. M. McPhee,
munagor of the (luldou Wizard;
Otto llerlocker, I. monger of the High
land. The HHHociatiou indorsed the bill
Senator Mitchell Iiiih introduced
providing for the oritahliHlimcut of a
government essay otllce at Portland,
and wirwt Uiiu to thia elfect.
In the matter of calling an extra
t-cssinu of the legislature, a coiiiiuittce
,'ompoHiHl of Alliert (iolsor. 1). L.
Klllenaud l..(i. 1.1 1 ley, was appointed
to request the governor to make hiicIi
call, but not to exact plcdgen from
legiHlatorH that no other measures
will be exacted than those to relieve
the revenue Hituatiou. The object in
to hoc me the repeal of the Kddy law
if an extra sochIou Ih calleil.
Manager (iatos tendered the use of
the Hotel Sumpter lobby for meeting
prupofCH, for which a vote of thanks
wiih given him. The next mooting
December
increased
5. The
to forty.
FRANK SHELTON OFF
FOR THE FRIDAY.
Frank ftheltou left Monday after
noon for the Friday mine, at Pearl,
Idaho, accompanied by IiIh dress suit.
I Ilia explanation of thin la that after
IHpendiiiK two weokH at the mi no, ho
will go direct to San Francisco,
where It may come in handy. Ho
will return by way of Portland in
about a mouth. The work of
assembling material, preparatory to
sinking another 100 feet it the
Friday, ia progressing satisfactorily
land he will hco the enterprise fairly
' I lilitliillrtilii.l lmfitit liinnliitf tew t l.n
count.
Long Season For Gold Dredger.
The Pomeroy dredger management
dooH not expect to ahut down opera
tioiiH on the placer urnuutl bolow
town before the UOth of next mouth.
Weather coudltioiiH may force an
eaily closing of 'he HeiiHou'H run, but
iih Hie ureal Mcam exhaust Ih in the
pond of water that Ih run and ic-riiu
through the flumes, keeping it always
warm, it tiuoa zero weatiier to in-
'"r',,r"
tlOIIH.
with tho iiiiioIiIiio'h opera
Ah a good HUpply of water Ih
now on hand It la hardly likely that
the d lodger will remain ahut down
for iiidio than a mouth or aix weekn.
Thin fact may fairly be taken to
aiiHwer the question "Doom it pay?"
ami it la a aourcn of much satisfaction
to the people of thia community,
glad to believe that the cuterprlae Ih
protltable to the management an well
iih to the gouoral business interests of
the town and surrounding country.
(Irant County News.
HIGHLAND STOCKHOLDERS
VISIT THE GITY TODAY.
John Meek, and 1). W. Arnold, of
Ilarton, Maryland, stockholders In
the Highland company, arrived here
thin morning ami after conferring
with the Nell J. Sorousou company,
left thia afternoon to upend some
time iu Portland, probably to return
hero later iu the season.
They exproHH themselves well
pIciiHod with the situation bore, iih far
iih they have beeii able to judge from
their short visit. They are convinced
that the Highland in among the
best propeitiea in the district and
are well HiitiHtled with their holdings.
TONY MOHR VISITED
THE WISCONSIN YESTERDAY.
Tony Mnhr, manager of tho
Wisconsin, wan out at the property
yesterday looking after the work.
He Iiiih a force of five men employed
there and will continuo work all
winter.
The WIhcoiihIu Ih located iu the
Deer Creek district, adjoining the
(loldon Wizard, on which a mill Ih to
be erected at mice.
Left Today For Michigan.
l)i. L. O. Miller, president of the
(ioldon'j Wizard company, who has
been spending some time hero look-
lug after the mill to lie built on the
property left thin afternoon for bin
home at Three lUvers, Michigan.
Vice-President Frary In expected heie
iu a chert time.
will take place
membership bus
NEIL J. SORENSCN & CO.
HASNFWOFFICE MANAGER
A. M. Harris, formerly bavins
chargo of the branch ottico of the
Neil J. Sorouson company at St.
Paul, arrived iu tho city Monday
to assumo tho management of the
homo oliloe. Mr. Harris baa proved
a valuable man, according to tbe
flrm'a statements, and It watt deemed
no longer advisable to keep blm iu a
mibordluato position, but to give him
u niauagorial place in connection with
tho local ocllle.
Ah local mauager tbo oversight of
tho office will largely devolve upon
Mr. Harris, and bo will have control
of the business during tbe absence of
members of tbo firm. Owing to
tho fact that the management of the
Hlgblaud property frequently takes
both Mr. Soreuscu, tbe tbe president,
and Mr. Sholtou, tbe scrcetary, away
from tho city, and Mr. Herlockoi's
position as geucial manager keeps
him almost distantly at tho miue,
the new arrangement will doubtless,
the company thinks, prove most
satisfactory, In view of tho fact that
Mr. Harris has proved himself to bo
a very valuable man, thoroughly iu
touch with tho Interests of this min
ing corporation.
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
AND THE GOLD MINER
Kastern lrou manufacturers are
strouuously endeavoring to readjust,
as far as possible, tbo disorganized
condition of tbo Industrial world,
of which their operations are tbo
pulse. A further curtailment of
output is deemed necessary to restoro
tbo pig lrou market to a normal con
dition. On tho second iustaut a
number of tho largest merchant blast
furnace operators of tbo Hast met at
Philadelphia, and decldod to reduce
production at least twenty per
cent further, having alicady i educed
tho output materially during Oc
tuber. Something will have to bo
done hi the right directiou to
reestablish Industrial activity.
The great trusts formed three or
four years ago did much, uo doubt,
to promote unusual progress in tho
commercial and industrial world, but
some of these great organizations have
come to grief aud iuvestora aro
becoming timid. This state of atfalrs,
coupled with the demands of organized
labor, have so uuesttled industrial
conditions that careful men are seek
ing Home way to re-establish con
lldouce and bring about a reaction in
the right directiou. Tho past four
years have afforded unprecedented
opportunities tor a few meu to show
what can be done by skillful manip
ulation of millions of dollars of
other people's money, in building
great fortunes aud reputations for
themselves.
Of all tbe industries affected by
tbe prcseutcouidition of the industrial
world, mining feels it most heavily,
particularly iron, copper aud coal
mlnlug. tiold miulug, however,
coutiuues iu its even course almost
unaffected by either the prosperity or
the teverso of the couutry. If
industrial conditions generally aro
sluggish, aud times aro hard, tho
gold miner profits by it; if he is
already established iu business, he
can theu buy machinery aud supplies
at a comparative- low figure.
If, however, he desires to secure
money to equip and develop a new
enterprise, he usually finds, difficulty
in raising tbo necessary funds.
When tho country la prosperous, as It
has been since tbo recent Spanish
war, all supplies aro bigb, and ma
chinery particularly la much more
expensive than a few years ago. So
heavy have beon tbo domanda for
structural Iron aud ateol that tbe
lrou mines bavo until lately scarcely
beon able to keep up with tbe con
stantly increasing demand. In view
of this condition, much old ma
chinery baa been lomodeled Into now,
or has beon melted in the furnaces to
supply material for constructing new
machinery designed on modern lines.
Gold always finds a ready market
at a uniform prico, aud no matter
what tbo condition of the times, tbe
gold miner feels secure. Mining and
Scientific Press.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SMELTERS DtNY THE RUMOR.
A report baa been allowed to get
abroad that tho Trail and Nelsou
smelters have lately endeavored .to
take an uufali advantage of tho
provisions uudor which tho bounty
on lead was granted, by raising tho
treatment charges on ores of this
class. From iuquiry wo learn that
tbero Is uo foundation for theso
allegations.
Tho Hall Mines smelter has made
practically no change in tbo rates
charged on silver-lead ores; wbilo
tbo Canadian Smelting works 1b still
taking Slocan orea on tbo basis of
915 for freight aud treatment, with
a ton per cent zinc limit. This rate
is the result of tbo kconest com
petition between tho American
Smelting & Hofluiug company, tho
Puget Sound smelters aud tbo
Kootcuay smelters. At tho same
time thero should certainly bo Bomo
accounting for tho fact that the
government graut has as yot exercised
so little apparent effect iu stimulating
tbo lead miulug Industry of the
province, aud tbo explanation that
tho act in question had yot to be
passed by the souate, and that con-
scqucntly
producers could not tell
when tbo bounty would bo
is hardly a satisfactory
definitely
available,
one.
Uudor
relatively
tho added
existing conditions tbo
high price of silver and
profit tbo bonus on lead
affords, production should at least
equal that of three years ago. Iu
fact, tho government has a right to
expect that such should be tho case,
tbo bounty having been granted
practically on that assurance.
ilritish Colubmia Miuingg Record.
Indianians Visit District.
A. K. Press, O. L. Stout and John
Smith, of Marion, Indiana, who are
who are interested iu the Hoosier
Mlnlug company, operatiug the
Nevada property in the Cable Cove,
loft this afternoon for tbe east.
They went out to the property
yesterday with Eugene Ilartbolf to
examiuo tbo Constellation which
adjoins it.
Thinks Well of Greenhorns.
A. L. Morris, mlnlug editor of tbe
Telegram and Solicitor York, returned
this afteruoou from a trip to tbo
(reeuhorns. Mr. Morris visited
several mines wbilo away and ho Is
greatly impressed with them. Ho
left this afternoon to visit the Cracker
Creek district.