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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1903)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, Decembei i6, tqot FOOL QUESTIONS ONE MUST ANSWER to tbe.provislonsof the aot -passed by the legislature at Its seranth snmilnn is one of great Importance to the people oT tbe state of Idaho. Such payment'would establish a precedent for the payment of other bounties and I subsidies In tbe future and would Impose upon tho people a burden juuiupu upon mo people a burden A render of the Areata Uulon who I much too great to bo assumed hastily has beeti through tho "mill', with the or before the validity of the act la land otilclals, has banded Into thin l proporly 'determined. " Hoise Capi- office for publication tho following 4al News. questions propounded to him by the i special agent, says tho Aablaud Rec- j ord. 'Ah they wore renroduned from ' WILL START WORK ON GIPSY QUEEN memory Home of them my be a Htle mtt f It... ..M I.. . .. ll.n .!.. ,. ..v ... i.hu no;, unv mi mn lunui wu believe them to be fairly correct. ,'. When and whore wore you born and ' are you Horry It happened) i, Were any of your ancestors over f, hung 4nd what for? I. X. L. MILL IS IN OPERATION -fclu'!,,.lVIP lefraud the govern thin-land Am government and If ho wbyarejrou an wicked? ' 'If you build a mill on this land will ypu Hell the lumber or give it awayV ' , What Is your business and what do you Have each mouthy Do you know the difference be tweeu speculation and, the doctrine of infant damnation Were you ever married and if so t why did you happen to be so care it t i Fred T. Kolly, manager, of the I. X.' t. Vafrori -iMtfalri ttflftfifteAoon goillff to Maker Cltv after rnnnlra far tbe "boiler-." The' -'mil!.1 'tHrtetu wan started a few days ago, Mr. Kelly nays. Ih giving good satisfaction. Tbe cyanide plant was started up louay. Asaed in regard to tbe re cent reports 6f rich ore 'at'the I."X.' L., Mr. Kelly said: "We are now' making a raise from the 200 to the 100 level to a shoot which carries ore averaging S10Q to tho ton and at the same time le) luo ton ana at me same time we are Who are tho greatest smashers- PT.,D !h0 dr'fU n tho . ?.. both Del Norte timber locators or Carrie ?"? Bna. oma- We re "W"? 8 k.t M.......U isned with tbe Hatchet Nation V What la your laundry mark and a bow often do you send your clothe i to wash? Is the laud otilce greater than tho Supremo court, and If ho, why notr Do you use Force and what is your opinion of sawdust as a breakfast food? What Ih homo without an auto? Are you in favor of expansion and what Is your chest measure? How far ia it from here to there, nd If hot, why soy Were you ever in jail and who balled you out? Is it true you stole the money nut of your little boy'a bank to pay for your claim? i Were you ever baptised, inoculated or fumigated, and did it take? Do you know what made Milwaukee famous, and what is your liquid ca pacity? ' ' Tell all your private alTaira t which have takou place since childhood not jerealed by the above questions. . Are you a uuoii mail or a scab? ! Don't you feel ashamed of yourself for trying to keep the poor scrip syn dicate from getting bold of your claim? Were you ever In lovo and how long before you came to? How many running feet of logs is there on your claim and bow long will it take you to out down all the trees, working sixteen hours Who is the author of the "Hack to the Woods?" Now will you bo good? mode." showings PRIMITIVE MINING METHODS IN MEXICO Eugene Dartholf has been author ized to do tbe assessment work on the Gipsy Queen, by the people who bought and paid for tbe pronertv last summer, and will put a crew of men on the job In a few days. Ah Tbe Miner bas'before mentioned, tbat was a queer deal, the sale of this group of claims, engineered by W. II. W. Hamilton. One day Mr. Dartholf 'and bis associates who originally owned the property, were hotiflod tbat monoy was at tbe Bank of Sumnter with which to mul h last payment. Not until a few weeks ago did Ibey know ' who had bought u. men Air. uarihoir received a letter asking about tbe cost of doing tbe assessment work, which showed that tbe present owners are not familiar with mining business. He answered, giving the desired infor mation, and a' 'day or two s since re ceived a reply instructing him to have the work done. xne average man wouldn't even buy a farm in this way, yet these have bought a mine without knowins anything about it. when the closest AYnmlniatlnn an1 tnnnt MHfnl aA. belng tiny would be advisable. And, won- Iderful tn rnlntA. thav hot-nn't Imnn swindled elher. The Gipsy Queen is unquestionably a valuable prop erty and will make a rich producer with little develepment: now that the smelter here ia to beoln nnern. tlona and furnish a market for these high grade ores. MS f Only transcontinental line assing directly through Salt Lake City a day? famous IDAHO AUDITOR REFUSES TO, PAY SUGAR BOUNTY For several days there havo boon many rumors atloat hh to vhat State Auditor Turner would do wheu claims Mere lllrd with him by (ho sugar beet manufacturers for one cent a pound on sugar manufactured lu tbe state, iu accordance with the iaw iwased by the last legislature. Mr. Turner was seen today by tbe Capital News reporter aud asked what be would do wheu such claims were riled. Iu respuuse to the question, ho said: "The matter of payment of a bounty upon beet sugar Inoouformity A mining mau recently back from Mexico baa this to say about opera- tlona tbere: 'Mlnlnn .iJ...I 1 1 .. Al a. "IU " CUUUIIDHIU IU IUU IHOSl primitive manuer. Elevators, trains. windlasses and even ladders are un known iu many of tho mines. "The peons carry the ore to tho Hiirfaoe Iu sacks, each containing about ir0 pouuds of oro. A strap fastened to tho sack passes ovor tho forehead. Thus the bauds aro left free, lu liou of laddois notched poles are used. The carrier climbs from ledgo to ledge on these poles. It Ih dangerous aud fatigueing aud a white mau re fuses to make more tbau a trip or two. lu fact tbe whlto man's shoes won't cling to the woru aud slick poles, Tbe peonH wear a sort of soft saudHl. "Tnere are uo pumps iu the tuluef,, the greasers oarrylug tbe water out iu leather bags. Whou the water runs too fast the mlue la abandoned. Then aloug comes a bustling American, buys the property for a song, puts in modern machinery aud has a com pletely developed mluo at a very small outlay." CAVE IN AT COLUMBIA RHHIRED BY SUNDAY Prank Haillie, general manager of the Columbia, who weut to liaker City yesterday with bis moutbly "wasbiug", as he puts it. stated that the damages due to' tbe recent cave lu on the No, 2 level, will be repaired' aud everything going again as uuaj by Sunday. It waa a pretty bad slip, tbe atope giviug way, carrying down with it over 100 feet of track. PROCESS Or OBTAINING RADIUM FROM PITCHBLENDE. Tbe separation of radium from pitch blonde is a long aud tedious process, The rare ore is first crushed and tbe powder is roasted with car bonate of soda. After washimr. the residue la treated with dilute sulphu ric acid, the sulphates belus then couvertcd into carbouates by boilins with strong carbouato of soda solu tion. Radium sulphate, an exceed ingly insoluble salt, Ih contained lu tbe residue. The soluble sulnhates are washed out, and from the residue byrochlorlo acid dissolves out nolo. nlum actinium aud other elements Radium sulphate remains, with some barium sulphate. These sulphates are converted into carbouates by boiling wlthlcarbonate of soda solution, and tbe carbonates are dissolved in hv- drochloorio acid, and precipitated again hb sulphate by means of sulphu ric acid. The sulphates are further purified and flually converted in.o oholorldea. A tou of pitch bleuded yields about fifteen pounds of the mixed oboloridea of radium and barium, from wheh a small fraction of radium chloride Is separated by crystal! izatiou. New Peat-Fuel Process. In a new peat-fuel process latelv exhibited at Charltou, gEuglaud, tbe water is removed by mechanical and electrical meaus. The freshly-cut peats packed into rotation cylinders. and faus beat, out part of tbe mois ture, while au electric current is passed through the mass, beating it and aiding in expelling the wtater. Tbe material ia finally pressed into briquettes. The fuel is claimed to be economical, but nearly two pounda must be burned to slve the effect of a pound of steam coal. I Leadville Colorado Springs 1 and Denver Three nnlpnriMlv mnilnnait tra n t daily TO ALL POINTS EAST. j Through Sleeping and Dining Can and free Reclining Chair Can. 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