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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1903)
EASTERN ' INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT COVERS -THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE MILLS FOR BOTH THE BELCHER AND RED LION Twenty Stamps on The Former And a Ten Ton Plant on The Latter. MIIIh will I hi ItiHtnlliMl on both tho iiolchor mill Hod Lion in tho early spring. Superintendent P. A. J Irmly wuh in tho oily today on IiIh way to liakor, ami stated that thuro would ho no change in thiH ,rogram. A twonty Htiiuip mill Iiiih alroaily lioon ordered for tho llolobor, anil 1h now being lailit for luiiiioiliato shipment In Cholago. Mr. Ilriulv thiukH tho machinery will lio hum in tlmo to got It In oor tho hiiow. A small null will iiIho Iio placed on (ho Hod Lion. Tho details or thlH plant havo not dollnitoly been de cided upon. Mr. Ilriidy, however, thinks II will either lio u Trtmmiii mill or llvo HlampH, with a dally capacity of alioul ton toiiH. Dovidopinont work, Mr. llrady MtatoH, Ik prouri'KHitiK tntist HiitlHfait torlly on them two promising (ireon horn propel ticn. At tho itod Lion tho drift on tho orn shoot in tho COMPARE PROFITS FARLY DAYS AND NOW In a oompariHoii of tho prolltH on oroH In tin early iIh.vh. with tho proa out tlmo Home Interesting ilguroa are brought forth. In 1871, tho price of nl Ivor beiiiK fl.M per ounce, a ton of oro oouatlulng 0H3 ouiioea was nhlpped to the smelter at lllaok Hawk, for which the mine owner re. calved $374.00 net. after deducting the oohI or mining, trausporation and treatment. Oro or exactly tho name grade may lio Hhippod to tho smelters today, at tho preneut price of silver, and return a prollt of 370. 3r over all Clint . lu March, IHiIH, four and one-half Ioiih of oie, shipped from (loorgo town to (Hack Hawk,, yielded total viilucH of $1,071. Tho treatment charges were tCMU. Ill 1800 llfty Ioiih sent to lllaok Hawk coot -." per ton hauliiiK charges. In tho 70'h it cunt 8 to 0 per ton to deliver ore from Sil ver 1'lumo to (icorgetown. Tho following rate prevailed iu Colorado lu 1808: Not lean than ouo nuuee of silver wm paid for. Not less than one uarter ounce of gold wan paid fer: Dot Im than una per cent copper, after deduotlng one ounce of silver lower workings, has boon carried oighty-tlvo root, showing tho body to Im nix root lu width, with oro averag ing hotwoon 8 and $12 to tho ton. Work Ih to bo oarriod on all winter. Tho llolobor Ih iiIho turning Btead ily ahead iu a development way, got ting ready ror early Htoplug. Tho lower tunnel la boliiK carried for ward, and a raise Ih boiug mudo on the No. II oro shnt from lower to J upper tuuuotH. Tho dititanuo Ih 153 foot, and eighty feet have already boon completed. There are tiatib fac tory Valium ror tho dltitanco ho far attained. In tho tunnel tho No. 4 oro shoot bad been cut, and from tho liidii'atloiiH, tho (ioldoti (Jute, an in tersecting vein, Ih being approached. (The increased How or water, Mr. llrady states, Icada to tlilH coiicIiihIoii. Dovolopiuent work at both proper lies Ih being riiHlied ahead an rapidly II H pOHHiblo. for each per cent of copper, liold was paid for at tho following rat eh: For ore containing two j ounces of gold per ton, twenty per cent of Hh value; three ouuoes, I thirty per cent; four ounces, forty j per cent; live oiiiicoh, forty-tlvo per cent, nix ouuceH, fifty per ceut. Matte wbh hauled by. team to the I Missouri river, from St. Louia tc iNew Orlcaus by boat, and theu re- abipped to SwatiMea aud (iermauy. It took alx montliH to get returns. Ten tbouHKiid lire brick to build the Hinolter at lllack Hawk cout II per brick. Irou for doora and Mtructural parta cunt 2ft cents per pound. Lead wan paid for at the market price If It ran over 25 per ceut. Silver at $1.27 per ounce wbh paid for at the rate of 71 cents per ounce in 1878 on a IiiihIh or 127 ounces to tho tou, 258 ouuceH at the rate or 811 ceutH per ounce, 4711 ouucoh 110 cent per ounce. Those not oh are taken from tho actual mill rutiH. In 1870, with tho price of silver at 11.18 per ' ounce, the white metal netted the mine owners at thirty ouuceH oro alx ceuta per ounce, thirty-live ounces uluvteen cents per ounce, forty-live on been thlrty-nlx ceuta, fifty ouuoea forty ceuta, 100 ouuceH sixty-seven ceutn, 200 ouuoea eihty-one ceuta, 1100 ouucea eighty-eighty oeuta, 400 ouuoea ninety ceuta, 000 ounce uluety-two oeuta aud 1,000 ouuoea uluoty-eigbt cents. What was true of Colorado applies with equal forue to the entire went. AH of which goes to show that iu the good old timcH there was no suuh profit iu mining enterprises bh may bo reallzedjat the present clay, with improved transportation facilities and the remarkable advances achieved in the metallurgical world. Data for the foregoing was furnished by Mr. Harry A. Lee, of Lee A Finch, mining ongluoerb,of this city, and for eight years state commissioner of uiiueb for Colorado. Ores aud Metals. Luck of One Man. Five years ago, Charles H. Eiobel berger, was a prospector in Arlzoua. Ho owned a pair of.oreralls, a lsblrt, two burros and a couple of hob nailed shoes. One day be climbed a hill that raises Its sun-soorobod back botweou the Colorado and Gila rivers, aud tho nails iu hid shoes scratched tho formation. When he looked down at the nail marks he nearly weut crazy. The rock was spotted aud Beamed with gold. Ho bad dis covered tho King of Arizona miuo, which 1b dally addiug thousands of dollars to tho gold output of theater rltory. He sold his luterest for 9250,000, aud siuce then has been iudulgiug in tho luxuries of life lu Sau Francisco, and has now Invest ed lu busiuosH that pays him loss, but which gives him moro leisure. Milling ami Engineering Iteviow. Indian's Essay on a Horse. Tho following remarkable essay on tho borne is said to bo from tho peu of an Indian studeut: "Tho homo Ih n very uoblo quadruped, but when ho Ih augry he will not do so. He is ridden ou the spinal cord by tbo bridal, aud sadly tbo driver places his foot ou the stirrup, aud divides bis lower limbs across tho saddle, aud driven his animal to the meadow. Ho has four legs; two are ou the front sldo aud two are afterward. These are tho weapons ou which he Railway Equipment Including New and Second Hand Locomotives, Gars, Logging Trucks, Relaying Rails and Fastenings. a Sawmill Machinery, Stationary En gines and Boilers, a at j MINING MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS A. J. McCabe. TACOMA, WASHINGTON riiup. He also deteuds himself by extending those in the rear iu a par allel direction toward his foe, but this he does ouly when iu a vexa tious mood. There is no animal like tho horse. No sooner they see their guardian or master than they always cry for food, but It is always at the moruing time. They have got tails, but not so long aa the cow and other such stock anlmalB." NOTICE Iu the matter of tho petition of the Sumpter Townslte company, Ltd., for the vacatlou of certain streets aud alloys iu the Sumpter Townslte Syndicate's Second Addition to the towu, now City of Sumpter, Ore gou. The above entitled matter coming ou to be heard before the Common Council of tho City of Sumpter, in meeting duly and regularly assem bled, this 2!)th day of December, 1003, aud the petition or said Sump tor Townslte Co. Ltd., having boen duly presented praylug for the vaca tion of certain streets and alleys in tho Sumpter Townslte Syndicate's Second Addition to the town, now City of Sumpter, Oregon, together with the proof of the due publicatiou of the notice of tho application for such vacation by advertisement thereof for four consecutive weeks Id the Sumpter Minor that said petition would be presented, and also the consent of tho owners iu fee simple of all tho proporty frouting on both Hides of said streets aud alleys so sought to bn vacated, aud for 200 feet ou each aide thereof, and said petition aud proof belug iu all respeotH regular, It is ordered that tho 12th day of January, 1004, at tho hour or sovon o'clock P. M., at tho City Hall in said City of Sumpter, Is hereby fixed us the tlmo ami place for bearing said petition aud auy objections or remoustrauces thereto. ' Doue in open Council this 20th day of December, 1003. (Attest) S. S. START, Recorder. Approved December 29, 1003. D. P. BRADLEY, Acting Mayor.