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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1903)
ff 8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, Decembei to. igo s A STRANGE CALIFORNIA ORE CALLED RADIUM W. II. Nichols hits received 11 spec imen of tin) Mariposa motility, Call forniii, ore, which Iiiih created hul'I) h furor on the coast, mill which for h butter im mo has boon designated rHiliiini. Tho or (i resembles somewhat scu otnl grade copper ore produced In Montiuiii hut upon being scraped with H IliUtlllliU HIlllHtanCO, while hold in th 11 dark.omitH Hiiirku which resemble phoHphoroiiH. Shortly after tho streak was discov ered ii specimen wih forwarded to Prof. Chariot !I. (Sago, tho eminent Scientist, Who ri'Hll li HCiolltillO paper before thu iHHt Hussion of tho Inter national Mining congress in thin city. Prof. (Sago prououucuH the lllumina- ting property of this pcourllar ruck Ho far iih the commercial value ot , tho inn is concerned there Is nothing f yet (lutermliied, hut 1'rof. tinge de clares that if the property contained In the six-font stienk of thia wonder fill rock Ih radium, it will materially reduce the value of IIiIh latest scion title commodity nnd place It within the reach of the public for whatever beuellt they can derive from It. Professor 'Jane Ih now suffering from the effects of an accident ex perleticed while experimenting with the new Illuminating curiosity. He declares that there Ih but. one way to extinct i allium from the Mariposa ore and that is by electricity. In a partial leport made on the Mariposa ore. Professor (Inge states that tho quantity of radium contained Ih consldeiable. While experiment ing with thiH particular ore thu pro fessor sutl'ered the severe burning of IiIh breast and lingers, hiiiI experi enced tempaorary blindness, lie ex plained that the accident was due entiiely to his own carelessness. I li I at 87 a ton he considered iih thu sudden extraction was so unexpected! t encouraging. Mr. .lones ear that the poweiful glolie of light ex , r,i ,, number of samples of ore posed completely obliterated every j w, him which he will have assays thing. , made in Portland. After Ih return There aie now several specimens of , i t, , ,,, ., w spend the winter this woudeifiil oie in Itutte, Mr. Nichols having divided his specimens with his friends. When the rock Ih held III a dark place and scraped with metallic substance, II emits ahoiil the same amount of light as scratching a match without lighting it, yet then Ih no sound nor in there any phos. phoious present, -llutte Inter-.Mountain. GREAT GAMBLING SCHEME r ON ARC III lit. ON NOME I It Is announced iu the Seattle newspapers that the greatest gam tiling enterprise ever launched under the Northern lights mid that Ih not saying much Is alloat at Nome. Nome has set the ban on open gam tiling, ami hence the gamblers have been obliged to devise a new scheme to get the dollars and the utlggotH and the dust of the tollers in the tundra. The plan Is to establish an Arctic Motite Carlo out from Nome on the thick of llerlug sea mld-wlu-ter ice, distant a full marine league from laud and hence out of the juris diction of any nation. At that dis tance from shore the ice iu winter is said to bo twelve feet thick.au ample foundation for the frail palace of sin which will be. erected. (ambling hulls, a dance ball, a theater, a saloon aud a hotel with cafe annex will bo contalued beneath the roof of the structure, vhich will ' be ho constructed that It cnn he re lino red to shoie when tho ice breaks up in thu spring Hut during the winter thu place will i mi mid the heat of the times to be experienced there will be regulated by thu ability of the I en to withstand the Increased tenipe ratnre. Will it be allnwed to run? There Ih ii nice point of law for stu dents ol International jurisprudence, to study. The single inarine league of general repute iih the limit of a country's jurisdiction in not n writ ten statute, but merely a precedent established at it time when maritime ord inn lice would shoot with effect no fur her. It was destined to give protection to a neutral sea coast In wiir times. Now, Isn't a nation just iih much entitled to protect Itself from vice ami lawlessness iih from gunshot? Spokesman tier lew. .,, 1Tr ,..,,, re PHONOLITE DISCOVERER SAYS MOUNT RASTUS IS 0. K. V. II. Jones, of Unity, linker county, Hpeut part of yesterday in Pendleton. Mr. .Jones was the orlgl - mil discoverer of the phouolite IIh- trlct on Camp creek, a south trlbu tary of lliirnt river, and now Iiiih claims at Mt. Itastus. He speaks very oucouragoiugly of that locality , mid predicts that several very rich ' mines will be developed iu the din , trlct. Mr. .lones Ih chlelly Interested iu ' I a number of claims on the divide between Camp creek and Hull run 'creek, both of wiiich are tributaries to lliirnt river. These i several miles from Mt. claims aro Itastus, thu famous phouolite located along a district mid wero gold beariug lead which has shown ..onie excellent iih says. Thu quart. Ih free milling, ' with a well defined lead four feet j wide. Assays range from ft'J.iiO a ton on the surface to 8-.'i( a ton at the bottom of the shaft. One assay with several men working the Unity I claim which he cnnslileis thu best tu of the group on the Unity mountain, Mr. Jones claims to have been tho original discoverer of the new district ! and the llrst prospect was found , $:!.). 1 A. while hunting for deer. Ho Ih ii: Lot 7, block 0, Sumpter Valley R. prospector of the sixties and after JR. Co., owner, assessed for d:i,"i. l.'i. losing Ills wealth iu the cattle West , lot 8, block tl, Sumpter business iu Texas, returned to the Valley R. R. Co., owner, assessed for' west to regain a fortune. Ho spent j SIS). 1 1. several weeks of last spring nnd sum Lot 1, block 7, Sumpter Valley mer iu the tireeuhoru counrty, with lout success and cavo un the hunt in . that locality, lie decided to try his! hand on wild game for a week or two and while wandering through the mountains he disovered the lead he is now working upon. Ho also Lot prospected the Mt. Rastus region R, Co, tveforo Major llonta became interested I Lot In the district, but he believes that'R. Co the Hull Run part of thu district1 AH possesses richer mines than Mt. Run tus or Camp cieek. Pendleton Trlb line. Scrippers on Black Butte Mine. Ed. C. Allen, who is thu manager of the (Hack Hutte mine under the reorganization, is iu towu this week. The Pendleton men who are backing tho present compauy are among the most solid business meu of the btate, aud It is easy to understand that the company's rare coblnatlon of good Iwckiug. good management aud good ore bodies, is bouud to make a good . mine without uuueeextwry delay. I Mr. Allen Informs the News that the plans of the compauy contemplate the erection of 11 hoist nnd sinking plant, and that the development will ( be a shaft sunk from the lowest level t of the former working. Soripper had placed their paper on some of the claims belonging to the group, I but the company's attorney, V. Ii. Cozad, has got the matter before Land Commissioner Richards, and a decision is expected sboitly. ic j btorlng the grouud to its original I owners (irutit County News. NOTICE OK SALE Or-' PROPERTY FOU STI.EKT IMPROVEMENT. i Notice Ih hereby given that under j and by virtue of a warrant Issused by tho City Recorder of the City of Sumpter on tho l!ud day of December, 10011, to me directed, commanding ' me to collect the assessment levied upon each of tho lots or tracts of 'land hereinafter described and set forth for tho improvement of Auburn , street from the east lino of Center street'to tho west line of the alley iu 1 the center of Hlook 11, Sumpter Heights, McKwons' addition to the , town of Sumpter, extended southerly would cross said Auburn street, I will at the frout door of the City Hall, in tho City of Similiter, Raker County, Oregon, at tho hour of ten Oregon, at tho hour a. in. on tho Itith o'clock a.m. on tho Itith day of January, HUM, sell at public auu tion, to the highest and best bidder for cash iu hand each and every lot, tract, or parcel of laud hoi el nafter described, for tho assessment levied thereon for tho Improvement of Auburn street, together with the costs and accruing costs of this sale, as declnred by Ordinance No. l!Ur of thu City of Sumpter. Kaoh lot, tract, or parcel of laud hereinafter described will be sold separately for cash in hand, but no bid will be accepted on any lot, tract, or parcel ot laud that Ih less than the amount of the assessment I levied thereon, together with the costs and accrung costs iih hereinafter set forth. The following are the lots or tracts of laud that will be otfered for sale with the name of the owner i. ml thei I amount of the assessment against the I (same: j i Lot 0, block ii, Sumpter Valley I R. R. Co., owner, assessed for' II. R. Co., owner, assessed for' gH'J. ."ill. Lot U, block 7, Sumpter Valley R. i , owner, assessed for (.ill. 01). J :i, block 7, Sumpter Valley Ii. j , owner, assessed for 114. 1- 4 block 7 Sumpter Valley R.. owner, assessed for 828. .V.L I ." block 7, Sumpter Valley R. I , owner, assessed for 7.'Jl) I of the foregoing lots aud i R. Co. Lot jit. 'Co. 'pracels being In thu origual towusite of the town, now city, of Sumpter, j as shown ou the plat theieof, entitled: Revised plat of the' .town of Sumpter, of record iu I 1 the otllce of the recorder of oonvovauces or linker Uouuty, Ore gon. j itness my nana tins l.itn nay ot I Den., li03. ED RAND, City Marshal of the City of Sumpter. Confectionery. Froth Caudles aud Fruit, Choice Hue of Cigars aud Tobaccos, at STUIUilLL'S AnOlflGMNnF SsftKMft Onlv transcontinental line asslng directly through Salt Lake City Leadville Colorado Springs J andDenver Three splendidly equipped tra m ' daily TO ALL POINTS EAST. Through Sleeping and DinlngCars , and free Reclining Chnir Cars. The mnt Magnificent scenery America by daylight. '". Stop overs allowed on J of tickets. all classes J : For rheae8t rates and descriptive literature, address W. G. MoBRIDE, General Agent! RIO GRANDE LINES j Portland, OrcoonJ Ofti! OREGON Shorj Line I I I and union Pacific TO Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City. CHICAGO ST. 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