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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1904)
8 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, February 10, 19045 SOLD OUT QUICKLY. Burnt River Contingent Disposes of Beeves And Stuff at Bourne And Sumpter Taking Back a Big Lot of Stuff And Spendlnq Lots of Cash Here. li. C. Elliot, of liurnt river, who, with W. M. Chamberlain, brought In tbrKe loads of produuu the day boforu yesterday, accompanied by Hob Riley, of Sumpter, who was assisting In the transportation, came back from llournu lust evening. They sold out twelve quarters of beeves in Houruo yesterday without moving the sled, tbey say, and in a short time elghteeu in all were disposed of. Tbe pro ducers have fared equally well at the IihiiiIh of Sumpter. They will return tomorrow, taking hack with them 0,000 pounds of sued grain, a big consignment of sugar and a lot of other stulf. They expect to return again next week with an other load of roliic. They are well pleased with tbe reception they have met with hero and the business they am building. It Is true that pome opposition Is met from the butchers, but, this cannot last long, when It Ih realized that tint trade of a rich district mentis more in the long run than u mere momentary loss in an individual instance. RICH RADIUM STRIKE IN EMERY CO. UTAH. A disputed from Halt Luke says: A discovery has linen miidit in the northern part of Eriiory county, this state, of an Immense deposit of pitch blende, the rock from which Is ex tracted the precious nullum, by Oscar Heche, formerly of Spokane and now u cattle rancher, who lives about llfty tulles north of the town of Emory. The pitch blende Is found in con nection with ciiruotlte, which Is shown by Professor Ilildebraud'H analysis to contain fi- per cent ura nium mid IT HO per cent vanadium. The rock is yellow. The pitch blende Is dark, some of It almost black, and some specimens aie rich in the greenish yellow substance that Is said to contain nullum. Other specimens of the pitch blende show a great variety of peacock colors. The deposit Is on the lleebe ranch and can be traced on the surface for :i,000 feet It is about I'll) feet wide. Oscar lleebe lived In Spokane fif teen years ago and was In the restau rant business In a small way. He then went to Kincry county, Utah, and ciiuiigcd in stock raisin:. He has known of the deposit of mineral for iniinv years, but was never aware of Its value. The lodge, or rather ridge, has mi vend times been located for cupper, but always abandoned by the locators. When the descriptions of the ore from which radium is extracted were published some time ago, Beebe took samples Of the rock' and sent tbem east for analysis! He alio sent some of tbo ore to Denver. The re turns showed that tbe rock contained a high percentage of radium. Tben, In Association with two practical mining men, wbo are also capitalists, Beebe commenced development work onjthe property. SINKING PLANT FOR THE WORLEY Superintendent Hunter, of tbe Worley, in the (iroonbornai'wHa here 'today maklug arraugomenn for the transportation of a sinking plant to be Installed uu tbe property at once. J The plant was ordered some time ago, and part of the machinery has already arrived. Continuous work j will be carried on at the property. KLICKITAT INDIAN RELICS NUMBER IOO,000:PIECtS. W. H. Uilstrap,ouratorand secre tary of the Ferry museum in Tacoma, was in the city yesterday for the pur poso of looking up some curios of the Umatilla and Cayuse Indians, to be displayed at the Kerry museum In Tacoma. Mr. (II Intra p did not make a visit to tbe agency, but went ou to La UratiJe for a few days' visit, aftor which be will reutru to Pendleton and look ovor tho Held. Mr. (lllstrap has just examiued the collection of the late Dr. Stewart, of tSoldondale. and pronounced It very Hue and of the value of 915,000. Tho collec tion includes 100,000 relics. .Mr. Clilstrap said: "The Sotwart collection is princi pally of Klickitat Iudlau curios, picked up for tho most part along the Klickitat and Columbia rivers. "Iu addition to 40,000 perfect specimens, there aro 40,000 Imperfect specimens, and 1)00 Iudaiii baskets. The remaining relics arc stout' uten sils and weapons of all kinds pes tles, mortars and other artcllos iu general use. It is u miwnlllcout col lection, and should not bo allowed out of the state. "I)i. Stewart winked into the good graces of the Klickitat Indians to such an extent that they would bring him everything they found. It. took him twelve or fifteen years to get the aggregation together. The lot would sell readily in the east, but as It represents the historical development and progress of one of our own tribes, it should never be permitted to get away. "--Pendleton Tribune Large Ore Body in Black Butte. I'd C Allen, superintendent of the lilack llute mine iu Fox valley, camu over from the property Tuesday even ing. He says that a largo ore body was encountered on a cross-cut, and displayed a sample of the ore to a News reporter. Samples were being taken to Sumpter for assays, as the values are not yet known. When he left the mine a 'J0-lnch seam of talc and ten feet of ledge had been cut, and he surmises that the ore body may be sixty or sevetity foot. Mr. Allen will also order machinery foi the new hoisting plant to be erected iu the coming spring. The machinery will be taken to Flyiiu station on sleds, anil will thou bo laid up for better roads.--Oraiit County News. SPELLBINDER TALKS OF GOLD MINING IN BOSTON Professor J. H. Weber is in Boston from tbe Pacific slope to give Illus trated lectures In the east on tbe Bo hemia and Blue River mining dis tricts, in behalf of tbe mining enter prises of George W. Lloyd. In answer to the question, "Does gold mining pay?" Profssor J. H. Weber says: "From tbe earliest history to tbe present time, humanity's ear tingles when it bears tbe jingle of'gold. Ita glitter causes intense excitement la the breast of man, and his hand is ever ready t6 grasp tbis illusive article. Every few years some maker of gold bobs up on tbe horizon anJ claims Aladln power, but the vision soon vanishes and tbe old pros pector, with burro and a grub stake, starts out to find tbe vein that Is to make men bonanza kings. "Every great mine begqn with a ten foot hole, but not all ten foot boles are bonanzas. If it were so men would become bow-legged by carrying tbe royal metal. Mines am made by development. Tbe stock holder today is too eager for divi dends; hence, long before tbe pros pect is a mine officers are urged to erect mills and pay a dividend. Look where you will, Iu any mining camp, and you will see tbe wrecks of meu's folly. I have in mind just this picture in Califernia: "Tbo cry for dividends wae urged by tbe stockholders and a fine mill aud plant erected. It ran for a while, and as there were no ore re servos blookod out 6100,000 was spent and the mill aud mine wore sold for 87,000. My friend bought It, drifted a little over 100 feet, and has taken hundreds of thousands out siuco that tune. There are many scores of such Instances as this, do to these dofuuot stockholders aud ask, 'Does gold mining pay?' aud with uuited chorus thoy will say, 'No.' "Again, I have soon a tlrst class property, which would pay large div idends If tho propor management wore iu tho lead; but sumo rich stockholder In coutrol has a worth less sou or a relative whom ho thinks call run a mine, as any fool cau do this. Out bo comes, aud in throe weeks he's a in In lug expert aud knows more thau a tree of owls. What Is tho story? A failure. 'Does gold mining pay?' Ask tbo stockholders. "Mining, like every other busi ness, must bo carried un by men t ruined by loug yeais of experience, with scientific aud practical skill. WORTH READING YOU CAN MAKE MONEY IF YOU BUY THESE STOCKS VALLEY QUEEN PRICE 9 CENTS Capital $250,000. The Coming Great Mine of tbe Cable Cove Diitrict. Recent big ttriket show values of over $181 per ton. A sure Producer. An investment in Vallev Queen will many times double your money. J Jt J Jt BUCK HORN-PRICE 10 CENTS Capital $500,000. Will be a Greater Bue Bird. It has the ore bodies oi this famous property. An investment in Buck Horn is like finding money J J jt J jt Write today for Prospectus and full information. Men tion No. 60 acd we will mail you tree six months the NORTH AMERICAN MINER WHEELER & CO. Bankers 32 BROADWAY, N. Y- KXXXSiHBHHBilHBBBHBHHBBH As gold is so Illusive tbe unskilled man can run more off the plates than be can catch. ' Again, companies go Into a proposition and hire some cheap John expert, whope only stock; in trade is a few generalities, aud a report Is made. 'There are millions in sight.' Ves, there are millions, but It's millions of tons of worthless rook and no ore. Instead of the company hiring, not one or two, but at least three reputable mining ex perts and comparing their reports and investigating tbe proposition, as does Clark, De Lamar, tbe Amalgamated company aud others tbey sell the stock, promise large dividends, and In a year or so another failure is written against legitimate mining. "I know of scores of mining men wbo go in to a pool, take up four to six prospects that have merit, and out of these they will develop a couple of good mines. Tbey are not fools enough to think every prospect will pay. I have seen an eastern promoter come west and buy some cheap bolo in the ground, go east and fleece tbe lambs. Ask tbe lambs, 'Does gold minipg pay?' and tbey say 'No.' If conservative business rules are used In mining, as men do- in every other business, there la none on earth that offers a rlober field than gold mining. "The Bradstreet Reporter says that 07 per cent of tbe business men (ail to die rich. There are no such fail ures in conservative gold mining, carried on by competent, skilled men. "The New York Commerlcal says: 'There are more dividends paid by tbe gold and silver mines of tbe United States than by all the banks In the United States. Tbe copper mines pay more dividends than all the railroads In the United States.' " Shareholders Meeting. Notice is hereby glyeu that there will be a meeting of the shareholders of tho First National Bank, of Sump ter, Tuesday, February 10, 1904, at thoir banking bouse at 1 1 a. m. R. II. MILLER, Cashier. Dated Jan. 11, 1004 . Timber and Homestead Filings. Timber and homestead Minus, an well ...0-.p ..... as final proofs, cnu bo made before Charles II. Chance, United States Com missioncr. office in First National Bank of Sumpter building. Sumpter, thus sav ing applicants expense of a trip to La li ramie. Buy 82.00 worth of merchandise aud get one dozen cabinet photos and sample copies of fifty popular maga zines for 40c at tho Racket Store.