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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, March 2, 1904
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COLONEL GRAYSON DROPS
DEAD IN CINCINNATI.
Brief Telegram Says Death Last Night Was
Due to Either Heart Failure
Or Apoplexy.
An Associated press dispatch from
Cincinnati lust night announced the
midden death Micro of Colouul John
Temple (Iravson. It says:
".I. ''. (Iraysiiu, of Portland, one
of tint wealthy mining men uf the
norllnvcHl, dtopped dead In his room
in I ho Ht. Nicholas hotel here to-
night. Heart fulliire or apoplexy Is
Ijoliovod to be the cause of IiIh
death."
Colonel (Iravsoii came to eastern
Oregon In 1 Mini, Ho had pioviuusly
inadn Now Vmk his heailipiarlei-K,
lint I1111I operiiteil In various parts of
Ihn west, lie Induced the invest
lliulit I11110 of sevoinl hundred thnti
hiiiiiI diilliiis ot Cliiuiiiuiitl niouey;
Hist in lluliy Mi'Ken and Last Chance
mid later In tlie Alpine. He has
liaiMrinilili) with his associates In the
lluliy McKfii of 11 legal nature, which,
it Is thought, has not yet been ad
justed, Two years ago he went to
liiitidiiu to finance a mining deal;
tiuf fill led tu bring back any consid
erable amount of English money.
Colonel (Iraysou is reputed to have
made several lingo fortunes at dllfor
out times, and Is always spoken of as
11 "wealthy mining man." His name
appears among tlin list of Oregon
LARGE SUCTION DRILL
FOR JOHN DAY DREDGE
Tim most modern ami accurate
methods of ascertaining tho gold
values In prospective placer ground
will soon bo put in operation by the
Empire Diedglng company.
The midline is a suction drill,
mounted on a traction gear, and was
tiroiight into town Satuulay by
I'rolulilers Ciawfiird and Middles
worth. With the boilers and ma
chinery dismounted the prospecting
iiuiiihliie weighs over seven tons, and
was luggeil lurouuli I lie mud liy a
ten-hurst! team. When supplied withi
nil appaiiitus the weight is over ten
tons.
Tho nine line not only works rap
idly and cciiiatcly, but does I ot
injure the uiniiud whem It Is em
ployed, as Ilio upenliiL' will not ex
ceed a six-Inch hole. It can lie
driven by its own power and without
damiigo to the soil Into Ileitis, lots
and meadows, wheio ilie test may
iilckly be made and the machine
moved on with no Inconvenience to
tho owners of tho ground.
It is likely Hint a considerable area
till bo prospected, after
which the
oompauy will lie able to compute , tures iu the presence of the oxide.) ol
quite accurately what it can alford to, manganese, when It had been exposed
lo iu the way of future development, .to tho air for u week or two." Cou
(Iraut County News. Iditioii can readily be Imagined to
inilliniiaircH in a "financial liluo
hook," recently published: but peo
ple hero who are more or less
familial with his business h Hairs pay
that his estate will not pay hi a dolits.
Ills assets consist largely of stock In
tlio llaliy ,McKee and Alplic mining
companies; wl'lch, though prosper-
lively iiilimlil . could not now be
' readily iciill'o i upon, and an equity
in 11 haiidsoiin !:ouio In Portland.
Personally, I was an iitlablc gen
tleinau, n pleii-iint. companion, who
loved the good things of life, and his
death will be regretted by many tie-
iiualutances in eastern (Jreuon. It
ulll ...) ii.i...r..n. ulil. ..ill..,,- nf n,
mining companies ho Is t.,,,,,,,.,.,,.,1 1 '"t'dles the must. 10.000 tons; tho
with, as they havo received little of i ' ecl 'V loh L,,ko ,,n"' w,,,ch ,'"'
his personal attention. I rL' "Pl-roxiiiia oly ,,r,00 tons per
Hick Adtloms. supcilutcudcut of lly for Ilio Cnlumot A: IIimsIu mine,
the Alpine, can... In today iinm the ly wlildi It Ih owned, ranks second;
mine. The news of Colonel (ir.iy- ' t.l'H-r hange. serving tho South
sou's .tli was shock to him. Mr. Il"u triel. Is third, with a ton-
Addonis hail a letter from Colonel u"" ,)f "000'1 "'" tho ,"""nt tr,,U9
(Iraysou dated at Portland. February l,0lm, ,,.",,y l? thf (i',hlcy M,l,,nB
111. In which the Colonel stated Hint
he was much liupruved. Mr. Addoms
-
knew (hat ho contemplated n trip
east, and thinks his leaviug at this
time was duo to a change for tho
liot tor.
PREPARING TO START
THE E. & E. MILL.
Tho new lathe, which arrived the
other day for the E. and K. machine
shop, was loaded up this morning
and taken to the property.
Tim Intention of the company, as
stated a few days ago, id to equip a
llrst class machine shop aud make
the necessary repairs at the mill,
with a view to early operation.
Things, it is uudeistood, will be put
In shape as speedily as possible and
Hie mill will be started up perma
nently In tho near future.
Gold Dissolved And Precipitated.
Theio have been occurrences of
gold underground that can only be
explained by supposing that Hie gold
had llrst been dissolved and then
pieclpitated from solution. How
the solution of gold may oc:ur Is i
suggested by the tests of a Now Zea-
I laud chemist-geologist. He states
that "every sample of chalybeate
mine water analyzed by mo acted as
u precipitant of gold when tskeu
fresh from the workings, but as a
.solvent of gold at ordinary tempera-
exist underground similar to the Inst
conditions quoted, when gold can be
dissolved to be Afterwards precipi
tated on mine timbers or on rusting
rails and tools. Cases havo been
common whero mine timbers and
rusted Iron curry considerable gold.
Pacific Coast Miner.
DAILY OUTPUT OF
ORE 27,000 TONS
Railroads Handle Over Eight
Million Tons Annually Of
Michigan Copper
Rock.
Each working day In the year an
average of 27,000 tons of rock is
transported from the various in I lies
in the Michigan copper country to
tho' stamp mi I Is, there to bo pulver
ized nun tue copper contents ex
tracted. Of this amount the Mineral
'"" road of the South Hhoio system
H'ni.iy riuiroiiii, ioo ijuiucy
ri i. r .. i. a .. .. i .
iorL" 1""1B ,U,),B "" nuo"1 'uuu
1 " .'
iu" "re" r,,UK nlu,0l0' "
,ou' ,uea, ,or m T' nurea Hl ,,uu
working days is 8,100,000 tous, ap
proximately, trom eacn tou of wnlch
a fraction of one per cent to four
pei cent copper is obtained, tho aver
age being about 1 ?. In mining the
rock sumo 10,000 men are employed,
with a smaller army ou tho payrolls
of the railroads and at the stamp
mills and smelters.
The Mineral Ringo road, which
next to the Chicago A Northwestern
lii'o, serving the Mouomlue, Mar
quette aud Oogenic Iron oro ranges,
is tho largest handler of "ore" in
the state, is now supplying over
twouty-two stamps with rock, these
being tho Mohawk, tho Wolverine,
Osceola, Tamarack, Krankllu, Mass
and Michigan. And it is doubtful
if there is anywhere else in tho world
a railroad operatiug every week iu
Hie year upon which .the conditions
are so unfavorable as upon tho lines
of the Ml not a I Itaugo north of tho
.Calumet, or the "Arctic Clrclo
Koute, " us the trainmen call It.
There are the lines upon which tho
Wolverine, Mohawk and Kearsargo
portion of the Ot-ceola mine aro
located.
In that exposed stretch snowdrifts,
hard aud many feet high, during
every hard storm run the operatiug
expenses ton high figure, lly tho
use of rotaries, heavy uose plows,
extra crews to keep the switches
clear, and an army of sbovelers, aud
by operatiug smaller trains, however,
the service is nialutaiueil ou a regu
lar basis, dcsplto at some times tho
margin of profit is more than wiped
out. As far as the railroad is con
cerned, the stamps never lack for rock
to keep them busy. Miuiug World.
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CAPITALIZATION 5100,000
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M. F. Mt'ZZY,
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