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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1904)
VOL. V. SUMPTER. OREGON, MARCH 16, 1904 NO. 28 ENTERED LARGE ORE BODY AT STANDARD. Cut 16-Foot Porphyry Dyke With Veins of Good Ore on Either Wall. Dr. I-M V. Mnollcr, genorul mali nger of tint Standard, accompanied by Mrs. Muollcr, rot u mod from u visit to tho property ycstordny morn. in. Things uro InokiiiR prutty good it tlio Standard, Dr. Muullor says, mid dovulopmout work, sinco his lust trip, .has been uttmided witb tlio f.usual good lesults.i , , . uio orochunt tn tbo south from Standard drift No. 1, ho niyc, linn passed through u sixtcoti-foot ipiurtz porphyry dyko. Ueyond tho (jimrtz porphyry (urination tlio crosscut Is now piirtdnu into mi immotifco Imdy of low grndo concentrating ore, uuirylug copper, gold mid silver vul ni's. This body bus boon entered for I distuueo .of twenty-one foot mid t horo It) Htlll oro in tno luce. Its width Ih, thorcforo, unknown. On either wnl I of the quint;, porphyry dyko, veins ot good oro wore cut. The pre-oneo of porphyry is legurdod no u highly fiivoiiiblo Indicutloii nmong mining men, us nonrly nil lingo deposits of Iiiiho oro nre associated witb poiphyrlliu intriiHloiiH. Drifting along tbo dyko into the ninnntinu Ih being continued witb good oro In tho t f nee. In tho Ctovolnnd drift tho rook Ih hardening, but tinulsdering (IiIh fnot Reed headway ' being iiinae. Tho rriiuliir shifts nra holng wnrkcdVlid 100 feet ii iiiiiutb bio being driven. A loud of mipplicH will be font out to tho mlnu tomorrow. The sunw. Dr. Mueller says, bn yond Flyun's station, is nil cone fiom tho roads. Around tho Standard on Hoiithoru exposures also thorn In iiuicb linro ground. In proof of IiIh stnto nii'iit, ho exhibited to n Minor mini fiiinii buttercups which ho mill Mim. Mueller picked from patches where the snow bud melted olf. The ori donees of spring, be cays, me iiipldly making their appearance, in I hut rlululty. MORTAL MAKING AND METALLURGY It whs prohubly known to nearly evory Hniiuiu citizen how the mor tur which cemented the stones of their biiildliiKti wiih miido, jnt-t its it Is now known to tlieiiiujoiity ot people whut the priiiuipul iugredlcnts of our mnrtnr nre. Hut tbo knowledge holng general, nobody wrote it down, mid In time, us th i Romans shifted their buildings upon bIhvos eud foreigners, the recipo of their mortar was lost. Ho far it has not been discovered, though the seciot of it would be immensely valuable, for tbo cement outlasts the very atones which It joins. India once posset ed similar secrets. In Lahore there is, or was. a massive building made only of brick and mortHr, but (be builders who erected it in about li'JO I). V,., ui.ilcistntid lliolr liiifdnos so wull that tho f iiln In dollod tho en gineering oirortH of four successive gnrorumcntH to lonioro it. luiliii, too, cuu show pliirteied build lugs wliito iiud shiny liku murblo mid iih smooth uiul polished us glass. Whether Indiii leuniod her building arts from ICgjpt or Kgypt Ix'ih fiom liidlu is not yet ascertained. Hut whlchoror it wiih, Kgypt excelled In this art. The impcilshuhlo uinrtur they hud. of coiiihu. They performed feats of engineer ing which wo co.ild not accomplish it the present time for example, the li'illdiug of tho Pyramids and they could carvo hieroglyphic upon granite which can uownduys only bo touched by jewels. Hut steel has been made wbinh ootild probably carvo this granite. Japau bad this secret once, but has Inst It now. A drill whs on exhibit some time hack, made from this Japanese ateel, which went easily through a standard Hie, and was not dulled In tbe process. India also was In possession of a steel secret OPERATIONS IN THE SUSANVILLE DISTRICT. onoe, whiob is lost now. This was j tbe inlaying with gold of steel blndts In such h manner that, the strength of I the blades was not impaired nor its tompor spoiled. , Many secrets In uiotallurgy have l)oon lost In addltlou to those men tioned above. Nobody has found nut how the old brass of the ancients was made that brass which does not tarnish witb exposure to tho weather. and which can only bo dlstluuulidicd wman, thoro has been from mild by tbo application of . Hinumit of underground ui'ids or by tenting Its sproi'lo grnv-ity. Hard copper as hard us xtul Ii iih Susauville, March 14. (Special) -Despite the hard winter and deep snow this section experienced thlH an unusual development. work done, while others have taken iidviiutnuo of tbu good snow roads and huiiied In quite n ciiiiHldenilile also been mude, jet nniilysls shows it "mount of machinery. to lie practically puro metiil, tlio Impurities being exactly tbe same as tliuso found in ordinary copper. It was Unit woiidoiful people, tho Aztecs, exterminated, or nearly so, by Coitoz, which possessed this art. Electricians feel themselves at liberty to curso Cortex for being tlio probublo cause of this prooom holng lost tn tbo world. To them copper as bard as steel would menu almost. us much us a porfect insulator capable nt Htnudlug heat for an ludolliilto period nrul Impormeablo to mols ture. Exchange. PROGRESS OF WORK AT THE STORM KING Malinger Tom ,1. L'ostollo has just come in from tho Storm King ami reports everything moving alone iilooly in the dllforout working. Tbo weather of tho I'lit-t few iIiivh, Messrs, Simpson an 1 Stevenson have eroded a tidily ton capacity mill on Elk creek with which they Intend workulg over the old tnlliiiRH of tho Cooper oliilm and also do cus tom work, which will bo quite n hlop to this section, as owIiik to tlid onor mous oxpoiiHii of KuttitiK tbo oro to tbo Nineltei'H a rot many prospectH which show viiIihs from $10 to fUO per ton, are per force lylnu Idle 'and only iisseusmeut work Ih IicIiik dono. Thn Mariner uompnuy's mill was shut down tho most part or tbu full iiud winter, but Its ore Is so rich that it was shipped tn the stnoltors fit Tn- noma (lurliifj'tlio winter. ' " ' The llluo Channel (lold Plnce'r AllniiiK company, on Ill Cirek, Ih iiIhii one of thoHo which bus taken nil vaiitiiuo of tho Mood iillilplilii mid li hauliuu In machiuoiy fur if h iloo ilrltllm,' works, which is an old river chiiuuol, curiyliiK a bluo niavel hIiii ilar to tho fumoiiH llluo lode of Call fornlii. Its koIiI Is very coun-n ami rlcli, koos o(ir 8IH tn the ounce. This company iiwiin about TiMO ncieri of placor urouud, pail of which Ih patented. This niiiunil hns been uiiiioiikii t-overo on mo iiiviun, wh( lmttll to binary rich over since Hh liaidly iioliced down ut the uilno. ', Renvoi y. anil quite a num many Thn shaft mi tho. lesslo mid Ouldi'ii flirt ,U1 1(.0M t-ktn out, lint Hiilo Ih .iIik ilmui n! a (ood clip. ,mK t m ,,uliiKiiiilslln feelliiK of us uwIiik to tbo total nUeiice nfj,1(l tl(l.,lllH tt,Ht nn work tunny water the men can wink to the mini iim,ullt ,stal be ilom,. While ono eHtndvantuuo; tin. ehniucler of tbe w(1, ,m ul(,,,. rMlt, ,mth,,r no is showliiK a miiloiiiil chunuo fur mviim thu ,uln, llll( Mllt WIIV the bolter, which chuiimi flMt ' I-j emliaiii.HM'd the nlher.liut the piCHonl donco that the num. kiiiu of will llw t H,, Ulsw Vrk muitlenmii, bo round In (IiIh IcimIo m In tho Storm i,,,, ,, M ,jm ((.Hi'MI, jin inill KliiK and llunodt Dolli.r. jrtl,t,(r llul llI1(1 lU p,,,,,,,, , III! ll'fl-'l 111 lllll .IflPIII It III.. ' cruHbciit is rupbllfy Hliowlim up a Hun bo ly of oio, anil us tbe delft Ih con tinued, It becomoH apparent tho oro will Increase, in width, mid us IIh val iioh, proven by iihh.vh, uro IncreiiHliiK us tho woik pronretK-H, it only 10 iiiiiIiih a matter of time when this IviIko will Jiirtlfy the erection of a mill, Tho work in the Honest Dollni drift is K'di'K steadily forward, nln itiK depth at a most eucouniKluK rate, and showing a most beautiful body of galena ore, similar to thut uucovered in tbe tunnel am shaft on tbe Eureka end of the llouest pollur, so all In all, tho management Is bigbly pleased witb Ibo splnendld values which are Lilig tepidly brought to view. woik tho kiiiiiiiiI tu Its lioxl ml villi tiiKO Last tall I hoy nink a rhitft of 1 1 ft feet to lioiliock,iiu which they urn now iiihlallliii; u stoiim boiler, pump uud IidIhI with which lo baudliy tbu pay grurol from tbe old channel, They have aim now on tho cromi'd two giiiutH of tho latest Improved pattern, with about '.',(100 feet of hy draulic pipe, which they will Install us soon us tho weather permits. Hverbyody looks forward foi them to muko a Hue clean up this summer, thereby adding cnnrlderable to tbo credit of this section mid slide. Ribbons. All colors and widths,, the very latest effects. C. J. JOHNS.