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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1904)
Wednesday, June 8, 1904 THh bUMPTER MINhR 1 1 CURIOUS COPPER DEP0SI1 SIN CHILE Perfect Preservation of a Human Body Through Action of The Salts. Tho following ncoouut, from n paper rond boforo tbo Institute of Miuiug tiud Metallurgy of Loudon by J. A. W. Murdoch, offers two features of special iuteruat ono uf a very low grado ore being worked at a haudsomo profit by persons without oapitul, iu a district where supplies aud labor are comparatively dear, aud which is absolutely sterilo aud waterless, wator having to bo brought iu barrels from a dsitant oasis called Oalama. The other is of the perfect preservation of a human body by Im pregnation of tho tissues by copper salts as woll as by antiseptic action of tho exceedingly dry climato. Tho first is not an uncommon ex perience in tho copper deposits of tho arid, waterless regions of Amur ion, as in Arizona aud Now Mexico. As regards tho latter, we have numerous examples of organic sub stances being fossilized or replaced by copper solutions aud ores such as plants, trees, bones and the like, but this is tho first time wo have heard of a corpse so preserved Tho deposit is in tho district of Chuqui Gamata, iu tho desert of Ata cama, Chile, 7,100 feet above sea lovol, twelve miles from tbo oasis of Calama, which is connect od by mail with tho seaport of Autofagasta, 110 miles distant. The oro occurs in a rango of small hills, and Is worked at presout over an area a milo long by HOO yards wido. It consists of decomposed graulto disitegrated into irregular fragments, giving it a soft, shaley apponrnono. Each joint aud crevice between tho rock fragments is tilled with copper ore in the form of oxy ehlorido of copper, or atacamite. Tho average grade of tho deposit is abouc 2 por cent copper. t woi'Kmaii KNOCKS UOWII Willi IIIH hammer about one cubic yard of material per day, aud during the quarrying tho soft atanamito falls to powder aud is saved by sifting through hand riddles, the coarse rock fragments remaining in the ri Idles are thrown over tho dump. Tho flue stuff, containing lf percent copper, is sacked and sold to smelters or exporters in Autofagasta. At a depth of .'100 feet oro is ctill found. Tho workings by Chilians are quiet superficial, the deepest being fifty feot. They aro in the forms of ir regular caves, tho surface soil, which is hard, being left as a roof, sup ported by occasional pillars. The men work on tribute, giving 10 to 20 per cunt of what they extract to the owners. Tho average output per day per man is about 220 pounds of ataeam ito, containing lopercout copper. Tho average day's wage is about four dollars Chilian cunency, or a little over an American dollar. Tho deposit has long been known and worked by tho ludiaus, whose! stone implements aro ofton found iu tho old workiugs. Tho propor treat meut would bo lixivatiou by weak sulphuric acid. A short time ago tho body of au I Iudhiu was found In ono of tho workiugs. He had been killed by a fall from the roof while engaged iu collecting atacamite in a1 small basket, which was still in his baud, his stone implements being touud alougaide. Tho body is in a perfect stato of preservation, due to impregnation of the tissues by copper salts as well as to the antiseptic action of tho exceedingly dry climato. As theso mines were unknown to the early Spanish colonists, it is to bo inferred that, tho body is of eon- sidearble antiquity. This is corrob - orated by tho stylo of dress (a waist cloth and two anklets) and by the stone tools used. It is probably as old as 1000 A. I). Old gold washings adjoin the cop per formation of tho north. Indians worked on a thin strata of auriferous gravel, scooped out and washed iu "batons. " The remains of tho pools in which tho washing was ear led on are so distinctive as to admit of no doubt about tho system em ployed. A remarkable feature is that tho nearest water suply adequate for such a purpose is at least twevlo miles distant aud '2,000 feet below the level of the gravel. Hither the In dians carried the water by hand or on tho hacks of llamas, or the climate of this pari of SouthJAmerica has become rainless only within tho human epoch as suggested by Darwin. Abstracted for Mining Reporter by Arthur Lakes. WILL STRAIGHTEN OUT KINKS IN COMPANY The stockholders meeting at the American Development and Mining company, owning the Rluo Placer diggings near Auburn, which was scheduled to occur iu Match, was not held for some unknown reason, aud consequently no plans for this year's operation have been made. Tho company controls a large aorcego of rich gravol aud excel lent water rights. General Manager L. C. Jacquish, who recently re turned from Colorado, is authority for the statement that tho legal ontauglements in which tho com pany is involved , will shortly be straightened out. Mining Litigation. The famous Iron Dyke case, which is for tho foreclosure of a 1015,000 mortgage on the Iron Dyke mine on Snake river aud upon the Northwest railway graude, was commplotod last night before the di licit court. Judge Eakin took the matter under advisement. An early decision is expected aud hoped for, as upon the outcome ot this litigation will de pend whether or not (he mine will bo ropened, the railway completed aud the Ladd smelter at Homestead built. b Out. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the White Suau mine will ho held tomorrow iu San Francisco. It is learned that Letsou lialliet, deposed general malinger, is making a supreme effort to secure'a sufllcient number of proxies to bring him back into control. Htuller, of Maker City, representing the Lykke faction, against Ralliot, is said to be armed with onough voting power tj forever keep Roalliot in the background. OF lii Justice Court for Sumptcr Pro ciuct, Rakor County, State of Ore- gon. Gonrgo E. A lion, Justice of the Peace. II. D. Grlllin, Plalntiir, vs Pat Murry, Defendant. To Pat Muiry, the above named Defendant in the above entitled act ion. In the name ot the State of ! Oregon; you aro hereby notilled and required to appear aud answer or plead to the Complaint, tiled itt the above entitled Cau.io and Court. On or before the expiration of the publication of this summons, to-wit: on or before the expiration of six weeks (12 days) from aud after the date of Mrs! publication of this sum mons, which is the 181 h day of May, A. 1)., 11)01. And you are further hereby notilled that if you fail to so appear, answer or plead to said com plaint, tho Plaintiir will for want of answer on plea thereto take de fault and judgment against said debt for the sum of Eighty-Eight and 2f 100 dollars with interest on said sum from the 18th day of August. 10011, and costs of this action and as prayed for in plaintill's complaint. That this summons is published pursuant to the order of the above entitled Court, George II. Allen, justice of tho peace, made ami en tered this lltli day of May A. D., 1001, directing that this summons be published iu the "Sumptcr Weekly Miner," (a woukly newspaper pub lished iu Sumptcr, Maker county, Oregon, of general circulation iu county and state) once eai'h week for six consecutive weeks (being 7 publi cations covering 12 days). Date of order May, 11, 11)01. Date of first publication, May 1H, 1001. GEO. E. ALLEN, Justice of tho Peace NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To Olo Liuquist, Peter Sndorhorg and to you aud each of your heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns aro hereby notified (hat 1 the under signed, your co-owner of the follow ing named quartz mining claims, to wit: Tho "Center Star" the Joca tion notice of which is recoided iu tho Quart. Records of Raker county, Oregon, iu Volume "M" at page 11)7 thereof aud the "Center Star Extension" the location notice of which is recoided in the Quart. Records of Raker County, Oregon, iu Volume "M" at page 108 thereof which notices were so recorded on the Kith day of March, 181)0, have ex pended the huh of ?100 per claim aud upon each thereof for the years of 1000, 1001, 1002. and lOO.'l, that said sums so expended each jenr was lor tiie benefit, improvement and development of each thereof and as the annual work, labor, and improve ments as required by the lais of the United States of America and of the state of Oregon. And you and each of you are further notified that should you fail, or neglect, to contribute aud pay to me, your co-owner of miid claims your proportionate share of such yearly expenditures, which is the sum of JOO.Ot! 2-11 each, for each of said years above mentioned, amounting to tho sum of 620(5. GO 2-It for each of you to so contribute or pay, within ninety days from the date of the first publication of this notice, and iu case of you and each of you failing to so pay to mo tho said sum, your "NOTICE OF PUBLICATION SUMMONS." respective interest in said quartz claims will become the property of the undersigned as by law provided. First date of publication of this notice being the oil) day of May, 1001. II. II. GRIFFIN. SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Raker County. Jodie Wallick, planitill' vs. Henry C. Walick, Defendant. To Henry C. Wallick, the above named Defendant. In the name of the State of Oregon you are hereby rtquiicd to appear an answer the complaint tiled against. you iu the above entitled cause on or before the 20th day of June, 1004, which is the hist day of the publica tion of the summons as prescribed by (he order duly made aud tiled by the Hon. W. W. Travillion, county judge of Raker County, Oregon, on the It! tb day of May, 1001, and it you fait so to appear aud answer said com plaint the plaintiir will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in the complaint llled heieiu. Aud you are further untitled by said order so made and llled on the 1(51 h day of May, 1001, ordered that service of sum mons iu this suit be made upon you by publication thereof iu the Sumpter Miner, a weekly newspaper of Sump ter, linker County, Oregon, and that, tin date of Hist publication theieof is May the 18th, 1001, and the date of thi! last publication thereof Juno the 2ilh, 1001. C. II. McCOLl.OCII, Attorney for plaintiir. PETITION. To the Hon. County Court of Raker County State of Oregen: We the undersigned actual majority of the whole number of legal voters of Unify precinct, heieby petition your honorable body to grant a license to C. II. Schepsfer and E. II. Hayes to sell spirituous, iiinR, vinous liqors, ami hind Cider in said precinct, at their place of busi ness iu less quantities than one gallon for the period of twelve mouths, said place of business being on the county road and near the Post ollloo which is known as Unity. And we further show that the said place of business is not with in one mile of any working mine. Louis I'lll, E. Tift, P. T. Talhrop I. R. Haiiohmau. L. L. King. .1. R. Shaw, Alfred Whited, W. G. Voa ger, Joseph Wham, Otto Pans tin n, Willsam Haskin, G. (J. Whited, Geo. Gi eager, G. M. La porte, Minor Covin, Riley Hardmau, Peter Voakman, Sam PoraiiR, Geo. G. Nelson, N. N. Elliot, Win. Weudt, Thos. J. Elms, Geo. W. Elms. W. R. Mills. Notice is heieby given that the iiiideiHigued will apply to the Honor able County Coiul. of Raker county on the 1st day of July, 1001, or its soon theieafter as may suit the con venience of the court, for a license iu aecoidauce with the tonus of'tho above petition. SCHEI'STER & HAVES. Don't Co to St. Louis 'Till you call at or wiite to the Chi ciiko, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail load. Oillce l.'il ThM Street, Port laud, Oiegou. Low rates to all points East, iu connection with all trauscoutinoiitals. W. S. ROWE, Goneial Agnt, Portland. Oregon.