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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, June 22, 19U4 6 MILL FOR RED AT AN Manager Jackson Now on The Ground to Superintend Installation of Machinery. Dr. It. N. .Jackson, of S okane mauagei ot (he Foiluno Mining coir puny, opcialiug Hie Ited Lion. Hum I III 111 I II ll.l l' Wl lpl -11 ill" ' ' , " cnmpiiuiori by Mih. F. I. O'lliien ' and ehililton, hihhiI through ihe ' .... 11. 1.. 1 tuif i (ilium luilill niiii I'iiiI v-iiii! . mm c. iu l.l I 111111 linn niiih h,",'f'" ....... horn. Mih. O'lirlon is the wITi of I the company's consulling engii r, 1 and waH going to join her husband. ' Mr. O'llrlen came fiom Minnesota ii i it ,,l umiiiii i iIIim nun In assume tlio nos tiou meiilioned, ami his wile lias i been lesidiug in Spokane until ('inn 1 o it n 111 o iiiartets could be ariauged lor her al Ihe mine. .Short ly alter the II rat nl I lit year Dr. Jackson became manager of the Kurt unn company, lie is also largely iuteiested iu the Dailies Mining and Milling company, operating the Itelcber and other (!iconhoin prop ortion, nl which !. V. Dallies, nf Tacuma, in the general innuagor. The managerial work ol the two com panics has been segtegaleri ami Dr Jackson is now on the ground to de vole his entile lime In the operation of the piopeilies. The immediate imprnvdiicuts will be a I utility live lo lliiity ton mill on Ihe Ited Lion, sinking on the Humboldt, will) a view lo developing this propei I y, and the Forty Nine .llmiiilii I lii tin l Ii its shall, anil the n-- i installation ol a sawmill In cut J the 1 ii in Imm Ioi Ihe I uililings in erieil ..II ..i .. I.1..I. I. in.. Iwi.iii mini I I illlilil Mil III un ii inn.- iirvii , by Tim Miner. .s pieviously slated, , the null In be Installed on the Ited i i. .! nin linn iimiil ilnin. miaili unle ' lilllll lll "' . 1. 1 ' . ', .. ...... ..,-. rilsohiiign Menill, with lluee tiuupH iiifli cimablc nl haiidlitu liom hedi (o leu tun nl quail a day. The unlet lor the iiiachineiv has been placed and is lii'iuu held in leadiuehH for , Hhlpineiil just as sonn as Ihe nmiuige ' moti t has made pseliiniiiiuy aiiauge- menls. This will be iiliiinhi im j tueiliatelv. At the Humboldt Hie shall will be slink duwu In the 100 toot level, ami a ciusscut cat lied In thn Fuily Nine Jliiimte and Ibis propei I. v developed Hiiough the Hum boldt shall. The lattet piopeity was acquiied by the Fortune eomp-mv about a mouth ago. Dr. Jackson has at tanged to latgely iueiease his working foiee, and has putchased a huge amount of supplies and is teady lor continuous operation. An innovation which he j 'im..... ptoposes introducing is to furnish ! I r .1... ... ....I t .... .f I.I l. u I iiuuiier an nn i-n-i-inm n ......., and to ouoouingo millers with families to work lor him. He is entering on a campaign which means the rapid development of the properties. tlij Diamonds ot the World. The latgest and llnest diamonds known to the world ate: The Kohl nonr, valued at a million or more dollars, which at one time weighed LION EARLY DATE 'upwaids of 1,000 carats, and which ' in the IIiihI cutting was leduced to( 10(5 carats; Is owned in Fuglnnri. , I Tin. I.'i.i-imI. or Pitt . diamond, which ...- ...,-,..-, . at one lime was pledged by Napoleon to the Dutch government for ei!.fi()0, j ()()ll. In MMMiie a loan, weighed lli-i ..., , . , wiml ot 800 carats, but was cut to 1 '.W, :,,i carats; is owned in Fnmeo. j The Orlolf diamond, owned tiy Kuh- f sla, now weighs IM caiats. The I! I M.i.nil l li.iiwillil llllll llf MlM iiini tMiiiii , laigesl diamonds evei known, being .. . I 1 tllH- r. said to have weighed origiuaJI" 787 caiats, and ot Ihiidoslau oirglu, ami ulileli mivim-iiI hundred veins ago I ' " llllll lft) tlHItl . .....jh.j, ...... dented much e.cilement, lntri nl i i'tl.v ' HM Ht Iih prove that mining does pay. disappeared, il wheieabouts not". Utlrit rin Uecord. being known, and thin furnishing one ... of the world's gieatest mysteries. The celebrated Floiontino diamond, owned iu Austria, weighs lilll'e carals, and the famous haucy din moiid. of Indian origin, weighing at til present time about l.'i carats, is owned in India. Hvehnuge. MAY TAKE OVER MERCER CLAIM baron " who, until the organization , v tn i 1 1 ion dollar consolidated j corporation last year, was tola owner Itev. W.J. Hughe, ol Maker City, i of (he Cornucopia. It was under . I t .!. ..A At. ..A II... lllllllllUl UK iimiu-i ' .......,. ... nin. in. iiumki- ill lie Mill IV. I nr ijuailburg disliict, and .1. O. ,Ves, ot San Jose, Claitnt nin, passed i i.i.iiiiiii s'linmiiit' thin nimninc en I l Illicit MIIII'. ..i o - " riMte to Ihe (Jicouhorns. Mr. Hayes .....i San .Ine associates have a bond on the Meicer claim, in Die Oieen- honm dihh let, and hit. hiihiuet-s heie t,i tiim. in to invent igiit- I he j junperly, with a view tn Inking upj , M)uil and t-tut t iii opeint lotin. j .Mr. litres is nue nf I he uw nets of ( n ciiiiplo i.t newspnpeis iu San Jote. . He will letiiain in (he district sevetal days. Itegaiding Ihe lenity, Mr. Hughes hiivn wmk ih iiinviug steadily ahead, .....i ii.ni ...n iu ii.iu Imiiii! sliinned, llllll ' .r. i-, "- tioin the smelter. property to the Sumpter Virtue May Kesume. (ll0 Theie is good authority for siaietueui turn upiiriiiioim mi " o w, Hm,n 1jok, IKm1, h1 !ho 0,,, - . . . . .. statement that operations on a lingo v rinn in ii.) liiu'ini miles eas oi in Kor City. Manager Arthur Mt.ekboo has been stirring around the last few d.iys and while ho has repeatedly said there was uothinfg to toll just now it is pietty well known that work on a large scale will bo carried on at the Virtue this season. Thin property lying at the very doors of Haker City is tho mine tluit made the camp famous and it means much whether it Ih Idle or rumiitiK f'11 force ot men. The rumor last night caused much good feeling in tho city laud it in uxpuulud tho cnmp will ho oiiened this week. Mr. Huekboo is expected in the city in n dny or two him) will doubtless make an oflloial 'statement.-- Democrat. Legitimate Mining vs. Fake Schemes. i Mining conducted as it should he is the most prolltnble business in the world. The gieat. iiiiiimiiiL of t nl k heard about losses made in mining land mining .stocks would, in tho 'majority of cades, if traced to its . . . 1. .. 1 soutce, ho found in imve noon enuseu by some purchaser of stock in ono of many widely adveitised so-called mining companies having a hole in he ground somewhete. Stock w.is oflotori for salt! and dividends for a time uere nairi of fiom twelve per ,,0l i Hxy percent per annum, as' oll, a9 , company could sell stock ,,,,gh to raise the money to do so. I um, ui.w.L. uninu t..ll nil' imrl iiivi-1 ,,111; 11 riuin nniui w . ".. - ----- ((!(H Hloppeil, then camo tho cry of j ,m),,v j()Ht in mining. It Is not ..... t.,ui in minimi lml mminv Inst I 1 1 1, 1 1, i-j 1 1 in 1 in n, -..- 1 j,y tj)(, )rfr( fucilirihiiotfri f tho In- Veslor in buying something ho knew; nntlilni about, on tho strength of' ,,rmM,,ri made by inosponsible j . i ir . I I. ...... ,n,il pinillOIOIS. VJI nmui;, uiiiiu in. f,.iw jn mining, due to lack of I ... I iniiiuvii , - ,.,,iMi ,,,. judgment iu selecting! )t()i(rt h. mismanagement and ,,n.... numt lml iiwlixnulnhlo Cornucopia May Kesume. Itobeil X. Jones, of Now York. Treasurer of the Cornucopia MIiioh ot ! Oregon company, arrived iu linker City Imm evening and is quatloiori at the (Joiner Crand. His arrival at this time is believed to Ihiiiii im iiiirlinit kIi'm Inward a hottlemoiit of all claims agaisnt the oolobtnteri Seniles pioperty and an early rosutnp-1 tiou ot work thereon. Kor two yuiirn J I.Mr. Jones was the Oregon represent , alive ot John It. Seniles, the "sugar 'Mr. .Idlli'S' 1 1 1 II 1 1 II L! t I I'll llllll UK' .mi. ...i.i.-n i properly was equipped with a costly oleotrie power plant. Mr. Jones nx mimiwl Iiv K'eceiver llealt.vs as nun in..... . 'J Oiegnn lepiehentalive nf the receiver- Hhin. and his arrival last ovnniug is another sep towiud a settlement of; till dillicullies. I'enr is expressed) t lint this sett lenient will take a long time. This may or may not lie true. , Ueceiver lleatty's power is piactlcally iiulliuitoil. lie may operate thej tuine or may sell it, as he did lietore. i -Hctnld. y KCSUIllC Work. Mut Kimn wuuo up trnm Haket City today and went out tn tho Utnp (put group, ot which he is part owner. Nothing has been done at the prop erty since last winter, when the bunk houses and other cabins were , accidentally humeri. It is probable, Mr. Kane says, that work will no . rosu.ueri iu a short time. I Tipton Extension. J. A. West, chief ongiueor of tho Sumter Valley railroad, was on tho tiain this afternoon, returning from Tiplon'and a trip to tho John Day country. Ho says that work on tho Tipton extension is well undur way and ho thinks will bo opou to travel within two weeks. MINING AND DEMOCRACY More Than Any Other In dustry Mining Pro- motes the Idea of Equality. Equality of economic opporunity promotes equality of civic privileges ijuri social rank. A now country whoso physical tesotirces are still untouched oilers a promising anil for (ho establishment of a democracy, and in tills respect tho fundamental bleas of Atneiican instutions could not have been planted upon more favorable ground. Tho western hemisphere, unknown through so many centuries to the higher civiliza tion ot Kurope, seems almost to have been lohorveri by provldoutal de nt ee as a stage of nut ion or tho de veloped character of the old world to stop out upon and lay tho ton tnla tiotis for a new social structure, tree from ancient mistakes. In this experiment the civilization of the western hemisphere has been aided in a marked degieo by tho eountry'H tinoxploitcri wealth. Tho vast expanse of fruitful terri tory possessed by citizens of tho United States has ollorori seemingly limitless opportunities of individual enterprise and thus leveled the bar riers of social station which somehow naturally arise within the realm of more restricted peoples. Thus has the countrv come to bo a great commercial nation, based upon de mocracy and equality. Commeicial opportunity and equality of rights in seizing upon the same have prospered mutually, tho one developing the other. Mining more than any other in dustry is suited to ptomote tho idea of equality, when this is onco estab lished. In the United Slates, wheie such a thing as special mining con "ossiotiH on an extensive scale is un known, the opportunity to gain tho rewards of mining is not restricted by government privilege tn a few, but is open tn all alike, anil it yet lemains for men to discover within themselves any special gift by which to place their stake ttiion all the miueial deposits iu Hie mountain legions. Mineral discoveries demand eifort, and eifort is the heritage of all it they wish to profit by it. The io winds of successful mining exceed those of any other lino of industrial enrieavor, and as a consequence this industry has presented to the world many examples of men who spuing from poverty to ailiuence almost iu a day. One never knows who tho next one will he, and social rank or prior condition of employment does not outer into the creation of millionaires among tho mines. Democracy has been tho gainer by tho development of tho minoral wealth of tho wost, ami it will continue to thrive upon this industry for nmny years to ooino. Daily Miuiug Record. Timber and Homestead Filings. Timber and homestead filings, as well as final proofs, can bo made before Charles 11. Chance, United States Com missioner, ofliee in First National Bank of Sumpter building, Sumnter, thus sav ing applicants expense of a trip to La Grande.