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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1904)
V. ' COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE . E STtRN INVESTORS i IN OREGON MINES Pay for AND READ IT RICH STRIKE ON BOULDER CREEK Fo- tho past twonty years pros pectors on Moulder crook, between tho crook iiimI tho head of KogurH gulch, huvo foiincl cxcimm) i n'y Hob ploooH of (lout, hut thoir cfTorlH to 11 nd tho load from which tho (lout came huvo itl wuyH fit i led, thnuuh diligent Houroh Iiiih hoon made ouch Hiitiiinor for twonty yourH. About two wooka ago F. K. Urud horn mill (J. J. DompHoy concluded fluty would have a try nt finding tho lodge, Thoir olfortH hnvo provon HiiccoHHful, mid thiH wook thoy drought to town HpocitnoiiH of oro thut whou it coiiioh to punning Ih hunl to oiiiiil in iiuy coutry. SiiiuploH Iiiivii boon Hunt lo tin assayer, hut tho roluniH huvo not hoon ro coivod. Tho Hud wiih iiiimIm simply hy extending an old proHpoot holo auothor foot. Had tho limn who dug tho old holo followiul I ho adviiso of tho Iririhmau whou ho got roady to quit and "dug auothor flit," would huvo had auothor Htory to toll about thiH volu. Noar tho old proHpoet holo wiih found a broken hIiovoI. It wiih of a typo UHod hy placor minors twonty years ago, and hud tho ap pearance of having laid thoro for fully that length of time, ThiH would indlciito that tho old tiuio proHpootor miiHt huvo dug within a fool of tho rich oro fully twonty yourH ago. Where uuuovorod tho volu Iiim a width of four foot, with good iuart. from wall to wall, Tho richoHt oro Ih uoxt to tho bunging wall and in ton Inchon wido. Of course, (ho vein Iiiih only hoon opened on tho Hiirfiico on , vol, hut tho hoyn tiro opening it up an rapidly iih poHHihlo. Tho dis etivory hiiln fair lo prove a quite im portant one. Messrs. Mradhurii and Dompnoy are very much elated over their Hud. They have located a group of four ulaliiiH, which they have named tho SunnyHido group, (irunito Com. COOL) MAKKLI I OK IKON PYRITES IN GERMANY The United Stales coiiritil general at lierlln, F. II. .Muhoii. reports that ill OOllHOqUOIICO of tho .ii... i. .11. i.... ......... ,n.. . ,.K supply of sulphur containing , Ml" eiitln from Spain and Portugal, from which ho u ice the imimrtunt Oermau uiaiiutacturerH of sulphuric acid huvo hitherto boon i.uilnly nuppiled, there in now an active demand in this country tor iiou pyiitcHaud other cheap Hiilphide minerals which are adapted to tieatmeut by the Hlandard methods tif making Hiilphuric acid, it in reported, more or loss vaguely, u the American priori that important deposits of iron pyrtles have been recently dlbcovereil in the United States, but nothing detluite Ih known here as to the location and extent of such deposits, 'that stage of development they have reached, whether there is yet an available supply of pyrites for export mid If so, at what price and undor what con ditloiiH of freight and delivery. Owners of pyrito minoH in tho United States who are prepared to export tho product in considerable quautlioH will receive direct infer mamiion concerning connectloiiH in Germany if thoy will Hond to thiH coiiHiilato a Htutement of their output and facilitioH, with a hiiiiiII Hiiiuplo of their mineral and such informa tion concerning pricon and mohoda of Hhipmeut iih would natural ly iuteroHt a (lormau importer. LAKE COUNTY'S SALT DEPOSITS OPERATED It. Ih not gouorully known that hake county Iiiih largo salt dopoHitH in tho northern port of Warner valley. After high water each season largo quant ItioH of it are dopoHitod iih tho water rccodoH. Many yeura ago thiH laud wiih purchiiHod from tno stale hy David Jonori, now doooiiMid, tho Hint HOtllor of Warner valley. At tho point, whore tho Halt wan dopoHitod ho built a largo building', with a strong Hour, perforated with ungorhuloH. Over thih lloor tho watorn could rino in tho spring, and after going down there would lai many (oiih ot pure Halt, which had only to ho shoveled up and Hacked to ho ready for mar ket, HiiyH tho Telegram. For tho punt live yearn, up to IuhI winter, thoro wiih no Halt, owing in part to tho light winters, in part to tho convorlHon of Warner lake, which Ih (If toon miles above tho Halt bods, into a roHorvoir for irrigation pur poHOH, and in part to dry hoiihoiih. Tho HooiIh of liiHt winter broke tho dam and tho waterH of the lake tlowod thirty miloH, tilling up tho dry bedn and depositing another body of nail, which the proHont owners are Hack I ng. They estimate they have about 400 toiiH. which Ih worth $15 per ton on the ground iih noon iih Hacked. Drowned in a Cold Mine. HaliHbury, North Carolina, August II. -l'he llorriugor Oold mine, lo catod near liold Hill, North ('uro linn, wiih Huddouly Hooded thin afternoon, causing the death of eight men. Nino men were in the mine shaft when the dam of tho largo pond located near tho entrance nave way because of the excessive iiiins, the water rushing in upon the men. ThoimiH Moye, tho manager of the ,vliii. .. , iiiiiiii, n'in i iiii unit i.i..... i. .. one to escape in tilled with (ii'iiiu. i no Millie water tonight and none of tho dead bod less were recovered. Information Bureau. A. Lo Kny, of tho Oregon Informa tion liureau at Portland, arrived in town yosteiday from 'Upton. 11 was his intention to no to John Day, but did not feel well when ho not to .Tipton yesterday, and therefore came back to Sumpter. Ilia purpose here is to not a mining exhibit for his bureau, or to arrange with the dole Kates to the mining congress to have their exhibit, should they collect one, turned over to him after the congress us m permanent feature of the bureau' mineral display. GOLD PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION Tho United States director of the mint Iiuh put forth huiiio figures re garding tho gold production and money circulation of thu world that speak volumes for tho prosperity of thiH country. According to his estimates, the unnuiil production of glod in all the world Ih at least 8:150,000,000. Tho population of the world in oHti mated at 1,285,(500.000 perHous. The amount of gold money in circulation Ih 85,:i82,(500,000; Hi Ivor, 8U, 80S), 000, 000, and un covered paper, 82,i':i:i,500,000- -ii grand total of 812, 18fi, 100,000. Thin figure or 812,185,100,000 Ih all tho money in tho world. Such a total wiih never reached before. Not only ih tho immense pro duction of gold and silver rapidly iucrcasiuu tho total amount of money in existence, but tho rate of giowth Ih also much faster than that of tho population. MouHtirod by the money it Iiiih, tho human race la rapidly growing richer. It iu esti mated that tho increase In gold money alone amounts to twenty live-cents u year for each individual. Tho amount of silver and paper money Ih also growing fast. Hut this growth ot money wealth iu not being evenly dlHtri tinted. Some nations rate growing poorer iu circulating meduim while others are gaining at a rapid rate. Apparently a nation's are of growth in general wealth usually precedes or accompanies the increase in circulating medium. That Is taken iih tho reason for the groat increase of recent yearn in tho money of tho United States. Twonty years ago tho United States ranked far duwn among" tho more powerful nations iu thu amount of money in circulation. At tho present time, according to the latest estimates of tho director of the mint, this country is second Kfonly to France. Tho per capita circulation iu America is given as 8IU). 00 (re cently above 8ltn. In France it is given as .'10. 22. Kuglnud, tier many, Spain am) Kussia are all below $i!.'l per capita. Hulgaria is the lowest, with only 61. Hi! per head of population. Tho Straits Settle ments, strangely enough, lead the entire list of large and small nations with a per capita circulation of SIS. 25. In FraiKie and ho United States, which aie proportionately tho richest nations in the world, tho per capita circulation of gold is more than three times tho average of the rest of the world. At tho rate at which this country has been devel oping in material and money wealth, another decade or two will see it at tho head of the world in legitimate and sound per capita circulation. National Hanker. Maleability of Gold. A particle of gold weighing one 1-2,500,000 of a grain is readily discernible to the eye. A grain of gold can be beaten out so that it will cover u vpuce of oighty square InchPB. GUrl wire fo Hug can ba drawn that i. will take 500 feet to weigh one grain It can be beateu into leaves of 1-280,000 of an inch in thickness. Exchange. Leadville's Unwrittei Law. At Hi8bee, Arizona, the ore de posits uro very irregular in size and shape, and iih thoy have none of the peculiar characteristics of fissure voins, the extra lateral right ia a matter of iiorious consideration. In viow of tho difficulty of arririug at a satisfactory adjustment of this pro bloni, and to void possible and ex pensive litigation, tho mine owners of this district souio time since by mutual understanding agreed to waive tho priviglcgo of following thoir oro bodies beyond the bound aries of thoir claims extendod down ward. In Leadville. Colorado, dur ing tho iong-coutniued and expensive litigation iu that district during tho early period of its history, the juries before which tho cases were tried invariably found that thoro woro no "lodes" in the district, and, con sequently, no oxtra-latoral rights, as an apex is a pro-requisite to tho ex orcise or this privilege This be camo tho unwritton law'of Leadville district. As far as known, theeo two districts, Ilisbee and Leadville, are the ouly ones in tho United Statos in which miuos have no extra-lateral rights. Wlluing aud Scientific Prosa. WHY SUPPLY Of ORE FOR SMELTER GROWS LESS I). C. Johnson, tho ropruHontutiva of tho American Smoking A- Refining company, who has been in Sumpter for several days past, is as well posted a man on the oro supply as there ia in tho west. He has houhgt oro iu all tho western ututes that produce any, Mexico, South America, Alaska and Australia. Ho t-uys it is becoming more dittlcult every year to secure a large touuago of oros for tho big central smelters that rely on thin continent for thoir supply. Tho reason lor this Ih that the cyanide process iu its various modi lied forms, aud other methods of exti acting values at tho mines, that are hoing cosutanly invented and improved, reduce the amount of ores every year that is necessary to ship to smelters. Of course concentration renders tho product of many mines sullicieutly valuable to ship, but the tonnage, computed to that of the ore, is very small. Particularly doea this shrinkage of the supply apply to dry ores. This, incidentally, accounts for the fact that the smelter trust every year or so shuts down one of its plants. Good Ore in Drift. A telephone report from tho Over laud, M. H Hain, manager, today states that tho oro iu No. 1 drift of No. 2 tunnel is now fourteen i lichen wide aud looks better thau any ore yet eucountered iu this locality. No assay values, however, are yet reported.