THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, August $ 1. ifrM '
The Sumpter Miner
I'UHUSHCD BVBRV WBDNBSDAY BY
J. W. CONNHLLA
T. n, ('.WYNNE. - - EDITOR
Entered at the pottofllce In Sumpter, Oregon, for
Uansmlnlou thruugh the malls at second clats
matter.
SUHSCHIPTION RATBS
One Year S.oo
a Month -J
ALWAYS IN ADVANCB.
A oouplo of EngllHh miuiug nion
ro reported to havo Invented 11
tolephouiu arrangement for tho
locution of rnltJOH. A tttnt whh made
roRontly tit ConiHtnn, thu copper
miniiH urliiiiiHlly worked by thu
JtomiiiJH, tho lodtt of whioh whh loHt
ovor forty yoarH ago. Tho in volition
Hhowml to hii itioh whoro tho lode
whh, iih wiih proved by tho application
of dyniiiiiito, k it Ih rilatnd. A hoium
what vaugo description of tho InHtru
itiont HHyn:
"111 prillOipIt IIH ill lOHtlltH, tiio
invention ' Ih moHt Himplo, though
many electrical dilllcultioH line to
hit overcome in perfecting it. A
turnout of electricity convoying a
itttrittH of titpn or tlokH llko mi
ordiiuiry Meruit menage Ih put into
itho earth hy iiioiiiih of special IraiiH
ituittorH, Thin current makes itH
way tluough tho omtli ovor it larger
or Htiiallor area, ynrdH or mi Ion, iih
tho opnrator may oIiooho lint to what
depth noiio can Hay from ono
dootrodo to another. Thon, u It h a
'telephone receiver ami a atttul npiko,
two opiiratorH walk ovor tho charged
hiiciih, anil, allotting tho Hpiko into
i hi; earth any whom, pick tip tho our
rout, and tho inyHtorioiiH ticking
tollh whnro it Ih hidtlon in tho tiarlli
iih plainly hh though ono hiiw with an
X-ray oyo. "
Tho oommltttoo on roHolutioiiH at
1ho mining oongroHH in Portland Iiiih
favorably reported tho RIohardH reset
Int ion urging oongroHH to oroato n
government department of mines and
mining with a cabinet ollloor at Uh
ilioad, HityH tho KpokoHinan-Review.
Tho idoii Iiiih hnon gououorally ap
proved hy mining mon, anil, iih it
will prohtilily ho Niloptod hy tho full
onugroHR, it will uniintHtionalily havo
hitluouco with tho law makers, who
loiiK ngn hail thiH linporlant mattor
tirnught to thoir notice.
Tho mining IndiiHtry Ih so widely
tmtattoiod, and pooplo of ho many
ililtcrout hoiMIoiih ol ilio country art
idoutillod with it, that it in quite iih
looi vlug of fodoral encouragement
uh miiiiy other forms of industrial
activity to which tho government
Iiiih given IIh attention. It Ih not a
ftuinlloti of tho government to tl ih
over or oporato m I mm; neither Ih it
tin province of tho uovornmont to go
into lariniiig. Hut tho Interest of tho
iigticiilturiillHtH havo hnon doomed
HiiftlclmiUy importunt to occupy tho
Httcntio 1 of h special department,
itnd why Hhoiiltl mining not tio do
Korviug of equal recognition?
It would ho no novol Idea. Oov
etrnioontH, undor whoso jurisdiction
largo mining operations havo boon
developed, hnvo hood tit to establish
(lopurtmontH of iiiinon that havo
worked immousn benefits to tho in
dustry. Hy guolo ;IimiI luvestma
tioiih, hy dlHtri tuition selenitic Infer
iniitlon, hy promotion of oxplnra
tiou, hy judloioiiH oontrol of minimi
corporulioiiH and adtHtiato protection
nf tho individual iniuor and proa
i)octor, governmental mining do
inirtmonts havo dono muoh to opon
new minoral unctions and doyolop
the Industry; an If tbe creation of
such departments have been pro
ductive of ftood results eleewhere, a
Hlmilar innovation In this country
ought to he advuutageoup.
' Ah Preflideut RicbardB aid iu hie
addroHH, tho domand la not that tbe
government aaHiime a paternal or
patronizing attitude toward tho
mining industry, or that it make
mining mon a pronent, but rather
that It co-oporato with tboao now In
tho IndtiHtry to make it largor, better
and moro UHoful.
Tho total production of crude
potroloum from 18f) to 1!02 forty
threo yoarH hiiH been no Iohs than
l,10r,U8(),7'27 biirrelH. Of this out
put, PoniiHylviiuia and Now Vork
uoutributud nil 'I por cunt; Ohio,
21. U per cent; Went Virginia, 11.11
por cout; Indliiiin, :).!) per cent;
California, : (5 por cent; Texan, 2.1
por cunt, leaving ! por cont to ho
Hiippliud by Kiiuhiih, Colorado, LouIh
iaiia, JllinoiH, MlHHonri, Indian
Turrltory, Wyoming, Michigan and
Oklahoma.
To got a mining claim in Mexico
Ih tho oiiHii'Ht thing in the world; all
you havo to tin Ih to (lud Home Htonu,
tro'i, or other mark, thon draw an
Imaginary lino round iih much of a
tract iih yon want and thon mako
your duuoiiucomout. TIiIh cohIh you
i?:i2.r0 A Hiirvuyur will thon hu
Hout out and moariuru oil' iih many
roiln iih you want Ho will take
about 8100 for Ii.Ih hoivIuoh. Tho
plat that ho proparoH now goon to thu
capital and iu duocourHO of time you
will ho iiHki'd to pay tax equal to
about $10 for a parcel of laud tho
hIzo or a city block. Thin tax munt
bo paid annually, and iih lung iih you
do thiH you will ho cotiHidorod thu
owner of that claim.
S. GLEN ANDRUS ON
MINING IN OREGON
S. (Jlon AndrowH, who wiih iu
Sumpter Hoiiin weokH ninco, in com
pany with It. M. Hall, tho publicity
man of tho (). K. A- N,, Ih writing a
HurioH of iutorcHting iirticlon on Oro
gou fur tho Chicago Itccoid-llorald,
of which paper ho Ih rallioad editor
In tho Ihhuo of Augunt 20, hu tl 1 Ih a
column on tin editorial page with a
Htory about O'ogon miuuH, from
whioh the following in teken:
Many people In the Pacific North
went huliovo that mining Ih (1oh
timid to become tho paramount In
diiHtry of Oregon. .1. II. Kink, mm
oralogiHt of tho Htato coihiiiIhhIoii, Ih
among thnfo who mako thin
prophecy. Mr. Kink goen further,
for after prospecting lor many yearn,
after exporting huudrwda of prop
ortieH and after a Hyritematic ntudy of
tho mineralogy of tho NorthwuHt, ho
declareH that thu picturesque Hlue
mouutaiuH of uiiHturu Oregon contain
tho richent gold deponltB iu thu
world.
1 was not at greatly nurprlHod at
tho Htatumunt after a v I h 1 1 to thu gold
HnldH and after weeing iu one initio
oro In the vein which contains a for
ttinu In every ton. Thin mine, whioh
wiih down to thu 1,200-foot luvol, Ih
in a ntrlp of land 000 feet widu and
thieu mlloH long, which could not tie
bought for 2, 0000, 000 ciihIi. In
tho light of thu fact it hcuiuh ntraugu
tliHt thu gold tlvlda of Oregon havo
not been overrun with a horle of
proHpeotorn, whioh uvoutually thoy
cannot onoupo. U Ih to bu acoounUul
for, I beilieve, by tbe fact that tbe
majority of tbe great mines in Ore
gon are owned by close corporations,
which go to extremes to prevent re
liable information reaching tbe pub
lic regaiding tbe properties tbey con
trol. Then, too, the rush to tbe
Klondike and tbe Cripple Creek
reigon, with its $12,000,000 annual
output, baa diverted attention from
development in tbe Oregon field,
which has beeu marvelous, both for
Hh extent and tbe quiet manner in
which it haa been accomplished.
Ilich "(hide" are uow being made
iu the various gold-bearing districts
of the stato with a regularity which
iu hound to hooii attract genoral at
tention. While 1 was iu Sumpter
the rumor wau confirmed of a dis
covery iu tho Cornucopia district
which assayed eighty ounces of gold
to tho tun, aud mauy such "finds"
are being made iu districts formerly
famoiiH for placer milling, but whioh
wuru supposed to havo beeu pros
pered out. About the best mining
properties in Oregon it Ih almost im
poHHihlu to learn exact truths,
while about Hioho which are being
exploited it Ih difficult to keep from
learning too much. Striku an aver
age between tho two, tho bullH and
iioarH in gold mining, ho iu hjilmik,
and thu truth will not be so far
dlHtaut. Tho gold output credited
to Oregon by tho Unitud SlatoH gov
ormont in but 81,800,000, whoreiiH
tho truth Ih that tho Htato probably
porducoH no Iohh than 80,000,000
annually, and poHHibly more. Thu
diHcrepaucy between thu government
llguruH ami tho faotn Ih partially ac
counted for by thu eifurtu of closu
corporations to prevent a general
knowledge cf thu facts and by thu
fact that a very large proportion of
tho oouountratcH Ih treated in
Hineltern of other statuH, and is
credited to hiicIi status There arc
undoubtedly three qr four iniiieH iu
thu Crauker Crouk basin iilouo which
prod uoo iih much gold iih tho govern
ment given Oregon credit for.
Fully three-quarters of tho Oregon
gold output cmncH from thu oiiHturu
turrltory, which coutaiiiH the Cracker
Creek dint riot, Cornucopia, Oranito,
Mormon IihhIii, ami other districts,
while iu tho wont aud midlu wuHt thu
Hohuminn ami tiraut'H I'iihh diHttictH
arc becoming wull known. For moro
than a half century practically all of
thuHu districtH were famoiiH as plauur
pioduqorH, tho total placer put
put hIiico the early '00'h aggregating
fully 8120,000,000. Tho placur
dayn aru practically ovor and havri
boon Hiiperseded by a development iu
quartz mining that HurpiiHflUH any
thing hitherto known, according to
CommiHHiouer Fiek. Despite tho
many camps, hn'ovrr. quartz mining
Ih in its iufaiic. n. Oujoii, and there
aru hundreds ut tin i.oiids of acron
which huvu never felt the blow of a
pick nor even thu tread of a white
man.
An interesting fact in connection
with mining in Oregon is tho ex
Intoncu of what might be called the
mining rancher. Much of the
oHHtorn disrtict is settled with theto
mon, who picked their locations
with a view to timber and wator
supplies aud to banks of gold beariug
gravel. Their miuiug operations
begin in March, when the water
caused by tho molting snow begins to
run and they kuop at it night and day
for two or three months, often clean
ing up from 80,000 to f 10,000 from
tho bedrock aud sluices. Tho re
mainder of the year is spent iu
gardening aud ranching, and iu this
mautrer many of those miuiug
ranchers have laid up in tho batiks
from 820,000 to 800,000. The story
of mining in Oregon la fraught with
romance and interest, but it is a
story which has yet to be told.
OFFICIAL RECORDS.
The following instruments ere
filed at the court house in Baker City
for record yesterday :
REAL ESTATE TRANPFER8.
DKED.
August 18 Ed B. Penn and wife
to Hewitt Laud company, S. E. M S.
E. U Sec. GT 0 R. 37 E.; II.
AuguBt 8 Carrie A. Sturgill and
htiHband to M. L. Swift, lot 2 block
A Hourtiei 82000,.
Agnust lllU. S. Durgau and
wife to t3uy L. Lindsay, i lots 1, 2
and ;i, 9 10 and 12 block 1 all lot
Hi block 4 lots 11 and 12 block 2,
Sumpter Heights and 1-3 interest in
100 acres in Sec. 17 T. 10 R. 37 E. ;
81,(500.
April 11 Sam K. Senor to N. J.
Hewitt, 208 feet square in Sec. 0 T.
0 R. 40 E. : 8500.
August 15 M. H. Wakemau and
wlfo to I. H. Sturges, lots 22 aud 23
block 18 iu Stewart's addition to
linker City; 825.
jly n Reculvur to Harry K.
Hunkor, . W. ':, S. E. )i Sec. 20 T
!) R. 37. E; 8100.
AiiL'iiHt 1 II. K. liui'l'er, M. II.
Allen, S. W. H 8. K. H Sec. 20 T.
!) R. 37 E. ; 8300.
Aug. 27 Martin Wilson to Oscar
Holey, small tiact in South Raker;
8100
March !' R. L. Ferguson to
I'rauk Forguon, lot 10 block A
litiuruo; 8150.
August 22 C. A. Locke to Shork
Oraham oompntiy, lot 2 block (5
Huntington; 81.
August 23 Juo. Rouso, tit al, to
Sadie A. Ames, lotB 11, 12 and 13
block 17 Pacific addition to Haker
City; 8200.
August 27 Alpha Roberts and
huHband to .Iiih. Akers and wife, lot 8
block 2(5 MoCrary's addition to Raker
City; 8800.
August 29 Riolianl Flanuety by
shorlir, to Titos, tlorman, lot 2
block A Howden addition to Raker
City; 8380.
August 1(5 Jas. E. Ooddnrd and
wlfo to Loo E. Shurtlilf, 11x2(54 foot
iu South Haker; 8300.
August 22 Ira R. Sturgos au3
wife to L. J. Ilaukins, lot 40 block
0 Stowart'H 2ud addition to Raker
City; 825. '
July 7 10. II. Mastorsou and wife
to Uoo. - W. Evans; '16t 4 .block 4
Richland; 8250.
M IN INC MATTER.
dkkdh:
July 12 Juo. Adams to Oregon
Smelting Jfc Refining company, Coui
stock (uartz claim; 8400.
August 22 Frank Pity to W. T.
Phy., 1-3 interest in Tamarack group
quaartz claims; 81.
August 23 W. T. Miles to A. A.
Hibs, Roosevelt quartz claim; 8225.
August 1(5 ,1. Tbompsou, et al, to
N. T. Hall, ,4J. Tbompsou No 1., 2,
3, aud 4 Paddy creek" quartz olairus
81.
July 18 Wm. II. Curruthors tu
Oregon (.Jrant Ciold Miuing oompany,
Viola and Nellie M placer claims;
81.
Juue 30 A. A. Hibbs to J. O.
Ilibbs, trusteafa, Carpenter Hill group
quartz claims; 81.
July 8 J. Ci. Hibbs, trustee, to
Whipple Ottlcb Miniug & Milling
oompany, samo as first; 81.
Juue 20 Jno. L. Rand to J. H.
Clark, Oro Fiuo No. 1 aud 3 Min
ing claims; 81.
Nov. 1, '02 R. Lv Harris to J. H.
Clark, lufidol aud Forget-me not
quartz claims; II.-