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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, October 26, 1904 STEEL IS USED AS AN ABSASIVE Tliu iihu of purMcloj of Htuol for abriiHlvo ifur'poHoi whh llrHt Intro diiood iiljoiit llfty yoiirn iiyo in corf it in (lurinitn intluatrioH, whore ttio hIcoI uh)(1 wuh hrokun plotiuH of old fllut. ThiH hiiiiio iriuii of ulllliiiK picjuiiH of brokun-up NIih vvmh itttomptod later in thiH country by Mr. (J. M. Llndmiy 11 h 11 HiiliHtltulo for Hiind in cutting nmrtiln mid othnr Htonuu Tim rcuultH wero not HiitiHfiiutory, owing to tho iinpoHHlniJity of oht.iilni'JK uniform product. TIiuhu oxpuriinuntH did, hawovur, ruHiilt honollcliilly, us thoy provori tho vnlno of liiirdmiod ploiHH o' Hteol for iibriiHivo purpouiH nnd lud fl mlly to tho di hco vory of critHhod ntuol, which wiih imtontod by Mr. LlndHoy. Hand wiih formerly tho prinolpal miitoriiil UHod for out ting Htono, but. thin wiih lutor purtly Hiipoiodod by 11 hitrdotind Htool known iih ohlllod iron lohiiliH, or ohillod nhot. Thin imitoriHl in miiny ciihoh kmvo much hotter sat Infliction thiiu Hiind, and although It wiih 11 mimh more ox- poiiHive raw material, it made it nhoapor abniHive on iieoonnt of 1(h greater outtiiiK Humidity. UwitiK, however, to IIh rounded character, it did not lvo perlect HiitiHfactlou, and it hai been In turn HiiperHodod by diamond criiHhed Hteel, which Iiiih hharper and more angular imIki'h. Although the crmhod Hteel Ih more exponitlve than uhilled Hhot Kh Hiiperlor iibriiHivo etllcieucy makeH it In many ohhoh the cheaper ahrHHive. The iiiiiiiufauturliiK of erHiihod Hteel Iihh been ho perfected that an abHolutely uniform material can lie prouiiceu. Tne moinoii or maiiufactiire and iihoh of criiHhed Hteel have mount ly been diiHcribed by Mr. M. M. Kami, secretary of the I'lttHbui'K CriiHhed Steel company (limited). In maiiiiracturluK Micho cruHhed Hteel abriiHiveH the boHt material to mo Ih hlh-umdo crucible a eel. J'IiIh Ih heated to a temperature o' about i!,fiOO dcKi'oo-i R (nearly a white heat) and then quenched in a bath of cold water. Thin kIvoh the Hteel a Kraimlar Htructure. TIiumu tiiiKmeutri of Hteel are then reduced to partlcloH, varying in hIo from tine powder to ono-bixtli of an inch in diameter, by iiioiiuh of powerful hamiueiH or ciiihIiIiik iiiauhlneH. The criiHhed product Ih then cbiHHltled liito'Hiicitk varylnK from. No, 5 to No. 200 meHh. The hIoh from fix to sixty are then tempered by beliiK plact'd in a cylinder or pan and heated to a temperature of about l.r0 iIi'kiooh i, wheu they chalice In appearance to a ntraw color. They are then cooled by HubjectliiK them to liluntH of cold air. Thin material is known aw diamond crutdiod Hteel. The hIoh from Hixty to '200 are luated luiiilrl but are hardened 8185,000; Maryland, Sou, 000. Tho years of tho grant otit gold output woro holwooi IrilMiiNd 1818, when almost 82,000,000 por your wiih produced. In 1810 there wiih a grout exodiia of miners to (Jalifornia, urirl thereafter tho production of tho tout hern Hlaturi fell off. North Carolina malntulnod u load in gold produc tion from tho Htart, and hold it up to a few yearH ngo, when tiuorgin forged ahead In 1000 (loorglii produced $110, 700 in gold; in 1001, 81 21, .100; In 1002. 807,800, and in 1003, 800,000. Mining World. P. G. Wells Strikes it Rich. Major IJuok him received a letter from V. (I. VVoIIh, who Ih opening up the rich clulniH which he located somo inontliH Hlnce in tho Hurnt rlvor country, near Ityo Valley. He hii.yh that the rich Htreak ban widened with development until it is now throe feet in width and colorH everywhere. Al OtnouH Ih working with him and owiih an adjoining claim. It wiih from Mr. WoIIh' property that the rich, Hiimplo wiih liikeu that OtueHH ex hibited in Sumpter Home weoks hIuco; it piece of which in now in Hrig Halleutyue'H jewelry window. THf SUMPTER GOLD BELT MINING COMPANY CAPITALIZATION $160,000 K. C. HKODIK, M. K. MUZZY, -K.O. IIUCKNUM, C. II. CIIANCK, C. II. KKNXKK, I'reHident Vice I'reHident Sec. and TreaH Attorney Engineer OPERATES HIDES II THE GREENHORN AND SUMPTER DISTRICTS Sumptir, Origon - Pin nWFDDPlOGRANOE Uwwii .till more. The latter known iih diamond Hteel .Mining World. hIoh are emery. Southern States Gold Production. The production of gold In the voitheru Btatoi, iucludiUK (lecruia, North and South Carolina, Mary laid, Alabama, Virginia and Ten ueHhee, from the llmt HuiIIiik of gold in (he year 1700 and up to the pretteut year, 1004, Ih estimated at f 10.810,014, divided an foil ewn: Not III Carolina 22,OuTi,844 ; tiVorula, 10,780,000; South Care liua, t, 000,000; Virginia, fU.HOO,. 000; AUbaiua, 420,000; YeiiuvMMW, Only trHUHcontinental line I ditiaiinK directly through Salt Lake City Leadville Colorado Springs I and Denver t ThriH) HpleiuliiUy equipped tra us ( daily TO AM. POINTS EAST. 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