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Wednesday, November 2, 1904
THh bUMPTER MINhR
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FORTUNE AWAITS THE
; SUCCESSFUL INVENTOR
Millions In It For the Man Who Perfects
a Process for Saving Flour Gold
From Snake River Sands.
The article In last eveuing's
Miuer, chronicling tbe perfection by
hu Ontario, Oregon, man of a tuaabine
to save Snake river gold, brings to
mind tbe faot tbat from Blackfoot
falls to Lewlston tbe tjrbid old
Snake is strewn with abandoned
dredgers, not one of which baa proven
profitable, and many of which cost
from 825,000 to $50,000 each. Every
conceivable system for separating tbe
Hour and flake gold from tbe muck
mixed with black sand on Suake
river bars have been trie j at much
cost and found wantiug. The nearest
approach to success has occurred in
the case of General Weaver, once a
national populist leader, who is
operating a drodge near tbe con
tinence of tbe Payette and Suake.
This macbiue aims directly at
amalgamation, without recourse to
intermediate processes involving con
centratiou of the auriferous black
sand. Tbe pay dirt is thoroughly
mixed with water and is sprayed an
endless number of times upou a
copper plate coated with quicksilver.
It is estimated tbat each particle of
gaud coutaiulnng tbe infinitesimal
partioles of gold is forced into con
tact with the amalgam plate oue
thousand times. While the saviug
by this prooess is high in percentage,
tbe machine's capacity is obviously
limited.
Snake river flour and flake gold is
certaiuly abundant. Every bar from
Shoshone west and uorth to Uox
canyon below Ballard's Lauding
prospects high. The gold Is In
conceivably fine, bowevor, and moat
generally assumes a flat flakey form,
which, when occurring, as It usually
does, In sand heavily impregnated
with a heavy muck or alluvial silt,
endowing It with a predilection to
float off, reuders it impossible of
saving by auy kuown process.
High scientific opinion averts that
the aruiferous black sand of Suako
river must first bo oleaiieed of Its
adhering muck. Thereafter, separa
tion of tho suud and gold would bo a
comparatively easy mattor. Ou tho
other hand, equally high sciontitlu
opiuion, predicated upou a beliof
that a separating of the muck and
balck saud is impossible without
causing mure or less of the precious
metal to be lost in tbe process by
floating off in tbe muck urges tbat
first the black sand, minus tbe gold,
miiBt bo separated from the muck, for
which tbe gold displays almost as
much of an afllnity hb for the saud.
Thereafter, by dry proaess, tho gold
and muck could bo separated.
Thus tbe problem stands, and an
immeuso fortuue awaits thu man with
a solutiou.
GOLD MINING
OE THE WORLD
The Scotsman, in a reoout issue
published au article on "Tbe Gold
Miuing Industry," by J. H.Carlo.
Tbe writer treats of gold miuing
throughout the world, and tbe follow
ing is what he has to say of tbat in
dustry in tbo Amerioa-1 and of Mexico
m the.aomiug loM country':
"Lastly, we deal with tbe great
American continent, tbe birtb place
of sound gold miuing. , It was in
America tbat tbe scales drat fell from
my eyes, and I learned the inwardness
of mine valuation; let me once more
acknowledge tbe debt.
"Beginning at tbe north, I will
say tbat there is no gold mine in
Cauada worth buying into ineded,
there are very few working at present
at any real profit. The richest part
of tbe Klondike deposits baa been
taken out, and so great la tbe cost of
working tbat tbe lower grade gravels
there can hardly be worked at a prof
it. The Britiab Columbian mines
are mostly failures or semi-failurei,
and tbe small mines of Ontario and
Nova Scotia are of little import-aBOtr-
-Alaska it a uot aor pro-
islug country, but Alaska belongs to
tbe United States.
"The prinolpal Euglish-Owued
gold mines in tbe states and Mexico
are Alaska Treadwell, Camp Bird,
Tom Boy, El Oro Esperauza. These,
as a group, offer good value to the
speculator, and, as in tbe oaso of tbe
eight Weutraliau mi nee, a sum of
mouey spread over all rive would
probably earn a good profit.
"Tbe biggest gold-producing mine
in tbe world is in tbe United States.
TbiB is tbe Iloutestako, iu South
Dakota, which Ih owned by Ameri
cans.' Tbo last figure I heard was a
produotiou of about 90,000 a
mouth, aud there la ore iu sight for
many years. The richest field is at
Cripple Creek, iu Colorado, but this
field has Beeu its boat days. The
priuoipal English-owned mine there
is Stratton's Independence, now
worked out. Tbe largest producers
at Cripple Creek, such as tbe Gold
Coiu, Portland, Strong, aud Vindi
cator, are owned locally. Next to
Colorado, as a gold-producing state,
come i California; tbe richer ore has
long ago been worked out in Cali
fornia, and many of tbo mines there,
with au average production of only
about teu shillings a tou, baldly pay
expenses. There are scattered gold
mines in Arizona, Nevada, Idaho,
and, in faot, all tbe western states,
but Eugliah capital is not greatly iu-toreated-lu
ttoeee "'' --..
"Mexico I look on as a coming
couutry for gold, and 1 would rauk
it next tu Woat Australia iu this
respect. Thore has bonu miuing iu
Mexico for 100 yoars, sinco tho days
of tbe Spaniards, but chiefly for
diver, and I think the next fow years
will uuearth some good gold mines.
Tbe El Oro field has n big future.
Besides the El Oro, Esperauza aud
Mexiao, au the main ratio, thoro is a
great miuo iu the Dos Estradas,
owned by Moxionns. (u Central aud
South America thoro are many
scattered miues, but fow of toal uote.
Tho El Callao, in Vouezuela uow
worked out was the biggest gold
mine South America has had; today
tbe host are probably tho luca miuo
iu Peru, aud the St. Johu del Roy in
Brazil, but 1 believo the latter has
Been its beBt days. In time to come
I oxpeot great miues will be dia
covered in tbe eastern slopes of tbe
Audes(on tbe western slopes the ores
are mostly silver aud copper), but
these regions aro still iu tho possos
slou of the Indias, aud prigross is
very alow. Patagouia gives sumo
prom i Be of turning into a gold
producing regiou."
BARN WARMING AT
SNOW CRtEK MINE
Uoueral Manager Fred 1). Smith,
of tho Sunw Croekjjmiue. assisted by
bis charming wifo, ontertaiued at a
big baru-warming at the miuo Satur
day night. Promlneueut people
from all parts of tho "amp accepted
tbe hospitality of tho Suow Creek,
aud partook of ouo of the most
elaborate banquets ever provided in
these gold fields. Alamo was
represented by a delegation of ladles
aud gentlemen headed by Mayor
Mct'bee; (Jreenborn by a delegation
headed by Mayor Draper; Tipton
scut Mayor Jack D. (toss, and
Sumptor'a delegation cousistod of M.
Frank Muzzy, tho Ward McAllister
of tho liill Town, with whom Tony
Mohr went along to lend digulty.
Seventy-six covers wero laid for
the banquet, which followed a
dance iu tho uew barn. "'Twas tho
awellest feed I ever tloppod my lip
over," says Mr. Muzzy.
Noike.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of .the Little Cracker (Jold
Mining aud Milling company will bo
held iu thu company's office Iu
Sumpter, Baker comity,, Oregon, ou
the 7th day of November, 1004, at
the hour of 10 o'clock iu the fore
noon )f said day, for the purpnso of
electing officers for the next year and
(oi tho trausaiitinu of auoh business
as may como before said meeting.
1). L. W1LLAKD, secrotary.
Prairie Diggings Concentrates.
Joe Waddell, superintendent and
geueral manager, of the Prairie
Diggings miue, noar Prairie City, is
in Sumpter today on business con
nected with the smelter, to which
recent heavy shipments of Prairie
Diggings couceutrates have beeu
made. Shipments have uow ceased
aud Manager Waddei received returns
from the smeletr. He returned to
Baker this afternoon.
At Jackson Brothers.
Just arrived fresh fish, salmon,
halibut, smelt, black bass, catfish.
Fresh eastern and Olyiupia oysters.
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