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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, November 9 1904
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The Sumpter Miner
t'UMUSMfil) HVRNY WEDNESDAY BV
J. W. CONNELI.A
Entered al Hi postnfflce In Sumpter, Oregon, lor
trninlslon through the mlli tccnnd cl
trailer
SUHSCWII'NON HATH 5
One Yrar ...
Six Month
.fj.OO
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
Tim hoii of a inluing operator lit
Cripple Crook, who whh mlxotl up
with thu littu unpleasantness thoro,
hHH been ilrivuti out of Goldflold 1)5
Union ininurH find their Hympathlsers.
Thu youngest aud richest gold ciimp
on oHrth made ii mistake in per
mitting thitt. kind of n play to bn
made. It Ih tind advertising, detri
mental imlillolty, that will have He
evil effect jtiHt hh Mint in thoro Ih h
Jaw of tutriljiitioii on Naturo'H Htatutu
hook.
The l.thol Consolidated MiuiiiK
oonipiuiy owning properties lit Index,
WiiHhiiiKton, in being thlmhlorlggod
in a reorganization deal. Thh stotiK,
having boon proved to hit worthless,
Ih h olng taken up mid hoiiio othur
afook given in Mh pliKMt, provldud the
anokam who piiid for Ethel will now
pity for mi equal amount of do
bonturo IuiimIh of the now company.
.Say, that hook Ih not concealed at
all. Woudor if thoro Ih any variety
of IIhIi that will hwhIIow it, without
oven a Hhain tmit?
A new metal has boon Invented by
Albert Notion, a French ouginoer.
and called "iiotliiim" after IiIh name,
which ia said to he lighter than
aluminum, to have the color, lustor
and structure of ataol, the malle
ability of bronze and a conductivity
for the electric current equal to thai
of copper of the name weight. No
Information Ih given about the new
mi'tal, hut it Ih Haiti to be made by
an eloctiical proooHH at a cost of
about ilfteeu coutH per pound.
The Utah paper are attracting h
great deal of attention to thoHplondld
mineral roHOiirooH of their Htato by
ayHteiuatically publishing the dlvl
denda paid by Uath miultiK oni
paiilei, DoHcrlptlomi of mining dis
tricts, however fervently written, do
not have the persuasive penetration
of the still email voice of a dividend.
Outside of Utah the local JourualiHtH
do not apparently appreciate thin
incontrovertible fact. It appearH to
uh that this matter Ih worthy of more
oonsoldoiallon than it ban received in
the paHt. Mining Reporter.
Now kindly advise what local
,mperH Hhould do to close cor
poratloiiH that guard the divitlond
proportion with hh much care an
thoy do the Mkelotou in the corpora
tion cloud. So far ab the effect on a
tlihtrict Ih concerned, thh Horocy Ih
hh harmful as If uo dividetidH were
curiied.
Soiuh iutereHtiug atatomots have
uvoutly come from the TrauHvaal
Chamber of Mined relative to the
work of the Chinese laborers now
omlpioyed in the mlnen of the Hand.
Out of 1,1 82 men at the Van Ryu
initio, 1,018 were reported working,
of whom ftftrt were underground and
Jti'J on the Hiirfaoe. Oti August 2 an
average of tlftoeu 1 lichen per shift
was utado in drilllug by 130 coolie),
and on the Kith of the month the
average made by 300 men wan twenty
two Inchon, showing either an iui
provemeut or more favorable condi
tions for work. This Is about one
fourth to one-flftb of what a skilled
white miner would accomplish in the
?ame time. lu another niiue the
average was about fourteen Inches,
some of the men doing nearly thirty
six inches. The mine managers
appear well pleased with their experi
ment and anticipate a material
Improvement in the amount of work
accomplished por man when they
become more oxporlouced. In the
work of mucking they make a hotter
roaltlve showing than in tho more
skilled work of drilllug, but in this
iih well mh drilling they are no match
for tho white mlnorH and not oven
as good as KalflrB. Tho labor prob
lem apuears nevertheless to have been
solved by the Chinese ou tho Traus
vaal, and 0,000 more have gone in
since September 10. The difficulty
at first experienced with Chinese
officials in recruiting seems to have
been satisfactorily settled. Mining
and Scientific Press.
I. .1. Hill, of the Great Northern,
gave out this iuterviow iu Mlunoapo
Uh a fewdayriiigo, speaking of specu
lating iu stecks: "They had hotter
be a little cautious. Thoy may get
bumped. Some of tho railway stocks
are selling for more than 1 would be
willing to pay for them. Thoro
stocks had just h much real value
hIx moiitlM ago as they have today
aud 1 think one ought to be a littlo
careful about rushing iu to buy them
after their market prlooH have ad
vanced 2 to 3 a share. 1 suppose
the speculators are attracted by tho
facility with which thoy can carry
four per cont stocks in a two por ceut
money market, but much of the
money thoy aro using iu speculation
Ih the idle mouey which the buiness
interests of the country have no
present use for. hooaiiao of the dull
ness of trade."
MilliotiH of American mnnoy are
Invested iu Mexico. That tho oldest
American nation is ou the eve of a
revolution has boon HiiHpoctod for
moutuH aud capital from this side of
the line naturally Iiiih boou uorvoup.
Under tho progresnlve rule of Presi
dent DUz, Americans have enjoyed
commercial privileges of high valui.
MoxIco'h gold, silver aud copper
mluoH are known to bo ouormously
rich and as long as Diaz lives they
will continue to be worked largely
by Americans, whose modem maohiu
ei y aud ouergotlc method-) havo
taken more from Ihoahatfs loft by the
Spaniards of the tint iuvasiou aud
by the lucas bofoie them iu toil yoarB
than the lazy peon of the Isthmus
had mined lu tho contury previous.
The liutte luter-Muuutaiu say, how
ever, that ot late slight hluts thrown
olf thu news wlre,ehav warned the iu
voktor that Muxico is uneasy. The
government has been increasing aud
strengthening the army. Fresh guns
have boon mounted iu the defenses of
the big cities and strategic points
seized by the government. Diaz will
be president, probably, so long as he
lives; but Diaz may die auy day.
lusido facts of Mexican conditions
were given to President Roosevelt
the othur day by William G. Tiffauy,
of Nevada, who called at the White
House. Mr. Tiffauy is interested in
Mexicau gold wines. He told the
president that there "is much gold
In Mexico, aud the prospects there
would be spleudid but for the
miserable squabbliug that will be sure
to follow the death of Presideut
Diaz. As long as Diaz lives every
thing will be all right, but wheu he
dies there will come a revolution
that must estalbisb the supremacy of
one three men who
mentioned for the
are frequently
succession to
i .
President Diaz. These are L.tmau
tour, tbs minister of finance, and by
long odds the most polished and
best educated mau in public life in
Mexico; General Reyes, tho commander-in-chief
of the army, and
Governor Torre, of the state of
Chihuahua, and the most ambitious
Mexican of the lot. Tho death of
General Diaz would mean an im
mediate fight for supremacy, and the
8U00088 of the strongest aud firmest
baud. This might be prevonted by
Diaz retiring now and establishing
one of these men iu the presidency.
The better class of people in the
country would approve this course,
as they dread the future as it stands
uoow. They would be willing to
support auy one man without qulb
bllug if they could be assured that
revolution could be pdstponed."
The Chamber of Commerce Bulletlu
is a handsomely printed publication,
the official organ of the Portland
chamber of commerce. Its purpose
is to advertiso the resources of tho
state aud tho attractions of Pottland.
It ueeds au oditor with a blue penal I
about tho sizo of a pick handle. Iu
the November issue ouo, J. 11. Flsk,
airs his viows on mining, and ad vet-'
Uses hlmsolf, which article is illus
trated with the picture of the author.
This man Flsk has boon couuocted
with one or twit of the most notori
ously rotten mining fakes which has
disgraced tho Northwost. Uf coureo,
iu this artlolo be insinuates that
be baa a monopoly of all the honesty
iu the b ti b I Howe. Ho publishes
so vera I letters claimed to have been
received from eastern investois, re
flecting discredit, by implication,
ou several eaatorn Orogon com
panion, by name. Here aro two
extracts from tho article:
"Portland cotains more men who
aro directly or iudiroctly interested
In mining than till the rest or tho
statos; has also moro capital in
votsod lu iiiinos than all the rest of
the states put together aud receives
tho least lu return for it; aud it is
quite natural that they should feel
au interest iu lliia matter aud should
not be called "hogs" because they
do not live at the mluos, as the work
ing mluers do."
"1 can sell more miuiug stock
than auy other man, but 1 will not
eugago iu it until 1 think the nil no
can be mado a paying aud profitable
cue.
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Now, anyone at all posted ou
those statements knows how absurdly
false thoy aro aud there Is uo need of
golug into detail refutation.
Tho Portland chamber of com
merce ought not to send out such
stutf.
Mr. George F. Kunz is authority
for the statoment that iutorest iu the
pioduotiou of precious atoues in
creases iu the United States from year
to year, lu a report reooutly made
to tho Uulted States Geological Sur
vey he gives the value of the precious
stoues produced iu the Uulted States
lu 1903 ab 321,400. This pro
(taction was a little less valuable
thau that of 1002, which was rated
at 328,450, but was worth oouslder
ably moie thau that of 1001, which
was valued at 269,050. The total
value of the imports of precious
stoues iu 1003 was 20,522,523 as
agaiust 24,753,580 iu 4902, 22,
815,352 in 1901, aud 13,501,588
iu 1900.
Mr. Kuuz'j report ou precious
atoues is more attractive than usual
this year, for It ooutalus a great
amouut of miscellaneous data about
the precious atones of other countries
as well as those of the United StateB.
The Increased Interest in this
country in the production of precious
stoues has resulted in bringing to
gether a splendid exhibit of these
beautiful products of nature at the
Louisiana Purchase ExpoBltiou at
St. Louis, where thousands of
visitors have seen and studied them.
The valuable report is an extraot from
the Survey's volume entitled "Min
eral Resources of the United States,
1903," but. It is bIbo published
separaetly, in pamphlet form, and
may bi obtained ou application to
the Director of the United States
Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
The long winded Methodist
preacher who some weeks slnae played
the part of "booby prize" in a con
test between Arlington and Grants
Pass aud was "sawed off" on the
latter; has now left that town, by
special request.
A lake containing fresh water on
top and salt water at the bottom has
boeti discovered on Kildln Island,
Lapland. The lake rises and falls
with the tide, aud the salt water evi
dently comes from the sea by an
undergrouud obauuel.
OFFICIAL RECORDS.
The following instruments were
tiled at the court house in Baker City
for record yesterday :
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DEKn".
Nov. 1, '3 W. H. Ellis to Lizzie
Ellis, lot 2 nlook 3 Sturges &
Crowell's addition to Baker City; 1.
Oct. 29 Juo Scbmit and wife to
D. B. Riuebait, Its 3, 4 and 5 block
32 Pacirlo addition to Baker City;
8240.
Nov. ii E. J. Fuller to T.. H.
Grabner, lot 1 block 0 Brattain &
McComaH addition to Uaker City; 1.
Oct. 29 Wiscosuln Oregon Lum
ber oompauy to . Kirkbam, et al,
lot 4 sectlou 7 T. 10 R. E. ; 1.
Oot. 23 W. D. Emole aud wife
to Wm. H. Coltou, 100 acres in Sec
35 T. 7 aud Sec. 2 T. 8 R. 4 1 E. ;
8000.
Oct. 25 Rev. J. Helurich to St.
Frauds Academy, blook 2 Boyd's
additiou to Baker City, 1.
Oct. 31 Juo. Sobmitz, et al, Jots
1, 2 aud 3 blook 3 Laok addition to
Baker City; 325.
Oot. 25 Jos. Palmer and wife to
C. E. Wood, lots 29 to 35 block 3
SVilovale; 1.
Maorh 12 Jas. M. Elmer and
wlfo to Myra M. Elmer, :10J acres in
N. W. Sec. 15 T. 9 R. 40 E. ;
1.
Oct. 29 Cyuthia Hamm and bus
bum! to D. B. Riuehart, lots 1 aud
2 block 32 Pacific additiou to Baker
City; 200.
Oot. 29 Henry S. Parke and wife
to D. B. Riuehart, lots 0 and 7 blook
32 Pacirlo aditiou to Baker City;
1,250.
Sept. 3, '01 F. V. Thomson and
wife to V. E. Thompson, east 90
feet of lots 3 aud 4 block B Fiabei's
additiou to Baker City; 2,500.
Oct. 28 Barbara Woodard and
husbaud to H. C. Thomas, et al, 25
acres iu Sec. 19 T. 7 R. 44 E. ; 1.
MINING MATTER.
DBKDS.
Dee. 9, '03 W. F Calvert to J.
M. Doyle, Bertha quartz calim; 10.
Fine printing ot the Miner office.