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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1904)
7 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 14. 1904 REVOLUTIONIZE! OE PROSPECTING A I)ak6r City paper prints an Item to tho offoot that Ohoht J, Lee, of Chicago, whoso rut her high Bounding title Is Chief Hlecti lu and Torreoh anetrlo Engineer of the Elatric Metal Locating company, has just completed ocBOHHful demonstration nt the Cysfotie mine, east or Baker. Ter reoamntriclan Lae Ih quoted aa aaylug that fain machine discovered some heavy ledge bear the proseut work iuga of the Cyclone. I1h anuouiicea that the tnrreohmetrlo Invention will revelvtionlze proBpeating. W llaiiHer roHd th item In the Jiakra fiaper, buttonholed a reporter for I'ho Miner, hauled him into tie New OlympiH saloon Hud hmIiI, "Watch me." t "1'hle Lou person," he explained, "may ho the goods, hut IiIh terrooh tnetrio oontrivanuu Ih a whole lot too miMfiHoated to oapiuarlouHly segas hiate through my curtailed under nt audi hk. On tho other hand, this little hard-wood uoue, with two holes in it, whlnh I now hand you for ex amiaatiou (you will notion I havo neither cuffs nor whlskera to deoeive tha aye) la uhout the rualeHt real fthiag as a ledge tinder that ever oc uurr4. I bought thin little ooua froat the late Professor Wallace, up on tha advlcM of my quondam friend, A. It. Whitticr. It stood me fifty plaake. J am' willing to let It go for nan fifty. "1'hle Wallace pornon's title whh lraa4 flifch Hot Air Pumper of the Hure Thing Lodge Find lug Hiid Easy Mark IJ Hti nn IhIj I u oompaiiy, of llobdken. I bavo reason to hellnvo laid Whit whh a member of tho board of directors. However, I har bor III faeoliuga toward Whit, as 4 uudertaud he la IimvIiik a hard atrnak of luck in 'Frisco. Perhaps 1 hall aend him thla little ledse tio4M, in order that he may una it to loaate m free lunch counter or a wiavariofc meal ticket. " will notice that thla harm-less-looking little cone ban two holeH lrU4a4 lu the bottom. Into these bolaa i now insert two raw hide twltobes, making the apparatus appear Ilka a apldei with long legs. 1 now firmly grnup the two leg in each of my hadH and permit the cone to pro ject fa front of my breast. Thai I the )iOHitioii aHHiimed in locating ledges. The cone will do the rout. "We will now demoiiHtrate, and tatt cock-eyed gentleman by the bar will pluaae remove IiIh hat." Mr. HaiiHor uulockod hia mineral cabinet- -which, by the way, con tniua a vory valuable collection Miid selected at random a hatful of free gull Hpeoimuua. Laying them nn the floor iu a heap, he gratpod (ho raw-hide legs of the luiluu-tlmltt. buncheil hia ahouldra, cautioned the umlleuoo to be perfectly allont and ntiNtrva the phenomena, and walked loarly norcs (he tloor, the cone trembling violently in hia hande. The oscillation of the apparatus per il iptibly increased at he apprcaohed the or specimen, until, wheu the cona wan directly above tha heap, it wan liteially torn from hit hauda by a niyeteilmia force. The experlmeut was repeated with tha aauie reault. "Tber," panted Mr. Hauser, the perspiration pouring from hia faoe, "that, sirs, is the maohlue to revo lutionize prospecting I" The reporter was induovd to trv the experiment, and grasped the raw bide legs l.ke grim death. Despite hia Herculean atrengtb, however, when the oone was brought Into jux tapotltlon with tha heap of ora speci mens, the cone dipped violently riowuward, exerted a mysterious iwiauug energy, and many was wrenched so suddenly from tha re porters' hands that It tore a gaping hole in the linoleum floor ooverlng. John I). (Joda tried the experiment, but for iome unknown psychic rea son, the phenomena was not re peated. "He lacks tho psychometric tem- perameut," explained Mr. Hauser. Jimmy Sheriden tried it, and the gyrations of the oone wero so ex traordinary that Mr. Sheridan lost hia balauoo and fell heavily on bis stomach, reouudiug to au upright position ilka a toy balloon. "He has heaps of psychometric iam," said Hauaer. "As I said before," be continued, "thh thing coat ma $50. When 1 bought it I thought It waa a flim flam, and I took the precaution, to pay iu Confederate money. Hut I large amount of capital required at the start. Jt baB been known that the ?nb stratum just above the rook in many of the valley of western America and Asia is rich in alluvial gold, and many efforts have been made to obtain it, but without suoeas. The seepago through the soil and the presence of subterranean lakes and rivers drowned out every mining do vice adopted. Not long since a new scheme was conoelved and put Into operation with complete suoceis. A steel "ship" waa constructed that makes Its own H6H, sails on it through the valleys which it tears up to the bed rook with its powerful dredge in front, passes the soooped-up soil through oontrlvancos in the body of the "ship," which extract every particle of gold, though so flne as to be invisible except under the lens, and ejects refuse at tha stern, where it Alls up the basin behind as the "ship" plows its way along. Each "ship" requires only two men to operate it and its excavators do the work of 5,000 men and teams at a cost not to exceed three or four cents a ton. Soil that assays twelve, twenty or thirty cents to the cubic yBrd cau bo worked at great profit by the "ships." Excbauge. FAS1EKIN OREGON MEN. TIMBER LAND FRAUDS LIGHT AND POWER FOR GRAND RONDE VALLEY now realize that it is a pippin, that I hold In my possession the solution of the problem of the ages. 1 shall at once organize a atnok company, with a five million dollar, fully paid, non-aHHeasable capital, to be known as the Amalgamated ilotpotato and Surethlug Holdup Syndicate, Lim ited, and arrango at once to looato hll the bliud ledges, sorap Iron heaps, piecarda and dam sites in Rakor county. IS THIS SOME KING OF NEW GOLD DREDGE "The Invasion of the Cold Sbipa" la the title of au article in the October number of the Rooklovers' Magazine, which, but for some cor roborative facta of local knowledge and the evidence of Illustrative photographH, might have beeu classed with the H G. Wells romances of soienoo and Invuutiou iu the comiug axes. The article Ik descriptive of a new method of gold mluiug aud its astonishing results. The suocesB with which knowledge of the facta haa beeu kept from the public, notwithstand ing the large amount of capital already Invested aud the extent of the operations, is shown by the ditti- ooltloa experienced bv the writer of the article iu obtaining information concerning the process of securing photographk of the "gold ships" at work, aud explauied by the fact that the Huauciai operatiou of the enter prises Is iu few bands, absolutely no stock or any of the oompauiea belug for asle. The fortuuate owners have too good a thing to share with other, aud had uo occasion lo go beyond their own resources for the A new child has been born in the electric world and It Is known aa tha Grande Ronde Electric company, consolidation or absorption of tbe La (Jraude Light and Power company uy a new company. The new company will run three No. G copper wires from its power bouse two aud three-fourths miles east of Cove, direct to La Grande, branching at Hot Lake threo mile from tbe lake, where a substation will be established and three wires ruu from that point to Union. The work or building n ditah one and one-half miles luug, Ib practically completed. There will be 3,700 feet of pipe, probably one foot in aize, connecting with tbe ditah, and finally tbe entire budy of water will be crowded through a one and one half luob nozzle. This will be tbe source of power. There will be 890 feet fall to tbe water, wbioh will give tremendous eoergy, estimated at 800 horse power. The new oompany, in short, pro poses to furnish light aud power, as ItH uame Implies, for tbe Grande Houde valley. Union Republican. Washington, Dee. 7. An official statement was given out by tbe In terior department today announcing the government's purpose to prose cute every guilty man in tbe public land frauds to tbe full extent of the law and regardless of position in life. Tbe statement follews: "Tbe conviction in Portland yes terday of Ave persons for land fraud, which will be followed next week by the trial of seveial others indicted for the same offeme, Is but another step toward tbe consummation of tha policy entered upon by tbe secretary of tbe Interior when it became knowu nearly three years ago that frauds were being perpetrated in con nection with tbe pulblo lands, to run down aud prosecute the guilty ones to tbe full extent of the law, without regard to tbeir position In life. The department encountered many obstaoles while engaged in this work, but moved steadily onward and had tbe hearty assistance and co operation of the department of justice in bringing tho land criminals to justice. "These frauds have been more far reaching than tbe country suspeoted and tbe task of unearthing them and securing the necessary proofs has been a difficult one, but there has been no abatement of tbe intention to overcome all difficulties and secure a conviotion of tbe land thlaveu. No one will be shielded, whether high or low and tbe work of prosecutloa will be vigorously carried on." It is understood that prominent men in eastern Oregou, who have been operating in timber lands in tha vicinity of Heppner, will be prose cuted at an early day. Plenty of Snow Later On. The old residents of this section of Oregou predict that enow iu plenty will fall within tbo next few weeks. They base their prediction upou the fact that tbe present fall weather is almost ideutical with that of tho year iu wbioh the "double wiuter" oc curred, now uoarly twenty years ago. That year tbe fall was a long dry ouo, with heavy fogs duriug tbe early part of December. On about tbe 20th of that month suow begau to fall, aud it remaiued until late iu February, to be followed later by auotber snow storm. That was tbe year iu which the great losses iu stock oourred, but a repetition of those disasters la not feared, as they resulted from tbe lack of bay, tbe range beiug good aud little prepara tion beiug made iu those days for feeding atook. Aahwood Prospector. Bore for Water at the Emma. Manager Vinson, of tbe Emma mine, six miles east of Baker City, haa closed a contract with C. A. Fredricks, of Spokane, to bore for water on hia property. Mr. Fred ricks has tbe most extensive boring apparatus ever brought to eastera Oregon, it having a capacity for boring 5,000 feet. Tha contract with Mr. Vinson calls for 2,000 feai or less, boring to cease whenever a aufflnleent flow of water is encounter ed. He does not expect water under 500 feet. Tbe work will be com menced at onoe. Mr. Frederloka also has a contract to bora for artesian hot water for tha Hot 8prings Natatorium oompany of Baker City. Tbe hot springs of tbe company are within tbe city limit Ore Reduction at '05 Fair. Managers of the Lewis and Clark fair are iu receipt of an offer from the Colorado Iron oompany to put mining machinery iu operation in tba mining building of tbe exposition, showing the smeltiug and working of ores. This offer is made condition ally that tbe miuiug interests of Ore gou will funruisb ores for smelting aud refluiug. Ore will be taken iu the raw state, crushed, smelted aud put through all the stages of working, and it la tbe intention to dig a tunnel under tbe building, from which ore can be dug and taken to tbe smeltiug maobinery. Superintendent Kirohen, of the smelter, returned from a trip down tbe Hue this morning. I