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Wednesday, December 28, 1904
THE SUMPTER MINER
DEVELOPING
A PROSPECT
In many Instances, considerable
devlopment will have to be perfnrmd
before the prosnect will prove to be
attractive to the would-be inveator;
before It will appeal to him in such a
manner as to convince him that it is
the making of a "bread-winuer," of
a divdeud payer. Thia being the
oase, It behooveB the prospector and
claim owner to use a little "head
work", as well as brawn and muscle,
when it comes to prospect develop
ment. A great deal of work, scatter
ed over a large area, is practically a
poor expenditure of time, labor and
money. A series of gopher holes
may provo the exteusiou aud strike
of the vein or ledge; but, in the
way nf profitable development, it
amounts to but little.
Tho old miner well knows that
largo sums of money may be spent
in mine devnlopmout, but which, in
the end, has added but very little to
the value of the property upon wbitih
it was expended, and for the reason
thiit tho woik bus not boon intelli
gently performed; thai a littlo work
bus boon douo here and a littlo tbero;
a shallow shaft has been suuk at one
place, a short tunuol has been run at
another, aud opou cuts have been
mado at atill auother place, all of
which, bad it been concentrated aud
confined to one place, to one favor
able spot, would have added greatly
to the value aud future worth of the
property, but which, taken as a
whole, ie practically .valuoless. Per
chance, by suob concentration, the
tuunel would have reached tho ledge,
or the abaft might ihave exposed a
fine body of pay ore. Ju all evonts,
the value of the property would have
been euhauced, aud a prospective
buyer could easily see whore the
mouey had been expended, as claim
ed, aud the prospect would be iu
jhapo )o that development and ex
ploration work could be contiuued to
advautage.
Aa a general tbiug, the prospector
is but au indifferent uiiuer, aud the
amount of time ha wastes in prospect
development would tyi worth thou
sands to him If he could "cash out"
on a time valuation comaienaurate
with the aotual value of time in
business and commercial circles. We
do not meau by tbia that develop
ment work is not necessary ; for it
is, nor would we undervalue the
worth of the time of the prospector,
which, if well-directed aud ex
pended, would soon place the prop
erty in which be is interested In
uob a condition that he would ex
perience uo difficulty in finding a
ready and profitable market for the
same.
But it is systematic, intelli
gent work that counts; work in
wbiub every foot must take the
tuuenl or the shaft nearer to the
vein, nearer to tbe ore bedy: and
work iu which every dollar, every
hour, has its - value iu trta accom
plishment of tbe desired end, which
is tbe transformation of a prospect
iuto a miue, into a bonanza, within
tbe least possible time aud at tbe
least possible expense.
If tbh policy were oarried out
to a greater exteut by the prospector
and tbe claim-holder, tbe west would
NOT A D---D THING MATTER
WITH THIS COUNTRY
Remarked F. 0. Bucknum on Learning That
Frank Muzzy Will Return
From Goldfield,
F. U. Ouckuum has reooived a
letter from Frank Muzzy, written
from Goldfield, Nevada, in wbioh he
says that he will not go into business
there, as he had intended, but will
return to Sumpter aud dovnto his
time to mining interests in this
vicinity. Ho says that prices and
rout for property iu that camp are so
high that they arc practically pro
hibitive. Which menus, of anurso,
that tho busiriOiH being done tboto
doesn't justify tbo rates charged.
Mr. ttjoknuin takos this lottor as a
text and preaches a very iutorosting
aud cheerful discourse, ahoerful to
those whoso lots are cast for keops
iu eastern Orogou. Ho waB all
through that country aud south of
it into Arizoua fifteen or twouty
years ago. While ackuowlegdiug
that there are rich miueral deposits
there, says even if a mau ia fortunate
euougb to get hold of one, be earns
all he makes by being cundemued to
live there. He says it is, in climate
and all physical conditions, uot tbe
God forsaken region of popular be
lief; but that tbe Creator uever had
anything to do with it from the start,
have more producing mines today,
aud there would not be so mauy
partially aud half developed pros
pects scattered about throughout
the miuiug camps and districts of
this lutermountaiu region. Salt
Lake Mining Review.
Governor on the Kanoe War.
(u relation to the eastern Oregon
range war, Governor Chamberlain la
quoted as say lug: "Tbe only way
I can aee to remedy tbe situation la
for the legislature to place money at
my disposal, ao that 1 can employ
seoret aervloe men to go to the neigh
borhood of the trouble and stay there
uutil the guilty persona can be
located, aud evidence enough secured
to convict them. To send out militia
would do no good. Tbe 'men who dp
tbe abooting may be in Crook oounty
today aud in Lake or Harney or
Wasco tomorrow or next day. Tbey
would commit no offense while
officer of tbe law were around. They
travel long distances in wild, thinly
settled country, and commit their
crimes when there ia uo oue uear
except a defenseless sheep herder.
Tbey are masked and uanuot be Iden
tified. The only way that 1 can aee
to bring tbem to justice is to send
secret service men to live among
them, learn their ways aud follow
their movements uutil they have evi
dence that will oouvict tbem. There
ia uot now a single dollar whiob tbe
governor la authorized to expend for
tbe purpose I mention."
aud therefore couldn't forsake it it
is peculiarly the dominion of tho
evil one aud hie headquarters are
somewhore uoar at baud.
Then Mr. Huokuum resorts to ouo
of those tricks of tho traiuod talker,
known as a "sudden transition, " and
ojaculates: "Why, damn it, there
is nothing tho matter with this
country. U'h slow iu development,
wo all know, but tho procimiH metal
baring lodges are uot to blame for
thatit's tho people. Tim host thing
that could happen to thlH suction
would lio a migration, or a deadly
plaguo. Hut so far as tho miueral
wealth is concerned, wo have it here
.in abundance and it will bo produced
in tbo courHO of a few yoars, too."
Mr. Hucknuut thinks that tho
Greenhorn district will provo to bo
tbe greatest gold producing region of
the west. He has himself recently
made a phonomiually rich striae,
regardiug which be will not talk un
less the listener give, bonds to main
tain aecreoy, and this iu itsolf has
a teudeuoy to givo a ronoatc hue
to ouo'a viow point of his own sur
round lugs.
The statement is now bolug pub
lished that a man living within
twenty mi lea. of St. Louis never hoard
of the big fair thoro until after It
dosed, aud then didn't believe it,
of course, becauso he Is a .Missouriau,
tud was not shown. Tho skeptical
mind will reject this story, as being
beyond tho realm of probabilities,
but herewith ia submitted a fact:
Veaterday Tbe Miner received a
letter from a subscriber in San Fran
claoo saying that from these oolumua
it had been recently learned that
there ia to be a Lewis and Clark fair
In Portland next yeai; If Tbe Miner
haa any literature regarding the
enterprise, please forward a bunch.
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TENDERFOOT MINING
A gathering of local milling men
was dismissing tho whynotness of
whatain't this mornlug. iu Tony
Mobr's ottloo.
"I have a man i orklug for me at
tbe Auburn Deep," said 1oe JReed,
"who h a bigger liar than Andy
Stiuson. Tho other day he waa tell
ing about doing .government land
surveying once, and was rushed ao
that he had to cover 200 sootlone Ira
oue day. This Is traveling at the
rate of about 12,000 miles, a min
ute." "A mlulng oompauy Iu tbe Elk
horn range, "said Nell Soreuson,
"tbe other day, found it neoossary to
dip a 2200-foot plpo line Iu (ar.
Tho superintendent began to load tbo
shipment to llakon City, when he
happened to remember that it waa a .
trifle cheaper to haul tar, than to
haul tho pipe both ways.". ,
"Whon Seymour Hell was operat
ing mines in the Mouut Maker dis
trict, IiIh superintendent started a
croHHCitt tunuol, Seymour lookod over
tho ground and said:, 'Good; we'll
advortiso this work mh tho longost
crosscut tunuol, in tho world, aud sell
barrels qf stock.' Hell explained
that tho croHHeut was headed lu an
opposite direction from tho ledge,
aud that it would have to travel tho
entire circumference of ttio earth be
fore striking tbo vein."
"That reminds mo of a crosscut
tunuol 1 saw over in the Graulto
district. It was 000 loot long, and
for the first 500 feet the.ro wasu't
enough covering, on top of tho tuunel
to sod u lark. The vertical depth
of the face at the end, of 000 feet
was approximately 107 feet."
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