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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1904)
X' I THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, December 28. 1Q04 L The Sumoter Miner PUBLISMHI) BVHRV WBDNBSDAY BY J. W. CONNELLA Entered at (lie (xiitofllce In Sumpter. Oregon, for transmission through the malla as second clan matter. SCJIISCHII'TION RATBS One Year $. ala Months 1.95 ALWAYS IN ADVANCB. Tho agricultural department an nounces that by grafting tbo Japanese on tho Florida oraugo, it htiH pro (I uuod h ilnnt tliHt ONtiuut ho killed hy front. It (h nlaimad that tho troo will live in 11 tomperaturo of hIx do groes below zero, nnd thMt it will hflMr fruit anywhere on this couti nout, nn fur north mh 100 in 1 1 oh from tho Florida line. A Texas HyndloHto will Hpuud 120,000 in mii uffort to grow orchards in Unit state. n Hiithotity on tho Hiihjoct Hiiyn: Wirn ropoa miiHt not ho oollod llko hmnp ropes; thoy miiHt ho rollod or unrollod If lc roll I ok h whool on tho ground. Tho minor takttH h coll of wiro ropri, Niid nftor iinwiriug tho ond, HtiirtM Hiitl rollH (ho coil llko 11 whool hIoiih tho ground, of courHO OiHtoruiug tho Iooho ond first. Thlo will provont kinking. Old ropos nhould iiIho Iio troiitod thiH ay nnd preserved. Thoy imiy uoiiiti In vory handy for guya or Htay. Kvidoutly it 1m beginning to tlnwn on cnugnHH ttiHt tho government's roronnoH ar actually running hohind mid thht thoy are llkoly to continue to run liohind iudollultoly. It Ih now auuniiuood thHt h strong olfort will hit uirido to provout tho passage of 0 river hiiiI hiirhor hill at thin HOHHioil. Tho HU000HH Of Hllllll III! oirtirt would proliHhly holp Htop tho look in tho trouHiiry to hoiiio ox tout; hut HiippnHft thHt tho guvorumout'H revenues should continue to toko no turn for tho bottor-thon what? asks tho Now Vork Commercial. Why not fitoo tho question of tnrllf ro vIhIoii Ht oucoV (totroiiohmout Ih Mwliiyn in ordor, of courso, hut every liody uudorHtriudH (hut tho proH-mt cry of greater 000 no my lu federal appropriations Ih itlmply Hit Httompt to dodge tlMi Miihjttnt of tHrltf roviHiou. Tho MIiiIiik World thlukH tluit the "practical" mining man who Ih ox oIiihIvoIv practical, u ml who refuses to liuirn of tho "lunik" iiiIiioih. Is hurting IiIiiihoII. ThiH Ih oftou hIiowii In tint nhtdlnato rofjttoilH of hoiiio of thoHo "practical" mot) to ocoopt thu ('iiiiiiiinii snlontlllo Utiiih for rookn him) 010H jiiHt Iihchuho thjoy tli Mt learned to cull thotn sumo vStlmr hiiiI wrong niiino, Tho local names hiiiI terms in mining Hro now tuMug mudo nbao loto hy tho Interchange of Ideas through tho mining jouriiHlH ond hookH, hiiiI in 11 11. v local u run oh have to give way to now terms usually accepted hy HoloutlntH nnd mining 111011 uoiiori'llv, ami mud' in all cIIh IrintH. Thin uw ordor of things has 00110 to Ntay ami Increase, and the until who ban nut hud tint advantage of a (inimical vduuation Ih wrong to rfnno to learn from thorn who have hud (IiIh advantage, lingers and other Standard Oil iniigiuitoi have dooldod ami publicly auunounod that thoy will not prose cute Tom I.hwhou, or attempt to interfere with the uiruulatiou of bin Frenzied Filiation story. In the las'; installment of that aerial, Lawson Bald they would never dare to bring the cbho into court lu die cussing this ebujeot oditorially, the Now Vork Times suyH: "If tho Times did believe Mr. Lauson's charges it would itself be Kin a rigorotiH investigation, and it would print tho results, not in ItH arl vet Using columns, but upon its nnwH pages, oh information which it would bo a newspaper's duty to lay before ItH rend 01 s If tho TitnoH wore a newspaper that wiin tod to got at tho truth of tho matter, its beliof would cut no figure. It would investigate any way nnd publlHh the results of that Investigation. Ah a mattor of fact, If oiio'b mind Is biased hy any HtroiiK conviction, ho Ih dimiualiiled for an Impartial investigation. ArraiiKemontH have been made by the Moxcian goforument with Kotba childn, of Paris, for a loan of $40, 000,000, accord I n to esateru papers. Tho Hotlnchlldd havo pooled their gold and silver mining lutereita in tho ropuhlo. Leading financial men propose forming a $100,000,000 combination which will control tho entire gold and silver output of Mexico. ThiH Htatoment Ih mado by Oeorgo llaardt, agent of Huron Friincis do Loon, lluaucliil socrotary and ropro sentatlvo uf tho KotliHcbild houso. Tho reported plans of tho Moths childn include the control of tho world'H silver output. For yoarH agents of tho RotliHchllrH have boon in Moxico looking after their mining interests, and of late tb'ty have secured options for sale or Ioiibo of all tho important properties they could do huHiuoss with. It is coulldoutly assorted that at tho pro sout time tho KothschildH control enough nllvor and gold properties, ho that If all hiicIi proportion are pooled thoy will own a controlling lutorost. Sumptcrltes in Gotdfleld. Dick Not 1 1 today reoeivod a copy of "Tho Ooldllold Nowh" trom Charley Warren. Tho paper carrion an ad. for Hauuer, l'bilbriuk & Fonnor, and gives an oxtouded meu tlou of the arrival of the Kitchen expedition. Col. Frank V. Drake, formerly of Portland, occupies a whole lot of space lu au interview aud tho card of II. J. Jory, ono-tlme of Humpter, appears lu the list of aHHayers. dory la engineer for the Nevada Hullfrog Mines company, aud found claims Htaked four deop, miiHt of them being the rankest of wildcats. However, Warren says there is heapH of ore In the district, and It looks good to him. 0.pld HoldorH are cumpelled to pay top notch ptiooH for everything, includ ing v liter to drink. Reserve Grazing Permits. 1 Foroit Kosorvo Superlntoudeut Terrlll say that the dispatch from Washington published in thoao columns a few tlayH since, relative to allowing Hocks and herds to graze 011 the reserve, iudicated a very much broader scope thau the order which he hai received 011 the subjuot war rauts. The order mentioned iu the dhpatch may havej been Issued sub; sequent to the cue received by Dim, which only authorizes him to issue permits to farmers liviug near tho reserve to graze a few animals each 011 the reserve at specified places that he may designate. Flue priutiug at the Minor otUce. MOUNTAIN OF PURE SULPHUR The Woodmen of the World's masquerade dance at Ellis opera house last night was emiueutly suc cessful in every respect. There was au unusually large and jolly crowd preueut, thore being many maskers The two first piizeB, five dollars each, were awarded to Miss Jessie Cooke aud CbarleB TlbbB. Both represented Sunflowers. The first prize for the best sustained characters were award ed to Mies Hummory, representing Pocabantas. and to Dr. Anderson, who represented a Dutchman, im proving the original. Even among Americans who do thiugs ou 11 big scale, it h not every day that a syndicate purcbaseH an extinct voloauo of the first rank. One uf the biggest and moat intercut lug tiansactlous lu real eutate and mineral property which the modem world has known is the purchase by a party of New Vorkers of Mt. Popo oatepol, the must famous aud lofty of Mexican mountains. This bit of property, for which its Mexican owners are paid tbo sum of 8100,000 iu gold, Is not bought for tho sake of the view from its summit or with any idea of booming it as a Hummer rosort, but rather beoauso Inside of it are vast dopoHits of sulphur, said to Iio tho most oxtousivo and purest ou earth. Ouo of tho prorxluout New Yorkers, who engineered the sobomo to acquire this property, and who will be active in its management, is James A. Roberts, a native of Waterboro, Me., who graduated from Uowdoiu in 1870, aud who was comptroller of the htate of New Vork a few years ago. Tho now owners plau to expeud considerable more money upon tho mountain within tbo next few mouths thau was usod in its purchase aud has already booked a 820,000,000 order from a Now Vork firm, 200,000 tons of sulphur per annum foi the noxt five years. About 10,000,000 tons of sulphur are already blocked out aud ready for shipment as soou as the aerial railway is ready to hustle down the 17,000 feet of mountain side aud start them for Vera Cruz nnd a market. Sulphur has been taken from Popocatepetl over slnco tbo timo of Hernandez Cortezo, but not the pure crater sulphur; this is tho Hist appearauce of modern science aud capital on the sifeuo. Tho Mexicau' Herald re marks: '' "The government roport, which has uovor beoiV disputed, shows that thore are about 118,000,000 tons of sulpluir ill tho great crater at a depth of 200 meters, anil that, according to tho bestqalculatious, that is increas ing annually at the rate oi I per cent, or each year there is 'made iu the voloauo from deposits inoro thau 1,480,000 additional tous. lu add! tiou to the milling operations proper, which are to be carried ou by the company, arrangements have beeu made to take over 2500 acres of park laud, at the base of the mouutain, aud a woodlaud of 40,000 acres, which coutaiu a supply of water sutllcieut to furuish any amouut of horse power required by the company fpr any purpose. From the woodlaud, the company expeots to secure the timbers neces sary to build tbo woodeu towuers, from which the steel cables of the aerial tramway are to be suspeuded. A cog railway up to the summit of tbe mountian Is also projected, and a local sanitarium lur consumptives may also be established after tbe euterprieo has obtained a Arm foot bold. From the ice found on the mountain, which is of the purest quality and perfectly blue, it is expected that a large business can be started, in cutting it to supply tbe residents of tbe valley, especially the City of Mexico, with ice at a cheaper rate thau they cau get it from tbe ice factories of tbe capital." Exchange. DIXIE MEADOWS WILL SINK ON THE LEDGE A number of Dixie Meadows min iug men have been in town this week aud from them it was learned that operations at that famous miue are meeting with excellent results. The mill is now at work running through ore from the new htrike. This Is a body of fine sulphide ore, seven feet wide aud very uuiform iu value. Tbe Huntington is not crowded, thus running tbe mill something under capacity but getting good returns. At the present time, while tbe streams are low, tbe water supply at the miue is not sufficient for running full powor, ocd arrangements are u ider way to remedy this. The iutontiou of tbe compauy is to sink a shaft on the ledge a process that never falls iu this country to get a big flow of water. In some of tho miuos of the district, boring is re sorted to to get water enough to operate the mill. Hut sinking seema the better way, as not only will water be secured, but tbe mine will be ex plored aud a working abaft obtained at the eamo time, aud with but slightly increasing expenditure. It was not stated just when sinking will begin, but it is believed that work will be under way before the new year is a mouth old. Among all tbe mines of the county none has brighter promise thau the Dixie Meadows, and its buooess means tbe success of many other properties in tho immediate district. Grant County News. Ginnebar Mine Near Prineville. U. A, Pattersou, who is one of tbe principal oweurs of the quicksilver property near Priueville, of which considerable has beeu written lately, has reached Portland T?ith a quantity uf specimen rook taken from the "latest work, f Mr. Patterson will havo quantitative and qualitative analysis made of tbe ore, which be says has a Jjigh average iu meioury. At the time work was stopped for Mjo winter the roof of tbo tuunel bad tho bright yeiniilliou red peculiar to tto sulphide of mercury. Nearly all of the ore removed iu receut work is high grade, says Mr. Patterson, and tbe full wldb of tbe vein has not beeu proveu, as tbe banging wall of quartzite was tbe only one that bad beeu reached by tbe oroasout. Port laud Journal. . Mill for Queen of the West. Hert Smith, superintendent of the Queeu of the Wesc miue, at Cornu copia, aunouuoes that next year this company will expend between 150, 000 aud 8100,000 ou the property in tbe way of extensive development and equipment. A railing plant for amalgamation aud concentration has already beeu purchased for early sprang delivery. 1