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THE SUMPTER MINER
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The Sumpter Miner
I'UHI.ISHM) RVBRV WEDNESDAY II V
J. W, CONNELLA
F'iterei at the otolflce In Sumpter. Oregon, for
transmission through the malls as second class
natter.
MJHSCWII'TION WATBS
One Year .
all Months
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ALWAVS IN ADVANCE.
Thi) recant advance in thn price of
silver (!IIIh attention to till) ItlCIWIS-
ing scarcity of thn floating surplus nf
thnt mntal, liar silver was quoted
Saturday lit 70 uouta an outicn,
while Mexican dollars ranged from
10 cents to 4 H cunts TIioho nil oh,
it wiih said, worn merely tiortii tittl.
and liny grnat dnmiiiid for bars would
uhiiho 11 n advance of tint prion. Con
ditions in thn silver market urn now
audi tliHt thu coiiHiimur waits on thn
producer. Tint wnr in thu fur oust,
thu steady HltHfjrfit Inn iiy Huut Indiii
mid IIiIh country's iucreiiHing triidn
with (JhiiiN urn ruHpnusihlo, exports
nay, for tills vnry complete revomil
of (tonditiotiH.
If thn oltimiH of Hiimptnr uaru to
lin told an iinplniiHiiiit truth, thnn
lot tliiiiu rnad thin prephncy: UiiIuhh
they nut together, atop knocking naoh
oMiiii''h liiiHiuitHH, mid work in cordial
harmony for thn hunnflt of thn com
munity, nun ynar from today (IiIh
(tamp won't hnvn a population of onn
tlioiiHanii. That Ih thn prophecy,
and no occult power Ih ij coded to
rnad that atory of thu future. Kx
perlnnoe in mining camp mud western
(owiih KHtiitritlly Is thn only Knowl
edge rnqulred to traiiHlatn that writ
liiK (in thn wall. On thn othnr hand,
thnrn Ih not a town in thn northwcHt
that will inspoud ho miinkly and
HittiHfnctorily to intelligent nlfort and
nntt)iprlhn--whlch conHiHtu of hoiiiii
thing morn than going to liakur City
and HtatiiiK to a reporter that thu
"upper camp Ih hnmiiiug, business Ih
good and money in plentiful." If
thu people who urn endeavoring to
freeze out every liody ulnn ami make
thin a nun mini or 11 one liiHtitution
town, Hiiccenil in their purpOHc, tlmy
will lie welcome to what they gut and
will never again lie able to saw olf
their iinldlngH or any nun uIhu. A
town that decays, with thn ill will of
thtiHu who Innvn it and IIiohu who live
in contiguous dlHtrictH. novur mvlvos,
and that Ih merely the Htatumunt of
an hiHtoric (act.
Attention Ih called to an en or in
I'rcri Uullntiii 185, issued by the
Uiiiled States (Jooloijoical .Survey for
rnlottbu on limintnher 10, '11101 Thu
stiitemutit wiih thnrn made that Nevada
wiih thn lending Htate of the Union 111
the production of gold and silver
during tint year IIIO.'I. 1'IiIn Ih or
oniirhn an evident mistake, Nevada
led all othiu status in thu iucieasu of
cohi and illver production u 10021,
at- It did iiIhii in 1002, but ranked
only eighth in thu lint of status that
prodiicu gold mill llfth in silver-pro
dnulug status. ItH Increase ill tliu
pio-luctiou of gold amouutud to
102,700, or 17.02 percent; it In
ornaau in tho production of Hilvur wan
1 30J, HOO tine ounces. Ittt actual
piodutclou ot old iu 100:i was
valued at f:i,.'(8H,000, ami itH pro
dilution of Hilvor amouutud to 5,050,
500 linn oiiiiouh.
To Colormio utill buloiiKi the
honor of liimdlutt thu lint of old
and Hilvur producing utatuH, notwlth-
HiailillllK llln 1 Miu iiini -wuiuraiiu wan
occurred durin :
decrenso in (ho
mid ni Ivor. In
foil off 85,028,-
000, or 20. Hi! par cent; in silver the
decrease amounted to 2,058,800 (inn
outicus. Thn production of gold in
10011 wiih valued, however, nt no loss
Hum 822,510,100, nnd thn produo-
'Hon of Hilvur amounted to 12,00.200
(inn nuuons; ho thut Colorado's
supremacy in thn production of
precious mntiilH Ih btill unquestioned.
Thn decrease in production during
10011 wiih duo to thu strikes among
! I lia-i ntliinu it flrlrttilfi ftiiil
nil) Jiiifjn xi f fiu vsiuun
If thn iiiiuimt mmi Hiiccond in kill
ing tho lOddy inw, thoy chu plead
Holf defense in justification.
A Colorado papnr tears to shreds
the statement recently nnido hy a
New York hanker, that more money
Ih uxpoudod in tho production of gold
than it Ih worth, which absurd Htate
mont Iiiih heon widely uommeuted on.
Thn MiniriK 'lazotto Bays:
'In
Colorado it Ih nhown hy an uxainiua
tlnn of -itatiHticH that the preoiotiH
metal product of 10011 paid an excoHH
of 820,000,000 over the cont of
wagOH of all minors, top men, team
iterH, mill and Hmelter men and rail
road traiiHportatlon men. Suppliou,
upon which no HlatiHtical data Is at
hand, would miikn a further draft
upon thin HiiriiliiH. In addition there
are thu large hiiiiih spent for machin
ery and equipment, all of which do
ducted leaven a balance tint nhovo
every cont of ore miiiiug operations
Buch it balance nheot iu, however, un
fair, in that tho cost of all mining
oporaHotiH Ih charged agaiiiHt thn
output of thu developed milieu. As
a matter of fact, fully ouo-half thu
labor performed, HupplloH furnished
and thn greater part of thu mining
equipment is uuod iu the newer 011
terpriHOH not. yet productive "
Thu indictment of Senator Mitchell
and CougrnHiiiau Hermann for alleged
implication in timber laud frauds,
and thn diHiuit-Hitl o( United StatuH
Altoruuy Hall, unless they vindicate
thoniHolvoH completely, houikIh thu
funeral kuull of their political
caieurH. Of courno, all of Oregon
awaits with impatient curiosity for
the evidence on which tho indict
mouts were returned ami the reasuu
for Attorney Hull's diamisHHl.
IMPERIAL EXPECTS
TO DOUBLE OUTPUT
Cunural Manager A. L. MuiOwuu,
of the Imperial, Ih prupariug to lut
another contract for hauling ore and
concentrated to tho Sumptei smnltur.
lln Iiih not yet decided whether
to awaid a (l-mouttiH or M-moutiiH
coot 1 act.
"Three months will carry ih until
thn spring breakup comets, and as at
that time 1 uxuet to have nearly, if
not quite doubled thu uiluu'a output
1 shall probably adopt the shorter
contract period," said Mr. MoKwen
to a Miner man today.
KSTRAV NOTICE.
Taken up, at the ranch of Houry
1'auuiug, near Whltuuy, last spring,
two 2-year-old colts, one giuy,
branded "C" ou left shoulder, aud
011 1 bay branded . Owner may
regain property by paying expeuso
of their keeping sluoo the date of
their taklug up.
HBNUV PANNUNU,
Wbituey. Ore.
December 110, 1904.
(ho state in which
l!)(j:i thn groatoBt
production of gold
gold thn production
AGAINST THE
tDDY LAW
Coiitinund from page ',).
"1 will be the second," Baid Neil
J.
SoreuBon.
"Vou can put the K. W. S. 00m
puny down for another huudrod,"
said Prof. Nicholson.
A motion to appoiut a flnauoo
committee to eoliolt fuuda prevailed,
and the obair named Seymour H
Hell, Neil J. Sorensou, Prof fl. IT.
Nicholson, Anthony Mohr, Tom C.
Cray, Jobu Wyatt, Em 1 1 Melzer,
Clark Suydu, "and evory other min
ing man iu the camp who possesses
100 plunka," said the chairman.
Iloth the resolution and the finance
committee are to report at the Satur
day night meeting, until which date
adjournment was taken.
At the adjourned meeting of min
ing men aud merchants, hold at ilotol
Sumpter last Saturday night to hear
tho report or the resolutions com
mittee), it was decided to retain tho
cnmmitteo intact and ompower it to
draft a bill to bo submitted by Rep
resentative Smith at tho noxt session
of thn legislature, ombodyiug such
remedial legislation affecting tho min
ing industry of this statn as recom
mended by tho resolutions com
mittee. Theeo resolutions, which
wero adopted, advocated tho oxemp
tiou of miniug corporations from
taxation under tho Eddy law; recom
emiod a revision of oxistiug laws rela
tive to tho location of placer miniug
claims; asked (tint Oregon corpora
tions ho absolved from the necessity
of maintaining a resident board of
directors; recommended that bet
Oiogou Minors' association more
fully co-oporatn with its branches;
and advocates the granting nf evory
Inducement, iu tho way of a low
or(aiilatinn fee aud exemption from
stato taxation, to corporations or
ga nl zed for thu reduction of ores.
Thu resolutions wero signed by
Charlos II. Cbauce, L. (J. Lilley,
Seymour II. Hell, II. H. Nicholsou
aud Emll iMolzer.
lioprosoutative-eleot Smith was
present at thu adjourned meetiug
Saturday, and himself made tho sug
gestion that the resolutions com
mittee be coutuiued in force to draft
a proper miniug bill for submission
by him.
Mr. Cbauce, as chairman of tho
committee, has already begun work
nn thu proposed bill.
Gun Grown Into Limb ot Tree.
Says a recuut dispatch from Chut
colet, Idaho. An interesting rollc
of a distaut past was discovered near
bore a few days ago, withiu a short
dlstaucu of the human skulls aud
bones brought to light by the O. R.
& N. steam shovel, a guu of au
auolont make aud pattern was fouud
by 0110 of the foremen, attached to a
limb at a height of about 15 feet
from the ground. The trigger guard
bad evideutly been placed around a
small twig wbicb bad grown until thn
irou guard had become firmly im
bedded iu the wood. The limb to
which it was attaohod had afterward
decayed and died. Tho guu is a
siugle barreled, muzzle loading shot
guu of rude workmanship, its stock
having apparently been made by
hand. There is nn clnte rr inscrip
tion, pxnnnt tho initials "H. V, L."
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I on the barrel. From decay caused by
time and weather mo screws raBieuiug
tho lock to the stock bad become
loosened, aud the look had fallen off
and was not found. The stock is
made of hard black walnut, and i,
still well preserved. The iron barrels
although rusty, is in good condition,
considering its long exposure to the
weather. Owing to the proximity of
the old firearm to the human skele
tons, it is supposed to have belonged
to one of the latter when in life,
and according to the Indian custom,
was placed near him when he wrs
buried. The guu was probably once
Bold to tho Indians at one of the
numerous trading posts of the Hud
sou Bay company.
Sanltarinm for Haines.
E D. Severance, mayor of Haines,
and C. O. and W. i. May, of Baker
City, filed articles of iuoorporation
with County Clerk A. B. Combs,
Tuesday, organizing the Hut
Springs company.
Thu principal object of tho com
pany is to construct aud operate a
sanitarium at the Haines hot ipriugs.
Such a project has been under con
sideration for some time, aud the
people of this commuutiy are cer
tainly thankful that some steps are
being taken toward tho establishment
of such au iustitutiou. Tho company
is incorporated with a capital took of
800,000, with tho bond office at
Baker City for tho present. Tho in
corporation papers also embody the
buying aud soiling of real estate,
ouoratiou of water wurks, dltohos,
flumoB, tramways, railways and tole
pbuuiH, tho nondiug aud mortgaging
of goods, reoeivlug gifts, douatlous,
etc. Haines Record.
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