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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1905)
r c 6 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, January $, iM ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SUMPTER SMELTER CO. Wijiiih' r ii y- -Ji t i in i l"hi i NtT iwiWTJirWMWPnBiBBWBBlBlMWBBWwiJfc m i itin "ttiJmi VafcMW I At tho ntimiiil mooting of tho Oro Kori aiiiollliiK &. ItaflriliiK oornpiiiiy, of Humptor, OroKou, hold nt (ho offh:H of thn proHlriuut, VViiltor J'J. LlnciHiiy, at No. '2 fill Broadway, ihi oxtotiHlve roport wiih Biilmiittori by Mononil MiiniiKor R I). Fullor, re UHrditiu Dm rosult of oponttioiH hc until pi IhIiocI hIhoo thn company 'h fur iui(5C win blown in four montliH ngn. Thn plant Iiiih boon built for ovor a year, but owiii to unoxpootori do tail-) whiuh had to bo roundod out hnfoin an adn(uatn orn Hiipply could bo Hoourud front thn rnliioH adjaoont to tlio Htnollor, antual opuratiotiH worn not flouimonood till Hoplonibor. Tho plant Iiiih a impunity of 100 toiiH a day, but up to tho prouuut Mum (ho furnaoo bin boon run for only ono hIi I ft in ovory iil bourn. Ah hjoii iih Mauauor Fullor rotuiiiH to (ho tho proporty it Ih oxpoolod that (ho pin ti t will bo run full (lino, iih a liiro oro Hiipily Iiiih boon iKUiiiinulatod and (ho uilnoH liiivo roipotulod to llm ro (Uim(h of I ho Hiuollor for oro. Tho following (lli'.'clorH woro olool od at (ho umotiiiK for (ho oiihuIiik year: W. I1!. LliulHiiy, Now York; Wnlhir A. Wood, Jr., I Iooh ioh FiiIIh, N V.; H(!o(t (Ionium, Nowark, N. J.; Inlin S. (iniy, Dolrult; Holicrl Woil, Jialtlnioro; Williaiii Covoily, Now Vork,; I!.,). LindHiiy, Mllwaukoo; Williaiii K. NioholH. Now Vork; (3. F. HoliiioH, IMyiuoulh, Miihh; W. O. IiikiiIIh, Now Vork, and I). Ij. Klllou, (JhloiiKU. Tho ollloorH oIiohoii wern: V. I). liliulHiiy, pioHidout; Wallor A. Wood, IIihI vico (Jovorly, Hoo.oiid proHldout; William I vioo pritHidont ; !). J. Llndnay, troiiHiiror, and William H. Noblo, Hooretary. ProHldent Lltidnay iu roviewltiK the eompiiny'H oporatiouH for tho year, Haid that Ito preeent Hatiafaotory condition of tho company was duo largely to the difficulties overcome by MamiKor Fuller. "It has taken iih Home time to ot adjiiHted," flaid ho, "but ovory thing h now ruuuiog umoothly. Many of the minora of tho diHlriot liavo for Bomo time been troatliiK tho baHo ores that have recently beou developed in their proportion by the free milling ma chiuory formerly itiHtallud. It Iihh takoti coiiHiderablo miHHlouary work to iniiko (Iioho opoinlorH realie that thoy woro not putting anywhere near tho values In their ores by (he treat motif employed and that our Huoltor could iiHHiut thoin coriBidorably. "Tho introduction of the Hinoltor, tho lint, ono liiHtallod iu tho Sumpter diHtrict, nioiuiH a great deal for tho luturo dovolopmout of the Hluo Mountain miction iu Oregon. Up (n (ho proHont. time or oh and concoi -(niton woro Hhippod to Tacoma to bo Hinoltod, and tho coHt of traiiHpordi lion wiih an Important item in figur ing out tho profits under hiicIi oic- (MimHtllllCOH. "1 oxopct to have a detailed re port ready in a few dajH, but I can hIiiIo that, all the oarnlugH will be placed in tho company 'h surpluu fund." Tho Oregon Kmeltlug & Heflniug Co. wiih organ Ixeil in l!)()'J, with a capital Htock of 6000,000, of which Iohh than 8r00,000 Iiiih boon imui'd. Now Vork Oommorcial. ARBITRAHON IN MINING LITIGATION than tho very erratic method of jury trial. Take, for example, the Find ley Cold Mining company, iu which there Ih trouble iu tho company ariHiug out of tho coiiHolidation with the Valley City Mining company. OitmiHiiiniillv whim Himkliiu niliixii. ' ' '" ivUiiiiiugmiui, ui tlou Irom editorial work, no wander i t,, ,,Ih1 m- murt. appoliitt'cl throe into tho United HlatoH courtn to I Hrlillnilors, men who have no intor llHtou to tho remarkably iutorcHtlug ',H whatever iu the matter, all of performaucoH therein when mining ' " ro wu'- km,w" ,,(1 HioroiiKlily citHOH are before the court. ThM-l'r-"""Ml ",,(, "bl " Ollbititlan .tuatiouH. the aruumehtH I Those men, IihvIdk nothing of tnuuHol and tho air of gravity worn by the juror, give tho nee coHHiiry, tflomeiit of oomt'dy. The in- tiHtlu coutrant, or put Iiiih nocotumiy ot give intnroHt to a performance, Ih furnlHhod by the dlstroHHOH of our friendH, tho mining engineer who are on the utaiid and under crow examitiHtion by the oppoulng couiihoI. To nee it mining goolnglnt of high order of HttaiumontH under the ohmm examiuatiou of a lawyer who known nothing of the matter ho in orotH exHiniuliig on, and who Ih til til ply endeavoring to dluorcdit an honorable and learned man, miiHt Hiirely, to the judliilouH, be a matter of pathoH. to gain or Ioho, doing thoroughly competent to judge tho factH iu (he ciiho, will untiueHtioiiably make an award which will more certaiuly be just than the verdict of tho average jury picked up in the Htreet and apparently selected be can io of their lack of kuowledge of mining oporatiouH. Miuiug He porter. FREE! FREEH FREEH! $r.()0 Cortilicutc of the htt Oil Stock absolutely given away. The bewilderuiont to tho juroro in , Write at once tor plan how to Kicuro l ive Dollars worth ot trying to follow that prolix and iu volvtnl urgumoutH of couiihoI would make the fortune o( the come dlMii who could produce it on the tftago. 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