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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, February 22 190
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PROSPECTOR TO
HIS GKUBS1AKE
Tho prospector atnrtH all mining,
liu Ih generally tlio poor minor.
Sometimes tin Ih an amateur who
takes a man wllli iiitn, lured hy Mm
PohhIIjI lity of discovering riches. Ho
hcuIoh the monnfiiiriH and fnllowH tip
Hit) gulches. Find Ink Muni., Urn
problem Ih to llnd Hh homo. Tho
hunt Ih generally fraught with hard
HhipH, and a groat trial to patience.
Vet it may ha made a Hiimmor outing
in tho inounlatiis, and amateurs can
put In a Htimiimr with prollt and
plantain). All tho disonvorioH of
prooloiiH tiMital ovor mndo woro miido
hy tho haidy, persevering and hope
fill prospector.
Ho Ih always poor. Ho will gon
orally make It Ih grub tho will In hy
washing gold from hoiiio gnloh. lint
ho iiiiihI Iiiivo grnh. Ho hooIh hoiiio
ftiond, mayho IiIh storekeeper, lo
advan'oo Jj Ih ginh for an inloroHt,
0110 third lo 0110 half Interest, in all
olaittiH ho Ini'itloH. Ho Huds a lodgo,
locates it, with IiIh oii and grnh
Htakor'H tiaino and Inlorod. Thou ho
hIiiIch a ten foot holo. This gen
orally oiiiIh (ho grubstake, and a now
doal Ih noooHHary to continue work,
unless the 010 will pay for furl hoc do
volopmoiit. Ilonoo t hoi 0 aro Hlrand
od proHpootH all ovor I ho niounlaiiiH.
Who 1 1 rich oro in discovered Hour
tho surface, tho roward ooiuoh (tii(ikly
to hoth proprietor and gruhstakor.
Tabor, of Loadvillo, wiih out on IiIh
grubstake $17, whon rioh carhonato
was Htruok in tho Little Plttshuig, in
which ho had ono third intoioHt, and
uiado him a inlllionairo. Thoro aro
many othor notnhlo ciihoh. A grub
stake oonttaot hIioiiIiI ho recorded iih
security against dishonesty, loft IiIh
Honesty run againt a bonanza discov
ery. Tho Robert I. 1 .00 miuo, of
Loadvillo, aflonh two important
polulH of law. Ono Slgahus, a team-
Htor, gruhst'ikod a prospector. Whon
this initio houatuo famoiiH ho dsicovor
oil that, it was tho IIihL location hh
prospector Icoalod. Ho had Hold out
and an iunni'ont party putohasod.
Thoy had to compromise with Slga
Iiuh at ono third interest, although
entitled to one-half. Thoy ooulii not
nvold tho recorded contract.
In thin Hittnti mino auothor itom
promise had to ho nu.do. Auothor
lutoiost wiih inhoritod hy tin widow
of 0110 of tho Honoudary owners.
Sho placod it with hor attornoy to
ll. Ho represented that ho had
nu ollor of $8,000 for it, and recom
mended I Ih aoooptauoo. Ho took
tho dooil to hiuiHolf, although others
woro intoiostod. Whon it had ho
ooino tamoiiH, she thought hIio had
hum deceived, though it was thou
worth io more. Sho wiih riding in a
stage coach in Wisconsin. Thoio
won hoiiio molt talking of initios, and
sho told thorn how sho was hoaton hy
hor attornoy. One was a lawyer. Ho
asked hor sovoral questions. Ho
olforcd to hrlug suit to iccovor tho
interest for a contingent fee. Tho
case was hearo hoforo Judge Dillon.
Ho gave Iter judgment for tin in
to rout. An attorney can not
kin uliout'H property.
luy
A notably lucky llnd
Massick. Ho was making
ovor a lauge to his home.
was the
his way
He cat
down 011 a nick to rod. Sumo small
tones lay hefoto him, and ho broke
mno of them. Thoy provul to ho
gaud glistening with gold. Ho whs
on a ohlmney of 010 that 1 cull zed
him 500,000 Inja few months.
Uoldfleld prnhahly affords more not
able ciihoh of such Hnds, with little
work, than any other camp.
The ease of ThomaH R WalBh is
porhapu tho most remarkable on re
cord. He waa hroko, although a
popular landlord in Londvillo. He
wont to Han Juan district to pros
poet. Ho was pointed to a prospect
up a mountain, in night, with a
goodly dump, and told ho could buy
it for a thousand dollars. Ho sampled
Home oro that looked ho much lino
common rock it had novor been
aisayod before. Ho got a short bond
on it, and paid for it olf tho dump.
Ho Hold the initio for 85,000,000.
TIiIh should teach the prospector to
assay anything peculiar.
When a prospector llnds a good
lodgo he had hotter dovolop it and
not try to cover the whole country
with locationa. His policy should
ho to get other to work around him.
Their llnds may make his own valu
able Pick and Drill.
STANDARD OIL IN
BAKER COUNTY MINtS
A linker City paper quotes a high
authority iih Haying that tho Standard
Oil company Ih preparing to enter
the oiiHtorn Oregon gold Molds with
both foot, iih it were. It. Ih pointed
out. by tho linker (Jity paper that
Standard Oil money rod otmid the
Cornucopia miuo, that, tho Iron
Dyko has piiHsod hack Into the hands
of Reed and Bhutto, hy whom it
will ho trauforrod to II. II.
Rogers, Rockefeller's right-hand man,
and that tho Monana mine, at
(loiser, owned hy Pittsburg stock
holder in Standard Oil, will bo
reopened at an early day. Tho
Maker City paper announces that
Rockefeller has Interested himself
with llarriman in Western railroads,
and that a branch lino will bo built
from Huntington down Snake river
lo Mallard's Landing, to allord
an outlet for tho Iron Dyko and
Cornucopia oro.
Standard Oil people aro already
extensively iutorosod in Sumpter dis
trict mines, owning, besides the II. n
ana, various properties along Silver
Crook, notably tho Amazon, located
near tho slate granite contact between
tho mother lode system and Cable
Cove. It Ih also believed that Stan
dard Oil money is backing tho
rohablitatiou of tho Muisloy-Elk
horn, Rohbiu i-Elkhnrn and iloavor.
Smelter tor Lost Packer.
Manager .1. A. C.izok of tho Lost
Packer miuo, who ih in tho city on
business, reports Having closed a
contract with tho Colorado 'Vlron
Works for a smelting plant to bo
erected on tho Lost Packer prop
erty on Loon creek. Tho plant,
which is of the pyritic typo, will
have a daily capacity of 100 tons.
it is to ho delivered in Mookay by
May 1 and will bo in operation on
tho tlrst day of Septomor. It will
be elected under tho supervision
of Clements A- Strange, contsructlon
onginoois. Tho cost of tho plant will
lie $(10,000. Mr. Czlzok also reports
having completed the llnauco of the
Montana group of mines in Custer
county. Tho force of men on this
property willho doubled and tho de
velopment work will bo hastened.
liaise Statesman.
Tho Hurry of snow in Sumpter last
night was general throughout tbe
district.
DISTRIBUTION OF
GOLD PRODUCTION
Unprecedented as was the produc
tion of gold in 1001, amounting to
9:150,000,000, the production in
1005 is almost certain to exceed that
total, and it Ih not unlikely to
roach the 8100,000,000 mark. The
estimated .January production in the
Hand shows a latge increase ovor
December, and it is predicted that
the total Rand production this year
will roach about 800,000,000, or
810,000,000 more than JiiBt year.
Tho largo importations of Chinese
labor seams to justify this predic
tion. Every known field of gold
supply is now in full operation or in
course of development. Colorado has
resumed full mining activities, while
the increase in production in Cali
fornia, due to tho new methods of
working low-giade gravel, is one of
the striking results of last year's
operations.
A largo production of gold being
assured, tho question of most interest
Ih the distribution of the gold how
much of it will go into tho arts and
sciences, how much of it will go into
the world's stock ot monoy, and how
much of it will be hidden away no
cue knows whero? It is with gold as
monoy or iih a reserve against credit
that, the husinoss mini h chiolly In
terested. It is a well known fact that not
all of the gold which is produced in
tho world gcoH into the stocks of
money, Motwoon 1805 and 100.1
tho amount of gold in the mouotaty
syntouis of the world increased from
gj.ouH.rioo.ooo to 85,:i82,(H)o,ooo
again of SI, :ii:i, 800,000. During
the seven years intervening hotweeu
lH!)f) and 100.1 the world's product
of gold amounted to 82,001, 208..I00.
It will be observed that only about
0-1 per cent of all tho gold produced
in those years wont into tho stocks of
money. Whore did tho remaining 2)0
per cent go to?
A l........ iiH.llmi it If nt .,...o..
4 iiuptv iwiiawii in aft, ui jftiftiftoftj,
went into tho arts and industries of
tho world. Tho commeiclal use of
gold ih largo, hut tho statistics
covering this use are necessarily de
fective, and, morover, the amount of
gold employed ill the arts and in
dustries varies from year to year.
Tho amount is usually computed at
25 to l) per cent. ' It may ho larger
than that, but there is reason to
boliove that there is u portiou ot the
gold which does not go into the mon
etary stocks, a ud is not used iu the
arts and sciences, that disappears
somewhere, and quite likely may ho
hidden away in secret places to serve
as reserves iu case of suddeu emer
gencies. Prof. ,). Laurence Laughliu,
writing two years ago, said:
"The existing stock of gold, about
0,000,000,000 or 810,000,000,000,
or which less than 85,000,000,000 is
used iu the monetary system ot tho
world, is now so large that 110 restric
tions so legitimate hank discount cau
bo a:sigued to a scanty world's supply
of gold for reserves. Whon tho war
iu tho Transvaal broke out in 1800 it
was supposed by some that tho sup
plies of gold for tho reserves of
European banks would ho curtailed.
Two years later tho Americau reserve?
had increased by i 150,000,000,
those of the Dank of Euglaud hy
$18,000,000, the Dank rf Frauoe by
$100,000,000 aud the Hank of Aus
tria. Hungary hy $4:1,000,000. The
bank of liuasia, for special reasons,
alone had lost gold. This outcome
was not surprising. The explanation
is to be found in the vast supply of
gold not employed iu circulation in
all countries, nor iu the arts, but
held by institutions or financial
bouses, not obliged to make public
reports of their holdings of gold."
If this extraordinary statement is
correct the powor of the holders of
these secret stores of the yellow
metal over the money market must be
far-teaching, aud it would explain
some of tboBe movements of money
which seem so puzzling aud myster
ious. Wall Street Journal.
HAZELWOODSS EAST
EAGLE CREEK PLACERS
Jack Hazlewood, part owner of
the rich placer diggings on Esgle
creek, in the Panhandle of Maker
county, returned to Sumpter this
morning, to remain a few days uuMl
the wont hor moderates. He aays the
tbermomelorH on Eitglo cieok have
been doing some sensational subzoio
stunts this winter. Eighteen below
zorn Was reached one day this wook.
Mr. Hazelwood announces that he
aud his partner, Thomas Mrowu, of
Sumpter, havo everything iu shape
for hydraulic work early in the spring
at their Eaglo diggings. The ground
is exceptionally rich, some strata
running 81 per yard.
The placers of Eagle creek have
been worked since 18011. Tho pro
duction has been considerable. In
'00 the district was known as the
Cjoster aud 250 men woro working in
It.
Specific Proof as to Mineral Lands.
The United Stntos land oilice at
Oregon City has recently roudored
two important decisions, the non
tenants in both eases basing their
claims ou tho allegation that the
lauds iu question wero chiolly valu
able for mineral; whereas, the con
testees had filed applications for the
respective tracts under the timber uml
stone act. Moth oases involve prac
tically tho sumo quostlonp, aud wore
decided by Register A. S. Droiuer aud
Reocivor (Jenrge W. liisbeo. The
lauds are situated in Linn county.
After reviewing the evideuco aud
citing numerous decisions, both
opinions recommended that the pro
test he dismissed. "It has repeatedly
been held hy the land department,"
readw the decision, "that the proof
of the miuetal cbaraotoi of laud
must he specific aud based upon
actual production of mineral; it u
uot onough to show that adjoining
lands aro of tniueeral character,
aud that the lands iu controversy
may hereafter develop mineral U
such an extent as to show its miueral
character, but it must be showu as a
preseut fact that the lauds aro min
eral aud uot from a theory that the
laud may hereafter produce it."
This, in elfect, is tho doctrine MM
down in both decisions, aud attor a
summary of evideuco, it was conclud
ed that tho proof of mineral lauds ia
question did uot bring the saint
wi thiu tho rule.
W. E, Hon) has Bold the Coldoa
Cote group of three claims aud tht
Rawhide claim, in Craut comity, U
P. C. Merrytleld, et al, for a uomiual
consideration. Another late Craut
county mining deal was the transfer
of the Sunrise mlue hy J. II. Haggard
to Max M. Sbillook.
Ned Parker returned this forenooa
from Baker City.
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