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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1905)
rHE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, March 8, i9s' . i The Sumpter Tmer I'UHMfcJjjU, fiyEIY WEDNKSOAV BY J. w! (jO.NNm.LA r- -. pr . -I l-.iittrea tln,witke In. Sumptar OrefctAi,- lor lrnmlvilVjg Itiroueh thr mnlls a teconJ cU nilttr' ' ' ' OnrYrar :7.!'.. .".'.' Ja.oo ilx Mnnllni. 1 1, l.l i.. lit jiii.Iu .u ! ...... .5 it i.AUVrf'.! IfliAllVANCI!. Kx-Houatnr Walnutt, of Colorado, dlod in fiirif a fnw diiyH hIiioo Ho WIIH HI) alllo llltlll, llllt WIIH .tied lip with tlio big, niuulod ititoioHtH of tho oiiHt and wuh put down and out of Colorado polMlrH when tho Hilvor Ihsiio wuh rampant. Ha waa tho chairman of tho ooiiiiniHHion appoint od by President MoKiiiioy to ne gotiate with European govorumontH for hii international agreement on Hilvor coinage; spent a fnw delightful inontliH 011 tho nthur Hide and ro turned homo without having accom pli 'lind anything iih par prearranged program. Judge AdaniH In tho United HtatoH otiurt o( apiioalH at Ht. Louis render ed an opinion in favor of tho do fnndaiit, in (ho oiihii of tha Htratton independence Limited company, of! IjOIMIoii, agaiUHi. ino estate or n, Htratton brought to recover 80,000, 000. Tha ciihi) wiih triad before Judge Kiuor of tha United HlntoH circuit court of Colorado, and an appeal wiih taken from IiIh dcclwlon in favor of tin; defendant. Thla do onion whh tMHtaliiod liy Judge AdaniH. It wiih charged that HtrHttou had iiiada fraudulent mifroproHOtitatioiiH and had been guilty of fradulont practictiH in tha wile of tha mine to tha plalntill company; that tha HiimpliiH ahowu wen Halted. Htratton is dead and tha case wan fought liy his heirs. Tha Standard Oil company Iiiih JuhI declared a dividend of lf par cant lor tha currant (punter. From 1801 to IHOfi thiH company paid twelve per cent a year. Uh divideiidH IncreiiH ed to II par cent In 1003 and they were .'10 per cent in 1004. The divi dend for the current quarter would iudionto a present earning eiiial to $00 on' every hIiiiio of ntouk, or a total of 00,000,000 on the capitalization of d 100,1100, 000 Thane eiiormoiiH profits on ttialr face prove that tho nil tttHt la aot'nnlly monopolizing hII the prolltH of tlie'oll IiumIiichmh, which equitably Hhould liedlHtrihutud to the fee owner, the operator, the relluer and the dealer and also, incidentally, it. Ih evident that a considerable jtortign or .thin onormuoH piollt Ih .made up from excessive prollt prices to the oiiUHiiiiier. - Mining World. Men of .tnoi a or lens solcntlHc at ttaiiimuiitH ot all ages have deovted their liven to tlnee prolileiiiH, around which mture seems ti have drawn an Impeuotiahle voll ot aeoreoy; the transmutation of metalH, tha origin of lire, and tint iudelluite prolonga tlou of lire, Every few yuuia noma quack announces that he Iihh ills coveuul one or the other of tlunc hccretf. Now cornea from I'arln the announcement that death Iihh met a conquering foe. Curdled milk of a pcoiii kind, piepared only uu a Jiulgarlan receipts in claimed to he a remedy attaint growing old. M. Xavier Dyboskl Iiiih made a communi cation oil the subject to the Academy of Medicine. The substance in called ya ghur.t, Mini can now l, ohtan'od iu tlnn in i'arh. H Ih nuppoHod to be death to'all the inimical bacteria in tho iuteBtiuea, while those friendly mlerubes to which PrufoBBor Aletchiu koff pliiH hia faith poHitively adore It. Houoe the property of ya ghurt to prouiiR lifo to what 1b Uh normal Hpnn n century or o. The sub Htanco look very like ordinary cream chooHO Kouo bad, and tiiHtoa almllarly. Tha mild portion ih mixed with a white, thin liquid, which iB exceed ingly Hour. People who wIbIi to live to bo 100 yoara old broak'faBt olf ya Khurt uxolitHivcly. MOVEMENTS OF MINING MEN. L. V. BwlKfcotk roturned today from a uiiHlnuas trip to Portland. Tom O. Cray, Miiperlutendint of tho Valley Queen, returned to the property thin morniuK. .lamoH L. Haluley, ("Lucky Jim"), the man who diBCovorod the now fanioua MalHley-tilkborti miue, wan in Humpter today. Zoeth HoiiHerciime iu from Quartx bur yeHtorday and went through to Pendleton, to attend the Staudard HtockholderH meetiUK. ,1. II Hatchelder, uf tho 11. R, who came down yesterday to attend the Klour do JIh dance, returned to tha mini' MiIh moniliiK. II. McKlinii), tho linker City mill iU man, who Iiiih HUUuoBtfully pro moted a number or properties in this and oontlKiiouH dlHtricts, panned throiiKh Humpter today en route from linker City to iiouruc. L. H. Helluiau, Kciicnil mauiiKur of the California and Craoker Oregon mliieH, the former In the Ciblo Cove diHtiict, mid the latter located on tho mother lodo HyHtom, expeotu to depart tomorrow tor a breif Hojourn at Hot liiiko. Perry Murkhoad camo in on ak'n yuHterday from (ireeiihoru and depar ted thiH ahornnon for IiIh home in Maker City. He was rormecly super inteudent or the old Virtue miue, during Captain C. 11. rhnmpHnn'H control or that famoiiH property. Prior to that tlmo he win foreman of La llellcvue, under the HamhurHor & Keith reulme. Later he wiih with the .Monumental, Honau.a, White Swan, etc. He recently Hold IiIh iutereut iu the Keyntone roup, near tho Virtue, for a hiiuk Hum in casli. Kil. Hutz, Jr., HuporintoiiL'ent of the Little Cracker miue, returned thin moruitiK from ll.iker City, where he Iihh been iu attendance upon hia father, who recently H'ibmlttod to a mimical operation. The elder Hute Ih iu a very critical condition. John T. KuuIIhIi, oue-tlmo joint owner with IiIh father of the tiolconda miue, piued through lloine liiHt week, eu route from Chicago to Seattle. The KiikIIhIich, father and :mn, are headluK a hit; development company, o! which Frank J. Conoy, formorly ot Humpter, in yenoral uiauaKer. They hvae aiHiuired valuable miuiiiK prop erty iu the lilack Warrior dintriot iu Idaho and are arrant;ln thii year to iiiHtall a ooHtly oipiljunent. Aonnoth O. McHweu, coubultiuK euttiueer for the Imperial miue, and aaHdUtatit to hia couhIu, A. 11. Mo K wen, who Ih general manaKur of that rich Cable Cove dividend payer, went down to Maker City yetcnlay to meet Alexander Hamil ton Sibley, of Detroit, prenidout ot the imperial company. The two Kwutlemeu arrived in Sumpter thia morninu aud drove out to the miue after luuoh at the Hotel Sumpter. Mr. Slblcy't) vinit at this time in to TO DISMANTLE AND " REBUILD GOLCONDA MILL AND HOIST The Uoloduda mill and hoiBtinK pluat will be diBUiautled aud en tirely rebuilt. This announcement oomeB from a reliable, though vuu ofilcial aouroe. 11. 11. McCarthy, one of the three gentlemen who recently purchaBod control ot the mine, aud who will be Konoral man ager and superintendent of tho famous old property, la reported as having adviHod a radical chaugo in the sur face equlpnieut. Tho capacity of tho (lolcouda hoist is very limited, lta hotifliug is little more thnn a shod. The old mill is connected with tho shaft by a covored tramway. It is believed that the rebuilt mill building will bo moved oloBor to tho shaft aud that ouo housing will cover ill the Btirface equipment. Tho Uoloouda mill is a wierd aud wondorful till tig. A I moat ovorv known metallurgical proooBH 1b pro Houtod undorjjono roof. It will bo romobeied that whon tho EngliahoB, father and son, bought the Colconda iu Its prospect stage, thoy oreotod at a cost of i:iO,000, a ohloriuatiou plant, a process with which they had met considerable HiicoesH in tho opor ntiuii of a MritlBh Columbia mine. As development of the Colcouda pro ceeded below tho oxidizod ore zono, the chlorinatlon piocohh wiih found to ho of no earthly uho. A fi-foot Mryan mill wiih thoroforo Installed, but a largo percentage of values was found to bo lost iu HllmoB. A battory of personally inspect tho scene of tho rooon phenomenally rich strike uu tho Miner claim of tho Imperial group, exclusively reported iu those columns, it is understood that iib a result of tho Miner atrlke, opera tloiiH at tho Imperial will at once tako ou a mote elaborate aspect. Ueuoral Manager Frank Maillio, of the Columbia mine, roturued this morniug frum Maker City. Work of iustilliug the compress d air traus miHslou plant it tho Columbia pro gressing rapidly. In the meautime, the Columbia mill is steamiy pouna iug out gold bulllou. The Columbia miiiimiiiv. which is dofoudBtit iu a suit tllod by tho tSeHler-Houdryx lu- voBtmout oompauy, for posHesslon m tlie Tabor Fraotiou mine, for auuul ment of tho contract under which the Columbia company Ih operating that property, and for au acoouutlug of ores extracted, has tiled a demunor to the suit. The case, whon it comes before the circuit court, will be the first mining case to be heaid by tho uewly appointed judgo of this dls trict, Judge Sam White. Burkemont Stockholders Suing. Judge Thomas Murke, kuown all over tbe northwest for his miniug nromotlou projects, aloug with sev eral of his moat recent associates iu this district, has been made the do feudaut lu a suit in the olrcuit court of this oouuty. The complaluauts are eight resideuts of De Moines, Iowa, who alloge that Messrs. Murke, Cole aud Merrlam secured from them flvo stamps was addod, and it waa with this proceBB that during a 30 hour run ou ore from the 350-foot level in the fall of 1899 114,000 was produced. Each succeeding manager of the mine added to the mill equip ment, until today the building covers the old ohloriuatiou plant (partly dismantled) the old Bryan mill, a complete 20-stamp mill of the His rimi nnttnrn. elshteeu Johuaon con- ceutrators, a big oscillating crusher, feeders, couveyors, with u tntnl dnliv caDBCitv of ore etc., from GO to 80 tons of metallic concentrat ing ore, aud from 80 to 100 tons of silicloiiB ores. All of that machiuery is operated by olectrloity, gouerated by water power at n station half a mile from the mill, whore water is delivered through u TOOO-toot pipe liuo on u (J-foot Peltou whool, developing 120 horse nowor. Owing to the mauy additions aud equeulial changes iu tho mill, it is very unhandily arrauged. it is understood to be Manager McCarthy's plan to discard all the anoieut equip mout aud uho only the stamp battory aud concentrating tables, banking all tailings for oyauide treatment. Maunger McCarthy 'a plans will he submitted to the new board of Gol couda directors, to bo chosen at the adjourned mooting of stockholders at Pendleton next week, at which meetmg the proposed 890,000 boud issue is expected to bo ordered. the sum of 822,000 for 10,000 shares of the North American Miniug company, which holds several groups of claims aud a section of good tim her laud iu the vicinity of what they have designated as Murkomont, 20 miles east of this city. Spocilln allegations of wilful mis representations are set forth in the volumiuouH paper Hied iu Maker City. W. E. C. Foiter, a resident of Des MoIuob, who came to look iuto tbe affairs of tbe compauy, has been mado receiver, aud uow has charge of the properties. Judge Murke aud others are now iu tho east, but it is not thought they will more than mildly protest aaaiust tbe steps of th'Ho who have put up practically all ! tbe mouey thus tar expouded. $500 Ore Found at (zee. It was roported ou the streets Fri day that a rich strike had been made at Deer aroek, in tho Izee country, and as usual, ou the meagre report of such strikos, a crowd left immediately for the Eldorado. A number from John Day and Canyon City led the rush for the new Held. It has been recognized for a loug time that this district waa rich iu miueral deposits aud it only took the first auuouce meut to create a rush. It waa re ported that ore ruuuiug as high as 9500 per tou had been discovered. Tbe rumor has uot been confirmed, but from tbe fact that it is iu a high ly miueralized distriot leuda oredeuce to the report. 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