The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-06-13
VISITOR IS PLEASED.
Intelligent Comments on Mines
and the Smelter.

Gold and Silver Mining company, ha.
returned from a trip to the Carpenter
group, lately acquired by this company
He Is we'll pleased with the prospect anc
considers that his company has very
promising property. The ore dump from
the 4o.foot shaft assays s74.4I in gold
besides the silver and copper values
and he says that will do for a starter
The ledge Is forty feet wide and there
is a good road to the property, which Is
situated twenty.one miles from Sumpter
in the Greenhorn country, near Robin
SOnville.
The company is preparing to proceec
with development work on the lodges
besides prospecting its placers, and vii
place the property on a paying basis 4.
soon as practicable.
While out in the hills, Mr.. Baird visitec
a number OF mines and prospects, includ
ing the Z. & E., Little Giant, Bonanza
Cayuse, Silver Hill, lnter.Mountain
Diadem, and numbers of others. n,
thinks that few people here realize how
many mines are opening up large bodies Of
ores carrying high values. He consider.
that he has the best OF reason for heliev
ing that the mining world will soor
awake to the knowledge that Sumpter /.
now and will continue to be the center q
one OF the richest mineral districts in tn,
United States, or in the world.
This country already has railroad anc
all the modern facilities and advantages
and although there are now large paying
mines with mills pounding ore twenty
four hours a day for COS days in the year
this number is bound to increase in tn,
near future at a rate that will aStonish tn,
oldest inhabitant. Enterprise and capita
are required to develop the natural wealth,
of the district, they are here and are OF
the way here.
Mr.. Baird interviewed the manager O
the Sumpter Smelter lately erected her,
by the Union Smelter company OF St
Louis. He inspected the property and
found it already for business and Simpl,
waiting for ores, OF which a considerable
quantity have been promised. The fol.
lowing are some of the claims made tt
him by the manager.
That they have erected this plant al
their own expense, with the exception Of
the donation of the site, and are ready fol
business rs soon aS they receive ores.
That arrangements have been made tC
pay for suitable ores where owners wan,
to sell such. That il mine owners prefer
to do so, they can have their ores treated
for SO much per ton, according to circum'
stances, but likely to be in the neghbor'
hood OF So per ton. That the success OF
their enterprise means much to Sumpter
as the following figures submitted BY
them will show: Daily pay roll sara to
$500 or $4,000. Il year; consumption
Of ore per month 900 tons; consumption
of lime per month 24o tons; conSump.
ton OF iron per month 27o tons, total
I6,o2o tons, the hauling alone Of which,
without the mining, will cost at the low
rate OF SI..s per ton, amounting to SAL
$50. Wood will cost $40 per day, or
$1,000 a year. This makes total yearly
expenditure of $3.50. With coke and
incidental expenses the total OF yearly
expense will not fall much short of ninety
or one hundred thousand dollars, a nice
sum to be expended in Sumpter.
snow gentlemen" says Mr.. Baird
'vou have the smelter, use it. Give It a
fair trial and do so now"