New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-02
CALIFORNIA CLIPPINGS.
We gather the following items of interest
from recent California papers;
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE STATE.
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from recent California papers;
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE STATE.
From Tire Ala CadforrAI. oet l.
Tho first rain of the season OF lS61-OS came
1n the night Of the ~, inst ana enough water iet 20
ON the surface the city; but We have not yet had
% eo 81 Mh GS Ss Hat
pared Tor Winter irrigation, thousands of acres IA every
valley might have been soaked enough for plOwnG but
there preparation, and 60 tho precious fluid was
allowed TO Iun of ~ though u had no value; a..
40 probably ite has been injured by the rain The
pasture has not benefited. for not enough rain fell to
' The statement published by Mark Bruman President
Of the Maposa Company relative 70 inc 1arpos estate
OF considerable interest here The mills on the grant
have produced much that Their stoppago is lett as
general loss and tie resumption OF work on large scae
viii furnish employment 10 many men, aud make per
ceptbe Increase in the demand for certain supplies The
litigation has been compromised ana we nfer mat an
h can Be- done PTSP S Saa ps Hd to eno ns
Nis Viii start as soon sufficient power can bo OBJ
tslncd OF tho Bear Valley Mil MIR. Brumaem Gays:
500 INNS OF quartz from the Josephine Milne. The lowest
Weld at any cleanup was s3 per tun the highest was
k9 per tun; giving average 80 81 per un In inc
greater portion OF this quartz not particle Of gold could
any month In the last i've years until this summer aud
present results are extremely encouTagng The MN
that crushed with very tio profit and often with loss.
by Park. olmstead Dodge Inc larger yield Is at
gamaOr which have been In use there, aud stand very
high in The estimation Of Jacob Brlmagn esg who Is
has largo body OF orc In sight, equal In quality to that
which yielded siO on an average.
The Raw Hide mill on the Mother lode In Tuolumno
County. is 10 start again to-day after having stood Idle
Mountain, where the vein IS IA feet wide. The main
shaft deep and drifts have been run 50 feet ON
the lode Much OF the quartz very rich, aud the yield
for three years has varied from 81 to 81 per trn The
mill has 20 stamps and ten Wheeler pans, and II Is con
and mill there ranch OF 800 acres all the property Of
aNewfork Company which stopped work about tue Isl
OF June last account OF financial troubles OF some OF
the principal shareholders.
The new I2stamp min OF the Oaks and Reese talso
County, viii commence work to-day. This mill has been
erected at cost OF $4,000 by San Francisco Company
With silver al S Of S per- foot The
mercury attaches itself TO silver more readily Than to
dillon for catching gold until II has been used for some
weeks whereas the silver will be In excellent condition
immediately The yield OF tho ore as worked III small
old, leased mill, has been from $40 TO $40 per tun;
In cleaning up quartz mills lot Of scraps OF Iron are
shoves picks hammers and drills; and these humps are
knocked about In the mortar until numerous particles OF
gold driven into their mterstices lot OF sueh
scraps collected In the Jefferson Mil. In Yuba County
supposed TO weigh half tun after being broken up Win
sledges digested In suphuric acld nhtl the
surface had been eaten away and the goid anu
the yield thus obtained was 5000 Inc shGes a1p @ss
boiled half hour In water, and then when the IRON was
repeatedly struck with hammer, the particles ot goa
The Fir Cap Mining Company lately took from their
gravel claim 81 week This claim ~ on the SIDE
OF Fir Cap Mountain, n prominent landmark OF Sierra
County. IL has been supposed That rich oa rhanhol
runs under this mountain anu te cucceSs ~ ho ~ NP
Company seems 10 prove the theory The probabll'
ties arc that large deposit OF aurerous gravel VIII DO
found extending beyond the limits OF tho Fir Cap claim
and that other companies viii soon start tunnels 70 reach
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CANDIDATES FOR sESAroR--The Sonopia Democrat pre-
SCENTS lat OF Candidates for tho United States Senate,
any ono OF whom says, would be UNNECESSARILY bupe'
rior 10 John CONFESS Cornelius Cole The list u rs ol'
lows: Jackson Temple, H. r. Washington. H. W. McKins'
try j. T. Hoge j. Is. Hagar Gregory Yale, A. T. Crten'
del, Eugene Clssery Zach Montgomery San francisco;
Henry H. Hartley, J. W Coifroth, sasramento Thomas
J. Henley Mendocno Frank Tnford Nevada Volney H.
Howard, Il. j. G. Kewen, Los AngelOsi H. 4. Barber,
TuonmIe: N. T. Whitosdos, Ynba
WHEREABOUTS or our WAN VEssELs,-Tho U. f. war
steamer Pensacola gAhp OF the North Pacific squadron,
isnow port The gnbOat OssnCe has gone 10 Alaska;
dlito the Resaca; ditto the jamestown the old sloool
war Cyane after Knocking about tho world for ny sHon
years and carrying by turns tho French, English ana
American flags, has been transformed into Atoipsp,
aid Will Leave Tor Panama, Whero che IA To 10 sAohu
the btOIcSp OF the Pacific squadron as soon nH 9v
eau sIip crew. Tue gUubOat Michigan VIII DO lsaul