New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE TEAIESCAL TIN MINES-A SIbEhiAN
JOURNEY-NEvADA MINING.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO TUE TsIBUKl

San Francisco, Aug. 29-There Is some
thing peculiar in the tactics Of the managers
Of the Temescal tin mines in Southern Caiiiornia'
The company is largely owned by Englisn capi.
talists who have bought debenture Dohos' anu
1t is openly charged by those who have seen tle
recent operations at the mine that these Eneiish
owners ore trying 10 freeze out otner s.ooh
holders and thus gain control. The work OIL pro
duction, which could be pushed at once Is uc-
ayed by various prctexts The only eNpiaiia-
tion of this policy Of failing TO take advantage
of the fine opportunity to produce tin Is tnae
pressure has been brought TO bear on the Eng
lish holders of the securities to shut down tne
mine as TO lessen the competition caused Dy tle
Mckinley bill. San Bernardino County Is rlch
in coal and iron and the success of the lenlescai
tin mines would have led TO the establishment Oh
tin-pate factory at San Diego as well as iron ana
steel works All these factories would cut INTO
English industries and the easiest way to pre-
vent it was TO check the production of TN IN
California.
Julius NJ. Price, The London Illustrated News
correspondent. arrived here this week after max
ing trip across Siberia never before undertaken
by any European. He went with six members OIL
o commercial company as far as Yeniseisk OH the
Ycnisei River Then he struck across the country
in post-sledges 10 IrkutSk, crossed the frontier
of Mongolia and the desert of Cobb. and finally
reached Kalgan, just within the Chinese wall.
From there he made his way TO Peking and thence
TO Shanghai. BY taking canned goods be man
aged TO live well and he encountered no hostility
in Siberia or China, but he took care not 20 men
tlon that he was newspaper correspondent.
A Chinese baby, the daughter of a rich mer-
chant of Chinatown, was baptized this week in
n velvet broeade dress imported from Paris. The
pattern was strictly Oriental, however, having
been sent to Partisan artists. Those who claim
that Christianity is making no advance among
the Chinese should attend the missions in this
city Chinese mothers who have adopted Chris
tianlty insist on their children being baptized as
soon as possible after birth. The baptismal robes
are always elaborate, and the infant class in the
mission Sunday school is arrayed in choicest silks
and satins of all colors Of the rainbow.
The California Colorcd Colonization Society
has been Incorporated ut Fresno this week. The
president is young colored lawyer, Mr. Benjamin,
who thinks that the salvation Of his race lies In
an exodus TO California. Senator Stanford has
given no promises of aid to this project, because
he saws. the danger is that many worthless negroes
would be imported. lie does not believe in the
Chinese because they are a disturbing element,
and he is getting rid Of them rapidly as posi-
bic on his great vineyards in Tehama County.
Experience in this State has shown that The
negroes cannot be relied upon for fruit-pcking.
They prefer to work in the towns. Only one
colorcd colony has succeeded here. This is at
Paso Robes and its prosperity is mainly due TO
the executive ability of its organizer.
Work is being pushed on the Yuma and San
Diego Railroad, which crosses the peninsula Of
Lower California Gangs Of men are grading
from both ends, and 10 miles are surveyed and
ready for the graders.
Joseph Mnrsden, Labor Commissioner for lIa-
waii. has just reached here after careful in
vestigation of the labor question m India The
sugar plantations of the Sandwich Islands must
get cheaper help or they will be driven out of
the business Portuguese, South Sea Islanders.
Chinese and japanese have all been tried and
found wanting They all demand too high wages.
From $50 to $40 is the monthly wages of or
dinary laborers, who get free houses, schools, and
medicine, and pay no taxes. Nlr. Marsden VIII
endeavor to have q treaty made with England by
which Hawaii may secure Indian coolies, like
those who work on the sugar plantations OF
Demcrara.
private letter from Calcutta says there is
largely increased tradc III JnaU Guy HI NilOii'A"
canned fruits Even the rich native merchants
of Bombay and Calcutta are now in the habit OF
serving these canned goods as dessert to the
native meal
II is probable that the work of cleaning up
the bed of Feather River will be begun
next week At the Golden Gate mine every
thing is ready. nearly all the water having been
pumped out OF the river. and the full current, is
running in an immense 1ume. 1t is singular
fact that the Big Bend Mining Company, which
rarOrfed a faiture ago, 1S also
ready TO clean up the bed Of the Feather and
experts declare that it has large fortune in sight
The new mining camp at Pine Nut, Nevada, Is
having big boom. 1t is impossible to say
whether the reports are exaggerated or not, Iirn,
the ORIGINAL locator has refused half million for
the mine. and his partner has refused 100000
for q half interest. The mine is producing about
81 900 daily but whether this is q pocket or not
has not been determined by the experts. Crowds
of prospcctors are focking into the new camp and
lnrce mining companies are being floated