The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-08
MINING NEWS OF
THE PACIFIC COAST,
ACTIVITY IN THE GOLD DIGGINGS
WEST OF THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS.
ALL THE STAMP MILLS BUSY.
ANOTHER RUSH TO THE YUKON.
PROSPECTUS IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.

They are having quite little gold ex-
element at Willets, in Mendocino County,
and there are several prospects" being
! opened, though nothing startling has been
| developed as yet.
They have had dull times in mining in
Mariposa County for twenty years past, but
everything is getting lively down there
now.
Prospecting is very active in the old as
! well as the newer mining regions of the
State.
Mining affairs are quite active in the
Picacho district, San Diego County
There is as much activity in Calevaras
County now as in any county in the State.
The strike at Pike City, Sierra County,
last week will encourage many miners in
that vicinity.
Mining sales appear to be as frequent at
Angels Camp as at any place in the State.
The mines worked in its vicinity are turn
ing out lots of bullion, and this makes
other properties near by valuable.
mining revival is reported at Pana-
mint, Southern Inyo County. New York
men have been buying some properties
there.
The new shaft of the old Gwin mine,
Calaveras County, is expected to strike the
ledge at 400 feet. This was a famous pro-
ducing mine in its day, but has been
abandoned a long time. Recently active
operations have been going on.
Several gravel-mills are being built for
crushing deep gravel in Siskiyou County.
1t is thought by some that certain portions
OF the gravel deposits there are much like
those now yielding so we'll in South Africa.
The Hayden Hill mines, Lassen County,
are again looking up as more development
work is done.
A great deal of mining work is now going
on in Riverside County and with excellent
results.
1t is said that English capital will open
the gravel mines on the west side of the
Colorado River, about twenty-seven miles
above Yuma.
Colorado men have purchased the Shell
ton group of gold mines, Lynx Creek, Ariz
Idaho increased her gold product very
materially last year over the previous one.
A good many Washington mines are ic lie
owing to the low price of silver.
Ten experienced hydraulic miners from
Iowa Hill, Placer County, went up to
British Columb ia last week to work in the
mines operated by John Hobson, who was
formerly of Iowa Hill. He knew where to
send for good miners.
AT Acton, Los Angeles County, II. c.
Reno is extracting gold with steam gold
amalgamator, working up old tailings, and
is taking out $40 per day. 1t takes six men
in two shifts-night and day-to run the
machine. This is new plant and has
about six months work on the present
dumps.
Plans are on foot to organize branch of
the State Miners Association in Tuolumne
County. Mr.. E. G. LOTUS of Sonora is
starting the movement.
The California Miners Association is
busy collecting money in the mining
counties to aid in the fight to prevent the
railroad companies from obtaining any
more mineral lands in this State
Activity is increasing in the mines of
the peninsula of Lower California. Pros
pectors are going out in all directions from
Ensenada.
In Lower California n. H. A. Mason of
Nevada has purchased the Bareno mines
below Rosario, and has also interested him.
II. L. Edwards and O. ?. Reed. General
E. c. Humphrey and Mr.. Wood have
located number of copper mines between
Ensenada and San Quintin, and are also
looking at gold properties in the Real
country. stampmill will be immedi-
ately put on the Jacalitos mine, owned by
II. A. Howard, and hve-stamp mill is
about to be put up on H. l.. Edwards
Zaragosa mine.
+. r. Abadie, formerly superintendent
of the North Star mine at Grass Valley, is
now experimenting mine at Johannes
burg, South Africa, and receives a salary
of 900 year.
mining engineer who has distinguished
himself in South Africa by receiving the
largest salary OF any mining engineer in
the country, is at present in London.
The Anaconda Company will begin next
month the erection of a refinery, etc., at
Great Falls, Mont, to cost 81 000,0 600
The miners at Placerville have been
draftinga new set of bylaws for the dis |
trict. This shows that mining affairs are
looking up in that section of Ell Dorado |
County.
The Colorado River from Yuma to the
Needles is proclaimed as country won
derfully rich in gold, silver, lead and iron. |
An expert. OF some note says that within |
the next five years the country between |
Ehrenberg and Yuma will surprise the
world in its output of gold silver and lead. |
The necessity of keeping close watch |
over mining claims, and of taking all legal |
steps to perfect titles has been shown in |
the Couiterville district lately. In one in
stance a mine upon which a mill was in |
operation, was jumped, and several in
stances have been reported where claims |
have been appropriated" There are men
who will resort to almost any means to Sc
cure desirable claims; and even if their |
efforts do not win the owners are put to |
considerable expense. A claim is never
safe until it is patented; and if claim is
worth holding it is worth patenting.
The Porterville (Tulale County, Enter
prise says: The people of this and adjoin-
ing counties should petition the authori- |
ties at Washington for permission to pros
pect and mine in the reserve lands. 1t is
believed that there are great and valuable |
mineral deposits, and mining certainly
would not be very injurious to the forests,
and If it were injurious to some extent the
profits would more than compensate for
the loss.
In the mining districts of Wyoming thew
are trying what they call new process. |
The crushed ore is heated to a state of in
candescence, quenched in bath of cold
water. AS each red-hot particle falls into
the water enough steam is instantly gen
Grated to shatter it, and any glaze or film
is therefore ruptured. There rs nothing
very new in this, and it will remind Grass
Valley men somewhat of the Fryer process
tried there some years ago, which was a
lamentable failure
Alaska Mines.
special steamer leaves this CITY in a
lew days to take a number of miners to
Alaska. There will be big crush" TO the
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