The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-05

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products aggregate about twenty million
dollars a year in value, which is more than
the fruit of all kinds, green and canned,
the oranges, lines, almonds, prunes,
raisins, wine, ETC.. put together, each one
OF these products gets more advertising
than our mining resources. There is an
abundance of printed matter relating to all
these things, but no effort is made to dis
tribute anything of that nature to advertise
our mining resources. Colorado advertlses
her mines literally, and gets million for
investment where we get a thousand. That
State is credited with great deal more
than belongs to it, while California gets
much less credit than it deserves. The
single institution maintained by State
money for the advantage of the miners is
the State Mining Bureau, but while that is
devoted to their interests it is unable to
advertise to those outside California in
the way the horticultural resources are adj
vertised. People elsewhere labor under
the impression that California as mining
State is played out" whereas the fact is
its gold produced annually has never been
excelled by any other State in the Union.
We have no ''real estate boomers" for our
mining regions. Even in San Francisco
people find it hard to get any detailed in
formation as to where they may purchase
mines. The Mining Bureau can tell them
where mines are, but it is not of its prov
lnce to have anything to do with mining
sales. 1t is only of late that the daily
papers OF this State have paid any special
attention to mining affairs in California.
There are hundreds, and even thousands,
OF mines and prospects of different kinds
in the State which need capital to properly
develop and equip them. The difficulty is
to get the seller and purchaser together
without the expensive middleman. He
advertlses only the mine in which he Is
interested, and cares nothing for the gen.
eral mining industry. 1t would pay this
State to have printed $4,000 copies-in-
stead of 6000-of the report of our State
mineralogist, and then provide fund for
their general distribution outside the State.
In this way our mineral resources would
be advertised and much good would result.
We need capital in this direction quite
as much as we need it for manufactures,
agriculture or horticulture.
San Diego County Mines.
It is thought there will be revival in
the mining region around Julian and Ban
ner, San Diego County, owing to the rich
ore recently taken out of the Ranchita,
recently discovered mine between these
two camps. The Elevada is another mine
lately found which is paying well on the
surface. The mines at Julian were found
in 1870 and those at Banner shortly after.
the two camps attracted great attention
at the time and thousand or two men be-
gan prospecting the region. At Julian,
the Washington, Hayden, Helvetia and a
few others were quite rich at the surface,
but did not pay as well below. AT Banner,
which is in San Felipe Canyon, some 1900
or 400 feet lower than those at Julian, the
Ready Relief and Redman were the prin
cipal claims. Between the two camps the
Antelope, Atlantic Cable and several 9TH
ers paid handsomely in arastras from
punches OF rich ore. Some six or eight
miles further out in the Cuyamaca noun
tains the Stonewall Jackson was found
and paid very well during the time it was
owned by Governor Waterman. The
Golden Chariot, on the ridge between the
Stonewall and the desert and south of the
Banner, was also very rich mine for a
time and was listed on the stock board in
this City. 1t seems strange that
few if any of these mines paid very
were nearer the surface. This was
the case with the mines at
Julian. When the water level was reached
nd the character of the ore changed the
grade OF ore became lower. Some of the
claims when found on the surface had
which ran into the hundreds in
value and paid very well with arastras.
For the past fifteen years, however, while
work has been carried on at the principal
mines, there has been no very large yield,
except at the Stonewall, now closed down.
The Chariot mill quit paying long since.
The Ready Relief, Redman, Cincinnati
Belle and some others have continued to
be profitable, but many of the early mines
have been only worked intermittingly.
The finding of the new mines and their
richness is really no cause for excitement,
since, as stated, most OF the claims in that
had very high-grade ore at the
surface. No very great depth has been at
tanned upon any of them as compared with
mines in the northern counties, nor have
they been as Systematically opened and
developed as would be the case with CORE
spending claims in Amador, Calaveras or
Nevada counties, where mining is more
general. CHARLES G. YALE.