The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-07


In the Cedar claim ,, IN Placer County,
the gold is found IN both blue and red
gravel. In this claim some $50 diamond
were found, only one of which, however,
had as great a value as $3.50.
The usual rush to do assessment work
has been commenced this month, and II
stormy weatheS comes on in the noun
tains a good many miners will wish they
had attended to it before.
Brigham, Utah, q camp where all the
properties are operating, is one OF the few
places where good practical miners are
scarce and in demand. There are no idle
men there and the greatest activity exists
among the mines.
The Alma Company, Jackson, Amador
County, has decided to sink the shaft 600
feet deeper, or 1000 feet in all. They hope
to find what they are after-the Kennedy
ledge. 1t will take about a year to get to
the depth stated.
The Amador Republican thinks that de-
velopments in the vicinity Of Jackson and
Whereabouts favor the conclusion that
what is called the mother lode includes
more than two distinct gold-bearing
lodges; and that it is probable there are
four, and perhaps more, parallel veins.
Although it is only within the past five
or six years that we have heard much
about gold mining in Africa mining has
been carried on there since the days OF the
early Egyptians. The approximate gold
export OF all Africa from 1893 TO 1875, &C
cording to DIR. Soetbeer, amounted to
41O6, S57 600.
Top water from mining sIuices often
yield minute globules of quicksilver, and
+r.1a
(micrOscopic) has been taken from the
surface of the water twenty miles from
where the amalgam entered the stream.
In one case floating amalgam was observed
on the North Fork of the Huba River four
miles below where the tallingS were
dumped.
The Northwest Miners Association,
recently organized, is actively at work
getting permanent members.
Several British Columbia houses are
fighting for the trade of the Kootenay,
Revelstoke, Vancouver, Victoria and
Nelson mining camps, but Spokane, Wash,
thinks ii has 'clnch' on the miners.
The Cariboo and Horsefly hydraulic
mines, British Columbia, are being
operated by John B. Hobson, who
was one of CALIFORNIA; most ex-
perienced and skIllful hydraulic miners,
well known in Placer, and Nevada
counties. The Carihoo cleaned up this
season Sal ,S53 for Twenty-Five days work,
and the Horsefy $26 $50 for twenty-nine
days work The CariboO uses $500 and the
Horsefy 200 inches of water per day. The
rich character Of the gravel has been thus
demonstrated, though much of the work
this year has been that OF preparation.
The success of this particular enterprise
means much for the province. Mr.. Hob
son thinks the gravels of that region and
mine extensions ara richer than those of
this State.
The Monkey Wrench mine, Nevada, was
discovered by man picking up an old
rusty monkey-wrench and knocking off a
piece OF rock which displayed few coIors
of gold, which led to the discovery of the
now celebrated De Lamar mining district.
1t is pretty bad for an inexperienced
man TO get the management of quartz
mine, but when one of that kind gets
charge of a drift mine where practical and
scientific knowledge are each required, he
can make more stupend0us failure than
in quartz.
The director of the United States mint
in discussing gold production says: Cali
fornia mines are certain to show an IN
creased output from this time forward.
The establishment of the Debris Commits
sion in Ca fornia has given a great i'm
petus to hydraulic mining, which is ex
ceedingly profitable"
The winter snowfall on the Yunkon
River country, Alaska is said to average
coolest last winter was 81 deg. below zero,
although 50 deg. below has been expert
eEced. During the longest days in sum
mer the sun can be seen for a week.
Deadwood Creek has this year panned
out TO be the richest tributary of Birch
Creek Yukon River, Alaska and other
streams in that section are panning out
well.
The Alaska Willoughby Gold Mining
Company, new organization, is to work
the Willoughby property at Funtee Bay,
on Admiralty Island, Alaska. a ten
stamp mill has been built by the Risdon
Iron Works of this City TO be put on the
mine.
The American Bar quartz ledge, on the
Middle Fork OF the American River,
owned by John T. Mccall, is turning out
to be a line property.
Exceptionally rich gravel is coming out
of the Gray Eagle drift mine on the Forest
Hill Divide, Placer County.
One advantage OF electric over water
power for a mining district is that it can
be transmitted anywhere a wire can run,
up hill or down, and cali thus be used at
mines where only steam can ordinarily DE
used for power.
The shaft of the Daly-West, Utah, will
be sunk 300 feet deeper at once, which will
give total depth OF 1900 feet. New and
heavier hosting engines are TO be pro-
vided.
which is dividend payer, there are no
quartz mines on the Georgetown divide, or
North Side, in Ell Dorado County. which
are productive, but there are many with
good possibilities OF "a future, and some
with past record Of profit.
In cleaning up sluices approximately the
largest portion, or about so per cent of the
gold, is caught in the first 200 feet. In a
big hydraulic mine in this State, where the
upper 300 feet OF sluice is generally filled
from one to five feet deep with gravel, still
this portion yields much more amalgam
per lineal loot than the succeeding 800 feet
The Black Oak mine, Placer County,
owned by Bell, Wyman, Seaver & Co., has
been sold for 500, 900, and the new company
is TO put twelve men at work at once.
The Hidden Treasure, in Placer County,
Is now operated on the most extensive
scale of any drift mine in California.
Russia produced about $25 900, 600 in gold
in 1894, and the output for this year is ex-
pected to be largely in excess of this
amount.
MerralIs "hydraulic quartz mill will
be making exhibition runs on various ores
next week at AZ Fremont street.
Large deposits of elaterite, or mineral
rubber exist in the northwestern part of