The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
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jGHy2lln, and Mining
8S1WIIY LATEST INFORMATION
GNNTRIMW CONCERNING THIS IMPORTANT INDUSTRY,


Bureau located it. The ledge is about
three feet thick where it was encountered
and prospects well. The discovery has
greatly encouraged the owners, who will
soon resume sinking, says the Amador
Ledger.
Reports from the Goler fields in Kern
County show that enough gold IS being
found to keep all the men at work. Pumps
are being put into some of the claims.
The Golden Rule mine, below James
town, Tuolumne County, is said to be turn
ing out some wonderfully rich gold ore.
The Comstock payroll for July was
$57, 71S. an increase of $4,000 over the prevl-
GUS month.
The Grasshopper Mining Company began
work five years ago in Grasshopper Gulch;
near Bannack, Mont, and have expended
large amounts of money, Dus last week
commenced to take out the gold-the first
from the mine.
The Carson River Dredging Company
will soon put up cyanide works to work
its concentrates that are taken out of the
river by the dredger.
The Carson Tribune says that the $4,000
plant being erected by the English owners
of the nickel mines at Lovelock is nearly
completed.
The preparatory work going on at the
Summit smelter and Old Timer mine,
west of Phoebe, New, means much for
that town. The intention is to work the
Old Timer Halfmoon and probably some
of the mines in the vicinity, primarily for
the gold in the ores, with the lead and sill
yer to be extracted thereafter. The cyan
ide process is to be used and tanks to work
tie n tons day will be placed in the Sum-
NIT smelter works of the Phoebe Con. Min
ing Company.
The Green Mining Company has started
operations in Silver City, New. under the
management of David Crosby.
The Silver King mine, Ariz, expects
to add thirty stamps to its present ten
stamp mill.
Phoenix, Ariz., wants mining exchange,
so as to help develop properties. The fact
is, however, mining exchanges as gen.
orally conducted do not develop proper
ties. They are more on the line of selling
stocks.
Two men dissolved partnership in a
mine in Phoenix the other day In a queer
way. 1t was worth about $1,000, but they
could not agree on the value. Finally
they shook dice to see which should own
the whole mine. One was miner and the
other merchant, and the miner won the
mine.
The mining region about Wickenburg,
Ariz., is developing some very fine mines.
The Utah representative of the ellison
Asphaltum Company of st. Louis has re-
ceived orders to shut down the properties
in Utah for an indefinite period. This is a
serious blow to the miners and freighters
who have been dependent on the st. Louis
trust.
A rich STRIFE has been made in the
Nina RIGA mine at Pichacho, San Diego
County, and the miners there think they
have now found the original source of the
gold found in the placers of that section.
Some men are trying to get gold out of
the sands along the banks of the Una
tilla River, near the town of Umatilla, Or.
A number of Colorado miners are
already arranging for an extensive mining
expedition to Alaska next spring.
1t is understood that the Kansas City
Consolidated Smelling and Refining Com
pany has decided to erect large smelling
plant at Nakusp, in West Kootenay, B. G.
The War Eagle mine, Trail Greek, b. C.,
has declared another $50, 900 dividend.
With the completion of the railroad it is
expected that the Sloan country, B. c., will
be very active and prosperous next season
and that a number of mines there will soon
be paying dividends.
The mining boom in the Slate Creek
region on the Cascades is over, the Mon
tana syndicate having drawn out. There
is plenty of mineral, but it is too low
grade.
About 1000 men are prospecting. in the
Trail Creek country, B. G. Over 5000
miners licenses have been issued thus far
this year.
Everything is done with rush at Trail
Greek, B G. Even the strikes are con-
Quoted in short order. The men were out
before the camp had time to realize that a
strike was on, and back again at work be-
fore half the population realized that there
had been strike.
A new coal vein has been tapped near
Newcastle by the Oregon Improvement
Company, and about 600 tons a month is
being mined. The mine is called May
Creek, and three veins or openings are
being worked. The coal is an entirely
new one, much like the Newcastle, and the
location is between the town of Newcastle
and Coal Greek. CHARLES G. YALE.