The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-31

mentioned, comprises that portion of FL
Dorado County inclosed between the Mid
die and South forks of the American
h1ver. Starting from an elevation of It's
feet, 1t rises TO an altitude of 5000 feet
upon the summit of the range The width
where the mother lode crosses is about
twelve miles, while the gold belt covers an
area OF about 200 square miles. This d.
VIDE is noted for its past gold production.
IL was upon its southern slope that Mar
shall made his discovery of gold at
Coloma.
The greatest hindrance to mining work
at this time of the year is lack of water,
but by the end of November the rains will
replenish the storage supply and raise all
the streams.
Ore which was formerly crushed at De
Lamar New, by rolls, is now worked in
Grlfhn mills, which are reported to be very
| successful.
| The wood and lumber companies which
| supply the Comstock mines, Nevada, have
lately received very large orders for min
ing tmbers, which implies more active
| work IN some of the mines.
Colorado men have purchased the Orc
Elmo mine in Meadow Lake district, Ne
vada County, being satisfied that they
| have new process which will work on
| the peculiar rebellious ores of that district.
A great many people have had the same
IDEA IN the past twenty or thirty years.
but perhaps the Colorado men may solve
| the problem. Still many believe that the
real reason OF the many failures is because
the amount of gold supposed to be in the
| ores is not there at ALL
| The dry cOncentrator which r. 6. Pat
terson has at Gold Basin, Ariz., cannot be
made to work without the assistance OF
| the patentee. That is the way with good
many such machines, which do finely in
an experimental way, but fail in regular
| everyday practical work in a mining dis
| trict.
All the machinery for the copper mines
near Waldo, Or, has arrived, and the
| smelter at the Siskiyou mine will shortly
| be in operation.
DR.. James Braden, the capitalist, who is
doing much for the mining interests OF
| Southern Oregon, is preparing plan to
| bring the placer mines of Kanes Greek
| into prominence.
The Kate Hayes Mining Company,
| which owns the Manzanita mine, near
Sweetland, Nevada County, was given a
permit to mine by hydraulic process about
year ago, and has filled up the space be-
| hind its dam. 1t has now received per-
mission from the California Debris Com
| mission to continue operations behind
new impounding works which have been
| constructed.
Prescott, AriZ., is again talking about
wanting some sort of ore-reduction works,
but it seems difficult to enlist the attention
| of capitalists in such an enterprise. In the
surrounding districts mine dumps are
| piled with ore, waiting for treatment at
custom mills, but milling capacity is in
adequate to handle the present output.
| There ought to be as much money in good
custom mills in that region as there would
be in good mines.
The Los Angeles papers ought to know
| that the Golden Cross is the most produc-
| tive NINE in Southern California, yet they
locate it in Yuma County, Arizona.
The Viking Gold Mining Company
owns forty-three claims in Camp Floyd
Utah, on which development work is to be
pushed at once.
The mines are doing so well around
Mercur, Utah, that town lots have more
than doubled in price recently.
The Neill process of treating pyrites Of
iron by fire concentrators will soon be in
operation at the Utah mine, Bingham,
| Utah.
Two new deposits of coal of good quality
have recently been found near Mount
Pleasant, San Pete County, Utah.
| The miners all over the country are
| pitching into their assessment work on
| these days, trying to get it done before the
snow falls. In this they are wise.
There is a noticeable decrease in the
receipts of ore at Salt Lake, all of the
districts of Utah having made some reduc-
tons in their output 1t is only tenn
| porary, however. CHARLES G.. YALE.