The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
AMONG THE COAST MINES,
Coal Beds Near BOlinaS Are
Soon to Be Pros
peCted.
GOLD PROPERTIES DEVELOPED.
Notes of Industry From Various
Mining CenterS in the
West.
GOLD PROPERTIES DEVELOPED

Coal has been found near Bolinas by
Morton Jones, formerly of San Rafael, and
company will be formed to prospect the
deposit.
The latest machine for working the black
sands of the ocean beaches has been per-
fected by Samuel and Emery Gates OF
Modesto.
Condic Brothers of Martinez have found
vein of copper ore III Mitchell canyon.
James Baker, the Minister of Mines,
British Columbia, writes that report
which is current that aliens are prohibited
from acquiring mining claims in British
Columbia except by purchase is incorrect.
The law has not been altered in that
respect.
Miners around Orleans Bar, Humboldt
County, anticipate a very good. mining
season.
In the vicinity of Redding there are
about thirty quartz mines now being
worked and paying well. Several pros
pected mines have been latelybonded, and
will be thoroughly tested.
The mines of Trinity County are yield
ing rich returns this year. Many new
quartz mines are being opened and the
yield of gold from that county bids fair to
exceed the largest amount taken from that
county in recent years.
Several new creeks, or, rather, gulches
discovered in the Yukon River country,
Alaska last summer, are expected to turn
out very well this year. Glacier Creek is
surprisingly rich, some of the claims pros
pecting as high as 81 % to the pan, though
30 cents to the pan is considered an av-
erage. The most extensive and promising
place is Birch Creek. 1t is believed that it
is great discovery and will equal in rich
ness the famous Caribou and Cassiar sec
tions. One gulch there, the Frying pan,
bids fair to be the richest yet discovered on
the Yukon.
A letter written in February from Forty
Mile, on the Yukon River, says: All trav-
cling is done here with dogs and sleds, and
consequently dogs are valuable, some
bringing as high as $140. The commonest
ones are worth from $25 to $50, though one
can get a very good dog, broke into har-
ness, for from $75 to $50.
A mining district called the Amalia has
been formed in Kern County, to cover the
same territory as the Aqua Caliente school
district.
About carload of antimony ore per
month is being shipped from Miller's
mine, near Havilah, Kern County.
The United Verde Copper Company
gives employment to 800 men at their
mines at Jerome. Nearly half that num-
Der are employed on other claims adjacent
to the property of the United Verde Com
pany, which makes the town of Jerome
one of the liveliest mining camps in
Arizona.
One of the most important features of
the Yukon district, Alaska, is the facility
which the various large rivers converging
to form the main stream offer for travel
and Accommodation These afford
the means for prospecting and exploring
the country, and the distances to which
they may respectively be assembled by
boat or canoe has not yet, in most cases,
been determined.
There is considerable activity in the min
ing regions of Sonora, Mexico. The Altar
district presents lively appearance. New
miners are arriving every day, and good
camp is bound to result. At Lampazas a
large force of men are employed, most of
whom are Mexicans. The Americans num-
Der between rs and 100. Many Americans
are also doing well in working their own
claims, and general air of prosperity is
everywhere to be seen. AT the rich placer
diggings water is scarce and many of the
prospectors have left for this season.
The Phoenix mine in Robinsonville dis
trict, Baker County, Or, has been sold for
$4,000 to G. W. and G. II. Jackson of New
York and Alliene Case of Boise City,
Idaho.
The gold-tinding industry goes on with
out ostentation and fuss in Josephine
County, Or, says the Rogue River Courier,
while the world is busying itself over
financial depression. Every day new mug
gets are finding their way into town from
some of the many placer mines tributary
to Grants Pass.
Thomas James, who returned to Ashland,
Or, from tour of the mining country in
the Foots Creek Calls Creek and Gold
Hill sections, reports that it is astonishing