The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05

There Is scheme on 1OOJ 10 put IN an
electric plant to furnish power for a num-
Der of mines above Sonora, Tuolumne
County.
plant is being put up at Hawthorne,
New, to handle silver lead ores of the lower
grades.
The Bunker Hill mine, eighteen miles
below Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, and
owned by G. B. Temple, has been sold to
Hughes & Hilbert for $4,000.
A number of smelling plants are being
built, or are in contemplation, for handling
the ores of the Trail Creek and Boundary
Greek, 3. c.
Claim jumping on trivial little techni-
calities is prevalent in Trail Creek district,
B. G. Several claims were jumped because
the original loca1ors did not fully comply
with the law in the matter of the size of
stakes. The miners used to have quick
way of putting stop to that sort OF thing
in this country.
1t is stated that Senator Stephen w.
Dorsey and others have secured the Mama
RIGA and Dulcenia mines and thirteen
other claims adjoining in the Pichacho
basin, twenty miles north OF Yuma. a
narrow-gauge railroad will be built four
and and a half miles to the Colorado
River, where the mill will be erected.
Jesse r. Grant secured thirty claims in
the White Gold basin, one mile east of
Pichacho, and H. T. Seleck and E. a.
Graves obtained twenty-one mines in
Pichacho and ten in White Gold basin.
These mines are all to be developed at
once and mills built
Mining affairs are very active, indeed, in
San Bernardino County, but more mills
are needed for working the ore from the
mines.
The hydraulic miners along the Klamath
River, SiskiyOu County, are getting ready
to start work, their season commencing
just as the river miners have to quit.
The Uncle Sam mine on Forks OF Salmon,
Siskiyou County, recently bonded to San
Francisco company for $4,000, is TO be
started UP by j. f. Boyle.
deal has been made with John Graham
of Forest Hill, Placer County, by which
capitalists have taken hold of extensive
placer claims in that section, ana have
commenced active operations.
Thomas B. Everett, now a mining man
of Denver, Colo, is making a visit to his
old home at Auburn, Placer County. 1t
was Mr.. Everett who conceived the idea of
calling convention OF miners of Placer
County and issuing an address TO the peo-
pie of this State IN relation to the cOndi-
ton of hydraulic mining. From the
movement thus originated came the State
miners convention, which resulted in the
formation of the California Miners Asso-
citation, which has accom- plished so much
for the miners cause. The credit of in
augurating the whole movement is due to
MIR. Everett, who was working miner at
the time and who had felt the evil effects
of closing down the hydraulic mines.
Los Angeles capitalists are to form COM
pany to develop the eleven claims in new
camp adjacent 20 the Hidden Hill and
in RI
portion OF San Bernardino County.
The Jackson Republican says it is re-
ported that the famous keystone mine at
Amador City has been sold to Salt Lake
capitalists represented by Colonel Isaac
Trumbo for half million dollars, and
that $4,000 has been paid on the purchase
price.
Mr.. Newton of this City has bonded the
MCGEE d ONelI mine at OleJa, Amador
County, and commenced development
work.
The drain tunnel at the Ell Encino mine,
Calaveras County, on which work has
been steadily prosecuted for the past
twenty-five months, has at last reached
gravel. The tunnel is 1865 feet in length.
Mr.. Provard expects to resume work
shortly on the Folander property near
Middle Bar Calaveras County.
The Rocky Bar mine, Nevada County,
has been equipped with a complete air
COMPRISING plant by which all the ma
chinery will be run. The compressed air
will be distributed in pipes to different
parts of the works for power.
They are erecting ive-stamp mill at
the Scatter mine, owned by Moses and
Charles Stirnaman, at the river side, Pho
neer district, Amador County.
The Iron Mass mine, Volcano, Amador
County, is to have 1000 tons of ore crushed
at the Acme mill.
Work is to be resumed on the Clinton
Con. mine at Wieland Amador County.
which is owned by San Francisco men. d.
Guttman, who organized the company, is
again to have charge and intends working
800 feet deeper, or a total depth of 600 feet,
when the ore body at that depth will be
prospected. The mine has been closed
down for the past three years.
The Jackson Republican says that it is
reported that "the Kennedy made splen-
did cleanup for last month, amounting to
5000 in free gold alone. This is con-
siderably larger output than has been
made for the past nine or ten months.
The increased yield is attributable to the
recently discovered ore bodies on the 1850
level"
By the death in this City last week of
Thomas Mootry, the dispute between the
owners of the Gold Hill mine at Quartz
burg, Idaho, comes to an end. The courts
recently ordered the mine sold at auction,
but this has not yet been done. The mine
has been a large producer, but has been
closed down some time because OF dis
putes between the owners. 1t will prob
ably be sold now, pumped out and opera
tons resumed.
The Free and Easy mine, about two
miles from Kerby, Or, has been bonded
for S150O00 to Mackenzie Urquhart, a
director in the Fold Basin mines.
A British Columbia capitalist is talking
of putting traction engines on the Cariboo
road from Ashcroft to the Cariboo country
to haul in supplies and take out the prod
uct of the mine.
There is a movement on foot to establish
provincial mining bureau at Nelson, B. c.
A Boston syndicate has purchased the
Ironside and Knob Hill mines, Boundary
Creek district, B. G.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. in
the Coeur 'Alene, Idaho, is now employ
ing 400 men, and sends from 500 to 600 tons
of ore day to the concentration.
A new mining district has been formed
in the Bill Williams Mountains, about six
miles south of the town of Williams, Cor
vino County, Ariz. The mines are on the
south side of the mountains. near Miller's
ranch, and carry free-milling gold ore.
The snow will keep prospectors out of the
district until next spring, although three
claims will be worked all winter.
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