The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-21

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Nevada County, has been given Govern
ment permit to mine by the hydraulic
| process.
Three mining exchanges at Colorado
Springs, Colo, managed to transact a
business of over six million shares of
mining stock in one week this month.
| This ought to make our San Francisco
boxers feel rather envious.
The Muggensville and Argentine mines,
both near Downieville, Sierra County, have
received from the California Debris Com
mission permits to mine by the hydraulic
process, impounding works of the proper
character having been constructed.
Possibly one reason why the Yukon
River diggings in Alaska did not pan out
| any better than they did this season in
| proportion to the number of men at work
| is that large numbers who went up there
| this season were entirely inexperienced in
| mining.
They will shortly clean up after two
weeks run of the twenty-stamp mill at
| the South Eureka, Suffer Creek, Amador
| County, and on the result good estimate
! of the possibilities of the property may be
| made.
The shaft of the Alma mine, Jackson,
Amador County, is being sunk 600 feet
! more, or 1000 feet in all.
| The Suffer Creek Record says that the
| Oneida mine has not been sold. but that
| negotiations to that end are pending.
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ham of Forest Home, Placer County, by
which capitalists have taken hold of extern
sive placer claims in that section and have
| commenced active operations.
1t is reported that the Peek ranch mines,
Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, have
capitalists for $4,000. There is an area of
about $50 acres on the locations.
The Utica Company is preparing to put
on twelve new concentratorsa at the Stickles
mill. Calaveras County.
Mark B. Kerr is pushing work on the
South Paloma, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras
County. The old tunnel has been cleared
out and retlmbered and shaft will be
driven down on the lead from the bottom
of the tunnel and an upraise made to the
outfall.
There is some little revival of mining
around Havilah, Kern County.
Work has been started on the Owens
| mines, Julian, San Diego County, after an
idleness Of five years.
At the Good Hope mine in Southern
California forty-five men have leased
ground and are working on their own
account, paying 20 per cent royalty.
There were 27l miners employed at
Bodie, Mono County, last month, but when
the snow gets bad many of these will be
discharged.
1t cost about $4,000 to do the annual
assessment work in the camp at Bodie,
Mono County. this year.
All the Bodie cyanide works are running
full blast at present but when the snow
begins to fly they will shut down.
Some eighty acres of Government land
have been located near Atlas Peak, Napa
| County, where there are indications of
paying quartz.
Ophir district, Placer County, expects a
needed mining revival. Many of the old
mines are being reopened and new pros
poets are being developed on all sides.
The Gold of Ophir Mining and Develop
| which has secured in Placer County the
Green, St. Patrick or the Doig of Ophir,
| the old black ledge and the Nevada Hill on
Bald Prairie, and the Alderman, three
miles east of Auburn. These are all to be
| reopened and actively worked.
C. D. Lane of the Utica mine at Angels
Camp has been examining some gold
| nardlno and Riverside counties. The
claims are owned or controlled by Joseph
Brown and John Simmons.
A number of new lodges have recently
been located in Indian Valley, twelve
miles from Hay Fork, trinity County.
The Tacoma smelter has run continu-
ously for five years, except close down of
thirty days during the strike on the North
ern Pacific last year.
A new ledge is being opened up near the
head of Olive Creek, in Greenhorn, about
ten miles from Austin station, Oregon.
The mines on Callahan Creek, near
Troy, Mont. are just now in q fourishing
condition, development having been re-
sumed on a number of silver properties.
The Bonanza and Young America mines
in Stevens County, Wash. have been
started up again. Most of the owners are
residents of Spokane.
Considerable active development work is
going on in Julian district, San Diego
County.
The Ranchito mine and ranch in San
Diego County have been purchased for
$500 by Cave j. Corits of San Diego from
Mrs. Lopez.
At the Niagara mine, near French Gulch,
Shasta County, the outlook is more en-
couraging than foryears past, rich body
of ore having recently been struck. They
have force of forty men.
The Schroeder quartz mill on Deadwood
Mountain, about nine miles south of
Yreka. Siskiyou County, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The mill was one of the
best equipped in Northern California and
was valued at $4,000. 1t will be rebuilt in
the spring, as negotiations are pending for
the sale of the mine.
The Yreka Journal hears that San
Francisco company has made an offer of
1000 for the Espey, Hunter & Co. claim
and pumping machinery at Hawkinsville.
British Columbia has amended her min
eral act so as to give the owner of claim
all minerals within his boundary lines
continued vertically downward. This is
hard on the lawyers, as it will put stop
to a great deal of litigation.
In one issue of q Cripple Creek (Colo.)
| newspaper there are published III notices
of applications for mining papents.
The Northwest country furnishes the
| latest story about assessment work. 81
know of one claim" said an old-uimer at
/ Silver Bow Basin, "the surface ground of
which takes in the graveyard on Chicken
Ridge. That man has held his claim for a
number of years on funerals. Every time
grave was dug he would give his affidavit
that his assessment work was done for
that year"
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