The San Francisco call., 1896-05-11

chard products 1t Is therefore all the more
signincant to see the Netrs of that city. in COM
mon with the papers published in the full
glare OF gold mining rejuvenescence. realize
tnst california is on the eve of great gold
mining revival. Our contemporary has the
wisdom to know that such movement points
70 better times for every section and In
oustry in the State. With their large circu-
iation and influence In the Eastern States the
papers OF Southern California can do useful
WORK In calling attention TO the unequaled op-
portunities existing in California for profitable
Investment In mining properties. The Ne'ps
says:
Al VIII not be speculative boom, but rush OF
ooha-nde home seekers, who will come to stay and
cast tneir fortunes with u.s. 1t will be craze Tor
ue'eIopment, n craze for bettering ana Deauthy-
ihE the country that the hands OF nature left as
the most perfect in the world. II VIII be
rivalry In gardens,' in homes in lovely roads, in
comforting walks, III institutions OF learning, In
Pnysicat trainiug-in " ord, this favored lana
VIII oe appreciated and its people more generous,
more intellectual and more perfect physically.
IN sha' coming day we Will have new BLOOD ana
oetter oiood-a new people without the traditions
and without the Incidence OF the present inhabi-
tshts' Iney VIII come from less genial ciimes but
they VIII bring their energy, their enterprise,
'heir taste and love for the beautiful
While gold mining is receiving so much at
tennon there is uncommon activity among the
copper mines In the northern end OF the state.
Ihe freka Journal has this to say:
several claims OF copper lodges have lately been
located nj the head Of Indian Creek, above Happy
camp 10 this county, along the Coast Range d.
viding sisktyou and Del Norte counties, and also
on the head OF the Illinois River, which rises at
the Del Norte and Sskiyou boundary, running
nortnward Into Josephine County Or. The ledges
also contain considerable gold and silver and &c Is
propaoie that other rich discoveries OF gold and
ha = rlw-An mt nj N
near Preston's Peak, at Copper Lake Copper
Lake evidently feeds the Illinois River and Alt
mouse Greek, running down the north side of tho
Slsklyon Mountain into Oregon, aud also Indian
creek and Thompson Creek, running southwark
INTO Klamath River, near Happy Camp.
This indicates serious lack of thorough ex-
pleration and prospecting to discover the min
eral wealth lying hidden in the northern
mountains. The great copper mine at Waldo
mas turned the attention of the world to the
rich possibilities of that section. The Crescent
City Courier says;
Mr.. Elmer of the copper mines is to be back from
Baltimore about May /, when hustle will begin
at waldo. The company has bought the Strong
iarm' which lies across the mouth of the raviue
upon which the mines are situated, and this will
be used as base of supplies The company is
strong one and will probably expend some $780,
600 In development work ard frstclass smelling
plant within twelve months. There is no question
pany's financial ability.
The transformation of the Laundry Farm
alameda County, steam railroad into an cleo
trle road and its consolidation with the Ala
media, Oakland and Piedmont electric system
will probably be celebrated about the 25th
INST by grand excursion and picnic of school,
children, as the Alameda Encfndl announces
that J. II. Young, representing the company,
mas made proposition to that effect TO the
Alameda Board of Education.
The San Jose Mercury calls attention to the
serious injury which the customs authorities
are working to the prune industry of Cali
fornia. They are admitting stuffed prunes as
dried prunes, whereas in reality they are q
connection. and instead OF exacting the duty
OF l21z cents pound imposed on CONNECTIONS
they require only IL cents pound. which is
the already too low rate on dried prunes Our
contemporary thus described the article:
The stuffed prune Is q prune within a prune.
Both are highly sugered. the pits are removed,
and within large prune is placed a small one
They have not the slightest relation to the dried
product They are essentially a candy, and yet
they are not required to pay tariff higher than
that which is imposed on dried prunes.
In addition to the wrong done prune-growers
is that which California manufacturers of
glace fruits are made TO suffer by this course
This is steadily becoming great industry, for
the glace fruits manufactured in this State are
superior to those produced anywhere else in
the world. More than that, they are the
purest, daintiest and most wholesome Con-
fection in the market, and the development of
the market for California products should give
careful attention to this product. Prune-
growers and glace-fruit manufacturers are
equally interested in moving to stop this evil.
The people at Hanford evidently appreciate
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the following paragraph from the Hanford
Democrat:
C. J. Hobler and B. A. Fassett, the latter repre-
senting the w. W. Batemsn estate, have made a
tender of sixteen lots to the Hanford Valley rail-
road committee, In case the Valley road will pass
through the eastern part of the city, The lots are
10 be donated, without price, and deeds will be
given when called for. The lots on the line of
survey made In the eastern part OF the city, This
is the proper spirit, and before many days there
are others who are expected to be rs liberal A
strong pull Will be made to secure the building of
the road on the east side OF the city.
Asimilar feeling is displayed throughout the
San Joaquin Valley.
The San Bernardino Sun says that the Colum-
bia Colonization Company has filed deeds to
several thousands of acres of land which 1t has
bought in the Mojave Desert. This is the com.
pany organized to impound the waters of the
AiogefV AbAfCi ~ u punt dDOfe iuelE QlSappear-
ance. Says our exchange:
Near Victor the Mojave River pours its waters
through narrow gorge Of solid rock an ideal place
for such dam as the proposed, for the founds,
tion, when bedrock reached with the solid
rock for the sides, would make q foundation for a
dam that would be solid the rock ITSELF to be
constructed at very low estimate Of cost COM
pared to the immense amount Of water the reser.
v0ir would contain.
The proposed dam will hold 1s6, ,0Oo, ,oOo 900 gal
Ions Of water, being twenty-sx times the capacity
OF the Bear Valley Reservoir while there is plenty
Of the finest and rich of Southern California soil
right at hand that could be made fertile with this
water placed upon 1t.
The work OF constructing the dam is to be
begun at once.
southeastern Oregon is really more a part of
California than of Oregon, as the natural
western outlet of the broad and wonderfully
fertile basin OF the Klamath lakes is the sacra
mento Valley and the bay Of San Francisco
AS yet this splendid empire in updevaIo,,aa