The herald., 1896-08-09
MINES AND MINERS

In the rock drilling contest at the COM
ing state fair there will be two prizes OF
| $4,000 each. the purses to be divided into
three moneys, the team putting down the
hole quickest to take first money, the next
| second and the last the third. The first
team will get $3.50, he second 500 and he
third $50. The rock to be used will be Fol-
| som granite, and the holes are to be down
hole and Il half upper. at an angle of about
4O degrees. Entries must be made by Sep
tember 1st. The following rules and regu-
lations have been adopted:
Team-A team In a uouble-hand contest
consists of two men.
Steel-The men are to furnish hammers
and drills.
Hammers-Hammers must weigh with
| out handle not to exceed eight 80 pounds.
Drills--All drills are to be of u or an inch
inches from the bit.
Storke--One man to strike at time.
Iurn-One man to turn drill at time.
turning and from turning to striking as
often as they desire-generally changes are
made each minute or. half minute:
Tfme-The time of drilling Is fifteen Q5l
minutes Mt each hole.
Judges-Three judges are to have charge
of the contest, they to be appointed by the
Timekeepers-Two timekeepers are to be
appointed by the association, whose duty
1t Is to see that each team drills fifteen
minutes, no more and no less.
The winning team-The winner in a con-
test Is the team drilling the deepest hole
In the fifteen minutes drilling.
| Rock--The rock to be a block of Folsom
or Rocklin granite-the harder and more
uniform the better-and is to be placed on
TO be tipped up so the holes in it will be
drilled at an angle of about As degrees up
ward. One piece to, be fiat so the hole. can
rock which are to be drilled must be faced
| The judges mark off the face of the rock
in squares of not less than five inches each,
each square to be marked by number.
, The pursuit of mining Is the most fas-
| clnating, alluring, yet dangerous. of all the
| folowings in this enlightened age. In its
uncertainty lies its fascination, in the oc.
| casional bonanza strike lies the allurement
and In It's danger is found the spice of
| action.
But the most romantic and suggestive
feature about mines is found in the names
| applied to them by their locators. Those
titles are symbolical of every passion, con,
| dition and department of life, and could
| the circumstances which determined some
OF these strange names be told It would
average story book of fiction.
A very laughable case came to light this
morning, where a man travelled a long dis
had located mine some time ago under the
name of David Hill. but becoming dissat-
| isfed with the doings of the party. which
that gentleman represented, he relocated
his claim the other day with the title of
Bill Mckinley. He is not alone in his dis
satisfaction or politics: fol. there are num-
man and his party.
Drs. Huff and Dickey. C. B. Cox and Jo-
SFGMn cHm 9avf ia the d
occasioned by an over abundance of salt
pork upon the desert.
Some poor prospeector had evidently used
his last drop of snake bite" when the
Dry Times and Whisky jug mines were To-
Gated, and the men We're evidently in hard
Good Luck, Hope. Que -d xccident lem ne New Wood Good
Hope and Last Dollar mines.
Some very laughabe names are found
Mamma's Baby, GO Gold 3 Bug, ie Afterthought, ought
Bully Roy. Belzebub, Hard to Find. Ready
Cash, Rainy Night. Yellow Dog and You
Bet. These names are but few of the
thousands in existence equally as peculiar
| and the titles most significant to the owner
are those perhaps which appear most com
monplace 10 the observer
One of the superstitions attached to
names among miners Is that no claim To-
Gated under the name Fourth of July has
ever paid.-San Rernardino Times-Index.
Globe says the Phoenix Gazette is today
the liveliest town in all the southwest.
Mining activity is greater than ever be-
sold. Work has again begun on the Old
Dominion and at their smeters. also at
the Buffalo 1O0-ton pockets are being added
poets for silver and good prices for cop
per, which latter metal is the leading pro-
duct Of the camp, causes the activity. For
years the Old Dominion alone has produced
annually 100000 pounds of copper.
/ A California letter to the New York Sun
| says the quicksilver mines of California
| are profitable properties. For the three
| months ending May | the net earnings Of
| the Etna mine in Napa county We're $40, 400
T. ' The net earnngs % Of M tRs Napa safa consoi
| idated for the quarter ending June ] were
s2204S. The regular quarterly dividend OF
$4,000 and an extra dividend of the same
amount were paid on July ]. a-.
| The Arizona Journal places the Rapid
| Transit among the list of regular silver
| copper producerG of the territory. Five
| large bars of copper bullion, valued a $500
were shipped to San Francisco on the 2lst
| ult. -
| Ore valued at 500 per ton is being taken
| from the bottom of the Bald Butte mine
| shaft, which is four miles from Prescott
| Ariz. The shaft has been in good milling
ore for some time past.
Through the courtesy of w. N. Kelley we
were today shown a sample of ore taken
from the Monte Cristo mine, on Groom
creek. but six miles from Prescott. that
excels anything in the line of beauty and
richness ever displayed anywhere. The
ore is from a depth Of 100 feet, and Is held
together by wire silver of immense wealth,
value. in gold sulphurets. Looking at the
| sample through a magnifying glass the
view that greets the eye is more like that
of a panorama than the dull impression
conveyed usually by such commodities. If,
a few years ago, such a piece of ore was
displayed. as Mr.. Kelley says, there would
be locator for every foot of the ground
present in few hours after 1t was known.
and that too, IL men had to walk to 1t in