The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-29

NOulu GOsL IrOm SoU,OUU 10 FlZ0tUUO. Inc site
of the dam will be 1000 feet above tidewater,
thus afording ample fall to irrigate adjacent
territory"
Experiments in hemp-growing In the vicin-
ity OF Gridley seem to indicate that an indus
try of much importan ee to this coast is about
to be developed there. The Gridley Herald
furnishes this information:
IN. s. Kinks ranch, about two miles east of
Gridley, consists mainly of rich bottom lands.
1t has heretofore been devoted to grain, but
this year Mr.. Kirk, who is from Illinois, deter
mined to try more profitable crop. Two hum
dred acres were thoroughly piowed and cult
waited and planted to hemp. 1t has made q
marvellous growth and now stands on an aver
age nine feet high, and by the time it is ready
for cutting it will reach a height of fifteen
feet. Mr.. Kirk expects to cut the crop by har-
vesters, the plant then being left to cure in the
field. When it is dry it will be hauled to the
river or reservoir and there soaked until rot
ten, when the fiber is separated and shipped
East for manufacture into hempen products
large lot of machinery has been brought
from the East for the purpose of breaking the
hemp and is now being placed in position by
employees"
The Copperopolis mines are to be opened.
"They have been shut do wn for several years."
says the Stockton Aail, ''as at the time of their
closing the price of copper was so low that it
did not pay to work them. Now matters are
different. for the increased demand for copper
caused, among other things by the great de-
velopment in all sorts of electrical devices, has
sent the price up to such figure that the
Ames estate, to which the mines at Coppero-
polls belong, has decided to open them up
once more.
'If the Copperopolis mines start again, as
r certain n
Stockton's advantage, for when they were in
operation before this city was made the base of
supplies for everything used by the miners.
They did great deal more buying here than
the gold miners farther up along the road.
For this reason the local merchants viii be in
terested in the statement that copper is
again to be mined there.
"There has never been any doubt as to the
richness of the mines at Copperopolis. They
are said to be far richer in copper than the
great Anaconda mine in Montana that was re-
Gently SOLD to Partisan syndicate for fabu-
lous sum. The great difficulty has been in
operating them and getting the product to
market. The mines are some distance from
the railroad, and it is possible If they are
opened up again on any larger scale, as is con-
templated, q branch road may be run from
the Milton line 10 the mines. When copper
was very low the mines were found to be I'M
III oplIe VI buelT TICHHeSS, UuG now
that the price of the metal has advanced SO
materially there is fortune for the owners in
the mine"
At La Grange, MERGED County, an electric
light and power plant is to be established and
the current transmitted to Stockton for manu-
featuring purposes. Commenting on this mat
ter the Hanford Journal observes: "The con-
stantly increasing number of plants applying
the millions of horsepower of wasted energy of
the Sierras promises very shortly TO bring
about development that has for years been
retarded by an absence of cheap power. With
the advent OF cheaper power will come man.
ufacturing population that will create a mar
ket for the many products of our farms with
out intervening railroad charges between pro-
Queer and consumer"