Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1897-06-25

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der companies with 500 tons Of low
grade ore from which to obtain
sulphuric acid. IL this expert
ment proves satisfactory, there
will be considerable required.
At the annual meeting OF the
| Nobel Dynamite Trust Co, in
London lately, it was stated by the
chairman that in order to protect
the trade In the United States they
were considering the advisability
Of establishing factories both in
the East and the West.
1t is believed that by the close
of this century. the demand for
gold, great as it is, will he exceed
ed by the demand for copper.
Copper will be king in the sunrise
years of the twentieth century
At Chochiti. New Mexico, a
miners protective association has
been formed, the object of which is
to bring about arbitration in cases
Of confiictions or disputes affecting
mining claims in the district.
In one or two sections OF Colo
RADIO restriction" of the ore pro.
duct is suggested, with the curious
argument that the building of
mills Is beng overdone and that 1t
may occur that there will ultimate
~ be more mills than there is ore
II such he the possibility, It were
better to curtail the mill building
rather than the ore production, but
with the admirable Colorado sys
tenn of railroad distribution such
plut is unlikely. 1t is one Of the
things that regulates itself. So
far, the ore product has kept ahead
There is soma stir in southern
Oregon oyer discoveries OF quartz
on the headwaters of Elk creek,
about forty miles north of Medford,
and mpny people from that aud
other towns have gone to the scene
rhe mines are reported to cover a
territory Gvs miles by ten. The
formation is said To be blanket
u nder covering of lava.
Since the refusal of the South
ern California Railroad to pay
over 81 barrel for oil at Los
producers have been dis
organi2Ad Inst week, however.
the producers in the field in Los
Angeles perfected closer organ
izalion and entered into M agree
ment to ship 10000 barrels, but
they refuse to say when 1t is to be
shipped.
At rock drilling contest in
Helena, Mont, on the 18th inst,
Davy and Free,hy OF Butte WOO
first money, drilling Al Is Is inch
es in fifteen minutes. rhe same
team made a record of 80 inches ~
Spokane, Wash last year. W.
Bieber Of Lump eulch, Mont,
angle handed drilled l5s inches in
ten minutes. There were 1000
miners on the gronpd.
A peculiar freak was played by
at the Silver King mine
at Park City, Utah, last week. A
bolt first struck aud shattered the
flagstaff at the entrance to the
main shaft. after which it ran
down the shaft on An air pipe to
the S00-foot level. AT this point
it struck drift which il followed
for q distance of 400 feet, knocking
down miner who was loading q
car, ~
The Importance of accuracy IN
every step in securing legal IT'LL to
property is illustrated in
the contest over the Hull City
placer OF 1870 acres on which the
.ownsite OF Independence In the
Cripple Greek, Col, district Is To-
,ated, and which is rated in value
1t from $l,00O,000 to $5,000.000.
Validity OF the patent issued TO
he claimants is assailed on the
me point of whether or not $500
worth of work was pnt upon the
ground as required by law to be
lone before the patent issues.
The professionals previously carried
he chse. on decisions adverse to
hem, up through the General
land Office at Washington to the
OF the Interior, who al
owed the cass to be reopened on
he one point mentioned above.
Seventy five years ago some
indians brought from the State of
Guerrero, Mexico, specimens Of
Ehat they called crystal chips"
nd presented them TO Gen. vi.
ente Guerrero, who discovered
hst they we're valuable diamonds,
nd which we're equal to the best
indians from Golconda Traces Of
be bs5s were lost.