The San Francisco call., 1897-03-28

growing rapidly in Colorado, is stimulating
the demand for miners and increasing he gold
product and the general prosperity. Thou
sands of miners are their own employers,
taking chances on profits and in many cases
making good wages where companies would
fail. Miners individually or in small associa-
tions operate mines on this plan and employ
other miners at standard wages. This is not
so frequently done in this State, though there
are plenty of opportunities. few months
ago man with q little knowledge OF mining
left the rest OF the unemployed in San Fran
cisco and went TO Calaveras County, where he
began tunneiing gravel from drift deposit
and washing it, under an arran cement with
the owners of the land. Now he employs
about TWEEN ty men, paying wages TO the men
and percentage to the owners, and regularly
pocketing profits.
Coal has be en- discovered fifteen miles from
Randsburg. It's extent and value have not
been ascertained yet
During the week ending March IL fifty-one
locations were led with the Recorder of the
Randsburg district.
half interest in the Bella Union mine on
the American River near Auburn has been ac-
quired by Peter A. Hart for $4,000.
seventy-seyen mining locations were filed
in Riverside County during February.
Oil has risen to 81 90 barrel at Los Angeles,
So ton. A year ago the price was so cents q
barrel.
John NJ. Rademaker of San Francisco, who Is
known in the mining world in connection
with the Gold King amalgamator, Is about to
send to Calaveras County for q practical test
of an invention which is an interesting at
tempt at an improved method of reducing
cement gold bearing gravel. As such gravel
is now crushed in stamp mills or by other
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will be watched by many who are interested
in drift mining. This cement gravel mill is a
cylinder fifteen feet long, the sides of which
are half-inch longitudinal steel bars with
quarter-inch spaces. Inside two rows of auto
matte hammers weighing seventeen pounds
each are arranged in two rows of spiral ar
rangement. AS the cylinder revolves gravel is
fed through hopper along with jet of water.
The cylinder is inclined, and as it revolves
the material is worked along, being constantly
struck by the gravity hammers. Reduced ma
terlal goes through the interstices to sluice,
and boulders pass out at the end. The steel
cylinder weighs 1900 pounds is on roller
bearings end the incline is adjustable. The
inventor expects to handle from 100 to 500
tons per day. according TO the gravel, with a
five horse power.
Julian Sonntag, who recently resigned the
secretaryship of the California Miners Asso-
citation owing to the press of his private busi-
ness. has been prevailed upon to withdraw
his resignation
After some years of idleness the Nevada
Queen mine at Tuscarora, New, is to be started
up again.
The Rose mine, San Be-nardino County is
putting on a large force of men and is sinking
from the 700 level. Their 10-stamp mill is
running night and day, besides shipping con-
siderable high-grade ore.
The old Jeff Davis mine in the Morongo dis
trict, San Bernardino County, has been pur-
chased by San Francisco capitalists, repre-
sented on the grounds by G. L. Brown and NJ.
E. and W. Barclay the latter being superin-
tendent. They have put ten men at work.
The deepest shaft is down 100 feet. They have
also purchased the Old Woman spring and
two or three claims from ]. Doyle, and expect
to put in mill at the spring at an early date.
They have also bonded a group of mines ten
miles from Victor to be worked by a company
called the Lafayette Gold Company.
In the Big Sandy, near Kelsey, El Dora do
County, a new ore body of good average size
and quality was struck last week at a depth of
$50 feet.
Charles Nelly ct al, of San Francisco, have
purchased the Perry ranch, 160 acres i'll El
Dorado County, in the vicinity of the Grand
Victory mine, six miles southeast of Placer
vile. They will incorporate and begin extern
sive development work within a few months.
Pennsylvania people are backing an enter
prise in reopening the French Hill property,
Ell Dorado County, and putting the 1O-stamp
mill in repair at Spanish Dry Diggings, six
miles north of Greenwood.
The Red Mountain Mining Company has
bonded its property, eight miles southeast of
Ukiah, TO n $4,000
NJ. McDougal is opening up the North Star
mine, Mariposa County, with six men sinking
shaft. They are down sixty feet and the
vein is four feet in width and prospects well
from wall to wall
Epstein & Bandman Of San Fran cisco have
inspected the Pittsburg mine. They found
the property in satisfactory shape. 1t is be-
lieved that plan is on foot to resume regular
operations at this once very productive mine,
which has tor years been worked in q desul-
tory sort of way.-Neyada County Transcript
The big tunnel at the Eureka Consolidated
drift gravel mine, above Fore5t Hill, Placer
County, was in a distance of 1882 feet on the
date of March IL. The rock is very soft and
gives evidence that the channel must be near
at hand. An upraise will soon be made. The
company owns six and q half miles OF estab-
lished channel on the divide that has SO far
produced over $50, 900, 900.
]. F. Parks, superin tendent of the Kennedy,
has been negotiating recently for the purpose
of securing bond for four years on the Good
Hope mine. Seventy-ive thousand dollars
is to be the purchase price, if the company
at the expiration of the term concludes to take
the mine.
The Deistlehorss dredger is operating day
ana night in the Klamath.
The McVey mine, which is located in Clap
board Gulch. Amador County, mas been
equipped with rolier-mill and is now crush
ing ore.
The Moore mine, Amador County, has been
sold to William Fleming of Chicago by E. NJ
Allen and others.
AT the Gwinn, Calaveras County, the main
work is being done on the 1900 and 400
eveIs, and ore is being taken out fast
enough to keep the 40-stamp mill running
night and day. About lis tons is crushed
every day and the owners are well satisfied
with the results.
The new management at the old copper
mine, four miles south of San Marcos, San
Diego County, has sunk shaft and got q
new ledge. which is not only richer in
copper .han the old one, but bears consider
able silver.
The Mountain Copper Company is rapidly
increasing Its smelling capacity at its Siskiyou
County mines, and in few weeks the third
smelter will be ready to charge. The second
furnace has been receiving ore for some time,
and the capacity of the ovens and surface
kilns has been taxed to the utmost. The new
surface kilns on the bluff opposite the smelter
are now being charged; with these the output
will be nearly trebled. The roasted or cal
cined ore will be carried to the smelters by
means OF a wire ropeway, now about COM
pleted. and great saving will result over the
old system of reloading into cars and hauling
the ore to its final destination.
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