Sierra County advocate., 1897-01-15
MINING ITEMS.

"a tmelRr nj trays harbo
Wash, 10 utilize the black sand 4
extensively found on the SO
beach" When that Is done IA
projectors can also bald a sola
engine. the power 10 be produce
from sunoeaus extracted iron
cucumbers.
There IL novel Lydrauli
mining plant on the Rogue rive
'esr Grants i'ass, Oregon. Tw,
large pumps have been put in-on,
centrifugal and the other dn
plez Gardner. The latter provides
water from the river for sluicinG
and the former for piping forcing
the water through nozzle ogainst
the bank.
ii. Il. Huntington and number
of engineers OF the Southern Paci-
fic Company have been in Rands
burg, Kern county, looking over
The ground, with view to building
branch from Mojave. People
connected with tho Atlantic and
Pacific have also been looking
over the county with the idea Of
building from Kramer.
In the San Carlos reservation,
Arizona, since the segregation Of
part OF the land. considerable pros.
pecting has been done and several
mining camps have been started.
The ore is mostly copper carrying
gold. Iu one district where large
bodies Of galena ore have been dis.
covered there are evidences OF
work having beenl done centuries
ago.
A receiver has been appointed |
for the Siskiyon Mining Company
IN Oregon near the California line.
il Ia Maryland corporation and
this action was taken 10 prevent
attachment being laid by creditors
before the copper ore on the
dumps could be marketed. II is
claimed that about 10000 have
BEEN spent on the mines, md that
there is on the dump $4,000 in
copper orc aud matte.
st meeting OF mine owners in
Inc new Ragged Top district in tho
Black Hills, South Dakota, an or
yanIzation has been formed mainly
or the purpose OF projecting ,
themselves against professional ,
:lsim jumpers aud blackmailers !
)ne OF the articles Of organization !
that whenever the mining I,
'round OF any member Is jumped,
le may appeal TO the Executive 4
committee or any member close at Q
Or assistance aud they shall i'm
nedlately accompany the owner :
nd eject the jumpers. !
Faet time has been made in il
irving the new shaft in the Utica :
line at Angels Camp, Ii is
hree compartment shaft aud the :,
brennan. Gahe p,ice, announces b
lat lao feet were made m thirty Il
avs in December, There were 4
,ree shifts Of four men each, en- =
Toying three machine drills. The 10
,ck which is hard gray slate, il
ad TO be- blasted from one foot be. ca
w the surface, aud is considered
hard as any in the mines II - -
kes on an average twenty four ro
lies TO put it down six feet, and I'll
Ills abou; eighty drills ID that dis ~
nee. y
The United states post Office au' en
critics are doiog good work iu
e East 10 mai az an lnyeeliga th
"a of the methods Of certain 50
ming brokers in New York anl !, /,
ler Eastern cities, who edvcr. pl,
g IN local newspapers and re fac
20 money 10 invest in certain sh'
,oks. 1t is claimed that ths in.
actors fn 1 that they keep SET ya,
books for mail orders and that wo
sc arc carefully doclored each To
, 30 that the victim ia certain to oo
e. Many complaints Of fraud - -
We bevn made and the Govern.
q, will take steps 10 Suppress lhi
m lmI
svndies'e composed ~ stand 49,
OIL Company people some time wa,
obtained options on properties ple
Ihe Deep Creek district. ttsh. an
! after having done some devel. WI wv
nent work are about 10 t.ke -. -
m up.