The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12
Now a Soldiers Wife.
NEWS OF THE MINES.

1 Commission are, of course, too full of l war duties to even recall now that such
 a thing as restraining dams are contem- plated. There will be little use in talking about those restraining dams while the war lasts. But meantime a subordinate and a few men are still at work explor- ing possible foundations for dams, and when the war is over and the Federal engineers return to the ways of peace they will have a few more items of data for their plans and report when they get around to them.
 The Fresno Republican gives this brief glimpse at one of the latest of those little local "rushes" that happen here and there now and then: The Trimmer Springs mining excitement Is abating somewhat in Selma as several prospec- tors have returned home and do not give glowing reports of the camp 1t Is be- lieyed that the gold in that section Is con- fined to the one pocket that was first dis covered"
 From the current issue of the Amador Republican the following notes of lead ing mines in Amador County are gained. It is reported that work will be resumed at the Alma under new management after the annual meeting in July. The South Eureka is now diyidend-payer, and with enlargement and development in depth will be one of the great mines of that region. Some fast sinking has been done in the Central Eureka-135 feet in one month at a cost of $S 50 a foot. There is d report of another great strike in the Gwin mine. The Argonaut has declared Dividend No. 4 of $20, 0,000, making a total of $SO,0OO. Besides this, the company has q cash surplus of over SS0,0OO in bank, to- gether with over $20.000 worth of rock on the dump, and $I0,000 worth of sulphur cts on hand, making their surplus over $lg0 ,OOU; not bad showing for mine
 NT mil Cil mt n ago. The Zella mill will soon close temporarily while the old shaft IS sunk 200 feet deeper
 The latest operations of the Mountain Copper Company, which increased Cali lorna S copper product seven fold in 1887 are thus described by the Bedding
 The big smelters at Keswick are all in full blast. Ground is being prepared, ex- tending the roasting surface, and the fa- cilities about the big plant are undergo ing constant improvement. The large pumping plant on the river above the mouth of Spring Creek will be in opera tion in two weeks, and thereafter no de- lays will result for lack of water sup ply. To protect the works against acci- dent duplicate system of pumps and engines has been placed in position. The new matte furnace, used to reduce the matte product of the water jacket fur
 naces, has just completed a very suc- cessful run. This resmelting of the matte increases the percentage of value and re- duces the freight charges across the con- tinent to the refinerieS. At the mine a larger force of men is at present em- ployed than ever before. The product of the mine has been largely increased to supply the smelting capacity. Power drills are being placed in position on the Hornet claim
 A w and w. J. Dale of Cloverdale, who were among the Coffee Creek rush. CTS of last year, are returning there with mill and mining supplies for property secured in that region.
 Brown & Reeder, who were in Yreka a week ago with over $2l00 from a weeks 8 run of their little mill at Shasta River in Fools Paradise district, below the cleo tric light plant, have taken out $500 more in only day and a half run of the mill since. They have one of the richest quartz mines in Northern California, and the more it is developed the richer 1t seems to pay.-Yreka Journal.
 The Crescent City Record says letter from Orleans Bar, on the Klamath River, states that very few men are employed in the mines whereabouts. The scarcity of water has prevented the usual amount of mining, and quite a number of miners have been compelled to quit the diggings and seek employment elsewhere. Later on river mining will be good owing to low ness of the Klamath River.
 Florian Ler1ay, who has been opening tbe-oid Hagedorn & Wademan ledge on C;reenhorn, says the Yreka Journal pounded out twenty-six ounces of gold from specimen quartz laid one side, show ing gold to the naked, eye, and crushed f3ve, ions in which gold was not visible, real;zinp SIS. He is still taking out good looking quartz, with ledge varying from ej1teen to eighteen inches wide, and get ting wider as he sinks down deeper into 'ii The Altoona quicksilver mine is now nroducing about $50 flasks per month, and eemploys er about eighty men, The mine is rla,.a Fed to depth of over 400 feet. and opsi .ls;s danth a splendid showing is made. Tbe al si'fs heavy flow of water that for time .,.as a.,s source of great expense to the orners has been entirely overcome. Anew nacktrain of thirty animals mas been es-