The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
Californians Will Be on Hand at Salt Lake
 This Week.
The Amended Bllt Exempting -~ Soldiers From Assess .'':.: mentS.

which WilT' meet Tn sat- l1She Sily lHls week, :wiil be attnnded by quite a large number of. the Representative mirdng men of this State who. have boGn Tamed as delegates. Among the. San Francisco dele gates who: will be there are' w. s. Reyes, George Stone; j.. J. Crawford, and prob- ally l. F. I1alloran: editor of the Mining and Scientific Press. There will be repre- sentatives from all the EaAtern mining States. as well as the Western and CanadiaIi:ptovinces It. will be great event in infning history. and will have much inhnence on Congress!onal legisla- ton. s*:.
 The Senate hlil exGfnptiq1; enlisted mine or claim owners from the, requirement of Si00 worth of asseSsrneht work annually has been, materially and wisely amended in the House committee, has been report cd and will. soon become: dl law As the j bflf passed the Senate 1t was pregnant with trouble and .litgation, particularly ' fin. relation to the .duties: of 'co-owners who stay at nome. Many soldiers from kCalifornIa. as well as all other Western States, are claim owners, and many have partners in such ownership. The House committed has added the following amend merit, which promises to smooth the way of the law:
 Those desiring to take advantage of this act shall file a notice in the clerk office where the location certificate of said mne is recorded befOre the expiration or the assessment year giving notice or his enlistment and notice Of his desire 10 hold said claim under this act. IT any such enlisted soldier or sailor has co-owner or owners in any mining claim ana Who are not in the army or navy, and Such CO., owner or owners fall 10 do such a proPoi- tion of $l00 worth of work per annum as sthe interest of such non-enlisted person or persons bears to the whole claim then such. interest shall be open to relocation pf bpr nnalifaH person or persons by their doing the necessary work thereon and filing an affidavit of labor showing the forfeiture and that the relocators had done the annual work required or such non-enlisted persons and succeeded them in right under this act. which work may be. done at any time after the expiration of the assessment year and before owners resume work thereon. The work and alii- 'davit aforesaid shall operate as transfer of said forfeited interest from the former Q owners to sail relocators.
 A Washington correspondent writing of mining Legislation last week reported the following intereS ting proposition expected to come before Congress for defeat: "A movement is on fcQt in the House to reduce tho present legal dimensions of a min ing claim. about .one-haif.;. IL Is asserted that if a minng claim Is good, whether it be of gold or>slN.er, 390 by f50 feet Is large enough for.any .e'nG, lndiYdual. If 1t is not a good claim, then it is inOre. than any miner wants: s1Ale@great9st foe. to ihineral development "in.sany: State, It: is asserted is the excessive nlmber of claims held by a few persons A blu has: been prepared to compel every :mine owner 10 work out his assessmenty .aud:sto allow no man. to. hold more: than. otie iode*or placer mine at a time and reduce the size of all claims to 300 by 75e .feet.ii: :: =.
 A prQposition: for "a 1Og-stainp. mill on the South EaToifna ;Inine or group Qt. mines IS: e5ie .of.*the. big things reported from. the mother lt5de this week. The: ore is rather: low. :I5Tade; and Ii wfn he neces- sary to .han>ae:i ii.. great *leaf of 1t iTT order to make it+pay. Reports from other mines rather than of rich :strikes.-Stockton h. dependents%:. :.: :'. -:
 Charles .AntherIy's. mlli Iii. Paaamirt- Mountains Is now runuing on ore from his mines and GUS tetu ore from the Ratcliff mines Many mi he-owners have ore to crush, and it looks as if fhe mill would be run steadily for an indeilntte. time,-Inyo
 Things have taken, a decided change. at the Stamford mine. and the ledge Is now pany which has; pcoperty Tonded from John CaldwelI has been begging away faithfully for about a-year, and 1t Is to be hoped that they. VIII be. richly rewarded The ledge is about fifteen inches in siz6- Grass Valley: gniogi :, E. =" =;
 The old llncle; sam: mine at Arastra- hoist It ts: bonded by ;Messrs. Hoffman, Richards:et nj. ;'Eflis old mine has a good reputation for mineral worth.
 Recent letters.' from -EX-Superintendent . who. has beer for. the past tkree years on an annual salary of 5000 near Johannes burg: South Africa. state. that. on account of the going out of. the pay chimneys in the eighteen miles, length of:ledges there, he will soon -retiIrn to Oakland, Cal, where his family has. locafed =:
 The Gantere mine Is under the super intendency of E. l.. Long. son of William c. Long: eX- Marshal. of California; both being shareholders-~ The gold value in fhneness Is most remarkable. there being only one other instance in this county. that Is the Gutseppi..where $20 e flnencss is found. This new ind gives a mill test of :SS to per, ton. A very perfect. and com 'plete up-to~date mill of twenty stamps is. in full running order, four concentrat- ors doing good work,-Tuolumne Inde-
 A deed was filed for record with the County. Recorder last Monday whereby Percy L. Shuman transfers considerable valuable mining properties in this county to the North Star Consolidated Gold Mines Company. the consideration being ? 'chaser's' capital and $20 900 cash. accord- ing. to a certain agreement previously en- tered into. The property. affected by. the transfer Is the original North Star mine, the Three Ball placer mine; the Shuman placer mine, the New Combination placer mine and mineral rights in Cornow Home stead. the Baudin tract and the sole and exclusive right tp extract and remove minerals In the North Star gravel channel or Deep Blue lead, formerly known as the Magufre ground. 1n the transfer a ten stamp mill situated upon the Empire gravel mine is. also included.-Calaveras Citizen.
 :'The Rawhide mine keeps on it's even tenor. Forty stamps. are pounding. away day and night. At the chlorination plant the fires in their respective furnaces are always going. The reduction of large quantities of sulphurets are being chlor- inated all the time. From: this source alone the output of bullion is very large The main sheft..is 400 deep. One hundred and two men make the total force em- ployed on. the property.-!Tu6lumne Inde- pendent. ..
 A special meeting of the Nellie Mining Company Is called for July. II at Stock : ton .the purpose. being to: increase the capital stock of the company to $250 000 The Nellie company not long ago bond ed the: Albany Flat and: Storm King quartz: mines In this county.-Calaveras Last week parties from. San Francisco came up and confmenc6d work on the DauphiTi mine, owned by Meuna Bros. & < Dauphini situated in Wet Gulch, about three miles: east of Jesus .Maria.-Cala- Veras PTosIett ..:
 R. " Hatton; agent. for. the Washing ton Mining Company, has arranged for reopening and prospecting. the Peabody mine" Grass Valley ::disrrict. Messrs. Opie Hart. and .GarFand tweEe given a lift on tribute, and are privileged. to. extract 300 tons of. ore. The Peanody Is a rich mine. and some remarkably free gold are vrns :fnkari: off of If liTdar rrrae-ij-