The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-13

pany owning this promising property will
soon supply the money and resume opera
TONS
A large air compressor and hosting
works are to be put into the Gladstone
NINE at French Gulch, Shasta County.
Sinking to greater depth is to go on at
TINS famous old mine.
The promising Tapping mine, owned by
Robert Cochran, Jesse Tourtelotte and
M A Brady, is operating with a force of
half dozen men, and is reviving the
reputation of Deadwood for its marvellous
rich yield. Several small seams of gold
ore in the lower workings recently de-
Veloped into veins of exceedingly r1ch
rock, and the quartz now being removed
IS estimated in value at $1,000 per ton.
Eighteen or twenty tons are ready for
Shipment to Selby's. That ore Whlch is
more of free gold character is being
treated by an arastra. A tunnel Is being
driven to catch the rich veins at greater
depth of nearly 100 feet, where 1t is hoped
TO lind them converged-Reddlng Search
light.
The river miners on the klamath feel
hopeful of having a fine season during
the coming summer, as the river Will be
low,to commence work soon, in Wlngdam-
ming and putting up wheels and derricks
Iney Will wait, however, until al Ter March
before commencing, as there might pos
sibly come a heavy freshet before April
In the meantime the miner Will get out
tfmbers and procure lumber, TO be IN
readiness at the proper time.-freka
Journal.
lee quartz mine at Humbug, just above
the old Spencer mine, Siskfyou County,
by San Francisco company, represented
by w. F. Shurtliff as manager and su,
perfntendent. AS socn as the claim is well
opened good pay is anticipated.
The Salmon River country has had its
Iuli share of the much-needed rams ana
deep SHOWS are reported in the hlgner al,
tftudes. This is what the miners needed
to assure good season for those work
ing In placers. The Salmon River mining
district is opening up at r;apld rate ana
deserves much better facilities for get
ting freight than at present oDtainable
The section would naturally procure all
or It's supplies at Redding IL the much
needed roads were pushed from TINS SIDE
Several large companies are now operat-
Ing in the placers of that district and
quartz propositions are also beginning 10
attract the attention of those who mine
on a large scale. The district is one of
unusual promise and is retarded only
drought the lack of adequate transport
alton facilities.-Redding Searchllght.
William Kemp, a copper mining expert,
has been inspecting copper proposition
in Del Norte County In the interest of
London investors
The Ball mine. located on Eddys. Gulch.
near the old klamath mine, is being ope-
rated by the Ohio Mine and Milling Com
pany, under the supervision OF L. y. Ball
of Ohio, who Is meeting with very good
results. He has recently run a tunnel
about thirty feet from the main tunnel
and struck very rich ledge OF ore he
just llLlSH6Q milling ninety i've tOho
of ore which paid him SIS a ton. Mr.
Ball has a number of men at work at
present and intends to greatly Increase
his force in the spring.-Scott valley Ad-
vance.
The Denver Republican says the figures
for the output of the Cripple Creek dis
January, and an Increase of more than
a quarter of million dollars over the
corresponding month of the previous year
The output for the month was 81 24o tons,
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total of 81, 149, AGO. as against $SS6,000 for the
corresponding month last year.