The San Francisco call., 1898-07-25
NEWS OF THE MINES.

The International Exposition at Toron- to, Canada, which will open the last Of August, will, it is gratifying to know. display mineral exhibit from the Rands- burg district, if from no other part of the State. The exhibit will be small one, and will be due to private enterprise, but it points to the advertising moral con- stantly needed to be kept in mind by every mining region of the State. It IS a pity that a splendid exhibit representing the whole State could not have been sent to Omaha, but that possibility is gone, and the next great opportunity will be the Paris Exposition. Our mineral represen- tation there depends on the next Legtsla- ture.
 The Randsburg district has fortunately got rid of its early boom and its fictitious operations, and has developed into a pros porous, steadily producing camp, with a promising and lasting future before it. The current mining news from Randsburg and vicinity is now made up of reports of genuine progress, important finds and legitimate developments. The perma- hence with depth of the ore values has been demonstrated.
 According to the Los Angeles Review the gold output of the Rand district the current year has been about $4OO coo. The output for the month of July will prob ably be increased over that Of the past three months, as the Yellow Aster Com pany will have their usual amount or ore milled this month. During June the Flu reka mill ran twenty tons of ore for the Merced mine, going S70 per ton; twenty tons for the Napoleon, running $l00; twenty five tons of Wedge ore at SltO, thirteen tons of Kinyon at $15O, forty tons for the Butte, running $60 per ton.
 The new two-stamp mill at the Little Butte mine is running day and night on I yYf4A nrn In was followed down 2S0 feet before gold was encountered then a good ledge three feet wide was found.
 During June the Johannesburg Reduc- tion Works made a mill run for the Yel- low Aster Company amounting to S2O,OO, and the Butte a S7000 run.
 Another rich strike has been made In Trilby No 2, and over $3G00 was taken out
 A cyanide plant is in course of construc- ton at Garlock to work the talllngs or that camp. It is expected to handle sixty tons per day.
 In spite of the unprecedented lack of water, involving the temporary curtalI- ment or suspension of operation at go- ing" mines, on the mother lode mining activity in the line of development pros pecting, buying and bonding is as lively as ever.
 According to a Stockton dispatch one of the richest strikes on the mother lode Tor some time has been made at the Ma zeppa mine, near Stent, in Iuolunne Jun1ner claim, and only development work has been done. At a uepth ol liltS five feet vein was uncovered m Whlcn free gold in large. quanutles IS SLOW siioMl' A tween s45 and $50 of almost pure goiu. IL is impossible to tell the extent or the lead or estimate the amount or ore. aoho ot
 According to the Mountain Echo or Angels Camp, Calaveras County, work on the famous old Cherokee mine, near Altaville. is progressing rapidly under It's new management A fine hoist has Just heen completed and a general improve ment is noticeable in and around the mlll and hoisting works. Everything IS now in readiness for work under ground m tne main shaft. The old timers of Altaville predict a great future for the mine under intelligent management, and II IS not al all 10 be wondered at considering the fact that all old residents of Altaville know that the Cherokee has produced more gold in proportion to the amount or work performed than any other quartz Its4,ll Inlhe
 Preparations are making to work the Harris mine on a larger scale. This mine Is probably one of the richest mines ever discovered in Calaveras County.-Moun- tain Echo.
 Of the general situation in Tuolumne County the Sonora n-Demoerat says; -''The steady growth of the mining indus trv goes on as meTrily as ever. and all indications point out that ere the close of the year ntty moderniy eQulppeu mines that were unknown quantities in 1897 will be hammering away in the gold-produc- ing contest.
 The American Gravel Mining Compan~, whose property is located near Fort Jim, are busily engaged in running a bedrock tunnel to tap the gravel channel. Over 400 feet has already been driven In ex- tremely hard rock They expect to strike the channel within another 100 feet. The company now has 1200 carloads of gravel on its dump taken from another portion it's claim. which it has been unable to wash up. owing to lack of water.-Placer- vile Nugget.
 Wednesday of last week the managers of the Grizzly mine in Tuolumne County began to discharge white labor and filled their places with Chinamen. The Banner says that in no time all the miners left, went to Summerville and reported the