The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

The big Golden Jubilee edition of the Mining and Scientific Press, which was issued yesterday, is one of the handsom- est special numbers ever issued by tech nical journal and is of exceptional inter est to the general reader as well as to the expert miner and the pioneer. Inside the artistic cover the pages are filled with illustrations, some interesting as eXposl- tons of mining processes and many many oeing the mining life of the Argonauts Two pages are given to a valuable paper on ''The Mother Lode of California" by Ross E. Brown, and the origin and evolution of the California stamp mill is described by c. P. Stanford. .'Recollectons or Cali ed, runs through seven pages, and among other features of special interest are, ''The beginning of Quartz Mining in 5 Cali, fornia,'' by Almarin B. Paul, and uGold Formations in California" by w. H. Storms. The reliability and high charac- ter which have given this old journal worldwide reputation provide large part of the value of this special number
 The Boston and Fantasma Milling and Mining Company's new ten-stamp mill at Victor, San Bernardino County, is con-
 During the week kinetoscope pictures of actual operations of some big hydrau- lie and quartz mines in Nevada County have been taken. These Hfe-ltke repro. ductions of mining scenes will be one or the features of the Mining Fair. The Manzanita hydraulic mine at French Corral, Nevada County, has se- cured a permit to operate from the De- bris Commissioners, and Is actively re- pairing the old restraining dam in Sweet land Creek and otherwise preparing for resumption.
 l. Haas of Nevada City has bought a third interest in the old Alta-California placer mine in Nevada County.
 The new mill at the Kirkham mine, Ne vada City, will begin operations this week A milling test of ore from the Round Mountain mine, Nevada County, gave SIP a a.ton fin free gold. and the mine promises to be a valuable one.
 One of the developments in Calaveras County last week was that of $50 rock taken out on the Ayers ranch. on the Nixon road. Three tons crushed gave this promise of another good mine. A tunnel of 15O feet toria, Fl Dorado County started last week after an idleness of several months An English company has bought the prop erty.
 A mill Is to be erected at the Sell mine. Tuolumne County. Another one will he built at the Grizzly, where there is a
 Eighty stamps are dropping and 600 men are employed in the lively Galivan district, Riverside County.
 Thirteen Placer County hydraulic mines now have permission to operate but ow- ing to the scarcity of water but three are now running.
 As the result of expert reports onera- t1ons will be resumed on the Trevaskis mine, on Red Hill, Nevada County. by | uPdIiy HOW owning 1t. About Sl00OO has, in the past, come out of the | 100-foot shaft N ~
 Richard Graves is following the lead in the famous Blue Jay pocket mine in Cof- | Tee Greek. in search of more big nuggets. and his brother John has built a needed saWmill near the mouth of Coffee Creek
 The milling plant at the South Eureka mine Tn Amador County. Is now in opera ton with electrical power from the big
 Blue Lakes plant. which will soon be | distributing power to many mines in that ! region. -
 In two weeks s5O00 has been taken ont | or the Tansy pocket mine. near Sonora. Tn which s400OO pocket was found a few
 months ago