The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11

It's great copper and silver mines and the
present Doom In copper mining are re-
sponslbie: All the mining companies are
operating at their fullest capacity, hoist
ing H. 600 tons of ore day; The develop
ment work now being pushed promises a
One shaft of the Anaconda company is
rapidly approaching the depth Of 5000
feet planned for it. A story. something
IKE IKE this will be told some day OF the
SHASTA County in this State.
James H. Tibbitts, the mining engineer
of San Francisco and Redding, has been
for some time busy examining gold prop
critics for Canadian syndicate at the
head of which is Hon. A. G. Blair
Canadian Minister of Railways and
Canals. 1t was for these people that he
exported the Mountain mine In Sierra
County some weeks ago when he found
his mine samples sailed. This syndicate
is considering some mother lode proper
ties. Mr. Tibbitts is now examining some
Stskiyou County mines for them.
Colonel Won Leight, formerly superin-
tendent of the Alameda and Quicksilver
mines now owns and superintends the
Kellogg Creek quartz mine in southern
work putting up crushing rolls and a
small cyanide plant to treat the rebellious
ore, which assays high in gold and silver.
"A large gasoline engine will furnish the
motive power.
About 500 TASKS of quicksilver are being
shipped monthly from the Altoona mine
at Cinnabar. Most of it goes to Castella
by pack train, but often 200 TASKS a
month reach the railroad at Redding by
freighting team.
According to the Mountain Democrat of
town, is one Of the ricn spots of Ell Dorado
County. 1t says; Low down on the
north side of it John Melton is running a
tunnel 600 feet below the shaft on the old
w re- md
liable tests is known to be one of the rich
est mines in the county. BY going 500 feet
further down and running tunnel under
Point, including the Gentle Annie he can
drain and work them ALL That this is the
ultimate object Of his enterprise we are
we'll assured. While the undertaking is
great, the bonanza in sight is greater
The Placerville Nugget gives briefly an
other Of those abandoned mine stories as
follows: I'm the Sonnet mine, near the
Riverside. rich chute of ore has recently
been uncovered. This mine was formerly
worked by Geo. A. Koch & Co.. who OPP
gold to the value of $4,000. They lost the
chute and the mine was abandoned
Messrs. Davis & Lane located it a number
of years ago, have worked perseveringly,
and their efforts have been rewarded with
success. The rock mills from $50 to 800 a
ton and over, the estimated value of eight
tons now on the dump being $500"
owners and attorneys of the Argonaut
Company 1t is making. extensive prepa-
rations for the trial of its suit against
the Kennedy Company, which Is set for
the 18th inst In the Superior Court of
San Andreas, Judge Nicol of Tuolumne
presiding -Amador Ledger
The mines In the vicinity of Angels
Camp, with the exception of the Drake
mine, have closed. During the period the
water will be shut off, five or six hun
dred miners will be thrown out of work
The mill men are busy making a general
a IA Not md hoff npt<n
veras Prospect.
Burgston & Bigelow are putting in
large pump at the Gamblin mine in the
Fairplay district, preparatory to sink
ing 500 feet. The mine is one of the Slug
Gulch group, and is the property of N
B. Hail. Two shifts of six men will be
put on-Mountain Democrat.
Within the past few days an exceeding
ly rich strike has been made in the Pla-
cerville Gold Bug mine, owned by some
Fresno capitalists and operated by Colo
of M. Mayors. blacksmith shop. The ore
is very rfch-too rich to make any estf-
mates on. A painful of it yielded 500 yes
terday. It simply cannot be estimated.
And all this right in the heart of the city
of lacerville.-Placerville Nugget
The steam hoist at the Gwin mine will
be started up about the 18th inst The
company hopes to drop fully twenty-five
of it's forty stamps between now and Oc-
tober 1-Amador Republican.
All the mines in the Eureka district now
running by water power will probably be
closed down after the 18th inst. on ac-
count of a desire to repair the line of
bitches and the prevailing scarcity of
water in Bowman's dam. The mines az