The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06

Perhaps the heaviest was carried by
Charley Anderson, who cleaned up
1920, 900 last winter from No % Ell Do
RADIO, while John Lee from a lay of 100
feet square on the same claim took out
$4,000 Anderson is said to be the only
man on Ell Dorado or on any of the
creeks for that matter, who is still pay
ing SIS a day wages, or 81 so an hour
Ihere is no longer any resistance on the
part or the miners to the wage rate of
81 an hour. the fear being now that a
greater reduction will be made this
winter.
The mass or miners meeting is still
the vogue, and the Dominion Creek af
TAR is sui the frequent occasion of It
A meeting was held a few nights ago
at which a radical protest was made
against the action of the Gold Commits
sloner In canceling the original filings
on the creek and throwing it omen for
relocation. 1t was determined by those
who had suffered from this canceIlation
10 carry the protest to Ottawa An
other mass meeting is called for to-
night to take steps toward the oreani-
cation OF miners association. the mr.
pose oelng to secure some sort Of ron
resentation at Ottawa and the enact
ment of more equitable laws for this
district. ILLS
Inc news of the reduction of rova1.
Ties on the output of the mines from
III 10 per cent was received here last
week, ana created new atmosphere
IN the camp Another impetus is given
to mining, and the work of the coming
winter Will, | am confident. distance
the records of all mining camps.
Great preparations are being made
Tor the season. constant procession Of
miners, with pick, shovel and prov;s-
ION pack on their backs, passes out the
Bonanza trail, and pack trains move
out almost every hour. Great activitv
| especially in the neighborhood Of
French Hill, that rises at and creates
French Gulch, notable for several
stampedes last winter. Bench claims
cover the hill and stretch the whole
length of Ell Dorado Creek and far
up and down Bonanza from the mouth
of Ell Dorado, where the old river he'd
that made Skookum Hill and Skook1,nn
Clutches so rich by it's deposits can he
traced.
Jim Wardner came to town yesterday
after spending two weeks in the min,
ing area. He pronounces the country
a wonder, and he says the old river
channel can be traced for fifteen miles
along the ridges of Ell Dorado and Ro.
naza, and that the bench claims unon
1T, 100 feet square, will prove as rich
as any ground on the creek level. At
the mouth Of Ell Dorado, on Bonanza
is the famous Skookum Hill that was
such a puzzle to miners last winter nv
discovering wonderfully rich diggings
on it's very crown. The bench or Hill
diggings on Bonanza and Ell Dorado
and on French Hill are now known to
be a continuation of this deposit. The
representing work that compels a Ger
tain amount of development on every
claim each year under pain of forfeit.
ure has brought to light a good deal OF
pay dirt that heretofore has only been
guessed at. On Bonanza previous to
this fall almost no work was done on
any Of the claims above So, because Of
the difficulty experienced Whereabouts
in locating the pay. Work is now he
ing done as high as 120 above, and good
pay has been found on No so and No
SO. Workers in several gulches leading
into the creek away up have discoy-
cred coarse gold also, and bench claims
are being located in the nineties. Very
many of these claims will be worked
all winter, employing very many more
men than were at work last winter. All
the famous old claims will also be
worked, but few of them having been
exhausted. On Dominion, Sulphur,