The San Francisco call., 1898-03-27

lease of the upper workings George w Leay- lit and the Stratton brothers have also made the Niagara. The lower levels of the Glad stone show good ore and the mill is running steadily. The mill the Three Sisters mine is running on good ore. Frank Rossi has put in steam power plaft to run the mill on the Brunswick, from which mine he has made money.
 An important mining transaction of last week was the sale for $57; 500 of some properties at Orc Fino. in Scott Valley. Siskiyou County, to W. H. Taylor of San Francisco. who is sup posed to represent the Risdon Iron Works The properties include POO acres of gravel min ing ground with water rights, fumes etc. It is estimated that s750,0o has been taken from
 Dan Kingery and A. J. Hay, who discovered rich ledge of quartz on the old hill above the old R. Gamobe hydraHiG % anG va1 mine rdh in quartz, and are likely to develop one Of the richest lodges the coast. Exceedingly rich pockets are constantly being discovered in Quartz Valley, and there must. certainly be permanent lodges in that section, although probably deep below the surface, requiring capital to sink down in systematic and scien- tiic manner.-Yreka Journal
 veloped in Shasta County near the Trinity County line, about ten miles west from Cas- tella. J. R. stoddard of stoddards . s inter, which considerable development work has been done and several good ledges opened up. The company intends to put up hve-stamp mil trail melts.-Trinity Journal
 Harrison Gulch is often spoken Of as a new days. and Courier correspondent. writing fron, ArhuclSle in 1861. stated that claims were plained of a scarcity of water.
 William Kemp, the copper expert, who left a couple of weeks ago, after being here a couple of months, returned from Bedding last Sunday evening" His return Is looked upon as the Low Divide region. That he has a favor able opinion of the country for copper deposits some money on claims located by himself and for others connected with the Iron Mountain Company Mir. Kemp went to the Low Divide done since he left.-Del Norte Record.
 Frank Bighouse has sold the Grisley quartz mine and a placer claim on Coffee Greek to J. F. Medasy and J. c. Steel for s4OOo:
 one-half ton of ore taken from Harvey Blood s mine. generally known as the Collier mine. situated some five or six miles southeast of Murphvs, Calayeras County. was recently sold to the Utica Company for $500. which. it least six hundred dollars ton-Mountain
 The Denver Republican says the figures for the output of the Cripple Creek district for February show gain over January and an irrrnase of more than quarter million dollars over the corresponding month of the previous wear. The output for the month was 332 24O tons at an average value of S65, making a total of s1 14a. 400. against SSS6 000 for the corresponding month last year:
 Marcus Daily has given S15.OO0 in aid of a creditable Montana mineral display at the Trans Mississippi exposition
 dustry would profit from war. There would undoubtedly be a larger demand for copper demand for lead would stimulate the produc- tion of that metal. This would have good effect upon our silver-lead mines for the time being and bring into renewed activity those districts that produ~- large percentages of lead. Western Mining World
 There Is considerable justification in the plea for national mining bureau when 1t Is stated that in the department of agriculture at Wash ington there are 2i43 employees Conservative estimates place the mineral product of 1898 at $500 GOO GOO. and yet there is no division in the great Federal machinery of the Government to look after the magnificent industry of min ing With 2443 persons looking after the tur- nips and pumpkins of this broad land, 1t does seem that fair play ought to suggest the ex- penditure of a few dollars at least in behalf Mining World.