The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
How Soutbern CollforpIon MlDes Are
 Coming to the Front.

TOW oOQLDeTn OOllIOfDiOn mlilCS s1iS
 Coming to the Front.
 The mining districts of Southern Cali fOrnia will probably show an increase of gold production of not far from Sl,O00,- 900. as compared with 1896. During the year a great amount of development has gone on, and many new mines will be producing this year. There is now more prospecting going on all over the deserts been known More capital Is seeking tn- Vestment than ever before. Sales of de- Veloped mines and of promising claims are reported almost daily. Many of the investors are Eastern men, but there, as elsewhere throughout the State, CalifOr- nians are eagerly looking about them for gold properties A number of mills and cyanide plants have been erected or ar ranged for during the past few months.
 It is estimated that there is Sl4000,0 900 invested in the gold mines south of Teha- chapi, with about 1500 stamps dropping and about 5000 men employed. The number of mines located is about $500, and perhaps 25O0 are being actively worked or deVel- oped. Yet as truly as of any other part of the State can it be said that the de- VeloPment of the gold, resources has hardly begun. During the year hundreds of valuable finds have been made. and in scores of claims on which develop ment has proceeded strikes" have been
 made. The greatest activity has been
 seen in the Randsburg district, which will now enjoy a second growth with the completion of it's railroad; but the Vir
 ginia Dale, Ferris. PannImint and other
 districts scattered over the great arid gold-produCing territory are likewise see ing the beginnings of greatness.
 Southern California has as much to gain from the coming Mining Fair at San Francisco as any other part of the State, yet there has been no extensive and or gamzed movement to show to the many
 thousands who will attend the eXposi-
 ton the opportunities which Southern C2ntornla offers to gold seekers, the pos abilities of Its great hidden wealth. its
 peculiar attractions to prospectors, and the chances for investment there. South ern California knows how to advertise
 and has well learned the value of it, and now comes chance to advertise it's min eral resources and fruits. The southern
 ro.ridI rounIies Should match the mother iode region with the magniticence. pictur- esqIeness and allurements of it's display at the Mechanics Pavilion.
 A weekly record of all the mining prog ress In the counties of San Diego. San Bernardino, Riverside and Kern would require a large amount of space. During the past week the arrival from Chicago CT C. w. Lef1er and $. C. Good Of the Monroe Mining and Milling Company has brought to prominent notice the proper ues Tn the Virginia Dale district, which thls company has bought and propose to develop on large scale. There are four claims yet undeveloped, but showing a
 wide ledge giving high assays and the promise of bonanza. The company also has two properties in the Chuckawalla Mountains, in which shafts of about 50
 feet show fine ledge of ore about six AScI m4uS' me CoLpdny pIoHllSeS to Oe- | gin extensive development at once. The development of the desert gold re-
 sources Is of course hampered by lack of | water, of milling facilities, transporta- l tion, etc, but these aids, along with cleo | trtc power and special processes adapted | to the ores and the mining conditions will rapidly increase from now on. A few | days ago new custom mill was started ! at Johannesburg, and now the San Der nardino Times-Index reports that 40- stamp custom stamp mill and a cyanide I punt VIII be erected at RarStOW 1 giving prospectors and claim owners with small capital chance to work their properties.
 The Lone Star Mining Company. with l a capital of $1 .000, ,000 was organized al ontario last week to work the Lone Star l and Yankee Doodle mines.