The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-27
NEWS OF THE MINES.

absent about two months, and then he
will devote his time to the extension on
an extensive scale of mines in Calaveras
County.
Last spring William Mckay. car ac
countant of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, at Fourth and Townsend streets,
and Charles E. Shook, District Attorney
prospectors in Arizona. These parties
made three locations in Yuma County
about 3S miles from Yuma, in which
Mckay and Shook had half interest.
Recently Mckay and Shook bought the
interests of two of the prospectors, and
started c. J. Clark to work developing
one of the claims. A few days ago they
a three-foot ledge, and had it assayed by
Thomas Price & Son, and 1t assayed
Sill IS per ton gold and percentage in
silver. The other two claims are equally
San Francisco business and professional
men are going into mining these days.
The owners of the Bellefontaine mine
at Grass Valley are negotiating for the
purchase of the ten-stamp mill of the
Federal Loan and contemplate moving
1t to the former mine
A new pump, built in Chicago, having
a capacity of 700 gallons a minute at a
lison Ranch mine. Nevada County.
The following from the Trinity Journal
Is one OF the many indications of an ex-
tensige development of river dredging in
u -.
man of Iowa and G. Mcneil, president of
the Montana Dredging Company, who
nave been examining the river at Low
d deade Kanch ef with Sa view to putting in a
were thoroughly satisfied with the result
OF their examination and will put in a
$50 900 plant this spring. They will put in
a ar oTedglng machine near Poker Bar. The
Ilrst lnstallment of machinery will arrive
next week This will be the first time the
river has been thoroughly worked by
modern methods and we predict that the
operations will be successful and that the
coming season will see this method of
mining conducted on a large scale. The
opportunities are better here than in any
part of the State"
Inc following from the Trinity Journal
concerns one of the great number of Cali
Iornia mines that are being slowly devel-
opeo on small capital: IN A. Brady, one
OF Inc owners of the Lappin mine at
DeadWood, was in town this week and in
forms us that that property is looking
petter IMAM ever. The arrastra recently
purchased by the company has been thor
ouSnry iePalreo and is now running with
q Capdcity OF one and quarter tons a
day. 1t Is the intention of the company
20 make the development of the mine pay
Ior ltsei1 and, when the mine is sufficient
plant
an important strike has been made
Withln Few days on the Mammoth group
OF OF CLAIMS on Little Backbone Creek, Shas-
S -, oNHeu by Redd1nS men. Inc
groSp is under bond to William Forstner
Oh oan francisco, who has been driving
d ueVelopment tunnel. AT a distance of
40 Ieet deposit of native copper was
struck, though the main ledge had not
peen reached. A little further in sui
pnloes carrying gold and silver, as well
as copper, were reached. The ore 10 re-
ported 70 be of the same character as
that OF the Iron Mountain, and the de-
posit is extensive. This development adds
announcer 10 the, promises that copper
mines and smelters as extensive as the
iron mountain enterprise will before long
De ADDED to Shasta County's Industries.
/ j. P. Hitchcock and F. E. Hudson have
struck II rich in the Electric Light. near
Wnlch they lately leased from Harry
Hill. They went In 30 feet to secure drain
age and then ran 30-foot crosscut on
the ledge. The vein is three feet wide
ana the average assay is 500. One assay
goes $193 Lowest assay, taken out in the
dark and containing much wall rock
went over $40. They have over fifteen tons
OF nigh grade ore on the dump.-Shasta
Courier.
The Mariposa Gazette hears that the
Compromise mine of Mariposa has beer
bonded by representative of John w
Mackay.
. Hosting machinery has been placed al
the end of the 1200-foot tunnel at the Am.
ador Queen No. 2, Amador County. The
hoist will be run by water power. Every
thing Is about in readiness for the worn
OF sinking. which will begin in few
days.
Petitions have been filed In the Circuit