The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12
THE CALIFORNIA QUEST
FOR COPPER AND GOLD

| ing thousands driving tunnel into the
nil, where he has faith the ledge lies.
Alpine County has always had its Bowl
der Hill, that comes to the front again.
In early days an immense bOwlder assay
ing $4,000 to $4,000 was found and named
FRANKLIN. Henry Van Sickle staked the
| hnders to the extent of $4,000 in a search
for the ledge and lost it all. They have
been searching ever since There are
many other quartz powders, and years
ago some We're broken up and worked in
an arrastre. Now Edward Lewis and
Frank Musser of Markleeville are re-
ported to have found the ledge and expect
to have mine.
The activity in gold mining everywhere
continues in an increasing ratio. That
twelve new gold mining companies were
incorporated in San Francisco is but
slight hint of the new life that has come
There are several hundred mining COM
panies with several thousand sharehold-
ers in San Francisco and great many
residents who are financially interested IN
mines in d personal or partnership Way.
There is hardly a small town in the state
which has no residents Interested IN
mines to some degree, and more gold
mining companies are forming than ever
before. The mining regions are IuLi oI
prospeCtors the mining towns are run OF
promoters or buyers looking for mines
promising prospects, and the mining ma
chinery and mining supplies people are
full of business.
Old and new mines are booming ahead
in Amador County. The new smart III me Eile
old Lincoln has reached 1000 feet Inc
new 3500-fOOt shaft of the Kennedy is 90
ing down right along with four machiiLlFe F
drills at work. The big new shaft IN IN tne ne
Oneida is at 1880 feet. The Sheep Rallch
has been reopened and is PROMISING
The tailings of the old mines in Plym-
Outh are being run through Huiltlis toIl ~
mills and the gold that was thrown AVE. amds
processes and imperfect methods, Is nelIlS
recovered in paying. quantities. Many
new properties are being exploited.
With a Well-bOring drill proSpectorS III
CaIaveras County have found twenty rect
of gold-bearing gravel at a depth OF loo
feet This economical meth0c}dG OF pros.
pecting gravel deposits Will increase
greatly in use The best forms are the
drilling machines made expressly 1or thls
* number of mining men have been in
town this week looking for an opportunity
to secure mining property, says the
Mountain Echo of Angels Camp, CalaXe-
ras County. They have little opportunity
to accomplish their desires in this respect
unless they have plenty of coin or good
backing The same may be said OF
scores of other mining centers.
Work on the big electric plant for the
Utica mine is being pushed and is expect
ed to be ready in three months
The Butte Basin Tunnel Company, con-
trolled by Messrs. Holmes and Perry Of
San Francisco, will resume prospecting
operations in its gravel mine in Amador
County Two years ago 170O-foot tunnel
was driven from BIZ bar 0ulCI NlIilOUt
striking nav gravel All the tunnel accom-
plished was to dry up all the wells in the
region and to carry out large volume OF
water.
The new Miners Association of Tuol-
umne County is growing in membership
rapidly. 1t has established free reading
room and bureau of information in So
nora.
The Shawmut- Eagle mine of Tuolumne
County is preparing for a big pipe line
that will supply water power at l0oO teet
pressure.
Hayden Hill, in Lassen County is one of
the lively and promising mining districts
that have taken on new life. The Golden
Eagle Mining Company is getting in
large amount of new machinery. The
North Star mine, now in litigation, has
displayed $40 ore in a 70-foot shaft.
A hundred people, mainly of Angels
Camp and also of stockton and San Fran an
cisco, have subscribed for the stock of the
United Labor Gold Mining Company,
which has acquired the old Pioneer mine
on the mother lode, in CalaVeras County.
1t is said that when it was worked near
the surface years ago several pockets
were found.
J. o. DENNY.