The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-18
CALIFORNIA GOLD OUTPUT.
Prosperous SEASON DESPITE TIE
SCARCITY OF WATER.

Los ANoHLEs. Sept e-NotwlthstandinR the
very general scarcity Of water the past year
has proved prosperous one for the mining in =
dustry In California. 1t 10 estimated that the
gold output OF southern California for the year
ending with June 70 not less than $4,000. 900.
and may prove to be moro. The gold product
for this region during 1893 was 81. 100000. In
the northern part Of the State the streams arc
ALREADY running 80 low that q number OF
mines have had to shut down for want Of
wator, but nevertheless mining interests arc
In very 1ourishing condition. Capital 10
eager to invest. and many properties. both de-
vooped and undsyeloped. are changing hands.
Copper and gold-beAring properties are both
in demand.
Tho Mutual Mine. near Amador City. which
had been abandoned for many years. 10 being
cleaned out. new shaft sunk. and the whole
property made ready TO be worked again. In
Calaveras county the Ford mine. near San An
dreas. Is to resume work. Eastern capital having
been invested.
The Ohio State Mining Company. which has
for some time been working In tho bed OF tho
Ban Joaquin River. near Millerton. Fresno
county has at last succeeded in diyerting the
stream. and 10 now at work mining tho bed OF
the river.
Tho strike made little moro than week
go In the Big Butte. RandsburG. Kern county.
ever made In that camp. The orc has in
creased In both quantity and richness. A sam
pie assay from the first ore taken out showed
over $1,000. Sinoe then another pocket has
been opened up. from which some OF the ore is
running as high as 81 a pound The strike
has had very stimulating effect ON all the ad-
jacent properties and much new work has
been commenced.
At tho Head coal mines. near Garlook. the
vain in vvfdanIp0 vxit anti nd ali
the coal Is improving.
fire In the Green Mountain copper mine
hariposa county. has been giving much trou-
Ole. The ore Is bornite. which oxidizes so rap
idly that spontaneous combustion sonnet limos
results. Ore broken down In the slopes took
fire In this way some weeks ago and the mine
10 still burning.
From the Coppertown mines there 10 now
being shipped high grade copper ore. which
runs also 80 ton in gold
In Mono ounty a new strike has been made
on the extension OF the Arnot ledge on Green
Creek. Tho ore Is proving very rich. Tho
Green Creek district 10 now beginning to at
tract a good deal OF attention. Rich ore has
been struck in the Copper Mountain mine at
Jordan.
good many valuable mineral discoveries,
aside from the precious metals. have recently
been made in Riverside county. Three miles
magnesia and French chalk. Friedrich made
from the asbestos and magnesia have stood
every test. There 10 large amount OF as
bestos. easily access ible. The magnesia de-
posits have not been sufficiently developed to
chow their real character. but stringers lead
ing toward one main ledge are very pure and
from two to eight inches in thickness. In the
same range OF hills Is a ledge OF manganous
quartz upon which mum Der OF locations have
baen m ada but ha hac poty
developed. An antim ony claim south Of River |
aide. promises to be a valuable property. Near
Winchester arc deposits OF plumbaRo and
large amounts OF feldspar are known to exist
on Juniper Flat. In Menifee Valley there ia |
white quartz which is ground and u. led In the
manufacture OF friedrich. Lithia ia being
mined and shipped in large quantities fr ON
Tsmecula to Buffalo. About eighty carlo ads
have recently been sent. The ore is Z per
cent. litha-
The Aftsrthought group OF mines. in shasta
county. has recently been bought BY A. H. Tar
bet and associates. 1t 10 on the same zone as
the Bully Hill property. recently bought by
Capt De Lamar for S25000O. The After
thought mines were originally WORKED for sill
yer, tho ores being ouarried from the vein fifty
feet between the walls. Large bodies OF cop
per sulphde ore have now been exposed. and
solid body OF ore twenty six feet in width has
erected on the property.
In Siskiyon county j. Hogan has a vein from
I'VE to eight feet wide In his claim on Know
nothing Greek. Free gold is visible In the ore
and in one day he PANIED from it $50.
NEVADA
VIRGINIA CRY. Sept. cit now seems prob
able that the Comstock will take a new lease OF
life. for deal has been closed by which twenty
ssven mining com pan les owning property on
the Comstock have signed the contract for
electrical power The Truckee River General
Electric Company Is to furnish 5000 horse
power. from plant at Floriston. Cal. The
mining companies are TO give a 81 100. 900 bonus.
to be paid back by the electric company in
rebates. Work Is to begin at once. Many OF
the minos have large quantities OF low grade
ore exposed. which they have found 1t profit
able to work on account OF tho excessive cost
ofpower. 1t 10 thought that this ore can now
be mined at . profit.
The Glasgow and Western Mining Company
will enlarge Its plant at Golconda to 400 tons
daily capacity.
Important work has been done during the
last season In the Homestaks group OF mines
in southwestern Nevada. on the Colorado
River. The property has been developed to a
depth OF 200 feet. drifts have been run. and
WINES and shafts connect and ventilate tho
mine. The lode is large and vast amount OF
ore. estimated at 10000 tons. has been placed
tn reserve. The ore runs $50 a ton. A mill
and cyanide plant are being built and pump
ing plant erected to supply the mill and mine
with water from the Colorado The mill is
nearly mile from the river. with an elevation
OF 300 feet.
MEXICO.
GUAYNAs. SEPT. 9.-Tho Yaqui trouble has
had the effect OF hanging up the sale Of the
Copete copper mines in Sonora. which an East
ern syndicate has agreed to take for So 600, 900
Exaggerated reports OF the war frightened of
the intending purchasers
An English syndicate has bought the FrtsbIe
interest 10 the American mine adjoining the
Esmeralda. In Fl Orc district, Tor ST 200 900
An eighty stamp mil 10 to be erected at the Es-
peTAnZa mines. in Fl Orc district.
Chicago and New York capitalists have
bought 5000 900 acres OF land In the states OF
Nueva Leon and TaumapaS. The land con-
tainS heavy deposit OF aSphalt. said to DO the
largest In America. with many indications OF a
valuable dspost Of petroleum Both these re-
sources are to be developed
The Colorado Creston and Grand Central