The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-11

Pacific Coast
Mining News.

Many of the newspapers of California
are published in mining regions. The
following news concerning mines and
mining, clipped from and credited to
newspapers throughout the State, will
interest persons who care to know
matters pertaining to the mineral re-
sources of the State:
IN THE YREKA BELT.
Yreka Journal: Tim Austin & Co.
have found a rich gravel deposit about
60 feet across, in their claim on Yreka
Flats, north of the High School building,
which yields good returns. They are
also getting more water at bed rock,
which is a good indication of finding
auriferous channel gravel, which most
always pays we'll. Austin & Co. s claim
extends over SO feet further north to
the next claims of McNulty and Butler.
where work will stop unless favorable
arrangements can be made with adjoin-
ing claimants to continue operations
The Yreka Mining Company, success
or to- the Greenhorn Blue Gravel Com
pany, continue to realize good pay at
the mine south of Yreka, and employs
about forty men. The new company
has adopted the rule of paying every
week hereafter in place of monthly pay
ments, which suits the men much bet
ter and insures more work for the wages
when paid on short time.
The Commodore quartz mine at Bark
house is proving to be a good producer,
and employs quite large force in both
mill and mine. The ledge varies as the
work progresses, but holds up its usual
average yield.
A number of miners talk of organic
ing Miners Union in this county, as
means of protection in getting fair
wages and securing PAY when work is
performed.
Mr. Souther, the manager for the
company bonding Yreka Creek north of
the Yreka townsite, is now endeavoring
to secure an option on the Parks place
on Gold street, along the west side of
Yreka, for prospecting. He may also
desire bonding privilege on the ground
circling around the western suburb Of
Yreka down toward connection with
the ground bonded in Yreka Creek basin
at the north.
SOUTHERN OIL FIELDS.
The Los Angeles Times" contains
a.
oil fields of the South. From that arti-
Gle the following extracts are made at
some length because of the Importance
of the information:
Investigation of the Los Angeles field
does not show any grounds for the re-
port that there is going to be drop
in oil prices. There is no increase in the
local production, and not sufficient, as
yet. in the outside fields to make any
marked impression on the market. The
fact is that at the close of last month
(ApriD there were 100000 barrels OF oil
less above ground in the Los Angeles
field than at the corresponding period
of last year. There is a steady and a
good market for all the oil that is be-
ing produced. and producers evince no
anxiety over rumorS of drop IN
prices of OIL" The Oil Storage and
TRANSPORTATION Company report that
they are holding oil firm at 81 per BAR
rel. fob. Los Angeles.
The western end of the Los Angeles
field continues to show fairly good re-
suits. The statements in this column
last week that there We're in that por-
ton of the field 100 new producing
wells should have read that there was
room in it for 100 new wells In the
last half year about dozen new wells
have been finished in the western end.
Development work, owing to the diff
cult formation of the ground, is nee
essarily slow and expensive, but re-
suits in the main have been satisfac-
tory, the new wells averaging from
twenty to twenty-five barrels a day.
From Santa Barbara the reports are
that some Eastern parties have been
lately examining oil properties at Sum-