The San Francisco call., 1899-10-16
STATE MINERS CONVENTION.
SOME OF ITS Big PROBLEMS

put considerable ginger into the proceed
fngs.
The oil boom is still booming. There is
especial activity in the San Francisco oil
field which has some thousands OF Oil
stock players now and which is becoming
the chief center of oil operations, both
legitimate and otherwise. The opening OF
the call board of the Oil Exchange Will
time and will afford some guarantee OF
safety to investors by eliminating compa-
nies which have for assets only paper ana
sagebrush
The Coalinga field is still the only. pro-
ducing one of Importance north OF Ie-
hachapi and is now reported to be yleld-
Los Angeles field ever produced. The
daily product of one well belonging to
Garfield & Chanslor is given at 1000 bar
rrels Many new COMPANIES pa. bordine dTe ot,S land
through the oil belt, chiefly in Fresno,
Kings and Kern counties, ana seVeral are
driving prospect wells, or preparlng 10 40
SO. The boom is so young that with near
ly all the companies the early stage OF
prospecting and of expectations mas not
been passed. The wrecks will beginp Ito 10
appear q little later, while here ana tn6re
lucky ones will really strike OIL. me ne
Southern Pacific Company is planning TWO
so 600 gallon tanks from which to supply
fuel to oil-burning locomotives.
''The American Fuel Oil Company,
corporation lately organized in San Fran
cisco with a capital of $1OOOU: to acquire
and operate Oll-pr0QuClnS WelS anu OiA
bearing lands in Los Angeles. and other
places, has purchased a number of wells
in this city from the American Crude on
says s. tie esrn LGs nngeIffS gsfornia the
Union Oil Company has begun work on
a new pipe line system, reaching seven
miles to the Santa Fe railroad. IN me
Los Angeles field oil operators want the
limitations which the city has eStaoNSneu
about the parks to protect them from Ior3
ests of oil derricks near by, removed anu
the issue is burning one.
The old Union copper mine at Copper
opolis, which was once the CHIEF copper
mine of the State but which has been idle
since 1893, is to be really pumped out at
last The pumps were started TO TO wQTk fnn
last week and Copperopolis was glad, Tor
if the mine were worked to its fulI capac-
ity it would employ several hundred men
and put life into, the region again. 1t Is
not known whether the Boston owners
are pumping out the mine to sell 1t or 70
work it, G. Mem Ross, recently in
charge Of the work OF unWaterlhg me TLe
work of unwatering will be conducteu
slowly and will take three months or
more, because the water, which is strong
ly impregnated with copper, VIII pc
leached in watts in which the copper will
be precipitated on scraps of iron and TIN,
producing copper cement IN the usual
The Miners Association of Nevada
County has elected the following othcers;
Fred Zeitler, president; George Mainhart'
vice president w diioI RI EngteGrfgnt score
tary; B. f. Smell, treasurer Executive
committee-R. c.. Walrath, c; j; Brand
George Fletcher, D. B. Warwick, j. ). NC
Bride, c. T. Worthley, C. D. Eastin, 9.
K. Cloudman, John Fay, l.. l.. Myers, ii:
c. Schroeder. According to the report OF
the secretary and treasurer, the coliec5 t5
tions for the year were $9S3.55. There had
been paid to the State Association $S52 25O |
Mining in the Salmon River section dur
ing the coming year promises 10 De more
extensively carried on than ever oeIore,
especially if we have good winter IN the
way of snow and rain, says the 4reka
Journal. At present, owing TO the last
dry winter, water is very scarce and sew
eral quartz mines, as well as placer |
claims, have been shut down in working
All along the Salmon River and tribu- |
taries, clear up into the Cecilville, Know |
Nothing Greek, Methodist Creek, Coffee |
Creek and other districts adjacent to the |
Trinity County border. rich mines exist |
that only need plenty of water for getting |
gold in immense quantities.
The investments in mining property in |
the Gazelle district is becoming quite eX-
tensive, and with thorough development |
may prove to be one of the richest min |
ing sections on the coast. This locality |
abounds in immense ledges of quartz con-
posed heretofore to be rich enough for |
working. 1t would be good locality for !
smelling works, as the vast area of quartz |
lodges seems to be unlimited in extent
Yreka Journal.
The mines known as the keystone Con-
soldated at Amador City, are in a fair |
way to pass into other hands. The rea-
SON for selling is to avoid litigation be-
tween two of the mines to be consolidated, |
namely, keystone and South Spring HILL |
both of which have yielded much wealth |
to their owners the former about SIS
900, 600 Ground has been broken at the |
Oneida mine for a 60-stamp mill and a !
probably be one of the first among the |
new mines to swing into line as a divi- |
dend payer in 190O.-Amador Republican. |
County there is a pronounced revival in
the mining industry. This fact is appar- |
ent not only at home but recognized |
will be largely increased in 1899 over any |
previous year since the beginning Of |
quartz mining.-Calaveras Citizen.