The record-union., 1899-05-02

derful strikes have started many other
people prospecting, and new strikes
may bereporteda any time. Dave Hol-
land and his partners have a three-foot
ledge of $500 ore in the Guadalupe
mine at Beverage and have a force of
five men at work taking out and sack
ing ore. There never was time when
the prospects of this section looked as
good as at present. This is not nearly
adj. Within a few months two wealthy
companies will have large plants opera
ating on other mines near here of
which nothing can be published at the
present time. This is no dream-not
bit of it. The fact is that these strikes
are so immensely rich that we do not
half appreciate them.
A YEARS MINERAL RECORD.
The San Francisco Chronicle" pub
fishes the following interesting sum-
mary of the mineral record of the year:
State Mineralcgist Cooper's report for
1888 shows an increase OF more than
S2,OO0,C00 in CALIFORNIA; mineral pro
duction over that of 1897. The figures
for 1898 are $27. 2S9,O79; for 1897, $25,-
l42,441; for 1896, $24, POI ,S9S, and for
1893, $50. S44, G64. Each year there has
been steady growth. Shasta County,
with a production of So, $40 72S, beat
last years record by 81, 2S6, OPP and
leads as the banner county in copper,
of which 2,465, $50 worth was mined
out of total of $2,475,163 San Fran
cisco quarried more macadam than any
other county.
San Francisco ranks sthirty-fifth in
f,,.f r~f. al ;<N,,
a loss of one place from 1897. Amador
gained position over Tuolumne, and
Los Angeles, which was fourth last
year, has gone back to fifth; Calaveras
from sixth to ninth, while San Diego
Jumped from fourteenth to twelfth
place.
Sacramento, twenty-eighth in 1897, is
now thirty fourth, and Monterey at
the end of the list twelve months ago,
preceded seven counties in $685. All
the asbestos produced in California in
1888 was from Riverside County, and
the anthony came from Kern, Santa
Barbara and Ventura counties. Btu
mincus rock cane from Mendocino,
San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa
Cruz.
The borax yield was from San Ber-
nardino and Inyo. Brick clay was util-
lied in Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa,
Fresno, Humboldt, Kern, Kings, Los
Angeles, MADEIRA, Marin, Mendocino,
Monterey, Orange, Riverside, Sacra-
mento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San
joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo,
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Sonoma,
Iehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Shasta and
Ventura counties. Pottery clay came
from Amador, Los Angeles, Placer,
Riverside and Santa Clara. All the
hydraulic cement came from San Ber-
nardino County. Coal was produced
in Alameda, Amador, Contra Costa,
orange, Riverside and San Benito
counties. Copper was mined in Anna
dor. Calaveras, Inyo, Nevada and
Shasta counties. The pyrites were all
from Nevada County. Granite was
quarried in the counties of MADEIRA, Ne
vada, Placer. Riverside, Sacramento
San Bernardino, San Diego, Solano
Sonoma and Tulare. Gypsum came
from Fresno, Los Angeles, San Benito
and lead came from Inyo and Mono
counties. Lime and limestone were
quarried in Ell Dorado, Kern, Mono
Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa
Cruz, Solano and Shasta counties.
The principal macadam quarries are
in Alameda, Los Angeles, Marin, Sac
ramento, San Benito, San Francisco
Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma Coun-
ties. The magnesite all came from
Napa County and manganese from Ala
media. Marble was quarried in Anna
dor, Inyo and San Bernardino Counties.
Mineral paint was mined in Butte,
Nevada and Stanislaus Counties. The
mineral springs and the waters of which
are utilized commercially are in Butte,
Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Lake
Monterey, Napa, San Benfto, San
Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Santa Clara. Shasta, Sisl1iyou, Sonoma
and Tehama Counties. Natural gas was
found in Sacramento, San Joaquin and
Santa Barbara Counties. Paving
blocks, or basalt, were quarried in San
Bernardino, Solano and Sonoma Coun-
ties. The platinum came mainly from
Trinity and Siskiyou Counties Petro-
leum was produced in Fresno Kern, Los
Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, Santa
Clara and Ventura Counties. Quicksil-
Yer came from Lake, Napa, San Benito,
San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Sonoma
and Trinity. Rubbie was cut in the
counties of Alameda, Humboldt, Made
"a, Marin, Monterey, Sacramento, San
Diego, San Luis Obispo and San Mateo.
The salt came from Alameda, Colusa,
Riverside and San Diego Counties.
sandstone was from Alameda, Los An
geles and Yolo Counties The serpen-
tine was from Los Angeles slate from
Ell Dorado, soda from Inyo and sui
I yfr frc9 T
AS for banner counties in the different
mining products, the following is tbs
record for 1898, with the values of the
material from the county named: Ala
media leads in the production of salt
Sl3o,S12; manganese, 50, 102, and coal
sl16,250 Butte leads in mineral paints
$4,000. Ell Dorado in slate, 81, 800. Hum
boldt in rubble, S297, 276 Inyo in soda
Slo4,000; lead, S21, 170, and marble
$4,000. Kern in antlmony, 81 200 Los
Angeles in petroleum, 81, 462, 81; brick
clay, SlSs,3e6; gypsum, $1S, 500; serpen-
tine, $4,000 and sulphur, $50 MADEIRA
leads in granite, $49,673 Napa in min
eral waters, $63, coo; quicksilver, S472,
9I2, and magnesite, $1,000 Nevada
leads in gold, $2,O17, 62S, and pyrites
$4,000 Placer has the most pottery
clay, $4,000. Riverside leads in as
bestos, $500. San Bernardino has the
most borax, $1,120,000; cement, $780,
600, and limestone, s660,000 San Fran
cisco quarries the most macadam, $129,-
o9o. San Joaquin utilizes the most nat
ural gas, $57, 2S9. Santa Barbara has
the most extensive asphaltum output
1881, 400 Santa Cruz produces the most
lime, S155,O00, and bituminous rock
! $113,S9S. The bulk of the copper comes
from Shasta County, S2,465, $50. This