The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18
A WEEK IN THE MINING FIELD.

a patented placer claim slightly similar
to that in which the Cranes Gulch mine
of El Dorado County is involved has just
been ruled on by the Interior Depart
ment The decision is probably of inter
est, and if it had been given ten days
earlier it would have saved the life OF
Jake" Randall The property over
which the issue arose was composed OF
two quartz claims and one placer
claim within the townsite of Keswick,
Shasta County. Joseph A. Kahny ap-
piled for patent to the three claims. IN
which quartz and placer proposltlons
planned in existing accounts. One of the
claims was jumped, and the Genera
Land Commissioner sustained the jump
ers. Now the Secretary of the Interior
has reversed the decision on GROUNDS n9I
made clear in the brief reports received.
Randall had located claim Overlapping (
the one in dispute between kahny ana ana
the claim jumpers, and was killed Wnlle
asserting his right to possession. A run
account of the case would probably pre-
sent some interesting points in mining
law.
In several counties of the State both
talk and experiment concerning the use
of oil on highways to reduce both dust
and the impediment of sand to traction
is going on. 1t is possible that TINS use
of oil will yet add a good deal to the
home demand for crude petroleum IN
Modesto County Supervisor George W.
Abbott recently put 400 gallons or cruue
oil on 1870 yards of sand road, under ,nr un-
favorable conditions making It dustless
and the draft on horses more than one
third less In Los Angeles oil would no"
cost cents a gallon in tank car iots; SO
Our mines are all busy getting out ore,
to keep up with the mines. The b9tlS u 1S
mine is running three shifts. The Ked
Dog mill, at Johannesburg is rInnlng ,Hd 1ans
full tilt, and averages from 30O 10 4Vo 'oli'
- a Miner.
ing enterprise in view. r.. g. Hantorqf nf
of San Francisco has secured 1900 acres % so 0i
land two miles from Lincoln, which VIZ " u
be prospected with the view OF 'Worh'ile
the gravel with dredge. g that
Another electric proposition IS aa INA.
which has recently been floated under
the name of the Sierra Water FoWeI e
and Light Company. It's power plant Is
to be located somewhere near Cartea9ii II i
and it's projectors propose to supply an an
of the east belt and part of the The mother G,e4 4er
lode with light and power. The wafer
power is to be obtained on one OF tne
Independent.
Isaac Trumbo. one of the new proprrie-
tors of the Golden Cross mines ,d,iiii oJn
Diego County. has succeeded {. w. Faulg
as receiver of the property.
There are thirty-seven gold-producing
Californa's area. San Francisco has has
been investing money in mines for fifty
years and is to-day more heavily inter
where than ever before. In one county in
California San Francisco has put over
S. 600 900 in the last three years. There are
few mining districts in any part OF the @ @West
half of America in which San FRANCISCO
capital is not invested, but ten San Fran
ciscos could not furnish the requisite
amount of money necessary to develop
the multitude of deserving mining pro-
jects daily brought to it's attention: Since
the discovery of gold in California this
one State has produced gold to the value
of over 81 300, 900 GOO. There are now over
II 900 undeveloped mines in California
awaiting capital to become profitable pro-
ducers.-Mining and Scientific Press
J. o. DENNY.