The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-07

more risky forms of prospecting unless he
can well afford to-, to lose the moneJ TO De
This expert, of course, deals here
mainly with the second cla~- of operations
is ali that is needed as a guide when those
of the first class approach.
The oil situation at santa. Barbara is
interesting. The comparatively recent
and remarkable development of an extern
sion of the 'Summerland field under the
ocean with pipes sunk through the brlny
deep into the oil-yielding strata that pltch
at an incline out under the sea has
prompted enterprising oil men TO prospect
the shore in front of some OF santa B 3t
bara's most exclusive suburbs. Inc
beach between the, lines of high and low
tide are not private property, ana on
section of this tide land right IN front
of Mrs. c. H. Fernald's beautiful nome
at Miramar Messrs. French ana Cody
raised an unsightly derrick and plannea
others. Mrs. Fernald objected ana nearly
pect of lot of great unsightly deTrlchSS
marring the beauty of their famed ana
gentle beach and troubling the Arcaolan
quiet of that dreamy retreat -.
In the night a lot of prominent c1tl-
zens" RACED the derrick and carted away
the last inch of rope and IRON; r urine 81
threatened, will follow turther atlenlPt9
to tap those warm and shelving sahus'
The oil operators threaten 10 puy cS Snot7
guns and go right ahead. All SANTA SANTA
Barbara prefers beauty TO oil, ana there
is more trouble coming. Santa Barbara
has demonstrated that it us aestne &c.
The Santa Barbara Press champions the
beach defenders, and says:
1T is worth everything to Santa Bar-
bara and the suburban resident dlstricts
that the sea front shall be held lnXlolate
from the Disagreement OF derrlckS oI
other unsightly buildings. Inc deVeioR}I1
ment of oil near the city is OF put st 4lar
value and at best it is question Whether
oil exists in paying quantity IN any "
the numerous locations that nIrIn5e "a
can not be made a commercial city put
must, if it is to exist at all, remain as II
is, the most delightful residence place on
the American Continent.
The Santa Barbara issue is important
and interesting from legal standpolht
as well. rhe beach between the lines or
high and low tide is the properly OF the
State. From the line of low tide to the
three-mile limit the ocean floor is under
the exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States The Federal mining laws govern
ing mineral locations cannot apply TO
these tide lands. Whether and how they
might, apply, beyond the line OF low Goi tlde
should somebody want to file a claim on
the waves is a new and unsolved problem.
But he State has never in any way pro
vided for mineral locations or for the
mining use of its tide lands. At Summer
land and elsewhere a form of locating on
them has been gone through with by OIL
operators but the oil men are undouot-
eddy squatters, holding possession by the
suffrance of the State. Their legal eject
ment would be accomplished by a suit
filed Ivy the Attorney General. The santa
Barbara legal war may definitely bring
this issue into court, and if so interesting
legal problems will be raised.
The Santa Fe is the largest burner of
fuel oil in the State, and one OF the larg-
est producers upon its own account, says
the Riverside Enterprise. me company
is now using nearly 1000 barrels OF OIL
daily. The company has in the nelghbor-
hood of sixty engines fitted with mechan-
co1 which m axes oil bIIrnlng q
possible, and the number is 10 be IN
creased az fast as the necessary arrange
ments for the purpose can be MADE; ne
oil is cheaper than coal, much cleaner
and easier to handle, and in every way
preferable. The company now produces
something like 400 barrels of oil a day
from its own fields. and new wells are
being constantly drilled The stuff is also
being used for saturatiOn of the roadbed
at several points, for the purpose of lay
ing the dust of the desert, which in times
past has made travelling at certain sea-
sons in some places anything but pleas
ant.
Southern California's latest is mica
excitement at San Jacinto. Deposits OF
mica described as immense have been
found in hills near that town and Los
Angeles assayer has said that it is the
finest mica yet found in this country. The
town of San Jacinto rushed to the said
hills which are staked out in every di-
rection in the way usual TO PUSHES"
Most San JaCinto business men own
Iacinto Register saws: ''The road has
been kept hot TO the mines for number
Of days, and adds the strange informa-
ton: s'Machinery has been ordered for
the manufactu of oil from mica" 1t is
to be hoped the discovery is a valuable
one, but few such discoveries are val
liable. AS with slate deposits the quail
ties of texture. color and cleavage, at
fording large and regular sheets and
giving commercial value, are exceptional.
Definite information about the tlnd is not
at hand.
Mining activity steadily increases in
Shasta County and throughout Northern
California In one day last week nifty
two locations were filed at Redding.
Mines and claims are being rapidly bond
ed or sold. McGurran & Co. of Salt Lake
have secured four claims near copper
City, buying them for St: Louis people.
A Boston syndicate is adding TO It's pur-
They are considering the Hearne and
King copper groups of claims. which are
being exported. 1t is reported that j.
F. Coleman has refused $4,000 for an
option running to January, 1900, on the
Mammoth group of claims in the copper
belt, the bond being for 100000. The
mel A number of other properties in the
copper belt are in process of negotiation
velopments besides those which Captain
de Lamar will inaugurate with his re-
Gently acquired Bully Hill mines is
bright Redding is very anxious to know
what De Lamar will do in the way of
building smelters and a railroad but
nothing definite is yet made known.
Copper City is having its second boom.
About 1897 copper discoveries doomed the
new camp and lots sold at quite high
figure. No copper was mined and the bot
tom dropped out. Now that actual pro-
ducing opera lions backed by large capital
are under way and good future assured
a boom is on again and real estate sales
are lively in the little camp. In 1879 z.
Dobrowsky, now living in Reddng, paid
$500 for a Copper City lot and later put
the deed away just for a souvenir of lost
money. Last week he dug it up, busted
it and filed it, and he expects to get his
money. back yet.
The Croker estate is prospecting land
belonging to Ii near Thermalito, using
boring machines, and may work the
ground with a dredger.
The Portland Gold Extraction Company
is erecting a large cyanide plant at Saw
yers Bar, in the Salmon River, in Siskiyou
County, to work valuable dumps of tail
ingS.
On Friday of last week deeds were filed
in the Office of the County Recorder con-
veying to the Eureka Slate Company the
Strahle slate quarry near Kelsey. The
Eureka Slate Company is, says the
Georgetown Gazette, composed of a strong
syndicate of Oakland capitalists headed
by William Dingee, a prominent Capitalist
t II.