The record-union., 1899-05-22
Pacific Coast
Mining News.


eral interest to all who are interested
in such matters:
SOUTHERN MINES.
San Diego Union: Reports received
in this city yesterday from Lower Cali
fornla indicate that there has been
stampede of miners to the recently dis
covered placer diggings at Santa Clara,
fifteen miles from the sea coast and
about $50 miles south of this city. All
the miners and men who were engaged
IN other occupations at Calmalli, num-
bering about 300, have suddenly started
Tor the new camp, and the Ibarra colo
Mining Company at Calmalli, which tof
years has carried on extensive opera
tions in it's quartz mines, has been
forced to shut down on account OF a
scarcity Of men, all having gone to the
Santa Clara diggings.
The agents of the Ibarra Company al
Ensenada recently wired to this city
that they had received telegram from
Superintendent H. L. Swayne of the
company, at San Quintin, directing
them not to ship any freight on the
steamer ST. Denis for Santo Domingo
the landing for the Calmalli mines, as
the miners had left camp for the new
placers, leaving Calmalli deserted. The
dispatch was taken to San Qulntln
from Calmalli by runner, distance
of 200 miles,
A large quantity of freight destined
for Calmalli went down to Ensenada on
the last trip of the st. Denis for clear
ance through the custom house, and
was to have been taken to Santo Do
mingo on trip of the steamer. None
of the freight will go down now, as it
would be impossible to get men enough
to haul it overland to Calmalli, a dis
tance of. sixty miles. The st. Denis
therefore will not go further south
than San Qulntin.
1t is believed that discoveries of as
tonishing richness have lately been
0ade at Santa Clara. The miners al
Calmalli knew of the placers a month
ago, Sand few of them made the triI
of eighty miles overland to the diggings
situated in a southwesterly direction
from Calmalli The news now received
that Calmalli has moved bodily to San
ta Clara is taken as the best kind OF
evidence that the placers are extremely
rich. The first reports stated that the
extent of the diggings was phenome-
nal
The only practical way of reaching
the new camp is by vessel to San Rogue
bay, eighty miles south of Cedros ISL
and, and by trail fifteen miles inland
Further particulars, beyond the fact
that miners from the gulf coast are also
flocking to the diggings, are not obtain
able. Santa Clara, while near the
coast, is in a sparsely settled part of
the peninsula. The nearest settlement
having communication with the out
side world is Calmalli, eighty miles
over a rough trail in a northwesterly
direction from Santa Clara. Calmalli
does not enjoy the best means Of com
munication, for it is sixty miles from
Santa Domingo landing, at which point
the steamer ST. Denis touches once a
month.
Santa Clara is only fifteen miles from
San Rogue Bay, which is about eighty
miles south of Cedros Island. Small
vessels can anchor in comparative safe
ty at San Rogue but there is no settle
ment there, and the only means OF
reaching the placers from there is by
trail.
Four men of Santa Ana and Los An
geles have formed a party with the in
tention of going to San Rogue Bay by
schooner, and other adventurous spirits
Will probably now strike out for the
promising camp.
THE LEAD PRODUCTION.
The Government has issued its pre-
liminary statement of the production OF
lead for 1898 as follows: Returns from
the producers of pig iron in the United
States show that the total production
of lead from all sources during the
year 1898, was 3f0, ,606 net tons, as COM
pared with 2S9. .59S tons during the
year 1897, and 264 1874 tons in 1896
This includes soft lead. hard lead and
the metal obtained by smelling foreign
base bullion and ores in bond
This total of 80, ,6G6 net tons is made
UP of 267 .S2T tons of desilverized lead
and 42.TI9 tons of soft lead, the latter
being the metal obtained from non-ar-
gentiferous ores of Missouri, Kansas
Iowa. Illinois and Wisconsin by reduc-
tion works controlled by the mining
companies or by custom smeltins
works. 1t does not include the lead OBJ
tained from the ore of these districts
by desilverizers. The 267 ,S27 tons Of de-
silverized lead includes S,475 tons OF
hard lead.
During the year 1898 there were de-
silverized in bond 65,746 net tons OF
foreign base bullion. There were alsc
smelted in bond ores containing 1881
tons of lead.
During the same period there were
exported 62, 131 tons of lead from for
eign base bullion refined in bond, anc
13,02o short tons Of lead from foreign
ores smelted in bond
Reports from nearly all the import
ant producers show decline in stocks
from 1i,60S tons on January l, 1898
to 14,6S3 tons on January l. 1899.
JUST A QUESTION.
Redlandts Citrograph: Anent the re-
cent attempt of a delegation from The
California State Miners Association
of San F'rancisco-to organize a tribu.
tary branch at Los Angeles, the Min
ing Review of the latter city saws: "a
movement is already on foot for the es.
tahlishment of miners association fol
iI..'lssssp ais lsa Ear, as.s;~a s,srTa
If this means a South California as.
sociation, all right Our mining inter
ests are extensive and valuable enough
to require such an organization, and. i
we'll officered and literally supported. i,
can accomplish much of real benefit
But we do not believe in reaching out
into Nevada, or Arizona, or elsewhere