The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-30
MINING OUTLOOK rs GOOD.
MUCH DEVELOPMENT WORK PLANNED
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MUCH DEVELOPMENT WORN PLANNED
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Iewisohn Brothers buy n Group Of Golfer
Claims In shasta County-Hops Of An,
other Bonanza in Comstock Mines, Ne,
Rich strike Reported In Arizona,
Los ANGELES. Jan. 21.-The year opens with
the best mining prospects California has
known for a long tine. In the mountains
snow is billing I'M. with promise oi more 10
come. 80 that an ample water supply IA assured
for next season. All through the mineral belt
Of the north the rivers md creeks arc rising.
and mines and mills are everywhere RESUME
ing operations. Capital is once moro begin
ming 10 move freely in the direction OF mining
ventures. The indications now are that a
greater amount OF development work will be
done this year In southern California than In
many previous years. From the Johannes
burg terminus OF this Randsburg railway more
mining machinery and supplies OF all kinds
are being hauled away to the camps OF the
Panamint country. the RAdemacher and
Garden Station districts and the mining re-
Rions OF InJO county than have gone there in all
their previous history.
A big copper deal. which will probably have
as important results as followed the sale Of the
Iron Mountain copper mines. has been COM
pleted 10 Shasta county. ]. Parke Charming Of
WOW AOlh u uOugHJ " SlOD,Obv u RTOuU OI
nine copper clalms:near Kennett in the heart OF
the mining district. formerly the property
OF Messrs. Golinski. Weischmann and Glen
denning. He has also bought from +. J. Goss.
O. G.. Ferguson and ]. Fraser another group
of seven copper claims for $50. 900 in the same
district. Claiming is the representative OF
Lewisohn Brothers OF New York.
After nearly twelve years OF litigation the
ownership of the famous Cherokee mine. In
Butte county. is settled. The San Francisco
PEOPLE. In whose hands IL now Is. will az once
proceed to operate IL by opening new tunnels
under the drift system. Since the recent
storms the North Star Drift Company. in Gala
veras county. has begun work on a large scale.
The property il controlled by n Chicago COM
pany. The Bluebell mine has an eighteen-
inch vein OF 500 rock. The Grif1th mine, FL
Dorado county, has started n new mill. run BY
electricity. This is one OF the big properties
OF the mother lode which was abandoned
Jears ago at the water level. A year end a half
ago n Scotch company took hold OF Il and
made a thorough and extensive development,
which Is paying 1t we'll. At the old Spring
field mine the daily cleanup is now about
$1,000. This mine was abandoned some
time ago at the depth of ]. 700 feet.
The Western Star mine. near Newhall. Los
Angeles county. has been sold to Theodore
Martens. who will renew operations.
The Pioneer Company Of Placer county. near
Damascus, has for the last year been taking
out ore from the 500 and 1000 foot levels,
which has averaged from 81 to SIT per ton.
The Empire mine. Grass Valley. Nevada coun-
~, is putting in a new plant. This property
has been worked continuously since S5Q and
has yielded over$6,O0O, O0O. andtthe indications
are that it will continue to be a leading gold
producer for fifty years to come. The Old
Il0mininn INrn hnnp niXrrEtla an,.t, l.-
completed arrangements which will enable it
TO cancel its obligations and start work anew.
A ledge OF gold ore a~ssaying $50 per ton in
Coldsand carrying IL per cent. OF lead has been
discovered in Holcomb Valley. San Bernardino
county. Considerable activity in mining mat !
tiers is reported from the Chuckawalla mines, |
thirty miles east of Salton. There are about
thirty claims In the district. The most i'm
portant mine. the Iron Chief. is operating a '
sixty-ton cyanide plant and turning out a large
quantity of gold. Anumber OF small mills are |
kept constantly at work.
Experts from Europe and others represent
ing New York and New Jersey companies are
copper properties in Shasta county.
and all indications point to n big copper de-
relopment in that region during the next
year. /
The present outlook in Trinity county is
that its gold output will double that Of last /.
year. The big hydraulic properties are pre-
pairing to work on a larger scale than ever.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CRY. Jan. 21.-Pumping is to begin
in the Comstock mines on the lat OF February,
1t will be started on the ]. 750-foot level and
the water power now at the mouth OF the shaft
is sufficient to lower the water to the 2.SOO-
foot level. that Is. 1.O5O feet below the sill Of
the sutro tunnel. 1t is expected that by the
middle OF next month the work will have gone
far enough to show whether or not it is a prac- /
tical proposition All Nevada is Interested In
The experiment. for everybody ls hoping that
another bonanza may come out OF the lower
The Creole mine has a body Of ore which as
says $50 In gold. The litigation over the Gold
HaSen property has been settled, aud jewell
body OF good ore. The Gold Crown mine at
SieGsl. White Pine county has shIpped a car
OF silver. 90 cents in gold. and -. per cent.
manganese per ton This Is the first com
known as the Boston and Nevada. The prop.
s snyi mas Two Eeins; in one Of which COPPER pre-
and, the Other sHHi Is silver ItH isad 10 TO % Dor cent
The Legislature is being urged to pass q bill
appr,opriatinR funds for the establishment Of
ing districts Of the State. where owners Of
small mines could have their ore worked at a
outlay for the plant.
GUAYMAs. Jan. 21.-Sebastlan Camacho has
agreed to establish several new .smelters In
Nue,vo Leon and construct ZONE lines OF rnil-
road. The principal smeiter will be near Ler-
do and will have a capacity Of 300 tons daily. |
and the other smelters are to have a mini I
mum daily capacity OF 200 tons. When these
s.nelters are constructed Nueyo, Leon will
the other Mexican States combined.
Ore for shipment worth $4,000 was
brought into chihuahua in one day lust week.
the old. MaGistral co oper mine. near Chi
huahua, which has $4,000 tons OF ore on the
dump. a 10O.ton smelter IL being erected.
1t is said that an English company is about
to erect a smelter at OaXaca. From .that
place IL costs S43 per ton to get ore to a smell
ter at Monterey or ARuascalientes. Some
find it more profitable to ship their ores
TO Liverpool.
On the Santa Rosalia the steam pumps and
have been replaced by machinery run
ny compressed air. Previous TO the change IL
was impossible for work to he done In some
parts OF the mine by reason OF the heat. New