The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03

good promises have been found within a
distance of 100 feet in the ledge, and con-
siderable gold has been pounded out of
the richest rock in a mortar. Back Of
the strike is little story of prospectors
luck that is not extraordinary but is in
Searchlfght w NJ Dale and his partner,
who had staked out the claim, were sit
ting by their ledge a few weeks ago,
looking at the uninviting groupings on
which but little work had been done, but
which did not seem to snow anything
much better than ordinary Dull quartz
They were discussing where 10 go next
I ri Moore who was ruStltng about the
hills looking for some sort of prospect
worth notice, came along, a stranger, and
sat down; Yes me partners ar GOOD o%He tbin Tne
d dg and teg i t mig 6fce be Of third nteFF
est and finally he got 1t for $ZO, Wnlch 70
Messrs. Dale re-, ana d1,d Stiea aeTeed to go 10
work right away, thinking that moore
would soon pack his blankets ahQ h now
on. AT night they were Lea 49, ~ g pas
the unpromising work, but moore was
built TO stay with things, ana {ney 4e
cided to be decent and DO sonet t nm I on
the $40. On the SECOND DAY eney b an I,iqbt
to shining gold in the ledge, and oy nIIgilI
had taken $500 out of pocket; N oio.,
work yielded more gold and indlcatilTDth Ions
OF something better than P ooSdkets;d have
trio have taken out over Sl99O ana no, ii1 de5
a locally famous prospect, which may ue-
Velop into good mine
One of the mining stories of the week
tells of George Nelson and Henry Lorlhg,
two prospectors, being chased by a pack
Of hungry wolves into the mouth OF "a q
other day. The picks and shovels left IN
the tunnel provided weapons with which
the hungry, enemy were kept at bay until
daylight. Being miners, of course the
besieged could WELD pickaxes effectively
in a tunnel, whereas excited -tenderfeet
would have knocked themselves or each
other in the head for the benefit of the
~ rrNlN &c OF a n o
of gold mining that it stimulates the i'm
agination powerfully.
Shipping has been a lively industry
during the past week or two where con-
ditions are favorable in the placer gold
regions This sport consists In hunting
along dry gulches or gravelly deposits
by watercourses over which recent floods
coursed exposing now and then nugget
in the debris brought from the beds OF
the watercourses above or washed out OF
banks. Boys, men and women hustle out
to gather gold, though baskets are not
required Local papers here and there
record that Johnny found nugget worth
81 so or 81 and some times much more
valuable finds are reported.
Coal Mine Inspector of Washington to
become superintendent of the Tesla coal
mines at Corral Hollow, Contra Costa
County His annual report as inspector,
just issued, shows that the coal product
of Washington increased in 1898 from
1.130,1 1872 tons for 1897 to 1,S1O2 S9 tons; From
1892 to 1897 the product was nearly sta
tionary. From 1892 to 1896 each 81 PA tons
cost a human life. Protective laws and
inspection raised the product per fatal
accident to 800 tons for 1878
The tunnel in the Red Point drift mine
in Placer County is now in 1900 feet, or
over two and quarter miles. There are
fifty-nine men on the payroll and an av-
erage of Jos cars of gravel is mined per
day using seven horses to tram the
gravel out.
There are fourteen hydraulic mines in
Eastern Placer County which had re-
ceiVed from the Debris Commission per-
mits to mine by the hydraulic process.
Owing to lack of water, only one has been
operated so far. The recent rains, how
ever, will allow all Of them to start up for
the first time This is a small sample of
what the rains have done for the miners
generally and of how mining activity is
increased
boom in placer mining that exceeds any
thing since the days of the early SOS.
says the Trinity Journal. Since the last
rain commenced placer miners have been
busily engaged on their respective claims.
Men can be seen working every gulch
near Weaverville and in places the Trim
ity River is lined with sluiCe boxes.
There has been started in Colorado an
organized effort to place a mineral ex-
hibit at the mining exposition TO be held
in London this summer. Cripple Creek
interests are leading the effort. The ex-
position will be place for exceptionally
effective advertising of the resources of
>
great center for mining investments and
the exposition will attract wide notice.
The British colonies will make extern
sve exhibits.
The Flat Creek mining district in Shas-
ia County, which abounds in gold and
copper, is one of the regions affected by
the boom in copper and in prospecting.
The district is now practically covered
with locations. On one day a week or so
ago seventeen claims were recorded at
Redding
A number of men at Butte City, Mont.
have incorporated a prospecting company
with 5000 shares of a par value of 81 each,
all of which has been subscribed. says the
Mining and Scientific Press. The stock
is paid for in monthly installments. Work
will be commenced under the direction
of a competent manager in Idaho. This
is an association organized for a definite
purpose on a commOn-SenSe basis and is
likely 10 lead to satisfactory results.
Men have been put TO work the old
Union copper mine in Del Norte County.
There is a considerable supply of zinc
ores in Mariposa County. An unsuccess-
full attempt to work them was made about
ten years ago.
A cyanide plant has been established in
Pleasant Canyon, in the Panamint
range, Eastern Kern County, to work a
pile of tailings estimated to contain
$4,000.
A nugget worth SITS was found the 9TH
er day by some MeXicans who were dry
washing on the desert near Virginia Dale
in Riverside County.