The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Pacific Coast
Mining News.


still great enterprise in these Western
States, as the following news will in
part show:
SOUTHERN EXHIBIT.
Nevada City Transcript: The officers
OF the Southern California branch OF
the California Miners Association are
are Hon. Stephen M. White President;
Captain Mullins, Vice-President; II. j..
FRESHMAN. Treasurer, and o. Breese,
Secretary. A Los Angeles paper
says: The association will take steps at
once to install here a permanent mining
exhibit, and will get the nucleus of the
collection from the State Mining Blu
reau, where there are hundreds of du-
pllcate specimens that are available for
the southern branch. State Mineralo-
gist Cooper has offered set of these
duplicates, which will be accepted. To
that collection will be added contribu-
tons and loans from members and 9TH
ers, to make a large and instructive .ex-
hibit. A large display of minerals,
properly classified for convenient study,
can be made most instructive, not only
no miners and prospective investors, but
to all students of mineralogy and geol-
ogy.
KLONDIKE AS 1T is.
Dawson Miner: 1t is time that papers
here tell the real truth to the world
about the gold discoveries Of this north
ern land SO far as are understood at
this time. The Klondike field is a rich
one, but so far as yet shown it is of very
limited extent. No new discoveries of
gold, extending the limits of the field
have been made since the creeks were
first staked. Those creeks staked under
the original 500-foot regulations seem
to be practically the only creeks where
rich pay is now found, and many of
them have proven Of no value A very
few hundred of all the thousands of
claims staked are payment under the
conditions that they have to be worked
here. No quartz of any value has yet
bean discovered so far as known by u.s.
There are many more men in the field
than can get work to do at any kind of
wages, to say nothing of living wages,
and next summer Will see many of them
leave the country.
A MINING DEAL.
Salt Lake Tribune: The foothold on
Bingham's big copper bearing zone, for
which Captain de la Mar has been so
long sparring, was finally secured by
him recently, when, through the bank
ing house of Mccormick & Co., he
shelled out $50, 600 and clinched an op-
ton on the Wall group No. 1 of sixteen
claims. the property of Colonel E. A.
Wall of this city, the balance, amount
ing to S250,G00, to be placed to the
credit of the vendor on or before De-
cember 31st next
The closing of this contract be-
tween the Captain and the Colonel
adds another to the brilliant list of
stars who have been, within the past
few months dealing out their millions
in the acquisition of Bingham bcnan-
zas, and to it's diggings imparts a pres
tige that has been attained by few of
any country. 1t is just a year ago now
that the series of sensational disclos-
upes in the copper zone began to en-
gage the serious attention of Captain
de Ia Mar, and his experts began the
search for ground. The Wall group.
adjoining the properties of the Highland
Boy on the east, commended to him,
an exhaustive examination was begun
and continued for several weeks. In
conducting it the old Markham min in
Bingham Canyon was brought into
requisition. and before the examination
was completed over LOO assays had
pied at the plant. While the demonstra
tions We're very satisfactory, something
occurred to interrupt the dicker, and
not until his temperance in this city
short time ago was it reopened.
Meanwhile Colonel Wall whose faith
IN the ultimate productiveness of the
big group that spreads out over the por-
phry belt, had never relaxed, continued
the work of opening it up, and with
what result this deal affords the
best evidence. Accompanied by Victor
M. Clement he visited the ground On
Sunday and satisfied with the showings
the drawing up of the deeds was or
dered
Discussing the purchase, the Captain
SAD that although the proposition was
one that must require concentration to
put It's ore in commercial form, it was
one of the biggest in which he had
ever interested himself. Indeed. the
ore body was such as to almost defy
computation, and already he has made
up his mind that a concentration of no
less than 1900 tons daily capacity mus
be installed. When this viii be under
taken depends on the progress that is
made in the blocking out of the ores.
that now show an average of 2H per
cent in copper, with small values in
silver and gold.
THE TEXAS MINE.
Nevada City Transcript: Everything
is looking prosperous at the Texas
mine in Willow Valley district. From
the bottom of the 250-foot vertical
shaft level has been opened up from,
which cross-cuts have been run. In
performing the work the Wheel. Creek
Delaware and New York lodges were
cut and also a new ledge Is inches
wide that was not known to be there.
The ether lodges run from two to six
feet in width and are close together
thus allowing of easy mining of the
ore. With 2.4O0 feet to run on these
lodges the mine ought to last a long
time. The company has a fine plant
throughout. everything being put UP
in complete and substantial manner
and the latest machinery used, all OF
which is driven by water power, a
pressure of nearly 300 feet being OBJ
tanned from the company's ditch A
steam engine is kept in reserve in case
anything should happen the water sup
ply. Water is raised to drain the tun-
mel by a 10-inch plunger pump. a
small steam pump which was used
when the shaft was being sunk is kept
in reserve Machine drills are used
two large and two small ones being
employed, Rex air compressor fur
nlshing the power to run them.
THE PILGER NINE
Grass Valley Union: There are pros