The record-union., 1899-10-02
11hildren's
. Vestee Suits, So. so.

added that he had no doubt Of the
existence of oil in that section. A
steam engine will be used for drilling,
and when oil is struck that liquid will
be used for fuel in pumping. The work
will be let by contracts. Mr.. Andrews
said that he has backing as good as
there is in Los Angeles or San Diego.
GOING AFTER GRAVEL.
Oroville Mercury: The success of the
dredgers operating on Feather River
and on low lands adjacent thereto is
now assured, and land suitable for
mining purposes is at a premium. This
condition has led to the location, for
mining purposes, of the bed of Feather
River adjacent to Oroville, and these
locations are the talk of Oroville to-
day.
The first location noticed was posted
on August 26th, but was not filed with
the County Recorder until five min
utes before 5 o'clock last evening. Hon.
Marion Biggs of Oroville and Freeman
& Bates, attorneys of San Francisco,
are the locators, and they claim AZ. ou
acres of river bed extending from near
the Oroville river bridge to a point di-
rectly opposite the l. o. O. E. Home.
and extending to the meander lines of
Government survey ON either side.
which brings the claim very near the
building line on the Oroville side. They
have named their claim the Rock ISL
and, and Mr.. Biggs, when seen to-day
by a Mercury" representative, stated
that a dredger will be built to work
it. Mr.. Biggs said that he had been
looking into this proposition for year,
and that both he and his attorneys
were convinced that the land was open
to location.
A second location notice was posted
this morning by Attorney 10 d. Sproui
of Chico and John Gale of Oroville
and J. w. Myers of San Francisco 1t
covers the river bed for distance of
about mile, beginning at the lower
end of the Rock Island claim and ex-
tending down the river, and its area
is fifty-three and one-half acres.
Both Of these claims are based upon
the theory that grants OF land made TO
these meander lines on either side OF
the river do not include land beyond
said lines. Whether the land owners
will accept this view remains to be
seen, and there is very nice point
involved. If the contention of the To-
Gators is sustained by the courts the
Joke will seem to be on the adjacent
land owners.
1t is rumored that other similar To-
cations are to be filed upon other por-
tions of the stream at once.
Dredging along the Feather is now
an established industry, and some OF
the new dredgers of which the "Mer-
curry told in July, are now being con-
structed. One of these will be built
at the baseball grounds south OF town.
where excavation for it is now being
made, and several carloads of timbers
are at the depot.
The Marigold Dredging Company
has just acquired an additional loo
acres of land of P. r. Welsh and wife
and A. F. Jones, the deed having just
been filed for record conveying the
land to T. c. Platt of New York, Presi-
dent of the company.
MINING EXPERTS.
Nevada City Transcript: The Golden
Tunnel mine in the Cascade Mountains,
State of Washington, located last year,
has developed into a paying mine So
quickly as to make the property the
mining wonder of the Northwest. Two
of the three men who located it sold
their interest without knowing It's
value. They thought the bright yel-
low dirt at the bottom of the cave was