The San Francisco call., 1901-10-13
MINERS PREPARE
FOR CONVENTION
Advance Advices Prom
Use Many Delegates
at Meeting.

On Monday Cf next week the annual
convention Of the California Miners As
sociation will open in this city. The Gus
tomary elections Of delegates are proceed
ing and the returns seem to promise that
there will be as large a gathering of the
miners of California as usual Secretary
BENJAMIN. who has worked for the good
Of the association with zeal ever since
the organization of the body, is in con-
tinual cOrreSp pOnoence with the people OF
the mining counties. He looks FORWARD TO
an enthusiastic convention.
The general nature of the business TO
be considered, so far as 1t can be fore
Casted. was outlined in The Call a week
ago. There may be new matters Of some
importance to come up that are not yet In
shape TO talk about
The committees are about ready TO re-
port upon the several topics assigned them.
The debris dam on the Huba is likely to
become the subject of considerable ami
mated discussion. Some of the daily pa
pers published in the mining counties are
already taking the matter up with Vlgor.
The convention will be in session three
days.
bought the Leland and Mitchell mines in
Arizona. The price is reported to be S5O,-
O00 The mines are in the San Francisco
district.
According to the Kingman correspond
ent of the Los Angeles Herald tin has
been discovered in Mojave County, Ari-
zOna. William J. Roe found specimens
which assayed 75 per cent of tin. The
location is on the Colorado River, so it
is reported.
Quicksilver Mining Company in San Luis
Obispo County is about to start up. The
product will 90 principally to Los An
The Angels Record says that a large
bond has been placed upon the Royal
mine at Hodson, Calaveras County, the
price being set at sl,50OO00. Work has been
begun on the Last Chance mine at Hod-
son, adjoining the Royal, and shaft
will be put down. The Utica is about to
close down for repairs 10 the ditch and
fume and for other necessary work. The
stamps at the Melones mill will be In
place in about a month. Retimbering is
nearly finished at the Sultana-
The Magnet, reviewing the mining news
Of Tuolumne County, says that the Raw
hide and App mines have shut down for
a cleanup and to prepare for the winter
nel. The Soldier Boy quartz mine has
been bonded by John @. Davis and Sam
uel Hamilton from J. K Hunter, and
property is near the Hope mine. Two
companies have been organized to operate
the Eberhardt property, near Quartz.
Three feet OF snow recently fell on the
Mono road
Doubling Capacity.
The Sonora Union-Democrat says that
the Rhode Island mine is being put in
f1rst-class shape to resume operations.
The diminishing water supply is closing
Captain De La Mar is planning to dou-
bic the capacity of the Bully Hill Smelter,
says the Redding Searchlight- An addition
will be built that Will equal the present
plant In size. For several weeks the cop
per ingots from Bella, Vista have been
shipped east as rapidly as possible
mines situated on Sugarine Gulch, in
North Cow Creek Mining District Shasta
County, have been sold TO Frederick
The Yreka Journal predicts that very
rich copper mining district Will be devel-
oped IN the northwestern corner Of Sis
hyou County, near the boundary line OF
Del Norte County on the west and Joseph
ine County, Oregon, on the north The
mines are situated on Joe Creek, a tribu-
tary extending in Siskiyou County to Ell
lott Creek on the State line and also at
Preston Park, near the Del Norte County
line, several miles south Of the Oregon
boundary.
The New York Commercial saws that the
lower prices for copper cannot affect the
companies that have been producing for
a fraction of the present market price
Low prices must follow increased demand
and. in turn, bring great profit to those
who are producing copper on modern eco
nOmical lines. Copper, like every other
commodity, and particularly those in
which great results often follow small in
vestments, must f1uctuate in value. The
great holdings Of the metal made it highly
probable, some months ago, that there
would be a slump in prices.
The Florence (AriZ.) Blade reports that
the Lost Dutchman mine has been redis-
covered in the -Four Peaks country sixty
miles north from Florence.
The Yuma Sentinel says that the report
is current that the Hedges gold mines
have been sold for $l,250,OOO. The mines
are situated about twenty-five miles west
from Yuma and have been in the hands
Of q receiver for some time during the
progress Of litigation.
Lead Miners Troubled.
There is general uneasiness Throughout
the COeur d'Alenes, 50 says the Wallace
0d2ho) Press, over the mining conditions
Of the future. No agreement has been
reached by the mining and smelter men
for the handling of ores after the first
Of the coming year.
Contracts" says the Press, "have been
made with mine owners in Colorado, Utah
and elsewhere and these. together with
the Missouri product, will be able to fur
nish all the lead ore that is needed by
the snelters for the actual work Of smelt-
ing, although they cannot supply all the
lead required by the United States. There
are q. number Of smelters in the country