The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01
CABLE TO TAKE
COPPER SURPLUS
Coast Producers Greatly
Interested in New
Enterprise.
Discoveries of Good Promise
Are Reported on tha
Mother Lode.

Il
| ten months of the present year were 13,-
| 0SS 900 pounds smaller than for the cor
| responding period in 1900. In fact they
have been smaller this year than at any
] corresponding period in five years. Eng
/ lish copper consumption has been 8,796. .4S0
pounds less for the described period than
England i has been W Getting T more hopper copper
this year from Chile, Mexico. Peru and
Japan than 1t received from those sources
the the Countries sc Of Europe EUROPE shows falling
I on for the year 1901. The American Min
| ing News says:
| It Is a fact that England has imported less
! November l this year than 1t did between
] these dates last year. In only one respect does
year. and that is in the exports from that
country. For the first nine months OF 1901
against "a. ssS tons in the same period in 1000
| The imports Of copper into England during the
so that it is seen that England re-exports fully
as much copper as II consumes and this branen
OF the English cspper trade continues to 20
! England and South Wales received during the
copper, Of which only I7O7S tons were from the
United States Australia sent 1890 tons. or
soT tons: Mexico Mex % s5ss tons; on Y Spain sO.iss tons
Peru, 1911 tons, Cape OF Good Hope, 1724 tons,
land and South Wales from this country this
year nave decreased 10, 455 tons, while those
from Chile have increased S4sS tons: Other
! and Cape Of Good Hope. English imports OF
The figures show imports Of copper into Eng
| lish ports from countries other than the United
States Of 13, 719 tons more than the total Ameri-
can copper exports for the first ten months %
| this year.
Cable Will Lessen Surplus.
1t is of interest to note in this connec-
! ton that the new cable to cross the Pa
cisco in touch with the Far East, is ex-
pected to take up alone half OF the pres
ent surplus copper of the United Metals
Selling Company. There will be a local
demand for copper, in which the miners
| OF California are particularly concerned.
! The Yreka Journal says that very rich
| quartz prospects have been found in Sis
| kiyou County in Portuguese Gulch, a
| tributary of Humbug Creek on Yreka
Flats. The quartz is in small pockets and
/ Jesse Grant is superintending the work
/ Oh the quartz ledge at the Myers place at
| Greenhorn Gulch. mill is about ready
| to work there. According to the Ranjs-
burg Miner the Barstow mill has resumed
! operations and has ore in sight to keep
mine has ordered stamp mill which will
soon be running. The Phoenix Is near
Johannesburg.
Waldo district, on Hauch Mountain, have
been Bonded to r , b 49, Whiteside Of Du-
two shifts Of men at work developing The
property. The owners are DR.. J. Spence
| ana CdSS BrOtnerS. 1Qe OOQLlueuIdl Cop
per mine in Myrtle Creek district has
been sold TO Seattle parties.
Minerals for Schools
The following has been issued from the
State Mining Bureau:
MineraIogist Aubury In seeking to encourage
/ the study OF mineralogy In the advanced
grades Of the public schools OF the State. and
| with this end In view has opened correspond
enSeavor enSe rA to- promote a more general knowI-
| edge Of the mineral products Of California As
1ect he Is " making NUMBER Of coiiections OF
| the common minerals and ores. and after they
! them TO the various high schools in this State
! where they have manifested an interest In this
sons,ca fr11 dupIieats samples on hand The
| only charges made for these collections are ror
The San Diego Union publishes a story
| that immense deposits OF iron have been
discovered In Mexico, near Todos Santos
Bay.
winter mining. so says the Scott Valley
/ Advance. has been about concluded In
| ing for water. Work on the dredger at
Callahan is progressing very satisfactor.
/ ily. There Is water enough for many OF
the placer mines 70 resume sna,,t az ons mia
E. j. PieKsi and M y CUMMINGS;
| Charles Rasberry has discovered an as
! bestos mine not far from Angels Camp,
1 Calaveras County. about seven miles east
from Copperopolis. on the old Rawnide
The Redding Free Press says that. the
Liberty group of COPPER claims. west ron rom
Copley, Shasta County has been bonded
! The Mother Lode Banner reports that
! the Eagle-Shawmut mine has resumed OPP
| erations: that water Is now supplied to
/ the Dead Horse, Free Lance and other
\ mines on the same line as the Shawmut
and that a good body OF ore has oeen
/ pany near the mouth of the North Fork
| Of the Tuolumne River.
| The Redding Searchlight says that
smelter may be put up at the Donkey
| County, near the Afterthought property.
| A bond was recently taken on the prop
says that he thinks Of establishing
smelter, the capacity to be forty to hfty
/ ton plant.
promises pns to Be one Of the richest pros
| poets ever discovered In Amador County
has Just been Tncoyersd % P,tS on the Orr rancn. S
pings 200 feet long have been brought to
view, varying In width from 81 to feet,
| In the bed of Indian Creek. with q pay
snoHf %aif fPs' dozen Claims inns Of % gold and copper
have been located In Sonora. Northern
pany, which has an ofice In this city.
According to the reports sent out the
] Providentia copper mine Is very rich. The
Company. 1S % ana q reported ~ to be - rich. % E IS In
| the same country. This Is an ancient mine
that was abandoned by the spaniards
many years ago and has been relocated.
| Railroads are projected to develop the
| country. which was long held back by the
hostility Of the Yaqui Indians.
| p. Z. Bailey, field assistant OF the State
| Mining Bureau. is In Death Valley, and
has begun to investigate into the extent
/ of the deposits OF nitrates and borax in
| that section. A mineral map and regis
| ter CT Lake County will be published by
the. State Mineralogist this month. Maps
and registers Of FL Dorado. Inyo and
Amador counties will soon be prepared.
/ The Mariposa Gazette says:
| The washington mine at Hornitos
| opened 400 feet on the incline and Is situated
! 1000 feet above the sea level, therefore the
/ mine was say $50 lower than San Francisco
/ Bay. Princeton mine IL now 1850 feet deep and
Is situated 1000 feet above level and there
fore must be now about deep the top OF
4 the washington mine: So Princeton must be
| sunk about 1850 feet deeper to reach the same
/ depth as the first above named mine. COM
/ pared to the sea level, The lowest workings
/ In Hites Cove are now about 100 feet above
| sea level and Is nevertheless above the grass