The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-29
BONDS PASSING
AMONG MINERS
New Operators Come
Into Field to Search
for Ores.
Extension of Dredging tor
Gold in River Beds
Is Planned.

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The Calaveras and American rivers Will
( be the scene Of dredging. Groups Of
mining claims in several locant1es nave
| recently been placed under bond In an
of the mining counties of this State the
| operations are practically at full capaclty'
The facilities for travelling on the Colo
RADIO River are to be improved to accom-
MEDIATE the miners who have properties
near the river Operations on gigantic
scale are promised in Shasta County.
The Scott Valley Advance says that the
7 QuigIey ranch at Orc Elmo has been pond
ed to a company for dredging purposes
and that the Ball mine and mill are run
ming at full blast.
! The Upton mine In Amador County
seven miles from Plymouth, has been
purchased by Eastern parties A ten
stamp mill is to be removed from Quartz
Mountain and put up on the property
The Redding Searchlight says that the
Mountain View, Copper King Mckinney
Puerto Rico, Cuba and Dewey copper
claims, on the west slope OF Town creek
Mountain, are about to be bonded. VIM
ter work has been begun on the Mch1nley
Bully Hill. Twelve men are working on
the Boston & Montana Mining Company
Northern Light mine.
The mines of RandSburg, $50 says the
Randsburg Miner, are looking we'll and
the outlook is better than at any time IN
the past Ave years. The yellow Aster
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and are putting through about 4oO tons
per day, with prospect Of an increase to
800 tons daily. There are still rumors cur
rent Of the sale of the Yellow Aster prop
erty but, according to the Miner, no one
has yet had an option on the mines.
Dredging In Calaveras.
| Concerning the dredging for gold in
Calaveras County the Ca1aVeras Pros
pect says:
The parties who have secured the bond on
the bed Of the Calaveras River at Jenny Lind
and the lands adjoining are about TO begin
operations The party rspresenteo oy NJ Mi;
on the ground and were expected to begin woTk
this week The ground Is to be thorousnly
other work is done. These borings are Iex-
pected to develop the value Of the ground and
sive dredEinE operations. Mr. DooIittls. who
has the bond on the Cutler ranch Is also ex-
pecting to begin the work OF prospecting In
/ a short time. The methods here Will be SIM
liar to those in the river channel The ground
50 Witch Vi viii be followed BY more extensive
work. The dredging process Is expensive 10
begin with requiring the outlay OF large
sum, and no chances are taken Of working on
/ barren ground.
! The Placer Repubican-Argus says that
! two companies expect to build edredgers
/ during the coming season In the North
Fork of the river the tailings form q
/ solid mass up to thirty feet In depth and
! crossing Of the Colfax and Forest Hill
road down to Auburn. Above this point
: to the mouth Of Canyon Creek there are
a strike is reported - in the karkin mine
| In FL Dorado County at the 400-foot level
A new line Of steamers Is about to run
on the Colorado River to get the business
/ of the mines in California and Arizona
1t is under the direction Of Captain A B.
! Smith.
! The Union-Democrat reports that a
! company composed Of Boston parties has
! been organized under the name OF the
! to work a group of eighteen claims be-
| tween PARROTS and Robinsons ferries on
the Stanislaus River Operations have
been resumed at the Dondero gravel
! The MONDAY copper mine in Ell Dorado
! County. on Mathenas Creek, has been
| bonded by DR.. Wrenn and DR.. Proctor to
! the Payton Chemical Company of Mar
/ tinez, which will develop the property
The bond calls for sinking 200 feet at
The Mother Lode Banner says:
The Bonanza mine Is closed down. The com
! pressor and pumps have been removed and the
So 800 shares of the stock. held by the Citizens
! Bank, now be given to the children to
! ornament playhouse as that is the only way
! to utilize them. Superintendent NJ. d. Kelly
/ feels much disappointment over the outcome,
| as he put in several months work and con-
| siderable money, all in vain.
Will Complete Purchase.
! According to Mineral Wealth, develop
ment work at the Balaklala mine is such
| that the bond for $65O,OOO on the property
| will probably lead to actual purchase.
! Nine diamond drill holes have been put
down and great quantities Of ore are re-
ported to have been located thereby Sew
enty-hve men are working on the prop
| erty under the direction of W. w. Adams.
! According to the Redding Searchlight
| the sum Of $4,000 has been taken from the
Dorleska mine by H. 2. Osborne and his
present owners e. $4,000. The mine is in
! Trinity County.
| The Yreka Journal says:
man named Winters from idaho started
up the steam dredger at HawkinsvilIe lar
week for the purpose Of ascertaining the neo-
essary improvements required to the machinery
! and apparatus for better service in worxfn9
the Yreka Creek bed at Hawdnsville.8 Con-
siderable top gravel has to be moved before
| found. especially in the crevices ana seams,
/ often requiring hand work In picking or dig
/ ging out.
The Punch Creek quartz mine on the south
| fork Of Humbug shows excellent prospects late
! ly, new strike OF rich quartz having just been
discovered. The Golden Star Mining Company
! directors have levied another assessment No
now being performed at the mine on HumbuT
Creek %
The mill Of the Red Bird quartz mine on
soon be ' going day and night WheS the new new
machinery is worn little to run smoother
The cold weather lately has been causing
much trouble in keeping quartz mills running
| especially in the high attitudes. where the
freezing in the batteries. which prevents tSs
flow of water needed in small quantity FOR such
| purpose.
Operations Are Extensive.
Mineral Wealth says Of future opera
lions in Shasta County:
Operations on gigantic scale will mark thu
mining industry OF the future in Shasta County
The small enterprises producing a few thou
! sand a month or year will be Completely
| overshadowed by the colossal operations now
planned. IN a formative stage already in the
field.
Only q few years ago the mineral OUTPUT NJ
the chief producing counties Of the State ala
not equal the present output OF either Of the
| two large mines now operating in Shasta
County, ana with the exception Of Shasta 5
yield there is not another county in California
that reaches 90 per cent OF the output of one
Of her large mines.
The Mountain Copper Company Is producine
at the rate Of "a. 500, 900 a year and the EuIIS
Hill Copper Mining and Smelling Company o.
| which Captain J. R. de Ia Mar is the moving
spirit, is producing at the rate Of So $50 0O6
and will increase It's smelter capacity. which
will double this output in another year
The Anaconda Standard gives an ar
count of the great smelling plant that IL
being completed at Anaconda Ten
thousand carloads Of material have been
used in its construction. The STANDARD