The San Francisco call., 1901-10-20
COUNTY MINERS
NAME OFFICERS
State Association Gains
Strength in the Cop
per Bolt.
Interest Now Centers in the
Convention in This
Oity.

The interest Of the week Is largely CEN
tered In the proceedings Of the State con-
vention OF the California Miners Associa-
tion The first meeting will be held Mon
day morning at 10 oclock In Golden Gate
Hail. There will be forenoon and after
noon sessions ON Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. but no evening sessions. The
county Miners Association and other or
Eanized bodies have named their delegates
and the lists include many men who are
prominent In mining in all the well-ex-
plotted mineral sections Of California. A
general outline of the work to be taken
up has been already published. The con-
vention promises to be interesting for
miners and the general public.
The California Miners Association has
evidently gained strength In the last year
wnch Will Send down to san francisco
lov representatives Of the copper belt and
other mineraltzed sections or the north,
Northern California Miners Association
as n permanent institution, formed on the
INES OF the Southwestern Miners Associ-
alton The work OF organization WAS be-
gun and another meeting will be held soon
10 select officers and to perfect the new
association. 1t has been determined to
make the membership fee only one dollar.
convention this week.
The, I'll Dorado County Miners Associa-
ION has elected officers for the year. c.
H.. Dunton Is president, II. L. Pocket.
vice president; e. II. Weatherwax. secre-
Clark. + " Chapman. George N. .clsrk.
rey. F. Adams. J. F. Armstrong, ]. Bar
ing Gould and James Blair, executive
The Butte County Miners Association
mas elected A. Ekman president: w. +.
duncan Sr.. vice president: K. B. Kimball,
secretary. and L. l.. Green. treasurer.
News From the Mines.
The Redding Free Press says that the
trinity Copper Company is back of an
enterprise TO construct the plant of the
the enterprise. according to the same au-
thority. will also consider the construc-
tion OF a proposed copper belt railway.
has at " saS ohs peso from nn sSe Te Tee
pustete mines in Lower California which
was sacked and delivered free OF cost to
the San Diego smelter for experimental
purposes, II the experiments result we'll
there will be another industry in the
south. The San Diego Union says that
the the, iron re % ore received runs about 50 per
The lnyo Independent reports that the
transfer OF the Radcl.f gold mines in
Inyo County to E. c. Nichols and J. A.
Gibson ct al. at bankrupt sale for So. 800
Is preliminary to the requirement of the
mines and plant by a new company. The
judgments against the mines amounted 20
The Piacerville Nugget says that the
destruction OF the plant OF the Zentgraf
rdre. on the west side OF FL Dorado
County. by fire was complete. The hoist.
a 2o-stamp mill and several buildings
were ruined. The property had recently
been taken In hand for development after
seven months of idieness, a new company
The Redding searchlisht says that the
proposition Of placing a customs smelter
IN the Old Diggings district has been con-
ta County w % smeI.lnr snd Kenins a. hns ssas com
pany and others.
a smelter Will be erected at Daring.
il viii be Installed By the hep Paeisis HHe smsitins
Company. which u Incorporated with a
capital stock OF $1,000. 900.
The Eastern company constructing the
ditch TO work the old Barton claim at
Buckeye Bar. Siskiyou County. so saws
the Yreka Journal. will soon be ready to
begin operations on the claim. A twenty
crushing quartz found In a hydraulic
claim at that point.
The Redding Searchlight reports that
bonds have been taken on the Summit
group of copper claims In the Backbone
district. and also on twelve claims that
adtoin the Summit mines.
The Bully Hin smelter Is running at the
rate OF lO tons OF ore every twenty -four
hours. The amount OF copper produced In
the form OF plates or ingots has averaged
aSo tons per month since June !. and has
N.
States Wealth in Copper.
The copper bulletin which State Miner
nlogfst Aubury Is preparing to issue will
soon be In the hands Of the printer, the
collection OF data having been completed.
The work upon the quicksilver bulletin Is
Colusa. Napa and Sonoma have been in.
vestigated. George A. Tweedy is looking
over solano County. and Will so thence
to santa Clara. San Benito. Monterey and
San Luis Obispo countIes and to yn rin,is
points in Southern California. Tho State
Mineralogist wishes to have all discover
les OF cinnabar lodges reported to him by
the owners that they. may be visited while
the collection OF data concernIng the
! quicksilver industry is In progress. The
following appointments have been made
by the state Mineralogist: J. d. Browne
OF Bakersheld. Ivan II. Parker of Colfax
and J. X. Harrington. to collect data CON
Serning the mines and oil wells Of Kern.
santa barbara and Placer counties. re-
sPectively. James NJ. Hyde. graduate
ed curator Of the museum connected with
me state Mining Bureau. TO succeed Mr.
burden. Mr.. Hyde's appointment dates
from November l.
The State Mincralogist announces that
ne ne Mi issue a register and mineral map
OF Kern County. Assistants will be APP
pointed soon To compile registers and pre-
counties. Maps and registers Will be
published concerning each mineral county
IN the state. and particular attention will
"wildcatter' will possibly And his occW.
patton lessened by this official informa-
'ioh' which has that purpose In view.
Heavy Dividends Declared.
Reports to tho Engineering and Mining
Journal for September show that iivi-
dands aggregating $40, s1o.s46 were distri-
iocniihed with the mining industry, this
pcihs, with one exception. the largest