The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06
MINERS NEARLY
READY To MEET
Interesting Topics Form
Basis Of Expected
Reports.
Counties Invited to Elect
Representatives to
Convention.

The coming convention of the CalifOr-
MIA Miners Association In this city is eX-
citing the attention of miners all over
the State. County associations will soon
elect their delegates, and chambers of
commerce, boards of trade and kindred
bodies, according to custom, will be in
vited to send delegates The petroleum
miners will be represented. President Z.
Z. Noorhies will have an annual review
to make and there will be reports from
the various committees of the associa ton
to whom various duties have been as
signed. Reports on the Federal mining
laws will be submitted. The subject of
the Cabinet position to represent the min
ing. interests of the country in the nation
al Government will again come up and
will undoubtedly be acted upon favor
ably. Hydraulic mining and the Yuba
River situation Will be among the topics
to be discussed
Mining men and owners of reservoirs
and bitches are preparing for the rainy
VIII be constructed by the Calaveras
Water, Power and Mining Company. The
ola reservoir of the Utica company on
the Stanlsaus River near Blood7s is GET
ting a new backing of cement wall and
the dam at Elephant Rock belonging to
the same company is being raised
The old Kate Hays mine in Grass Val
ley is about TO be operated again. The
property is now owned by the Grass VAL
ley Exploration Company For some
time the mine has been idle. New ma
chinery has been purchased.
u ;: tQuImby reports to the Redding
Seachight that the Trinity Copper Com
pany has made deal by which 1t secures
all the water rights wagon roads. sur
veys. rights Of way and lands of the Cop
per Beit Railway and Power Company.
A smelter will be built at kennett. The
surveys for the electric railroad from
kennett to De La Mar ana from Kenneth
to the Shasta King mine are practically
completed. The necessary rights of way
have been secured and construction work
company began operations last June
$4,000 is reported to have been expended
in the prelIminaries.
The Tuolumne Independent reports
that the new 1Q-stamp mill at the Mack
mine is completed.
Rsopening Old Properties.
The old Nugget claim in North Sonora
will be reopened. The old tunnel is being
cleaned out and much work is going on.
The mine has been idle for some time:
The Chico Record reports that the
Cherokee mine in Butte County will be
shut down. Half of the working force
has been laid off. The mine is owned en-
tireiy by Eastern people, who have eX-
pended many thousands of dollars in de-
Veiopment work. This included the build
ing of dam across Dry Creek for the
impounding of debris.
The Columbia marble quarry, in Tuo-
lumne County, is about to start work
again. William Grant has received pay
for his half of the property. The Tuo-
lumne> County papers report that the
price. was $4,000. Suit was brought to
foreclose mortgage in favor of Crooks
d Jarboe against Grant and judgment
was secured for $4,000 for the plaintiffs
The Tuolumne Independent says that the
quarry will be worked systenia tically
The kubli mine situated near Grants
Grants Pass, Oregon, has been sold for
$4,000 to Lawson & Ramsay of Oregon.
Invitations are being sent out to all
mining sections Cf the country to partici-
pate in the Mining Exposition to take
place in New York City at the Grand
Central Palace, from December 2 to De-
cember Is. a department of exhibits by
railroads, mining bureaus and CONNER
cial associations will be one of the fea-
lures of the exposition. Ores minerals
and mining machinery will be on exhibit
tion. Allen S. Williams writes that the
exposition is planned to educate the pub
lie concerning the great Importance of the
mining industry. Efforts will be made to
have large attendance of practical min
erS, mining engineers and others connect
ed or directly interested in mining Pro-
vision has been made for companies or
associations desiring to hold conventions
during the period while the exposition is
open.
The Nome Nugget tells of a peculiar
find on Anvil Greek by j. r. Jarvis, who
owns fraction of a claim on the creek
great nugget was picked up. Within
four inches of bedrock a neck chain was
discovered, which was composed of small
wooden balls connected by an iron wire
every fourth ball being carved with Chi
neSe characters.
The miners of Colorado are seeking to
have provision made for an exposition of
Colorado.s mineral products at the COM
session of the Colorado Legislature NAV
be called by the Governor. Colorado and