The San Francisco call., 1903-09-05
tion he will pursue in the immediate future

tion he will pursue in the immediate future
Considerable activity is displayed in the
mining district near the old town of
Shasta. The Small & Harwood dixie prop
erty has been sold. This is sidehill of
rock and contains two claims. OF pro-
gress the Shasta Searchlight says:
At the Mount Shasta stamps are falling on
the lower grade ore and the best is being
hauled over the hill for shipment. The Hart
man mine on the ridge back Of the French
About ten employed
The Mountain Lion. northwest of Shasta, is
ment has revealed permanent ore bodies. The
group OF six claims lies on ridge northeast
OF the Mount Shasta.
South Dakota parties who are interested in
the Mountain Lion mine have taken hold OF
the Tellurium mine at Middle Creek.
The Pacific Coast Borax Company is
building road from Ivanpah, San Ber-
nardino County, to Ash Meadows to reach
the borax deposits owned by the company
near Death Valley.
The Iron Mountain Copper Company
has decided to use oil instead of wood as
fuel in operating its railroad, which ex-
tends from the smelters to the top Of Iron
Mountain. Four years ago the Mountain
Copper Company was consuming 10000
cords OF wood per annum. The use of
wood as fuel is now ended at Keswick.
This change has been brought about by the
substitution Of electrical power, furnished
by the Northern California Power Com
pany, for steam; by the use OF oil instead
of wood in the hot air blast and at the
power-houses, and the abandonment of
the open-aiI, system of roasting ores,
which alone consumed several thousand
cords of wood every year.
A GREAT BORE.
The Mining and Scientific Press pub
fishes some general facts Of interest
about the great tunnel to drain the Grip
pie Creek mines that throw new light on
the large enterprise and what is hoped
from 1t. The several companies operating
in the district subscribed $4,000 in total
for the work, which was equal to the es-
timated cost. Work on the tunnel was
begun January 25 of the present year
The level of the tunnel is $50 feet below
the Standard tunnel. The Press says:
Prior to the beginning Of the tunnel an es-
the amount Of coming water in the Elkton an6
other mines Of the vicinity, with view to de.
termining the advisability Of continuing pump
covering period of several weeks and these
! showed that the quantity of water varied from
a minimum of 1000 900 gallons to no 600 OOt
gallons daily, and It was concluded that Il
would be far cheaper to drive a long drainage
| tunnel than to undertake to drain the area By
pumping 10 the depth the tunnel could reach
| With the exception OF the small uncompletec
section which remained a few days ago. ths
tSineI Is III aOout 0z~oV 1eet' Wnlch includes
that portion OF the FL Paso workings on the
| line Of the tunnel A large amount of worl
has been accomplished from the FL Paso shaft
! and two other shafts were sunk on the tunne
! line to facilitate the work. II the tunnel bt
continued under the Raven and Globe hills II.
] length will exceed IL. 900 feet, or about twc
and half miles, without counting latera
| branches.
Upon the success Of this enterprise depend.
| the driving Of a second drainage tunnel at 6
| lower level. Should this latter project be un.
dertaken 1t Will doubtless be we'll under way
before the reserves made available by the pres
ent tunnel worked out
The first tunnel to drain the mines Of the
| district to a marked extent was the Moffat
/ driven into Gold Hill. The amount Of wate
| flowing from this tunnel reached high al
| 5000 gallons per minute. The Standard tunne
was driven about 200 feet lower, which com
pletely drained the Moffat tunnel The presen
tunnel, driven in the common interest Of al
the mines IN that vicinity, is called the Grip
| pie Creek drainage tunnel. The site for sec
ond syndicate tunnel has not yet been selected