The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-15


per ton Of ore crushed; from the con-
centrates $1.2O per ton.
The keystone mine will use oil as
fuel and is installing a plant.
The Kennedy mine, in Amador Coun-
ty, with additions, will soon have 100
operating stamps.
The placer ground near the Costumes
River at Forest Home Amador County,
may be dredged for gold. A bond has
been taken on one tract. Land for
dredging has also been bonded by an
other company, which has selected SUIT
ter Creek as the scene of its operations.
w. F. Detert has bought the machin-
cry of the abandoned Shenandoah
mine. Before operations were finally
given up at the mine the sum of $780,
900, according to the Amador Ledger,
was expended. Detert has removed
most of the machinery to a copper
property on the Costumes River
Julius Fried of San Francisco has
secured an option on the Little Amador
mine, at Amador City.
A dividend of 10 cents a share has
been declared by the Central Eureka
Mining Company.
NEVADA COUNTY'S SHOW.
According to the claims made by Sam
uel Butler in the Grass Valley Union
the cost of the mineral display of Ne
vada County at the ST. Louis EXPOSE
ton is but $500. So far a shortage of
only 5000 is in sight, and this will be
made good by the Supervisors or the
mine owners. The Tidings reports But
Ter as saying:
1t is gratifying TO know that Nevada County
as mining center is appreciated by those
living at distance as well as by those at
home. Probably had we been disposed to adopt
the same tactics adopted by other mining COM
munities in advertising our resources TO the
world. we might to-day have large a popu-
lation as Cripple Creek But we have been
content 10 conduct our business along safer
and moro conservative lines. permitting the
county through its ever increasing product to
speak for itself. There are few mining dis
presence recently by one Of the greatest
mining authorities in America. / refer to
sG F hemp the head % Of the Columbia
The Peoples Cause describes the
large operations in progress at the Hal
lett farm, near Marysville, as follows:
Teams are excavating a space 200 feet wide
and 900 feet long for the Harmon Company
and two more dredgers viii soon be at work
there The men are cutting brush and small
Island. where
soon VIII De eNcaVating- Preparations are
under way TO construct two dredgers on the
north side for the same company. and it is
expected these six machines all will be at work
by next summer. The two large machines now
operating constructing a double embank-
ment between twenty and thirty feet high. one
machine following the other and depositing its
tailings alongside the high embankment
thrown up by the first one. The agreement
with the Government calls for a single en-
bankment. but Mr.. Harmon. after watching
the terrific power Of the Yuba River when the
winter freshets come, concluded to double the
strength OF his Work and put on more ma
chimes to complete his contract by the time
required When completed. the Yuba River
with base of $50 feet across its entire chan
mel. II is expected this wall will turn the
stream and cause the water 10 flow through
the new cutoff. The broad expanse of river
bottom back of the wall will form large
settling basin for future deposits Of sand and
being constructed by the Government and will
be about two miles in length.
James O'Brien has sold to r. f.
Crautor, w. c. Hendricks and others
55s acres of dredge mining land in the
Yuba River bottoms. Much of the land
has been prospected. Two dredgers
will be put on the property soon. Local
report places the cost of the land at
something like 500 an acre
The Grass Valley Union says that
large improvements have been ordered
for the New York-Grass Valley mine,
Including a 100-light electric plant for
the illumination of the mine; also the
erection of a sand or slime plant to
handle all the tailings from the mine.
The company has paid for its property
in full. consisting of 100 acres of pat
ented land.
According to the PIacerville Nugget
the Landecker Mining Company has
now three tunnels that open up river
channels for several hundred feet. A
gravel mill with a capacity of $50 tons
a day is about ready TO operate. The
company has ALP acres of mining
ground on the channel that was worked
some years ago at the Big Cut