The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-15
MINERS SEEK INFORMATION.
Practical and Scientific Men Are Requested
to Appear at State Convention.

The annual convention of the Cali
fornia Miners Association, which will
BE- held in this city on December 8,
s. and S, is the immediate cause Of
a large amount of correspondence be-
tween Secretary Benjamin and prac-
teal miners and others concerned in
the mining industry Of California. In
accordance with the decision of the
executive committee OF the California
Miners Association. the proceedings of
the coming convention will be made
interesting by crowding into the four
days as much practical information
from technical and other sources as
possible.
The mining department of the Uni
versity Of California will be called
upon 10 contribute information con-
corning recent experiments and OBJ
servations and the leading operators in
the many mining counties of Califor-
mia are TO be invited to furnish pa
pers dealing with mining in its vari-
Gus aspects. The responses will prob
ably be favorable in many instances.
This course has proved during several
years TO be well adapted TO holding
the attention Of the delegates to the
annual conventions. No single State
has contributed more in this way to
the enlightenment of the public than
has California through the agency of
the California Miners Association. In
addition 10 the routine proceedings the
mining delegates will be entertained by
excursions TO various places about the
bay.
The report of a committee Of the
San Francisco Stock Exchange rela-
tive 10 the gold mines and prospects
al Tonopah and Goldfeld, in Nevada,
has been followed by the expected ac-
tion. Several stocks that had not been
sold before in the san Francisco board
have been duly listed. One result that
may not have been fully foreseen is
the loss to the Tonopah stock board Of
some Of its members. IT is claimed
by brokers in the San Francisco board
that the brokers who have left the
TOnopah board number twenty. Now
that the stocks are before the San
Francisco board there are two agen-
cies in this city that are concerned
in selling them to the public.
NEWS OF THE MINES.
The Ironclad mine in Nevada Coun-
~ recently met with an accident to its
pumps when the water had been low
cred TO within twenty-five feet Of the
bottom OF the mine. 1t resulted in the
water rising so fast the men were
driven out. A new pumping plant Will
be installed.
The Sultana mine at Angels has been
closed.
The San Andreas Blue Gravel Min
ing Company has been organized to
work gOld-bearing channels on the
Mhitloek estate lands. A shaft has
been sunk into the channel.
The Mailman mine at Angels will
be operated By the Black Oak Gold
Mining Company.
The DrUmmond mine at Canada
Hill. near Nevada City. has been
bonded TO 3. Graves, P. Heintz and
others
The Alaska -Treadwell Mining Com
pany, operating on Douglas island.
Alaska. ran 240 stamps with steam
and water power 341 days in the year,
eEding June SO. In this period 404,-
500 tons Of ore was crushed. The
ore reserves are estimated at more
than 100000 tons. The mills pro-
duced in bullion SS92.SSs and 1895, $40
came from concentrates. The total
cost Of operation was S1.064,5S5, in
Guiding new work and all Office and
other charges. The bullion received