The San Francisco call., 1904-11-19
ELECTRIC POWER HELPS
MINERS OF THE NORTH
Old Time Methods Give
Way to improvements.
Nome District Makes Good Show for Season

One Of the signs OF the times is the
steady advancement in the use Of cleo
tric power IN the mines Of California
Large electric plants on the Mother
Lode have succeeded waterpower
plants and independence Of operation
has followed. Electric power is doing
the work for the dredgers. In the
northern counties the uses Of electri-
city IN mining are liberal Coupled
with the processes 10 make profitable
low grade ores, that formerly We're dis
caroed because there was no ecOnOmi-
cal way in which 10 get from them the
values that they held, and make profit,
the significance Of electricity is more
apparent now than ever before, when
The future Of California as a mining
State is considered.
Siskiyou County is using electric
power and the fact is locally considered
Of sufficient significance 10 be the sub
5ect Of special comment in the news
papers OF Shasta County. The Redding
Free Press says that the late rain
storms have been beneficial TO the
quartz mines OF SiskiyOu County in
furnishing a supply Of water for the
batteries, although not sufficient for
placer and hydraulic power. Electri-
city, however. supplies the place Of
WaterpOwer 10 great extent, by car
rylng currents long distances from
heavy power streams
Among the Siskiycu pants 10 use
electric power is the Mount Vernon
quartz mill, on the divide between
GreenhOrn and Cherry creeks. This
plant is running steadily on electric
power from the SiskiyOu Electric Com
pany. II the snow does not prevent
the mill VIII be able TO run ali win
ter.
The Bully Hm Company at Delamar,
Shasta County, has recently put in
new electric hoist that is run by power
furnished by the Northern California
Power Company. The shaft Of the
Bully Hiu mine. so reports the Redding
Free Press. VIII be sent down 800 feet.
Il is now $40 feet deep.
According 10 the same authority
thirty stamps are now dropping at the
Fairview mine in Trinity County and
the new power is working satisfactOri-
ly. A new battery Cf ten stamps has
been added Another battery Of ten
stamps is in view. so that forty stamps
VIII be the size Of the milling plant in
a few months
Attention is called by the Redding
Searchlight 10 the movements Of the
Mountain Copper Company in reference
10 its new smelling plant 10 be estab-
Ished in Contra Costa County. The
Searchlight says:
a.. s. Haskell fer several years superinten-
derr "a the couuauy's smelling operations at
Keswick. goes ~ Bay Point. where he viii
Fl -a.-l-z-r,i.fIo-l and ir1rrovement Charles
1urchlsll and Philip B0ssert. foreman and
assistant foreman respectively Of construction
work at kesHicS. were transferred 70 Bay
II IS reported uuon the best authority that
The - 8nraiu Copper Company VIII enter the
a scale NOT heretofore arre2pted. and viii
actively compete with The Selby smelting and
Lead Company and other srnelters about the
lat custom ores Wa - nanllea ana q
specially WiU bc made q the by-prOducts OF
me ores lal-le- rl-lluflc aclo A-L- pe Al1-1e
q. -lil-i-er-laL 9lanl.tles ana i4474. sai41gr. zllo @
and other produces including 1ertl-lzins ma
-eriais VIII hs uanufactured-
A ten-stamp mill has peen erected
al the Canfeld mine in Nevada Coun-
ty formerly known as the Grizzly Hill
gravel claim at the Blue Tent mine.
Enough work is going on TO keep a
twenty stamp mill busy.
The Nevada City Miner TRANSCRIPT
says that the Jenny Lind Company has
let a contract for an upraise from the
lower level
Recent transfers Of mining proper
ties are reported by the Mother Lode
Banner es follows:
Yesterday the final payment Of 5000 was
made 70 the Doyle brothers for the Ranch
Dine.
The option given by X. V Connaly 70 H.
r.. TomuEin Tor the New Albany mine. its
eE-e1siCns and water ditch, provides that
I'1-rrIzfn has thirty DAYS 20 examine the mine:
that he must then pgt four men % work and
keep them 20 work continuously that within
ninety DAYS from the expiration Of the thirty
De pay 5000 10 cash, ia six months further
600 and SIX months thereafter the balance
of purchase price Of $50 600
A representative of the Hayward estate viii
arrive IN sonora next Tuesday to receive pay
ment Of $1,000 FOR the Densnore. which viii
be purchased and operated. as stated lasr
week by n local syndicate.
Vi. s. WhiDpey and wife have bonded 70 J.