The San Francisco call., 1904-04-23

Two trans-continental railroads pass
through Kern. There are two electric
power systems in its boundaries, TO |
supply electric light, and water COM |
panies, factories, etc, and plant Will
furnish electric power from Kern
River TO Los Angeles. More horses and
cattle are found to be shipped from
Kern County than from any other
county in the State. Kern boasts 100,-
900 acres OF alfalfa land and $4,000
head Of cattle are imported annually
to be fattened. The county had, ac-
cording to the latest returns of the
County Assessor, 100, 900 head of cattle,
100000 sheep and goats, 5000 horses
and mules, 10000 swine. Bakersfield,
the county seat, has all modern i'm
provements and is a picturesque and
pleasing city with great business fu-
ture.
KERN RIVERS BASIN.
Kern River, rising in Tulare County,
has a catchment area Of 1928 square
miles. 1t supplies 300 miles of canals
and 5000 miles Of side bitches with
water. An artesian belt twenty by
fifty miles in extent, has numerous
wells that irrigate thousands Of acres.
The valley lands of Kern are made
very productive by the irrigation sys-
TENS. A quarter Of million acres OF
rich, alluvial lands have been formed
by the deposits from the Kern River
There are 100000 acres Of wild pas
ture land in Kern County; there are
100000 acres that can be irrigated by
artesian wells and pumps In the ther-
NAL belt are produced semi-tropical
% wi inc
acres in extent; there are 1000 acres
in Indian corn and sorghum. The pic
ture of this wonderful mineralized
county is amplified by the statement
that it markets pomegranates, figs,
olives, raisins, almonds, oranges, lem
ons, all sorts of berries and melons,
apricots, pears, plums, peaches, nee
tarines, apples and vegetables of every
sort-all Of its own production.
A dividend of cents share has
been declared by the Kennedy Mining
Company. Grading for forty additional
stamps has been ordered
The Grass Valley Union says that a
big shaft will be sunk on the Lamarque
mine.
The Nome News says that six
dredgers will be installed IN the Tan
ana country by the Fairbanks Gold
Mining and Dredging Company, a cor
poration that is capitalized for s1,OOO,-
900. The company viii also operate
river steamers on the Tanana- There
are now 2000 men in this part of the
country" says the News, "and every
day brings more travellers" OF the
six dredgers that have been ordered
in San Francisco, two will be placed
on Fairbanks, two on Pedro and two
on Cleary Creek. Mining is very ac-
tive in these localities. Fairbanks
Creek has been the banner creek for
the section since that part of the coun-
try has been opened. The trail be-
tween Fairbanks and Circle City on
the Yukon is thronged with teams
drawing large loads Of supplies and
machinery. The same paper says that
the prospects are good at Anvik, but
not much gold has yet been taken out
there.
SOON TO HYDRAULIC.
The Modesto Herald reports that
the hydraulichng operations OF Doolit-
tie and his associates will soon begin
at Patricksville near La Grange
According to the Placer Herald, there
is a good chance for a boom In the
Ophir district. The opening Of the
Three Stars mine has been followed
by activity at the Gold Blossom, which
has been bonded to parties headed by
Waymire of Alameda.
Randall & Forden of Los Angeles
have bought the Billy Mack mine on
the Arizona side of the Colorado River.
near Empire Flats, about fifty miles
below the Needles. The price is re-
ported to have been $4,000.
The Los Angeles Herald disputes the
figures given out by the California Pc
troleum Miners Association in refer
ence to the output of certain California
oil districts last year. The Herald saws
that the product of the Whittier and
Fullerton fields was underrated and
that in the Los Angeles district "the
number of wells given is said to be
nearly double the actual number"
The recent reports of new and I'M
portant gold discoveries in Trinity
County call to mind the fortune of a
former San Francisco newspaper man
in the same district. Two years ago
Hugh Hume went into Trinity County,
and after an examination of some
properties got control of three full
of time, labor and money uncovered
large mineral deposits with free mill
ing ore of good value. There is an
abundance of timber and a never fail
ing supply of water on the claims.
More than s175, 900 in gold have been
taken out of the placer mines in Trim
ity County. 1t is supposed Trinity
County will be as much noted for its
quartz mines as it has been for its
gravel deposits.
The Maryland Mining Company, so
says the Nevada County Miner, has
given an extension of a bond on its
property to Boston parties.
The first cleanup of the new twenty
stamp mill of the Bunker Hill Consoli-
dated mine, near Amador City, is re-
ported by the Amador Ledger to have
given an average for the months run
Of s6 a ton.