The San Francisco call., 1904-10-22

Dy producers; II given in coming value, the
sum would be about doubled.
The total value of on-netallic substances
was $204S 63S These substances include bo-
rax, coal, chrysoprase. mineral waters salt,
lniusorial earth, gypsum, magnesite, pyrites,
lithia mica. Fuler's earth quartz crystals,
mica soda, tourmaline and turquoise.
The total value of hydro -carbons and gas
was SI.94o,2s3. an increase OF 81. 760. $50. The
hydro carbons and gases include asphalt BIZ
luminous rock, natural gas and petroleum The
gas is given in value OF that commercially
utilized The petroleum price is the average
per barrel T. o. b. at wells stations in each
county The number of barrels of oil produced
"a. $3.50. valued at So 3I3. .271, as against
IA 910 barrels in 1902. valued at 81, co., 1S9.
The total value Of structural materials was
S6,90S, 463, an increase of 50, 799, 440 over the
previous year. These materials include brick
and pottery clays. Portland cement lime and
limestone. macadam. rubble and concrete rock,
pentine. slate. glass sand and soapstone.
The relative value of the principal mineral
products of the State is as follows: First,
gold; second. petroleum; third. copper: fourth.
clays and their products; fifth, quicksilver;
sixth, rubble; seventh. cement.
COUNTIES TO THE FORE.
Mining interests in Plumas County
receive attention in a county publica-
ton that has just been issued. The
county has all the needed accessories
TO mining, water in abundance, and an
ample supply of timber. Gold mining
has been leading factor in the prop
erty of Plumas since the days of the
pioneers. First came the exploitation
of the placers as matter of course.
II is officially estimated that the Span
ish ranch and La Porte districts, both
of which continue to yield treasure.
have produced in gold not less than
s5o,000,00O in total. Within the past
two years river placer mining has been
cfirr11tlofod Px-
the coarser gold that was not found
by the pioneer miners has been saved.
Twelve miles of riverbed below Sal
mon Falls will soon be laid bare by
the operations of power company.
While most of the shallow deposits
caused by breaks from ancient river
channels have been mined" says the
county publication, many deeper
gcld-bearing gravel beds or parts of
ancient channels are available for
sluice or by hydraulic mining, notably
in the Meadow Valley basin.''
1t is predicted that activity in drift
mining will largely increase the out
put of gold in Plumas County. Only
the quartz mines of high-grade ores in
the county have received full atten-
ticn. There are two quartz belts that
run through the county. Copper is
known to exist largely in Plumas.
Claims have not been worked to any
extent simply because of the lack of
transportation and the means of re-
duction. When the county has rail-
ways enough for its use the mining
industry will become much more
prominent
The Scott Valley Advance says:
From the Salmon Mountains to the coast, a |
distance OF nearly one hundred miles lies one |
OF the best prospecting countries in the world. |
ana Is only awaiting prospectors and capital |
People by the thousands rush 10 Alaska and !
other places, risk their lives and money and
then md out that the same amount of energ, |
and money spent in Siskiyou County would |
nave brought them better returns. We have |
many low grade propositions throughout the |
salmon that Will pay big returns IL proper 1
machinery was put in, also many prospects |
yet undeveloped which only need depth 10
free gold on the surface. This runs to sui |
pnates at or near water level, that will pay /
II the sulphates could be handled. Tons upon /
tons or these sulphates run off in the tail |
ings on account OF not having sme1ters to work /
them 1t IS rough country, parts having |
not even a good trail. Alaska has this same
1t is difhcult-to get provisions in /
some parts Our main trouble is that our I
drawn into mines by booming mining camps |
and creating excitement This We have never
done. Our county has been one OF the leading
gold producers in the country. yet IL has never
has been slowly but steadily coming 10 Tho I
front on Its merits gold producer AL |
though the news of many of our rich strikes
nave never reached the outside world Ths
we want is capital to develop our hidden
treasure.