The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-10
MINERAL OUTPUT INCREASES
TO MORE THAN $37,0Oo,ooo|
State Mineralogist Completes Report California Mines
and Also Oil Fields. and Finds That County Prmacy
Is Won by Kern Through It's Vast Petroleum Production

! lime and limestone. Sc. 262. AIS: iithia mica,
$ $1s;.' 2so; macadan. $4:l90s45; masnsste.
252; mica, s6s0O; mineral paint sos. 2sS
mineral water, S.. oOG. 15s; natural gas. 81 .O45,
S S onyx s, and and travertine SOL 400 o. paving
/ mum. $20.021; pyrites $3.50 ass: quartz crys-
tals. sSI 46s; quicksilver $50. $50. 727; rubble.
90 1913 III salt 81 642siT sand .glass $50. 500;
sand-quartz, 5000; sandstone. 81. 196; ser
pentine, $26,255; silver s13 665. 1922 slate.
$3o7, 73s; soapstone SOS, CSC; soda 81, 173. 500;
/ 500; turquoise. so. 600.
The dredgers and mining land OF the
Marigold Company have been bought
by the New York and California Dredg-
ing Company The land is about six
! miles from Oroville.
The mines of the Union Copper Com
f! pany at Copperopolis will be opened
on a larger scale. An oil tank will be
built at Milton.
! The Lightner Company may increase
| its stamps at Angels from forty to sixty
stamps.
The Gold Dixie Mining and Milling
Company proposes to put in a milling
plant on its property in the Salmon
River district in Siskiyou County.
An option for $4,000 is reported to
nave been taken by G. Paige of San
francisco on the Fernandez hydraulic
mine in the Cherry creek district, in
Siskiyou County.
According to the returns of the
United States Department of Commerce
and Labor, the gold output of Alaska
for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1904.
was S6,32S.524. This statement refers
only to gold produced in Alaska and
not to. Canadian gold that was shipped
through Alaska to the United States.
Inc Mining and Scientific Press IA
Vors changes in the mining law in its
applicatlon to Alaska and says in part:
which undoubtedly could be changed to. ad-
vantage; but 1t is often difficult to antici-
Of the proposals In this direction. which ap-
peared in the form Of a resolution presented
at the American Mining Congress held last
location by power OF attorney OF claims in
Alaska be limited to two claims in = dis
Undoubtedly the privilege is abused, for
tnous1nds OF claims are located by agents
which. is not really necessary anyway-snd
these claims are held for speculation In the
names OF non-residents. who never them
and who probably never will.
Under the laws the locator is required to
90 morning during the period between the
January. and he may then delay the per-
formance OF assessment work until the latter
part OF the second year. BY taking advan-
tase OF the law, locator agents may hold a
large number of claims for nearly two years
which are taken for speculative purposes only.
The purpose of the law is to foster and pro-
mote the mining industry and to secure the
oeVetopment or the mineral lands OF the United
states territory, while protecting the claim
holder in the possession OF the claims
Looking at it broadly, 1t seems TO matter
little whether the lands are held by a large
number of individuals or by a smaller num-
Der who control large holdings long
stances neither the individual holder Of a large
number of claims nor the wealthy corporate
complies with the law-the one from Inability
the other from disinclination.
Thu United States statutes hx the minimum
~ M aud ~
Territories may add additional reqnrements
as a part OF the act of location-such. for
amount OF work within stipulated time as
ninety days in Arizona. Alaska is not Ter
ritory and has no Legislature, and therefore
legislation Of this character cannot be en-
acted within that district: but Congress may
make laws controlling the disposal Of Aiaska.s
claims by agents who perform work is a |
matter deserving of Congressional attention.
POINTERS FOR MINERS.
Clifford Pinchot. chief of the Bureau
of Forestry OF the Department of Ag-
riculture, took trouble, at the American /
Mining Congress, to clear up some I
misapprehensions concerning the intent i
of the forestry reserve policy of the I
Government as related to the mining I
industry. An extract from his re-
marks is as follows:
The Presidents idea in creating the Public !
Lands .5s Commission is to get at the best way
the United States. and particularly of the !
western part of the country. The question !
now is How can we give the forested part /
Of the public lands their best use?" The /
lumbermen want the forests reserved In order /
that their industry may be preserved. The |
grazing wants the forests thrown open !
to grazing. and also wants the grass we'll /
as the forests for himself. AS to the min |
ing industry. you cannot run mine without !
timber and water and both must be near |
and cheap. The policy of the Government |
toward the mining man is to get the timber I
near enough for him to operate his mine at !
a profit. OIt8 of the misconceptions of the /
law creating forest reserves is that it pre-
vents the location and development OF mining {
lands You can develop mines in forest re- [
serves the you can elsewhere. You (
can also the timber on the reserves to /
assist in developing your mine.
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