The San Francisco call., 1904-07-02

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taken rich strike of gold has been
made in the Funeral range of noun
tains. The Miner tells the following
glittering story:
Sensational stories OF a wonderful strike
of free milling sold ore in the Funeral range
of mountains reached US this week. with quartz
shown which will $50 per pound Many
prospectors have gone into the district ana
more detailed reports may be expected soon
The Funeral Mountains are IN Inyo County.
California. just south Of the Nevada line, at
the head Of Death Valley. and about eighty
covery there is said to have been bonded on
! behalf of CAPTAIN J r. de Lamar Tor tns
shallow holes have been sunk they are said
I to have exposed ore to the above value
Some facts about the mines Of Tuol-
umne County are supplied by the
Mother Lode Banner as follows;
! Horatio Smith has sold to Mary e Crocksr
the Rush Creek mine, situated IN santa "a a az i
prcvements. The shafts at the Crystslnaaass aas
have been connected For distance ol 80
1 feet explorations were made and the ore -rho
uncovered proved OF considerable value. Inc Inc
mill is kept busy Report has II tldt tle
| Clio mine which has been idle several months; Is
has been bonded by company ana Is 10 Oe
| J. L Mendonca has given 70 z "a Cranaan Ss
/ and ]. ]. Morris bond on the Caheo lu' nilue'
situated near Stent payable in twelve monins, inss
I This Is the same mine operated al one tl.T ,HI
! by Arendt Bros. By another aeea "a tha
and Morris transfer this agreement 70 'hs
New Calico Mining and Milling Company;
J. S. Kuns OF Los Angeles has aeauirso the the
Philips group OF mines situated next 10 the
Mohican on the Tuolumne River MI tLs
has now paid OF all the back dents Oh IN, tne
ccmpany and has put crew Of men at work
to complete the mill. Josiah PniIiips -.
a one-third interest In the properueTS, anu 19 n49
charge OF the work foreman Inc BIUuP
consists of the Philips Antioch, Los Angeles
Halfbreed and George mines
RAILWAY TO TONOPAH.
Tonopah is to have railway in op-
Grafton to it's mines. 1t Is announced
that the line will open for business this
month. The effect will be undoubtedly
to benefit TonoDah and Goldheld, ana
also Nevada at large. The superintend-
ent Of the road makes the Following
statements to a correspondent at Reno
We will put on at FIRST one passenger day
in each direction, and enough freight trains 70
handle all the ore that VIII oe one onsrsu 1,,n -
osition and although some of the I9nopsa,n s,
mine owners are afraid that we cannot hanoig nam
know that II will be promptly transporteu
provided that the connecting lines can taAe
Under the new freight rates Mr. Trip says
that $40 be transported TO tne shiTters i Yes
at salt Lake l. a, 6I 6s Fg1 RTGRt two1hrds and
this will add stimulus to mining that VII
be wonderful Many of the largest mines sin IN
Tonopah are delaying development until they
car secure railroad transportation
The Inyo Independent reports that
Inyo County is making a large stir in
mining. Morris Jacoby has acquired
group of mines in the Beveredge dis
trict, including the Keynote. Reports
from Cactus Flat are good. new
vein is reported to have been discoV-
cred assaying 5000 a ton. Ore Of good
grade is reported to have been found IN
several mines. The force of men on the
Forgot mine will be doubled this month.
F. M. Smith, F. c. Havens, F. h
Rice. w. H. Brock and W. P. john
son have incorporated the United
States Borax Company of West Vtr-
ginia in San Bernardino County The
persons back of the company have re-
Gently had large tracts of land sur
viewed in Death Valley and have Sc
cured some new locations to add to
previously large holdings. The Ameri-
can Borax Company has greater out
put of borax than any other company
in the world.
The Los Angeles Herald says Of the
operations of oil miners in the Santa
Maria field:
All the old companies continue on new Work
1,iroronsIv and are Increasing their production
accordingly Nevertheless the fear OF over
production in this field is very remote Inc
quality of the product assures a permanent
market at a fair figure With three large DuX-
ers in the field competition is sufficiently acute
TO maintain prices, and there is very small
proba bility of the price going very much II any
below that now paid. viz, So cents at the well;
and oil men are perfectly willing to drill for OIL
here at this price, Notwithstanding that in no
field in the State is drilling so expensive as
here. The average cost OF we'll is between
SIS 600 and 500. 600. And yet the scramble TO
get in is lively.
Among the leases recently made is one by
6 Johnson of Bakersfield who has secured
$50 acres in the southern limit Of the Barca
ranch This adjoins the Puerissima ranch.
which is held by the Union Oil Company, and
on which three of the best wells in that sec
ton of the field are located. This is about
six miles north OF Lompoc- Mr.. johnson has
interested Los Angeles and San Francisco capi-
tai with him and drilling will commence in
ninety days.
AMONG THE DREDGERS.