The San Francisco call., 1904-10-29
NEW MINES AT MASONIC
INTEREST PROSPECTORS
Discoveries in Mono County
Are Leading to Building of
Big Camp in the Mountains

the Bunker Hill, the Pilot Peak and
the Bellevue
According to local reports the Yellow
| Aster mine at Randsburg is using 130
stamps continually The Baltic mill in
the Stringer district and the Red Dog
mill at Johannesburg are running.
Throughout the district the indications
are good.
| The San Jose Gulch Mining Company
| is expected to begin work next month.
The company owns 172 acres, of which
a part has been worked by hydraulic
,, process.
The Golden Scepter Mining Company
is preparing to run it's gravel mine near
Downieville on quite large scale.
Marysville and San Francisco men
have bonded the Albion Hill mine, near
Marysville, in the East Bear River
Township
Mining in Inyo County is quite live
ly. In the Funeral Mountains. Cohen
& De Lamar are developing properties
on the east side of Death Valley. The
Republican Mining Company is operat-
ing seven miles from Ballarat in
Pleasant Valley. Many prospectors are
going through the Panamint range.
There is a very good chance that the
old silver camp of Darwin, twenty-five
miles south of Keeler, will be reopened.
Three smelters were once operated
there. Twelve miles east of Indepen-
dence the Kearsarge Mining Company
will open up the old Kearsarge mine.
Operations on the MCGEE ranch. of
200 acres, in Butte County. south Of
Orovile, will be begun soon by the
English syndicate that recently ac-
quired the property. A dredger is
about ready to be started.
The Santa Monica mine at Snow
point. Nevada County, has been bought
by E. Gregory & Co. of San Fran
cisco.
According to the figures of the United
States Geological Survey California
holds the fifth place for copper
production in 1903. Montana was first,
the Lake Superior region second. Ari-
zona third and Utah fourth.
The Lake Superior copper mines beat
all records in September, turning out
100000 pounds of ingot copper that
brought $500, 900. The Mining World
argues that a continuance of the pres
ent rate of increase will make Michi- |
gan a keen competitor with Butte for
first rank.
The opening of the New York under |
ground railway calls to attention the |
fact that as much mining has for
period been going on in New York City
as in any mining district in the world, !
the Rand, possibly being excepted. In
the subway the cost of excavation
amounted to $1,000. 900 lille and the
tunnel is 22 miles long. While this
work has been in progress the tunnel
ing of the Hudson River and very ex-
tensive excavations for Easements four
and five stories deep for business blocks
have been proceeding. The latest meth
DDS of rock breaking and dirt hauling
have been thoroughly illustrated in the
greatest center of population in Amer
lea.
The Mining World claims that the
Cripple Creek district in Colorado is
employing more men and raising more
ore than at any previous time. The
ore output of September was about ST. |
900, 900. Leasers are opening new ground I
and operating old mines and a very
large production is predicted. The paper
continues:
The cyanide era for Cripple Creek appears
to have come. The mills erected and under /
construction will have a capacity for treating |
1000 tons or more of ore per day. and several |
hundred tons more mill capacity is being con-
sidered and may be put under construction at /
any time. There appears to be cyaniding ore
enough to run these mills for years. 1t opens /
possibilities for production little realized |
heretofore 1t need not surprise any one II !
the cyaniding plants of the district within A 1
year or two would be treating tonnage /
sderably larger than the present total tonnage /
of the camp. The production OF high-grade |
ore does not diminish. but rather appears to /
increase. The camp is marvel and a sur !
prise.
The Mining and Scientific Press re-
ports concerning the work of draining
the Cripple Creek mines as follows:
At Cripple Creek all the water flooded mines |
have been far drained as to justify deepen |
inx the shafts and the driving OF new levels !
Bodies OF payable material have been opened |
and partly developed In the last six months !
Before the strike of 1908 the Cripple Creek ton
mage from 80. 600 TO 90. 900 tons per month |
Now it reaches over 10000. with all the older |
mines In producing condition and new ones
bror-ht in
The Tombstone consolidated mines at
Tombstone, Arizona, are pumping g.
900, 900 gallons of water a day. Sinking
continues. In three shafts the mines
are operating 100 feet below the former
water level.