The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
DEVELOPMENT IS EXTENSIVE
IN MINES OF The NORTH.
Sierra and Shasta Promise
Largely for Ne70 Year.
Make Great Squirt in Dredging

Sierra County reports indicate that
there will be much mining in progress
in the vicinity of Sierra City during
the coming year. The Mountain Mes
senger says that the force at the Sierra
Buttes quartz mine has been increased
to seventy-five men. The Northern
Bell mine will largely be operated.
Westall, who is the new owner of the
Northern Bell, has also taken bond
on the Marguerite mine, an adjoining
property. The keystone mine is work
ing fortv men. At the Mountain mine
twenty miners are employed.
The Redding Searchlight reports a
great amount of development work In
progress in the Lower Springs district.
Shasta County. Scores of men are de-
veloping new properties.
The extensive operations Of the White Oak
by the Navajo Company, the showing made at
the Crown Deep and the development at the
Milton, the White Oak extension. have had a
tendency to revive interest in the district, and
from all appearances 1t will speedily develop
into one of the most populous and productive
gold districts in Shasta County
The Colfax Sentinel saws that work
Will be resumed at Canada Hill, Placer
County, in the spring, at the Golden
West gravel mine:
For the past two and a half years the COM
pany has been boring into the hill. firm in
the hope that the channel would be encoun-
tered. 1t known that II lay some dis
tance back but the distance was farther than
at first expected. When the present manager,
c. H. Armstrong, took hold Of affairs last
spring the concern was in a very bad way.
but by hard work the necessary capital was
mel began below the old incline, and has been
driven to distance of 1900 feet. 1t recently
struck the ancient river bed.
BIG DREDGING OPERATIONS.
Some idea of the growth of the gold
dredging industry in the vicinity of
Oroville is afforded by an article in the
Oroville Register. Some of the leading
facts are given:
There are twenty-seven dredgers now at
work. and is being built. These
dredgers require 100 electric horsepower day
and ni=ht to them. When the dredgers
began working here they by steam.
and wood had to be hauled long distances In
order 10 supply the demand Each dredge re-
quired during the twenty-four hours five cords
of 4-foot wood, that to the twenty
seven boats now in operation here 1t would
have taken 135 cords OF wood each day. Each
boat digs from 1900 to $500 cubic Yards a day
mated TO average 1000 yards a day This
would be then in round numbers 81, 600 cubic
yards = day
A man with a pick and shovel can average
Gbo-t ten cubic yards day. 1t would be
possible then for 200 men moving earth only a
few feet 10 do as much work in a day as a
drec-e- II such is the fact then 1t would
take 54OO men to move as much dirt in day
as thes sdredgers move here.
According TO the Redding Free Press
dredging for gold on Clear Creek, Shas-
ia County. will be continued:
The Detroit and California Mining Company
dredger Clear Creek. more Familiarity known
the Heintz dredger. is to be shut down
The plant will remain inactive pending a read
justment of methods of working the ground
aud reorganization of the company which
Is to take place at once The suction dredgei
that is now being used is TO be taken out and
replaced with bucket dredger. This the com.
pauy directors confident, after thorough
trial will be the better way of working ths
companys ground on Clear Creek. j. r. Hays
and L. w. Partridge. of Detroit. Mich. drec
tors of the corporation, spent several days al the
plant the past week, and they in company
with DR.. Heintz left Thursday night for Sar
Francisco 10 complete the business of straight.
ening up the affairs of the company and ar.
ranging for its reorganization and the installa
tion Of the new plant The company's ground
has been thoroughly examined, but the sue
tion dredger docs not do the work pro1tably
NEW MARBLE INDUSTRY.
A new marble industry has been in
stituted in Tuolumne County OF this
the Mother Lode Banner says in part:
( William Grant to the California Marble and
Construction Company inaugurates another biz
! industry In this county. The company is com.
posed of well-known capitalists. c.. b. Hornel
Mccormick of the San Francisco First Natfona
Bank represents Eastern investors c. T
Marsh is a prominent wholesaler and importer
: while A b. Johnson and j. L. Geary Jr. arc
capitalists William Grant, with his friends
retains a control of the stock. After January
l the work of equipment will commence. Heavy
machinery will be installed, TO be run by elec.
trcity brought in on the companys line Tht