The San Francisco call., 1904-12-31
MINERAL OUTPUT INCREASES
S2,OOO,OOO PER ANNUM.
Governor Officially Gets Figures
States Mining Development
Is Steadily Ad0anclng.


strikes OF gold in California recently,
every observer must see in the plans for
development, especially in the gold
dredging industry, that confidence is
strong among those who have the best
opportunities for judging the mineral
wealth Of this State. A significant
statement is found in the official re-
port that the trustees Of the State Min
ing Bureau have just submitted for the
consideration Of the Governor and Leg
islature OF California. This is, In sub
stance. that since 1893 the increase in
the value Of the mineral products OF
California has been about s.. .o0o, 900 a
year. The total mineral output Of
California in the past seventeen years,
including 1903 and not including 1904
concerning which last there are no
statistics available at this time-has
been $4lg.S51s sS53, Of which S247, ,371, ,s53
has been in gold There are fifty-one
mineral substances that are now pro-
duced IN California
In part the Mining Bureau trustees
say. III q summary, that this brief
- statement shows how prosperous is the
present condition Of the mining indus
Try Of California, which, instead of be-
= ing in decadence, has 8 steady and
large increase in value Of output and
this increase, which has extended over
a period Of years, still continues"
Some mention OF recent works TO de-
velop the mining values in California
are mentioned herewith.
TRINITY COUNTY SCHEME.
Work has been started on the large
mining project in Trinity County, Of
which mention has already been made
IN The Call, 10 turn the Trinity River
from its course and to lay bare a mile
and q half Of the riverbed. This will
be accomplished by means Of a tunnel
10 pierce a mountain. A big bend in
the river wiz be cut OF. Dr1llers will
be used 10 prospect the riyerbed, which
Is supposed 10 be rich in placer gold
Along the old canal where the tail
ings Of the Cherokee mine were
dumped, near Pentz, in Butte County,
d search viii be made for a gravel
body, which is reported to be rich. Bed
rock is reported TO be about fifty feet
below the surface and the gravel may
be twenty feet deep. Some prospecting
has recently been accomplished with
drills This method has been discarded
for the present and a shaft will be
sunk
A new process is being used. expert
mentally, TO save the fine gold from the
Grizzly Hill mine in Amador County.
According TO the Jackson Ledger gravel
is plentiful. but the farther into the
hin the tunnel is pushed the lighter
and finer the gold becomes.
- F7o1e0r77 <g,o
obstruction Of a gold dredger, to be
operated on the Ingleside fruit farm.
near Fair Oaks bridge. There are 500
acres in the farm and adjoining prop
erty that have recently been prospected
with results that are satisfactory The
land is under bond TO the FL Dorado
cold Dredging Company.
The bond on the Omega Table Noun
tain gravel mine has been transferred,
50 reports the Sonora Union-Democrat,
to the American Industries Company
The price quoted is $4,000.
Of operations in the mines Of Amador
County the Amador Record says in
part:
The additional forty stamps OF the Ken
.eay n-l-l are now running fun blast, making
The Onondsga mine. belonging 70 r w
hetchum, near Jackson. has been bonded by
s1nle stockton people, who expect TO begin
work on u soon. 3. c. coldit OF the Slough
f.ity has dealt with Mr.. Ketchum and made
the hrEt payment the bond. It is the pur-
pose Of the associates OF Mr.. Condit begin
ceNelocmeut work on the mine by January /,
iL necessary srrang geTnents can be made prior
r0 that time. The OnOndaga mine IS about
FOUR miles from Plymouth
Il iE expected that the forty-stsnp mill Of
fhe ArgODaut mine viii be running within two
weeks after being shut down for several
TesrE- When the litigation between that com
ps1y and the Kennedy ended underground
work resumed and development carried
60 that there VIII now Be more advantages
Tor keeping the mill supplied than heretofore.
About 200 tons of ore are already stored IN
readiness for crushing.
work AZ the Burlington mine has been tenn
.p0rarily discontinued. The shaft is now down
ls5 feet
The Grass Valley Tidings says that
dredging viii soon be started along the
Trinity River, above Junction City, on
e group Of mines. including the Sheri-
dan. the Given, the Post place and the
Sturdivant ranch, II the results OF
prospecting are encouraging.
A VIEW OF BULLFROG.
The Inyo Independent writes up
Bullfrog, New. and makes the follow
ing assertions:
BullfroE. one of Eevada's newest and most
promising mining districts. 10 situated about
seven miles east of the California and Nevada
line az point about eighty miles due east OF
ADVERTISEMENTS.