The San Francisco call., 1904-04-30
STRONG REVIVAL OF INTEREST
IN THE MINES OF CALIFORNIA
Yuba Countys Cold Dredging, Ancient Channels
in Sierra and Mother Lode Properties Drawing
Attention and Causing Much Development Work

Attention is called to the growing
interest in mining in this State. This
morning there are published accounts
of developments in Calaveras County
near Murphys, and in Yuba County,
where dredger mining for gold is on
the increase. These reports are taken
from reliable journals and they are
which would seem to ->be dawning.
Facts of interest relative to mining on
the mother lode are supplied by local
newspapers of good standing. News
is received from a trustworthy cor
respondent that rich rewards have
been reaped recently by parties
in Sierra County, who have been
working an ancient river channel.
AS the result of this other prop
critics along the same channel
will be worked at once. In some
places there is fourteen feet of snow
on the channel. The warm weather
soon to come will melt this and sup
ply water for a long run. The chanI
mel mining at this point, which is near
Downieyille, is by the drift process.
An account of the growth of the in
terest in dredger mining in Yuba
County is given by the Sacramento
Bee. Some of its statements in rela-
tion to recent developments are as fol-
lows:
Slowly but surely mining boom that prom
ises to excel even the palmy days OF 40 is
beginning TO be felt in Yuba County The
prediction is made that before another year
has rolled around the country between Marys-
vile and Smartsville Will be studded with
dredgers, operated by many different
panies there are plants. Capitalists from
all sections OF the state turning their at
tention to this section because of the dredger
possibilities along the Yuba and in the foot
hills surrounding. The acreage owned by the
Marysvile Quartz Mining and Tunnel Com
pany has attracted a number of dredger men
and as high as 100000 has been offered for
the property. The stockholders are holding
out for $50 OO0 The land is situated near
SpartsVllle, where some of the richest tailings
from the hydraulic mines operated in the
good old days were dumped
Among the recent options secured by outside
parties Is one by Los Angeles capitalists
the land of the Excelsior Water and Mining
Company. near smartsvile. 1t is said that
being to operate on the hydraulic plan,
dam 10 be built first in conformity with the
Cemnetti law The scheme Will include the
new Blue Point Mining Company's property
recently bonded to c. II. Hill and others.
From Colonel w. M, Rackerby, who has
1t is learned that he disposed of a tract of
mining land at Rackerby TO capitalists OF Los
Angeles associates of j. NJ. Beck Two other
claims near Rackerby have been bonded to
San Francisco capitalists
These latter transactions would seem to in
dicate that the boom is not to be confined to
the valley tracts along the river and the foot
hills. but will extend up into the mountains
where heretofore pocket and placer mining
have been considered the right sort
All along many old timers have held to the
opinion that within the confines OF old Yuba
there remained good mining land as ever
and now their assertions are in a thoroughly
good way to be substantially proven. Even in
the excitement that carried the ambitious pros
pector to the frozen Klondike region these
older heads were pointing out the possibilities
OF this section. but II remained for the dredger
operators TO verify their stand