The San Francisco call., 1904-12-24
| I1|NERKL DEPOSITS
MAkESTRONG SHOW
State Issues Map Telling
Tale of Great Wealth.
Rich Ores Officially Found
in Scores of Counties.

fornia Miners Association is still ac-
lively discussed by the press of the
mining counties of California The
Placerville Nugget commends. the pa
per that was prepared by E. A. Belcher
relating to the extra lateral rights
problem, and says editorially:
What is done cannot be undone. and
who have acquired mines under the old laws
VII. OF course have the rights that they
guaranty of interminable litigation should
their property prove Of value But future ac-
claims ought certainly 10 be limited 70 the
vertical planes Of the surface boundaries car
ried down TO the certer OF the earth IL possible
and desired but bounded just the same.
We are aware that much may be said as
to the natural equities OF the discoverer OF a
lode In following up his discovery when well
defined apex is within his ground. and yet the
lode takes a sudden departure into another
mans property lines. But the law is sufh-
GENTLY generous and. so long as the end lines
shall be parallel, it does not insist that the
side lines shall be straight or curved or any
claim along the vein shall not exceed 15u0
feet nor be more than 300 feet on each side
of the vein.
The Kennedy mill in Amador County
is now dropping 100 stamps. The YER
tical shaft is down 270O feet.
An electrical company has acquired
rights on the Stanislaus River, six
miles east of Murphys. Calaveras
County, and proposes to transmit cleo
trio power to Sonora and other Tuol-
ume points by next July.
The Union Copper Company at Cop
peropolis is preparing to build a
smelter. Forty men are at work in the
company's mine
The Crystal mine, near ONO, Ell Do
rado County, will be reopened- The
company operating the Eagle mine, In
the same county, has purchased the
Stillwagon mine.
The old Idaho Maryland shaft in Ne
vada County has been cleared and re-
. timbered in view of large operations.
PROGRESS OF TOMBSTONE.
Tombstone. Arizona, which dwindled
to a deserted village some years ago,
is now a town of 5000 people. The
Tombstone Consolidated Company is
pumping 3,OO0,O 900 gallons a day and
sinking steadily. Part of the old
tailings, that had been worked over
four times. are now going through the
cyanide process. The Tombstone Con-
solidated Company is a fusion of about
all the old time mining companies of
Tombstone. New processes alone have
made it possible to resume operations
BY the settlement of the suit con-
cerning the South Bisbee mine the
local stockholders will receive $525, 900.
During the twelve months ending No
vember 1, 1904, the gold mines of South
Dakota produced $1,000. 900 in round
figures. OF this more than 1000, 900 is
credited to the Homestake mine alone.
The Tanana, mines railway will be
constructed from Fairbanks to the
mines on Cleary, Pedro and other gold
creeks.
Four gold dredging companies are
now at work on the Yuba River lands
east of Marysville. These companies
have taken options on large tracts. Six
dredgers will be operating near Da-
guerre Point next spring. New camps
mark the scene of activity in this most
recent form of gold mining.
The United States Geological Survey
makes curious mistake in asserting
that Nevada was the leading State in
the Union in the production of gold
and silver. in the United States in 1905.
The fact is that Nevada was seventh
Colorado, California. Montana, South
Dakota, Utah and Arizona all led Ne
vada last year on the basis of the re-
turns. With the increasing output OF
Tonopah and Goldfield it is probable
that Nevada will be found nearer the
head of the line when the statistics
for 1908 are compiled. No one doubts
that Nevada has a great future as a
producer of the precious metals.