The San Francisco call., 1904-10-22
Advertising State Mines
PLUMAS AND SISKIYOU ARE ALERT
Mineralogist Supplements Work
Supplements

Some of the mining counties of Cali
fornia are wisely seizing opportunities
to advertise their mineral resources to
the world at large. Nevada County
loses few chances in this direc --on. At
tention is called this morning to some
general statements that are made on
authority relating to Plumas and Sis
kiyou counties. 1t will be seen by the
annual returns of the State Mineralog-
ist for 1903 that the mineral output of
Plumas County in 1903 amounted to
s424SS4, this including gold. copper,
silver and manganese. Siskiyou Coun-
ty produced in 1903, in gold. silver and
mineral waters, value of 1868, 1913.
The State Mineralogist does for
many counties, in compact form, what
is needed by them by sending out a
new bulletin in which their mineral
resources are epitomized. One para
graph in this bulletin, which is devot-
ed to a general view of mines and
minerals of California, shows the va
riety of mineral products that can be
credited to all of the several counties
of the State in 1903 as follows:
AS far as number of substances produced in
each of the different counties is concerned, 1t
may be stated that in 1909. Los Angeles
County shows a production of 16 different sub
stances: San Bernardino. IA; Riverside. 12;
Placer IL: Kern, Santa Barbara and Shasta
10 each; Santa Clara and Ventura. each;
Fresno Monterey, San Diego and San Luis
Obspo. each: Butte, Inyo Sacramento Solano
and Sonoma, each: Alameda. MADEIRA and Tu-
Trinity and Tuolumne, 8 each; Calaveras. .Colusa,
Contra Costa. Nevada, Plumas and Stanislaus
each: Humboldt Marin. Mariposa. Orange
San Rcnitc. San Francisco San Mateo and
Sskiyou, 3 each; Alpine. Ell Dorado. Lake
Lassen Mendocino, San JOAQUIN, Sierra, Te-
Merced and Yolo. each
The attentive reader by referring to
the bulletin, which is numbered 35,
will find the amount and value of each
mineral produced by any county, un-
der the several county headings. The
statistics of California mineral produc-
ton in 1903 have already been fully
reviewed in The Call. The following
supplementary general statements,
taken from the bulletin, are calculat-
ed to attract the attention of outsid-
ers to the mines of California:
EPITOME OF MINING.
The mining interests of the State of Cali
fornia are so diversified and the industry is
extended over so wide an area, that 1t is diff
cult to describe the conditions which exist with
out using many pages of printed matter.
For this reason IL has been considered proper,
in this pamphlet. to give merely record OF
rccults which will show in plain figures what
is being accomplished by the miners of the
State. This record shows that some forty -four
mineral substances are being exploited the an
nual valuation of which is $37, 159, 040 and
ncreasng at the rate of about 81. 500. 600
yearly as capital is invested and more mines
are opened The older mines, too having been
well developed and equipped, are increasing
their annual output and thus also proving
their perrnanency and value with depth
The climatic conditions favorable to
mining operations throughout the State, and
means of transportation have been inn
proved as to greatly lessen costs of supplies.
etc There abundant opportunities for the
safe and profitable investment of capital in the
various branches of the industry. as numerous
claims which have been located have never
been properly developed or equipped. their
owners lacking the necessary means.
In the previous year~the total product was
valued at s35. 0ee. los. that the increase for
1908 is 81, 6s9. .935.
The total value of the metallic substances
(including precious metals) for 1903 was 320
S56, 666. which includes gold. silver. mineral
paint, quicksilver, copper. lead. manganese.
platinum and chrome The silver is given in
commercial value. amount received for it