The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16

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purchaser. The Advance says that the
consideration was $175,0OO.
The Ethel Lynn Mining Company has
been organized to work the placer
mines of the Horse Creek district in
Siskiyou County. Walter Lynn and ].
X. Ritter of San Francisco are inter
ested in the proposition. Work will be
started at once with force of thirty
five men. Roads will be constructed
TO the mine. Hydraulic giants will be
used to work the ground.
1t is locally reported that the Mono
mine on the Humbug Creek in Siski-
You County, formerly known as the
Punch Creek mine, has been sold to
Eastern parties. The price reported is
S25O.OO0. The property was originally
owned by Yreka men. Since then it
has changed owners several times.
AN Ell DORADO DEAL.
The Placer Nugget makes the fol-
lowing report regarding the Union
mine, near FL Dorado:
Negotiations said to be under way for
the sale Of the Union mine near Ell Dorado to
an Eastern and foreign syndicate. The price
IS not known. but as Mr.. Harpending has re-
fused Sl,O00.000 for the mine the present ne
gotiations are probably being conducted on
the basis OF a higher figure The sale, II
consummated. will involve the transfer not
only of the Union mine. but also of a string
OF claims four miles in length.
The Treadwell mine in Amador Coun-
ty has begun operations under the new
owners. who have recently been at the
mine inspecting the workings. They
are NJ. J. Gordon of Spokane and
Sydney Drake of Seattle. The Amador
Ledger reports that the work of pump
ing out the Widman-M Mahoney mine is
advancing rapidly and that work on
the tunnel will begin as soon as the
water is out. The Cover mine
is still idle. The Central Eureka mine
had a cleanup in June that is report
ed to have yielded S47,O 900 for the month
About sixty men. have been laid off
at the Zeila mine
There is an Improvement in the pros
poets Of the Newcastle mining district
in Placer County. The Hathaway
mine is reported as being about ready
TO resume operations with a large force
Of men. The Gold Blossom mine has
put in a new concentrator and six new
drills. The new Homestead mine,
across the river in FL Dorado County,
is working six men prospecting and a
shaft has been sunk fifty feet.
A strike of ore has been reported by
Sheriff Ralphs of San Bernardino. The
property that has been discovered is
on the desert. AS usual the values are
reported to be very high. The loca-
tion is five miles from water, but many
parties are reported TO be going in as
Frospectors.
According to the Eureka Standard.
mines Will be soon developed in the
Three Creeks country. Many claims
in that section show well.
WOULD SHOW ORES.
1t is urged upon the northern miners
by the Nevada County Miner to make
a mineral showing at the State Fair
in Sacramento. In a somewhat long
article advocating this move the Miner
says:
Placer mining has nearly had its day and
the miner now needs more than pick and
shovel TO gather riches. Quartz mines are
more costly TO drag the treasure from and
many a mine that would be a money pro-
ducer is lying idle for want of capital to
work il. on the other hand plenty of cap
ital is waiting a chance for profitable in
vestment. The problem remains Of how to
bring these factors together.
An excellent medium would be the state
Fair. Were il once known that the counties
OF the Sierras and the upper coast range
were going TO make fine mining exhibits at
the state Fair intending investors would flock
hfther intent on coming into touch with those
who desired TO sell their mines or to secure
partners with means 10 develop them Every
mine developed in county is a distinct bene-
III 10 that county In more ways than one.
il inctes and gives employment TO resid Snts,
leads 10 more prosperity and encourages de
vel0pment. That is what California needs.
II IS whispered that the rich Colorado mines
are becoming Improbable TO work at the levels
that have been reached and that millions OF
Colorado money is coming to this state to
seek investment Here would seem TO be a
chance for the mining counties and they
should make a strong effort to exhibit their
mineral wealth at the State Fair where il
/ would attract attention.
The Seattle Times has a report that
the cleanup in the Tanana district
last winter was more than S400 900.
Mining machinery has been bought ex-
tensively in anticipation of a large
amount Of work to be performed The
same journal records that a decieion
hes been handed down by which the
A. \. c. Treadgold cOncessionaires suf-
fer defeat for the ownership of the Bo-
nanza Creek claim No. Sc on Bonanza
Creek. The first locomotives for use
in mining in the neighborhood of Daw-
sen have recently arrived. They will
be used By the Detroit Yukon Mining
Company at the mouth Of Bear Greek.
The cars will be loaded by steam
shovels and hauled to Klondike River
for sluicing. Hydraulic operations on
a large scale have been started on the
Armstrong concession on the Mcmillan
River Prolonged rains have caused
damage at some places in the Yukon
district. One miner, John Lund, whose
claim is twenty-seven miles below
Bonanza, lost several thousand dollars
by the ruin Of an open cut. Hydraulic
operators, Of whom there are twenty
seven on Bonanza Creek, are rejoic-
ing in the abundance of water.
A deal of considerable size in the
Northwest is reported by the Spokane
Spokesman-Re which says:
The third payment the purchase price
Of the Dominion Copper Companys properties
in the Boundary, B c.. district is 10 be made
by the Montreal and Boston Consolidated Min
ing and Smelling Company this month The
amount OF the payments is not known here,
but the total price is $3.50, 600. Local mining
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