Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
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tions the pay shoot will extend easterly
for fully one hundred feet.
Gold Lined Mines
s. Cowper-T -Twaite, the mining man.
who has returned from Angels camp,
Cal, where he visited the Gertrude
mine, formerly known as the "Demer-
est in which he is interested, reports
that a fine grade Of pay ore has been
struck and that the outlook Is excel
lent. The fve-stamp mill which has
been used i'm developing the mine will
soon be enlarged to twenty stamps.
Mr.. Cowper-Thwaite also visited the
Benson mine, located a mile and half
distant from the Gertrude, upon the
same lead. He says that the Benson
property is good one and that the
mine will be paying dividends inside
Of the next three months. At the in
vitation of the superintendent Mr..
Cowper-Thwaite took a. shovel of dirt
off the dump and panned It. 1t washed
SO worth of free gold and ten table
stamp mill is in operation.
Rich Placer Bought
T. j. Notion has bought for a mining
company, of which he is at the head, a
tract Of placer mining ground extend
ing for more than a mile along Little
Humbug creek. The purchase includes
the well known Fabricius e. Rider
dlggings, the John C. Cllmper prop
tave A. Dusel heirs Little Humbug
creek is one of Siskiyou's famous gold
streams. Ever since the discovery of
gold there, the claims have been held
in small ownerships, the Fabricius &,
Rider mines and the Climper ground
being made UP of lot of small claims.
acquired one at a time as the old
miners passed to the beyond, or sold
out and went back to "the States"
For forty years Andrew Fabricius
and William G. Rider made a com
Portable living working with pick and
shovel for two or three months out of
the year, and have taken out as high
as $4,000 in a season, and not until old
age incapacitated them from the hard
work of placer mining, would they
part with their valuable holdings. Mr..
Notions company will dig one and a
half miles of ditch, which will afford
them 300 feet pressure at lower end of
diggings. They will work up stream
Systematically, hydraulicking every
thing. This will include a high chan
mel which has never been opened, and
long stretches of 30-foot gravel banks,
200 feet wide. From the miners work.
ing the ground the new company
bought several hundred dollars of gold,
which had not yet been minted. Among
these were nuggets ranging from $500
to $12500. A showing like this would
in the Yukon valley or at Nome cause
stampede, yet 1t is a sight often
seen in old Siskiyou.
California Mining Notes
At the Los Angeles mines, on the
river above Wards Ferry, California,
crew of twelve men is employed and
more will be put on. The mill is rum
ming steadily on good ore. An addition
of five stamps will be made to the mill
at once, making fifteen stamps in all.
The machinery has been bought.
The Draper mine, near Sonora, CAL,
broke it's record for production last
week. Six Damas & Francis drills are
now running night and day. A crew
t. nj
the mill is running steadily on good
ore The vein is now exposed in
every part of the mine and shows
good size in values. Gold can be seen
in most of the ore now going to the
mill, and the bullion yield is satisfac-
tory.
In mining circles it is stated that
C. D. Lane will soon assume the SUPER
intendency of the Utica company's min
ing and other interests near Angels,
CAL, and that Superintendent l.. w.
Shinn will go to Alaska to supervise
the mining interests formerly conduct
ed by Mr.. Lane. In connection with
the proposed changes it is stated that
Mr.. Lane intends sinking a deep shaft
on company property south of Angels
Annex, whereby new lodes win be
opened.
r. d. jackson, a mining man, is
erecting cyanide plant below the
Empire mine, at Grass Valley, Cal.
The projectors of the enterprise state
that If the experiment proves success
full they will Immediately enlarge to a
1OO-ton capacity.
1t is reported that nine new dredgers
are to be built at Marysville and at
Oroville. A. f. Jones of Oroville re-
ports that contracts for these dredgers
have been let and work will commence
Immediately, the cost Of which will be
from $4,000 to 100000 each.
John Ross, jr., manager of the Lin
coin and Wildman mines at Sutter
creek, may equip the properties with
heavy hoisting works and add to the
milling facilities.
MoJave Desert Gold
In the northwest corner of the