Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
Official Publication Full
of General Interest
to Industry
COKE IMPORTED FOR
SHELTER AT ING0T
Recent Important Mining De-
cision-Gold Nugget
Section Is Active

state Mineralogist l.. A. Aubury has
issued a relief and mineral map OF
California for the guidance Of those
who may take interest i'm the mineral
resources Of California. It is OF large
size and on scale to be understood.
Succeeding many mining bulletins
and county registers the mineral map
II more valuable to mining men than
any hitherto issued. The publication
IL used to an extent to advertise Cali
fornia. On the map are published the
statistics concerning the states min
eral output in 1903. The total reaches
the respectable figures of $37,759,O4O. OF
this sum the precious metals claim
316,9S9,6 ,666. All mineral substances, in
Guiding gold and silver, amounted to
$40, 0,S56,6e6. The non-metallic sub
stances were valued at S2,04s,6SS. The
hydrocarbons and gases amounted in
value to $7,945,273, and the structural
materials to $6,9OS,4e3.
FROM the data it appears that the
precious metals were less than one
half of the whole, and the oil fields
and structural deposits produced only
$2,136,020 less than the gold mines.
The new mineral map is remarkable
in that 1t shows at glance the ex-
tensive distribution of mineral and
other deposits. This is accomplished
by the use of color scheme and of
distinctive signs, which are placed for
reference. The claim is made good that
California is mineralized from end to
end and that nearly every county has
mineral deposits of size.
Among the revelations relating to
quicksilver, for instance, is the pictor-
tally illuminated fact that there are
cinnabar deposits in Del Norte, Siski-
you, Shasta, Kings and Santa Barbara
cousties, in addition to the counties
OF Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey,
Napa, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma and
other counties where the existence of
quicksilver has been a matter of more
\ common knowledge. Ell Dorado county
also has quicksilver.
Copper deposits are marked in green.
/, These are distributed as plentifully as
gold deposits scores of counties hav-
ing li gold. Something new is the
designation of the saline deposits of
Ike state in detail These are remark
ably distributed. The four principal
substances are borax, salt, soda and
Iiiter. OF course the region of Death
Valley figures. largely in the showing
relative to the salines. Salt deposits
are credited also to Humboldt, Siski-
you, Shasta, Colusa, Amador, Mono.
Alameda, San Mateo, Inyo. San Bern
ardino San Diego, San Luis Obispo
and Kern counties.
Gold Nugget Section
Good news has been received in Los
Angeles from the Fort Bowie Gold
Nugget and Grayson Mining company
properties. The latter is a Texas cor
poration which recently took over an
extension Of the Gold Nugget claims
in Arizona Development work carried
on since has been very encouraging.
Last week a mill test was made of
two tons of ore from the ledge that
has been opened on the Grayson
ground 1t was found to be free mill
ing, and yielded $45.75 to the ton. The
bar resultant was sent at once to the
Headquarters of the company in Texas.
and assurance has since been received
that the results of the test were en-
tirely satisfactory. AS "a consequence
the company sends word that it has
placed an order for ten-stamp mill,
which will be forwarded to the prop
erty just as soon as possible.
At the Gold Nugget the mill is near
~ UP and will be ready for it's initial
run within two more weeks. Ten men
have been returned to the mine to pur-
sue the development and the removal
of ore for addition to the two years
supply for the mill at its starting ca
pacity that is now on the dump. Con-
fidence runs high at the camp, and
there Is every expectation on the part
of those in charge that it will be but
a little while before the Gold Nugget
enters the profit-maxing class.
From Arizona Camps
Dan Murphy and w. II. Cook, two
prominent citizens of Los Angeles,
are IN Clifton to inspect the gold mine
at Gold hill. which Crawford, Await
and others have been developing for
the past year. They are well pleased
with the property. which is making a
remarkable showing for the work done.
1t gives every Indication Of making
a big mine.
Manager Mcintosh of Los Angeles
has decided to locate his teaching
plant on the bank OF the ella
immediately above the headgate Of the
Florence canal 1t is a central location
and can be easily reached from the
mines. 1t is also within few hundred
yards OF the siding OF the p. & Il.
railroad.
A strike of ore was made last week
in the Good Hope mine. Hassayampa
district, which runs $4,000 a ton. One
pound of the ore smelted out s1OO. The
property is owned bV three prOspec-