The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27


properties lie idle for an indefinite period. Al
most within the town site OF this place. and
from all accounts part OF It is also taken ID.
the land has been patented. and for several
miles north and south the country is in the
same condition. Judging from the opinions OF
mining men this ground that Is patented ano
but they are unable to prospect. as il belongs
to these companies who have secured a patent
sticking a pick IN IT. Any company getting
out patent with good faith and with the In
snsi0 TENT ma q ppsoSe Of X Sut to get one and
then throw down their hands and let 1t lie
Idle for an indefnite 1 time is wrong, ana Is
munity that could be inflicted upon It. Even
the woodchopper is prevented from cutting
wood on this patented saa How @ essy
to form a wood trust In this section. To hold
mining ground from year to year oy simply
bad enough, but there is always chance some
wear for the owners TO fail to do their work,
and then some one else would be able to locate
and perhaps develop It, but when IT is pat
ented that makes the ownership perpetual
BIG DEAL IN MIDDLE YUBA.
The Grass Valley Union says Of the
deal by which the Wright and Bailey
claims, on the Middle, Yuba. have passed
to Eastern parties:
The claims lie near Sweetland and have
been worked somewhat. giving excellent re-
turns. The ledges. composed OF low grade ore,
necessltating powerful machinery and many
ating, owing to their limited capital. The
ledge lying IN plain sight. Is 125 feet wide.
and can easily be worked from point near
quarry it out from wall TO wall. starting down
on the river and working up- Work on an
immense plant Will start immediately Tne
mill will have a capacity of 800 tons every
twenty-four hours. In addition a large cyanide
plant will be built. The machinery Will be
operated by electric power. The mine will
pattern after the low grade propositions at
Deadwood and Treadwell Island. The deal
rxlx tk1 h1rfr1 Vnr O.
tions were carried out so quietly that nothing
leaked out until the transfer had been made
]. M. O'Brien of San Francisco has
bought the holdings of the Orleans Con-
solidated Mining Company In Nevada
County, at Osborne Hill Mr.. U Brien
owns the Sultana group, adjoining
The new srnelter of the Great Western
EGold Company is shipping copper matte
from the Afterthought mine, according TO
the Redding Free Press.
The Redding Searchlight publishes the
following:
On Tuesday the Little Bully Hill Company
fled with the County Clerk its articles OF In
corporation. The purposes Of the corporation
are to engage in mining and smelling Inc
principal place Of business Is san Francisco.
The term of Incorporation Is fifty years The
/ capital stock is 100000 shares Of par value
OF 81 each The amount subscribed is so. or
srestdents Of San Francisco. and their names
are: c. o 'Brien Reddin. h L. PADDOCK. :.
e. Anderson, Byron W. Haines ana .. w
Reddin.
The oustomoh Company has acquired
forty-four acres OF mineral rights on wet
Hill, near Nevada City.
Work will soon be resumed. according
to present plans, at the Golden West
mine. in Placer County. The property is
situated above the Hidden Treasure mine
at an altitude of 5000 feet To reach 1t
now IL is necessary to travel through the
snow June is the month set for going
to work.
CRUSHING OLD DUMr.
The Grass Valley Union calls attention
to the unusual spectacle of the crushing
of dump in Nevada County. This Is one
ENof the developments due to modern min
ing methods. In part the Union says:
Al the Idaho Maryland mine twenty stamps
are dropping continuously on what was thrown
aside as waste rock some years ago unoer
former management. Tue interesting part OF
II all is that by the time the mammoth dump
has been fed into the battery OF thundering
stamps the new company VIII have cleaned
up sufficient to have paid eonsideraeie part
sands OF tons of ore were carried TO the dump
when the mine was pouring forth millions,
and so rich the ore that the same close
attention was not paid to il as at present II
had 10 be rich to pay. owing to the NUMBER
of times ii was handled before finally reach
ing the surface Had there been a great YER
tical shaft the expense would have been mucn
less; Inen' as111sntiv zoe, great nnsntities Of
rock went on 10 the dump which can now
be milled at a profit. True, 1t is not large.
dump the gain in the end viii be consid-
erable The mill might well run as to
wait until the mine lis opened.
An Injunction suit stopped the sale
of the Blue Ledge quartz mine in the
Elliott Creek district on Siskiyou
| Mountain The sale had been ordered
by the Sheriff The claims Will be set
| tied out of court
According to the Grants Pass Herald
| a recent discovery on the klamath has
! been bonded to James McCann of Med
/! ford for s2o. o0o William Feheley was
. the lucky discoverer.
! Dredging In Sacramento County will
| be extended. Heretofore the operations
with the dredger have been confined
principally to the neighborhood of Fol-
som and Fairoaks, but a great deal of
! the bottom land of the American River
| has been bonded, between Brighton and
| Folsom. The Shields and Taylor
I ranches and possibly the Pike & Ken
! dali ranch will be dredged. The par
, ties who have bonded properties were
represented by r. G. HanIord.
ENI,ARGING SLATE QUARRY.
! Slate auarryfng in Ell Dorado County
near PIacerville will be carried on more
| largely soon. The Eureka company
has purchased a great steam shovel
1 that will strip the surface rock from
| the slate bed and extend the pit some
| distance. When this work is done the
i body of slate opened will be one of the
| largest in this country.
| The Union Mining Company has been
| formed at Placerville to operate on
mining ground at Reservoir Hill, be-
| tween the Granite and Live Oak mines.
The PlacerviIIe Nugget says that
small gravel mines near Placerville
have recently made good profit The
Roundabout mine is one of the prop
critics that is reported to be doing we'll
one cIean-up netted $500 in gold.
The mill of the Amader gold mine is
being dfsmantled. A contract has been
LET for hauling the forty stamps to the
volnich mine in Calaveras County.
The May dividend of the Central Eu-