The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16

in the vicinity Of Nevada City Is pre-
dicted by the people OF that section.
Within a year more men will proba-
bly, be at work in the district than at
any time in twenty years In the last
six weeks many properties have been
bonded in figures running into the hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars. George
C. Sargent. son of former United
States Senator Sargent, has bonded to
San Francisco parties certain proper
ties at Quaker Hill for 100000.
Some new promise of development in
the gold-dredging industry in Califor-
mia develops with each successive
week. No branch Of mineral exploita-
! ton has progressed in this State with
| equal rapidity since the never-to- be-
! forgotten days of placer mining, when
| $50,000,000 a year could be washed
methods. The Feather and Yuba riv-
ers, the Sacramento River near Fol-
! som and other streams are still prom
Using fields for the investment Of cap
ital.
| The dredgers would seem, by all the
| developments in new territory, to
have a long lease of prosperity assured
| to them. Just now activity is increas-
| ing. Ten dredgers will be ready for
| of the present year. Two hulls have
| been recently launched and two more
| are in course of construction for the
Yuba Consolidated Goldfelds Com
pany.
The entire subject Of dredging for
| gold in California will be treated In a
| bulletin that has been prepared by the
| State Mining Bureau and will come
| from the press in a few weeks. Prob
ably a supplement will be necessary
after a time, as new discoveries will
lead to the organization of more COM
panies and a wider field Of auriferous
| sands.
Extensive dredging operations are
projected in the Yukon country by the
! Canadian klondike Company. A con-
| tract has been placed for one machine
/ that will cost 100000. The Detroit
Yukon Company will expend s225,000
for dredging machine. The Northern
Lumber Company has contracted for a
| $4,000 dredger to operate on Lower
Bonanza Creek. The Lewis River Com
pany is operating one Of the same size
on Bonanza.
New Scheme Is Launched.
The Marysville Democrat reports that
/ the most extensive deal in Yuba Coun-
ty dredging lands will soon be carried
| out. In part the Democrat says:
"a. ".
| lands along the Yuba River that have been
under bond for some time He has bonds on
lands on the north side Of the river as fol-
lows Kupser, 900 acres; Shay. $50; Diggs.
HOO: Pauley. ZOO O Brien. Ebert and Mitch
! eli. 200; on the south side. o. Brien Including
Beeney place.. 1900 acres; Mahoney. 100; Cur
ry. 32O and Reynolds. 240. In addition 400
acres of land within the nleander lines Of the
| Yuba River, recently located by ]. E Ebert
tween the tracts above named. Almost all
| these are patented lands
The drills have been at work for four or Ave
months and now the Pauley place.
| Three more machines will be on the ground
soon and will aid In hurrying the work OF
prospecting. Surveyors engaged in running
lines and everything points TO the final clos
/ Ing OF a deal
The Auburn Herald says. concerning
dredging ground in Placer County:
1t has often been wondered at by parties
who know why the vast deposits OF dredging
ground Auburn rayine from Gold Hill to
the ..overfiow'' in Suffer County have never
been examined and reported on by competent
experts. Auburn ravine has been phenomenal
| ly rich from Auburn to Lincoln as far as Ii
could be worked by sluicing; in fact, mining
| only stopped when the banks got too high and
from the rich hills of gravel and from the
| veins made string Of camps from AUBURN
10 riV'l o S5ag H;,, vrainiatown. Fort Trojan
| and Lincoln. From there on to where Auburn
| ravpe spreads out on the plains and loses itself
rIcbest dredger ground in the State. and a
rood deal OF the land is yalueiess for any other
purpose. being a lake in winter and swamp
in summer roamed at will by wild hogs and
deer, who find safety in the impossible jungles
| OF brambes and timber.
Some Northern SHELTERS.
i 1t has been decided that the Balaklala
shelter shall be located at Kennett.
The Balaklala group of mines include
q tract of 1900 acres. Roads make good
| lines of communication to the smelter
site from a number Of mines. On the
Balaklala group are twenty one tun-
nels, ranging in length from so to TOO
feet The Redding Searchlight says:
Tho company that made three surveys was
composed Of shrewd and careful men who used
every device known in modern engineering.
lev. only to find their error. The next desir-
/ able point was site on Squaw Creek, short
r raSnsmte River This line too proved fail
ure. AS a,1ast resort the third was chosen.
1t is said that the Mammoth company nrst
on the SQuaw Creek site, but on more mature
delIberation decided on the present place. The
ity COPPER the Great Verde group. the vir-
| cinia Mining Companys group formerly known
as the JINGLE Sam solc nine ne. the GiipgeT-sn ny
| Graves group, situated on the benchland be-
| tween the headwaters OF Squaw. Little Back
| hone and Big Backbone creeks. The Golinsky
| eroup of mines that lies the farthest north on
| tie great belt has been prospected TO sufn.
1 ~
| mines could be worked to much better ad-
/ vantage with a plant as above than from any
The smelter of the Mammoth Copper
| Company at Kennett will probably be
ready to use In August.
| The Gould. mine at Iowa Hill, Placer
County, will be opened by the Rossi
brothers, who will prospect for chan
| mel that has never been tried.
Gravel has been struck in the Straw
berry mine at Monona Flat, near Iowa
| Hill.
A deal for the Eclipse Morning Star
property is reported to be progressing
! well.
! The Calaveras Prospect reports that
large operations will be undertaken at
Marconi Flat in connection with the
Chase ditch on the San Domingo by the
hydraulic process.
The Polar Star mine in Nevada
! County will soon resume operations.
The Golden Gate Consolidated Gold
and Silver Mining Company has ac-
uuired the Mozambique mine in Ne
| vada County.
THE CLIO MINING DEAL.
The Tuolumne Independent gives the
! following particulars relating to the