The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12

miles.
SISKIYOU NEEDS WATER.
The Yreka Journay says that the re-
cent weather has had a bad effect on
the mining Industry in Siskiyou
County, as the water supply is insult
flcient to continue hydraulic and pla-
Ger mining. The Journal says:
With more rain or snow and warmer wealth
er. good supply may be furnished. The win
ter so far has been exceedingly mild in the
way of storms with but little snow on the
mountain tops and not much rain in the val
leys. Owing to the lateness of the season
but little more be expected making the
rainfall not likely to reach more than half the
limit OF last year. Up to this date cnly a lit
tie more than twelve inches OF moisture has
visited U.S. while last year for the same time
we had twenty-five inches and about thirty
inches to April 1.
rich quartz ledge has lately been discov-
cred the lower klamath, near Happy
Camp which some excitement in that
neighborhood. and has induced many to start
out prospecting. The miners believe there
will be something doing in that section this
summer in the way of quartz mining. as well
as in hydraulic and placer mining Jams3n
& Co., now working the Mckinley mining
property in the vicinity of Sucker Creek in
Humbug district. are working steadily the
Flag mine of the group with good prospects,
as the development progresses.
In the old mining country around
Shasta, so says the Shasta Courier, a
great deal of activity characterizes the
situation. That paper says:
The RICH strike at the Navajo or old White
Oak mine at Lower Springs more than holds
out.
The Wiser brothers. farther south, have
property that has produced thousands and the
indications show that there is plenty of good
ore In the hill. To the north Cummins. Noff-
singer & johnson are developing great prop
erty in the Dobrowsky mine. The road leading
to the property is being graded on the steep
pulls. mill will soon be erected on the
ledge.
Shasta will feel the benefit of these opera
tions and discoveries. they are located near
the town and partly adJoin the town limits.
The Copper Crest mine, near Red
ding, reports the Redding Free Press,
has new owner. George C. Graves
and M. E. Dittmar have sold to 1. o.
Jillson group Of three claims near
the Mammoth mine. The property
includes forty acres.
AMADOR MAKES DISCOVERY.
Asbestos has been discovered in the
Jackson Valley in Amador County on
the ranch of the Ellis brothers. Cop
per ores have also been recently
found in the same valley. The ANA
dor Ledger says regarding the copper
discoveries:
w NJ. Nichols has samples of copper ore
taken from surface groupings in Jackson Val
ley. opposite the Campo Seco copper mines.
The samples include several points along the
ledge. Experts who have examined the rock
on fka kA f,.If,
good as were the surface indications at the
thriving mining camp on the Calaveras side
OF the river. The outcroppings from twenty
to thirty feet wide in places. and only three
miles intervene in direct line from Campo
seco. the ledge being plainly traceable the en-
tire distance. No assay has been made of the
ore. The Campo Seco mines employ about 100
men. The ore carries not only copper but
gold and silver the yield Of the latter metals
being sufficient to pay all expenses. the yield
In copper being clear profit. Whether the ledge
on the Amador side is equally impregnated
with gold and silver can be ascertained only
by careful survey.
Development work has been start
ed at the Inkmarque mines near
Grass Valley. The Grass Valley It'd
ings says that the shaft will be sunk
to 1000 feet at once att the rate of
eighty feet day. The mines adjoin
Ine NOrln star property.
In Tuolumne County several mining
matters are reported by the Mother
Lode Banner, among the more i'm
portant being the plans pending for
the reopening Of the John Royal mine.
The Banner reports that ten tons of
ore from one of the waste dumps near
Jackass Hill were recently put
through mill and yielded S110. The
Soulsby mill has been closed and the
work of sinking the shaft is proceed
ing. The 500-foot level will be OPEN
ed before the mill is again operated.
The Beehive mine has been disman-
tied and the machinery will be sold
to satisfy the claims of employees
A new mining district in Nevada,
about forty-five miles northwest of
Tonopah, is about to be exploited by
Los Angeles people.
According to the Scott Valley Ad-
vance, a large tract Of land in Scott
Valley, Siskiyou County, will be pros
pected with a diamond drill. If the
returns are satisfactory dredging will
follow.
The Derry mines on the klamath
River, four miles south of Hornbrook,
have been sold to San Francisco men
for $4,000.
The Mother Lode Magnet reports
that the Melones mine is dropping
sixty stamps continually. A tunnel
more than a mile long has been run
into Carson Hill.
A rich strike is reported as having
been made in the Gold Valley coun-
try. near Sierra City, In the Empire
mine.
There is a lack of snow in the west
ern part of Nevada County, according
to the Truckee Republican, which re-
views the situation partly as follows:
At Fordyce the snow Is only four feet Deep
altogether too small supply for the
needs of the community. The trouble
with the weather this winter is that
there have been no really low temper
atures and the snow has not packed. It is
expected that there will he few mora snou-