The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14

is that caretuI tests can De Iildue VI lHe eoi"
in the ground before the boat is built: Sc.
ries OF holes made by drilling gives close ana
accurate results. showing what the land may
be expected to yield. and when tests nave
been made and the ground atterward dredged
it has been found that the actual results were
very closely foretold by the drill rests nave nave
recently been made near Honcut twelve miles
from Oroville and ii Is probable one or more
boats will be built there Tests have Deen
expected that new dredgers will be built and
operated there during the present year.
NEW CAMP IN NEVADA.
The Carson News reports that new
mining camp has been discovered at
Kawich Nevada, that bios fair to
rival the other camps of the last few
years. The statements of the News
are as follows:
Kawich is the name of the latest Nevada
mineral discovery, and from the measer re-
ports thus far received II bids fair TO exceed
anything found in Nevada, and II repre-
sentations are correctly made II will beat
anything ever found on earth for richness.
kawlch is about sixty-fve miles east and
south of Goldfield and is practically a new
district so far the prospector Is concerned
The first news of the find was in the form
o. samples OF the ore which were proueh'
into Tonopah and Godfeld. one bit Of ore,
weighing perhaps two hundred pounds. Is now
exhibited in a bank window and i IL est
mated will yield at the rate OF $9oO per
ton. 1t is literally shot with pure gold and
looks like a small edition Of a jewelry store
Ii is claimed that the ore will averaSe to
exceed $1,000 per ton and the excitement in
Tonopah and nearby camps is intense, while
the road is lined with all sorts OF conNeyances
kawich bound.
The discoverers claim that the samples
brought in were knocked from the Groupings
and assert that they have enough ore in sight
to make them miilionatres.
Something may possibly be realized
from the tin mines at Santa Ana from
a new process, according TO the Los
Angeles Times, which says in part:
A new hydro me tallurgical process for ores
that may have great effect upon mining Will
be put in operation within few weeks at the
Santa Ana tin mines. ffty-eight miles from
Los Angeles, just across the line in Orange
County. The process is a local invention OF
General Manager j. A. Conner. who has been
cyanide mill of ten stamps and capacity OF
fifty tons a day has been changed and
equipped with the necessary machinery tor
putting the new process into actual working
operation.
The plant Is the first OF its kind in the
world It's nature is a closely guarded secret.
Men interested in the company claim that by
means of it ii will be possible TO extract hun
dreds of dollars worth of metals where only
few dollars worth could be had before BY
the work done in perfecting this process and
testing the ores the presence of about twenty
metals has been discovered Among others
are platinum, osmium. iridium, nickel ura-
MUM. bisputh and cobalt. Platinum Is found
in the ores OF the Santa Ana mines to the
extent of over ten ounces TO the ton. Last
year only 10 ounces was mined in the entire
United States. and ninety ounces during 1908.
The inventor says: I'VE have an eight-foot
ledge Of tin running per cent of the metal.
which is worth about . cents a pound The
tin is very valuable. and practically none is
produced in the United States. There are un-
Questionably enormous quantities OF tin In
has been held back by the influence OF the tin
combine. Tin properties in Riverside County,
only short distance from our place. were
successfully operated until closed by those who
did not want their competition.