The St. Louis Republic., 1906-01-01
- Ch0Rl0o 9. YaDe.

S1!!e9 0ke1eo 0eoto9scal survey. SoD EEo0c1eco.
WhMe IN the tier Of States comprising
California. Nevada. Oregon and Waslhing-
N. With the exception OF Nevada, mining
y not nov the foremost occupation Of the
factor In their Industrial progress. More
over. especially In California and Nevada.
the mining Industry h showing marked
:acvsncsmens from year 70 year. not only
IN Increased number Of mines opened and
worked. but In constantly Gro1inG value
ot annual output. The interest centers
a!,.y m!,ciniy IN the soid-ninine features: few
At the Present time.
Although California II the ploneer Of all
tne western mining States In the prOduc-
On since isst !. stili continues to make a
0ixc annual output VI gold. coming only
second to Colorado in this respect The
Last availahss cfncial statistics place the
about Ste.SGe.0e. which showed an increase
OF nearly 0.0 uS output over the previ-
Gus year. California Is. therefore. shown
the year 1876 it l. probable thai the record.
WnSn conpseted: Wtll show twenty millions
~ tue goh Yield.
IMPROVEMENTS lNCREASE OJ-TPvrr.
mcihod. ~ ..-t;n.s W.. que 10 improved
lOw.srads sra,..i In. Ls;e placer deposits St
las. nve or six vcars wer.. "s.,0oS ,,nS :" Inc tSe
inyention Of the mining dredse ~ has S solved
dunn f"r T..;,;u.. w.n IN. NO la or available
a. low as 10 cents a ner r.n ..!,hn "ar, % w"ss
Tha S .rn,,S, e'sa =. os sone: ne
ccvIS S,u ~, hsn1,ed ny these machines
pFOcexs. and Ia S"nss, Cs tne nydrSoic
1driftei In tn. forsnsr u,;.r 70" pDcL r .% S,s S
the hanks ana ,i,e sraxsI h,sI.,, A.ms, ~. ,,.,
Washe,i avay- ,ha s..id Ri. "a.n ~ a,'
able anrii.H,.s e rs," u ,,,s,hS US Eved IN suit
pensivs ~,.,.r sv.,S,,n ns m'e'mod lnvosses ex-
SoirsI d,scsss ,s; s;ys.e,ms: ms, 'neiud'ns rcser-
must be a sr.de .x.v fron, ;ha anu .,;u ane,e e.
carrv On ,Ss r~s,:;,.a. i isSn, 'nc i,! minc !"
In this syssem ~" .",;re %eos hs OF iI sailngs.
down to the ieI,e..r Top d'rt and all.
In ,hS driSs,nS "NS,a,,, ...
are run and oniy sss,em ,h tunnels i" and drifts
,.o,s.I ".Im . Q! sravsI close 70 bedrock is re-
h:sh srada srs,, hy Sn's nesnoL only
WCrfed Th. Sr,.,-... ean ne psontabIy
worked on nat rTcuna GsSe,; wiss r., can an, Dc ce
neis or dr;ffs .r~ nn.,.s.ns,. an" no '"h-
nis a. Az = S..,, .esSsA.S
which The di1strS w..S;na.,. n.'tt on u. ~
I'm unies. ,h"r. h".sn y 10 % noss the dre'ixe iet
age vater Thc ,vscn;,.s seep-
Ilepsh OF from ,hirfv =" sMrn sss... .mss LIS 70
liftine the gold. .hear,n~ n,.Se,se; t r:c,:
enough shove she h"Ii - s. ~. nisn
ing through the screens and rots..ssins- i
appHances. and the failing. pass out be-
nin1. Ihsn. AZ the dre'lse digs ahead. in
.,.~1sing ns pat as u g"ee. the space be-
"tnu y n!eu win the tailings.
. IN enect. tnen. the machine carries its
aanE space around with Il. digging a
:. speSe constantly ana hIlin9 In where
- - uas One due. Tnefe are nOw In Cali.
.ca .,.;H.a. ost 1sen softy-hve and fifty Of these
u"nu6 uIessEeS AZ WOSk. ana they average
= = eIvse ouspuS per year. large and small.
u aoout SAsVC each. working ground
~. ir,utc not MnerwHe be mined profit
az "a E.acn macnine costs from $4,000 to
Sro.nS 70 capacitv.
- q: aSsIake afeAge VIII handle from
~ " s'uy cuMc YARDS Oer day. ara the
~ sSs Ut cuoic yard u xeneIauy from five
10. ,.eI cents. 4 recoru or one machine
-" w"Sn nanuse0 ASs0 cubac YARDS
80 -. os:. az 80 ceuts per cuoac yard FOR
Une @ n,Sutn. InlS vas . new machine. with
~ IT tSLestS OS renewals.
y "e~ 4tsoSeS ~ IN course Of con-
90 ,."n. anu s.s.i - exR!ed tnat within =
f.rn;: Iii, I'LL Soe0 "a o1tput N sah-
,,.;,I1"n. -. 'sSn ~. 20 oesWn "SS and seven
rr"-a.s. ;,..;.s: "m."an!; Inese are:
.h... '..a.: ~, 70 tnsiI WoLH. anu
49, sH.. ". "",e tns ~ Sso nynsauiiS MIN
III ,IE " sua oIst SsyV"s ~ tn~
~, n. cu.ev INeI Shs"neas: IneSe VII sun
LIZ W ~ W"rAIH oy tne OLD systems.
H'n nSHISunc anu urut mines continue I?
W ~rTk"n IN Cahiornla but the annuai
Su,p's Iro" 'Hs' HreuseS - greater tnan
from tneSe c"me'i"d
RlCH QUARTZ DEPOSITS.
The largest amount of the Increased, out