The San Francisco call., 1906-12-31
eAns s-AND e1wo OF H1s. NzxAsAT ATslzNDs 8
Old Amador Mines Sold to
Mother Lode Co.

in Nevada He was working as a
miner at day wages when he was
persuaded to go to Southern Nevada
He located claims which have sold for
the sum mentioned.
The Old Crane Gulch mine in Ell Do
rado County, near Georgetown. and the
Georgia Slide mine have recently struck
good ore, of which shipments amount
ing to $4,000 in value have been made
to the Mint In this city. These constf-
tute the largest shipments of gold
from the locality in some time.
BUYS GROUP OF MINES
The United Mines Corporation has
taken in group of mines in Tuolumne
County, near Carters. including the
New Albany. Grizzly. Lady Washington.
Bonita and Garfield mines. A fiume
four miles long has been completed and
the machinery secured for 100-stamp
mill.
The Shawmut mine in Tuolumne
County has been started with a force
of goo men. 1t was closed for while
for repairs.
Rich ore has been struck in the I'M
perial mine near Jacksonville. Tuol-
umne County.
Work on the White Oak mine in
Brush Canyon. Placer County. has been
stopped by injunction. The ground was
leased by the White Oak Mining Com
pany, of which Richard Cook of Loomis
is the president. A tunnel sixty-five
tion was served by the Mayfiower
Company, that claims to own the
ground.
DEVELOPMENTS IN MINES
Some recent mining developments In
Placer County are summarized by the
Placer Herald as follows:
The Black Canyon mine will be opened up
in the spring BY running new tunnel wide
ledge has been opened on Mumsford Bar. on
Mining and Development Company. The ledge
has been traced for two miles, showing in
found very rich gravel in some Of the pillars.
near Sucker Fiat A Sacramento company
Canyon into the old Cement Knob mine
which lies north Of the Jupiter. The tunnel
Is in about 1000 feet
A proposition to acquire the black
sands of the beaches in Humboldt Coun-
ty, California, is under discussion. The
Oriental Reduction Company of Port
land recently sent representative to
Eureka to look into the value that
might be obtained by working the
sands for gold between Eureka and
the klamath River. and also In Del
Norte County.
uC OPcIdllOIS Oh the Butte creek
Gold Mining Company, twelve miles
east of Chico, will include the use of
a gold dredger that has its foundation
on dry land. being equipped with a
turntable and a system of tracks to
enable 1t to move and 20 be turned as
required. The lack of sufficient water
to use the Oroville type of dredger
made this departure necessary
A company of San Francisco men
has gained control of the old Lecomp-
ton mine in Nevada County, and also
the Arctic mine, seven miles above
Washington, and will operate both.
A large dredger will soon be oper-
ated in the vicinity of La Grange, In
Stanislaus County
Two corporations have been formed
to mine the famous Natoma Vineyard
near Folsom. One of these is the
Natoma Land and Mining Company that
is capitalized for $625.O00- The other
Is the Natoma Development Company.
with capitalization OF s1.500,o00.
DISCUSSION May BE HOT
A warm discussion between State
Mineralogist Aubury and men high in
Federal positions over the sort OF
building stones that shall be used in
the erection of Federal buildings in
California is probable. Los Angeles has
Federal building to be constructed
and Aubury has already protested to
Senator Flint and Congressman Nc
Lachlan because of the probable use
of Wyoming stone instead Of California
stone Federal buildings will also be
erected elsewhere in the State possibly
an Office building In this city and also
a new sub-treasury structure. Alto
gether they will require the expendi-
ture of large sums for stone
Aubury has made a study of the
hr1f1dfnQ Unafarfo1u If Hofffcrnfo