The San Francisco call., 1906-12-24

NoOHtys oregon, near Warmers Lake, /
has been discovered in what is known
as the Windy Hollow district. ore has
been taken out that assayed from $50 to
$1,000 a ton. The altitude is $500 feet
above the sea level. Dikes have been
located that are very large. Practically
ali the district, which is about seven
niles long and five miles wide. has been
More than 200 locations. have been
made IN the Joe Creek country, in Sis
klyou County, so reports I. J. Notion.
one company has ore to the value OF
sz,ooo,000 TO S3.0OO.oG0 blocked out. This
promises TO become one OF the great
copper camps of the West. Copper de-
posts In the Callahan country. between
Morehouse and Grape creeks. and in the
salmon River country are developing
In Southeastern Siskiyou County Thir-
ty-three l60-acre claims have been fled
on, covering deposits of the Glass
mountain region. Large deposits of
iron have been discovered IN the Nc
Cloud River country. West Of the cen
ter Of Scott Valley vast deposits have
( been located. The klamath River. car
rylng the waters of sixty-three trfbu-
taries, runs for 140 miles through a
rich gold region. Between the Kla-
nath ano salmon rivers is an area of
oVe square miles that has never been
prospected. In the portions Of Sislxivou
tnat nave been mined s150.oO0.0O in
gold have been produced. Four miles
west OF Hornbrook is the Jilson mine
that has yielded $1,000 600. There are
many mines IN the mountains that are
aWaltlng development. Copper deposits
are distributed all ever the county
The streams that drain the section
where the Mono mine is situated have
produced S20,0o0.00O in gold One of
the mountain mines produced SO. ooo. 600
IN the early days from 200, 600 tons of
ore. one mine yielded $4,000 from
1900 pounds of ore.
DEVELOPING AT MASONIC
Extensive development work is going
on in the Masonic district. in Mono
County. Several companies have been
organized TO take over the higher grade
properties. These include the Masonic
investment Company, capitalized for
sl,oeO.o00; the Caliveda Mining and
Milling Company, that has gained pos
session OF the Myrtle and Julia and the
Nalley View claims, and the Masonic
Mining Company, that is working on
the True Friend group largely. A rich
strike in Mono County at Silver Creek
Is reported. and prospectors may go
into the country the coming spring.
The new copper mines near Gina.
San Bernardino County, have Skinned
$So.o0o worth OF copper since August.
1905. The Standard. Ivanpah and other
companies are producing copper The
district is reported by a writer in the
Los Angeles Herald to rival the Green
water district in Inyo County. Claims
have been sold to Seattle investors
for q large sum.
W. P. Hammon's cement plant at
Morley, four miles north of Kennel.
Shasta County. will be on large
scale. The Sacramento Bee says that
several hundred men will be ernployed
N getting out limestone at Morley and
making cement. To begin the work
OF constructing the plant 1t will be
necessary to build a hve-mile electric
tramway Machinery has been as
semoled for development work The
property where Harmon will operate
was purchased from Etter of Redding.
ditch ten miles long in Placer
county has been completed by the
Imperial Mining Company at a cost
OF 100000 and an impounding dam
has been constructed. The company
proposes 10 sluice on the river slope
when the dam is accepted by the Cali
fornia Debris Commission
MINES OF PLACER COUNTY
The colfax Sentinel says that mining
on the divide in Placer County is
promising well 1t says:
The Ta6pole Consolidated Gold Mining Com
psnE Z. az, Ssnaaa a Hill has TWO ledges- The com
tons capacity every twenty -four hours.
The Hermann mine near westville. is en-
pioging nfFy-hve men. The company has in
stalled new steam plant forty-stsnp mill
is kept bnsy night and day crushing quartz
The Black Canyon mine. in the same district. is
doing assessment work. Ihis mine has ten
The California cyphon Dredger Mining and
on the American River. above NTumford ''Issls Bar
and opened a ledge twenty feet in width and
early next season. The company has recently
The Prairie Queen mine above Sailor Canyon,
is doing well
PLANS OF MANY MINERS
The old California mine at Dead
mans Fiat. Nevada County, after an
idleness Of some years, has been re-
opened with electric power. The mine
Is owned in Grass Valley.
The Boss mine in Nevada County,
between Sweetland and North San
Juan, viii be worked extensively. c. L.
Crane. z. H Ben jamin and John Collier
are interested in the property
According to the Grass Valley Union.
the Giant King mine near Washington
VIII be fully worked next spring A
tunnel viii be run 900 feet to the
ledge. In a body OF slate gold has
been found that runs IS TO the ton,
much TO the surprise of the miners.
A vein Of coal between two and
three feet wide has been discovered
near SusanviIle and samples Of the
coal have been burned with salts
factory results.
The Calaveras Prospect reports that
the Buffalo mine at Mokelumne Hill
Us running night and day. The Handy
mine is keeping a 20-stamp mill
steadily in operation The Lucas mine
Is running at full capacity and smaller
mines are busily worked. At the North
star tunnel of 100 feet has been
completed.
The Irish Hill copper mine in Anna
DOR County. which was once sold for
$4,000. viii be reopened- 1t has been
Idle for some years.
A deposit of asbestos has been un-
covered near lone, In Amador County.
II is reported to be large.
RICH FIELD AT GRANTS
The following alluring story of
late find Of gold near Grants Pass is
told by the Redding Searchlight:
A box containing I20. pounds Of GRE. worth
$1,000 IN gold. brought 10 Grants Pass from
rhe Siskiyou Mountains by c. X Maneun. presi-
dent OF the Grants Pass Miners Association.
and placed on display IN the mineral exhibit
room OF the association.
TIE gold is attracting much attention and
treating no little excitement. II comes from