The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-23

Copper Company at Coram, Shasta
County, to equip a 100-ton smelter to
handle the ore from the Balaklala mine.
A large body of low-grade ore, sup
posed to be one of the largest in the
world, is the basis of this outlay and
the enterprise that it implies
Another new mining district has been
discovered in Nevada. 1t is twenty
two miles northeast of rairview, the
nearest point by railroad, in the Sill
yer Mountains, four miles from the
head of an ancient river channel. The
present camp consists only of tents
The name of Wonder has been given
to it, Prospecting in the surrounding
country is reported Everything must
be teamed in and out al present. Water
has to be hauled and is sold for Sc a
barrel
The assessment of mining properties
on the Pacific Coast for purposes of
taxation centers the interest of miners
at this juncture. Some large figures
relating to the assessments on leading
copper properties in Shasta County in
this State were published in The Call
few days ago. Large valuations are
reported for the copper properties in
Arizona
The assessment on the Copper Queen
Company in Cochise County is $2,371,-
050 The Calumet and Arizona is
charged up with $4,000. The Tomb
stone Consolidated Company must pay
taxes on SSS,000. When all the, figures
are in they will constitute the basis of
an interesting review. Some of the
copper mines of Cochise County are
rated for taxation as follows: Galanea
$4,000; Gardner. $4,000; Neptune,
$125,000: Silver Spray, 100000; Hol-
brook 100000.
The Manhattan News boasts that ten
Ii a. \
made in ten days in the Manhattan dis
trict in Nevada and that the record has
few precedents in the mining history
of the State. Some of the discoveries
were made at the grass roots and
the others at depth.
Among the important announcements
relating to Pacific Coast mines is one
to the effect that the American Steel
Company has secured options on 1000
acres containing iron ore in Columbia
County, oregon, north of st. Helena
The price agreed upon Is reported to be
100000, or 500 an acre. Mineral ex-
perts, so the Portland Oregonian re-
ports. have been sent out to make an
inspection.
STRIKE AT THE JUMPER.
A rich strike is reported to have
been made at the Jumper mine in Tuol-
umne County. Not long before the dts
covery the mine was closed and the
report was circulated that it had been
worked out The manager of the prop
erty persuaded some workmen to re-
main and gold was found. The mine is
near Jamestown.
The Debrowsky mine in the town Of
Shasta has resumed operations under
the management of H. Q. Cummins
and others. to whom 1t has been
bonded. {.
will be developed, as reported by the
Quincy National Bulletin. The prop
erty is near the place known as Eliza
BEETHOVEN in early days. Lloyd p. Cor
nell and A. S. Macdonald of Oakland are
interested in the property.
The Desert Queen group of mines,
in the Searehlight district, Nevada, has
been bonded for the reported price of
800 600 to w. H. Green of Vanderbilt,
Cal. The mines are eight miles
northeast of Blackburn, on the Santa
Fe road, south Of Marvel
The resumption of development work
on the Bay State mine, in Amador
County, three miles from Plymouth, Is
reported. Development work has pro-
ceeded during period of fifteen years,
internationally. This Is the only mine
is in active operation, according to the
account of the Amador Ledger.
LARGE WORK IN TRINITY.
The Trinity Journal reports that the
mines in the north of Trinity County
are worked largely. At the Bonanza
King mine 175 men are employed. AT
Trinity Center thirty men are at work
on the Sykes gravel mine. The Golden
Jubilee mine on Coffee Creek, the Hid
den Treasure mine on the east fork Of
the same stream, the Nash gravel
al
mines are worked and a great amount
of prospecting for both quartz and
gravel Is in progress.
Thirty copper claims have been To-
Gated in the Humbug district, In Sis
kiyou County, by ]. w. Mccain.
Good strikes are reported to have
been made in the New York Grass VAL
bury claim on Osborne Hill, in the
same county, and in the Wyandotte
mine west of Oroyille.
According to the Amador Record the
keystone mine, in Amador County
which has been sold to the Bagdad
Chase Mining Company of New York
has produced $16,000,000 in gold dur
ing period of fifty years
The old Tecopah silver lead mine in
Inyo County will be reopened. James
Austin of Philadelphia, H G. Mcmahon
Of Rhyolite, James H. Lester and N. p
Sloan & Co. of New Orleans have
bought a half interest in the property
from j. D. Osborn of Los Angeles Gill
bert E. Bailey, who has explored the
country, says it is rio hi nsilver and
lead.
Montgomery and his associates in
Nevada have taken the Ramsay and
Thompson properties in Inyo County
otherwise known as the Gold Eagles
claims. Shorty" Harris Is reported
as having made good mineral find
near Emigrant Springs.
Under foreclosure proceedings the
California King gold mines in the
Picacho district, San Diego County,
have been sold by order of the United
States Circuit Court at Los Angeles.
On the property was mortgage of
5000, 600, held by the bondholders
John j. Bishop has been appointed
trustee In behalf Of the bondholders
According to a story from Oregon
the Cox and jennings copper property
in Oregon, on Goose Creek, has been
bonded to Los Angeles people for
$500, 900.
The mines in the Quijotoa district, in
Arizona, will be reopened. This dis
trict was practically abandoned when
the price of silver went down. The
country extends from the Baboquivari
mountain range on the east to Paso
Rlanco an the west In Pima Coiintv