The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
Mining World Deeply Interested
in Walker Lake Reservation. i
Opening of Country Rich in Minerals Attracts
Attention of Capitalist and Prospector.

in the forest reserves and can be drawn
on when required he and his allies are
at work framing some measure to cut
off a slice of the reserves.
Notwithstanding the policy of the
president to enlarge our present forest
reserves for the protection of the tim
supply, attacks are constantly being
made on this policy, and efforts are
likewise put forth from time to time
to have lands thrown open to entry
so that they may be located by agents
OF the speculator in present permanent
reserves. Were all Government agents
trustworthy our fears might be Quieted,
but L am sorry to say that such is not
the case, and that there is often col
fusion between the timber grabber and
Government officials has been demon
that In this l speak not from hearsay,
but from personal knowledge.
In California approximately 100000
acres OF the best timbered land in our
State is controlled by one individual
There is a necessity for extreme
Watchfulness to preserve intact our
present permanent and temporary for
est reserves against the underhanded
methods of the timber grabber. A new
danger confronts us, which merits deep
consideration.
VAST DOMAIN Is SEIZED.
It was thought that the forest re-
within the lines of the reserves, par
ticularly the miner, and that none but
a mineral entry could be made in the
reserves, but behold the ingenuity of
the timber grabber for contriving
means to accomplish his purpose. He
files placer mineral locations. This has
been done in California in the tempo
rary and permanent forest reserves,
1000, 600 acres have already been made
On timber land, but a small percentage
or which have any evidence of being
mineral in character. This class of
locations are not only illegal, but the
methods of the individuals making
them serve to cast an onus@o our in
dustry.
! trust that nay statements. as well
as any others which may be suggested
looking toward the improV ement of
conditions which will benefit the min
er. will be so placed before the State
and Government officials that proper
legislation and regulations will be en-
acted. Otherwise If we procraStinate
and are not granted fuller protection
that we are endeavoring to run our
quartz mills with an empty ore bin.
PLACERS At MANHATTAN.
An abundance of placer gold, accord
ing to the Manhattan News, is found a
Manhattan and will be found to be rich
when water is available. The placer
ground" reports the News will be
found to yield nearly as much or per-
haps even more than the quartz leads
during the next FIVE years A represen-
tative of the News visited the dry
placer diggings several days ago and
noted carefully the formation through
which the miners passed to get their
pay, we'll as the material that lay
under the pay streak At one of the
dry washers the formation consists of
a foot of coarse gravel and surface dirt
in which there is no pay. Then come
six inches of sediment carrying very
fine colors Beneath this is a foot OF
tight gravel, the lower three inches of
which is rich. This tight gravel lies on
q hard pan beneath which is a foot of
coarse gravel in which there is little
pay Then there is foot of barren
sediment. and lastly the bedrock, on
which no colors are found"
The Copper King group of claims
near Searchlight, Nev., has been bought
by Eastern men for $4,000.
Miners in Del Norte County, who have
recently formed a mining district, have
requested that the land described by
their boundaries shall be included in
the klamath forest reserve.
The Yreka gold dredger,- which cost
100000. has suspended operations and
will not resume, according to local
papers.
The San Bernardino Sun publishes the
following: The Greenwater copper ex-
citement is being duplicated at Silver
Lake. a new discovery in this county.
Hundreds of miners from Bullfrog,
Greenwater and surroundings camps
are flocking in and for six miles the
region is already sral0ed off, while
every gulch within forty miles of the
strike is being eagerly scanned by
prospectors.
Gold to the value of $4,000 has been
brought from the new placer diggings
in the Yentna district, Alaska, south
of Mount Mckinley.