Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-04

miles south Of Kennett and fourteen
miles north OF Redding, and before
the year is ended a l000-ton copper
smelter. the largest in california, VIII
be nearing completion. II Will not be
long, therefore, until this will be a
town proper-soniething more than
sidetrack and two whistling posts.
Shipment Of Tungsten
Superintendent Charles Taylor Of the
Tungsten mines, near RandsburR, has
shipped another car of tungsten to Ger
many. This car was billed out at twen-
ty tons Of high grade ore and went by
Wells-Fargo express. This Is the fourth
car of high grade ore shipped direct
from the mines. without other process
than that of careful selection, in the
last few months.
A car was shipped out to Barstow
for concentration about week ago,
as the greater part taken out is ham
died i'm that way, three or four tons
being reduced to one to avoid cost in
shipping. The tungsten mining indus
try is making remarkable progress
and is remarkable, as nowhere else
In the United States is there found
such quantities Of SC. nor OF such high
grade are. To show how little knowl-
edge men had of tungsten. when the
Randsburg railroad was built eight
years ago the graders cut right
through the Papoose, which is the
principal mine, and did not recognize
the ore as valuable.
Gold In Rio crande
That a placer gold mine, more than
1000 miles long and containing mil
lions of dollars in powdered gold in
termingled with the sand and sand
stone formation i'm the banks of the
Rio Grande river, separates Texas
from Mexico for the entire length of
their common border is the opinion
of jackson Long of Del Rio, Texas.
Mr.. Long is the owner of an extern
sive cattle range in the Del Rio coun-
try and has lately become interested
in truck farming by irrigation from
the Rio Grande. 1t was from this anal
ysis Of the sand pumped up during
the process of installing 10-horse
power gasoline pump at point be-
aween Del Rio and Eagle Pass that
his attention was first called to the
auriferous nature of portions of the
bank Of the river.
The San Francisco Exchange
The San Francisco stock exchange,
like every other local interest of inn
portance is going to stick. New York
wanted tire men who handle the Tono-
pah and Nevada mining stocks to To-
cate there, and Salt Lake also offered
inducements IL the brokers would for
sake San Francisco for the Utah city.
with thanks however. all offers were
declined and the San Francisco stock
exchange has held its first meeting
since the fire.
The meeting place was the main floor
of the Merchants exchange, where the
members will hold their daily sessions
until they once more have home of
their own.
President Ruggles is very enthusias-
tic over the decision of the members
of the exchange to stay with the city
that the stocks they handle helped to
make famous.
''It was through the mines that San
Francisco first became a financial CEN
ter he said, 'and the members of
the San Francisco stock exchange
should be the last to forsake the city
by the Golden Gate. San Francisco
needs all the help she can get. The
more her own people can, do the bet
ter. The San Francisco stock exchange
is here to stay, first, because the city
needs us, and, second, because we be-
live that s center of commercial
activity San Francisco will be of great
er Importance than ever"
Arizona Coal Valuable
Prof William p. Blake has returned
from an examination, Of some coal
properties in the Deer Creek coal field.
The examination was for Col. George
Il. Chittendon of the Chittendon copper
camp in the Saddle mountains. Prof.
Blake says there is a good quality of
coal which makes most excellent fuel
for boilers and gas and 1t cokes well.
There is a good solid three-foot vein,
which. is being taken out for the Chit
tendon reduction plant located about
ten miles distant and to which a good
road Is being constructed. The Gila
River railway will pass within eight
miles of this coal camp. which makes
1t of easy access for fuel purposes. The
Chittendon, or Saddle Mount tain, COM
pany is employing 800 men. There is
being made a fine grade of matte,
which is being sent to the Humboldt
smelter. The mines of the company
and the district generally are full Of
promise.
Gold Nuggets
The dividends declared by the Rand
gold mining companies for 1906 exceed
ed those for 1904 by about e1,000,000.
An electromagnetic consists of a piece
of soft iron temporarily converted into
a magnet by means of current sent
through wire coiled around 1t.
Exhaust steam from intermittent en-
ElilsS may De QllllAtu lOF lUe SEIleTd-
tion of power in low pressure turbines
Such plants are now installed at Ger
man colllerles.
The name "topazus'' was originally
applied to the gems known today as
peridot and chrysolite. and the gem
which we now call topaz was only
comparatively recently recognized as
distinct mineral. The topaz is found
in Santa Fe county New Mexico.
One ton of peat 600 per cent to 95
per cent moisture) produces 700 pounds
of coke, 800 pounds of tar-Water, 80
pounds of tar and 420 pounds of gas,
From the tar-water may be obtained
IL pounds of acetic acid, IL pounds of
wood alcohol, 8 pounds of ammonium
sulphate. Peat is found in Chaves
county, New Mexico.
The so-called shaking chute for
handling ore in slopes is made by
bending a steel plate into the shape of
trough and suspending it from the
hanging wall by chains. Tiney are
easily handled when made in lengths
of fifteen feet. This device has met
with greater favor in Rand mines than