The San Francisco call., 1906-04-02

Calaveras County mining enterprises
are about to extend their field. In the
West Point district a good season is ex-
pected. Numerous small mines give en-
ployment to all who desire to work. The
Calaveras Prospect reports that the Ga
lena mine at Volcano, together with
several lodges close to West Point.
are attracting great share of attention.
Work is proceeding at the Blue Bell mine.
on the South Fork; at Moreheads, on the
Middle Fork, and at the Porteous ranch,
where the Zosatora mine is situated; also
at the Yellow Aster mine, at the Thomp-
son properties on the Middle Fork and on
| the South Middle Fork.
| The Galena mine is working on eight
hour shifts and the development will be
extended. AT the Volcano mine a large
! body of ore has been struck, according TO
reports. Twenty-Five men are constantly
employed. The rainfall has amounted to
| SO inches at West Point, which insures
an ample water supply for the mines.
| The east belt of the mother lode, be-
/ tween Mokelumne Hill and the Esperanza
mine, Is gradually coming to the front.
The Easy Bird mine keeps ten stamps
/ dropping On the same vein are the Gold
Standard, Deep Gulch, Challenge. Mann
moth, Easy Bird, Jumper, Linderexa,
/ Ariel, Mokelumne Hill, st. Patrick and
Edmond. These lie near the Mokelumne
! River.
! Interest has been attracted to Mariposa
| County by the developments in the old
placer mining region of Hornitos. The
! old Grimshaw mine, near Hornitos. has
| been reopened by William Casey presi-
! dent of the Union Gas Engine Company
/ of this city, and others Hornitos was
known as the greatest placer gold ship
I x1fr o-frN fx- in, he
early daysgof mining in this State. All the
creeks in the neighborhood have been
panned. The quartz ledges are now be-
| ing worked. Those who are connected
with the Grimshaw mine say that in
! short time $4,000 was taken out. The
shaft has been sunk 300 feet the
/ ledge. An electric line has been con-
| structed to connect with the Merced Falls
| electric power line. Isidor Jacobs says
| that it will be necessary to do consid-
cradle work to uncover the ore bodies to
a greater depth.
GETTING READY TO WORK.
The Mountain Copper Company will
utilize vast low grade deposits on the
Hornet claims. Men are cleaning up for
preliminary operations, according to the
Redding Courier-Free Press. Surveys
have been completed for electric troll
| ley line. report has also been made on
the feasibility of treatment of the deposits
| of low grade. The copper company is re-
pairing buildings and giving other signs
of making ready to resume operations on
a large scale at Keswick. ai 9 s &
According to the Grass Valley Union the
Sunfiower mine, on Squirrel Creek, will be
worked again. Pumps have been worked
to make ready for development. The last.
actual mining at the Sunf1ower property
| took place two years ago. Since then the
company has strengthened its finances.
/ Underground operations will be resumed
as soon as the weather will permit. Two
shafts have been sunk.
The Bullion Mining Company has sold to
1 San Francisco and Los Angeles parties
mining property within half mile of the
| Sierra Buttes mine. The new owners have
! Incorporated as the Royal Quartz Mining
! Company.
| The Gold and Silver mine in Ell Dorado
| County, has been sold under execution.
The Cranes Gulch mine, in the same
neighborhood, has suspended At the Sun
rise mine development work will be re-
sumed. At the Vivian mine, at Greenwood,
ten-stamp mill will be installed.
The sale of the Lecompton mine, in Ne
vada County, is one of the largest deals
that has taken place in that county for
some time. The new owners represented
| by E. S. Mayhem and w. H. Dunlap, will
| take possession at once. A cash payment
/
carried through in San Francisco. F. S.
Mayhem, one of the new owners, is con-
nected with the Oroville Dredging Com
| pany. The Lecompton has good plant,
| including a large pumping outfit, ten
stamp mill and compressor. The price paid
] is not made public by the parties inter-
ested.
| The Essex Consolidated mine in Gala
veras County will be reopened. Vice Pres
dar,f Eorr, ord hoS " vie +a1 he
| property and has given orders to resume
| The property includes the old Jones mine
! and the Allison group of mines, situated
! about five miles south of Angels Camp
The water has been pumped out and some
! tunnel exploration has been made. A
| tramway has been surveyed.
OIL MINERS INTEREST,".
A meeting of the directors of the Inde-
pendent Oil Producers Agency will be
held at Bakersfield this week to discuss
the renewal of contracts with the Asso-
| ciated Oil Company. The terms to be
made form the basis of negotiations. The
Los Angeles Times publishes a story to
|. the effect that the Union Oil Company
may enter the fieldNas a buyer when it
has extended its market, but that is in
the future. The California Oil Producers
Association will open its headquarters
in the Crossley building in this city this
week. Among the rumors current is one
that the Union Oil Company will estab-
lish an oil refinery on the Atlantic Coast
President Lyman Stewart, president of
the Union OH Company, says that no site
has been selected. Taking all considera-
tions together the oil situation is becom-
ing very interesting to oil miners
The Amalgamated Oil Company and its
affiliated companies have issued a state
ment which shows that the stock owned
by the Amalgamated, Salt Lake, Arctur-
us and Utah-California oil companies is
| IS, ,07s, ,532; real estate in Los Angeles,
s73, ,149; storage plant, distributing system
and refinery in course of construction,
s41. 100. Altogether the assets are stated
to be S5,S49,647 The net earnings are
s444.51s. The earnings of 1905 amounted
last year to 17.77 per cent.
The Bakersfield Californian reports that
nearly all the principal mines at Mohave
have been shut down temporarily. The
Queen Esther and Karma are running
and work is going on at the old San
Francisco claim.
SOME MINES ARE SOLD.
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