The San Francisco call., 1906-11-26

bar ranches: the Forks of Butte Gold
Dredger and Mining Company, that has
purchased property of Edward Schir-
mer; the Golden Butte Dredging Com
pany, that has purchased dredging land
from John Stokes.
In addition to this a company will.
be organized to work on seventy-five
acres that have been purchased from
Inman- The Nugget Ranch Dredging
Company viii be organized 20 work the
l. P. White property. According to the
Oroville Register, the new dredgers
will not turn their debris into Butte
Creek. but viii dump 1t back into the
holes from which il Is taken The oper-
ations in this section are planned to be
second only to those near Oroville.
STATES MINING FIELDS
The great task of uncovering the
face OF the New York tunnel, which was
buried deep on Table Mountain forty
five years ago, undertaken by the Bey-
non Brothers OF Jeffersonville, Tuol-
umne County, is nearing an end. The
brothers have worked for some years
and are still unfiagging in their efforts.
The tunnel was originally projected to
find the old river bed under Table
Mountain. It's total length was $500
feet Between $1,000, 900 and $4,000, 900
was taken out by the original company
IN the early days. Then the company
fell into litigation. The tunnel was
blanketed with fnjunctions. G. H. Dar-
row and his associates, who were back
Of the enterprise, quit The litigation
lasted twenty-five years The old COM
pany finally won, but when the work
of restoring the old tunnel had. pro-
ceeded 1000 feet the project was aban-
doned. The Beynon Brothers say that
in 300 feet more they expect to reaca
the tunnels end and to uncover pay
dirt
The Bear River Consolidated Quarts
Mining Company has been organized at
Grass Valley to work claims on the
Bear River between Grass Valley and
Colfax- The country is comparatively
new Samplings have been made on
the ledge where it is proposed to op-
crate. A tunnel will be driven 500 feet
into the hill as a preliminary. There
are three ledges in sight. If the origi-
nal prospect turns int6 a paying mine
a large amount of capital will be in
vested in the district
The Loomis Gold Mining Company
bought the Barton gravel mine near
Loomis, Placer County, last spring and
has carried on prospecting steadily.
The company will probably reopen the
mine next season. The property has
been idle since 1893. Formerly it pro-
duced well. William Harlow won
largely in it. Two-thirds of the chan
mel, so it is claimed, has never been
worked. and is supposed to be rich.
A tunnel 1000 feet long has been
completed in the Lappin gold mine in
Trinity County. A great body OF water
in the upper levels will be tapped.
When the mine has been drained good
developments in ore are expected to
follow. The Lappin has been a good
mine. 1t is in the Deadwood district
Pierre Bouery has invented a device
for making it safe to handle the giants
that are engaged at work In the La
Grange mine in Trinity County. The
bank in the mine is 400 feet deep. To
handle the earth successfully it-has
been necessary to place the giants dam
gerously near the bank Bouery's de-
vice is called q defiector. With it, he
claims, operations can be carried on
at any distance from the giant by
merely turning switch controlling the
electricity, which is the motive power.
WILL NINE FAR SOUTH
The Pan-American Gold Dredging
Company has been organized at Los
TO the Frederick H Rindge estate in
Colombia, South America. Twenty-rirle
mines are reported to exist that the
company will operate. Rindge secured
eleven acres and Is said to have ex-
pended 100000 in mining improve
ments. j. B. Lankershim is the presi-
dent of the. new company. Modern
machinery viii be placed in the field
and operations will begin in a few
months, according to the Los Angeles
Herald. For a time hydraulicking will
be pursued. prior to the installation of
the gold dredgers- The company is
capitalized at s10.0e0.000.
Several mining moves reported BY
the Tuolumne Independent as taking
place in Tuolumne County include the
pumping out and sampling of the
Mount Hood mine preparatory to MAX
ing sale: plans for the transfer of
the Rawnide gold mine to Captain A.
w Nevils; the resumption of work
at the Harvard mine with electric
power from the Jumper syndicate's
powerhouse on Sullivan Creek: grad
ing for 20-stamp mill at the Patter-
son mine. near Tuttleville; the strik-
ing OF rich ore in the Yorktown mine,